Pittsburg High School - Pirate Yearbook (Pittsburg, CA)

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We, as all teens do, have our ups and downs, and Chad Briscoe shows us Becky Nguyen and Karen Wells discuss a Calculus problem in Mr. Sullenberger's class. Them, along with many of Sullenberger's students Liberty Rasmussen finishes her art project. For students who wished to , .,..nisli-1'--as !L Q..- Q we- some of our too-frequent downs made school a second home by coming in for help at 7 a.m. and sometimes as early as 6:30 a.m. graduate, a year of fine arts or a foreign language was mandatory. 'IK' ' ff' t3 1t ' l A wsseenmqsg .- .Vu Theme --

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.is We ASF? luniors AnthonyiMelendez, Patrick'Calderon, and senior Steve Orlando are caught checking out the incomingfreshmen females.. 1 . We all know what happened off campus and after school, but what happened . , . During 8:00 to Three As the tardy bell rings, it's 8:00 a.m. ona bright Monday morning. 1 is Another day, another week, another gear, students mumble. As thetclasses egin, the halls are empty and peaceful due to the new tardy policy. . . This day was just the beginning as there were new teachers, students, and requirements to face, seven new teachers and 467 freshmen to be exact. Tardyfunishment was reinforced and revise to read: 1 tardy and the teacher gives at warning, .2 tardies and you et two hours after school O.C.S. or all cfay Saturday school, 3 tardies and ou get automatic Saturday school, 4 tardies and you are suspended, 5 tardies and you are assigne to a special work study grou . . Athletics, dances, fund raisers, and other activities relieved boredom of classes and homework by briefly taking the 1618 students' minds off of thinking about them. But nothing could top Christmas vacation, spring break, or even the weekends when students took off to go out, visit friends, work, or just sleegi in for a change. For some the wee s passed too quickly, for others, not quickly enough. Seniors took S.A.T.'s, C.A.P., A.C.H., and A.C.T. tests hurried to meet graduation andfor college re- quirements, and saved money for all the activities that went alongiwith the fourth year spent at P.H.S., suc as: Senior Ball, Senior Flin , Ditch Day: and so on. I love the power t at being a Senior ies.:if-.wt:e...,.,.g.f ...gg.t.,,,-t .t fQ-g,a,'eH-- 1,-X t,,,g,,-es,,:,,, A n..,mg,tE..n., ..., 1,4 W...,k..,Q.u5,iQ?,,jZ,, ,, brings! exclaimed Bill Murray. juniors struggled with P.S.A.T.s, chemistry, advanced algebra, English Ill, attended the junior Prom, and paid for the luniorf Senior Party. f'l got more homework and the year seemed to go a lot slower, but there was always, the junior Prom . . . said Heat er Murray. Sophomores were enrolled in biology, world history, geometry, and rea y began writing essayms! For college prep students, this was t e year that colleges started looking at the grades. This year, I didn't Wong about get- ting lost, Bertha Ramos sai . Freshmen ac uired more skills in the reading lab, todlq the Hart bill test, and driver's education. . I didn't think I was going to like it here, but l did! exclaimed Michael DeMatty. A These freshmen also experienced the real meaning of crow ed halls as students rus ed during the 8 minute passing time to get to their classes. f'lt was a little harder than junior high, I met more people, partied a lot more than last year, and the teachers were great! Paul Shatswell Rizzuto commented. A year in the life of a Pittsburg High School student combined academic challenges, athletics, organizations, ac- tivities, fun, and friendship to make the school year a real learning experience. -- Merideth Fike .,.. .... .. ,,.... .... ,,... 'ti it :lffi 1521 esfitfffifsssiz,-Qeizfrfgfaisiiztisi'ssfiszsliiizffilifi' viziifsszfiifig-'t.fi t1,,s:1,:?s,g!S,,g5'- gf,ff'g?i,fS4a5ff.s,.tfii .V .SH ...-1.3, -- . f , .1 ,ifwi . .-gtgg, g - :...sQs,,f.f It .sf f,.s.U,sz.f:g,, sswwifffv is is, 755''liBill?ffifilgdglffi-713llfiiiwgfkiflf.fiifiii?!5l5i?5?iEEf'?fi59lliigiigilt ei'5452?f72fi?9lefL?tis3:ifi:21:f,i5?55l3QEifW:?1ffflL?Ei13i5i?f?'55i,f ni - ... ..,t5-+s.1t.H.-- 1:,.5fi:zasi f -- :Q:ifese.,, . asses! fmlzsi -V - -ff,,.sigf1'ff- 2-if--::f+t s,gs.q,:'fff,g-mass,-.tit-'ffiez,'4wiii'fi sts.-ffif:-f.-, srfssei, i - fe, iffthfsitssifyff---2fifstffsisszwfizsffewss:fSfrs, .'f :sm1sfiH,5ifs2 1: -'m'.f1ss.ff,,.Qeffwgnfgggi irdgggfgsite-is 11 -sfff:s?sfv,f' H ws,-gf-3 .t X ... ,.... . -. ifff 1f'1f??i' i.:.i:ff1fs5iif3i:, ffffi-ff' ? 'f? is.iqs:i .i11'f-iiiiiifisi.-.s.515571 - :si ' ff1.ss2.:erf'i-f .Ei.Sfsz.sf fffsiiiisf-:Q it V .,--fi2ffWf.i.. . - . M f, rfeegssss if eitfifiir f' W iff: . swf-'iss LES-is 1 :ff-2-'sites sv-if ., -in if ..sfPffsss9s1 .isifitizfiif f ae! ef E wi: f --is. stt , ..'f ei.. 1 ,.:f:-' Q,-A -is .1 + ,, . - ft- - szisz - eisszgr sigfei zu- te.. 1 .Q . ff . vez: - - r- f . A H f 1-Qs. f- f1s.fas,ff..s'.... -2 ..f,,5--ffe,igg,g:- t is,fse+i,- . .. twig, - n K, -V ,z..:.,.s.f- 1 , . g n ,gf , U X' Wm W Mylizlifffiliiffgiifillff'.iE,'435ggx:??fff9f E 5: 1' ' f37'555?t:'ilil 'll 3 i53i,'f3'iiii:Qt5i,Q I 'raft 1. t --Iiissevtzg .. -f,-,,gtggrs,. , . , .5 gg. n 1, ...F Mgt 2-fs-.1 35232,-asiz,g25+te?safg5Qggi,, sig-as During 8:00 to Three --

