Foothill High School - Shield Yearbook (Tustin, CA)

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Left Steue Brown enjoys being the center of attention. Lower Left No comprendo7 Why didn 't I take German? thinks Jeff Brown. Below Robert Lincourt :sn t very satisfied with this grade. Every May, dozens of Foothill's top scholars are recognized for excellence at the annual PFO Awards Banquet. In October, juniors take the Pre-Scholastic Aptitude Test in competition for a National Merit Scholarship. Every month the Kiwanis Club and the Tustin Area Womens' Club honor a senior boy and girl, respectively, for their contributions to the community and scholastic achievement. Awards and recognition are not the primary motivation for the average Knights, however. They have a reputation to live up to, about 75 percent of all Foothill graduates attend college. Some of these schools include UC Berkeley, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Oc- cidental, Notre Dame, Harvard, and Yale. Shining futures await those who enter this race for the gold. Of course, this is still not the only reason students do well at Foothill. As Samuel Butler stated, Wisdom cannot be gotten for gold. Though the promise of higher education serves as en- couragement to scholars, without determination these goals can never be reached. Foothill students take the time to go that extra mile. Staying up until midnight to finish a paper to perfection is not un- characteristic of Knights, nor is spending hours memorizing French verb endings or geometric postulates. When students get discouraged and seem on the verge of giv- ing up, somehow they hang on and continue to excel. The payoff is not always immediate, sometimes it arrives in May, sometimes at college. When it arrives is immaterial, though. What is truly im- portant is that Knights have won the race for the gold and the payoff lasts forever. Theme 11

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What is it that gives timid freshmen the courage to wear outrageous costumes for recognition day? Why do students yell so loudly at Foothill games that they are hoarse for the next three days? Why do students give up so much of their time in order to practice for school activities, such as working for hours to perfect a routine, playing the same notes time and again until it is exactly right, or twirling a flag until one's arm muscles are aching? Each student is motivated by something captured in the race for the gold, and that something is spirit. The word spirit generally projects imagery of sunny cheerleaders, decked out in black and gold, jumping around 12 Theme and cheering teams to victory. This is, indeed, one example of spirit at Foothill, but it is only a fraction of the spirit demonstrated every day. Spirit is visible in nearly every aspect of a Knight's life. When one volunteers an answer in class, he is showing his spirit. Doing well on a test, or picking up a piece of litter and placing it in a trash can, also exemplifies spirit, for it reveals that the student cares about his school. Spirit is an invaluable part of life at Foothill. lt serves as something to hold onto when the going gets rough, and allows students to finish first in the race for the gold. Wh,