James Madison High School - Prospectus Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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Talon Students Take Pride jnior, Danny Ulibarri explains the pasting up process to Senior. Amy Barker and jnior, Christina Antonio. uniors. Holly Stratton and Mike Wilkinson discuss an article Juniors. Danny Ulibarri and Paul Schell, and Senior. Linda McDonald demonstrate their ability to work as a group. Madison High School's newspaper, The Talon, has had quite an exciting year. Some changes were made for this school year. The first difference was that the staff had a new advisor, Victoria Ballardo. Fortunately for her she had an experienced and helpful staff of 12 students, with 8 of them returning from last year. Their editor, Lili Reeves, said that It was a big change from last year considering the smaller class size, but we tuffed it out. Even though the new advisor was a amateur, she said I thoroughly en- joyed my first year as advisor. Some of the staff obtained experiences that they planned on using in later professions. Rusty Miller, a sophomore, said, I find Journalism exciting and being on the Talon gives me a better edge to get into the profession. The main objective of the class is to publish the school newspaper periodically. Students get exper- ience in journalism, writing, and the chance to be part of a staff and work with others towards the same goals. The people of the Talon Staff take pride in their work and have a feeling of accomplishment once the paper is published. Talon 107

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Front row: Danny Ulibarri. Christina Antonio. Rusty Miller. Second row: Amy Barker, I.inda McDonald. Heather Robertson. Robyn Mahan. Lili Reeves. Victoria Rallardo. Back row: Jason I.ini, Holly Stratton. Paul Schell. Mike Wilkinson. Advisor. Victoria Ballardo takes a moment from hei work to smile. Junior. I.ili Reeves confers with her advisor, Victoria Ballardo about her article on Campus life at Madison. 106 Organizations

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Dedication And Responsibility We expect a great deal of dedication and responsi- bility from our staffers. Making a yearbook takes a lot of time and a little sacrifice, said editor-in-chief, senior, Bill Duchek. With a number of returning stu- dents to the yearbook staff, the learning process for the new students was much easier. To put a good yearbook out, certain steps must be taken. First, a theme is chosen. Then, most impor- tantly, pictures are scheduled and shot. Interviews are done, copy must be written, the layout is drawn, and the pictures are cropped, or fitted, into the layout. Finally, the copy is typed into the computer and printed out. Senior, Elizabeth Potente ex- plained, One of the best characteristics about year- book is that a person gets the opportunity to express his creativity through designing a layout and writing articles of interest to the student body. Assistant editor, junior, Grace Holcomb said, The anticipation to see the book is the hardest because we have to wait the whole year. After a year full of hard work, stress, and deadlines, it pays off when the staff and students can see it all on paper; neat, order- ly, attractive, and finished! Senior, Craig Kunzcl tries to figure out where to put all these pictures on just on layout. 108 Organizations This page sponsored b;