Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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Sophs, too, must plan for the future According to Sophomore Counselor Merilyn Traylor the tenth grade year is the most crucial. Choices concerning high school and even college and career choices must be made. The selection of classes that will satisfy University of California and the State University system must be consid- ered. Grades are never so important as they will begin to be during this year. With colleges and universities demand- ing more academically challenging classes the pressure is on for students to in upper levels of math, science and for- eign languages. Not only is enrollment in these classes necessary for acceptance to colleges, but good grades in those classes are also mandatory. Teachers, well aware of the increased entrance requirements, tried to warn classes of them, often to no avail. I wish I'd applied myself more during my sophomore year, I just did enough to get by, said one senior. My grades aren't that hot, I'll end up at a junior college and after I've brought my grades up I'll transfer to a university. Sure, I was told by my counselor and by teach- ers that sophomore grades matter, but at I5 I guess I was just not mature enough to listen. The Class of '85 is heeding the warning, if class selections and an emphasis on grades are any indication. More sopho- mores are enrolling in more academical- ly challenging classes, they are not as in- terested in acquiring the right number of units for graduation as they are in satisfying entrance level requirements to colleges and universities. Gone forever are the days of coasting through high school, even sophomores must begin to plan for the future. Sarene McKnight attacks a timed typing test. Typing is one of the most useful, popular and most valued of electives. sophomores - 155

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Student Council member sophomore Margaret Miscione is responsible, along with other Council members for organizing student activities. Mis- cione served as the Class of '85's Freshman Class President. Sophomores Teresa Chalman and Kathy Dempster eat lunch outside of the senior quad. Copying a style pioneered by senior Bill Sheffield a genuine G.I. joe lunch box is present. ., Allen Lau, a native of Hong Kong, studies drafting in Steve Vallely's class. Lau found assimilation into western society only diffi- cult when the English language was a barrier. Dance team member Lisa Bialous limbers up before a practice. The Dance Team was initi- ated when interest in a traditional Drill Team waned. I54 - sophomores

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1. Sophomore Margaret Miscione and senior Vicki Yarber sell ASB Cards at registration. Miscione and Yarber are both Student Council members. 2. Sophomore Tina Harris is obviously pleased with the grade she earned on a Language Arts test. Harris, like many other students was taught by a student teacher, at times up to ISZ7 of the classes taught in the Language Arts and social science departments are taught by student teachers. I foe Acaba Qagez Adams Bill Alexander Todd Alexander Gilberto Alvizo fanet Anderson Kevin Anderson Anderson Lance Andrews Bob Anthony Lisa A phessetche Heide Arnold fazaamuma l Holly Astier Trisha Aubuchon W alter A-grill dia IM? foe Avina Stephanie Ayres Kristi Bailey Lynette Baker lwfbflf Bflkfl Tami Balduf ' Dione Baldwin Diane Ball Karen Ballard Migk Harhee Larry Baril Ifmzzae liaaacms Michele Bggksggz-d, liQlLfILBgglmL lacy lid! Yvonne Benedict Iamm Bmw Becky Berna Lisa Bialous 156 - sophomores