Alverno High School - Troubadour Yearbook (Sierra Madre, CA)

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Q Jackie DeClue practices her swimming at the P.H,S. pool. Over the summer, Jackie won six trophies at the Cal- Novice Finals, and she will be swimming for Alverno in the CIF competitions. Q Lali Alvarez, Rebecca Flores, Melinda Gambito, Maria Lesaca, Eileen McFadden, Elvirita Vera, Barbara Fleming and Michelle Coleman are winners of the Freshmen P.E. Volleyball Tournament. The teams consisting of P.E. aids and freshmen, played each other to determine the win- ner. e Q Anno Rodriguez jogs three days a week. She says that jogging helps her work off tension. Sports 153

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uUnofficiol SporTs lvlosT people Think of sporTs os orgonized Teom compeTi- Tion, however, occording To The Websfer DicTionory sporTs ore defined os, fun or ploy. AcTiviTies ronging from jogging To lifeguording were o couple of ocTiviTies which The sTudenTs were involved in ouTside of school. QOf course, There were Those such os Jone Fuller who preferred ploying in The sprin- klerslj A Troubadour sTdff poll found ThoT 6296 of The sTudenT body porTicipoTed in some kind of fun or ploy. Some sTudenTs Took These ofTer hours sporTs ocTiviTies very seriously. STudenTs proc- Ticed onywhere from 'l To 5 hours o doy. Tonyo Alexcinder enjoyed riding her horse on on overoge of 3 yours o doy. This enobles her To excell in horse- bock riding compeTiTion. Those who were involved in oTher school ocTiviTies enjoyed Their ocTiviTies jusT os much os Those wiTh serious ombiTions. Pom Wilkins commenTed, 'Tl en- joy jogging becouse iT sTrengThens ond firms up my Iegs. Jonice Abrohom sToTed, BoskeTboIl isn'T fun os o com- peTiTive sporT, iT's more fun jusT ploying wiTh oTher friends. In oddiTion To sporTs progroms QT school, The freshmen P.E. closses become involved in vorious TournomenTs. This ol- Iowed sTudenTs The opporTuni- Ty To experience Tedm work wiThouT The serious compeTi- Tion of scool sponsored sporTs. Using The P.E. closses os Teoms, 152 Sports The girls ployed bodminTon ond volleyboll. The sTudenTs olso held on inTer- esT in jogging ond rollerskoTing. 6096 of These sTudenTs enjoyed jogging, while only 3296 liked roIIerskoTing. OTher sporTs ronged from mo- Torcycle riding To dog showing. The roughness of moTorcycle riding only held The inTeresT of 496 of The sTudenTs. 4396 of The sTudenT body porTicipoTed in dog showing ond horsebock riding. In oll, ouTside sporTs provided The sTudenTs wiTh recreoTion GS well os exercise. KiTTy Eloed sToTed, l like geTTing TogeTher wiTh o group of friends ond jusT hoving fun. tg 5 Q Kim Johnson's beogle wins BesT of Winners of o Posodeno dog show She hos been enTering her dog in compefifion for The posf 5 yeors 9 Moforcycle riding hos been o fovorife sporf of Michelle Tickey since she wos 9 She offen rides in The DuorTe Dom oreo becouse iT's The besT riding Trock oround

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v Susie Fisher and Betsy Winegari enjoy the sun- ny weather. Toward the end of the year, lunch areas were often converted into simulated 1 i Q' - 2 l- Wrapping lt All Up Where did it all go? From Septem- ber 8th we counted 164 more school days, and finally, when May fell upon us, we replenished our summer wardrobes, made plans for frequent trips to the beach, and realized that those school days were now but a few. As we anxiously awaited a sizzling sum- mer, we paused briefly to remi- nisce about the styles, fads, and changes which made the year one singular sensation. We were in to designer jeans, the cowboy look, punk, preppie, and even casual sweat suits, and purple became the dominant col- or on campus. ln our free time, we held French braiding sessions, sometimes achieving the ba- zaar look. We decorated our cars, lockers, and books with stickers which claimed that we were iiToo l-lip , Whenever a problem came along, we would Whip it , or Blow it out , lt was a trip when we had days of homework, and had to jam from school Dazed and Confused . Once we had 154 Closing completed the work, things were casual again, The year was loaded with changes. From uniforms to sched- ules to teachers, for the most part, we faced these changes success- fully. One of the major changes was the arrival of a new principal. As Dr. Elizabeth Broome took over for Sr. Madeline Clancy between semesters, she was welcomingly greeted with banners, gifts and applause. Dr. Broome stated that she was interested in the students as individuals and expressed a de- sire to help students become en- riched in all areas of life, fThe yearbook staff regrets not having further coverage on Dr. Broome, but due to deadline schedules, coverage could only be limitedg As we took those last books from our lockers, signed numerous yearbooks, counted the sacred days until next September, and said our good-byes , we realized that through the year's styles, fads, and changes, 1980-84 had truely been One Singular Sensa- tion. GS individuals. 4 Like many activities, singing Christmas eas- ols gave friends like Kelly Willett and ,Julie Kane a chance to share each other's com- panlonship.