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

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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

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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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Those students who excelled in their regular speech i chance to improve their speaking skills by joining the Speech Club. !rhe club experienced many successes in competition. Brad Danker and Tracy Stoekmann took second place during a league dual interpretation ? f competition; Brad and Tracy Beard also participated in a private contest sponsored by the Lions Rotary and American Legion Clubs, Brad receivi: first place, and Tracy taking the Award of Excellence. :, . Being an active member in this club required spending up to eight hours; Iduring a league competition and another ten hours minimum in outside i preparation. With all this practice, even the shyest of the members developed greater self-confidence and also excelled in logical argumentation. I The most dedicated smdents included Debbie Daly, Crystal Johnson, Trai Beard, and Brad Danker, all of whom showed their outstanding abilities; five league tournaments. ' 1, 2. Preparing notes for their debate on .sex education in public schools are Brook Lee and Pat Cloven (con) and Jennifer Zachary and Leslie Schmidt (pro.) 3. SPEECH TEAM-({cont) Brian Sims, Michelle Somraers, Stephanie Marks; ; (middle) Adam Schultz, Debbie Daly; (back) Brad Danker, Heidi Vood, Mackevicius. mT