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

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we J ae. J, Q-1' Q Lydid de lo Flor discusses her fu- ture plons with Miss Mdrion Peter- son. Through Miss Peterson's orgo- nized efforts, seniors were oble to get o clear perspective on 0 col- lege education. Seniors with work experience in mind rdther than col- lege were also received in the counselling center. Kristi Henkels Cothy Hormdnn Ann Howells Peggy Kinney lvlory Klein Lori Krol Winnifred Longe Cheryl Lindsey Beth Louopre Seniors 55

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Margie Gear Laura Geraci Andrea Giessinger Claudine Harkness Gina Harris Deidre Hawkins To Be Or NoT To Be. .. i'WhaT are you going To be when you grow up? Our firsT conTacT wiTh This auesfion in grade school usually broughT a simple decision-a 'lmovie sTar or Suzy homemaker. Our second encounTer wiTh deci- sion making occurred by The end of junior year. BuT This Time The auesfioner was noT our parenTs, or our Teachers, buT a compuferized phenomenon called The ScholasTic ApTiTude TesT, beTTer known as The SAT. MosT commonly The SAT was Taken in The fall of senior year, buf many brave juniors pre- pared To meeT Their desTiny in June. As TesT scores reached sTudenTs, decisions concerning college had already sTarTed formulaTing. By Ocfober, Miss Marion PeTerson's counseling office in The library became The mosT popular spoT since HunTingTon Beach on a summer 54 Seniors afTernoon. WiTh lvliss'PeTerson's help, sTudenTs were able To ex- plore Their inTeresTs Through filmsTrips and caTaIogs, and were also given The chance To hear college represenTaTives. The monThs To follow broughT prayers for accepTance as seniors painsTakingly filled ouT applicaTions, muddled Through financial aid forms, and Tracked down Their favoriTe Teacher in a desperaTe search for a leTTer of recommenda- Tion. in addiTion To Those who wished To aTTend college im- mediaTely afTer high school, 25-3006 of seniors felT ThaT col- lege wasn'T for Them aT The momenf. Their reasons ranged from indecision abouT careers To a desire for more exper- ience in The real world before seTTling down To academiclr J A . f,g,,a..rU'P 1 . Q' ' r,.f 1 . ,1,' - 4 KaThy Riley schedules her appoinfmenf for college counselling. The Uschedule board wenT inTo use when yellow appoinTmenT slips jusf didh'T do The job.

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5 . . Celia Martin l Patty Martinez Carla Mathis Siobhan McCann A Kelley McFaul Anne McTeague ' .-g,,,., , . ' f,- -1 X 'tw ,6 X4 .fl ,,4o-Qs.-.AI - , 'W' V - Suffering the consequences of sleeping in late, Jane Fuller sprints from the lower parking lot to avoid a blue slip from her first period teacher for being tardy, As parking spaces are not class assigned, the rule for unfortunate late-comers is first come, first served. 56 Seniors