Santa Teresa High School - Compendium Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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COMMITMENT Yearbook staff is dedication, hard work, creativity; it’s ... More than Snapshots here are several misconcep- tions about the responsibil- ities of the Compendiium staff. Most people believe that all we have to do is take pictures, but in fact we have so many people counting on our work that the class is more like a job than a class. As the editor Andrea Hillis said, It's more than a job. it's an adventure.” Tom Fulton and the current staff select who will be accepted at the beginning of the next school year. The new members are trained by Mr. Fulton and the veteran class mem- bers so they will have the necessary skills for the class. Each student is as- signed six or seven layouts, having a deadline by which it must be com- pleted. Six layouts may not sound like a lot, but when you look at what goes into one layout, you'll find it's quite a task. For each layout they are responsi- ble for pictures, captions, a headline, and article, and a layout design. Then a layout must be drawn up on a spreadsheet with two carbon copies beneath it. Laura Geer says, The hardest thing about the layouts is that if you mess up, you mess up three times, and each copy has to be cor- rected.” Then pictures must be cropped to fit the spaces on the lay- out along with the captions, head- line. and article. All parts of the book must be done by the beginning of April so, when you consider the first month and a half of the school year is spent on training and coming up with a theme for the book, it seems amazing that all the work gets done.. In the past two years the Compen- dium has received All American Honors 1986-87 from the National Scholastic Press Association, Medal- ist rating 1986-87 from the Colum- bian Scholastic Press Association, then the Gold Crown Award which is the highest award a yearbook can receive, second place in the Santa Clara County Youth Expo, and third place in the Journalism Educational Association Expo. The 1987-88 Compendium staff is certain that the 87-88 edition will be even better. By Heather Conley. Consulting with tho oxport. Ian Kopczynski talks to Mr. Fulton about his lay- out designs for the academics section. Ian is the academics section editor and it ts hts responsibil- ity to design the layouts for his section and as- sign them to the people with the pages in it. ; Yearbook is a good experience, not to men- tion that it looks good on a college transcript. Pholo by Heather Conley. Compendium 111

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Not stopping for a bit® to oat. Darin Walker. Aaron Francis, and Heather Conley chow down close to a deadline. “Yearbook is difficult to lit it in with a part- time job. said Darin. Photo by Suzanne Nel- son. Tho Compendium staff. Front row: Terri Lyn, Kalinda Ukanwa, Erin Powell, Marie Bialomcki, Cheryl Ma- son. Second row: Mike McMahon. Valene Orsolini. Christine Wang, Tanya Pine, Su- zanne Nelson, Heather Conley, Lance Par- due. Andrea Hillis. Third row: Tom Fulton. Mike West. Ralph Drendel, Aaron Francis. Billy Oliver. Sean Grace. Darin Walker. Shelly Woods. Jan Kopczynski, Laura Goer. Photo by Mike DeVito. It's been a long days night. Andrea Hillts begins to put things away after a long night session near the second deadline. Andrea is the Compen- dium editor and finds herself at many of the overtime sessions; not only getting her things done, but making sure everyone else does. Because I'm also ASB President, its hard to find time for everything but I'm glad I took the job of edi'or. Photo by Heather Conley. Trying to blend in with the crowd. Laura Geer gets candids at break in tho quad. Laura is a first-year member of Com- pendium staff and also captain of the Varsity Volleyball team. “When 1 first signed up for this class, I thought it was going to be 'bone head' but it has turned out to be a lot of work. Photo by Lance Pardue. Organizations 110 ■■

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The jazz band. First Row: Chris Nucci, Emily Hatfield. Ke- vin Haddad. Garrick Briukalns. Debbie Smith. Jason DaCunha. Allan Hovland. Sec- ond Row: Matt Griffin. Bryan Lindsey. Robb Anderson, Cathy Schreier, Rob Burk. Micaela Gutierrez. Casey Husser. Molly Mi- toma. Third Row: Jason Padilla. Dean Baumgartner, Marvin Spann. Brandon File. Brian Padilla. Eric Fenton. Mike Reed. Photo by Terri Lin. HARMONY The crowd chanted wildly. The cheerleaders burst into a new routine. ST was ahead, and ... The Band Played On Nightclub material. Thinking about the band's next performance. Lars Samson belts out a tune on his saxo- phone. He feels that this year's band is one of the best over. 'The band is really involved this year, and we're all very dedicated to our mu- sic. Photo by Terri Lin. o, it's not Disneyland, but NST's marching band musi- cally applauding touch- downs, kick-offs, and scores. Participation in the band was at an all-time high. Although not required to play, many of the band members performed at extra football games to support ST's team. In addition, the band performed a field show at the big homecoming game. I see a really good attitude in this year's band, said president Carmen Johnson. “I'm really pleased with how much involvement there was. Everyone really held together and cooperated.” Despite the fact that practicing for the year's busy football season mo- nopolized much of the band's time, plans on the agenda were to play at Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm, and Magic Mountain. Also planned were trips to march in the San Francisco Columbus Day Parade and the Merced County Fair. Said music teacher Mike Reed, “I've had the most fun I've ever had with a school band this year. This year's band is the greatest bunch of kids I've ever worked with. Meanwhile, ST's jazz band was also hard at work. They played for several community functions such as the Boys' Club International and the Optimists' Club. They also played at an average of one jazz festival per month, traveling to places like Sacra- mento, LA, and Reno. In the Ever- green Youth Adult Jazz Society, the band performed as the top-ranking high school jazz band. Both bands also contributed to ST's winter concert, playing several Christmas and Jazz pieces. Whether marching up a storm or jazzing it up, ST's bands add a spark to school events that only the sound of music can provide. By Terri Lin Organizations TIT