St Johns High School - Redskins Yearbook (St Johns, AZ)

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L A Very Successful Year The SJHS Academic Decathlon team won tirst place in the North Region competition by scoring nearly 3,000 points higher than any of the other 22 teams from Coconino, Mohave, Yavapai, Navajo, and Apache Counties which competed in the Aca- demic Decathlon on Feb. 6. Students are divided into three categories, Honors, Scholastic, and Varsity. The team consists of nine members, two competi- tors and one alternate at each level. Each category takes exams in math, science, economics, lan- guage and literature, and the his- tory and arts of the age of En- lightenment and the Romantic Period. They also had to write an essay, give a formal and im- promptu speech and participate in an interview. The final event of the day was the Super Quiz in which the en- tire team had to answer ques- tions on the history of flight. The SJ team won Hrst place in that event. Each member of the SJ team was awarded a 5300 scholarship and each alternate 3150. Also, scholarships of S50 were given for each gold medal. SJHS did very well indeed. Among the top four point earner at the competition, SJ students held every position except third. Also, in the Hne Arts and Social SciencefHistory categories, the team won six of the nine medals available, a truly great feat. An- other amazing fact is that the SJ team won at least one medal in 9 of the 10 events, the essay being the only event in which SJ failed to secure a medal. As mentioned above, The SJHS team excelled in the Hne Arts category. ln fact, all of the 1 st and 2nd place med- als were won by students from SJHS. The team members were ner- vous and anxious the morning of Feb 6. There was also a lot of cramming on the way to Round Valley. One of the members re- marked that he would be glad when the day was over. Several others echoed the sentiment. However, by lunchtime Mark was saying that the competition was great. By the end of the day, he was about the most tired up member of the team. Mark has vowed to come back and help the team to victory next year. I love it, are his words. On March 8th, the team headed to ASU for state competition. When the day was through, the team had gained 4 more individ- ual awards for a total of 28. Be- cause of a difference in the meth- od of computing grade point averages, one of the team 's lead- ing point earners, Joane Garren, was unable to compete as a team member at State. Brian Shideler is to be commended for his hne showing on such short notice. Going into state competition, SJHS was ranked 8th in the state by virtue of our score at region- als. However, we Hnished 15th at state, but were well pleased with our performance. The enthusiasm shown by Mark Brown is what keeps Academic Decathlon coach Risa Udall go- ing. The Redskin Smokesignal of March 28, 1988 quotes her as saying, The reason l have be- come so . . . committed to the Academic Decathlon is that 1 have seen my team members 'fall in love' with the idea of learning. A special thank you goes to Mrs. Risa Udall from her team members for the hours she spent researching, reading and studying in order to help them understand the material they were studying better. 1987 was the Hrst year that the SJHS Academic Decathlon team won Ist place in the Region I competition. This year the team repeated and superseded that accomplishment. ln fact, the team won over S3300 in scholar- ships because of their great work. If they can win next year, for the third year in a row, the traveling trophy will ha ve a per- manent home in St. Johns High School. Mth high hopes, we wish next year's team the very best of luck for success. Go Get 'Em!!! by Hyrum D. Lunt Team Members Excell noted. The event is listed Hrst and then the place won. Hyrum: Ashley: Kathy: Joane: Jeanette: Brian: Mark: Angle: Christy: Region l Team 1st Highest Regional Score Outstanding Interview History 1st Science 1st Literature 2nd Math 3rd State: Economics 3rd Region l Team Ist 2nd Highest Regional Score History 3rd Region I Team Ist History 2nd Region l Team Ist Scholastic Ten Events Ist History 1 st Literature 2nd 4th Highest Regional Score State: History 2nd Region l Team lst History 2nd Speech 2nd Region l Team lst Hne Arts 2nd Region I Team lst 3rd Varsity Ten Events Region I Team lst Fine Arts Ist Literature 2nd State: Fine Arts 3rd Region l Team 1st Super Quiz Team 1st Honors Ten Events lst Honors Interview 1 st Economics 2nd History 3rd Super Quiz Team Ist Fine Arts lst Super Quiz Team 1st Hne Arts 1st Super Quiz Team 1st Fine Arts 1st Super Quiz Team lst Super Quiz Team 1st Super Quiz Team Ist History lst Super Quiz Team Ist Super Quiz Team 1st All awards are from Regional competition unless otherwise . 3, . eww JZ , fm' aff L J, v f 2 Q6 r if 9 , , . ,W ,. . e 1 X . . .let's hope they do it again'-13

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,0. Qgt 'QPR -. gk Q I From top left: Brian Shideler, Hyrum Lunt, Mrs. Risa Udall, Mark Brown, Ashley Hall. From bottom left: Joane Garren, Angie Clark, Christy Tenney, Jeanette Broadbent and Kathy Carney. H o n 0 r S . . Q , S The Honor level students C this year were Hyrum h Lunt, Kathy Carney and Ashley Hall. These stu- 0 dents have grade point I averages of 3. 75 or above a on a 4. 0 scale. These three students brought home a S total of 15 individual med- t als from Regional and i Slate competitions. C The Scholastic level stu- dents did an outstanding job this year. These were students with a grade point average between 3.00 and 3. 74. Joane Garren, Jean- 42 They had done it before. . . ette Broadbent and Brian Acoslernic Daccrihcllon Team 'I V a r s i t .V Shideler won a combined total of 8 medals in both competitions. Christy Tenney, Mark Brown and Angie Clark were this year's Varsity level competitors. These students have grade point averages below 3.00, but certainly do not lack in brainpower. ln fact, Varsi- ty competor Mark Brown had the highest Super Quiz point total in the region. These three individuals brought back to St. Johns Hve medals.

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Speach cmd Drums: Back row from left: Deborah Lee, Mrs. Borg, Jorden Taylor, Kristine Lunt, Kim Pirtle, Traci Short, Mike Lee, Jared Platt, Brad Platt and Ryan Brower. Front row from left: Troy Ward, Robert Waite, Brian Winters and Kathy Carney. This year the speech team was very successful with six members of the team going to state. These members were: H yrum Lunt, Mike Lee, Traci Short, Troy Ward, Robert Waite and Brian Mhnters. We are very proud of our speech members. They represented us well and did a very good job in all their rounds. Top row from the left: Jorden Taylor, Payam Hirsche, Tom Primrose, Ashley Hall, Kevin Burdick and Kurt Wilhelm. Middle row from the left: Cynthia Wiltbank, Hyrum Lunt, Traci Short, Carolyn Burnett, Troy Ward, Ryan Brower and Mrs. Borg. Bottom row from the left: Kristine Lunt, Brian Winters, Deborah Lee and Kathy Carney. Mike Lee, Hyrum Lunt, Mrs. Borg, Carolyn Burnett, Ryan Brower, Troy Ward, Jorden Taylor, Cynthia Wiltbank, Robert Waite and Deborah Lee 44 brave the early morning hour to head for a tournament. This year the drama club chose to perform a murder mystery, The Spiral Stair- case. Robert Waite played the villainous murderer and Traci Short played his next victim. Other cast members were Kim Pirtle, Jennifer Lawrence, Troy Ward, Kevin Burdick, Jared Ballard and Tina Glinn. The cast performed twice, once for the student body and once for the general pub- lic. lt was a great production! Cynthia Wiltbank speaking her way to Hrst place.