Brawley High School - La Ocotilla Yearbook (Brawley, CA)

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Alive To Ride Kirsten and Kim Savrey listen to Mr. Miekka's speech intentively. Kirsten and Kim Savrey confer and compare notes. 48 Cycling Club Above: Mr. Miekka gives instruction on cycling club activities, Cy- cling club is made up of a group of energetic students who like to do things outside of school. Mr. Miekka, their instructor, is a highly active person who enjoys riding and can often be seen riding his ten- speed. The Cycling Club often takes trips on their bikes and are a very active club.

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SUHS Took Second In Decathlon 15 .7 1 V 5 , . , f f 22 i W ij 1 l Y ht e 1 4 ff z ff a A I- ,,,,,, . ttop rowl Monisha Choudhury, Theron Hopkins, Marnie Kimberlin, Hector Macias, Veronica Galarte. fbottom row! Stephen Moore, Ava Chan, Jose Moya, and Karla Smith. On November 26, 1984, at the Imperial Of- fice of Education the Imperial County Aca- demic Decathlon was held between all Imperi- al Valley High Schools. BUHS placed Qnd overall with 3 first place honors in Mathematics, Science, and Essay. Monisha Choudhury placed lst in the Hon- ors Division in Social Science, Language and Literature, Fine Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Essay. Veronica Galarte placed 2nd in the Varsity Division in Science. Theron Hopkins placed 2nd in the Scholastic Division in Fine Arts, Economics, Science, and Essay. Marnie Kimberlin placed 1st in the Scholastic Divi- sion in Social Science and Interview. Hector Macias placed lst in the Honors Division in Mathematics and Science. Stephen Moore placed 2nd in Science in the Varsity Division. The alternates were Ava Chan, Jose Moya, and Karla Smith who all contributed in the team effort. TE Challenged Students Congratulations to all of the Decathlon par- ticipants. Phe GATE program has existed at BUHS for 5 years. .TE English I, taught by Mrs. Janine Douglass, con- itrates on writing essays, mythology, and term pa- 's. GATE English II, taught by Mrs. Charlotte Jwder, concentrates on oral English. GATE English , by Dennis Croughan, concentrates on literary inter- etation and essay writing. GATE Civics is taught by . Tom Williams with Mr. Kevin Quinn, Mr. Mark iith, and Mrs. Mary Rose. GATE Civics students Q9 a comprehensive look at economics, world prob- is and government and how these subjects are inter- ated. ttop above leftl Brandon Lomoe showed off his GATE II folder with ride. fabovel Sandy Tam waited p iently for Mrs. Bm .der's attenticgwa Y -X 1X U I dj sf O X ps y O5 ,ty 6 ,XJ-PJQJ . A Pl AJ it X K, 5X!fNfQjf yy. rf XJ wklwe Lf D594 Ui V WN , e Q CADXGATE 47

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pecial Ed Provided Special Help -s. ff' . sf Zermeno, Henry Thomas, Raul Munoz, Gustavo Lazos, Mrs. Valerie Deyo, Frankie Coronado. and Ernie enjoyed the videos. i ,,rL . I . Juan Dominguez, Lucy Valadez, Shari Camargo, David Malagon, Ernie Perez, and David Leal closely. At right, Billy Patterson, .luan Dorninguex. and Lucy Valadez. Special Ed describes a variety of ser- vices available to students at BUHS who are in need of special help to succeed in their studies. Mr. Glenn Sarot is the director of Special Ed, and the teachers are Miss Ronette Gray, Ms. Sue Dobbs, Mrs. Valerie Deyo, and Mr. Mike Romero. They helped their charges understand course content and to be disciplined enough to turn in work consistently, among other things. The Special Ed classes also Won the Christmas room decoration contest, and their prize was a video day, where all the pic- tures on this page were taken. 1 Instructional aide Ms. Celia and Esther McCoy on video day. Special Ed 49 Salazar, Deborah Galvan