San Gorgonio High School - Summit Yearbook (San Bernardino, CA)

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Top: Students group together studies in Mrs. . including Todd Stewart, to work on a class project Ellison ' s class is freshman Sean Faux, and Peter Bourland, MAR Samuel Valle Karen Vanosdel Louie Vasquez Stacy Verkest Ida Vance George Vantine Michelle Vasquez Gloria Vidaurri Rachael VanHorn John Vargas Monica Velazquez Raul Villegas freshmen 293

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Popular frosh teacher A well known teacher among the freshmen was Mrs. Cassleman, who taught periods 1-4 of freshmen English. Ap- proximately 140 students were enrolled in her English 1C classes, which were college preparatory classes. The classes were a double block period joined with Mrs. Ellison ' s world geography class. If a student wished to enroll in either class, he had to take both classes. Mrs. Cassleman ' s English class focused mainly on literature. Many books were read such as The Good Earth, Tale of Two Cities, and Mysterious Island. A brief time was spent studying mythology. Reading short stories was another assignment, I enjoyed reading the short stories because they were interesting, commented freshman Charles Eastwood. The double block classes of Mrs. Cassleman and Mrs. Ellison were very popular and successful. I really like the double block system, ' ' commented Kristi Schafer, a freshman. Stephanie Thomas John Tinney Richard Thomson Donald Torson Steven Tildy Loan Tran Leslie Woutila Marlisa Valentine Toni Wright Frank Valenzuela Bill (Jnkelbach Adrian Valle Above: Many books and short stories are read in Mrs. Cassleman ' s freshman English 1C class, a college preparatory class. One student who enjoys reading is Martin Sandoval. Right: I like Mrs. Cassleman ' s and Mrs. Ellison ' s class because I find them very interesting, comments Richard Thomson, a freshman. . !92 freshmen

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He ain ' t heavy, he ' s my brother Freshmen were considered the babies of San Gorgonio High School, but there were some ninth graders who had a dou ble label tagged on them. The label was little brother or sister because they had an older brother or sister attending San G. One example was Jeff Spurgeon, a ninth grader, whose older siste r, Candi Spurgeon, was a sophomore. Everbody knew me as Candi ' s little brother, was one of Jeff ' s complaints. Candi felt that having a younger brother attending the same school was a disadvantage. He knows about everything I do or don ' t do, commented Candi. Many people compared kids in the same family. Gabriel Her- nandez was no exception. However, freshman Gabriel didn ' t mind being compared to his sister Anna Hernandez. I feel good about being compared with my sister because it helps me set higher goals for myself, said Gabriel. When walking down the hallways, Spartans could always find freshman sisters Eric and Theandrea Sams together. At first glance one thought that they were seeing double but they realized that the two girls were identical twins. Theandrea was the oldest but only by 15 minutes. There were some advan- tages to being a twin. People think they are talking to my sister, Theandrea, when they are talking to me. That ' s how I learned about all her secrets, commented Erica. Overall being labeled younger didn ' t bother anybody. The main reason was that they realized that soon their older brother or sister would graduate and they wouldn ' t be labeled anymore. Above: Younger brother, Jeff Spurgeon, a freshman with sophomore sister, Candi Spurgeon Right: Often compared to his older sister is Gabriel Hernandez; his older sister is senior Anna Hernandez. Maria Virgen Chris Wagner Jeff Waskow Diane Vrooman Sherri Wallace Charis Weathers Denise Wachnicki Shirley Washington Laura West David Whitaker Charles White Brian White 294 freshmen