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

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fffrl: Q Taking inventory, Pia Perez counts remaining Christmas stock. Pia, who works at Fashion Conspiracy, works 22 hours a week, a load higher than most students. v Junior Monica Tinker caienders tax clients' appointments at her father's tax accounting office in Sierra Madre. There are many bene- fits, and I can always get my sister to work for me. 'fI'1.. f!'j:11'5'T' T 1 ' '3 1 I2 . -:Q . . M T - Amo ygii is Photos tends to ' childrens runny noses. Chris gets experience at Sunset Preschool for a future in child devel- opment. g g J Syxkww N 0' 5 Student Jo 6 x X f it M s Lass bs3

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Do you have to work to- night? One out of every eight girls would have answered yes , Students who worked had to consider schedules be- fore becoming too involved with school. Last year 4305 of the student body held part- time jobs on top of their study workload. A Troubadour survey showed 4906 of these 'lworking wom- en volunteered service time, 7096 were paid employees, and less than 40A managed to hold both a voluntary and pay- ing job. Student volunteers served the community in a variety of ways, including gradeschool tutoring, teaching religion courses at parishes and assist- ing with general office work for non-profit organizations. Senior Charisse Morelli worked fourteen hours each at Villa Esperanza's recreation work- shop. Helping the mentally re- tarded makes me appreciate myself, she said. Other stu- dents worked with the handi- capped at the Crippled Chil- dren's Society of Pasadena, and the blind at CLIMB in Sierra Madre. I do everything but give shots and empty bed- pans, explained Kristi Henkels, a volunteer at Huntington Me- morial Hospital. A few girls said they wanted the work experience in order to continue similar social work in the future. However, some girls worked either for Christian Service class credit, or as one 34 Student Jobs Being entsible Pays senior responded, l work there just as enjoyment. Of the paid employees, 9411 worked because they wanted the extra spending money or to begin saving for college. Paychecks also helped to pay for high school tuition and fi- nance costly social lives. Patti Pullara worked at Fedco's gar- den shop just to get out of the house and meet people. A relatively small number of sophomores and juniors had in- tentions of saving to buy a car. Carolyn Volmert prepared meals for patients at Arcadia Methodist Hospital in hopes of earning money for a trip to Alaska. The two most common jobs Feature Story By Peggy Kinney were floor salesgirls and food related jobs, as waitresses or fast-food clerks. Fashion-relat- ed jobs were equally as popu- lar as secretarial work. Only 4870 had any intentions of continuing their job as a ca- reer. As Mary Dolan said, l don't plan to sell shoes the rest of my life! The results of a staff poll found that students worked an aver- age of 48 hours per week. Many girls said that their jobs interfered with their school work, but as Desiree Tulleners stated, I usually arrange my work schedule around my school schedulefgr In K s. sm .rf .V . J 5. .... 1 Sandy Moreno and Giesslnger in Numero They say a good frien he job more xii.

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.The cafeTeria Take ff'!'f THeavenly' NighT For Sophomores Are you serious? lT's 5:'l5l Craig is going To pick me up aT 5:30 To go ouT for dinner. Oh, Mom my hair is sTill in rollers and we sTill have To pick up The bouTonniere. l'm shaking all over. Why am I so nervous? This scene was Taking place in The homes of many sopho- mores as The recenTly Trans- formed cafeTeria was awaiTing Their arrival for The biggesf evenT of The sophomore year: The Cherry Blossom. The plain cafeTeria had been Turned inTo a shiny STairway To Heaven, The dance's Theme. A sTarry aTmosphere was creafed by The decoraTions commiTTee by hanging gliTTered sTyrofoam sTars, crepe paper sTreamers and pom-pom balls from The ceiling. The walls were masked wiTh cloud and rainbow painT- 36 Cherry Blossom ings, ana sfraw baskeTs filled wiTh daisies and carnafions decoraTed The Tables. The ro- manTic mood was compleTed by Tiny whiTe lighTs hung in The Trees ouTside The cafeTeria. Meanwhile, mosT sophomores and Their daTes had dinner ouT before The dance. They aTe in a varieTy of resTauranTs rang- ing from The l-lungry Tiger To ln- n-OuT. Couples began arriving aT The dance abouT 8:00 p.m. lVlosT of Them had posed picTures Tak- en by The professional To help Them remember The evening. The band Clone provided l'greaT music, buT Took Too many breaks, commenTed ChrisTine SpeckerT. Tables in- side The cafeferia provided a place for couples To relax and Talk wiTh friends. Oufside, girls and Their daTes could geT some fresh air and sfroll among The lighfed Trees. AlThough The dance was over aT 44:30 p.m., The evening did noT end for many couples. Kris Vanderhaar and her dafe wenT To see The Rocky Horror PicTure Show , and Rosann VolmerT and her escorf wenT To Hollywood. AfTer all ThaT dancing, many couples had worked up an appeTiTe so They wenT ouT To eaT again. The success of The dance was cerTainly evidenf in The girls' re- sponses To The quesfion, lf you had iT To do all over again, would you go To The dance again'? 9996 said, Weslngi