North High School - Valiant Yearbook (Torrance, CA)

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Backpack to atu re Members of the Backpacking Club are taught new and old backpacking techniques not only by Mr. Essex and Mr. Tabing, but through experience. ln the San Gabriel Mountains, they spent a day hiking at Bear Creek. Their longest excursion was a weekend at Havasu Indian Reservation. In the near future, they hope to spend a week camping and hiking at Big Bear. A L sa. - BACKPACKING CLUB: Row 1: lody Nishime, Laurel Wilson, Leslie Provence. Row 2, Eileen Higley, Art Van De Water, Guy Mitchell, Matt Garland, Dennis Garnett, Bill Goddard, Les Weeks. Row 3, Mr. Tab- ing, Tracy Shinmoto, Marabel Parker, Brenda Aleshire, Bob Bell, john Carter, Curtis Cain, Charlotte Barbee, Peggy Roberts, Mr. Essex. Ecology? One of the spots visited by the Backpacking Club.

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Dance Club Waltzed Through the Year l sm? tg 2 A Dance Club: Row 1, Patty Goodson, loan Haslem, Debbie DeFelice, Carin Macy, Maryann Coons, Dianna Karp, Karin Breitenstein, Karen Simpson, Ruth Wilkinson. Row 2, Kathy Blair, Donna Smith, Gina Mangiagli, Gerina Sykes, Bonnie Eckroth. The Dance Club was a new club that sprouted up and joined the al- ready established clubs at North High. Mrs. Hewitt taught mem- bers of the club to ex- press themselves in the art of dance. Combin- ing music, rhythms and movement, the mem- bers aquired grace, poise and coordina- tion. Besides learning through practice, the members attended lo- cal dance concerts and workshops. Renaissance Playgoers Live It U In an attempt to recapture the atmosphere of the Renaissance Period, the Renaissance Playgoers, under the enthu- siastic sponsorship of Mrs. Banks, attended several Shakespearean plays at the Ahmanson Theatre, located in the city of Los Angeles. The plays they viewed ranged from the tragedy Romeo and luliet , to the comedy, A Mid- summer Night's Dream. I all-f Renaissance Playgoers: Row 1, Cherrie Norris, Linda Beck, Nancy DeLemus, Mrs. Banks, Debbie Orth, Pat jones, loellen Meihan. Row 2: Elisabeth O'Neill, Melody Motley, Mark janeba, Dale Polichetti. -

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Chemists Are Looking Forward to a Bright Future fi in if CHEMISTRY CLUB: Row 1, Tracy Shinmoto, Carolyn Nambu, Valerie lsoda, Priscilla Sun, Mary Anne Um- ekubo, Nani lmura, Diane Awane, Cheryl Okada, Phyllis Ohmoto, Geri Aoki, Karen Kobayashi, Karen Nishihira. Row 2, Janis Nakashima, Marlene Rhodes, Shirley Takigawa, Mark Hughes, Mark Takeyama, Mary Nishimoto, Ray Kaestner, loan Eguchi, Valerie Apana, loan Kamei, Marcia Togioka, Edward Iwa- saka. To most, chemistry was a subject one took and was glad to be done with, but for the small minority of students who had a greater in- terest in it there was the Chemis- try Club. To expand their knowl- edge in the uses of chemistry the club planned field trips to Pitts- burgh Paints, and Douglas Air- crafts. The sponsor was Mr. C-allo. Math Club Explores the World of Real umbers MATH CLUB: Row 1, Sylvia Tetreault, Richard Worlitz, Mrs. Quinn, Randy Smith, Doreen Olson, Row 2, Mark Mclntyre, lulius Chastain, Doris johnson, lon Kunsch, Tom Hillman. The Math club provided mem- bers with an opportunity to apply math in new and different ways. They visited many math orientat- ed companys which enhanced their knowledge and interests. The club was sponsered by Mrs. Quinn.