Bishop O Dowd High School - Mitre Yearbook (Oakland, CA)

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MUSIC WHILE WE WORK. juniors Leighton Hinkley and Colin Klausner tune out the world around them as they complete class assignments in the Macintosh computer lab while listening to their CDs. Eighteen new machines were connected in August, each with a CD ROM disk that is programmed for playing music CDs. So...bring your earphones and get to work. f - V. g ala'- fftikfi ,ef sf 1 ' fi LINKING UP WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING ON CAMPUS ? The annual fall Club Fair lets students learn about all the extracurricular activity possibilities. T7'?? ?'Ff1 LOOK FATHER ROB, I MADE AN EASTER EGG. A second computer lab with 32 IBM PCs was set-up last summer. Students complete their required computer class on either the Macs or IBM machines. Color monitors are available in both labs which makes experimenting with graphics more interesting and fun. HELPING OTHERS. The baseball team gives a Wiiiter Clinic for 8-12 yr. olds who want to be little leaguers. And, O'Dowd CSE students tutor peers in math after school. X ,PLC , RED-NOSED SENIORS. Developing their circus theme means finding the right Spirit Week costume. Opening 3 le:-

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E'RE LUGGED N st-:S . . , ge v.. g M... Gp 1- it .,. P . wttfm T A Mwrwwef' LOOK OUT FOR THE DRAGONS. To celebrate l the cement pouring of the new 10-classroom addition Father Colelli and Mr. Derby add a friendly warning to all. we CI' 1 ' A x-xv. quam: i ,iffy I X ,, s-'XB H , fig, 3 Guys ve WE Q V ,L WG if 1 Q-Wk TT 'L CGW Q ,A M H 61,29 WRX' T ,F X nb - V K NA I REMEMBER ORDERING THAT BRICK. A THAT'S A LOT OF CEMENT! Connecting the two floors of the classroom addition requires several cement pours, lots of wood, much machinery, and months of happy noises. 555 Q ., itll? his ' ' 'l 2 Opening Eight years ago four teachers got together to buy a brick and support the O'Dowd building fund. Can you find it? Iv CONNECTING TO THE FUTURE MEANS MAKING CHOICES. Every fall the counseling center organizes College Night, inviting representatives from over 50 colleges and universities to present information about their school at O'Dowd. It is a great opportunity for stu- dents and parents to discuss future options together. Throughout the year students work with counselors to become familiar with the application process and career choices. Additionally, the English department has after school workshops on college application essay writing for seniors. An S.A.T. prep course is even offered on campus several times a year by a faculty member.

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O PLETI G Ahhh ............ to be a senior! We waited three long years for the prestige, the power, and the right to finally eat lunch on the quads. We were even successful in negoti- ating the privilege of wearing shorts on Fridays. It feels good to be at the top! Some people say that the hardest year at O'Dowd is being a junior, but this year's seniors found out that wasn't true. Not only did we hold down a schedule filled with difficult classes Cmany students chose several A.P. level coursesb, but we also had to fill out numerous college applications, write essays, work part-time, and visit campuses to determine where we'd like to be in the fall of '94. The college search pro- HE CIRCUIT cess was extremely exhausting. Add to that the early wake-up on Saturday mornings to take the S.A.T. and you have many tired seniors. The class of '94 was also very in- volved in 0'Dowd athletics as vital mem- bers of championship teams, and, most found time to participate in several of the campus club activities. Senior year, however, wasn't completely filled with stressful, busy days and nights of only homework. We did enjoy many fun times, such as the Day with the A's base- ball games, the Senior Mass and Breakfast that brought families together, overnight retreats in Los Gatos, winning Spirit Week with our class acts and circus theme, movie 4 Senior Division