Overland High School - Trail Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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Srrll lrfo rn vyhrre Jr. Jim Lentini ponders sarrealrsrrc rhraaghrs as he searches rhraaah a rnaqazrne for sornerhrng more rnrerasrrna ro draw Berna crearrye rs parr of berng rn rhe Arr Club Jr. Poul Velosquez frnds a crearrye place ro slr whrle laying our a acrrrrrnq on canvas Cars Cr rlrtrrw L-...... 'UR l l L l l vw', C r -ldrv r NATIONAL ART HONOR SOCIETY FRONT ROW: Helen Krnn, Marlssa Popp, Chrrsrre Isrrn, Mfnele Exley, I4rn'1Farnhan'r, Laura Dayrs, Kelly Slwryrl-Q ROW 2 Michelle lsrrn, Nael Carlson, Paul C Bacan, Shelley Walrz, MlfSG Roberrs BACK ROW John Croe, Deborah Ewen, Desrre Thorne, Trffany Perersan, Iirls Bebel, Monre Monrgornery NOT PlCTURED Lresl Bacls, Isrrsrr Perlsrns, Karr Perlslns 120 gs Chrrs Codwrrr OCTAGON CLUB FRONT ROW Mrs Beclsy Lenharr, Paulrne Wer, Lalsshrni Narr, Laura Prarexrar, Anrra Nayar, Cary Sher, Scorr Smeersrer, Anna Powers BACI4 ROW Klrn Blevrns, Sharla Bona, Karon Wenael, Tracey Beauchamp, Sasan Shrrley, Grna Beverly, Dara Ashley

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Mrs. Lourette Purfurst talses time out to tails with DECA club member Jr. Stefanie Taylor. Mrs. Purfurst worlsed with many students to help them develop their slsills for DECA :arf F- - its E .. ll 3 g Q Y W Y Q IJ an Sieve Unwiiit ii Q.. A -.aw tilts ln- Lecturing ta 'he club, Mr. John Nitta discusses the finer points of mcrlseting Nitta was the co sponsor along with Mrs. Purfurst for DECA l i,y.,i.is 'vi i tfs like a natural high being able to lead Over- land? DECA class into competition against other schools. The competitiveness has taught me a lot and will help prepare me for future challenges. Sr. Cristina Ramstetter Lies! Ducls Making a Future Almost everyone has seen the movie Risky Business, where Tom Cruise belongs to the club Future Enterprisers of America, Al- though it is doubtful that any Overland stu- dents had the experience of running a busi- ness lilse the one in the movie, many stue dents did belong to businessforiented clubs. ln order to learn more about the business world and further their abilities in human relations, many students joined the clubs FBLA and DECA. The more active of the two was DECA, which stood for Distributive Education Clubs of America. Activities included malsing stocls- ings at Christmas for the preschoolers, having ing an employeefemployer banquet to thanls all the people who had supported them through the year. I-lalf of the 85 stu- dents who belonged to DECA went to the district competition. From there, several stuf dents made it to the state competition. They were Sr. Kari Perkins. who tools first ploce in state, and Jrs. Evan Armatas, Jennifer Bet- son, Todd Dole, and Vikram Joneja. DECA was an original group, because it was the only club where the students had to talse the class in order to belong in the club. For this reason, the DECA sponsor John Nitta explained that the club consisted mostly of lsids who were really interested in business. pot-lucls dinners, going on a slsi trip, and hov- Siam Bt iv.ffY'O'i Three members of DECA, Jrs. Melissa Brown, Judy belonging to the club, the students also had io attend it O'Drien. and Denise Drummond, wotls together after regular marlseting class school on preparing a demonstration tot class Along with E 119

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The stotistics on world hunger ore os lorge os they ore boffling Sr. Dovid Krovitz ond Jr. Down Smith study them before the Hunger Bonquet Chris Coidrvi' Y K W Liesl Bucls rt is the best Way for me to express myself and put my feelings on paper visually. It is my Goal-given talent. Sr. Marissa Popp The Community? Interest Color. Line. Cotrost. Perspective. These elements did not limit the members of the Art Club. They strived to go out side the boundories of the school Wolls ond of conf ventionol scholostic ort. The focus of the club vvos not exclusive to just the visuol orts. Sponsor Shelly Howard soid, We hove tried to get the club involved in the perform- ing orts os vvell os the visuol orts by going on field trips to performonces ond golleries, As sponsor, l try to get the club involved, so we get o toste of ort outside school vvollsf' The Att Club's octivities included complete production of the spring ond foll ort shovv, o trip to the lnternotionol Film Festivol, ond the building of o floot for the Homecoming po- rode. Among the members were gifted ort- ists, interested ort enthusiosts, ond members of the Notinol Art Honor Society. Who yo' gonno coll? If you needed help in the community, the Octogon Club. Sponf sored by the Buclsinghom Optimist Club, the Octogon Club consisted of enthusiostic stuf dents vvho vvere high ocodemic ochievers, or octively involved in sports. Still they found the time to orgonize ond execute prqects ond services for the community. Among their hony efforts, they porticipoted in o Hollovveen cornivol for elementory school students, helped Overlond students register in the foil, sponsored o young boy's educoe tion in l-loiti, spent time vvith hondicopped lsids their oge, ond even plonned to roise money to help build o school in eorthguolsef striclsen Mexico. Sponsor Becky Lenhort sold, 'll continue to be omozed ot the moturi- ty ond concern for others these fine young people hovef' s Chris Cctldrrjii Cosy Doi. 4 llfirrsit Lmwlit lill llcitnl with Chris Loldten Meticulously moslsing with o pointbrush, Sr. Juliann Higgins Sr. Renee Risley uses the lsoolopod to plot points on the vvorl-as on her sills screen. One sills screen tolses doys to curve The Koolopod ond computer grophics were nevv to molse, but con be used hundreds of times. the ort deportment in 'bo Octogon fArt