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

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Center. Ask any student why he or she is at- tending high school and more than likely the answer will be, Because i want to attend a good college and have a career. Ironically, many go through all the trouble of woi-king in classes, but fail to make the move than can help the most: visiting the Career The unintimidating room 501 stores a wealth of information and services, from interest and aptitude testing (for those hazy on a field) to videos on colleges, study skills, and self- esteem. Students may get information on any college from Amherst to Yale, unravel the mysteries of financial aid, attain a working permit, and even talk with a college repre- sentative on scheduled days. Coordinator Linda Deckert explained, Everything is here for the kids to use. This is their resource center and they ' re welcome to use it any time. She encouraged students to make the time to utilize the center for either the previously mentioned purposes or as a study hall, -f 1. Bryn Giltis examines possible job opportunities, 2. Tiffany Higglns and Rachel Saunders demonstrate one of the functions of the Career Center as a quiet, relatively isolated study hall. 3. Framed by a wall of college posters, Sarah McAdoo reads over her letters of application one more time. 4. Career Center coordinator Linda Deckert teaches students how to research colleges by using catalogs and computers. m Lisa Stephens (Science): would like to be reincarnated as a cat; reas- sesses her career choice every fifth period; has no regrets in her life thus far. Tony Stevens (Social Science): en- joys world traveling and climbing the towers of Europe; has taught here since 1974; Care! Life is too short to be wasted on hate! Mike Sullivan (Science): enjoys things that cost us nothing (ie. sun- sets, walks in the forest, time with friends) ; regrets not spending more time on environmental issues; To try is to succeed — to not even try is to fail. Becky Tlcc (Math, Fine and Practi- cal Arts): has taught here for seven years; enjoys sewing, aerobics, and skiing; is working towards a Master ' s degree in home economics; listens to New Age music. 70 OJIiSmk EOf

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1. For those with a green thumb like Ryan Ritschel, Mr. Randy Albers, and Billy Finder, R.O.P. horti- culture lets it grow. 2. Careful not to hit their thumbs, Robert Muir and instructor Mike Beekman build an addition to R.O.P. construction. 3. Judy Judge learns how to operate very sensitive equipment (in this case, an x-ray machine) during her R.O.P. internship as an emergency medical technician. Jim Smith (Social Science): enjoys marlin fishing; believes the challenge of life Is to seek truth, question, and improve; has taught classes ranging from third to four- teenth grade; The real learning is in the outside world. Life is a great teacher. Scott Smith (Science); would love to be reincarnated as a golden eatle; is most proud of his wife and students; has taught for four wonderful, happy, joyful years. Kurt Speldei (Math): wishes today ' s youth was drug- and a lcohol-free; has taught for eleven years; Crank it! Shoot the limit! What a scam! John Stephens (Social Science): plays the guitar and sings at weddings; feels that the next generation should strive more; works with church youth groups. . y ' V? 69

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' ? ' S iM vvP SpV yijj l .(.■ rm Townsend (Science): enjoys odworking, collecting antique s, and traveling to Australia; uld love to wipe out rear-end sit- 3 and mush mind games in to- ' s youth; fondly remembers all crazy rugby festivities of col- e; Work hard and play hard to- but don ' t forget about to- Lee Weagley (Social Science); wish- es there was more social awareness in today ' s youth; regrets not going into the foreign service but is proud of union achievements at CUSD; Leave this world in a better shape than you found it, Al White (English): enjoys medita- tion; has traveled for five years through Asia and Africa; was a volun- teer in a reforestation brigade in Nicaragua. Terry Wigglesworth (Physical Education): plays the guitar and sings; is most proud of coaching great high school athletes ; I like what I ' m doing. mtm 71