Prescott High School - Hassayamper Yearbook (Prescott, AZ)

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10 RIGHT: Shannon McGlinn watches Mr Al Frank with great amusement. BE- LOW Mr Tom Bunger re- fers back to the board in order to select the next subject for the lecture (Photo by Melanie Hinson) RIGHT: Mr. Al Frank drags sophomore Josh Gross into a lecture as a visual aid (Photo by Me- lanie Ffcnson) ABOVE: Shannon Fish, junior, works diligently on a U S. History test while senior Cherylyn Tenney, junior Rod- ney Poppe kicks back (Photo by Melanie Hmson)

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 %h. academics; the very reason that students trundled their weary bodies to school at the inhuman time of 7 45 each morning in the predawn hours Some classes were good — students remained awake the full 55 minutes, took notes in- stead of passing them, and ac- tually enjoyed participating Others were not — the sight of your neighbor's head slowly fall- ing forward to an inevitable collision with his desk inspired you to force your own drowsy eyelids open AND LEARN What made one class better than another? It's hard to say. because it's a matter of opin- ion. but one thing is certain the learning process was give-and- take. Even if your history teach- er brought in the entire Rock- ette line to sing their version of the Battle of Hastings, your pen connected to your hand had to also be connected to your brain Some actually did this pain- lessly and got Vs. others cared less and got 4's. while the rest fell somewhere in between in life's bell curve But no matter what the num- bers on your report card were, it was the number of credits that counted Everyone worked towards that magic number of 22 to graduate And hey — maybe some- thing was even learned along the way Some day you'll be standing in Safeway when the guy buying Froot Loops next to you will wonder aloud When was the Magna Carta signed?'' and you'll be able to cry June 15. 1215! Stranger things have hap- pened ACADEMICS 10 REQUIRED CLASSES 14 ELECTIVES 18 SHOP 20 BAND 22 CHORUS 24 DRAMA 26 ART 28 STUDENT COUNCIL 30 BUSINESS CLASSES 32 COLLEGE CLASSES 34 COMMUNICATIONS 36 NEW CLASSES LEFT: In pursuit of ocademics senior Angela Brodshaw checks over her work. (Photo by Pam Toth) 9

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STUDENTS LEARN THE BASICS: READING, WRITING, 8c MATH JUST THE BASICS CC AM VTe wouldn't learn any- thing if we didn't have classes that are required, explained Amy Greseth, junior. Truthfully, if you didn't have such classes as English, history and math, what classes would you have picked to replace these? The easiest elective classes you could think of, right? Quite a few re- quired classes were needed to graduate from high school. Eng- lish seems to be one of the most important courses. After all, most everyone has been speaking the language since the first time you watched Sesame Street. The English classes that must be taken every year throughout high school were not easy as the one word commands easi- ly learned as a child. Every graduating student at PHS needed to have success- fully completed two math- ematics classes. Everyone has heard how the equations and theorems you learned in class will help you in every day life You never know, you might find yourself in the position in which you need to prove theo- rem 6.5 to be true, or have the incredible urge to find the solu- tion set of the intersection of two lines. When I moved here, I had already taken Texas history and the counselor said I had to take ari- zona history also. I thought that was unfair, explained Lisa Poindexter, junior. You see, every student is required to take this class. U.S. History covered a wide variety of significant events, from America's discoverers to Watergate. Special events made this more interesting, such as 20's Day etc. In the future you'll realize the importance of the required classes at PHS. In many ways they decided your future. Without successfully complet- ing them, you couldn't gra- duate. If you didn't graduate there is a good chance that you wouldn't get the job you wanted. “We wouldn't learn anything if we didn't have classes that are required. -Amy Greseth 11