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

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style Of Their Own Illegible; rewrite is one mark not hoped for on assignments. Having your handwriting compared to chicken-scratch isn ' t ego build- ing either. To work on penmenship, a Calligrophy Club was formed. I ' ve been interested since sixth grade and this was an opportunity for me to express my skill and interest, said Bobby Co- hen President of the Club. The Club teaches how to write in Calligraphy. We made name place cards for the student council, said Secretary of Correspondence Laurie Green. The Calligraphy Club would write ' or anyone who asked. We also had contests for best lettering. said Karen Weaver. ' It ' s one of the easiest clubs to join; all you need is a pen and paper, said Bobby Co- hen. river Ip ' bcuL , 1 cr ' Hu)ciu-v« Top row Ms. Payne, H. Nguyen, J. Lo, T. Gulzow, J. Overland, B. Stwertnik. Bottom row L. Green, B. Cohen, K. Weaver. A little role reversal Bobby Cohen supervises Ms. Payne while she writes The Calligraphy Clubs work is displayed by the name cards they made for Student Council Jenny Lo and Laurie Green pay full attention to learning how to write letters in calligraphy Calligraphy Club 129

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Working For The Future VICA, Vocational Industrial Clubs of America, is a class where all of tfie class time is devoted to working in tfie shop according to senior Russ Hughes. Students are required to make a pro ject. but other than that they have no written work VICA includes the workshop, metalshop. auto shop, electricity shop, and me- chanical drawing All of these classes prepared students for an occupation after completion of high school. I took the class to get myself ready to be a mochinist after I graduate stated Steve Beard. The 1984-85 VICA members Using great precision, Henry Ortega cuts fiis board to a perfect fit. Being careful to moke sure his drawing is as accurate as possible, Aaron Cargile lines up his terr In the newly-rebuilt auto shop, Chris Hockett and Steve Baristi go right to the source oi the pic 128 VICA

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Graffiti The art work came alive as the dancers presented their annual dance show Graffiti , It tool a lot of finne and effort to make the dance show a success. The dancers practiced at 7:15 in the morning, dur- ing 2nd period and even added a few otter school rehearsals, and some night rehearsals. We had to pick the music and choreograph all the dances ourseif, except the 3 dances that Mel choreo- graphed. They are always the most fun, stated Ta- mmy Peckham. Melanie Alexander, or Mel as her dancers call her, held try outs in January, Sabrlna Waterman com- ments, it was tough competition. There was a lot of talent and only 1 1 out 30 girls were chosen. The dancers may have worked hard but they had fun doing it. Many close relationships had devel- oped, We ' re ail like sisters in a big family and Mel ' s our mom, reveals Teresa Pefry. One of the dances that the girls enjoyed the most was I ' m free choreographed by Kim Gregory. Kim has been in dance for the last two years, To be a good dancer, you must be creative, outgoing, and dedicated. Teresa Retry is a good example. She ' s creative and contributes a lot to the group, Mel concludes, I wasn ' t at all prepared for the dance show this year but the girls took care of everything. They are amazing! Tammy Peckham. -.KIfn ' t WltK abrina ' Wai«rfn n, — Brenda Gregbry, Kt Oregory, VfM ead, Carol ttdttibun, Jull ) a Jiidy Whitehead poses while dancing to Barry ManI r - low ' s - ' ie v York City Rhythm, After donee work out, Kim Lewis stretches otrt her mus cles so that ti-----v will not tighten up. I Teresa Petry staY klove to perfornn and dancing is the best way to do it.