Gunderson High School - Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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M t -H 'W ' at My ray gun shoots through anvils l Patrick looks iust too happy to be here ... ,ffl 1 l drew this ? Sharon asks Okay, maybe that's not the right Heavy Metal t herself. screw . , . . -of 7 - 2 gs and-W ..- X I in y Who's Who in Applied Arts: Chris Weathersbee Chris Weathersbee started out high school hard: l took all my math, sciences, and other basic re- quirements in my first three years: now I can take what l wish. As a senior, that schedule finally includes the arts. Chris is taking a basic art class in addition to auto, l started auto to learn the basics on how to fix my car. Apparently she thinks alittle more ofthe class nowz after junior college she hopes to transfer to a college in southern California. where . . .I just might maior in 3utO. Anything can happen, Some people probabiy believe that auto is an easy class. where- not many girls are interested. but think again: The class is about one fourth girls, and we're getting the same or better grades than the guys . ,. that might shock someone. but it's true. Ms. Who's Who ln Applied Arts l988 says: I like to figure out how things work, and with all the different little parts and explanations on why they do what they do, auto turned out to be a really cool class for me.

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4256 +S L,,,,.,- lj, 4 . We N45 'ZW Visual Display Diana Bender and Sonia Law pratice the flute in their music class. Freshman Chris Holmes keeps the beat in the fifth period music class. Mrs. Moran helps Elizabeth Dowdy with i her collage in Beginning Art. Who's Who in Performing Arts: Heidi Welch and Dan Kozak Heidi Welch had had no acting experience when she took over the part of Robin in Godspell. She was fif- teen. a freshman. and scared to death. She went on to play Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz and Maria in West Side Story. Her first character role was Kate, the .lew- ish mother in Brighton Beach Memoirs. She credits Betty Gardner, head of the Gunderson drama depart- ment, for whatever I know about acting. Heidi's been an active member of Drama Club for four yearsg last year she was chosen for its Best Actress award. She pians to be involved in theater as a career. Dan Kozack enjoys singing and acting. Its so exciting when your up on stage, that whole audience is watching YOU perform. and if you crack a good ioke and they laugh then all of it the rehearsing, the nerves was com- pletely worth the effort. Dan has played Eugene the geek in Grease, Baby John in West Side Story and many, many more. Dan has been a part of the drama club and is now the president. Dan has also worked on the Dracula Crew, and in special effects. But he likes playing character roles because they're most memorable and most comical. Dans future plans are to be a motion pic- ture producer. Sean Singleton concentrates on his calligraphy proiect in Mr. Morans art class. Q23 EE: Qxgxe ,ac Q K rf 'K in X Academics I83

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Metalshop woodshop, drafting, agriculture. auto, what's the common bond ? Besides that they all fall into the Applied Arts category. they also require a lot of hard work. Right ? Actually that's not the whole story. Art is . .ANY human activity that requires an application of skill and That definiton does not preclude enioyment. This stuff is fun, a friend of mine said. She continued l've taken drafting. woods and metalshop, all of them were great. Qhe became more serious. They werent too hard because you have the instructions there, and it's not like you re lust coming up with an idea out of the blue. ln a sennse. though, you have a great deal of room for your own expression too. because no-one is standing over your shoulder saying 'Do this like this. do this like that', there are lust too many people there. lt's not a regular class, where if you talk you get nailed. go the deal is this: if you want a fun, useful class that keeps your brain in shape too, take an applied art. E.. A ' x x Q N I . f -Neff' 2 . Mi. I With his concentration at IOOWQ, . he draws a straight line 25- . Adrian jacks up a car with one hand I gotta get it while it s hot Nuts and Bolts metal f A ,i W I I Who's Who in Agriculture: Brian Appleby and Destyn Sublet Brian Appleby: l went to the fair one year and played with ali the littie animals: l decided it would be fun to join agriculture. There must be a saying to the effect that great things happen at the fair. Just ask Brian. l've known that l've wanted to be a veterinarian since I was about seven years old. There's a pretty tough math requirement to major in animal science and, of course. a difficult science background. Brian has that planned for too. He's taken biology, physiology, and chemistry for the science requirement, and is presently in math analysis. Those are all college prep courses for when he goes to junior college, then U.C. Davis or Cal Poly. Destyn Sublettt l got into agricuiture because of the animalst l had horses before and l'd heard that ag. had horses and other animals, She plans on ate tending LLC. Davis on a horseback riding scholar- ship, where she wants to major in equestrian science with a minor in primate science. l spent my fresh- nan year at Presentations when l came to Gunder- son. agriculture sounde like fun, so l ioinedf'