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

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----------- ■ .'i The four cUs» officers. Tamar Hagler. Craig Crorcau.Justin Cauntay, and Loric-Jean Smith discuss the speaker that they are going to introduce to the class. Sophomore. Dianna Riggcn takes out a piece of paper so she can take notes on the discussion of suicide. Front row: Mrs. Miller, Valeric Pctiford. Kristen Copeland, Michelle Fisher. Cyndi Chambers. Tamar Hagler. Second row: Yumi Brigentoff, Arshell Camora. Christine Kimbral, Roxana Saa. Jcannic Chamberlain, Jeanninc White. Tracie Jarrett. Tim Pantaleon. Back row: Tami Patterson. Anqucnctta Williams. Angela Cady, Dianna Riggcn, Cristy Sachse. Craig Croteau. Launa Woodcroft. Justin Cauntay. Patrick Delany, Benny Villegas. Mrs. Miller begins a discussion of suicide with the question. What is suicide? Interpersonal Communications 137

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Learning To Communicate Interpersonal Communications is a sixth period class taught by a Madison High School English teacher, Mrs. Miller. The class was started in the fall of 1985. Cyndi Chambers, a senior who had been in the class all three years, commented that the class went through many changes. In 1986 there were two different classes, taught by two different teachers. Each class was much smaller than this year's class, said Cindi. This year the class consisted of 30 stu- dents. The main purpose of the Interpersonal Communica- tions class is to help students get to know themselves better and to establish better communication with others. A very important way of doing this is through mediation. Mediation is a five-step process that helps students resolve conflicts in a structured way. Mediation is offered by Madison as a way for stu- dents to resolve problems before they escalate. Me- diation is sometimes recommended instead of sus- pension. The group went to Kroc middle school to speak to eighth graders about social conditions in high school. The Interpersonal Comminications class had four class officers. Junior, Justin Cauntay was President, senior, Lorie-Jean Smith was Vice-President, junior, Tamar Hagler was secretary and junior, Craig Cro- teau was the Treasurer. All of the students who wish to mediate have to go through an intense mediation training. The members had many speakers come to speak to them in the classroom. The speakers spoke on a variety of subjects ranging from alcohol abuse to suicide. Learning how to communicate with oth- ers is a very important part of life and the reason for the Interpersonal Communications class. Not only b the class serious, but it is also a lot of fun. as shown by Cyndi Chambers and Tamar Hagler. Cyndi Chambers and junior. Kristen Copeland listen attentively as a student gives a book report. Justin Cauntay discusses the concept of mediation with Loric-Jcan Smith. 136 Organizations

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Mr. Hikcl shows members of the math club how to draw two circles with a compass. Senior,Dahn Ta contemplates silently, How do I draw a hyperbola with this compass? Thuy Nguyen, a junior, looks intently at Mr. Hikel attempting to attack a problem on the board. 138 Math Club Front row. Joe Lin. Bob Lee. Do Nguyen, True Nguyen. Back row: Danh Ta, Peter Hsu. Mike Hsu. Joe Hsu. Binh Hoang, Thac Tran.