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

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JUST PLAY- ING AROUND. r(P »cey «nd Ash- jjy) ley are a! tempting to go down the slide. Stacey is holding on tight making sure not to slip. 1 really enjoy having time to share with my daughter after school. stated Stacey. Stacey is currently a varsity football cheerleader. Photo by Enn Powell. rfF SHOWING THEM HOW IT IS DONE. |Ua irston and Stacey are trying to teach Ashley and Cassandra how to play the favorite game of most children pattto-cake . Stacey and Kirsten are singing pattie-cake pattie-cake bakers' man ' attempting to have Cassandra and Ashley sing along. Photo by Enn Powoll. THE BALANCE OF LIFE. [ irsten is helping Cassandra to balance across the log in the play- ground at Taylor Elementary. Cassandra show mommie how to walk across the log. slated Kirsten. Kirsten is taking all college prepara- tion classes for her future plans of attending a university. Photo by Erin Powell. Moms - 3

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LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR »1. rfS t jcey Lance and Hr Kirsten Anderson watch their daughters play on the playground at Taylor Elementary. Well look at Ashley jumping on Cassan- dra.” said Stacey. Photo by Erin Powell. SlIMK MOMS eing a student in high school requires a lot of time and ef- fort and so does being a mother. Can you imagine trying to be both? Stacey Lance and Kirsten anderson think the rewards are well worth the effort. I am really happy to be a mother, and I am glad to be back in school to be able to graduate with my class, stated Stacey. Stacey and her hus- band, Jay, are raising their daughter, Ashley Nicole, who is now two years old. She and her family live in their own apartment. Stacey had strong feelings in favor of marriage and family life. She says, I had more re- sponsibilities and had to act as an adult instead of a teenager. Her friends were very supportive during the pregnancy, but she still had to grow up sooner than most teenagers. Stacey plans to go to college in the future and is considering a career in cosmetology. She and Jay would like to expand their family someday. Kirsten, with the help of her moth- er and family is raising her three year old daughter, Cassandra. She has had to give up a lot of her leisure time to spend with her daughter, but she is happy to do so. Kirsten feels that she is treated differently since her pregnancy. She states, 1 made me grow up and see life in a different way. She felt that the decision to raise the child was best for all in- volved. Her parents' support and love helped her to further her educa- tion at a state university to help sup- port and raise her family. Stacey Lance and Kirsten Ander- son can be considered to be Super Moms . They were very lucky to have such supportive and caring parents. Changes occurred in both of their daily lives. For example, it became more difficult to participate in extracurricular activities, and homework had to be done at night after the child's needs had been tak- en care of. A child requires more time, energy, and attention. The baby has to be fed, bathed, and put to bed. Stacey and Kirsten are very proud of their decision to raise their daugh- ters and continue their education. They have also proved able to han- dle challenges they face. They are both pleased and enthusiastic about the future. By Erin Powell. Deter- mination to have a family and be a student is a quality admired in Stacey and Kir- sten. ------ Moms 32“

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aster The Possibilities It is hard to believe that with all of the exciting activities and events occurring throughout the year, that students would actually have time for school work. This has been, perhaps, Santa Teresa's most suc- cessful year, and with our Varsity football, soccer, volleyball, cross- country, and swim teams capturing MHAL championships it is easy to understand why. In the area of academics, howev- er, there have been an equal num- ber of satisfying moments. For the first time in S.T.'s history, the Aca- demic Decathlon team placed sec- ond in the county. Only number one ranked Palo Alto, which has special classes devoted to producing de- cathletes, could defeat the Saint's masterminds. Also, in 1987, S.T. was honored by having nine students qualify as National Merit semi-finalists. Never before has any one school in the dis- trict had so many students qualify in the National Merit scholarship com- petition. The criteria for becoming a semi-finalist is highly selective. Stu- dents compete throughout the na- tion based upon their SAT scores and their academic record. Once again, another first for S.T. Overall, students have learned to master the possibilities Santa Teresa offers them and to make the most of their physical and mental abilities. By Jan Kopczynski. Academics 34