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

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future scientists Alan Hall and Frank Link keep a close eye on their chemistry experiment. Watching their chemicals bubble. Jay Dahl and Greg Shay take notes on the results. Explaining the meticulous details needed in a lab notebook, Mr. Orr keeps Chem Study students on their toes. A Biology lab test means one minute at each station and extra credit for dressing up. Co) (O) Science (2) Classes

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One of the joys of science, according to Tim Garcia is trying to spell ' echinodermata. ' Concentration and note taking are important skills in chemistry as Mike O ' Brien and Ted Williams demonstrate. CO V Z Q U Time to Experiment For the graduating class of ' 87, the science requirement was increased to two years from the former one and one half years. That meant that in addition to a semester of health science, next year ' s seniors had to also take science for another year and one half. Of course, college prep students generally took Biology and Chemistry automati- cally. And the state now wants schools to get more and more students to enroll in physics. Other science electives in- cluded: Astronomy, Earth Science, Physical Science, Life Science, Environ- mental Science, Basic Science, and Physiology and Anatomy. Science classes weren ' t just note taking and notebook making classes. Most of them involved varying degrees of lab work. Science labs included ev- erything from trying to find one-cellec creatures through a microscope to rec ognizing and labeling the muscles of i cat. The study skills learned in a sci- ence class have proven very helpful tc former MoVal students in their college courses, as many of them have report ed back that a particular science class was easy in college because of whal they learned here. We Want To Know Everything

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u a A Time to Develop Clothing, cooking, child develop- ment, interior design, and classes simi- lar to those made up the broad subject of home economics. By enrolling in these classes students learned useful skills that could be used around the home or in certain occupations. Some of the many skills covered were: bud- get management, running a household, cooking and sewing. In the old days boys never took cooking classes, it just wasn ' t done. But now everyone admits that anyone who can prepare foods is better off than anyone who can ' t. Therefore, many boys took classes like Kitchen Survival and became experts at making om- elets, cakes and cookies. Most of us pay no attention to what it takes to keep house until we are out on our own, so signing up for a home econom- ics course co uld be a real eye opener. On the more unusual side was the Child Development class where stu- dents learned to care for and under- stand small children. Those without younger brothers or sisters found this introduction to parenting very inter- esting. It helped me see how children view the world and how they respect adults, related Lolita Hill, It is a big responsibility to be a parent. Rebecca S. and Tanya M. Cleaning up messy faces sometimes becomes the task of Child Development instructor. Miss Pepin. Checking a seam. Mrs. Moquin makes sure that no embarrassing moments result from students wearing their own cre- ations. Keeping the troops entertained at a Halloween party falls to Jami Parrott and Ter- ry Wells. We Want To Know Everything