Overland High School - Trail Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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EXPRESSIVE HANDS AND voice enable Sr. Sabrina Smith to be an effec- tive debater. Sabrina worked hard and won at competitions in order to earn her Speech and Debate letter. ALL EYES ON him, Sr. .lim Reid pre sents his arguments for his fellow debat ers' listening pleasure, Jim, a fourth year debater, was practicing for the Dis- trict Meet. Darren Hardy Noelle Brown DEBATE! FRONT ROWI Todd Sha- gal, Sabrina Smith, Danielle Arm- Reese, James Wilson, Amy Ingram ffill, JCSUS Aldami, T216-Sik Kim, strong, Steve Hayutin, Ben Lippard. Lee Carol, Seth Matus, Lee Shaver Peace Blair, Jessica Parker, Rory Se- BACK ROW: Mr- jim Chase, Ryan Keri Rose, Jeff Shesol, Jim Reid. 1 34 Clubs

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XTRA IME? INDUSTRIAL ARTS CLUBXDECA HOLY MATRIMONY IS not as sa- cred in this mock wedding booth at Oc- toberfest. Sr. John Kennedy played the part of the priest. DECA FRONT ROW Shaun Stevens Cavanaugh, Allison Novack, Melissa Tony Oakes David Podrasky Garrett Klekotka, Michelle Olazabal, Gail Gunter Ryan Hume Todd Edwards Schultz, Patricia Wilson, Janette Roth. Who has the time? Arenit homework, jobs, and sports enough? Well, some didn't think so, because they joined clubs like the Industrial Arts Club and the Distributive Edu- cation Clubs of America CDECAJ, which were profes- sional organizations. The Industrial Arts Club, sponsored by Mr. Gordon Young, had 20 consistently ac- tive members and planned many events. This club was the first and only American Indus- trial Arts Student Association CAIASAJ affiliated chapter in the state. Twelve members also attend- ed the Industrial Arts Techni- cal Conference to assist in an- swering questions raised by in- dustrial arts teacher concerning membership in AIASA as well as the club. Two of these 12 members ran for a state officeg Sr Harlan McCanne ran for president and Sr. Jennifer Song ran for secretary. This wasn't enough for this club. They planned a mass pro- duction of toys for the kids at Children's Hospital around Valentine's Day and called it the Love Gift. They also de- veloped a club project in which members built a robot together. They went to Colorado State University for an industrial arts fair where they entered draw- ings to compete with others schools from Colorado. DECA was exclusively for thejuniors and seniors pursuing knowledge of the business world. This course was there to help students in marketing and to get a basic feel ofthe business world. The club meetings were held during classes. Sponsor Mrs. Laurette Purfurst planned a tubing trip and a skiing trip. More serious events took place, such as students competing at both the district level and against Manual High School. They also worked closely with the business community for hands-on experience. mum :gr . RL QW, 44,0 Xi' Kurt INDUSTRIAL ARTS CLUB: FRONT ROW: Jennifer Song, Harlan McCanne, Gerald D'Antonio, Charles Tuffield. ROW 2: Don Exley, Bill White, John Kempfer, Michael Wal- C KF lace, Fred Hirsch, BACK ROW: Kurt Tsumura, Kevin Holt, Matthew Wal- lace, Russ McGowen, Judd Bickel, Mr. Gordon Young. Industrial Arts ClubfDECA 1

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llfl'CIl llf iy Pirch, Krista Hocppner, Sherry PEAKING UT. It was a class. It was a club. lt was a team. Was it possible for any one activity to be all three? The answer was 6'Yes. Speech and Debate was just that. The students in Speech and Debate spoke and debated at various meets throughout the year. Anyone from a freshman- fnovicej to a seniorfvarsityj competed in Speech and Debate meets. The team is a varied collec- tion of people who get along fairly well, but there is rivalry, as in any team, said Sr. Jim Reid, a fourth year member. The team's teacher and spon- sor, Mr. Jim Chase, said, En- thusiasm is important, as is a real desire for competition, and they have both these qualitiesf, At meets, Overland team members competed against stu- dents from other schools in spe- cific events. In the preliminary round, the students are divided into groups, from there, they speak in front of three different judges and are ranked by each. SPEECH AND DEBATE At the end of the preliminary round, there ranks are compiled and the best six go to the final round. In that round, they com- pete for three judges and a ranking score, with which the winner is chosen. Debaters experience a some- what different aspect of the meet, they compete against oth- er debate teams, one at a time. Ajudge declares the winner ofa round in the debate competi- tion, and the winning team ad- vances to the next round. Overall, our winning percent- age is about 75'ZJ, which I think is very good, and is probably among the highest in the statef, said Chase. Out of the first 12 meets that the team had com- peted in through the school year, their strongest showings were in the category of Debate. The team also did fairly well in the Speech section of the com- petitions, but had their poorest showings in Extemporaneous speaking. At the Ponderosafjefferson CountyMeet, Sr. Sabrina Smith and Sr. Steve Hayutin ended up in the final round of the Debate competition and were declared joint winners. To prepare for meets, team members practiced in class. There's not a lot to dog you just want to know that you're ready, said Jim. lt really helps to speak in front of the class. We do it so often that it makes speaking in front of oth- ers easier, said Sr. Sabrina Smith. Speech and Debate provided a fun and interesting way to im- prove speaking skills and to gain poise when speaking in front of others. 'fl like it, you can see your improvement, ev- erything is really new and changes for the better are dras- tic, said Sabrina. The students who were mem- bers of this class that was a club that was a team developed their speaking skills in an organized environment and with the help of their peers. . Tom lmbcr lt 4 FRONT ROW: Tae-hui Prud'homme. BACK ROW: Carma SPEECH: Mr- Jim Chase Roni -I-um- Thompson. Marianne Drcher, Marian Vager, Sayer, Stephanie Wheeler, Shaun Cammarota. ROW 2: Jay Strcll, Ryan, Mr. Jim Chase. pj: lleatlier Reddy I wyout: .lennv Ralston er, Jennifer Burch, Matt Flowers, Tara SpeechfDebate 1