Crescenta Valley High School - Yearbook (La Crescenta, CA)

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FUN NUT I THE s the summer drew near, most students were thinking about escaping into worlds of their own - onto the beaches, into pools, and away on vacations. As hard as it may be to believe, some students actually chose to attend week after week of grueling summer school. Although students were united in attending summer school, their reasons for taking additional schooling var- ied quite a bit. Some students chose to at- tend summer school in order to have more space in their schedule for the following year, while still others attended summer school to re-take classes that they previously failed. Since CV offered only a limited number of courses, many CV students were forced to take classes at other schools. Sophomore Paul Kim attended a nine week impacted Chemistry course at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. He stated, lt was a true learning experience for me. l learned a lot and, at the same time, it was fun. Another sophomore, Peter Kim, attended summer school at Webb School in Claremont, taking one month of various English classes. He resided at the school for a straight month, attended classes Mondays through Saturdays, and returned home only on Sundays. Peter said, lt was hard work but l think it was worth it because l don't have to take those classes for a whole year! Those students who chose to take sum- mer school at CV did so, according to junior Luke van Hengel, because it was conve- nient since it was so close to home. There was never a problem with getting a ride home. Overall, summer school proved to be a helpful and learning experience for many students. Although the students had to give up many pleasures and luxuries of sum- mer, such as sleeping in and going to the beach, it was, according to senior Liza Melconian, a good way to finish off a hard class in a short six weeks! by Angela Lee Ill' , Summer School urry - we've only got twenty min- utes! For those students who do not leave campus during the short break, they spend half of the twenty-minutes snack period standing in long lines under the hot summer sun.

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122 EW DIMENSIONS DF V kay girls, now l'd like to f f see 150 push-ups on the double, and boys, put on those tights for dance, said the PE teacher. This quote was an exaggerated fear of many students who had to face required physical education. However, things were different this year. No longer were students forced to participate in a certain sport for PE. With a wide range of choices for semester courses in PE, students were able to choose which sport they genuinely wanted to learn. Some of the classes offered were bowling, tennis, dance, aerobics, and weight training. A new class was offered called Lifetime Sports which enabled the students to learn a variety of not so common sports such as paddle ball, golf, and racquetball. Mrs. Joan Shoff, Director of Athletics, felt that the program was a good idea because, students are able to be in a class that they choose and want to be in. lt's not as tedious for them when they can participate in something that they enjoy. Some students perhaps had a different view as to why they joined the specialized PE courses, and it was not always to learn a those feet in aerobics class 15 hard work for teacher Vicki Bouldin and her students. he smashing Jane Fondaettes! Kicking up P.E. Electives new game. Bowling was different because the students met at the bowling alley at 7:30 a.m. three times a week. lt's better than going to a regular PE class because you don't have to dress, you can sleep in, and I like the food at the bowling alley, explained sophomore Jennifer Stinnett. Even if it seemed the easy way out for some, others felt it had its setbacks. Ml don't like getting up at 7:30 to hear those bowling balls rolling noisily down the lane. But l think that bowling is fun anyway, said sophomore Carolyn Argenio. Others looked at the rewarding aspects of learning new sports. Dance was a popular class because the girls were able to learn and have fun at the same time. We stretch out and have our own class. We get to perform dances to music that we pick out ourselves. l don't really care if I have to dance in front of people because they're just as nervous as l am, commented junior Laura Micheli. Learning different sports that were both fun and unusual was an appealing aspect of physical education electives. by Stephanie Bente just gotta get it! Pensively studying the Iane, junior Gary Bishop concentrates in bowling class on how to knock down all the QW g F l