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

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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

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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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Pen and ink drawing by Shone Durckle of o surfer hirring o wove Best Artist Shone Durckle musr hove some- rhing going for him. Afrer oil, Mr. Richard Smith and Mrs. Constance Cossidy picl ed him for besr ornsr. He ' s gor o good background in orr, soid Mr. Smith. Burckle has token six years of orr including rwo in junior high. He ' s one of our rroined ones, soid Mrs. Cassidy with o chud le. Durckle is interested in commer- cial arts and computer graphics - such as animated logos. It ' s a way to express myself, he said. One of my main influencers re- cently is Patrick Nigel, who died a couple yeors ago, Durckle said. Durckle entered in a lor of com- peririons this year, soid his teachers. This should be a big year for Shone, said Mrs. Cossidy He had ojob ot a printing firm this year and plans on pursuing o career in the arts. RiMtm- . Considering o piece rhar has just fallen off his piled rings, Joshua Komoloni jokingly pre- tends ro ear ir while friend Ethon Kolosinski cheers him on Showing off his cloy creation, Keith Morton balances it on his fist ro keep ir from com- pletely collapsing Wirh delicate strokes and complete concenrro- rion, Michelle Burns poinrs her orr project from one side ro rhe orher. 44 Academics