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

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Lisa Sisson polishes her project in stained glass. She enjoyed making artwork for everyone to ad- mire. Dave Mizrahi leans over the potter's wheel as he puts the finishing touches on his project. Being in ceramics for two years gave him the skills to com- plete this difficult task. Sam Fu is hard at work in architectural drawing. He finished his project, feeling very satisfied with himself. v 22-a gaviali vhwmw, ,M ,,,, , .Sri I, I -. -,, , Q' t X cg ct M ,X Q 33'-' i' 'tt M at X-wx-svQv, X vs N tk .c NM . ,, Y NN Gary Gray, wood, P.E. Bill Harms, science, leadership Gordon Hart, electronics Bob Hayden, math AI lsenberg, math Nancy Johnsen, art Tom Johnsen, English, debate MariAn Karbo, dance, drill team john Kilpatrick, English, theater Mary Ellen Kirk, home economics David Laughrea, math Richard Leonard, math, health Douglas Litten, English, humanities janet Mactague, special education 200 Arts gaviati 4 e . f, -Wi 1 1 4 t... it lu i

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erm paper: these words seemed to spark a tremendous fear in the hearts of many students at Agoura. Most teachers introduced this hell on paper by announcing, Class, we have a term paper due in two weeks. Her next sentence was drowned out by the moans of students who had images of writing until the wee hours of the morning popping into their minds. To make matters worse, many of these dreaded assignments bore coded titles such as D.C.E. and I.S.P. There seemed to be two types of students with completely different study habits. The majority seemed to favor all-nighters with plenty of Vivarin to keep them awake. Of course, the next day they suffered heartily for their procrastination with a severe mi- graine. On the other hand, there was a splattering of students who actually started working on the term paper at least a week before it was due. These scholars planned their essays to the minutest detail. They seemed to live at the library, especially the Thousand Oaks Library with its over-abun- dance of information. Not only did these students study for immense periods of time, they also tended to get the better grades. No surprise there. As for preparing the final draft, most teach- ers required that it be typed. Thanks to computers, students could type up reports without using white-out to get rid of their numerous mistakes. Others, however, had to dig out their old manual typewriter and blow off the cobwebs in order to use it. Then again, some lucky students had the use of self-correcting electric typewriters which made the task a lot easier. Overall, students had many different opin- ions when it came to term papers. Denise Mills, a junior, noted, l think we have too many of them during the year, but they help prepare you for college. Ben Vine added, I think they are wonderful. They give you the experience that you will need in college to write essays and term papers, although, not everything about them is wonderful. They are sometimes long and tedious and one has to spend long evenings and even all-nighters working in front of a monitor or typewriter. And l would like to thank ... lCongratulations to Ben Vine for giving yearbook the longest quote ever.l The majority of students seemed to share Steve Salustri's opinion about these massive projects: They suck, he groaned. - Maile Hunt rut: -us All-li' iLEEl.l5:Lll.'i,l.5l.l. ' IELU IQUIB lr l EIUIWIJIIEIB l gaviati Margaret Peart searches intently for information for her humanities paper. Because she aided for Mrs. Rogalsky, she was able to get valuable rea- search books before other students could find them. Term Papers 199

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Wfwmwfwamwf V9 .ff 1 . 1 M 1 .T bradshaw s ines, curves, angles, sketches, and colors are all part of the ar- tistic process. Art is a universal means of communication, a way of ex- pressing a person's uniqueness to the world. Nancy lohnsen taught commercial and fine art. In addition, her original design was selected as the official logo of the Las Virgenes Unified School District in a district-wide competition. lohnsen's commercial art students studied adver- tising design. Basically, this class taught students to design product packaging which would sell products. Students designed record album covers, fast food ads, and room interiors. Fine Arts l and Il were two classes where students could study drawing and painting, or what is commonly called pure art , art which can be hung on the wall and admired. Stu- dents worked with water colors, ink, colored pencils, acrylics, and pastels. Many students who took fine arts want- ed to become professional artists after graduation. Such a person was Melinda Klayman who had her work exhibited for winning a contest held at the Uni- versity of Southern California. The most popular art at Agoura was probably photography. Many a student believed the motto that a picture is worth a thousand words. . These pho- tographers-to-be learned how to de- velop film and print photographs, thus expressing their thoughts and feelings in a single frame. Photography teachers Ken Neely and Mary lo Parkhill taught their students how to use different strategies to ma-ke their photos inter- esting. Photography allows for self-ex- pression, which is what l like. Besides, photography is an enjoyable class to take, said Crispin Vicars. Another class offered was silk screen- ing, in which students made their own designs and transferred them to tee shirts and other objects. Ceramics, on the other hand, allowed students to make their own designs in clay, either by hand-molding the clay or by throw- ing pots on the potter's wheel. The fin- ished creation was placed in a kiln where the clay was baked to both dry and harden it. Architectural Drawing was also offered. Here, students learned to design and draw plans for rooms and buildings. Stained glass classes gave the students a chance to work with lead and glass to create win- dows full of color and creativity. Overall, the different forms of art of- fered at Agoura High provided a won- derful chance to express all those cre- ative thoughts and feelings. - April Lee rtte r tttf f tfttttittttgtre tg uwunffwttnfttmta rv eamtumm ecftfumiig lee Robert Bradshaw prepares to dry his picture us- ing the photo dryer. He was in Photo ll and was also a yearbook photographer. Arts 201