El Dorado High School - El Dorado Yearbook (Placentia, CA)

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Decathelon For Brains . . . Not Brawn! Housing ' ' Science ' ' Fine Arts? for fun? not quite. This year the Academic Decathelon, held at Westmister High School was not done for fun. The six students and coach, Joy Appleby, spent many an hour studying to spend the day, Satur- day, the 23rd of October. Ten tests were admin- istered, dealing with every subject most students tried to avoid during school hours. The team con- sisted of six students, two from each G.P.A Joe Greenlaw and Winnie Wong, with a G P A of 3. 75 to 4 00 were the Honors students, Pat Galvin and Kathy Klinge were the Scholastic students with a G P A of 3.00 to 3 74, and Tom Trerise and Kata Conlon made up the Varsity section with a G P A below 2 99. Three of these were honored with medals for outstanding perfor- mance. Honor student. Winnie Wong, tool third in speech. Varsity Tom Trerise got a second place in the essay, and Kata Conlon a second place in mathematics. Can you believe that honors student Winnie Wong would actually assoicate with Varsity Kata Conlon? In a daze, Pat Galvin ponders over what to do with the hand stuck to the wall. 1 Kothy Klinge can ' t believe that the ten tests were taken yesterday and that she can forget about HousingM The 1982-83 Academic Decathelon Team, Coach Joy Appleby, Kathy Klinge, Winnie Wong, Joe Greenlaw, Kata Conlon, Tom Trerise, and Pat Galvin. Academic Decathelon 207

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Math Team Was Adding Up! It is hard to imagine anyone interested in permutations, logarithms, quadratic equa- tions and math in general. But the Math Team is filled with students interested in all these things. The interest and ability in math skills and an inclination to work hard are the only re- quirements for joining the team. The team competed six times in the Atlantic Pacific monthly contest. The tests include tak- ing a number of difficult exams in all areas of high school moth. Then the four highest scores ore sent in for national competition against the scores of other high schools. The twenty member team also contested in competitions at Orange Coast College, Po- mona College, and at on exam sponsored by the Math Assoicotion of America, It did very well in competition, and won several awards. The President of the team was Mon-Ta Tsai. The Secretary was Sharlene Wang. The 1982-83 Math Team Carol Lin and Valerie Wang show off their true mathematical abilities and help count money for the Ecology Club, Mon-Ta Tsai comtemplates whether or not to turn off the lights while not in use while Tony Chen decides if he should close the door or not. After seeing the next nights Math homework, Duncan Huang immediately puts his lunch away. 206 Math Team

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Spanish Club Gains Popularity Mexico has economically fallen but El Dorado Spanish Club is on the rise. Economically the Spanish club gained by selling Candy-Grams to help pay for their trip to Ol- vera Street. The club went first class, the Amtrak Way, to this famous Mexican street in Los Angeles. They toured the street and ate at the El Paseo Inn. Member Carol Gilbert stated It was exciting; I had a great time. The Spanish club president, Lori Marek, waits to announce the next activity. Left to right; Miss Blanchard, Debbie Renaud, Dana Madsen, Marianne Dinicola, Lori Marek, Carol Gilbert, and Valerie Wong. Miss Blanchard gets ready for another exciting Spanish club meeting. Marianne Dinicola and Debbie Renaud listen intently to the Spanish club agenda. 208 Spanish Club