Overland High School - Trail Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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1 Kathy Daly ALPHABETIZING THE STUDENT directory, Octagon Club member Sr. X SOCIALIST JIM CHAMBERLAIN and Jr. Gail Schultz listen intently to a communist guest speaker. Students who chose to listen to the socialist and com- munist debate each other got a rare chance to learn about very different po- litical views. INTERESTED IN THE discussion, Sr. Doug Cave asks a question during the PAC Speaker Day. PAC sponsored the successful Speaker Day on October 30. .Y Ext I Tom Imber .1 'L : x f thing move smoothly. Later, the year- book class published the directory for Ruth Henson does her part during the the school. fall registration to help make every- Copy: Angie Blanchard Laiyout: Paul Vclzixquez Kathy Daly PUTTING IT INTO focus, Srs. RCHGC registration was only one ofthe many Hilton and Kim Blevins take make up things Octagon Club members did to pictures for registration. Helping with help other pcgple, Political AwarenessfOctagon Club 1 N -

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i I i R l 1 l .i E E E 1 l v ELP ITS POLITICAL AWARENESSXOCTAGON CLUB A very mature person who is sensitive to the needs of others, was how Sponsor Becky Len- hart of the Octagon Club de- scribed the students in the club. The Octagon Club sponsored many activities. Among them were serving at The Daddy Bruce Dinner, giving Christmas toys to low income children, and renting a Santa Claus for an elementary school. At The Dad- dy Bruce Dinner, students served the people and prepared the meals that were taken to shelters. Enrollment in the Octagon Club was at its highest, with 30 members. President Sr. Kim Blevins said, The Octagon Club is all about helping others who can't help themselves. Poltical Awareness Club QPACJ was another club that offered students help, but in a different way. PAC helped stu- dents get involved and find out about current events and world affairs. On October 30, before the general election, PAC spon- Darrcn Hardy OCTAGON CLUB: FRONT ROW: Lynn Avery, Joel Parker, Sean Stamp- ly, Michele Burniston, Ruth Henson, Laura Protextor, Paola Banchero. BACK ROW: Sponsor Becky Lenhart, 1 Clubs sored a Speaker Day. Represen- tatives from many local and state public offices came in and talked about their candidacies. PAC also held a mock election, the next day, at which time stu- dents were able to express their own opinions. Another activity PAC spon- sored was a discussion group. About once a month members and nonmembers were asked to come and discuss events that shaped the nation. Sr. Shaun Ryan said, The talks some- times got a little heated, but ev- eryone got to say their opinion and everyone's opinion was heard. President Sr. Laura Protex- tor said, You don't have to be intelligent and know everything to be a member: just care enough to get involved. PAC Sponsor Bill Bliss said, No matter if you are Republican or Democrat, everyone needs to be aware, an uninformed choice is no choice at all. Nickey Barleben, Lakshmi Nair, Anita Nayar, Michelle Olazabal, Kim Ble- vins, Ann Freeland, Renee Hilton, Christina Crawford. NOT PIC- TURED: Christina Fortune. JR. PAOLA BANCHERO introduces a guest speaker in the main lecture cen- ter. PAC had speakers from local and state public offices come talk to stu- dents. Tom lmber wi an-n--' POLITICAL AWARENESS CLUB: FRONT ROW: Angela Blanchard, Gail Schultz, Paola Banchero, Jamie Shu- maker, John Kennedy. ROW 2: Tae Hui Kim, Elizabeth Whalen, Laura Protextor, BACK ROW: Sponsor Bill Bliss, Krista Hocppner, Sheri 'I-Iommc, Folkc Bottinger, Seth Matus, Tae Sik Kim, Jay Strell.

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SRS. JACOB SAYER and Mike De- cell take the ski lift to the top of Arapa- hoe Basin for some mono skiing. Mono skiing was a form of skiing with only one ski, which was very popular among the more advanced skiers. ON ONE OF the trips to Washington Park, Fr. Ian Serff pedals down one of the downtown streets protected by his safety helmet. Helmets were required on all the tours and bike trips. Beth Baker Carl Locscher .fm at A tet Q - ---..,,, Bob Alexander A MOTLEY CREW ofdownhill skiers the Slopes for H day Of powder and mo- pose for Mr. Bob Alexander at one of SUIS- the club's many outings before hitting Clubs N sw' ,JAHF1 ,M g Kathy Daly BICYCLE CLUB: FRONT ROW: Zoe Cohen, Kim Blevins, Mrs. Beth Baker. BACK ROW: Jeff Serrentino, Dave fx. if Wilson, Scott Baker, Garrett Gunter lan Serff,