Safford High School - Ocotillo Yearbook (Safford, AZ)

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2 2 YM' Av 41.5, 1 ., , xiii f, fin, ' Bullseye! Watching to see where their arrows will land are, sophomore Ar- mando Flores and junior Lynn Malloque. Their ad- vanced P,E. class is learn- ing the basics of archery before going to the range, Under the hood. Fixing the dis- tributer on one of the Auto shop's cars is junior Robert Brown. Plywood dreams. Eddie Tellez goes over the plans to his wood- shop project with Mr. Clifford before he starts hammering.

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Not just cotton and cows. he return of Future Farmers of America to this year's cur- riculum was welcomed by many students who had been unable to take the class since it was re- moved three years ago. This class helps students with things that they would need to know if they chose a career in ag- riculture, said the new FFA teacher, Mr. Zamu- dio, Mr. Z to most of his students. Most people seem to think it's just cot- ton and cows. Actually, the class covered un- countable units on agri- cultural information. Ev- erything from surveying to insecticides to tractor operations were studied. Surprisingly enough, the students also learned skills in business and mon- ey management. There were only 33 stu- Cultivating answers. After ex- amining some samples of cot- ton lint, Tarrell Harris makes an evaluation during one of the FFA's cotton judgings. 48 dents in the FFA classes, but considering that there were only three classes, it was a good turnout. Cer- tainly one of the things that attracted students to FFA was the fact that the classes sometimes took out-of-town trips to judge livestock and plants. On one particular trip to Tucson, Brad Montierth, Robert Barney and Ruth Ann Skinner placed fourth overall in cotton judging while Brad also placed fifth in individual competi- tion. An added attraction to a livestock judging com- petition at the State Fair was a Charlie Daniel's Band concert which was attended by most of the present students. But even when they weren't on field trips, the class was considered to be one of the most inter- esting on campus. lt's a big change from anything else l've ever done, but it's fun. said senior Bran- don Squire. For everyone involved in the new FFA, it was refreshing change of pace. lt's a big change When one first heard of FFA, the thought of Farm- er Brown standing out in a pasture with a pitchfork in one hand and a piece of straw in his mouth, a hay- stack on one side of him, a red barn on the other, and cows and cotton as far as the eye could see came to mind, but the FFA has proven they are more than that. i

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Scientific fun raditionally, students have had an aversion to taking science classes because science was supposed to be boring and more than a little gross. But science students had several reason to think oth- erwise. lt seemed that every supposedly boring class one walked into had something going on that was interesting and new. Mr, Hampton's Bi- ology classes were treated to a disection of the frog which seemed to be a source of excitement for many freshmen and sophomores. Chemistry students had fre- quent labs in which they learned how to properly use scales and balances, bunsen burners, and how to handle a glass beaker without break- ing it. But the science class that saw the most action was advanced biology. Mr. De- Ridder took responsibility for the class when many stu- dents complained after its Taking inventory. Freshman Fay Larson examines the in- side of her amphibious Biol- ogy project. removal two years ago. I wanted to make the class a difficult one so that when tnese students get to college biology classes, they'll be prepared said Mr. DeRid- der. Needless to say, the class was difficult. All the bones and muscles had to be memorized and tested on, I wanted to make the class a difficult one not to mention the cycles of glycolosis krebs, and NAD. But when the brainwork was over, the fun began. In order to figure out their resting heart rate, students took part in a step test which in- volved stepping up one stair, down one stair, and over and over for three minutes. Grey's Anatomy coloring books could be bought to help students with memoriz- ing exactly where all the blood vessles were and ever- ybody looked forward to the end of the year when the cat was disected. A Though at first the pros-. pect of- earving up what might oe someone's pet made many students squea- rnish, they soon got used to it and became interested in the project. lt's kind of fun once you stop thinking of it as Morris or Garfield lying there, one student was heard to say. The science classes were anything but boring and opened new horizons of learning to students who might one day become the second Einstein.