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

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-litical system. ,To spend tour dollars on ■membership would be to buy of your life. President Melia Scallon ' s enticing reason for joining JS was, If you join JSA, you will learn parliamentary procedure as well as the mechanics of a debate, and you will ha the chance to compete in the JSA overnighters. Learning to survive these infamous overnighters was the main lesson, agreed the membership-at-large of JS This is because they received little or sleep, as the L.A. Hilton was taken ov by 1400 high school students from all ; over California. Other officers of the member group were Phil Kaufman (vi president), Lisa Kim (secretary), and Pat Borkheim (treasurer); their advise was Mr. Jim Ferguson. Of course practical benefits are gained ' too from JSA. From the many debates!, ' and mock trials held by the : organization, the junior politicians learned the inner workings of our i political system. Jay Scavo proved his : speaking ability by winning an honorable mention for his impromptu j speech discussing the similarities of abortion and Thanksgiving. Other strp members were Heather Maxwell, Hard Taw, Matt Hall, and the officers. Highlights of the year were the : November overnighter, which celebrai I the 200th anniversary of the Constituti ; and a debate in which it was resolved I that women are better than men. 1. J5A-(from) P. Kaufman, M. Scallon, K. Brya L. Kim; (second row) V. Kennedy, P. Borkheim, S. Neidhardt, D. Schuster, G. Orti (third row) M. Tarullo, M. Hall, H. Maxwel Hull, A. Sellge, C. Hanna, J. Dennison, L. Schramm; (back) T. Boweo, K. Abusamra, J Vasquez. 2. JSA officers Phil Kaufman, Melia Scallon, Li Kim, Patrick Borkheim. 3. Jay Scavo excels at speaking and arguing ski as he proves during a debate at the L.A. Hill 4. One of Melia Scallon ' s favorite fund-raisers 6 earning field trip money is the car wash.

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hiefit the club, and the dub gives -Beth Friedi Scholarship and s foroia Scholarship F ed to around campus as CSF. said CSF sponsor Ms. Kams, The students gain pride from their smic efforts and learn to give to the school and unity. CSF also gives students a chance to work mittees and learn leadership and organizational ( skills. r-expanding group of sc ring approximately 150 members, was also led r President Kristy Mackevicious. Vice President I Chen, Secretary Kim-Oanh Luc, and Treasurer luong Nguyen. Membership was renewed every Iter and was based solely on semester grades in tlance to the state criteria. Those students who ere accepted into CSF and had the ch !- scholarships and becoming sealbeai ; at gradua i seemed to be full of hard work ' proved that the adage all work lay did not apply to them: club members ;h time to attend the notorious CSF Disnej It. go to CSF conferences in Huntington Bi rganize the annual Computer Dating Service: the spring Blood D OFFlC£RS-i(ront) KimOanh Luc. Tram Trao, l tkcvicius. Jeff Kun ; (back) Malt Hall, Eugene CSF-ifrom) C. McCaon, G. Siclici, K. Vanhuskii Icr. R. Clark. B. Yamamoio, K. Mackevicius, M. ! . Ahusamra, T. Hawkins; (second row) K. Larse ! S. Patcl, B. Fricdrichs. S. HIgas. H. Lasala. T. Tr I. Lam, H. Nguyen. N. Garris, A. Hclhtringlon; ( row) T. Sparkman, J. Watson. B. Tarzynski. S. M Igion, K. McC.ann. H. Meyn. J. Medina; (fourth r« ntz. E. Brusiedt, L. Reintjes. A. Quilantan, K. Kel I, J. Kuriy. F. Lu, S. Townsend. M. Kramer; (fifths ,. Martinex, S. Rogaff, C. Robens. K. Futa.J. Dele Tang. H. Brjghtbill; (back) E. Pindcrski, M. Vaj L Being a giving type. Eric Van Vliei sits tmpalj jBiting for the removal of the needle at the C.S.F. 1

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logically and to expres. es with pu ing first in district competition, th ; of twelve students, many of whom had aspirations of becoming lawyers or working within the judicial system. It was an elite anization in that students had to go through tough auditions in order to be selected for the team. e Koebler and Sheila Albright were the stars of the team: their exceptional performances earned them two out of only eight ividual awards given for outstanding lawyer and outstanding ness repsectively. The team represented the school district and ook twelfth out of forty-odd schools in the county finals. Other ig team members included Kevin Bryant and Michelle Sommers ho also contributed superior performances to the Mock Trials. I. MOCK TRIAl-)ahn Dicaro, Kevin Bryant, Michelle Sommer, Phil Kaufman. i Jyllian Kemsley, Press Maycock, Adam Shultz. in Bryanf and Jyllian Kemsley take a break during a recess from a Mock Trial 88 Working Together