Los Alamitos High School - Cottonwood Yearbook (Los Alamitos, CA)

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, X-Xnorher Vicrory T For Decarhlon This year rhe Decarhion Team pur in many long hard hours of srudy ro reach i perfecrion. These academicians were 1 oursranding members of our srudenr body L and were grearly respecred by rheir peers. Their dedicarion paid off when rhe ream won rhe Orange Counry Academic T Decarhlon in November. The Decarhlon Team defeared fifry-one reams ro win rhe championship and advanced rhem ro rhe srare comperirion on December 28, The championship marised rhe sevenrh rime in eighr years rhar we rools rhe rirle, and winning rhe Decarhlon has become a rradirion here or Los Ai, The Academic Decarhlon consisrs of ren evenrs, including economics, fine arrs, science, hisrory, inrerview, morh, essay, speech, and a T'5uper Quiz . The evenr was held in our own Los A1 gym on November 19. The worsr parr of rhe whole rhing was rhe wairing, Shelly Sandusky srared afrer rhe T news of rheir championship was revealed, x x Gs' 'l sX in V'--W i 53 3 i E , T Academic Decarhion advisor, Ms. Kathy Wilson, gives rhe ream a serious pep rails before sending rhem inro comperirion The ream scored firsr in rhe courry wirh her encouragemenr 5 E A Afrer receiving rheir iong owaired rrophy, Nancy Jenner sighs wirh relief knowing rhar all rhe worie she pur in was weli worrh rhe vicrory Now she wili prepare for rhe srare finais. Q91 5 ,,,,,,,, wi ., AML ,, Academic Decuthlon: From Row-Darbara Caruso imanagerb, Debbie Marion, Sheiiey Sandusky, Regina Yogore Cmana er? Second Row-Robbie Srufnpf, Tlussei Carpenrer, Wendy Rasmussen, Nancy Jenner, David Gershon Q 20 Acriviries 4

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I l I ' 1. 3 ,,, ., K .gm wwf, li i i .4 their own Popular with the navigators were the No Bozos , , upper left and the No Whimps stickers along with our official f 'f parl-sing lot permit upper right. The Anti-Complacency League 5 was a culmination of trendsetters who under the leadership of ' ala , 1 President Issac Guzman and VP. John Page, middle left, X9 presented new music and a style of dress to our campus. Inger Jensen, Sheri Millar, and Sabrina Tifret, lower left, are three of N? A., the most fashionable members of our crew. Every little laid 1 J Q , ii wanted a Cabbage Patch Doll, above, for Christmas this year. i -- Sailor Style - V X Los Al Griffins lseep up with the latest fads and very often start s g , ' l Activities 10

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J David Gershon lisrens orrenrively ro rhe difficulr quesrion posed. I-le lsnows his onswer could molse or breols Los Al's chonces for vicrory, The pressure ro suceed is olwoys high. llllll l OPANGE 6'00N7l'40ADEMl6' OEGAIHC ON L ,Vi fl: ra Q fr rfs'sr r 197' 'Zi , jf 2' ' f ' ? .J f I6 L , I Wt 4 '12 , f . I Irgw., 5 , VZ i I 4 ,, -V 1 If j ,A , , ' ,M if H 35, , .r 44 f I I ' ' ' mx V ' S rf s l ' rh s fd 1 11 1 . , I gg 4, ,, , 1 1,11 G V Qi' VV V ,., 4-2? f 'F' V, 'lsziffeflfff' 'f F , A' 4 9, I V, wr , ,, V Q , ., g ' qw, , ff s ,i,1,1. 'k f November 153 wos 0 busy Sofurdoy for rhe Oronge Counry Academic Defdorhlon reams who competed or Los Alonniros High School. Pore-nfs, reochers, ond friends dll woired nervously ro heor rhe winner se. ALVV hz A, q1q 3 ' V b hq N Q , , s I 'A s1.r .-s. i , Q i srr S . ,, Vi g ig i . I if 5, ' i W l M s 1u.....m.i As rhe Proror core-fully correcrs her poper Noncy Jenner, o member of fhe Los Al Decorhlon Teom, woirs porienrly ro find our her score on rhe poper rhor she hos jusr finished wriring. c ww-in-.-4 l Declorhlon member Russell Corpenfer rolses 0 few momenrs ro correcr his essoy ond rhlnls of some more ideos so rhor when he is finished rhe poper will be perfecr for rhe judge. Acrwmes 21