Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Advanced For the third year Miss Virginia Robinson head- ed the advanced dancing class. This class meets every day during seventh period in the mirror room of the girls' P.E. department. Here the girls dance all kinds of dances, practice techniques, and make up their own dances. In order to determine membership for this ad- vanced class, tryouts are held at the end of the school year, and the best twenty girls are selected. The purpose of this class is to improve the girls' dancing and to give them a chance to try out their 124

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SHUFFLEBOARD BASEBALL SWIMMING DANCING ls. A. A. The GIRLS' ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, with its purpose . . . to promote a higher mental and physical efficiency and its creed of skill and sportsmanship, is the largest organization in Tucson High. Sponsored again this year by Miss Kathryn Young, G.A.A. has offered for its two hundred members more sports and activities than ever before. At the top of the popularity list are bowling, volleyball, handball, archery, horseback riding, and tumbling. Early this year the G.A.A. ,Executive Board, governed by President Frances Jones revised the G.A.A.'s constitution. Now the completed docu- ment is in convenient handbook form at the disposal of any active member. An honor which formerly did not exist became a reality last year when the Student Council put their stamp of approval on the awarding' of a G.A.A. major letter. Now the girls are working all-out to win those extra eleven points. Many G.A.A. girls spend an average of three or four afternoons a week earning credits toward their letter. During the handball season Csemester exam weekh they were in the gym before school, after school, and at noon playing games for the tournament. 126