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

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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

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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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Vising her math in accounting, Elisa Woods appreciates what she has learned. Even in So- cial Studies classes, students like junior Keith Benton have to use their English to communi- cate through essay exams. Carefully explain- ing the facts of the adding machine (using math), Mr. Robb checks on Felicia Hale and Adrienne Goines. English 2 U Matl