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

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Students Display Talents. Although some people feel only those with a refined talent may take art, this isn't so. Art is more than that. lt's a way to express feelings through one- self. ln class, students learn to draw detail pencil drawings, draw from pictures, silkscreen, paint and learn ceramics. There are all types of art classes such as Intro. to Fine Art, Painting and Ceramics. Miss Patty Shack, art teacher, says, Art gives students an alter- native, as a hobby or a career. 2' Q Q I I i . ,,gy Students display their artwork. Visitors were asked to critique the Christmas art show. Students enjoy the Christmas Art Show sponsored by Commercial Arts and the art department. 30 Mrs. Lois Mahoney Department Chairman Mrs. Gayla Bonnell Miss Patricia Shack

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Guaranteed Guidance Program aids Each student on our PV campus has a counselor and meets with him at least once a year. Students and Counselors may discuss such con- cerns as personal problems, par- ents, teachers, scheduling, admis- sions testing and gain information on careers for the future. The counselors were also in- volved in the Guaranteed Guid- ance program which is in its sec- ond year at PV. ln the program the counselor arranges a conference with the freshman students and Frosh parents to discuss graduation re- quirements and adjustment to high school. According to Mr. Jerry Lemon, department chairman, his advice to oncoming freshman is don't get discouraged. Another program administered by the counseling office is the state mandated achievement test. This year the Stanford Achieve- ment test will replace the Califor- nia Achievement test. All students here will be required to take the Stanford Achievement test. ,gas :sw sg., f- f Dr. Hamm consults Senior Greg Stephenson about his last f Mr. Ron Harten Mrs. Annette Ketterson Mr. Steve Lewis Secretary ' as xi , xr - Iri ' .P ..,, . 5 ,, ,Q '1 ' Mr. Jerry Lemon Department Chairman Mrs. Betty DiGesu check of the year. Dr. James Hamm Mrs. Bobbi MacLeod Mrs. Betty Mitchell Mrs. Marguerite Psychologist Registrar Secretary Cochran Career Counselor 29

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Department organizes mock election The Social Studies department began the year with a mock election to deter- mine the students' opinion of the i984 Presidential Race. The mock election was very success- ful because l000 students participated and that is very good considering it was our first mock election, said Mr. Augie Zito, Department Chairman. The election was sponsored by a nation- ial committee on mock elections and by the Department of Education. Over 80 percent of the students voted for the Rea- l gan-Bush ticket. A scholarship program was also held this year and was sponsored by Western Savings. The idea was to encourage sen- iors to enter an essay depicting what they think are major problems that Arizona has and how they would solve them, com- mented Mr. Zito. The contest is state wide and about 25 students from PV entered, competing for a S5000 scholarship to a college of their choice. The contest will be narrowed down to 25 finalists, each receiving 5500. The top four finalists receive the Grand Prize. In addition to outside activities, the Social Studies department worked on stu- dents' academic performances in the So- cial Studies area. The district philosophy is to provide students with the knowledge and under- standing of American background and history so they do not make the same mis- takes in the future that were made in the past, commented Mr. Zito. The department also worked on teach- ing students the democratic system, their responsibilities that go with it, such as voting and going accordingly to the laws of our country. We don't impose values on people but rather make them aware of their citizen- ship. We try to enrich student's minds with history and sociology so that they may learn how to get along with each oth- er and other countries, said Mr. Zito. Two new teachers joined the social studies staff, Mr. Mike Mozell and Mr. Wyck Chew. Mr. Mozell is in his first year of teaching and is also an assistant bas- ketball coach. Mr. Chew is also teaching for the first time and is head coach of the freshman basketball team. I A ri i , lggzzl Mr. Augie Zito Mr. Gareth Department Chairman Anderson Mr. Wyck Chew Mr. Bill Farrell Mr. Lyn Hall Mr. Pat Lindmark Mr. Mike Mozell Mr. Bill Pellett Mrs. Mildred Pettis Mrs. Jenny Mr. Bill Verhulst Mrs. Karen Wilkens Smith-Stanford 3I