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

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HEY, HOW D0 WE D0 THIS? - Asks freshman Steve Thone, and Renada Minor, looking up everything from A to Z. Teachers often let their students work on assignments in the library. IF ONLY YOU KNEW WHAT I WAS THINKING! - Thanks freshman lenry Bueno while working hard for Rick Valencia. Bueno worked hard all year long. COME ON, I KNOW I LEARNED THAT! - Trying to recapture what was once learned are freshmen Heather Chambers, and Steve Wong. Algebra was a hard subject for many. THE EVIL EYE - of Bruce McNeil kee s his students in line. Neil also tau ht weight training first periocf. if f, 'f --- M -L B-es,-. I I M V -4. fp' egjvlue. A -V f ,gi ..l .,, . 'wiv' , aff' f 0 7' 1 .. M ,H ' Rf f fl F' T Aa ,,....s ffQf'i fM .wr V :Q 115' ' ' 2 5 .'. Developmental and Technical Skills Make me laugh Development and technical skills teachers were among the most fascinating at Diamond Bar. Many kept students interested in class by telling jokes, stories, even with drawings on the board. A teacher famous for this was Rick Valencia. Valencia kept his students smiling with stories about, what else? His dog and cats of course! His funny stories about his dog, Lance, and his cat, Kiki, broke the monotony of biology. I try to make class fun and enter- taining, because if it's not, the students get bored,'and I get bored, said Valencia. 152 FocultyfDevelopmental and Technical Skills Valencia also said he tries to keep his room fun and colorful. I have a student of the week who gets to make his own showcase on the wall. On the board you'll almost always see a cartoon draw- ing of some current event. He also covered the walls with pictures of his students and Beatles memorabilia. Valencia even went as far as to keep a live iguana in his classroom. Another teacher who relieved the tension of Chemistry and Biology was Iohn Park. Park was well known for his joke telling and wonderful sense of humor. Q15 . 'lf' T ,..

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WELL NOW LET ME SEE - lack Malloy studies his lesson plan for the day Malloy was also a track coach for TAKING A BREAK is junior Mitch Rowland. Students sometimes find it necessary to rest from time to time. HOW3l'dAlCOS!CI' Danlarth lichardCampbelI lmdine IICXGIIOCXI' DonGarrett DorindaHewit K -Q, lolm jones Diane Tobar Lois Tudsef Rick Valencia Sheldon Landerer lack Malloy . 2. L Tony McCabe Bruce McNeil lohn Park Rebecca Rowles Charles Sismomdo loan Staroscik FucultyfDevelopmental, and Technical Skills 153