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

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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

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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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GIVING OUT INFORMATION - is the dean of Communication Arts Sue Mills Mills was appointed dean three years ago. GIVE ME THOSE SCISSORS BACK - says English teacher Virginia Garner Garner was also a advisor for the class of '87. Communication Arts Garner loves teaching students The school was very lucky to have a teacher that had been teaching Advanced Composition and Literature since she started her career, Virginia Garner. She also said, she loved every minute of it. The students felt the same way towards Garner. She's very in- teresting to listen to, and I enjoy her class. I have a lot of fun and I learn a lot of things that I can use in my life, said junior Carrie Bilecki. Garner has been teaching Ad- vanced CompfLit since she started teaching. She also teaches a regular CompfLit class. Students in my Advanced CompfLit classes are ex- pected to read more, and write more difficult essays. We also have discussions that are on higher levels 154 FucultyfCommun1cot1on Arts of thinking, said Garner. By the end of the year, Garner said she has become attached to most of her students. She has taught them all year and hates to see them go to senior English the following year. I I feel sad. Every year it's a bitter sweet experience. It feels much closer in my Advanced CompfLit classes because I feel I know them better through our discussions. It's just sad to see them go, explained Garner. Garner was only one of the many Communication Arts teachers that loved teaching. I enjoy what I'm doing, and I like coming to 'work every day, said teacher Karen Kehlet. X. C?