Valhalla High School - Ragnarok Yearbook (El Cajon, CA)

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The Girlfs Gymnastic Program continues to strengthen each year. Hopes are high to better last year's record of second in the Grossomont League, and fourth in the county. Girl's Gymnastics is divided into three teams: Varsity Optional lhighly skilledl, Varsity Compulsory, and Junior Varsity. There are four competitive areas in Girls' Gymnastics: Floor exercise, Balance Beam, Uneven Bars, and Vault. The floor exercise routines combine tumbling skills, dance moves and balance skills in a creative sequence to music. The routine must be Howing, while allowing the gymnast to show her individual styling and personality. Balance Beam is especially important as the gymnasts perform their routine on a beam four inches wide and four feet off the ground. Outstanding performers in Floor Exercise and Balance Beam are Optionals Norma Brullo, Julie Drake, Joan Lenihan, Laurie lVladsen, and Chris Panek, and in Varsity Compulsory, La Rae Landers, Lorri Naud, Kim Hollingsworth, Becca Hess, Tory Gauthier, Gretchen Belcher, and Vicki Frank. In the uneven bars, it often takes an entire season to perform a particulary difficult skill. The routine must be flowing and without stops. In vaulting the margin for error is very small, as in the uneven bars. Outstanding performers in Vaulting and Bars are optionals Norma Brullo, Julie Drake, and Lynn Raney, and Varsity Compulsories Linda Satterlee, Linda Taylor, and Kathy Roberts. The lVlost outstanding gymnast is the All-Around Gymnast, or the one that can compete in all four events. Outstanding Optional All-Arounds are Norma Brullo C1977 CIF All-Around Championl, and Julie Drake. Outstanding Varsity Compulsory All- .Arounds are Lorri Naud, Linda Taylor, and La Rae Landers. Valhalla has a fantastic JV team with more potential than ever before, and the Freshman show tremendous potential with Jean Batman, Jarita Buckles, Carol lVladsen, and Kris Sundstrom, who will be Varsity members, and Gail lVlcKenna, Lisa Stewart, Diane Cavan, Pricilla Esquibel, and Karin Howard as outstanding JV members. Karen Spilger 150

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'F' have rv ' .L R i V H3 1:1 4, E an in : ,n mi .j.'- - ' - ia- :- .- -- f, w mv- -2' ' - -g,'3'5Ei.ff,Qiai '- . kk f I . 0 - PART FOUR ' Zulini: Lord .Zeusl Who are all those decapitated specimens lined up in horizontal and diagonal queues? Zorphus: They appear most auspicious in spite of thier forso-less states Pyle: lchucklingl Chuckie, chuckle, r chuckle . . . What you are looking at my friends, are photographs of some of the members of our Freshmen class. lVIost of them have complete bodies, although they dotift appear in the pictures. Zorphus: Freshmen? Is that an appellative applied to some sort of echelon or paramountcy? Pyle: Actually, the word Freshmen is a classification given to a certain grade- level or rank. Students in this grade are commonly refered to as ninth graders, lnot to mention a few less flattering thingsl,'and:most of them arse new to the Enterpkse. Zulini: How so? W Pyle: They are required to graduate from other enterprises known as junior high.or middle schools before they can attend Valhalla. They jusH:ompleted this requirement last June. .Zuliriz Do they adapt easily to these newfangled surroundings? Pyle:'SurprisingIy, most of them do, lexcluding the few that you see swinging from the sound baflies, of coursel. , Zorphus:,What are the other grade-level classifications? Pyle: After the Freshmen, we have our Sophomore class, an eager young group of tenth-graders typified by Driver's Ed, Social Living and American Studies. Zulini: And who may they be? Leaders of the clasi Pyle: Oh no! Those are just classes in which Sophomores can usually.be . found. Come, I'll show you the American Studies area. ' ,lThe trio arrives at the north end of the Media CeFiter.J ya-f - ' O Well, what do you think? Zorphus: Think about what, Comrade Pyle? All that we see is a diminutive group of students clustered innocently about some sort of conveyor. 1 Pyle: Ah, but there is much more here than what meets the eye. In the back room, a lecture is in progress, and in the theater a nlm is being shown. Three seminars are presently being offered, and readings are available for the students who prefer to study independently. You see, it's all part of our American Studies program, where the students themselves have the option of planning their own schedules. The Hamanities and Biology departments are utilizing similar systems. Zorphus: What a unique and innovative conception! Back home, our young scholars are compelledgto acquire knowledge by our preadamic computer modules and video learning centers. It is quiet archaic when compard to .your imaginative system! Pyle: lspeechlessi Jeepers! . . . I don't know what to say . . . Zulini: Perhaps youucould complete your delineations of the various grade-levels found at the Enterprise. Using the law of consecutivity, I safely assumed that the eleventh grade follows the tenth grade, but Iam inquisitive as to what autonym this next assemblage goes by. Pyle: We call them Juniors. They are a hardy bunch of puplis who tend to live each daylvvith great anticipation. Zulini: Whyis that Comrade Pyle? Pyle: Because next fall they will become Seniors! The highest and most . prestigious classification of all. Zorphus: What makes these Seniors so distinctive? Pyle: I'll explain that to you later, but iirst I would like to tell you about our unusual daily schedule . . . it's totally different from anywhere else in this area. Zulini: In our educational system back home, certain courses are only required to converge on a tri-hebdomadal basis, leaving a longer interim for concentrated rumination during an elongated period. Pyle: Things are different here at the Enterprise. On Nlonday, all classes meet, but on Tuesday through Friday, only three classes are held during the day. This creates a longer instructional time that is favorable to both teachers and students. ' Zulini: I couldn't have stated it better, Comrade Pyle. Pyle: I think I've talked enough about the various grade-levels . .. how would you like to see' them? Zorphus: That would be most amiable. Zulini: I hope it will not take an Jnterminable amount of time, Comrade Pyle, for we must depart shortly. Zorphus: By the way, Pyle, how many students occupy the Enterprise? Pyle: Roughly . .. 2,469 . .. o C Q 8 . . U V V is . ,... 3 Ffiiiqvk I