Agoura High School - Quixotian Yearbook (Agoura Hills, CA)

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April Lee examines a fossil specimen. Many stu- dents found fossils on the extra-curricular fossil walks led by biology teacher jerry Lasnik. Todd Burgher and Paul Costa compare notes on a specific heat lab. This lab enabled students to study the relationship between specific heat and atomic weight. Amber Minson, Rachel West, Whitney Watson, jenny Singer and Debbie Locklear calculate the temperature of an element. these members of Paul Kanter's fourth period chemistry class en- joyed the hands-on experiences offered by the various interesting labs. sa' ' 5. . 7 ' A at Counselors Herb Feinman Dorothy Berntson Alice Heaton 196 Science Labs 'Ullman

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Maggie Allen, a junior, desperately tries to jot down a few notes before the period ends. Because she de- voted most of her time to acting in drama, she hardly had any time left for her term papers. Gloria Kim and Marianne Man, with the help of friends, dig up informa- tion for their papers. The library be- came very crowded around due dates. Diane Prosin is caught catching a quick catnap on her books. The rea- search project put her to sleep within a matter of minutes, as it did for most of us. ,Nw 'fbwualv W M' Q i ajysrff V I r Q. :ff 1 . 32 Nm. f : ff, lj, f ,,,. f if ,fr f 2 . , fl S . ,f if f7'Vy'9f,, ' 5 ,I ' wfi I 4 ,-ff' WV fam' 'f ' . M M ff ! I 1,1 Q f , JV azimov E wi -if 'ws I , ff' I -K y H ,g t I , M., r fi.,-Q L. t . ' ' , .L 12? .pgzfw V -K ' ' ,f f fu, ll? t an J' k., 1 ,dy if 9 M ' . x 3 S me P Z W ,Y s bf api? 93. ei 'TK l- Aww-...MN v Linda Adams, Spanish john Anderson, auto Tom Anderson, special ed. Stanley Batten, math, computer . science 6, Marc Berke, math, ceramics ' gr grg b' P X Suzanne Packard-Bigham, English P e N- Larry Bushner, film, social studies, j E .X psychology if Q- ' N X . Nxt X lite Nan Cano, English Patricia Croner, career center Sami Dagher, Spanish judy Dobrowski, English, pep squad Victoria Doi, English Judy Gaviati, English, yearbook Mark Goldstein, special ed. 198 Term papers '91 Y, -. , f t 5 n' X ,I M -W--M..,,,Mh azimov X0 6-C, 'WY Y ik. E