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

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February students of the month were Stacie Con- rs and Todd Omelchuk. Stacie attended PV for three years. She attended ictus for her freshman year. Her school awards and achievements include Stu- nt of the month, Senior Class Representative and :nior Class Sweetheart Attendant. Her community awards and achievements include :ertificate for Suicide Prevention. Her scholastic interests are History, Government ,d Psychology. Her hobbies are reading, watching otball, wrestling, basketball and going to movies. le also enjoys track and collecting figurines. As for future plans, Stacie wants to go to PC for 'o years and then transfer to ASU and major in :cial Work. Todd has attended PV for one year. His school vards and achievements include Math honor vards, Social Studies honor award and English ,nor awards. Todd's scholastic interests include ath, drafting and computers. Todd plans to attend ASU, major in architecture, ,th a degree in civil engineering. His hobbies find m skiing, drawing or playing the guitar. Q ., r I ik. Q . S.. Vkk: I K , I K U 1 1 A iii ..,s Students of the month, Tyler Rollins and Vessa Mathus, were chosen for October. Tyler has attended PV for three years. School awards and achievements include Boys' State, Presi- dent's award from U of A, first rank in senior class and Who's Who Among American High School Students. He was Homecoming royalty, lettered in varsity football and basketball and was President of NHS. Tyler's scholastic interest is mathematics. His hobbies include all sports. After graduation Tyler would like to major in medicine at U of A, BYU, or UCLA, specializing in opthalmology. Vessa Mathus has attended PV for four years. Her school awards and achievements include Stu- dent Body President, Girls' State, Who's Who Among American High School Students, homecom- ingattendant, ASU medalllion of merit award and scholarship, solo and ensemble gold medalist and All State participant. Vessa's scholastic interests are English and Music. Her hobbies include playing piano, sing-ing, writing, poetry and collecting poems. After graduation Vessa plans to continue music and leadership studies at ASU. She would like to become a Program Co-ordinator at a large resort. Mark Spann and Shari Andrejat were chosen for January students of the month. Mark Spannis school awards and achievements include Vice Presi- dent of the NHS. He lettered in football and was a Homecoming Nominee. He received a scholarship to A.S.U. Mark's Scholastic interests include business, math, algebra and financing. His hobbies include all sports. After graduation Mark plans to attend A.S.U. and major in Business Administration. Shari Andrejat's School awards and achievements include a scholarship to N.A.U., being listed in Who's Who Among American High School Students, Business Student of the Week in October, 1092: Club and National Honor Society. Shari's Scholastic interests include science and health fNursingJ. Her hobby is collecting Oil Lamps. After graduation Shari plans to go to N.A.U. for nursing. She plans to specialize as a nurse practi- tioner or work in pediatrics with new borns or intensive-care.

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l Frank Heydrich and Elissa Kopecky were December students of the month. Frank has attended Paradise Valley High school for 4 years. School awards and achievements include Top IOCZJ in Arizona State Mathematics Contest, 1006 Club, NHS membership, and Who's Who Among American High School Students. He has a scholarship offer from U. of A. and an award for outstanding high school achievement scholarship from A.S.U. Frankls scholastic interests include Math, Science, Computers, Drafting and Art. His hobbies include l0-speed racing, Amateur rock collecting, fishing, rock climbing and hiking. After graduation Frank plans to attend A.S.U. majoring in mechanical engineering. He plans to exhibit his art work in space. Elissa Kopecky has attended Paradise Valley High School for 4 years. Her school awards and achievements include Most Outstanding Sophomore, Most Outstanding Junior, NHS member, Student Council officer and Newspaper Editor. Scholastic in- trests include Computer Programming. Her hobbies include running, playing golf, raising birds and writing stories. After graduation Elissa hopes to attend A.S.U. to study computer programming. few Q Q ,Hx i.'4ffs e ,YQ is A f.....x W S5 . Gary Abely and Barbara Blood were the Septembf students of the month. Gary attended PV for three years. He attended De' Valley for his freshman year. His school awards and achievements include Who Who Among American Students, member of NH. ranked second in senior class, and is Co-Captain of P Golf. Gary's hobbies are tennis, golf, fishing and racque ball. He works part-time at Artistic Flowers. In tl future he hopes to attend ASU and major in business. Barbara has attended PV for four years. Her school awards and achievements include Wh Who Among American Students, National Merit Ld ter of Commendation and Top IOCZQ of Sta Mathematics Competition. Her hobbies and scholastic interests ai Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and Computers. In the future she hopes to attend Rice University, ll of A. or Purdue University. She plans to major in son type of engineering. .'?T4Mf' 5' ,,5:,.,,...j, ,W .e,.,..g ' f 322 ' 'I-WWF' 'myiffxff F A. . if t .,.. .rw jf er .e . A ....... .... .. .... . ' ' ' - 1 e. I , . . W P' W5 . . K N, .,, .L L gg? - . ,. . .W ' H fi z . '51 Y ' . t ., :UV I ...... .... N ' V I ikrr 2' J . ..., , . , ,.,.. if ,.,, at ,, ... Debbie Siminski and Dirk Johnson were chos November students of the month. Debbie went to PV for four years. Her schn awards and achievements include Who,s W Among American Students. Her scholastic interes are chemistry and Math. Debbie works part-time at Crisis Nursery. She el joys skiing, bowling and windsurfing. She plays t guitar and piano. Debbie also likes watching basebl and football games. Debbie's future plans are to attend UCLA to maj in Math Education or Pharmacology. Dirk attended PV for four years also. His sch awards include President of the French Club, Editor the Literary Magazine, Treasurer of the Close- Club, Historian of NHS, Member 'of the Compu Club, Boys' State and the Free Enterprise Institute. Dirk works part-time at Dairy Queen in C Creek. His hobbies include Dungeons and Drago and computers. His scholastic interests are Scien Chemistry, Computers, Math and English. After graduation Dirk plans to attend U of A, Tri ty University or the University of Pueget Sound, joring in Medicine.

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Administrators become involved in student activities The administration of PVHS has changed in the past year and the attitude of being proud of Paradise Valley has been reinforced, according to Dr. Jim Jurs, principal. Dr. Jurs came to PV from Yuma High School where he spent two years as principal. Dr. Jurs hopes to see PVHS develop into one of the best high schools in the State. Early in the year the administration began an effort' to obtain a better image for Paradise Valley. Dr. Jurs feels that the at- titude or self-concept has changed in part because of the construction and remodeling of the campus. During the first semester Dr. J urs taught Advanc- ed Government to three seniors who had conflicts with their schedules since a majority of the advanc- ed courses are offered during the morning hours. I enjoyed the experience probably as much as they didf' said Dr. Jurs. Dr. Jurs and his colleague, Mr. John Hudson, assistant principal for student activities, like to get out on the campus with the students rather than just see the students in their offices. Dr. Jurs feels that this creates a much more relaxed atmosphere for the student body. When circumstances arise where a faculty member must be delayed in the school day, Dr. J urs or Mr. Hudson will teach the course for the remainder of the day rather than calling in a substitute teacher for a partial day. This also helps the atmosphere on the campus, according to Dr. Jurs. Z W ,..,,vv , i 6 ri, W , X t' Ai.