Estancia High School - Flight Yearbook (Costa Mesa, CA)

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1. Estancia ' s decathletes wait for the events to start. 2. Annette Bejerano and Guy Myers sit down to eat the nutritious box lunch pro- vided by the OCC cafeteria. 3. In an early morning cram session, Scott Harris and Trancis Hardiman do some heavy memory work. 4. All team members, including Francis Hardiman and Jack Chen, learned from lectures given by volunteers from the teaching staff. Academic Decathlon «S

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1 . Coach Cassidy and Coach Michols exam- ine the scoreboard to see how the team is doing. 2. Top Row. Mike Horansky, Jack Chen. Scott Harris, Trancis Hardiman, Steve Decker, Robert Macklear, Marcus Wal- burger. Front Row. Julie Bengfort, Becky Faust, Constance Cassidy, advisor, Wen- dy Moore, Steve Miller. Annette Bejer- ano. Guy Myers, and Wendy Lee. EHS Shows Mental Muscle The opponents of this battle are hunched forward, brows furrowed, faces grim, in deep concentration. No, this is not fourth quarter at the Super Bowl. This is a typical de- scription of testing in the Orange County Academic Decathlon (OCAD for short). ' ' The brain is a muscle that ' s just recently been recognized and exercised, said decathlete Steve Decker. He was one of the team from EHS who competed in the OCAD, when they met on Sat., Nov. 15th to take part in a grueling war of the minds. EHS ' s team battled against 22 other schools in the Orange County re- gion. The events lasted from 7:30 AM to 4:45 PM and covered math, sci- ence, literature and language, fine arts, social studies, and eco- nomics. Each consisted of a half hour test which was Very diffi- cult, comparable to A. P. tests in all, said Wendy Lee. The team also had to write an essay on The Heart of Darkness and Hamlet , have an interview and compete in an 8 question super quiz on the Constitution. EHS ranked 11th and came away with eight awards in all. A 1st in interwiew, a 1st over all and a 2nd in science, a 2nd and two 3rd place awards in economics, a 3rd in math, and a 2nd place award in fine arts. 84 Clubs And Organizations

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Diane Colegate and Gentry Lane show some of their French spirit. Gary Grimm, the President of the German Club, smiles after a victory of holding his spoon on his nose the longest at German Camp. ' German Club Members Top How: Jeff Peterson, Mia Perup and Jasoi Goddard. Middle Row: John Sybersma, Mike Horansky, Gary Grimm, Tif fani Gallagher, Mrs. Sverdsen and Lee Queener Front Row: Brett Saunden and Jim Koch. (Not Pictured: Jeremy Kron, Greg Davis, Jon Bube, Liz Linn Kirsten Spain, Glenn DeSandre, Jack Chen, Brett Roberts and Baltasa Estrada.)