Arlington High School - Simba Kali Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Students Exercise Cramped Fingers And Flex Mental Muscles, Because The Competition Was Academic Ready, set, begin! Timed com- petitions were on the agenda of several clubs ' calendars. On Sat- urday, Februay 27, 1988, certain yearbook staff members, and some of the newspaper staff com- peted in the IJEA Write-Off. Each member of newspaper staff worked individually on their story or cartoon. Travis Hanson and Mark Dobbs, for example, drew editorial cartoons. Mark Dobbs says, I drew an editorial cartoon on a subject that was al- ready selected. Mark won fourth place in cartooning. Travis given one hour to draw, won a first place trophy and S25. Yearbook staff participants had an equally good time. The team was given xerox copies of pictures and facts from which they created two spreads. Frank Shelton com- mented, It was pretty stressed for a while, but we were mostly ahead of other teams. All four members contributed something to each spread. They won first in layout, third in copy and first over- all. Another event to receive recog- nition for Arlington was the FBLA Southern Section Conference, held on March 5, 1988. Several students from Arlington compet- ed against students from other areas of California by taking writ- ten tests. Each test was on some kind of business skill such as ac- counting, typing, or word process- ing. Each test was given in a one hour time span. Even through it was a written test, people still had fun. Ling Tang admitted, It was exciting, challenging, long and dif- ficult. Everyone seemed very se- rious and wanted to do their best for their school. Whether the competition was in business, writing, layout and de- sign, or cartooning, Arlington stu- dents did their best, right up until the final buzzer rang. by Jacki Burtt t (the Write-Off) was a lot of fun and if I had the chance to do it again, I would. ba Kali and OCHOOL WINNERS Sin Mane Thing staff members are winners from Arlington at the WriteOff Competition. Mane Thing and Simba Kali entered fourteen people I IRED TESTERS Dylan School. Chuck Hopkins. Nora Dorson, and Shawna Simmons. FBLA members, all enjoy the break between test periods. The two breaks allowed were needed since students had to leave Arlington by 6:30 A.M. WRITING CONTESTS • 173

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h; lARD AT WORK Christal Mozer, a senior, writes copy on Yearbook Club for the IJEA Write-Off. Although photos and layouts were supplied the team had to bring everything else including typewrit- Tc OP COMPETITORS . . Karen Kline, Dylan Schott, and Linda Schaeffer are all winners from the FBLA Southern Section Conference. All three later competed at the State Conference at the end of Apr ' V i S VI -CINCH BREAK . Travis Hansen and Garrett Winn go to lunch at Shakey ' s after a writing competition. Lunch was short be- cause the students participated in a spell- ing bee after lunch. 172 • ACADEMICS

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TASTING HER EQUIPMENT, Kim Henley puts on her scuba mask . It usually took a lot of tim e to get dressed in suits before each class. 1 AKING TO THE WATER, the second peri od scuba class practices the new skills that they learned. Scuba diving required classroom work that was later applied to the water. REPARING TO DIVE, five second period scuba students get ready for the first dive of the day, instructed by Terry Towel. AH the scuba safety instructions were given mock names such as Terry Towel and Moby Nick to add fun to the class. 174 • STUDENT LIFE