Charter Oak High School - Shield Yearbook (Covina, CA)

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N E W T R A I I D l T l O N S The tact that we were to be the twenty-titth and last graduating class of Lancers proved a motiva- tor tor many activities on campus. Sports, tor one, seemed to want desperately to excell more than in past years. Athletes needed to leave behind some kind ot ac- complishments: This is the last time we'll ever play Royal Calc. Let's make it count. We heard it otten, throughout the ditterent athletic seasons, and it payed ott by making us push to our limits to get something we desperately needed: recognition. Recognition seemed a common goal in all as- pects ot high school lite. Many students came to the realization that high school was only a step- ping stone. They turned the tocus away trom social activiites to acas demic achievement. As the year progressed, students reassessed their values, and it became in- creasingly important to attain some semblane ot academic pros ticiency. Charter Qalis irrepress- ible style was not vanguished by the transition awaited at the end ot the year. lt was simply one more tacet comprising the char- acter ot Charter Calc.

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I I I W T R A D I T I O N S N E if ,:tw+..,, is a .1 N! . a , 4 U 3 , t i , Putting aside concerns about school name and colors, the new high school would offer some definite advantages. Academical- ly, a greater variety of courses would be available to students. Before, course selection was limit- ed because there were not suffi- cient amounts of students to make up a substantial class number. With the influx of nearly eight hundred students, more ad- vanced placement courses would be offered, upgrading the cur- riculum. Ahtletically, all sports would reap the benefits of a larger selection of athletes. Cut- standing athletes who had vigor' i . N X L TN 1 X , at A 2,43 4 4 . ., 6 ously competed against each oth- er would now join forces to pro- duce sound and experienced teams. Exciting predictions were made at once: Our team is sure to take league, at least until we move up to 31'-X. Socially, the joining of two high school whose students attended the same junior highs would sure- ly provide the rediscovery of old friendships and the makings of new ones. Charter Qak, with a positive attitude, anticipated the transition to come and looked for- ward to the very definite benefits to be gained from it,

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