Paradise Valley High School - Trojan Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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Sophia Auguste, Tracey Grant and Gene Redmon stop a lTl0lT19f'lft0 SYTIHS at the C8lTi6I'8. Helping Today's Youth Build for tomorrow 174 Ka5hyySwigard and Eric Olson enjoy the afternoon at the get acquainted ac iv: . Jobs for Arizona Graduates Bottorn Row: Shannon O'Neal, Kelly Esch, Gene Redmon, Eric Olson, Steve Kockler, Mark Lucas, Clark Sullivan, Pam Gilson, Cathy Burger. Row Two: Miss Cynthia Batko - Job Special- ist, Caryn Myer, Nancy DeSimone, Karen Silvay, Lauren Cabot, Lani Langan, Alise Amato, Mary Richardson, Kelly Waller, Heidi Snell, Karen Hubalik. Row Three: Mrs. Teresa Soncrant - Job Specialist, Michelle Allen, Rene Marks, Teresa Ross, Eileen Ryan, Sheryl Kutno, Michell Draayen, Teresa Skerba, Carol Johnson, Beth Clark, Melody Turner, Tammy Jensen, Rose Nance. Row Four: Dawn DeAcetis, Debbie Polumbe, Sophia Auguste, Sue MacDonald, Tracey grant, Debbie Borggreen, Esther Schantz, Adine Kagan, Tari Dewitt, Kathy Swigard, Emily .lliott.

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Science Club Science will play a big part in solving the coun- try's problems in the years to come, says Cory Polak, science club president. The club tries to promote interest in science. The club takes trips to different areas that people in the club would be interested in, connected in some way with science. The club this year traveled to Kitt Peak, Collosal Cave and Sunset Crater. With the addition ofa vending machine which is located Cory Polak, Science club president, conducts a regularly scheduled meeting. in the core ot the science department, they raise money to buy equipment that the science depart- ment wouldn't normally be able to get. The science club met every Wednesday in room 405 usually with twenty-five to thirty members present. The club has been around since the beginning of Paradise Valley High School and is still going strong. , -. twat-A. Members of the science club listen enthusiastically to new ideas brought up at a meeting. Top Row: Mr. Alan Doty, Eddie Lam- bert, Candy Fanning, Lauren Cabot, Suzie Phelan, Cory Polak, Jerry Rose, Scott Gray, Jeff Maurer, Mr. Collins. Second Row: Brook DeWalt, Janice King, Clare Sullivan, Eileen Ryan, Karen Silvay, Kelly Esch, Gina John- ston, Laurie Ackman. gl . V i y v f 173

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Jobs for Arizona Graduates CJAGJ is a new club especially to seniors interested in obtaining a full time job immediately afte graduation. This statewide program also offered assistance tc those who were unsure of their goals and future. The goal of this club is to help each member acquire a job in his area of interest. Throughout the year speakers came to discuss their profession: including a job specialist, an officer and a Iavvyer. JAG supported Career Day at school and sponsored socia events throughout the year. There were more than one hundred members that met during the year, before school and during lunch hours. i JAG has been to several VIP Conferences, which stands fo lVery Important People of Professions, which were sponsored by 'the government. These conferences consisted of leadership development and career reseach. At the November conference a North High, Mrs. Carolyn Warner, authority board member, spoki l l to groups, stating that she hopes seniors will graduate with a dip- loma in one hand and a job contract in another hand. This government supported program is also supported by the business community including Union Bank, Motorola, GTE, Grey- hound, Western Savings, Bechtel Power Corp, Valley National Bank, Samaritan Health Service, Watkins and Watkins Invest- ments, Mountain Bell, KPNX TV and Bandt's. Ms. Cythis Batko and Mrs. Teresa Soncrant are the job special- ists. Their office was in the guidance office. The representing offi- cers were Secretary Shannon O'Neal, Career Preparation Tracey Grant, Coordinator of Social Affairs Sophia Auguste and Civic Affairs and Presiding President Nancy DeSimone. If this pilot program at PV and other U.S. schools is successful, it will be offered nationwide to all high school seniors. Mrs. Teresa Soncrant discusses job opportunity for today's youth with Debbie Polumbo, Sherly Kutno, Karen Hubalik and Kathy Burger. .. Ill.. JAG works together at a social event at PV park to form a pyramid. Jobs or Milam X GMS I75