Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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Ioan Sciortino folm Sciortino Monica Seiber Kimberly Simpson Kimberly Slater Anamary Smith Denise Spann Mike Spears Karen Spilly vs Chex 'X .f ur.. 1' Paul Spitzzeri David Spring Diane Stalrl 'Q Q Q, 1 Marc Stein Karen Stevens Steven Stewart Personal cars: a most necessary investment Undoubtedly, having a car is an important status symbol for many high school students. Most students who have cars have worked hard to pay for them and are working hard to maintain them. Others got theirs as gifts from parents. In Southern California an automobile is a necessity of life. A large percentage of high school students have part time jobs and, with both parents working, it is not always possible to borrow a car or to be dropped off or picked up. Using mass transportation is an alternative, but OCTD buses do not always run to some areas at the times needed. Besides it is somehow humiliatin to have to rel on arents for 1 g Y P trans ortation. Adolescence is a time for teena ers to work toward P S inde endence and what better wa to achieve a certain de ree of P 3 Y g independence than to drive a vehicle that is all theirsv? Many seniors aspired to drive flashy Camaros, Firebirds or Trans- Ams. Still others sought originality and creativity in their choice of automobile. Senior Steve Scholl decorated his Mercury Comet with stickers from radio stations and scrawled the words Rushmobile across the side. His car will probably never make the cover of Wheels but it does attract a certain amount of local attention. Teresa Dahnke opted for a more rock-a-billy look with her choice of car, a vintage Volvo. Like the rock-a-billy music her car is from the same era. Senior Teresa Dahnke arrives for school in her very unique car. With Dahnke is senior Jackie Charpentier. fi ' la .- seniors - 253

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X x S A Norman Santos Phillip Scalisi Carol Scarsella Lisa Schmidt Scott Scholl D 010765 Schreitmueller Terry Sepulveda Qzgyl Sheets Bill Sheffield Yvette Siemer Robin Silan Ben Simensen 7 t qt, 'ax 'H ' 51 A in Q 11 ' ' V Q 7 V v 5 , . 1 s S, 'L A Herb Smith Lisa Smith Marsha Smith Stella Smith Tammy Smith Elizabeth Sowell I. Rush fan Steve Scholl drives his infamous Rushmobile into the student parking lot. Scholl customized his Mercury Comet with stickers from local radio stations. 2. Danielle Rinehart begins a warm up in dance class, Dance, taught by Becky Reed, it one of the most popular PE classes offered. 252 - seniors E

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Seniors earn credit, money and education With spiraling inflation, and the highest unemployment figures since the Great Depression, coupled with a normal teenager's need for financial independence, many students found themselves holding down part time jobs. Those seniors working part time found that they could earn money and class credits too. They soon became pros at dealing with Work Experience forms and Work Experience Counsel- or john Marcinko. The reasons students work vary tremendously. Some work to provide a little extra pocket money for spending on the weekends. Others work to maintain an automobile, a task one senior likened to support- ing a family. Others worked for a more admirable reason, to help their parents pay for the cost of their college education. Not only has inflation hit the retail market, but the academic market as well. Tuitions, dorm fees, boarding costs and text book prices have more than doubled since the late I960,S. Most unfortunately and also most commendably, some students found themselves in the position of helping with the family income. When General Motors' South Gate plant closed the parents of some students found their income more than cut in half. Students in those families soon found how much their part time job pin money could help their families in that time of need. Jennifer Kaufman and Michelle Crisanti enjoy the Dance Team's performance at a basketball half time show. The Dance Team performed throughout the football and basketball seasons. Donald Ulytad Laurie Stiles Kurt Strand Paul Strang Ron Taylor Scott Taylor Linda Teston 'Q i l X l K . Diane Torgerxen David Trantbam Heidi Trogden Tamsin Valdez fame: Valincbes Kelly Vallianos Todd Vanderstraeten Linda Van Deventer Chyig VanDykg Cecilia Velan-O 254 - seniors