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

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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

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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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i | » Physical Education Department Offers Scuba Diving Class NEWS SPLASH! Splash! A group of physical education students hit the water wearing wet suits. For the first time in Arlington ' s history, the Physical Education Department offered a scuba diving class through a private organization. The initial plan was to allow all students to take the course wheth- er or not they were enrolling in Scuba Safety ' s lifetime member- ship, but with the broken pool heater, they were not able to offer the class to all. Because of the cold water, wet suits were neces- sary to go into the pool. With a lack of suits, only students who were enrolled in the program were able to continue the course. Though many students were dis- appointed that was the only fair solution to the problem. I think that it would have been fun to con- tinue the course, but I knew that was impossible with the lack of wet suits, ' ' commented Brian Downs, sophomore. The students who continued the program also felt bad about the cut. For some, they were sepa- rated from friends who had not yet enrolled in the course. I don ' t think it was fair that some stu- dents got cut. Everyone who signed up deserved the chance to learn, stated Dolly Reed, fresh- man. Whether they continued the course or not, the students learned a lot about scuba diving in the two weeks of lectures and one pool session before the class was cut. For those who finished the course, there were beach field trips and even a chance to go to Catalina Island over spring break. There was also the chance to go diving with Scuba Safety on any of their trips even after the class ended. bi Joyce Madakom • ince I was youn- »»• ger, I ' ve always wanted to learn how to scuba dive. I ' m glad that I finally got the chance. EAM WORK, instructors Terry Towel and Moby Nick took turns getting in the pool With one in the water and one in the deck, it was easier to watch all the students. AKING NOTES, The fifth period scuba class listens to lectures on safety. On the days that they were not scheduled to be in the pool, the scuba class was much like a regular aca demic class. SCUBA CLASS • 175