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

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Y Accepting first-place on her essay about current events, Mary Brkich shows off her Certificate of Merit award with much excitement. Among the other winners of this contest were Noreen Sullivan qfirst runner-upj, Mary lane Salido tsecond runner-upj and jackie DeClue tthird runner-upl. 4 ba' I 5.- 4'J,,. F'-'J.,,. First semester N.H.S. members: ltop rowh M. Tinker, K. Kurzweil, H. Alonso, l. DeClue, K. Patel, M, Schimmoller, M. Schneider, tmiddle rowl N. Somazzi, l. Shinnick, G. Ptasinski, I. DeClue, D. Salido, M.I. Salido tbottom rowl T. Camiling, C. Guirguis, C. Vessey, lnot presentl L. Avina, M. Brkich, R. Filan- drianos, A. Huber, M. Lees, C. Nordell, M. Osti, A. Radics, D, Tulleners, C. Fuery, P. Landa. 1 Yi Every Point Counts After a semester of in- activity, the two academic honor societies were set in motion. Members of both C.S.F. and N.H.S. CNational Honor Societyj were formally inducted into the association on March 2. This ceremony, held at the Villa, was pre- arranged by the modera- tor, Ms. Margaret Redd. Despite the fact that C.S.F. and N.H.S. held many activities together or had a common goal, N.H.S. is distinct from C.S.F. because it was re- stricted to juniors and seniors only. To be eligi- ble to join N.H.S., a grade point average of 3.2 was required from each stu- dent and a 3.0 G.P.A. was needed to maintain in it. Life members, students who have participated in this organization for three semesters, had received a gold tassel and a gold seal on their diploma at graduation. Whenever I felt like giving into pressure, I just remind myself of that gold tassel and seal that I worked so hard for, commented Mary Brkich. National Honor Society 57

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I only need one more 'A' to continue in C.S.F. Oh! If I only did better on my English test. State- ments like these lingered in the minds of individ- uals who wanted to be one of the very few achievers in an academic organization. Honor societies such as the California Scholarship Federation were, in fact, available to all seniors, ju- niors, and sophomores who wanted a sense of achievement as stated by Mary Schneider. The prerequisite, though, was at least three A's in a col- lege-bound course, or, a total of 10 points from Time Off From School To Do Their Own Thing grades f3 pts. for each 'A' and 1 foreach 'B'I. Stu- dents could profit from this club when applying for various types of schol- arships or when they want their applications for col- lege to look impressive To become a life member of this organization a stu- dent had to maintain the needed grades for four semesters. In addition to having intelligence, most members participated in extracurricular activities such as sports, music, dra- ma, etc. Among these are jackie DeClue, the editor of the Highlander News- paper, Kirktika Patel and First semester C.S.F. members: Ctop rowh N. Somazzi, T. Camilig, D. Salido, MJ. Salido, fsecond rowl, M. Tinker, I. Shinnick, H. Alonso, K. Kurzweil, I. DeClue, l. DeClue, M. Schneider, lthird rowl M. Rabadi, S. Garcia, L. Guirguis, M. Chaure, K. Patel, G. Ptasinski, fbottom rowl I. Pose, T. Barcelos, fnot present? M. Brkich, R. Filandrianos, I. Garrigan, M. Osti, T. Urda, D. Tulleners, C. Fuery, L. McKeown, M. Schimmoller, V. Vamonte, I. Delgado, D. Erb, G. Gonzales, M. Murphy, S. Nakagawa, S. Pak, H. Wasseff. I I A Starring as Lola in LaSalle's recent play, Damn Yankees, Karla Kurzweil rehearses her role with Mark Sanderson Qas joe Hardyj. Since her freshmen year, Karla had participated in approximately thirteen musical plays including the 1981 production, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown. P C.S.F. members showed an exceedingly large amount of talent and skill in their academic effort as well as in their outside activities. Gem Marie Gonzales, for example, who was a nine year pianist, had per- formed in five recitals and received a certificate for her musical achievements. 56 California Scholarship Federation Vicki Valmonte - junior class officers, Lynda Mckeown - a Lancer cheerleader, Jacqueline Pose and Diane Erb - tennis players who made it to C.I.F., and so forth and so on. In conjuction with N.H.S., C.S.F. members had to contribute a mini- mum of half-hour service per week. With a motto Scholarship for Service, C.S.F. and N.H.S. exer- cised their role through volunteer tutoring of fel- low students. Highlighting the aca- demic year for C.S.F. members was the annual and exclusive trip to Disneyland. 125 ,.

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What Did I Get Myself Into? What's challenging, yet frustrating, requires plen- ty of time, patience, and energy, then makes a per- son very proud when it's done? The Troubadour yearbook, of course! Members of the year- book staff had many re- sponsibilities, which be- gan with selling business patrons. Patron money was raised to help create a yearbook that could commented Michele Ser- otuk, one of the mem- bers. Hair raising situa- tions tried the new advi- sor's patience, but she handled everything like an old pro. More big help came from editor-in- chief Desiree Tulleners, and assistant editors lean Shinnick and Theresa Ca- miling. All three put much effort into helping everybody, and kept the energetic staff under con- trol as much as possible. Deadlines were met after lots of tough work, and things ran pretty smoothly. As a journalism class, the staff took special compare with the pre- vious year's award win- ning book. Nerve racking? Yes, but our advisor, Mrs. Ni- cole Hoffman, did a great job of helping us out! , pride in completing their assignments because they knew that all of their hard work would result in a memorable book. All of this was due to the time put in by the editors, ad- visor Mrs. Hoffman, an enthusiastic staff, and the publishing company's re- presentative Mrs. Kathi Bailey. With the cooperation and help of those in- volved, and even the stu- dent body in their sup- port of the patron drive, the yearbook staff was able to produce the best book possibledo TS... T ff-:fig I ig T 1 Ss T , ,AAKV ...qi 5-3Uf lf..,slf4-, D 't w ff r a it-lk at - cf s -i f. . A Making sure the lines are perfectly even, Michele Mendoza carefully draws a layout for one of her spreads. Drawing layouts takes time and neatness, so that everything is in order for the final deadline. AWith careful planning, the yearbook staff playfully lures the editors into the pond. Occasionally, joking around proved essential to relieve those deadline tensions. P Feeling the pressure of the first deadline approaching, Patty Landa gets help from Theresa Camiling on how to fit copy. Many staff mem- bers found it easier to get things done early, before the final deadline arrived. 58 Yearbook Staff K