Moreno Valley High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Sunnymead, CA)

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Superintendent Lee. who has two very personal inter- ests in MoVal, daughter Jamie and son Travis, joins Dr. Dalton (Staff Development Coordinator) and the De- cathlon team for a luncheon provided by Mr. Olson and the A.S.B. A look through the glass shows students hard at work, which is what it is all about. TEAM ID. BACK — Mrs. Gaertner, advisor; Nicole All. Leslie Arnold, Beth Rayfield. FRONT — David Edwards, Ron Barker, Pam Rayfield. Brian Loftus. A Press-Enter- prise reporter interviews David Edwards. Academic Decathlon

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CO ? UJ o V Time To Reach Your Goal The yearly Academic Decathlon was a compe- tition in which every school in the area sent their hardest working students to compete in various subjects such as: History of World War II, English, art, math, and economics. Our students studied these subjects during October and November by taking practice tests and reviewing notes pre- pared by Mrs. Gaertner. The actual event lasted seven hours during which there were three breaks to allow the intense atmosphere to lighten up a bit as the students walked around, got drinks, etc. Ronald Barker one of the students at this year ' s Decathlon recalled, We could feel the tension in the air as soon as we entered the room. Of course, MoVal did very well with an overall finish of third place among all the participating schools in Riverside County. Of the 83 students who competed, junior David Edwards scored sec- ond highest in the combined total of all 10 events. Each school enters two students in each of three divisions according to their GPA. Honors Divi- sion is for those who have a 3.75-4.0 GPA. The Scholastic Division is for those students who range from 3.0-3.74, and the Varsity Division is composed of students with a GPA below 3.0. Over-all awards in the various fields were: Eco- nomics — Brian Loftus. 3rd-, English — David Ed- wards, 1st; Mathematics — David Edwards, 1st; Science — Brian Loftus. 3rd-, David Edwards. 1st-, Essay Writing — David Edwards, 3rdj Interviews Beth Rayfield. 2nd. David Edwards related that the Super Quiz on Immigration was extraordi- narily hard. But he knew that he did his best and looks forward to competing again next year to see if he and the team can do even better. Karia M. and Anna W. nelping celebrate our fine Decathlon show- ing are : Mrs. Ferguson, Assistant Principal, Mrs. Carothers, School Boardi Ms. Juchau, SIP, Dr. Tissire, Assistant Superintendent-, Dr. Wisher, Director of Curriculum, and Mrs. Flinn, GATE Coordinator. As these foreign language students demonstrate hard work is what it takes to be successful on the CAPS or in the Decathlon or just in life itself I We Want To

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CO u Z u o u Time For Knowledge What are math and English besides a headache? Were these subjects in- vented to complicate life or just to give homework and tests on? Or are these just two more classes to suffer through? Even though we are reluctant to admit it, both English and math are used every day in many ways. In English we need not merely suffer, but English can be used to polish our jenior Jerry Day. readies his current event article before he shares the information with his Speech (English) class. Sometimes working in a group helps solve the problem, as Denise Dunn and her friends discover. communication skills either verbally or with the written word. Without good communication skills, where would we be? Chances are, we would be in seri- ous trouble! Math is just as practically valuable to us as English. We realize that this comes as a shock to many of you! Some types of math classes even teach us about logic, or to catalog, calculate, and organize items. Then there are the in- creasingly popular computer classes which are also offered through the math department. However, many teenagers still believe that math is only used to keep them from passing high school. Some of those contribute to this possibility by using their math class to write notes to friends, or talk, or . . . anything but work on math. In support of this statement, Mike Arias was heard to comment, Algebra is some- thing nice to sleep through. We Want To