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

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Mac Cooper feeds his girlfriend Tanya Villavicen- cio lunch. Mac played on the Varsity football game. Yeor of changes, V ' .if --. I Y - Av-I ,- fy X' 'Q V 'I I J .c Aimee Schor remaining static year after year may result in security. stagnation also lies in that direc- tion. Innovation leads to Ill'W horizons while 15 the l'9ll'2lt'lllQ of an old pathway. ln order to improve you must he willing to take a chance. try some- different. and lllllllttmtlfll change. Dorado strives for improvement. and its means of accom- plishing this necessarily embodies revision in a llllllllllll' of areas. During the 11387-S8 school year it branched out in a yariety of directions, seeking to enhance its learning enyi- One of the more notable changes was the addition campus superyisors who supplemented the efforts ofthe in security and protection. Roaming the they diligently attempted to reduce theft and van- next class. She in Drama. walks to actively involved llorado was further altered by a reyision of the tardy attendance policy, put into effect after the state passed a requirement for new disciplinary systems in all schools. A committee consisting of 21LllllllllSll'ilI0l'S, teachers, parents, and students worked together to produce the new arrange- ment, The number ot' absences allowed per' semester before a student was withdrawn from a course fell from fifteen to thirteen. the IlUlllllk1l'tll'll'U2iI'lCl65fl'llIll fiye to four. and the ot tardres trom ten to eight. The degree of tor eath rntractron was increased, with the making students more aware of the importance of dance. Many teachers felt that the new policies brought a noticeable transformation in their classes. while students remained optimistic as well. The most significant transition experienced this year was open enrollment. This lll2llll4 it possible for any student within tl1e district to attend l-ll Dorado, whereas during previous years only those within specific boundaries had been eligible. ln spite of the expansion there was a fall in enrollment. continuing the trend of decline in l-Il D0l'2l.d0'S section of the district. Nonetheless. the school devoted itself to maintaining a full program in both academics and co-curricular' activities, This year El Dorado challenged itself to rise to unprec- edented heights. Changes don't always D9l'l'Ill'lll the way they were intended to. or achieye the desired results. but each step in an untried direction expand our outlook uuu, school is characterized by a desire aspiration is evident in all s - 1 znl io qA:V,,,. :--'-1 1 l' he capabilities of El Dorado High School are consta Ei' expanding, not only in H388 but eyery year. and what can achieve knows no bounds, 5 in

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Waiting for lheir next class, Mark Beauchamp and Joey Ojedzi relax. linlli sling as bass in Vocal Ensemble. Senior Divisional 8