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

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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

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ESQ.. qs? 'D , il 'W 1 Nr, la 'd rather be at the beach! During his last summer of high school, senior Fabian Kralian collapses onto his Economics book, as he tries to get the class over in a short six weeks, hat are we doing here? Conternplat- ing why they chose to give up their sum- mer for school. seniors Helen Hairape' tian and Michelle Martinez sit in a daze, Summer School I I

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WSFE HO COUl'f. ook out He-Man! While pumping those weights, sophomore Elizabeth Tuttle lifts the bars to increase the size of her arms. Boys longer the only ones in weight training! ally up! Keeping the ball moving is on junior Mark Wilson 's mind as junior Bobby Perz prepares to slam the tennis ball across the trrrretchhhhh! Cracking those bones is the object of sophomores Teresa Johnson, Kim MacKiIlop, Jenny Yoon, and Michelle Peters in aerobics. PE. Electives 123