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

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■4 DANCING TO THE BEAT — Sophc Shannon Wilkinson demonstrates her r in the floor. Floor is one of the Cougars ' ' . gest events. ■ HOLDING HER OWN — Junior Nicole Bell stops on top of the bars for a breather. Gym- nasts perform many amazing stunts on top of the uneven bars. T LEAPS AND BOUNDS — Junior Julie Jame- son shows her stuff in a floor demonstration in the gym. Gymnasts had to fight for time be- tween other teams to get their workouts in. G(jMm tttlcA a tiuM, iH CowA ouf oh, lop ro some, a vault is something at the local bank worth millions. But to thirty girls at Capo, it ' s only worth a quarter - of their total competition score. After a disappointing season in 1988, the team came back to give it another shot, striving for the top this time around. Coach Debbie Cun- ningham stated, I ' m real positive toward this season. Our goal is to go to CIF and finish at least second. Mrs. Cunningham added, We ' re in the toughest league in the southern section. The four teams almost al- ways finish, in one way or another, as the top four in CIF. The league the girls compete in isn ' t the conventional South Coast League we all know. It consists of Capo, Dana Hills, San Clemente, and a stranger to these here parts, Los Alamitos. Why is Los Alamitos in our league? Why, it ' s very simple: CIF re- quires four teams to form a league, and only three South Coast teams wished to participate. Thus, Los Al took the spot. Despite a difficult league, the team is really confident, junior Michelle Bartlett said, This year ' s varsity team is much stronger than last year ' s, and I think we have the ability to over- come our toughest adversary, Los Al. With a strong, young varsity, it would seem impossible to have a great junior varsity team. That ' s not the case. Our JV is one of the stron- gest I ' ve ever coached. We ' ve got a lot of depth, and I ' m looking forward to an outstanding season, said Mrs. Cunningham. Please see supplement for results. STICS GYMNASTICS GYMNASTICS Gymnastics 197

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c cf Capo ' s faculty and staff consists of a weird blend of individuals. We have among us a Teacher of the Year (Mr. Victor), two Ranns ' cheerleaders (Ms. Avetta and Ms. Faeta), a Colonel (Mr, Frost), and a Lord (Mr. Gipe). But despite all of their differences and diversity, they all share one common trait - DEDICATION. While most of us were enjoying sweet dreams, our teachers were battling Southern California ' s freeways, arriving at school as early as 6:30. And while most of them left the school by 3:30, they went home to high stacks of ungraded papers, spending an average of ten hours a week grading them. And if you ' re an English teacher, you can count on slaving over muddled com- positions for even longer. Preparing lesson plans takes up to another ten hours, but some of the teachers wisely did them during sum- mer vacation. And don ' t forget teachers who also act as club advi- sors or coach sports. During their season coaches spend up to 40 hours a week working with their teams, and 10-12 during the off-season. And when our teachers weren ' t teaching, they were learning. Some of them have obtained or are currently working on an advanced degree. Others regularly at- tend workshops and seminars to get new ideas. Still others give workshops and seminars — all of that amounts to more time spent bettering themselves as teachers and as people. Oh, wait, don ' t forget to count the time teachers spend calling parents, attending meetings, giving extra help, or fiddling with the xerox machine. Oh, and doesn ' t someone have to proctor Saturday school and teach summer school? (By the way, what do teachers like to do in their spare time? WHAT SPARE TIME?) Faculty