Overland High School - Trail Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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iping the sleep from his eyes, Sr. Rob Mead struggles to stay awake in class. Many students suffered from this problem in their early moming classes, although teachers tried to keep them awake with work, quizzes, and tests. ' 1 , 9 Tcm Lundin Layout: There u Seaman C NMA Q.. JN- ,,. . X Kelly Gnescrner t s tune to go driving or is tt'7 Sr Javier De La Garza only gets to drive the simulators this time for his first period drivers educa tion class Other than drivtng the range students only drove one time on the roads ettmg a charge from first hour auto me chanics Sr. Scott Baker Jr. Taunya Kelley and Sr. TC Dominquez work on one of the cars in the shop. Even cheerleaders leamed how to fix their cars. COPY: Tum 5 m and mod Tm' '

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Y classes. But teachers keep their students awake with , , ts tttt if innovative teaching techniques and crazy questions. Freud, at 7:30 in the moming? No way! From psychology to Drivers' Education to chemistry, students had to get their bodies to school and actually sit through these classes. Although stu- dents were there physically, few were there mentally. Many students said that first period classes were the hardest because they weren'treally awake that early. Sr. Patti Coulter said, I would come to school more often if first hour started at 10:00 or ll:00. When students stumbled into their first hour class they mentally were not ready to learn. The incoherent state of their minds was famously known as the school daze. There were varied thoughts about having first hour classes and having first hour off. Sr. Vinh Nguyen, who had a first period class, said, I might as well get it over with when l'm tired. Jr. Mike Laurienti, who had first free, didn't like it as he said, I might as well get credit for sleeping through a first hour class and save my free period for later. Another drawback to having it off was there were no parking places left at the end of first so students had to park at Prairie. Many teachers had a hard time with this period, too. Mrs. Beth Baker said that going to first hour was a shock to the body. Therefore, she said, I try to be a little bit more gentle to the stu- dentsf' In order to keep her students awake she tried a new game in her Chemistry class called Chem craps. This was a different version of the game used by some of the math teachers. It worked well during first because it kept everyone involved because there was no option to sit out. In order to check if his psychology students were awake, Mr. Bill Bliss would occasionally ask them, Are you with us? He also sometimes gave his class unusual activities to do. Sr. Angie Blanchard said, Once we had to take a test to see if we were neurotic-I came out semi-neurotic. Academics ELECT! Bio T114 Wake up and smell the formaldehyde, it's time for AP Biology. However, this class wasn't your normal first hour class since Mr. Bob Alexander started at seven a.m. on certain days for labs that took an hour and a half. But he occasionally gave them a Friday off. First wasn't the only period they had to devote to the class. Field trips such as going to Humana Hospital and the Fo- rensics unit at the Aurora Police Depart- ment were some after school activities. Jr. Tae-Hui Kim said, You can actually experience what you're learning, and that helps to grasp the concepts better. Genetics was one of the areas that the class spent time studying. They fol- lowed the genes and noted the carried traits of intermixed fruit flies. VES 165 eware, the 're testin for drugs in our blood. rs. Kee ohnson and yan Reese leam how to do the test at the fo- rensics unit at the Aurora police department while on an AP Biology field trip. ima 5 li if r i A . I V V V gy A ..,.i -lf .. ,. no QVVE ' U ' 5 minupg to Pre? Spangh 3 worktgaeairfui to be gawen to the Spotltflfw . ffrortl S1155 - 5 gf cotlf-90' afiizisiotfntiiiitfilifcfzwiofgfujpedod' MSBQL, wen . C J5 - ylfmstfgfl-H can and pfepare tl 5 Cjourraridf from 0, QwHe11Hf0up ' p Tift may ' . . course 'Malin dw K risttw and efttfwnw F' f . , ET - Ftarflm Cftemtim rw grtisitlg W 'Wm 25, Mau aposwf wfgv of dw pefwtfw ta in tfw fwfogwf y , Nolan ' routine L0 55 KW i at Training an Original aefvblfeg eCi0ra0Hrt1PH anffpedacingy the entire CD1-95' . if pe Umm i t T f , viife0wPe'fan g,,. . I, f Kelly Griesentr

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EC N CH NC e. iorinoseivvhoeanit quite make it ioifirst piariodbut woumnri. 'dream of missing Trudy's announcements or the chal-Q1 a L Ienge of classes ranging from biology to weight training.gEs A ss,s , f'Another day! Another exam! Another day of Trudy and her p.a. system. I just can't take this anymore! ! Although many students experienced similar anxieties, the vast majority sur- vived second hour academics. Courses offered ranged from AP courses to Math l and weight training. Soph. Stephanie Bemard, a weight training student, said, The most enriching experience is being pushed to the limit, toning the muscles, maintaining a healthy diet, and walking twenty minutes every night. The teacher makes sure I am doing my best that I can and not just skimming by. Other students commended their teachers for the commitment put forth. Soph. Erin Nem irovosky , an Algebra 2 student, said, We cover each chapter thoroughly and spend a lot of time on each section. The amount of homework makes it challenging. The You and the Law course held several mock trials, which enabled stu- dents to experience a trial and express 1 --1 umping iron is onl one of the ways that students in second, hour weight training class get in shape. Jr. Amy Perch does repititions of leg raises before taking her tum on the weights. opinions before their peers. While some students nearly suffered from a nervous breakdown, others breezed through the process as if they were professionals on L.A. Law. Not only did the students participate actively in the actual trials, but they were allowed to use notes, texts, and homework collected throughout to aid students on the final exam. The p.a. system, which was to be functioning during second hour , almost never did. Teachers were required to read announcements before the classes began. One announcement was, Stu- dents please remind yotu' teacher to read the announcements if they are not al- ready reading them. The p.a. system, when it functioned, promoted bake sales and urged students to pick up semester schedules by cun- ning lines such as, There is a blue light special in front of the main office, pick them up while they're hot. If sometimes frustrating, second hour had also become more enriching. eciding what classes to, take du-ring her junior year, Soph. Jennifer Martin hstens l R Will 1 ' b th V as counse or ay ett exp ains o re quirements and electives. The counselors at- tended all underclass English classes in February to complete the registration process, mazing! General biology teacher Rand Hogarth demonstrates the function of the kidneys by using yellow colored water and legos. The urine was poured through the legos into the mock bladder. j I. . . ..., J L. i i it ave. OQUQ 1 mm i . J between Dat wut 10 V V I and L fUh5ZA l I . . A CUM lfapefffm mf ,wo 6K0mp.nff01ttUft swffxffwm ff0m ,mary 1 rw . L . o A MEM? . g 2 riliiiwnwffw- I mfg bwminsimpfwtfadwaf I . 4 miriam Ipfowri f 6,,f1'EtWf! A A - eM Uw . beginftttlg A Y o. L 'rwwfftm . . kkpr rDuL . . mnd,IFwfB66i .W -f3,3S,Z?.,.mj,f,ta?t54i..? f tri g 'pft f V Copy and Layout: Cuol Kim i:7:7:7:7:5:5:5:i ziti .... .......... f ....... . I i'e' 'ff' Q V 1E?E3MWW ww A isa 5 ag? aff f , , 1 f Q , 44 f if sg '? ' 5 Z , wt 3 , , W , 3,a W bmw, t 5' af ff! a i , W , 9 'fra 4 ,f , f 4. ' 1 r Z 1 41 , , 44 1, f ' Q W . 5. 'ff - Kathy Daly