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

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Juniors Earnest Clark Laura Clark Victor Cordobii Christina Corrn- Alana Cortes Monica Cortez Dena Crenshaw Krysti Criswell Sharon Daniels Katherine David Lou Davis Michael Davis Honor Student ' Drops Out ' OWho had a 3.8 GPA, was always on her toes, ■ literally, and planned to become a high school drop out? A: Margaret Farmer. At age tour, Margaret Farmer began taking ballet lessons, and guickly developed a sincere interest m dance. 13 years later, she was not only taking ballet classes which ran about tour hours daily, six days a week, she was also taking jazz, and even teaching ballet at the Redlands Academy of Dance. Moreover, she managed to maintain a 3.8 GPA, and was a lead soloist for the Redlands Festival Ballet Company. How did she do it? Perhaps a more valid guestion would be why she did it. You have to take class everyday to tone your body, to improve, and to reach the height of your class. Then you ' re ready to move on to where there ' s more competition and exposure, ex- plained Farmer. In addition to the need for a higher level of training and more exposure. Farmer had other reasons for ' dropping out. ' I decided to leave school early two summers ago after speaking to the dance instructor at Indiana Universi- ty. He made me realize that staying my senior year would just be a waste of time. Also, ballet companies prefer younger dancers in order to train them according to their own style. She further added, In essence, I ' m ' drop- ping out ' because I don ' t have enough credits to actually graduate, but as far as the UC system is concerned, I have met all my entrance requirements. Farmer ' s real goal, of course, was to be accepted by a major repertory dance company rather than attending a university. But according to Farmer, If I don ' t make it this year, I ' ll just keep trying. .;j. Poised in an ' attitude devant, ' Margaret Farmer performs a basic step of advanced ballet. Hours of strenuous practice and years of dedi- cation not only paid oft through dance scholarships, but also through ballet contracts. 1 16 people

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Stephanie Davis Michael DeCarmo Monica Decker Damon Dennis Shagwati Desai Daniel DeSlover Teresa Devitt Pamela DeVnes Hong Diep lanine Domenicio Antoinette Dorado Kiel Drake Ten Dufley Edwin Duncan Leticia Duncan Dara Dunn Diane Dunn Michael Earnhart Chandra Echerd loann Enemas Julai Enriquez Chiraz Estes Nelson Fabian Margaret Farmer Humberto Felix Cynthia Frakes Christopher Gabl ' Stephanie Gammc Michael Garcia Julie Garst Sheila Gibbs James Gillespie Jodi Gillespie Jeannette Godoy David Gonzales Celina Gonzalez Julisa Gonzalez Julie Gordon Micah Goodv in David Gracey Sabnna Grannan Suzonne Gravel Tracey Greenman Helene Hamilton Calvin Hao Noel Harner Semetra Harris Christopher Hatch juniors 1 17