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

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(at must mean Tganizing pep rallies, dances, clas ecoming, A.S.U., the most visible groi ight together fourteen elected and appd ho dedicated themselves to the hysteria, hilarity, and jermugger of promoting school spirit. Trisha Lundin hannon Conroy said, Being in A.S.U. makes school bt more fun: we always have something to do. Diversity was the trademark of A.S.U. Pat Cloven jfed, Because of the differences among us, I feel ,.-j)Rsent the school better. Mike Tomeo added, I i to believe that no other A.S.U. was like us. We are «nt, and many people don ' t like that. You just can ' t : please everyone. e wete different motives for participating actively in •nt government. For Kevin Bryant, It makes school •bearable, and I have a say in what goes on. Jeffrey ' urrington felt that A.S.U. is an everlasting journey ' hich affects the school for all years to come. Rob largesson summed it up by saying, The fact of the ' |r is that school is boring. I like to see people have K being in A.S.U. is a positive way of trying to . achieve my goal. he school got in their two cents ' worth by the Legislative Council, an extension of A.S.U. icFT allowed the students body ' s voices to be heard. iirman Rob Margesson led monthly meetings during 1 period and listened to comments, suggestions, and complaints to help A.S.U. get its job done. . hon. one of the cr Christmas activities, rvant. M, Toratro, R. Matge$ion. R. i.inle; ' . McLean. S. Econoi augh; (third ro R. Waket, K. Regan. A. X ' iison. K. K L. Vo«. C- Gfiod. D. Roman, {I ' oun Im, T Pian. B. Linis. M Sommer. O. Gun: Abrami. A. Frigone. E. Noh. J. Caht; , C- Johnson. A Pot ) R Whipple, D. Skclton. B. Wright, b. Orubbs, V. Scgurj. sbms. P. Kocblcf. Z. Ainrz. T. Lundin. E. Noh. S. Conroy. DireaOf Ken Moe greets the crowd at a pep raJIy, on and President Pete Kocblcr 5U| !. he thrill of viaor to the crowds during a

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hough there were no cheerleaders, i vdy-rooting home crowds, the best of t leir minds in competition and found that beating other cols in Orange County Academic Decathlon (OCAD), ■anis Bowl, and the district-wide Academic Sweepstakes was just as thrilling as any athletic competition. [Members of the OCAD teams learned to give up lunch ids in favor of lectures and cram sessions with coaches herrill and Mr. Dunn. They superseded the confines of their school curriculi by studying the Constitution, ■ economics, fine arts, classic works of literature, world ■ history, and how to cram, cram, and cram. The head- jffing, which also took place at each other ' s homes on ' eekends, paid off for the junior-senior team when they ; snatched up first place in the South County Regionals ! (second overall) and placed fifth in the finals. na buffs and the quick-fingered alike also jumped in to , the county finals as the buzzer-banging Kiwanis Bowl. ■eting in Division I (out of five), they obliterated Santa ,na. Capo Valley, and University high schools to gain a berth in the finals for the second consecutive year. For |practice. they broke open the Ouiz-A-Matics and trivia •books and took on the I.Q. ' s of Mary and Tim, Mr. -ira, Mr. Gaskins. and Ms. Raub in faculty challenges prepare for other tournaments such as Fallbrook and Academic League. They all learned how to be good jpetitors, and teammates, but, above all, learned not to answer straits of Massachusetts. with OC iD and Kiwanis Bowl, other contests in - elling, composition, and math counted towards the idemic Sweepstakes, a competition among the district ' s e high schools for cash prizes. Eddie Yang again won elling bee, while Teppi Hawkins won the senior essay contest. (D.H. finished second overall by one point.) MAST went to the presses, Dana Hills had taken first against Capo Valley and San Clemente in Academic Decathlon and spelling bee, and a second in the essay ontest. However, results were still pending for Kiwanis Bowl, science fair, math contest, CAP scores, and I attendance. Final results may be found in the Spring p Supplement. 84 Working Together