El Toro High School - Amanecer Yearbook (Lake Forest, CA)

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NO MORE ROOM AT ET:“FULL HOUSE” The yearbook staff for 1981 1982 was in a quandary. The big question was. What’s the theme for this year's publication going to be?” The advisor, editors, and publication manager all racked their brains trying to come up with a theme that would have something, anything, to do with the school. Then, one day, it reached out and slapped them in the face. The 1981 1982 school year presented a new problem to El Toro — over- crowding. The problem was. and still is evident everywhere on campus. In the beginning, it seemed to take twice as long to pass from class to class. If one was a little late for lunch, it was im- possible to find a table in the quad. Six new portables had been installed over the summer, and during fourth and fifth periods, all the classes on campus were filled to capacity. El Toro's problem was overcrowding; the yearbook staff's problem was the theme. The two problem's were combin- ed. and one was solved. The theme had 4 Theme

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to have something to do with “over- crowding. Overcrowding was too dull, though, too benign, too hard to represent. The Amanecer staff then came up with it. the perfect solution. To use the term full house to represent overcrowding, and use playing cards to depict full house. Everything fit in perfectly. The classes became Face Cards and the teachers were transformed into the Dealers. In a sense, the yearbook staff had become the gamblers, and had won the pot. So. the yearbook staff would like to play its hand, and present the 1981-82 edition of the Amanecer. Full House.” 1. The Class of '82 displays spirit. 2. Vick Lohr awaits announcement of “Best Dressed Baby award. 3. Suzanne Sierra. Jennifer Cabael. Kathie Hubenthal and Tammy Winslow help promote Charger spirit. 4. Fif- ties impersonators, leaning against a vin- tage Mercedes, take a break after a long mor- ning. 5. Some babies take an early morning spin around the parking lot. 6. Freshmen listen intently during the Fall Sports Assembly. 7. Hippies attend a sit-in on top of the Love Van . 8. Songleaders prepare to entertain at the Mission Viejo Assembly. 9. Senior infants stop to decide what to play. 10. Fifties Day Nerd . Tim Hogan dances close to a chick during lunch time activities. Theme 5