Overland High School - Trail Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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RAI AVES COMPUTERXSCIENCFJODYSSEY OF THE MINDSXFBLA . . . None of us has plastic pocket protractorsg some of us aren't nerds despite what it sounds like, said Sr. Harlan McCanne . The Computer Club worked on various projects, including a computer dating service around Valentine's Day and designing a bulletin board system, called Overboard. Involvement with the club came about for various reasons. The club's sponsor, Mr. Rod McKinney, said, I have taught and continue to teach computer class, and the club seemed like a natural ex- tension. The Science Club also had numerous outside activities, in- cluding experiments in chemis- try, biology, and physics, lec- tures from guest speakers, and field trips to nearby colleges. Members enjoyed the club for numerous reasons. Jr. Nav- neet Singh said he liked the Sci- ence Club for the chance to do things you wouldn't be able to do within the limits of the class- room and to share ideas with other people interested in sci- encef, One complaint club members shared was the lack of student involvement. Navneet said, I wish there were more members interested because when there are more people, there is more interest in what is going on, and it also feels more like a group rather than individuals. This is one problem that the club's sponsor, Mr. Waheed Butt, planned to rectify. He said, There is a lot of competi- tion for various activities, and I would like to increase junior and senior membership in the future. Odyssey of the Minds was a competition involving the Phys- ics Club and the Industial Arts Club. This competition was broken into three parts: long term projects, spontaneous questions, in which a team solved a problem in five minutes or less, and style, in which mem- bers acted out a non-verbal skit while presenting their long term projects. Each group presented a dif- ferent project. Decision Struc- ture built a bridge made of bal- sa wood. Chain Reaction set up fifty mouse traps with one set- ting off another in a domino ef- fect, and Omer to the Rescue involved a hero and sidekick building a get-away vehicle to perform in a skit. FBLA was sponsored by Mrs. Janell Riese and Mrs. Vanessa Williams. FBLA members competed at district level and with other schools. They attended lectures given by district officers with approxi- mately 15 other schools. For Homecoming the members handed balloons out at the game. They also helped orga- nize the Octoberfest held at school. Sr. Foelke Boettinger said, I enjoyed the challenge that FBLA offered, and I'm sure that it will help me in the Leslie Moroyc future. . is . Q Darren Hardy COMPUTER: FRONT ROW: Harlan Jacob Sayer, John Kurdle, Mr. Rod SCIENCE: FRONT ROW: Matt Flow- My Waheed Butt Dawn Dccell Mike McCanne, Rob Teichman, Keith McKinney. ers, Kerry Baumgartner, Navneet Armstrong Freedman. BACK ROW: Michael Aus, Singh. BACK ROW: Fiona Massey, 1 Clubs .IPX

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,f 55, . .ist f Li 2235- ,gf i-Qty . f ?g.E,Q'. , SKI CLUBSXBICYCLE CLUBXSADD Sometimes everything goes wrong, said Downhill Ski Club Sponsor Bob Alexander. On the club's first trip their van was an hour and a half late, and once it finally picked up the students, they found there was no ski stor- age. They made the trip with twenty-five pairs of skis in the aisle. The majority of skiers in the club were freshmen and sopho- mores. The main reasons for this, said President Sr. Kevin Bacon, was most of the older students have their own car and would rather drive up them- selves, even though they miss a great deal. We've had some enjoyable trips, but the bad part is dealing with traffic, added Mr. Alexander. The Cross Country Ski Club didn't have to worry about traf- fic. Sponsor Beth Baker said, We left before dawn so we could make it to the mountains before the 'downhillers'. The Vicki Younginer, Julie Na- Laurie Kubtiz, Barbi Shuman, Lee, Tisha Jackson, Mr. Ron Cas- tagna. NOT PICFURED: Mrs. Kelly Howard. Copy: Amber Laiminger Layout: Carl Loeschcr club went on trips every other weekend, and since the major- ity of skiers were advanced be- ginners or intermediates, the club was able to go on some tougher trails. One of the clubs most enjoyable trips was in Lulu City. Fr. Dave Cruson said, The weather was great and there was brand new pow- der. The Bicycle Club also went on many exciting varieties of trips. The members of the club competed in the Ft. Lupton Front Range Century Ride. The riders went either 20 kilo- meters up to 100 miles. Sponsor Beth Baker said the Ft. Lupton ride was the best experience for the club. It met the needs of everyone. The super riders got a good race while the other riders went out and finished and re- ceived a patchf' The club, made up of students with all kinds of bikes and abilities, went on many tours and some casual rides to places like Washington Park and Cherry Creek Reser- voir. One other club which did not directly go on any athletic trips, but did do many important things, was Students Against Drunk Driving CSADDJ. SADD participated in many ac- tivities. They were in charge of a SADD rally, planned activi- ties for SADD Week and helped organize the State SADD Rally. Even the meet- ings were filled with new ideas and plans for upcoming events. Soph. Julie Nadolne said, Just going to the meetings was fun, because everybody there is al- ways psyched up about all the events that are going on. The major goal of the club was to persuade students that drinking and driving was dan- gerous. I thought joining SADD could help both myself and others who I want to keep from driving drunk, said Julie. Brandon Coors HIGH ABOVE THE snowy slope, Sr. K.C. Coors works on perfecting his mule kick. Members of the Downhill Ski Club went skiing once to twice a month until weather conditions no long- er allowed it. skifBikefsA'DD 1

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COMPUTERS ARE NOT often easily figured out. Sr. Harlan McCanne pauses for thought as he works on a computer program. PROBLEM SOLVING PROVIDES a challenge. Sr. Louise McAdams and Jr. Jerry D'Antonio discussed the work ahead olthem in Odyssey ofthe Minds. po g1-i- W 5' -L . Noelle Brown OF THE MINDS2 FRONT Teichman, Fred Hirsch, Bill MacPhee, Jeff Holiday, Jennifer Song, Kevin Harris, Harlan McCanne, Jerry McAdams, Monika Barleben, D'Ant0ni0, Kempfer. BACK ROW: Rob Copy: Adrienne Desmond layout: Dave Wilson :AA Mike Martin FBLA: FRONT ROW: Kimberlie Putt, Mindy Moyer, Lindelo Corney, Steve Pockross, Irene Sklarevsky, Janette Roth, Kim Coburn. ROW 2: Joel Park- er, Sheri Carlin, Cory Sher, lan Freid- man, Lisa Hardin, Jamio Clegg. ROW 3: Anita Nayer, Kelli Evans, Christine Fox, Yahnique Sparks, Laura Plitman, Andrea Hess. BACK ROW: Sean Stam- pley, Mark Hough, Vikram Joneja, Mi- chelle Laevenstein, Michele Buchanan, Christine Buchanan, Christina Aron- son. ComputerfSciencefOdyssey ofthe MindsfFBLA .4