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

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Knights, pawns, checkmate. It's almost like a se arate language. People who used those words were members of the Chess Club. The Chess club was started four years ago by Rick Valencia, Biology teacher, but he wasn't the only per- son who started the club. Bein a foundin member of the Chess Club, I've hef ed bring chess from a game to a scllfool sport com- peting with other schools, said senior Ionathon Bloomfield. The Chess Club was a school sport that really did compete with other schools. A lot of hard work went into Check- Mate CHESS CLUB MEMBERS - Bottom row: Andrew Cuckers, Bob Biswas, Advisor Rick Valencia, jonathan Bloomfield, Danny Wang, Iohn Kim, Tim Pratt, Matt Orozco. 1, A fn,-,,, -if3,,yW,,g,ff f READY FOR THE NEXT MOVE - is senior Danny Wang. Chess games took a lot of' patience and concentration. SETTING UP A GAME - is sophomore Sumit Verma. Many friends used to get toget er for a friendly game of chess during the lunch period. 80 OrgonizotionsfChess I those tournaments, according to Valencia. Everyday during lunch you could walk into Valencials room and find many chess boards set up with people frantically trying to finish one game in a s ort 40 minutes. , This year will be dynamic. I have a lot of seniors, and it should be great, said Valencia earlier dur- ing the year. After a year of hard work and hard laying, the Chess Club had an award night where they were given awards for all their great efforts. ky, E- -' rf,-,-'

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The Photo Club gave students a chance to develop photographic skills. Most of the time, the club would meet after school to have more time to develop and shoot pic- tures for their many projects which went on throughout the year. The Photo Club gives people a chance to further develop their skills, said club advisor Paul Olivier. Throughout the year the club displayed many photo exhibits which were seen during lunchtime. I really like to show people my work because I feel proud, said member Anil Paryani. The club was originally formed by 10 members of Olivier's Advanc- ed Photography class, and many new members have joined. I have learned so much in photography through the club that I otherwise wouldn't have learned, commented senior Reka Lapsiwala. The Winning ij Shot WHICH PICTURE SHOULD I USE? - says Anthony Wiant. Photo dilspklays seen during lunch were created mostly by students in Photo C u . A WINNING SMILE - shows on advisor Paul Olivier. Olivier took on a heav schedule with teaching his graphic and photo classes, yet he still gave his undivided attention to the Photo Club. PHOTO CLUB MEMBERS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT - Top row: Antony Wiant, Car l-ladin, Rekha Lapsiwala, Leslie Tice, Brandi Long, Valerie Foote, Mark, Morales, Cathy Messick, Erika Ito, Wayne Hutchionson. Se- cond row: Dax Anderson, Amy Inforzato, lim Shilts, Shannon Holder, len- ny Coe, Laurie Ryan, Isabel Kay, Anil Paryani, Clint Suttles. Third row: Iulie Neal, Ieff Badstubner, Danielle Montrenes, Iovie Radaza, Brad Tucker, Kellie Van Cleve. Fourth row: Advisor Paul Olivier. PhOtOfOI-ganlzauons 79

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