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

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Nick Shehadi Algebra 1,2, trigonometry anoly sis. Richard Starks Art 1 metals 1.2.3. Holen Stine Volunteer program secretary. A1 Stines Student advisor. Warren Strouse Photo 1.2, drawing and painting 1.2. art history. Joan Styczynski Team teaching clerk. Lesley Suckow Basic reading, basic study skills. Melody Tomaselli Special education instruc- tional aide. Susan Tramel Student advisor. Howard Trekell Counselor. Chris Tsuji Introduction to computer science. al- gebra 2. geometry. John Turner English 3. reading improvement 2.3. Ann Tyler Library technician. Barbara Uchiyama Gym. Edward Vierra Activities director Richard Wade Introduction to algebra, algebra i. geometry. Joan White English ! A. Pat Wilson French 1. Spanish 2. Catherine Worden Consumor math, introduction to algebra, chemistry. William Yamaki Principal Janice Young Team teaching clerk, math. 2 ec'lI U «Cyf 1VI' • fj A) £yyi%ljlSL Z yupt jJU terny2j. lu . YKlLC y vj UiJ'l'l lie Zj24t-£ y Jicou , CM put f Faculty 223

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Much of the success of this year's Academic Decathlon team is attribut- ed to Mr. Bill Sheehy. The Decathlon competition is all part of the . . . An alPnight. The history of flight isn't too tough, re- marked assistant coach Michelle Chappare during one of those fre- quent cram sessions. Mr. Sheehy and Mi- chelle coach Renata Zaliznyak on the finer points of avi- ation history. Photo by Laura Geer. WORLD ACCORDING TO SHEEHY r People cadence Decathlon head coach Bill Sheehy encouraged, All right you guys, go out there and kick some butts! The team did just that. Placing second overall out of twenty-seven schools com- peting. the 1987 Decathlon team was the best in Santa Teresa's his- tory. The team attributes their suc- cess to Mr. Sheehy. Administering tests, appointing student coaches, recruiting possi- ble Decathletes, and researching topics are just a few of the respon- sibilities Mr. Sheehy must master- mind. Student coach, Michelle Chappars, felt that, With Mr. Sheehy there's more of a friend- to-friend relationship. He's really fun to be around ... just the way that he is makes people want to do good. He's just cool! The Academic Decathlon is a competition in which a carefully selected group of students com- pete in ten events including sci- ence, astrology, and fine arts. When asked about his goals for next year's team Mr. Sheehy re- plied, Ultimately, we would like to stay in the top five. More than that, I would like for the kids as well as the teachers to realize that it's not how you place, but how you grow as a result of the compe- tition. Although the Academic De- cathlon ranks highly on Mr. Sheehy's list of priorities, he still manages to teach English courses and Western Civilizations. He is also an active member of the Oak Grove School District Board of Di- rectors. In his spare time he runs competitively. Mr. Sheehy's enthusiasm car- ries over into his classroom be- cause many ol his students come to the competition and cheer along with Sheehy and the rest of the competitors. Santa Teresa tra- ditionally has the loudest cheer- ing section, and thanks to Mr. Sheehy and the team, this year was no exception. By Laura Geer. 3. ok te Js c mjzc « sfcgcf' c k y

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here Credit is Due There it is, Suite K, the office of the Marine Corps Recruiting Service. There is no turning back, I have to do this. I thought to myself. Only seconds after I set foot in the door, I was approached by rather large man in a Marines' uni- form. I knew what he was thinking. He was hoping I had come there be- cause I was interested in joining the Service, he was wrong, and after I let him down and told him I wasn't in- terested, I had to convince him to buy an ad in our yearbook. This story is told by a student on the yearbook staff and stories like this are not uncommon when speak- ing of attempts to sell ads. All stu- dents on Compendium staff were re- quired to sell ads this year in order to get an A in the class for the first semester. Some students talked oth- er students into selling their ads for them. Jan Kopczynski sold an ad for Laura Geer and in turn, she wrote an article for one of his layouts. This didn't happen in too many cases be- cause on every ad a student sold, he or she made a 20% commission on the price of the ad; considering that the cost of one page of advertising is $200, 20% commission is a pretty handsome sum. Selling ads is a primary way to raise money to pay for the book's production. The more ads we sell, the more money we will have to work with to produce a better book. Billy Oliver said, It took a lot of con- fidence and determination, but it was worth the money. By Heather Conley ds and Index 224