Irvine High School - Citadel Yearbook (Irvine, CA)

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Rigorous Courses i shatters kick back mode A large majority of students went into their final year of high school with the myth of entering the year heading into a kick back mode. That myth, though, was shattered. Student assistant, study hall and P.E were typical classes many students believed they would be taking during their senior year. The surprise came when many seniors were faced with such classes as physics, trigonometry and college preparatory composition. You think you are going to flake off your senior year but you can ' t, said Senior Sharon Vim. My classes are a lot more difficult than I expected. The teachers of these classes found students coming to class ex- pecting to do a small amount of work and still leaving the class with a decent grade. The majority of students that entered my class felt that it would just be a matter of cranking out an essay or two. They realized very quickly that this class would require a considerable amount of work, said College Preparatory Composi- tion Teacher Jerry Judd . Students realized that an ex- cessive amount of homework and studying was required to receive a good grade in these difficult r-ollege preparatory classes. The chief reason many seniors took these rigorous courses was because of the extreme competition for acceptance into major univer- sities, according to Senior Dione Tanikawa. Along with many of the required courses, students were ex- pected to exceed these re- quirements in order to remain competitive. It was really important for me to realize that I couldn ' t just breeze through this year, and do the best job possible, commented Senior Sandy Johnson . — by Debbie Donahue I Joseph Vu Sean Wallentine Paula Walter Tim Wang Jeff Warwick Christine Wasulko MoUy Watson Samantha Wayne David Webb MANUEL VILLALOBOS — Soccer: 3,4 JOSEPH VU — CSF 1.2,3,4: Key Club: 3,4: Vietnamese Club: 3.4, Chinese Club: 3 ,4: Football: 1: Track: 1.2,3,4 SEAN WALLENTINE — Ski Club: 1; Spanish Club: 4, Football: 7; Baseball: 1,2,3,4 TIM WANG — Key Club: 2: Chess Club: 2; Korean Club: 2: Chinese Club: 4; Tennis: 2 JEFF WARWICK — Surf Club: 1,2,3,4 MOLLY WATSON — IHS Cares: 2; Concert Choir: 1,2: Irvine Chorale: 3: Senior Directory Wrestlerette: 1 ,2: Student Forum: 1 SAMANTHA WAYNE — Concert Choir: 1: Boys ' Soccer Manager: 3,4 MATT WEIHE — Drama: 1 SAMANTHA WHITE — Ethnic Advisory Forum: 3,4: Volleyball: 1,2: Softball: 2,3.4: Track: 1: Student Forum: 1,2,3,4 KEITH WHITNEY — Track: 2 SARAH WHITTENBERG — Speech: 3, CSF: 2.4: Ethnic Advisory Forum: 3.4: French Club: 1,2,3,4: Speech Team: 3, Drama: 1,2,3: El Vaquero: 3,4 KRIS WILSON — Speech: 1: Volleyball: 1: Tennis: 1; Baseball: 2: Golf: 1 CHRISTINA WINTERHALTER — Citadel: 3,4 SHARON YIM — CSF: 2,3,4: Ethnic Advisory Forum: 3,4: IHS Cares: 2. Key Club: 1.2.3.4: French Club: 2,3,4: Korean Club: 4, Marching Band: 1: Tall Flag: 2,3 BRAD YOUNG — Speech: 2: CSF: 1: AFS: 2, Cycling Club: 1: Drama: 1; Waterpolo: 3; Soccer: 1: Track: 1 MIKE ZACKS — 1,2.3,4: Drama: 3 214 Vu — Weber Seniors

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Trang Iran Frances Trapp Buzz Tryon David Tung Deanne Turner Stephen Tyson Patrida Urban Cindy Valuch Allan Vargas ErikVenz PARTY PREPARATION; Samantha Wayne, a student representative for the senior Mazatlan vacation, draws a sign pertinent to the trip during a gathering of participants in Craig Elliott ' s room. Laura Villamil Sandra Villamil SenlorsjTran — Vu 213

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Matt Weihe Merris Welch Jeff Weller Melvin Whetstine Samantha White Keith Whitney Sarah Whittenberg Kris Wilson Christina Winterhalter Dan Woodbury Carol Yanek Brad Young Kenneth Zaccardelli Veronica Zasueta Seniors Weihe-Zasueta 215