Capistrano Valley High School - El Gato Yearbook (Mission Viejo, CA)

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▼ JEWELRY IN THE MAKING — Senior Karen Rose saws a metal strip for her jewelry project while junior Tasha Swain draws her own de- sign. Jewelry students were given the chance to make and design their own wearable art pieces. ► STROKES OF ART - Freshman Jeffrey Downey works on mixing watercolor shades. The drawing and painting class produced im- pressive works by using abstract designs and shading techniques. i. A j iallc of paiMJj, a liah of c uj, a 0lp of MiSbi— Rm A€ yjrt allows you to express J yourself. I express myself through the jewelry that 1 make in jewelry class, says junior Larissa Maniaci. The art curriculum enables stu- dents to enhance their artistic abili- ties working with clay in ceramics, dealing with colors and designs in drawing and painting, and working with precious metals in jewelry. I enjoy creating my own designs. You can do whatever you want and I really get into my work, comments senior Susan Wareh. Besides making in-class projects such as sterling silver bands, water- color drawings, and interesting clay creations, students also participate in outside activities such as field trips to art museums and art exhibitions. In Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life. — Joseph Conrad the fall, they visited the Laguna Arts Institute and the Newport Harbor Art Museum where they observed various forms of art. Several students were also given the opportunity to enter art contests where they could win scholarships and cash prizes. The ceramic program has come quite a long way since it first started. Our program here is quite excep- tional and it ' s basically due to the students ' participation and positive attitude about the class, said ceram- ics teacher jay Sponagle. Commenting on the students, art teacher Holly Smirl said, There ' s a lot of artistically talented students at our school. She pauses, holds up a display of her students ' artwork and adds, and I ' m really proud of them.

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£ ' ' What experience and history teach is this — that people and governments never have learnt anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it. ' ' —Georg Wilhelm Hegel j» ore often than not on regis- l t tration day, students can be i ' t heard either groaning with dreadful anticipation or breathing a quick sigh of relief as they receive their class schedules and see which teachers they will have for the up- coming semester. These students know that it ' s easier to pass in some teachers ' classes than in others. This is recognized by the administration, which decided that a new curricu- lum specialist program would help unify the departments and promote the idea of every class being equally as challenging. Bill Hoffman, who teaches psy- chology and E IR, was chosen to be the curriculum specialist for social science this year. My chief respon- sibility is to make sure that the cur- riculum is taught consistently. Every teacher has their own style of teach- ing, but the information presented should be basically the same, said Mr. Hoffman. Of course there is no way to make every teacher use the same grading policy and insure that an A in one class doesn ' t equal a B in another. Senior Erin Pipes, who took Ameri- can government in summer school with Mr. White said, (Mr. White ' s class) is a lot easier. It would have been harder if I had Pfleuger but ful- ly easy if I had Frost. But senior Chris Sorensen, who had Colonel Frost for Government, disagrees with Erin. Frost fails more people than Pfleuger. A lot of peo- ple think you can just breeze in (Frost ' s) class and not do the work, he said. Despite the new curriculum spe- cialist, Paul Pfleuger, who has the reputation, of being one of Capo ' s hardest teachers, stated, ! really don ' t see the department as being more coordinated or brought to- gether. Students need to be held ac- countable at the same level. The same test may be worth 90% of a grade in one class but only 40% of a grade in another. But even though most people agree that the same amount of effort produces different grades in differ- ent classes, at least an effort is being made to correct the situation. And who knows? Maybe someday a plan will be devised which will make stu- dents equally relieved (or worried) on registration day. • WORKING HARD OR HARDLY WORK- ING? — Sophomore Jason Class kicks back and ponders the enigma of the Egyptian pyra- mids in World History. Social Science 107

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- GLAZING ON THE FINAL TOUCHES — Freshman Carlie Pearson works on refining her clay work. Further enhancement to the project required glazing the dried work. ▼ WHAT THE HECK IS THAT? — Seniors Scott Mersing and Ryan Steele complete their work on their unknown project. -- ▲ THROWING ON THE WHEEL — Junior Robert Grace huddles over the wheel. Get- ting down and dirty was necessary to get the job done. ■ BUFFING ON THE JOB — Junior Mike Ishii buffs his sterling silver ring. Students working with machines wore safety goggles for pre- cautionary