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

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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

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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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CCEADTH- JUST WHAT ▲ hy do I have to have 1 5 credits of w r Breadth to graduate? What is ' ' Breadth anyway? These questions were frequently asked throughout the year by many students. Breadth is a requirement of the Walnut Val- ley School District which is aimed toward the broadening of students ' education. Start ing with the class of ' 84, the original intent of the Breadth requirement was to attempt to broad- en the experience of college-prep students by taking different kinds of electives. The courses that are within the Breadth requirement are: 1$ IT? I don ' t like it. I ' d rather take more solids instead. Art, Graphics, Mechanics, Wood, Photo, Drafting, Computers, Typing, COST, Band, Chamber Singers, Brahma Chorale, Drama, Yearbook, Newspaper, Brahma Press, Pep, Drill Team, and Pagentry Color Guard. Many consider the requirement a problem because schedules are getting messed up be- cause of it. Since there are only six periods a day, students can ' t fit these elective classes into their schedules. I don ' t like it. I ' d rather take more solids instead, remarked Lisa Her- rera, a junior. But for some students the Breadth requirement had no effect. It doesn ' t really matter to me because I automatically want to take extra activities like Chamber Singers and Yearbook, commented another junior, Karen Jensen. Juniors were affected by the Breadth requirement more than anv of the underclassmen. vCs ▲ HELPING OUT a fellow yearbook staffer, Ann Reyes, editor of Taurus, gives her advice on sentence structure. Yearbook was not just a class but also an extra-curricular activity due to tfie need to get deadlines done on time. A WHAT ' S WRONG with taking a break? asks Manuel Ramos, a junior in Computer Programming. Computers was a popular class not just because it counted for the Breadth requirement, but because of the uprising popularity in the computer field. A ARTIST AT WORK, Cindy Chang paints a picture. One of the art students ' many assignments was to copy a picture. ▲ CONTEMPLATING on what to do next, a fellow stu- dent helps junior Bill Hailey program the computer. Com- puters was a challenge as well as fun for many students. O Captain and Crew Breadth