Coronado High School - Legend Yearbook (El Paso, TX)

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TRIVING FOR TOMORROW One may ask, “What is DECA?” It is Distributive Education Clubs of America. One would think it would stop there, yet there is much more to this club than meets the eye. DECA is an organization that prepares students for the future. “We want to make the students employable, self-sufficient, whether they have a degree or not, said sponsor Islla Rivera. One of the students added , “It helped me decide what I want to do with my life when I get out of col- lege,” Lee Whitus. DECA II was involved in many projects, this year. One of these was the student involvement in DECA II First Row: Lee Love, Norma Hernandez, Elysc Tvorik, Blanca Martinez, Chad Moore. Second Row: Eric Dc Bruyn, Gus Smith, Ida Bustamante, Sari Montoya, Colleen Patton, Tony Ellinngton, Larizza Morales, Beth Nidow, Cliff Stevens. Third Row: Carlos Romo Candi Gil, fundraising. Various things were sold such as stuffed animals, and food items. This showed to be quite successful. Another project of DECA II was the joint sponsorship along with DECA I, CVAE, and VOE. The fasion show proved that vo- cational education is striving for tomorrows success for today,” commented Joseph Bridges. This was very different and held many surprises to the stu- dents of DECA II. For instance, this years sponsorship in the Arca I DECA Career Dcvclopcmcnt Con- ference that was held in El Paso. Elyse Tvorik replied, “DECA can be a lot of fun, but it also requires a Joscpn Nunez, Donald Burden, Ter- esa Kcrley, Marcia Byrd, Brett Jus lice. Sponsor Isela Rivera. Fourth Row: Ross Valor, Lcla Whitus Cameron Hovious. Fifth Row: Danny Sapada, Brian Chozick, Chris Daniels, Oscar Sanchez, Richard Neal, Andy Wilson. lot of hard work. Not only in the classroom, but at our jobs as well.” This was the first time since the 1970’s that this event had taken place in El Paso. The conference was held February 5th and 6th of this year. In addition to the exciting events that DECA II has been a part of, there was the take over of the school store. Among the things sold were t-shirts, school supplies, and novelty items. Though DECA II is a seperate club from DECA, Mrs. Rivera quotes, “We arc getting our students involved together.” P. Curtis and T. Linguist Lcla Whitus and Jason Ware take part in the joint fashion show.

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' MIDDLE, LEFT TO RIGHT: Alex Naoum prepares a display at the school store. DECA I Officers arc Historian Sharon Palmicri, President Julie Shinglcdeckcr, Vice- President Steve Leslie, Sec- retary Kerri Thomas, and Photographer Eric Cavincss. Jeff Roth gives a report in Marketing Education class. TOP. LEFT TO RIGHT: Mike Hendricks and David Alvarez type re- search into the computer. Kim Mapula takes inventory on sweatshirts at the school store. DECA I Sweetheart Claudia is caught on the job at Chilly, a popular clothing store. BOTTOM, LEFT TO RIGHT: Troy Sabin works on an assignment for DECA. Joann Escandon and Lor- raine Armendariz discuss an upcoming DECA project. bPECA I

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Clockwise from top left: Colleen Patton leads one through the video maze. When buying ice cream, Car- los Romo will greet one with a warm smile. Elyse Tvorik wails to scat someone for brunch. Teresa Kerlcy enjoys her work as a receptionist. Larizza Morales displays one of a collection of clothes. DECA II