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

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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

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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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Difficult and Easy- It ' s All Confusing Morh is confusing subjecr for some srudenrs. Many said marln was difficult, bur some said ir was a breeze. Mario Hernandez commenred, I found morin very difficuir afrer my freslnmon yeor becouse going inro a new morh class is very challenging. However, Elvira Cervontes soid, Morh is very eosy for me since ir ' s my fovonre subjecr, Mony srudenrs rhoughr ir wos a mirocle rhor rhey hod reached alge- bra. Such ropics OS variables were hard for beginning algebro srudenrs Lisa De-Long sold rhonkfully, Ir rook me three years to pass Algebra I, but I finally mode it through. Math con sure be a challenge, bur most srudenrs need or leasr a basic understanding from classes such as Basic Morh, Pre-Algebro, Algebro I ond II, Geometry, Trigonomerry, Morh Analysis, and Calculus ro suc- ceed in life. Tod Fain ploys cords during iiis conumer mor(-i clossP Mrs. Carol Tipper explains ro her Algebro I doss rlie conceprs of variables Morh AC