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

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Anxiety Did you cram for rhe SAT or one of Its offshoors such as rhe P5AT or SACT? Or did you srudy rhe sample resr like rhe bookler Taking rhe SAT rold you ro. One junior, Kris Choi, sold, Sure I ' m worried, bur I ' m going ro srudy for rhe SAT. Either woy you ' ve experienced somerhing quire unique: SAT mtd- nighr madness, as sophomore Bar- bora Hargrove described ir There are orher rerms, ones pschologisrs mighr use, Anxiery, Fear of failure. No marrer how prepared you were rhe firsr rime, you rhoughr you mighr fail. Some even sroyed up half rhe nighr before rhe resr, srudying in hopes of a good score. Of course, rhere were rhose who didn ' r really core whor rhey gor on rhe SAT or didn ' r rake ir. They missed our on o nerve- wrocking experience. Were rhey lucky ' Who knows? Selecnng Winning Posirion, Joe Louer prepores himself ro read onorher ossign- menr English 41

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Reloring o personal experience ro the srory rhey ore srudying, Lois Richardson grins or her class Pausing for o momenr, Leticio Sonto Cruz seorches her memory for rhe answer ro o comprehension guesrion on her laresr guiz Helping Students Explore The Wild World Of Reading Joe Louer, sophomore, conn- menred, Ir ' s o killer doss, Reeding Lab, o newly esrcblished course, in- volved individual vocabulary skills, composition, and will evenruolly in- clude speed reoding, Srudenrs earned English credits but needed a teocher recommendation to enroll. This course was held oil six periods and was designed to accommodate any high school student for one se- mester to two years. One junior, Brendo Alvorodo, said, It ' s helped me in reading a lot better than other classes have This first year was expensive due to the new eguipmenr, such as headsets and tape players, but will benefit students in the long run by helping them read olong with a voice reoding the story aloud and understanding comprehension ques- tions. The students hod free reading time with their own choice of books and also parricipored in co-operative leorning through group projects. Joe Louer recommended it ful- ly. 40 Academics

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To The Future The firsr rhing rhor popped our of junior David Khachodoorian ' s mourh were rhe words fun and easy ' Whor was he rolking obour Morh? Yes, morh. Algebra II ro be exocr. To him rhe doss was very challenging KhQchodoorion inrends ro use rhis doss os o furure reference for his career ofrer high school, which will be in rhe compurer field. Talking obour his reacher Ms Moureen Cush, he sold, She ' s grear, keeps ir simple in class and gives greor examples when reach- ing Kachodoorian added, This class also helps me for my drofrmg class in finding measuremenrs and rhe logic behind rhem. Khachodoorian ' s high school rroining in morh will help him rhroughour rhe resr of high school and his career ofrerwards ( ' i . mm A I P ' ■;■- Pausing from rheir work, Chorlene Campbell, Donia Brenneise, and Quinn Thomas rake rheir eyes off rhe boord during rhieir pre-olgebro doss Srudenrs in Mr Steve Robifaille ' s doss hiopefully woir for him ro explain rheir ossignmenr. 42 Academics