Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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QJHPW Many changes mark school's first decade Students who went to classes here ten years ago would have difficulty recog- nizing this school today. Not only has the structure of the campus changed with the addition of buildings, but the enrollment has more than doubled since 1973. Graduation requirements have in- creased. Class sizes have increased. More faculty has been added to the enrolled. The area around the campus has been developed. The toxic waste dumpsite on Kellogg was cleaned out and a low cost condominium park was construct- ed. Extensive construction has been seen in the school's attendance area to the east end of the county near the Riverside county border. Shopping centers around the intersec- tion of Imperial and Orangethorpe sprang up almost overnight. More and more families have moved into the area and many families have left, making the school's population a . little less stable than it had been ten staff, but not in an equal percentage ears a o. to the number of students who have Y g Senior David Lulcasialc drinlcs a shalce from Knoll- wood's. Knollwoods, an area institution, has been the Home of the World's Best Hamburger for years. Matt Ellsworth steadies a precariously perched James Bludworth as Bludworth adjusts the lighting on the stage of the little theater. That building has seen constant improvements since it was built, re- cently the floor of the stage was painted black to give the theater more versatility in the sorts of presenta- tions that could be produced. iz - theme But there are still families living here who were here ten years ago. Still at- tending school here are younger brothers and sisters of the first stu- dents on this campus. Keeping attendance at this school a tradition is Karen Berger whose sister Lisa was here ten years ago and whose brothers Larry and David are also graduates. Kim De Collibus' sister Gina and brother Dante are continu- ing that tradition as well. Richard Kra- vitz' brother David was among the first students here as was Charissa I-lammett's sister Kaye. Scott Janetzlcy's two sisters Kim and Lynn both graduated from here as did Anne Warmus' two sisters, Mary and JoAnne, and her brother Gerry.

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We Veterans set all important school rituals Tradition is more important to an estab- lishment It is the people who frequent an estab- lishment who set its traditions. Al- though this school has only been in exis- tence for a short ten years, some traditions are as ingrained and as unbrea- kable as they would be had they been set Principal Al Hawkins, who has been on this cam- pus since the school was still a vacant lot, talks with students at break. Hawkins was an assistant princi- pal prior to his 1981 appointment as principal. contest. age in Mexico. 1 oo years ago. Mike Smith's tradition of collecting more canned food for the Christmas Drive has never been broken, or even se- riously challenged. The playing of col- lege fight songs over the P.A. system on game days is another ritual that has per- petuated itself. The method of selection for the Homecoming Court is yet an- other tradition. All of these traditions have been set by people, people who have been here from the start and who have perpetuated these important rituals. 26 of the original faculty and staff mem- bers remain. Blindfolded senior football players Brian Campbell and Jeff Taylor participate in a pep assembly activ- ity. Campbell and Taylor won the ice cream eating Mike Smith, who has taught and coached here since 1972, challenges his classes to beat all other classes in the canned food drive. Smith set his own tradition years ago and has been increasing the number of canned goods he can turn over to members of senior Veronica Castillo's family, who take it to an orphan- theme - II

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Ken Forsythe vents his frustrations on a thermostat in the hall of the zoo Building. That building, constructed ten years ago, has seen more than its share of problems. Reroofed over the summer at a cost of nearly half a million dollars, the first heavy rainstorm showed that parts of the new roof leaked like sieves. An ongoing constant problem was the inconsistent internal temperatures and the lack of air circualtion. This problem caused several students to become ill, one passed out in class, it also prompted editorials in aztlan, letters to the administration and many frayed tempers. One thing that hasn't changed on this campus in the past ten years is the emphasis on the academics. Senior John Ludwig takes notes during a lecture in Mike Moore's sociology class. CIF playoffs. Remaining constant since 1973 is the Aztec tradition of a winning athletic program. Lisa Schmidt, Matt Ellsworth and alumnus Russ Altermann cheer the Aztecs at the final CIF game where the Aztecs were defeated by the Los Altos Conquerors. This was the fourth time in four years that the Aztecs played in theme