Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Council Works For Unity and Spirit Feeling good about school and the people at school was one of the ways that the student council worked for the benefit of Palo Verde. Motivation rang clearly from the mouths of the Student Council, and many activities were carefully planned year-round. How does one go about getting a whole school motivated? Offer the students new and imaginative ideas. Some of the ideas that the council threw out to the students included more and more spirit activities during both lunches. Having activities was just one of the many ideas through which the council was able to bring the school together and improve the social atmosphere at Palo Verde. Closeness among the students was strong all during the year, and what better way to display that spirit and closeness than to make them wiggle and squirm and squeeze themselves into a four by four box on the cafeteria floor? One more quick! Get a senior! These cheers were heard echoing throughout the lunch room. The senior took first due to their in- genious idea of stacking three students on top of each other and holding them for the duration of the time limit. And let's not forget the juniors who took second with only one per- son less. Then came the balloon shaving contest during which the junior class showed their speed and agility by winning their spirit points over the seniors. Although there were a few changes made midway through the year, Student Council was able to stay on track and make this year uncomparable to all others. 118 Organizations

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I 143' DECA Does It Best By Training Leaders DECA, Distributive Education Clubs of America, taught students many important things such as Human Relations, advertising, entrepreneur- ship and how to get a job. DECA sponsors many activities such as a regional DECA conference and state CDC Nationals. DECA also holds activities to benefit the elderly people in Pasada del Sol and the MDA by means of a Super Dance. From the Program Management's guide for DECA it is said that DECA believes in competition between stu- dent members for outstanding ac- complishments. DECA is fun. It's an interesting way to learn. It gives you an op- portunity to meet people with similar interests. I en- joy it very much, DECA member Tracy Nelson said. To support DECA will help in developing future leaders for marketing and distribution. Activities for DECA are planned by a slate of state officers that are annually elected by 1 1 -.,- nn . 'U it 1.3, xxx Q- Arizona DECA members. in 'x.'QTX 'Y 5 DECA encourages civics 91 vi responsibility through pro- fessional conferences, chapter activities, school improvements, projects and support of community ac- tivities. The purpose of Arizona and national DECA com- petitions is to provide visibility for the education goals and objectives of Marketing and Distributive Education. DECA has allowed me to see what I want from my future and has given me goals to shoot for instead of just hoping and dreaming. I'm working towards my future goals. added Tracy. DECA 117

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111 Rosalee Ruiz and Scott Perales, two members of Student Council, discuss some pro- blems concerning the pep assemblies. iPhoto by A. Smithj 121 MEMBERS OF STUDENT COUNCIL: Alphabetical order: John Atkinson, Larry Atkinson, Kerri Coppock, Carla Ecker, Denice Efaw, Tom Efaw, Ruben Felix, Stephanie Fuller, Kyle Gabbard, Larry Haluska, Linda Hofer, Eric Lerling, Christy McCastle, Kirsten Pelot, Scott Perales, Jody Peters, Robin Reed, Rosalee Ruiz, Gina Shedd, Eric Snow, Shay Stautz, Ryscha Williams. fPhoto by E. Knottj GJ Gina Shedd, Student Body President, thinks about planning some diferent activities for a pep assembly before school. iPhoto by A. Smithj 141 Shay Stautz, a member of Student Council, busily works on reading some material about the various activities planned for Spirit Week. iPhoto by A. Smithj !51 Three members of the Student Council paint a banner during fourth hour to promote spirit in the students from every class. iPhoto by A. Smithj Wai' Student Council 119