Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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N Ex, ,se 1 2 X' ' was . U 1. Senior Leadership students Mary Wixted and Carlene Archibald hand out the caps and gowns to seniors. 411 seniors had to clear all their debts before they could be issued their caps and gowns. z. Senior Andrea Sarkisian finishes her continental breakfast, a traditional senior week activity. The breakfast was held prior to graduation practice. 3. Aztlan editor Maureen Heath eats a piece of cake in an impromptu senior quad party. Parties were held on the last Friday of school to celebrate the seniors' coming graduation. closing - 263

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Graduates' guest lists limited to 5 by administration. Seeking a solution to the problem of the huge, and sometimes unruly, crowds of spectators at the graduation ceremonies the administration followed the precedent set by El Dorado and Valencia High Schools and limited the number of guests that each graduate could invite. Graduates were limited to only five guests and tickets were required for admission to the ceremony. Despite complaints from members of the graduating class the administration stood firm. This gives each and every family an equal opportunity to have the same number of family members attendf' said Activities Director Frank Manzo. How- ever, the administration agreed that there are certain circumstances for some families where more than the allotted five tickets were necessary. An additional three tickets could be obtained only by parents from the main office two days prior to graduation. Some members of the senior class guessed that the ticket policy was instituted to control the size of the crowd but also to control the behavior of both the graduates and the audience whose behavior has become increasinglynrowdyn in recent years. HI think that the admin- istration set limits on tickets to try and prevent the less than fclass act, of the previous graduating classf, said graduate Shannon Allen. I really feel that it was unfair of them to make this decision without informing us in the very beginning of the year when plans and announcements were being decided, added Allen. Ljunior Michelle Crisanti attended school on june 1 1 ciau in a 1 mit Cardin designer sheetg for an unofficial, unplanned, unauthorized Toga Day. The students who wore togas were sent home by the administration to change. 2, Senior Dave Blanchard signs a friend's Preview in the Senior Quad. The Preview was distributed by the yearbook staff two weeks prior to the end of school, the yearbooks complete with all of the events of the school year, were set for distributing during registration for the y82-'83 year. 2 162 - closing t- , ,,,,jw , U 1.

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0,Gorman addresses record numbers at Baccalaureate Saying that by serving the community in which they live the graduating class would also be W serving God, Father Eamon O'Gorman from St. Martinls Catholic Church in Yorba Linda addressed the Class of '82 at their Baccalaureate ceremony. Using illustrations from the current movie Tess O'Gorman urged the graduates to secceed in their endeavors and to return to the community what they have received from it. The traditional ceremony was held the Sunday prior to graduation and was attended by graduates from all three high schools who met at Bradford Stadium, June 13. The graduates were addressed by the principals from the three high schools, Bob Jones from Valencia, Jerry Jertberg from El Dorado and Esperanza Principal Al Hawkins. Accordin to Valencia's Activities Director Bruce Kittilson the attendance at this Baccalaure- g ate was the hi hest he had seen in six ears. He estimated that there were between 0 and 600 g Y 55 graduates there, which would be about half of each graduating class from each high school. Pomp and Circumstanceu was played by the Aztec band directed by Ken Bergevin, and the Aztec Vocal Ensemble directed by Kathy Lopez sang The Lord Bless You and Keep You and All Things Bright and Beautiful. 1. Father Eamon O'Gorman from St. Martin,s Catholic Church in Yorba Linda adresses the graduates at Baccalaureate. The ceremony was attended by graduates from Valencia, El Dorado as well as Esperanza. 2. Members of the Class of '83 in a radical student seizure of the Senior Quad celebrate the seniors first day off campus. These stu- dents waited until the threat of trash canning and taping of bodies to trees was minimized by the seniors' absence. 164 - baccalaureate fk .444 .,,,