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From parties to SAT tests . . . From teenage responsibilities to teenage deaths . . . This has become . . . Ivi e As We Know t' O The life of a teenager is not ,ll fun and games, and being me in the 80's is equivalent o living in a pressure cooker. Besides juggling respon- ibilities as a family member, eens are pressured into be- ng an image ofthe family tame. Some are restricted rom having a 1 fun time inless accompanied by a zhaperon, or aren't allowed o go out at all, except for .chool or family related events. Some parents see eenagers going out fvhenever they want as en- :ouraging irresponsibility. -Iowever, many trust their :hildren to be responsible for .heir own behavior., When Jarent and child collide 'read-on, the most common :opic of argument are However, their children generally respond with hostility to what seems to be strict discipline. Some parent's decisions are based on old traditions, and teens today find it hard to handle old beliefs in a new world. Nevertheless, parents en- force their beliefs to make to- day's teens responsible to themselves and to society. For many teens, school becomes a second home. The pressure to make the grade so one could be able to attend college is unbearably high. But, all of this .is clone for a purpose. Pete Cardinale, senior, spends hours on his homework because, I want to get good grades, for per- sonal ambition, and it looks with being a teen gives them a bad name. The pressure to be recognized as a responsi- ble young adult, rather than a teenage party bum, has many setting goals and ambitions to achieve this recognition. .Kristen Burks, senior, plans to attend college and major in Pre-Med, specializing in pediatrics. In preparation for this, she has taken nursing courses offered through the Adult Education Center, and plans to become a hospital taking Honors classes. g Apart from those. by family, school, and peers, pressures society determines the fate of today's teens. The big- gest fear today is AIDS. Most teenagers today are misin- this deadly disease. This ig- norance may cause teenagers to be prime targets for this disease, and often heard jokes about AIDS makes understanding it more dif- ficult. However, efforts to educate adults, teens, and in some cases, school children about AIDS, drugs, or alcohol have been attempted with much success. As Tami Goidsmith, senior, states, I think that it's good that they're trying to educate the public. Either if we're pressurized into doing what our parents, peers, or society wants us to do, or if we're steamed by hours of homework, it is all part of being a teenager in the eighties, and it is Life As We Know lt. 'iousehold chores and esponsibilities, followed by :urfews and school work. vlost of parents' actions are :tue to fear for their children's Hves in today's society. good on my transcript. I feel I must do it to better myself. The battles with peer pressure, drugs, alcohol, teenage pregnancies, and other problems synonymous formed or do not understand - Dina Duran As teens,. we band tightly doza, Myrna Mercado, Danee togetherywith special friends-was Cattolico, Michele Kingsley and I Shonn Thompson, Todd Men- AlvinCarrillodisplay. f Life As we know in --