Patrick Henry High School - Encounter Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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B? 0 Chem L'-va A .. l Ron Heyer ponders the significance of the brown letters he is painting as he completes an exercise in Art. Stefanie Wagstaff sketches a picture of Seaport Vile lage for Art studio ii a 1 '49 ,, 'bf--.H ,I ,,k W I Valerie Osowski, with her pencil in her hand. pref cisely measures her paper in preparation for applica- tion of her colored letters, Art 45 f

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r t A Wavel Gibbs applies clay eyes, eyebrows, nose and mouth to her clay face in her ceramics class. Cindy Diamond looks on with a smile on her face as her table partner Andrea Drucker paints green letters in Art. ,MJ 1 2 V1 , M-..l' K. nior Bru h An artistic experience unlike any other, described one student. Senior Art Studio pro- duced artwork en-masse, Students were con- stantly working to create an example of the best work they could do. When the entire class was planning and designing similar projects, tension could be felt in the air. Stefanie Wagstaff commented that, 'tAlthough no one talks about it, there is always jealousy - you always want to do well or better than the guy next to you, More conflicts arose due to a lack of money for supplies and the cancellation of Quest magazine, which ended the students' oppor- 44 Academics 1'-.'5, SS ll 3? ' is f s C : - CQ xg 'X - in th tunity to be published. The class culminated in an optional Ad- ll here is always jealousy . . . vanced Placement test in May, Students pre- -., g '-e, i 'Q f , , , , fs' tr a ee Q l ,P f s l X X X wa it i it x,:,.a2gyq ' NPT' 2 su.- . . at f. Q, tudio rt sented up to forty works they had produced over the thirty-six weeks of school. The diffi- culty of this task was revelaed only when students recognized that some of the most famous artists in the world don't create this many works in their entire careers. While these art students were frantically turning out creative masterpieces, the rest of the art department was involved in other ar- tistic endeavors. Students in classes such as Commercial Art, Art 1, ceramics, advertis- ing, and carfts produced many things from cartoons to clay pots.

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Fore'gn Lan David Kilborn smirks and Adam Mandel looks up interestedly as Mr. Reuss ex- plains an important point to them in German. sr , M NIH. 1 uages 4,' f French 1 students watch and listen as Mr. Wade acts out a dialogue. Patrick Henry from the French Angle 'iJout a fait normale a L'Americane, replied Mr. Wade wher asked what one thing he would say about Patrick Henry. This Frencl' statement translated into - It,s a normal school in the Americar sense of things. Mr. Wade had taught at Patrick Henry for thirteer years and had some definite ideas about our students. He felt our school was too large, and, that a small group of superior students and a large group of good students existed. Mr. Wade revealed that the opinion in French schools was Do it oi get out. In this way, only qualified students who were willing to worlr attended school. Anybody could attend school in France, but no' everyone could stay. Mr. Wade believed that more decisions should be made by the students, not just the Education Center, and proposed a studen' council formed to make decisions affecting the campus. 46 Academics