Carson High School - Carneta Yearbook (Carson City, NV)

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After Daria Frank read a proclamation to the school given to her husband, the late science teacher Jim Frank, she talks with Student Body President Matt Allison and her daughter Rachel Frank at an assembly. Student body treasurer Andy Goldsmith works on his vocabulary in Mr. Savanelli ' s business class. Seniors l uttinsi ■t All To Kork What exactly have our student body officers done this year. That was a question asked often by stu- dents. The student body officers were responsible for much more than most people thought. The student body officers were a voice to represent the students of the high school. The 1988 senior class was one of the best classes we ' ve ever had and the student body officers re- flected it, said Mr. Scoggins. The student leaders were in charge of dances, assemblies, and working in the student store. They gave away hot dogs in the Avenue, bought a new PA system for the football field, raised so much money that they gave away some of it to different clubs and organizations and added a great deal to the school spirit. Other hard working seniors were the ones who competed in the Academic Olympics. The Ac- ademic Olympics was a televised competition sponsored by chan- nel five in which the team com- peted against other single A schools. It was a single elimina- tion tournament where once a team lost a competition, they were out of the tournament. To be on the team a test was taken by over 20 students and those who scored highest made the team. To be on the team you don ' t have to be smart. You just have to know a lot about trivia, said team member Jim Theiss. To prepare for the competi- tion, the team used computer disks which asked questions sim- ilar to the ones asked in com- petition. The questions were di- vided into six categories: history, current issues government, math, science, fine arts and Eng- lish literature. Team members were Tony Bul- lentini, Jeff Cherpeski, Scott Nowlin, Jim Theiss. Alternates were Jim Breeden, Robert Dun- ning, and Steve Yasmer. Involvement 191

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Give Me A Promoting the athletic ideal and school spirit were the basis of a new lettermanis club called Block C. To be a Block C mem- ber, an athlete simply had to have lettered in a varsity sport. The members of the new club discussed the importance of be- ing a student first and then an athlete and the need to work on the sometimes negative jock image. Block C gave the varsity letter people a chance to get to- gether as a club. We promoted the image of the high school athlete and it ' s done a lot for the school spirit, said senior Letterman Andy Goldsmith. One of the activities done by Block C members was a super- stars all around athlete contest in which members competed against each other in sports they wouldn ' t normally play such as running events, skill events, and an obstacle course. There was also a $500 schol- arship awarded to the member of Block C who best exemplified the student athlete ideal of a well rounded person. The members of Block C met once a month and officers were elected. The president was John Eck, vice-president — Jim Reid, secretary — Carin Carroll, treas- urer — Ray Oster, and Sergeant at arms — Charlie Parnell. Senior soccer player, Dave Packwood wears his varsity let- terman ' s jacket proudly as he goes to class. BLOCK C MEMBERS: Bottom Row: Charley Parnell, Anthony Vollet, Kelly W. Nichols. John Eck, Andy Gold- smith, Middle Rou: Cory Newton, O. J. Sanchez, Jim Breeden, Billy Bret. Top Row: Spencer T, Mellum, Jennifer Gray, Pauline Holzhaver, David L. Packwood, Carlos Mendeguia. 190

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r What cullcj;c would you like to attend? Why? I wt)uld like to attend the Llni- versity of Oregon because I like the country. — Andrea Gannon, 12 Arizona State University because it ' s hot there and a lot bigger than Carson. — Jennifer Mongelli, 12 UNR, because it ' s closer and in- expensive. — Justin Ramsey, 12 I ' m not sure what college 1 want to attend but I ' m going to LINR until 1 decide t)n a diltereiit ma- jor. — Cory Newton, 12 I don ' t want to go to college yet. 1 just want to go intt) the Army. — Gary Rider, 12 1 don ' t know because 1 don ' t want to think about it. — Heather Becker, 12 To go to Washington State and study computer tech. — Mark Moregan, 12 UNR for a lew years, then to Boise University to study ar- chitecture. — JelT Shelly, 12 UCLA because it is in Cali- lornia and that is where lin moving to. — Michael Mar- tinez, 12 Brooks College. Because I want to be an interior deco- rator, or a lashion designer. — Lynn Ktchamendy, 12 Reed CJollege in Portland, - egoii. — Courtney Mt)oney, 1 Devy Institute because 1 wantu get a degree in electronic em- neering technology. — Mark I - wards, 12 My career goals are to majorC socioU)gy, and become a socl worker. — Marissa de la Tor| 11 To get a Ph.D. in Psycholo — Vanessa Santos, 1 1 ' I want to be some kind of ph tographer. — Jessica Dach, 1 11 192