Dobson High School - Equus Yearbook (Mesa, AZ)

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IT TAKES All KINDS. Sophomore typist Justin Murello shatters the typical sexy-legged secretory image, replacing heete and blouse with rugged hightops and a t-shirt. JOCK (jok) Any muscular male who uses the word ‘dude' at least three times in one sentence, and can never remember his home- work for AA underwater basket weaving. That jock punted my dog 50 yds. Business Home Ec. 169 IGNORAMOUS (ig-nor- aim-us) The person in front of you in the five mile line at Burger King, who lets his her twenty closest friends slide in. That ignoramous just broke into the Whopper supply. I enjoy sewing class be- cause I want to be a fashion designer. -Tom O’Brien, junior

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uccess Secrets Many people find them- selves striving for that one rewarding goal: success. They go out, young, ex- cited, and eager to apply for that 'top' job, only to find that they need experience that they don't have. To avoid this dilemma, many students enrolled in business classes to get experience. They were trained to under- stand business at an entry level by learning about the various skills for managing private businesses, and more. Finally, to put these skills into action, the students got a chance to work in the student store. They could also join one of the student- oriented clubs such as DECA, ‘ FBLA, and COE. Home economics was the place to be to gain valuable skills in the cooking, child de- veloping, fashion, and home-management areas. Home economics supplied even more experience through it's student-run res- taurant, the Corral. The business and home economics departments were ready and willing to as- sist students to be successful in any career that they chose. Design by Cyndie Parsons Photos by Tana Price. Laura Johnson was secretary of and an active member in DECA. She planned on par- ticipating in the National DECA Conference. She planned on going to NAU. I mostly used the skills that I learned in business for DECA Competi- tions. IBM COMPUTER WHIZ Chrtssy Briggs boasts her accom- plishment on being able to produce a hard copy from her word proces- sor. THE CONCENTRATING TONGUE. Melissa Frost looks in on her part- ners magazine to spot any Betty Crocker box mix coupons for home economics class. Academics

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t's Greek To Me The world is a class- room. Okay — so that's not exactly how the old saving goes, but it realv described what was going on in the foreign language department. More than ever before, students were flocking to the language classes, learning for them- selves about the world around them. The great expansion in the number of students taking foreign language caused big changes in the depart- ment. Three new teachers were added -a full-time Lat- in and a Spanish teacher, as well as a part-time French teacher. In addition to new teachers, new classes were formed: Spanish III and IV were made into two sepa- rate classes, there was a French IV V class combined, and the German and Latin classes filled up those pre- viously empty desks. Part of the reason for the extensive growth was the demand by colleges for stu- dents with knowledge of at least one foreign language. Another reason was the qualifications and talents of the teachers. Each teacher was qualified to teach at least two foreign languages, had traveled the world gathering knowledge of cul- tures. and highly encour- aged their students to travel themselves. This made the classes fun and rewarding to learn. With the positive changes that took place in the de- partment, it was no wonder that so many students took a peek into the world around them by learning an- other language. Design by Tomi Clark. Photos by Michelle Cunico and Jeff Darbut. PARA BA1LAR LA BAMBA No, this isn't music class. This is Miss Idarraga's Spanish class Michelle Salas. Khristina Whatts, and Aline Ellis watch as the native Columbian teacher sngs-her favorite way to spread the foreign ctiture. WE HAVE A TEST TODAY? Cynthis Kartsimas. Aaron Covey, lisa Zurfas. and Richard Murtland contemplate the answers to Miss Idarraga's Spanish test Testsarean important part of Miss Idarraga's monitoring of her students' pro- Studying a dead language has a deodening effect on Koene lewis and Elizabeth Reed in Latin, col- lege-prep students feel that the class wii help them in their future studies NOW, CAN WE All ?AY-:.-..2 Spicing up her second year French class. Mrs. Arandjelovic uses her puppets Papa and Fifi to got ocross the importance of conversation. 170 cademics