Villa Park High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Villa Park, CA)

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Using their drafting arms, Laura Hervig and James Kim work hard in Mr. Lawrence ' s drafting class. In the background, Tim Keller sketches a picture while Eric Brougham gathers information. Angela Huffman in Mrs. Hettick ' s 5th period Physiology class studies the human bone struc- ture. Photo by Steve Allred « r ' Photo by Jolene Taioya ■ O Academics

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At VPHS you don ' t have to be a miner To Strike Gold By Jackie Schulkey Jewelry is one of the most popular classes on campus, because students can make their own jewelry. Rings and brace- lets are the things made most. Chaslyn Foster explained, I like jew- elry because it ' s a ' kick-back ' class and it ' s very creative. I ' ve learned about the different types of metals and what they ' re worth. M is a real cool teacher. It ' s very educational. You can learn how to measure in grams. It ' s fun and a ' kick-back ' class. You can also make what you want, Fred Guenther explained. Another student Britt Griffith said, It ' s interesting. It lets you be creative. I like making my own rings. It ' s a cheap way of getting gifts for birthdays or Christmas. Curtis Walker said, It ' s a cool class. There ' s a lot of pretty girls in here. You learn how jewelry is made. Zalene Appel said, You get to work all alone without having the teacher hang- ing over your shoulder. You can also set your own goals. It ' s different, not like any other class. Many of the students commented on how M needs more money to replace or repair machinery. During a jewelry class. Mr. John Muelnnester teaches Nicole Baitx how to cast her ring. Nicole uses tongs to remove the ring because the metal is still firey hot. Bernadette Baros, Shawn Kor- nely. Brandy Burton, Kathleen Naruse, and Mi- chelle Nichols observe the method. «i 3 Practical Arts J =;

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In many hard classes, students worked well enough to earn A Way to College By Michelle Fang The Physics Classes were slightly different from other physics classes in the past few years. Under the super- vision of Villa Park ' s new Physics teacher, Mrs. Esther Wallace, the students did many fascinating and edu- cational labs. One was to build a paper tower. The object was to build the tallest tower using only one 8 ' 2 X 1 1 piece of paper, 50 cm of tape and a time limit of ten minutes. It was a combination of engineering and architec- ture, stated senior Rob Fau- teux. After two days of work, the wmners, Rob Fauteux and Carl Stuetzel were the owners of a 189 cm paper tower. Carl said, I had a pretty good base. That ' s the most important thing, because it supports everything. Other students, who did not win, enjoyed this lab as much as the winners. It was an unusual lab, but we all learned something from it, stated Senior Thanh Trinh. Mr. Jim Proffitt shows his elec- tronic class the Binary Truth Ta- ble while Jeff Deutsch listens in- tently. In their physics class. Sean Al- len. Simone Chiang and Michelle Fang study for a quiz on sound waves while Bob Waldow looks across the room for possible an- swers. Math and Science 27