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

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A Dm takei a bSOmuieet 16% ▲ WARMING UP — Coach Ken Sayles gives the Academic Decathlon team a pep talk before their competition. ► CONSUMING INFORMATION — Sen- iors Jennifer Saporito, Jamie Atchison, and Heather Thornton listen and eat while Coach Ken Sayles lectures on. rwenty-one years ago, Robert Pe- terson, the Orange County Su- perintendent of schools, orga- nized a competition of skill and knowl- edge which would challenge students fronn all backgrounds. This competition was organized into ten sections, each testing a different aspect of the growing student. Today, this competition is called: Academic Decathlon. In order to be chosen for academic decathlon, coach Ken Sayles stated you have to be a well-rounded student. Well-rounded in academic decathlon means being an expert in ten areas: fine arts, literature language. Algebra 11 trigonometry, geography, economics, applied science, speeches, interviews, and the presidency. To prepare for these subjects, the team spends four months sacrificing four lunches a week. The hardest thing to do is to juggle lunch and regular school while you ' re cramming for competi- tions , said senior Cutie Lee, and Mr. Sayles practically xeroxed a new text- book for us to learn. But after all that hard work, Lee said, The competitions were sort of a let down after all the practice because once you ' re there you can only do your best. Even though the competitions were difficult, You get to go up against the best , said senior Jennifer Saporito. Even among the best the junior senior team finished in the top ten in the regionals and advanced to the finals where they finished 16th. Unfortunately, the seniors on the team cannot return to compete next year, but they can leave with the knowledge that they were one of the best teams Capo ever fielded in aca- demic competition. 64 Academic Decathlon

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I ead m, deaSm, b(j m: Paw PtiMtl ffbffls k cM. eadlines! Just the sound of I J word is enough to make any journalist cringe, and Ca- po ' s Paw Prints staff is no excep- tion. Editor Tiffany Crosswy reveals her deepest deadline horror ex- claiming, We lost a story in the computer on deadline, and when we retyped it, we accidentally erased it! Other students don ' t necessarily have the problem of screw-ups at deadline, but they simply can ' t meet them. I hardly even meet my deadline! i missed my first one by a lot, and everyone ' s been on my case since, stated reporter Jon- ▲ KEEPING ON TRACK - Staff reporter Jill Hedlund finishes up her rough draft to turn into advisor Karen Winn. Each staff reporter has a beat to cover ranging from ASB to Bike Club. athon Golden. On the other end of the scale is procrastinator Steve Pietarila claim- ing, ! put off all my stories until the last night. Then my computer broke down, so i had to ditch the next day to redo it. Even though deadlines are con- stantly pounding on their minds, the staff still found time to enjoy themselves. Newspaper ' s a lot of fun because it ' s the only class I can goof off in, and not fail because of it, says Steve Pietarila. Other staff members, such as Vicki Baker, only find relief be- tween deadlines, it ' s great when there is nothing to do and we get to screw around, she says. The general opinion of the staff is that they ' re favorite part is when the final copy of their work comes back. The greatest satisfaction for me is seeing our hard work cap- tured in black and white, stated Co-editor Kristen DeBruyn. On a lighter note. Tiffany Crosswy relays her most memora- ble moment on the ' 88- ' 89 Paw Prints staff, summing up the fun times they shared throughout the year. One day I walked in class and Steve and jonathon were singing country-western songs on the hay- stack in Mr. Barrett ' s room. I couldn ' t stop laughing! 66 Paw Prints