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

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Typical El Doradians Exceed All Limitations ED ' S famous Water-polo player, Tony Bell. Fine and Practical Arts winner. Jasmine Murata. Science and Math award winner Joe i Greelaw. Liberal Arts award winner, Paul Soto. Ty Pembleton, star wrestler. 216 Winners

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Conformity Is A Sin Tl Those radicals who roamed the cam- pus this year did more than just keep their ideas to themselves. They felt everyone should realize what was going on so they formed the Political Awareness Club, One of the four founding fathers, Dave Cra- votta spouted, There was so much stu- dent apathy at El Dorado, we decided to incite students to think; to become politi- cally aware. A forum designed for the free exchange of ideas was thusly cre- ated. Steve Baxter ' s reason for involve- ment was his ... dislike for the current administration and government. These views were not confined to their meet- ings but were printed in an editorial pa- per The Agitator. Members wrote arti- cles to express their mood on several cur- rent issues. Steve Baxter passes out the first edition of The Agitator , which was met with mixed reactions. The sinister Leonard Boyarsky hypnotizes Dave Cravotta with his dripping pizza into believing he is a crazed madman At a typical PAC luncheon, Paul Soto spits, Dave Freeman sleeps on the proud to apathetic Dave CravoHo, Kata Con- ...iff Ion lusts after Leonard Boyarsky, and Steve Baxter contem- plates the absurdity of existence The Four Founding Fathers of the Political Awareness Club. Paul Soto, Dave Cravotta, Leonard Boyarsky, and Steve Baxter try and comprehend Reagan ' s last tax cut. Political Awareness 215

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JEI}7 ' «: «Sv Channel 7 news rewards outstanding athiletes weekly, Tony Bell won the Prep Athlete of the week accolade during the school year, Tony, a superb water-polo player, started when he was seven years old, a year after he started swimming. He played AAU when he was little. Aside from El Dorado ' s polo team, Tony also takes part in a select team. Junior Notional Tony is a junior on a senior-dominated team When asked about his future plans, Tony replied, hopefully I ' ll receive a scholarship to ploy woterpolo in college. Bank of America annually gives awards to outstanding students who compete in various catagories. This years ' Science and Moth award recipiant was Joe Greenlaw. Jasmine Murata received the award for fine and practical arts, and Paul Soto received the award for Liberal Arts, For the fourth season in a row, El Dorado has produced the State Wrestling Champion, This year. Senior Ty Pembelton, 6-1, 183, snared the title. Wrestling in the 203 weight class, Pembleton was the underdog at the Fresno meet, but utilized the Gramby Roll to overpower his third and final opponent, ttiereby clinching the victory. With his judo background, quickness, and agility, Pemble- ton has earned numerous other honors such as the Los Angeles Times Player of the Week, The modest champion confessed disbe- lief when he was told he ' d won, I kept checking the score until the ref raised my hand, Pambleton has triumphantly followed in his three predecessors footsteps Lorl Marek was chosen as the girls State Representative from El Dorado, El Dorado hod 5 nominees, each girl was interviewed and Lorl was chosen. Every High School in California sent one girl to represent their school, for one week in Sacramento, There the girls constructed their own government and listen to political lectures and such, I ' m really excited about going, stated Lori, I think it will be a real good experience, High achievers come a dime-a- - ■ dozen at El Dorado, but one student 11 at ED, Stephanie Wang, soars con- 11 sistently above all. Fortunately, her 1 1 high achievements have not gone I H . unnoticed. She received a scho ar- ' - , ship in engineering to UC Berkeley. 9 j W. From UC Berkeley she intends to go j to graduate school with the eventual goal of becoming a chemical engi- neer, But with the wide field in chemical engineering, stated Steptianie, is not to easy to decide what to specialize in, I ' ll figure that out within the next few years, Steptianie also received the award naming her the Orange Coun- ty Engineering Student of the year. Steptianie added, It was a tremen- dous honor for me to get such a thing, I hope I con live up to the repu- tation for the award I received. Pam McGaw received a scholar- ship offered by Irvine County Leader- ship Conference. This is the first year this scholarship has been offered, A representative from each school in Orange County was awarded, Pam was chosen by the ED, scholarship committee for her leadership position and her academic abilities, Connie Nguyen received a schol- arship to attend North Western Uni- versity, She plans to become a medi- cal doctor of emergency specializing in trauma cases. I Girls State Representative, Lori Marel . Stephanie Wang, Engineering Student of the Year. Pam McGaw, one of E.D ' s true leaders, Connie Nguyen, a future doctor. Winners 217