Cactus High School - Cobra Yearbook (Glendale, AZ)

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f C it CCS hll ll llillW lNMS Belongmg that s what is always important on a high school campus. Through the clubs and classes we meet new people and discover new friends or old friends we had lost somewhere along the way Here at Cactus, with people coming from all over Phoenix and all parts of the co untry, we have formed a new clique around the city. We have had the Horizons singing at Metro, the pho- tography club making its debut at a photo show and the many other things which we have done through our clubs to make Cactus known throughout the city. We may not be known statewide like some of the other schools . . . . . . but now we're on our way.

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P011 taken on student spending A student market analysis was taken earlier in the year at Cactus. The results were shocking. 800 stu- dents were asked to 1111 out a ques- tionaire, and we found that . . . 53643.03 are spent on cakes, ice cream and candy products, per week. That amounts to 5189,437.56 per year in candy and soft drinks, and probably over one million dollars in dental bills. On magazines, kids spend 374 dol- lars per week, and on school supplies, the overworked, underpaid students pay 52,338,903 no wonder there are so many dropouts! Jack-in-the-Box and McDonalds are examples of the drive-in restau- rants where teenagers blow 52,366 a month. That's 528,392 every year just to keep the hamburgers in McDonaldland happy. Movie-time! Teenagers spend as much as 53,200.51 in the theaters every month. However, we spend al- most twice that much just to buy the theme songs to those movies, pur- chasing 55,125 in records per month, going to 561,500 a year. Bowling turns into a 51,452.03 a month business. Goofy Golf takes 51,116 a month, billiards take 51,077.50, arcades and pinball ma- chines eat up 52,775 monthly, and ice and roller skating goes to 51,650.01 a month. Combining all of these, bowling, golfing, billiards, ar- cades and skating, the 800 teenagers surveyed spent a grand total of 5122,802.48 per year on the games and passtimes above. Shaun and Farrah can eat their hearts out because high schoolers spend 52163 per month on T-shirts and posters. As for school clothes, we spend 512,907.04 monthly count- ing the 374 students who shop alone, and the 384 who shop with their par- ents. For the 9 months of school, that amounts to 5116,163.36 for clothes. Formal wear costs 57065 per month, and we put our feet into 56819.45 of shoes every month. But, if we have sneakers to run in, don't we also need sports clothes? As far as that is con- cerned, we pay 53289.20 for sports- wear monthly. Clothing accessories, like scarves, hats, gloves etc. are bought for 53434 in a month, and jewelry goes for 52056.45. Now we come to accessories for the face, namely makeup, on which girls fand some of the stranger guysj spend 522,752 per year. Our survey shows that boys spend 51501 on hair cuts and styles per month, and girls spend 51993 for the same. Sporting goods, such as balls, gloves, sport shoes, etc. add up to 51708 monthly, or 520502 yearly. Teen Nights at the local night clubs eat up 52199 a month, model- ing and charm school, where you learn to smile and laugh on the way to the poor farm take 53016 month- ly. Our loving pets had better appre- ciate the 53144 we spend on food and supplies, and gift and specialty shops take 51216 from the generous heart in our school. For the 315 of us who own cars, and the 451 of us who are still saving our pennies, these next figures should be interesting. The crunch be- ing put on our pocket books is terri- ble, considering the 54525 we spend for gas every month. Lubrications and oils slide by with 51350 monthly. Adding the gas prices to that, we come up with 534,500 just to keep our junk heaps and Trans-Ams go- ing. We spend 5403 to keep our be- loved gas guzzlers clean at Do-it- your-self and professional car washes monthly, while every year we blow 512,221 on tires, batteries and other car parts. Every once in awhile, you get an old clunker who has the strange tendency to break down, in which case we dish out 54,445 yearly for repairs and tuneups, and finally, motorcrosses cost us 51694 every year. Getting completely off the subject of cars, we also asked the 800 stu- dents surveyed how much they spend on flowers Qfor dances, gifts, etc.j per year, and we came up with 52,637. We also asked about photographs and the bankrupt students answered with a tearful 53,798 yearly. Now getting completely off the subject of flowers and pictures, we asked the following questions: Do you have a job? 237 said yes and 321 said no. That kinda makes you won- der what happened to the other 242 students who seem to be in limbo somewhere. Of those who do work, we asked them how much their weekly pay was, we came up with 57,629.82. We also asked how many students got allowance. 219 an- swered yes, and 265 answered no. Asking how much they received weekly got us the answer of 54242 total. We finished our personal pry- ing with the question, Do you have a checking account, and, if so, how much is the present balance? 158 students do have an account, 412 don't, and 230 were stick-in-the- muds and wouldn't answer our ques- tion. The combined balances of those who do have a checking account is 510,985.75. And last, but not least, we asked the students to list the various shop- ping centers they most frequently shopped at. They were: Metrocenter, Valley West Mall, Christown, K- Mart, and Gemco. We also got a few specifically names stores including Foxmores, Stewarts, Lerners, Ani- tas, Goldwaters, and Diamonds.

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FBLA attends annual conventton at ASU Future Business Leaders of America members are, first row: Blake Ferrara, Anna Borquez, LeAnn Danbeck, Vicki Nelson, Veronica Lowcn, David Lan- drum. Second row.' QQQL-Sglgrp, Lisa McCurry, Linda McCurry, Brenda Allan, Jennifer Hadley, Lisha Hutchison. Back row: Mrs. Bickman, Miss Smith, Mrs. Pit- man, unknown, Holly Monte, Donna Ray, Debbie Walker, and DECA studen ts sponsor Cobra Corner The DECA Club lDistributive Education Clubs of Americal was sponsored this year by Mr. Kiser. The club sponsored the Cobra Corner, and they let the students decide the merchandise to be sold and their prices. The students also put up the sign after a contest was held to pick a name for the store. They held many sales during the year and made signs advertising them. The main reason for the store was to give the students some experience concerning prices and selling their merchandise. Blake Ferrara, Billy Antilla, Donald Davis, Anna Borquez, and Mindy Feie pose for a picture after putting the sign up. ' Some DECA members are, Hrst row: Cathy Aguire, Beth Ramon, Ingrid Ropp, Cindy Bentley, Laura Doran, Lynn Wal- ston, Monicque McKenzie, Patricia Akey. Second row: Steve Butler, Sylvia Cha vez, .Iohn Black, Blake Ferrara, Rick Gillmore, Destine Houck, Anna Borquez, Mindy Feie. Third Row: Mr. Kiser, Jim Barnett, Mark Amman, Debbie Doerrer, Billy An- tilla, Donald Davis, and Dina Fergusson.