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

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From the Fred cover, to the geometric cover, the white cover, the brown bag. and artdeco style students individualize their books with different covers. On the sidelines during football practice, sophomore Scott Pick helps decorate her notebook while junior Yvonne Hernandez looks on. 64 Student JlCfa

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Say W I love so-and-so, doodles and scribbles, homework due dates, and friendly notes were all visible on students ' bookcovers and notebooks. While favorite groups and stations were still standard upon the brown bag cover, the in-vogue thing to adorn it in was the motto I love myself. Each class had its own statements to make, and bookcovers were there to make them on. Seniors had Class of ' 88 is great and other spirited phrases to show that they were seniors . . . don ' t mess. Juniors sported a very self confident attitude. Things such as I love myself, ' 89 is fine, and other highly opinionated statements were seen on these covers. Sophomores and freshmen had the basic brown bag covers with a lot of everything imaginable on their surfaces. Bookcovers, for some students, were as personalized as one ' s wardrobe. Sophomore Mary Rose Enriquez showed pride in her heritage by displaying a Flip poem. Junior Donna Dunphy sported the I love everyone and myself theme on hers. Some made their statement simply in the choice of a cover, be it a football poster, newspaper, a store bought cover, or the ever so popular brown bag. Bookcovers were not the only things written on. Folders, especially Pee- Chee ' s, had to be transformed before they were seen at school. Sophomore Kathy Mondragon, spotted in Geometry decorating her Pee- Chee, said, I don ' t know why. It ' s something to do, I guess. Other people wrote certain phrases on their Pee- Chee ' s, merely for the sake of being obnoxious. Students scribbled whenever they had the chance. The thing that really prompted students to sketch was a boring lecture. If anyone bothered to take a gander at a class during one, he would see at least one student changing the appearance of a cover or notebook. On the sidelines at after school sports, at the tables, or just a little note for someone who shared your locker, it seemed as though a doodle here and there brightened the day. Junior Shelley Cobos said, I could tell when a friend borrowed one of my books because she would leave a date and a short but silly message on its cover. Of course, some students could not handle getting and keeping a cover. The most common answer to a teacher ' s: Where ' s your cover? We need to use these books for the next seven years. If you don ' t have a cover by tomorrow the book will be confiscated, went something like this: Well, my little brother tore it off on the way to school this morning. I did have one. Really, I did. However, some teachers weren ' t that generous. If they spotted a nude book in their class, they took it right then and there. Most students were smart enough to bring covers the next day: but still, there were some who simply couldn ' t remember. As a result, they got behind in class assignments. In Ms. Brem ' s fourth period English class, a student audibly said, Well, gee, I don ' t have my assignment again today because SHE won ' t let me have my book. Ms. Brem handled the situation by coolly replying, Your book is collecting dust in my cupboard. Any time you ' d like to bring a cover for it would be fine. Thank you. Whether it was a doodle, sketch, or phrase, bookcovers, notebooks, and Pee-Chee ' s were there waiting to be modified into something new and exciting. They were like inexpensive billboards, advertising every student ' s likes and dislikes. They were as personalized as the people lugging them to and fro school and class. Even though it was a pain keeping your books covered, remember: the next seven years ' worth of underclassmen would appreciate having beautiful, well kept covers. (Even though the true cover was rarely seen.) 3 H% (? HA 1 1 65