John Wesley North High School - Aurora Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Juniors Initial Shock Fades Worried about scoring high on the SAT? Well, don ' t be because it ' s predicted that most students will do better than the students in previous years, or at least that ' s what the state legislators thought when they decided to get together in order to remedy the trend of declining SAT test scores. According to this new policy, a total of 61 additional school hours were tacked on: five minutes ex- tra spent in each period, and five extra days added on the end of the year. From the outset, there were mixed reactions to this new ruling, and a prominent one seemed to be that of shock. It ' s stupid because there ' s so much time wasted! ex- claimed Edie Chang. Fortunately, as the school year progressed, the additional time in each class seemed to pass unnoticed. In fact, most students who were indignant at first towards the new ruling discovered that their initial reactions had changed. When asked whether or not she still felt that the added time was not a good idea, Valerie Taylor replied, No, it ' s good idea because there ' s more time to learn. Even students with exceptionally demanding curricula like those taking either several academic classes, after school sports, or both, found enough time to attend prac- tice and still finish their homework. 1 knew that I ' d have to stay later because of soccer practice, but after I got used to it, it really didn ' t make a difference, Matt Moy stated. The students who did encounter difficulties, though, were those who held outside jobs. Before, 1 had plenty of time to catch the bus to work after school, but now 1 have to run for it, asserted Suzanne Was. Despite negative initial reaction toward the extension of the school day and year, most students soon realized that their gripes had been premature. According to Toni Dor- ado, The longer school day doesn ' t even affect me any- more. , « Oblivious to her English teacher ' s presence, LaShay Hicks catches up on lost sleep. Like many people who maintained a grueling aca- demic schedule as well as a job, Hicks found a quick nap quite gratify- inq.

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i 1 It ndividuality Found In Participation Uetting lost in a crowd of ,800 would be easy for anyone. At North, lowever, getting lost in the crowd wasn ' t iuite as simple as it seemed. One could ilways find distinguishing characteristics in he people involved here. being a class officer having a pet peeve winning awards wearing lettermen jackets having pets being an exchange student having special friendships participating in summer activities graduating early gossiping earning money making Homecoming floats and participating in any and all school ac- tivities gave those at North individuality. •■« The Collection Aurora 1985 ining a wreath of laurel leaves, Mr. Gor- Adams loms in the tun ol Roman Day, The teddy in Ills hood was the result of a party held in is ' honor. people 1 13

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Joaquin Aboytes Ron Adams Rolando Aquilar Victor Aguilar Stacy Aker Robyn Akers April Anceno Alan Anderson Toniy Anderson Lydia Anrade Corey Antiil Ruth Arevalo Robert Arguello Daleen Anas Robert Arzate Teddy Ayres Kimberly Bailey Ralph Baker Lisa Barger Henry Barley Lisa Barnett Cherly Barr Linda Bartnicki Frank Baugh April Beard Kevin Bechtel Keilene Berry Mia Bickman Robyn Bingham Sherry Black Darren Briscoe Angela Broehl Stephen Brooks John Brown Rocky Brunlmger Tim Buchholtz Monty Buron Sandra Burton Donald Butler Mananna Cabrera Kimberly Calderaz Frank Camou Mary Cardenas Bob Carpenter Epifanio Cerbantes Scott Champley Edie Chang Dawn Clampitt i juniors 1 15