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

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Academically, PV students are challenged daily! They are in- volved in learning new skills like woodworking or computers and writing term papers and reading Shakespeare. The addition of the auditorium gave Performing Arts a chance to move and better establish them- selves in a new area. Freshman students are now re- quired to take PE for one year. With a well rounded required and elective curriculum PV stu- dents are bound to succeed. 4 flg 3 'Q W .gif ,Q gnu 3 by y L 1, . W 't in-no W owes? It 1 X, s- W.. 1 if r P i u k. , , 4, ' 'nn , 1 V I , af, 9 -, Q In Z , W M 1 ,A f X at -41 - f- ,msc K N, 'ri ' m H .N ,,,,, I8 MM. al,

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Administrators express pride After much hard work and schooling, Ms. Jane Northup, assis- tant principal in charge of disci- pline, feels she has reached a high point in her career. After working as an administrative assistant at Thunderbird High, Ms. Northup went back to school to take various classes on women in administra- tion and then went to graduate school to get a degree in educa- tional administration. After this she received her principal's certi- ficate and acquired the job at PV. I would take the PV students any day over any other group, commented Ms. Northup. I think the pride has been grow- ing every year since l've been here and the students are finally realiz- ing they have much to be proud of, said Mr. John Hudson, assis- tant principal in charge of student activities. Before coming to Paradise Val- ley, Mr. Hudson worked at Shadow Mountain for eight years. l've learned much from the stu- dents since l've been at PV. They've taught me about caring and about being genuine and about looking at one another not with a label but as a person and l'll always be grateful, said Mr. Hudson. One way he learned about caring was through the prevention team, which was organized three years ago to deal with suicide prevention but later expanded to help all types of problems. l think it really fills a need on campus. For many kids school and their friends at school are the ma- jor source of support and one of the aspects of the prevention team is to reach out to the students who are struggling with a problem and provide support, said Mr. Hudson. Mr. Hudson looks forward to the continual growth of greater stu- dent achievement, the growth of students' performance and a growth of pride and increased car- ing in both the students and the staff. One reason Ms. Northup choses to work with PV's students is in spite of mechanical flaws within the establishment causing stu- dents to be tardy, they learn to work around them. Besides tardiness, Ms. Northup handles other problems concern- ing attendance, such as handling appeals and students skipping classes. The faculty is appreciated highly for their expertise and hu- mane approach to teaching, said Ms. Northup. The support person- nel are dedicated and valuable members of the Paradise Valley lllr rss r. '-rr f fgzf-,fs-:J-,fy I ,ww Family and l'm most fortunate to have the opportunity to work here and be a part of this group. Not too long ago, Ms. Northup was a new member of the Paradise Valley family, so she can under- stand how Mr. Hal Buckley feels now that he has replaced Dr. Jim Jurs. Ms. Northup is looking forward to the continual growth of pride and spirit. One way to raise spirit and involvement is by the Allstar retreat, which was a trip to Pres- cott with students from Horizon and Shadow Mountain. Miss Northup hands Wayne Bailey, sophomore, a pass to get into class. Mr. Buckley addresses the student body during the winter sports assembly. 4