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

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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

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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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r Uc Rupert Yellowhorse concentrates on the next step of the dissection. Dissections and labs served helpful for studying. Chris Kell frightens Stephanie Baker by teasing her with the killer pencil. Dank dissections daunt students By Deanna de la Riva S Mrs. Marilyn Hettick, a biology teach- er has become our Physiology teacher, which was taught 3,4, and 5 periods. Projects such as, dissections, labs, and guest speakers were a few activities that took place in Physiology. I wanted to become a doctor at first, but then I thought, I ' d really enjoy teaching science too, said Mrs. Mari- lyn Hettick. Sheep brain and sheep eye dissec- tions along with reflexes lab and labs having to do with ear bone conductions and vision tests were all performed in her class. The sheep ' s eye dissection seemed to have been the one that was remembered the most. It was disgusting. Mrs. Hettick made us poke our fingers into the pupil of the eye and flip it inside out. It was sick, cringed Jessica Reeves. Nikki Hagan had a more interesting approach, I was dared to put a piece of the sheep ' s brain on Paul Archibald ' s head, so I did. Although it may have seemed dis- gusting or great for practical jokes, some education was gained in the pro- cess. Actually, I did learn where the different parts of the brain were and their functions, exclaimed Nikki after- wards. •z O Academics