San Dimas High School - El Santo Yearbook (San Dimas, CA)

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American Government students Debi Gorrel. Eric Perry, Ossa Sun. and Manfred Pereda pull their desks together to converse about the Constitution. In second period Relationships class senior Jon Thomas, looks over his worksheet on marriage while Mrs. Ralls gives a lecture on the subject. f26 ;4c ide tUc4 For group discussion questions on the Civil War in Mrs. Bierbaum ' s 4th period, the class breaks into 5 groups. Aaron Alcala. Ginger lively, and Mel. inic Montoya ' s g ' oup talk about how to present their answer.

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Sc6o d Out 0£ Sc ioot $ Z c ene U ' Kbut 0£ Education Although the dismissal bell was not exactly harmonious, it was music to the ears of all students. But because there was more to life than just reading, writing, and arithmetic, many students attended classes outside of school to broaden their horizons. After long hours in the classroom, students interested in the fine arts transformed themselves from typical students dressed in Corona T- shirts. Guess jeans, and Reeboks into aspiring performers as they donned leotards and ballet or tap shoes. Sophomore Sonya Elam went to gymnastics, and sophomore Helen Liu went to ballet lessons at Mt. SAC for two hours a week. Piano lessons were also favored by many of our students. Junior Amanda White said she took them because it is something to do and it is fun. The clarinet, which had been practiced an hour a day for the past four years by sophomore Ricardo Miagany, was another mucical diversion. To enhance their voices, Melissa Warkentin and Alicia Morga, both sophomores, took vocal lessons weekly. If there were missed credits to be made up or a class not offered here, night school was the answer. Classes at Chaparral started around 3:00 p.m. and lasted until 9:00 p.m. Mt. SAC and Citrus community colleges also accepted some high school students. Those of us lucky enough not to be tagged by a cop while speeding back from lunch or to and from school didn ' t know the worries of getting a ticket. Most pleaded innocent, but eventually got the ticket anyway. To get it off their records and keep the insurance companies fooled, students went to traffic school. The two to four hour (and sometimes more) classes included everything from lectures and roll-play situations, to watching disgusting movies like Red Asphalt. If the classes were long enough and parents consented to it, kids took the day off from high school to go to traffic school. To learn more about their heritage, junior Lauri Matsukiyo and sophomore Megumi Oda attended, as they had for the last twelve years, Japanese school every Saturday. While there, they learned to write. speak, and read the Japanese language. At 6:00 a.m., when most of us were still asleep and not even thinking about school, a group of Mormon students went to seminary classes. There they studied the Bible, learned about their church, and received inspirational instruction. C.C.D. and Sunday school, which resembled seminary but only required attendance once a week, was another outside area for further education. C.C.D. was held on Wednesday and, you guessed it, Sunday school on Sunday. Just when you thought it was safe to leave school school began. Before daybreak, Peter Brown. Jason Coleman. Tara (Jllah, and Kristen Brown sleepily yet cheerfully stumble into their 6:00 a.m. seminary class. At a Saturday session of Janpanese school, junior Lauri Matsukiyo writes out her vocabulary definitions on the board. Anxious for the music to start, junior Amy Hinton awaits the outcome of weeks of practice at a dance contest. ScA ot Gut »j Se6o«t ?2S

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(?«dtct ie (2£a44e4 ux£t t 2 ? vuvand, H 6c t$ Sac , xx6i«iy iiacutd History, Psychology, Child Development, Planning and Guidance, and foreign languages were listed as favorite classes by many who liked to discuss how other people live and interact with their peers and cultures, while learning more about themselves. Students enjoyed researching events in the past that had effects on their lives today. I really like World History because I learn a lot of new, interesting things about the world and its people, said freshman Nichelle McDaniel, like how the Islamic women can ' t go out alone and have to keep their faces covered when they do go out. As a requirement, 10th graders took Planning and Guidance, where they explored decision making and career choices by doing exercises, role playing, taking personality and COPS tests, as well as participating in group discussions, having egg babies, and filling in workbooks. Choices for girls and Challenges for guys had sophomores writing a journal of what it would be like to have a baby for a week; predicting what they would be doing at ages 25, 35, and 50; and making out budgets according to the career they planned to be in. Relationships, Child Development, and Psychology helped students understand and learn more about human attitudes and actions. Senior Kenya Taylor said, There are things I learned in Relationships that I apply to real problems to help me solve them. Since it was only one semester, most followed Relationships with Child Development. Psychology was also a one semester class. The focus in French and Spanish classes was on learning how to speak a new language; however, in the process the cultures were studied also. Spanish classes studied it through films, such as El Norte, and sections at the end of each chapter called ISotas Hispanicas. Junior French III Student Amy Hinton said, Our French book has sections about how the French eat, what they eat, and what their society is like. More advanced French students read French novels which also gave them a chance to learn more about the French culture. A lip-synch to Greased Lightning is done by junior Paul Navarro in second period speech. For group discussion questions on the Civil War in Mrs. Bierbaum ' s 4th period, the class breaks into 5 groups. Aaron Alcala. Ginger Lively, and Melanie Montoya ' s group talk about how to present their answer. With Kristina Nicotra as Oprah Winfrey and Mikel Husband and Michelle Beightol as in-studio guests. 5th period A. P. History students act out the Oprah Winfrey show on the topic of carpetbaggers, scalawags, and the Ku Klux Klan after the Civil War. Soci z£ (?e A4e4 f27