Polytechnic High School - Caerulea Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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PACE: A haven for nerds? A basTion of inTellecTual ThoughT and culTural developmenT? A group of evoluTionary muTanTs who spend every waking hour sTudying and preparing for college enTrance examinaTions? A haven for nerds? No one really knows, buT all l can say is ThaT my Three years in PACE have been The mosT rewarding of my life, and I am pleased To have had such an opporTuniTy. -mike simon '88 Celeste Burton explains The facTs of chemisTry To Two orher sTudenTs, .gf S 2 k mx? V, . gr 0,4 John Kim and Adrienne Roy cuT class To do Their homework. Ronald Mamisay and Carey Dang view Tiny organisms in AnaTfPhys. f you walked up To a Poly sTu- denT and asked whaT The 4987-88 year was like, The an- swer would probably be i'Aaarrrggghhh!! lT was especial- ly Tough for Poly PACE sTudenTs, wiTh seniors facing new reauire- menTs for college, juniors Taking all The college enTrance exams, and The sophomores conTronTed wiTh jusT abouT everyThing else. PACE sophomores also had To deal wiTh lvlr. GarreTson's AP classes and lvlrs. O'Donnell's A VchemisTry class. AchievemenT XX TesTs and SAT Prep classes were among The exciTing acTiviTies ThaT juniors conTended wiTh To- - ward The end ofiThe year. Junior Nina Celb says, l'm hoping ThaT all The hard work l've done will be worTh iT nexT year. The PACE seniors enTered The year wiTh college preparaTions and The prospecr of a TumulTous nine monThs in room 447. Senior Brian Fisk commenTs, SenioriTis. Folger's coffee. l wanT iT allll BuT as The year ended, each and every PACE sTudenT can say, HiT was worTh iT. .rr-I v Eiga' ,... '5 yl Tiffany Drake knows Jenny Bedows darkesr secrei. bur her lips are sealed 25

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- PACE 2A P0 DERING PACE Brian Walsh Tesls 0 new Technique for The removal of plaque.

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s The program's sixTh year bursT forTh inTo full ThroTTle, CIC sTu- denTs were more enThusiasTic Than ever. As Monica Woodward sTaTed, CIC helps us To become pre- pared for college. We are puT inTo a siTuaTion where we have To maTure aT a quicker raTe so we can be suc- cessful in our classes. We also have a more branched-ouT curriculum, CIC QCenTer for lnTernaTional Commercej has many unique required classes such as compuTer maTh, accounTing, and inTernaTional markeTing, These supjecTs help sTudenTs To enTer The job markeT immediaTely afTer gradu- aTion. BuT These courses wouldn'T be as rewarding wiThouT The help of well- ., .,' A ' 'M R The highlighT of CIC TradiTionally has been The visiT of Mr. George Takei CSulu from The original STar Trek series and moviesj. His presenTaTions encour- age sTudenTs To aim for The sTars in educaTion, and keeps us updaTed on new STar Trek movies. Mr. Takei urges sTudenTs To capiTalize on Their resources T and boldly go where no one has gone before. Enthusiasm overwhelms all of The sTudenTs in Russian class. wwf' Mi. fs.. . ' 1 ' , .- -if ' ,fra ,A ., oiled Teachers like Ms, Miller, lvlr, WrighT, lvls. Skuor, or lVlr. I-lerrick. who . ..... bring life To The sublecTs They Teach. The program also has some new addiiions To The Teaching sTaff. WiTh such dedi- caTion from The sTaff and sTudenTs, CIC will remain a ,.' sTrong force in preparing sTudenTs Tor careers in business. ,iw 1 Q ye' -s fffw 1 W- fr Lrg-f . 1:21 T N '15 ,fi .5 5 Dawn Shull, Kim lvliller, and Ramona Ashley enjoy a rally ....,sIfj1f,'1J'3' V is 2 Erica Thill wonders, Are we all here To have fun? 26 During a break. Billy Lowry and lvlike Palmer grab cr biTe To eaT, 1 ',,. 2,3 3