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

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h eophommarhac • FAITHFUL FACULTY. ESL teachers, Miss Alice Beardsley discusses an indi- vidualized assignment with Lily Sun, a native Taiwanese speaker. Like Miss Beardsley, other staff members trans- fered or began their careers at Arling ton when the school opened. • TRUE BLUE? Straight-leg 501 Levis still make a fashion statement now just like they did in 1973. Fifteeen years ago, blue was the only jeans color made unlike the rainbow of shades available today. CLOSING • 245

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Things That Were, Then, tad StM tie, Ttowf Since 1973, many things have changed at Arlington from the number of students and teachers to the surround- ings and equipment. Yet there were still some things that stayed the same. For example, when the school first opened, it was an open campus and still is. The cement wall that was built 15 years ago where stu- dents hung-out between per- iods was called Stud Wall , because, Back when the school first open, a lot of the athletes sat on the cement wall, so it got the nick name Stud Wall , revealed Mrs. Cheryl Simmons, teacher. Another interesting and re- maining feature was the time capsules. These capsules were placed in concrete in front of the main office beginning with the class of ' 74. Inside, the class officers put things that re- minded them of their own class. Things included in the time capsule were usually a yearbook, graduation an- nouncements, tassels, class rings, Mane Thing issues as well as other memoralbilia. Now we don ' t do that any more, because it gets moldly. For this year and last year ' s time capsules, we ' re going to put them in a room. We thought of senior folders, year- book, senior group pictures, tassels, scrap book, and any- thing else people want to put in. We might add more, re- vealed Ruth Harrison, senior class officer. One of our teacher that had been here since the beginning was Miss Alice Beardsley. Twenty-four other faculty members have been here since 1973. Miss Beardsley has taught English as second lan- guage, known as ESL, as well as other subject since the be- ginning of school. I came here when the school opened as chairman of foreign language department. I had the opportu- nity to set up a language de partment and this was some- thing I had always wanted to do. 1 love languages and I have taught ESL for about 8-10 years now, explained Miss Beardsley. Many things that were then, we still have now, and will con- tinue to have in the future. by Patricia Keophommaebac • YOUR NOT MY STEPPING STONE. Engraved plaques shout the year and class motto to those ap- proaching the administration building. These plaques cover the time capsules containing memoralbilia which beginning with the first graduating class in 1975. ■ft ■ H !=! 3i ci;,i,lJi)ja i • STUDENT SIGNS have been pasted on the lecture hall since the first memo was stapled to the stained wood on ori- entation day in September 1973. Cur rently, posters must be approved and dated by student government represen- tatives. • CAMPUS LANDMARK, the Stud Wall is still the gathering place for groups of friends. Although athletes (or Studs as they were called in the late 70 ' s) still hang-out at the wall, many other students also meet at this land- mark. 244 • THEME

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For The News! June 1987 to June 1988 ... so much has happened in the news, and so much has changed since 1973, or has it? On the national scene, we have gone from Watergate to the Contra Aid Hearings. The Fonz (Arthur Fonzerelli from Happy Days ) has been replaced by The Boss (Bruce Springsteen) in the entertainment world. Sports students say that the Oakland Raiders now reside in L.A. And, last but not least, on the local front, Arlington High has come from opening its doors to its fifteenth anniversary. One wise man said, The more things change, the more they stay the same. Could be! • Oliver North and others indicted after televised Con- tra Aid Hearings. • Floating mines discovered in the Persian Gulf. • Jessica McClure rescued from well. • Stock market dropped to all time low since the Great Depression. • Reagan and Gorbechev meet at the Summit. • Mary Beth Whitehead lost the surrogate mother suit. . Reagan denied funds for Contras. • INF treaty negociations began. . Debbie Thomas won the bronze and Brian Botano won the gold in figure skating. . U.S. troops sent to Honduras . George Bush, Jessie Jackson, and Michael Dukakis battle for presidency. Major News Stories Up Close Contra Aid Hearings £ t,tenfaitime tt Jackie Gleason, star of the Honeymooners. died. Snow White re-released in the movie theaters. La Bamba, the Richie Valen ' s life story, became hit at the box-office. Bruce Springsteen toured USA for sell-out crowds. The movie sound tracks for Dirty Dancing hits the charts. Heather O ' Rourke, child star of Poltergeist, died. Superman turned fifty. Singer and past teen-idol, Andy Gibb, died. G2 ' s album The Joshua Tree won both Album of the Year and Best Vocal Group at the Grammys. The Last Emperor won Oscar as Best Picture. • STUDENT STARS. Krysta Griffith. Lisa Byers, and Rex Berry play lead roles in .LION Oklahoma! Roger and Hammerstein ' s musical was performed f or five evenings in base C March and April with a cast of actors, dancers, and singers. CI2 won Best Vocal Group U.S. troops sent to Honduras 246 • THEME Andy Gibb died.