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

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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

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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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Tho marching hand. First Row: Tara Whito. Tracy Franklin. Julie Rowan. April Nishimoto, Annette White, Christina Fletcher. Serena Schnayer, Lara Iwasaki. Amy Gigliotti. Second Row: Fran ces Lin, Julie Valdez. Carmen Johnson, Jeni Clark. Stephanie Petralia. Stephanie Prit- chard, Anne James. Samantha Urata. Third Row: Mike Reed. Rob Grocock, Jenni Brauns. Heather Gilinsky, Erin Smith. Frank Zee. Suzie Moncada, Aaron Callanta, Eliza- beth Martinez. Adam Fukushtma. Fourth Row: Tammy Dower. Crystal Song. Brian Pa- dilla. Lars Samson. Tim Montego. Ashish Arya. John Schoonover, Loren Rendler. Karey Houston. Cathy Schreier. Fifth Row: Mike Warner. Jeff Goodner, Jeff Higdon, Mark McFadden. Dave Giuliani, Allan Hov- land. Jason Vorwerk. Brandon File. Derek Venema. Photo by Western School Portraits. Two's company. Behind the scenes at tho Wintor Concert, Jenni Brauns and Stephanie Petralia practice Christmas songs. Each has been in the band three years and two years respectively. Ex- claimed Stephanie. It's a lot of hard prac- tice, but it's all worth it in the end!” Jenni added. Playing in the band is fun. and you meet a lot of new people. Photo by Terri Hut-two-three-four! Trying to ignore the audience of hundreds, Julie Valdez marches straight ahead. The band's field show was one of the highlights of the homecoming game. This is my second year in band, and I enjoy it very much. I look forward to my junior and senior years in band. Photo by Terri Lin. JJBTQ Band 113