Dana Hills High School - Mast Yearbook (Dana Point, CA)

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w ' f . Jnly the members of the Science Club could legally s their bags and take off into the back woods of nature for fun, j relaxation, . . . and learning. Under the direction of President Tom Weise and Vice President Deedee Bolton, the Science Club offered jxcursions to Searles Lake, Yosemite, and Mt. Palomar in March, the California Natural History tour in April, and Baja in May. ; While the primary purpose of these field trips was education, Scott Dnstott enjoyed just getting in touch with nature, while Tina Bruffy lid jokingly that she liked knowing others are suffering too. Asked J which aspects of the field studies they would change, Science Club members responded with answers ranging from the temperatures at night to making the trip longer. Whether they learned about the constellations in the night sky, liscovered the rock formations of mountain cliffs, or were taught to link twice before stepping on a bug (in Tim Weise ' s case), students were constantly gaining knowledge through their experiences with i nature. The philosophy of the Science Club, as stated by the science : teachers through S. Polis ' poem, therefore, holds true at Dana Hills: Take your children into the woods; ; Let them look at the trees and the stars above; Then, they will begin to think; K And to think is the beginning of a real education. Jcnior Jason Gardner reaches for a crab in the kelp-covered tide pools at Morro Bay. Jontent hikers ,u Yosemire lunch below Vernal Falls during a light rain: (front) Man brmann, Kyle Springer, Deedee Bolton, .4.manda Ij ' itlejohns, Yann Devouassoux. Scoif ; Onstoti, Mr. Dunn; (back) Matt Rippee. Mr. Gaskios. Tom Weise, Tim Weise, Scott Behrmann, Eriks Paegle, Aaron Lockway, Vince Peteque. i Seniors I.ars Olscn and Mark Fodor boat back from an attempt to reach Seal Rock; ley were thwarted by high wind at Bahia de Las Animas; Ryan Lindholm balances for several seconds against the wind that day. Ms. Cjorski mimics the Perils of Pauline by lying across abandoned railroad tracks at Searls Lake. soaked Morro Bay group attempts to pose for a photo: (front) Deedee Bolton, Tom c, Sonja Varese, Brook Lee; (second row) Mr. Gaskins, Jason Gardner, Tom Varney. a Litrlejohns, Lori Pearcy, Yann Devouassoux, Mr. Smith; (third row) Shaun O ' Sieen. Polik, Lynne White, Donald Sutorius, Kevin McCann, Matt Kramer, Tony Liu; (back) je(( Purrington. 7, Andy Polik and Matt Kramer get a lesson from Mr. Sherrill on Coelenterates. ; Mr. Smith, Ms. Gorski, Pierre Agamata, and Shane Austin take in the view from the hacks, made of petrified algae that grew when the Mojave Desert was part of a fresh e water lake. 104 Working Together

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106 Working Together