Diamond Bar High School - Taurus Yearbook (Diamond Bar, CA)

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GATES ACE EECELE A typical conversation of two GATE j (Gifted and Talented Education) stu- — dents at their locker: I ' m tired of other students saying mean things about us brains. They think that just because we ' re GATE students that we ' re geeks and all we ever do is read and do homework! I know! It really bugs me that other stu- dents have to stereotype us like that. I mean, we can ' t help it if we passed the GATE test when we were little and they didn ' t. I just wish they would treat us like ev- T€€! eryone else instead of like we ' re some ex- tra-terrestrial thing from outer space or something. Students who were enrolled in the GATE or AP (advanced placennent) classes often com- I ' m tired of other students saying mean things about us brains. plained that it was a disadvantage to them to be in these classes. They were learning a lot, but could be getting a better grade in a normal class because the standards were greater in the GATE AP classes. But things have changed. In a normal class, ' A ' is counted as 4.0 and a ' B ' as 3.0 on your grade point aver- age, but in a GATE or AP class, an ' A ' is counted as 5.0 and a ' B ' is 4.0. The main reason for this change was to encourage stu- dents to enroll in more challenging classes where the atmosphere Is more geared towards the college-bound student. ' 5 .A Captain and Crew Faculty

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Howard Alcosser-Algebra 1, Geometry, Trigonometry, junior class advisor Lola Alston- Campus Monitor Carlos Alvidrez- (picture unavailable) cus- todian Terry Arnold- Speech Therapist Ann Ashworth- Comp. 4, Journalism, Bull ' s Eye Advisor, Instructional Dean- Communication Arts Barbara Bensel- Administrative Secretary Carlene Brown- English 2, Comp. 4, Cal- liopy Advisor Richard Campbell- Math Skills, Biological Science, Ski Club Assistant Advisor Joe Cardoza- Custodian Chuck Charter- Resource Specialist Pro- gram Robert Chase- Freshman Coordinator Kim Cleveland- Futures World Cultures, Drill Team Advisor Bill Cline- Algebra A, Algebra B, Boy ' s Tennis, Girl ' s JV Tennis Coach Karen Cllne- Beginning Typing, Advanced Typing, VACA, Pep Advisor Larry Cline- English 1, English 2, Brahma Chorale, Chamber Singers Sondra Cohen- Head Librarian Sue Conrad- Library Technician Jack Cooprider- Athletice Attendant Bob Corkrum- Computers, VACA, In- structional Dean- Vocational and Creative Arts r Howard Alcosser Lola Alston Terry Arnold Ann Ashworth Barbara Bensel Carlene Brown Richard Campbell Joe Cardoza Chuck Charter Robert Chase Kim Cleveland Bill Cline Karen Cline Larry Cline Sondra Cohen Sue Conrad Jack Cooprider Bob Corkrum A USING ONLY their heads. Marc Bloomenstein and Joanne Gratz quickly figure out the price of a student ' s goodies. A register was bought early in the year, but before then, the students were required to do all the figures mentally. Joanne and Marc spent almost every one of their lunches working in the student store. ■ HAVING FUN is also part of working in the cafeteria. Ellen Lin, Kelly Leddy and Kelly Ward take a break from cleaning to have their picture taken. What a bunch of hams ' If it was all work and no play. I wouldn ' t work in here! exclaimed Kelly Ward. Faculty Captain and Crew 51

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■ PROVOKING DISCUSSION, Hank Johnson lectures to one of his AP (advanced placement) History classes. Mr. Johnson considers class participation at grading time. T CONTEMPLATING a tough question in her AP History class, junior Erin Sullivan weighs out all her op tions before ansvs ering. ■H B ' 1l L H 1 mJi |i - 1 It » i ' cMJMI iM B%. KpBlj Ht 1 i ■y Hi WW ■ ' ' -f U Jerry Davis- Racquet Sports, Tennis Coach, Girl ' s Basketball coach Kris Davis- Junior Coordinator Sylvia De La Torre- Registrar Martha Dorris- Career Center Clerk Gary Duenas- Sophomore Coordinator Bruce Dunbridge- English 1, Comp. 3, Drama, Thespians Advisor Gloria Duncan- Algebra B, Geometry, Al- gebra 2, Badminton Coach, Girl ' s League Advisor Finn Englyng- German 1, German 2, Ger- man 3, German Club, Soccer Coach Dale Favier- Taurus Advisor, Activities Di- rector Irma Gallardo- Spanish 1, Spanish 2, Spanish 3, Spanish Club Advisor Don Garrett- Biology, Science Club Advisor LaVerne Goolsby- Attendance Clerk Eric Gossett- Head Custodian Vicki Grafton- Campus Monitor Linda Green- Special Education Instruc- tion- al aide Robert Hernandez- Custodian Walt Holmes- Principal Bonnie Hull- Algebra A, Algebra 1 , Geome- try CSF advisor Hank Johnson- Futures, Futures GATE, US History, US History GATE Melinda Jones- French 1 , French 2, French 3, French Club Advisor Anthony Kuns- English 1 , Comp. 3, Comp. 4, Reading Lab, Freshman football Coach, Freshman Basketball Coach Sheldon Landerer- English 1, English 2 Rhona Levine- English 1, Basic Reading Linda LIfur-Bennett- Psychologist Lou Lopez- Spanish 1, Spanish 2, Spanish 3, International Club Tim Lopez- Operations Manager Scott Maclntyre- Marching Band, English 1, VACA, Brahma Marching Band Advisor Sue McKinley- Field Sports, Freshman Girl ' s P.E., Psychology, US History, Fresh- man Advisor Bruce McNeil- Weight Training, Algebra B, Geometry, Algebra 2, Ski Club Advisor Jack Moore- English 1, Comp. 3, Comp. 3 GATE, Self-Defense Club Advisor GATE Captain and Crew 53