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

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KILL ME NOW. BEFORE DEAD- LINES! At a yearbook summer camp Tom 1 shows the stress involved in putting out a quality yearbook. These kids are paying good money ior memories. IB so we have to make them as vivid as , possible. Photo by Kathy Daly. WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW? Tom snarls in distress as someone asks him for help with a headline. I Though he shoots down many first tries, students usually find one to . like to do their work for them, but I donJwanj adumbhi adiint , in the book. Photo by Aaron TOM. WHAT DO I DO? Ian Kotx-zynski ask:; ior h--:p on ins Student Life layout. Though the ed:tor can answer most gur Tom is the final authority on what goes in the book. “These kids are! great. Sure, they have questions. I but they do most of it on their J own. Pholo by Aaron Francis. M V— Dedication 3T

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WITH A SPRING IN HIS STEP. Mr. Fulton goes ixick ;p his math room • to get some needed information. Since he has two classrooms he keere meet of his materials in his backpack A or his Vgnaqon. The students mav not appreciate our hard work now, ™ but in 20 years they'll be able to look back on these years and not just see I pictures oi what happened, but be able to read about it, too. Photo by THE MAN, THE MVTH He's more like a friend than just a teach- er. He's a cool i . guy! Each year the yearbook staff decides who will receive the honored dedication. It goes to an outstanding teacher, administrator, or faculty member. The 1988 staff unanimously decided that the man who sacrifices his life for the book deserved it most of all. So we dedicate the 1987-88 Compen- dium to our advisor, Mr. Tom Fulton. This man, known to students as Mr. Fulton. TF, or just Tom, is a friend to all. An English majorat UC Berkeley, Tom teaches Algebra 11 and Year- book. Though he expects dedication and hard work from all of his stu- dents, most try not to disappoint him. But he also makes his classes fun. He jokes around with his students, is famous for his puns, and sometimes does things just to shock people and make them laugh. In yearbook class he has eaten both a carnation and a worm, both in the midst of deadline stress. Tom has dedicated most of his free time to the yearbook. Most people do not realize how much time it takes. He comes to school at night and on weekends, sometimes even bringing his two sons. Matt and David, to help the staff complete their layouts. He does get stressed when we are late, but he would rather send a deadline in a week late than compromise the quality of the book. But it shows. The 1985-86 and 1986-87 editions were both award winning publications, and the 1986-87 book was named one of the five best in the nation. “Though we on staff may have been upset with him for making us do our work, we tried not to disap- point Tom because we could never have done it without him, stated Photo Editor Heather Conley. Most of the staff agreed, as well as his other students. Sam Singer, one of his Algebra II students, said, “He's more like a friend than just a teacher. He's a cool guy. The yearbook staff hopes that this dedication will show our apprecia- tion to Mr. Fulton and encourage him to keep up the good work in whatever he does. But what we really want to say is, Thanks, Tom! By Andrea Hillis. BOREDOM STRIKES. Cau2hnnJho £Cl t JC San during Yearbook West, an annual 1 summer camp tor staff members irom': the West Coast. Tom is an advisor . ' : ' ■ layouts. It's an intense week of train-M .nq. but it's lots o: iun. Photo by Kathy Daly. Academics

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On the day of the big Oak Grove football game; De- cathlon history was being made. Academics 38 TT CELEBRATING ANOTHER POINT 4 Scholastic level competitor Catherine Hedden celebrates another correct answer at the Super Quiz. Cathenne was a member ol the Na- tional Honors Society this year. Photo courtesy of Esprit. TIRELESS DEDICATION n the morning of Satur- day, November 14, there was a small group of Santa ------Teresa students who spent the day in a classroom, taking tests. These people were the members of the 1987-88 Academic Decathlon team. For the entire day. these stu- dents spent the day being tested in Language and Literature, Fine Arts, Science, Social Sciences, Mathemat- ics, Economics, Essay, Interview, and Speech. The team consisted of approxi- mately 20 members. Of these 20 members, nine are chosen to repre- sent Santa Teresa High School at the competition. The team is divided into three levels, based on the grade point averages of the students. The Honors level is for students with a G.P.A. of 3.75 to 4.0. 3.0 to 3.74 is for the Scholastic level, where the Varsity level's G.P.A.'s are below 3.0. For each level, there are two ac- tual competitors, as well as one alter- nate. The selected team consisted of Honors level competitors Mike Young, Viet Nguyen, and Renata Za- lizynak. Arvind Suthar, Catherine Hedden, and Lisa Sevcik competed on the Scholastic level, while the Varsity level was made up of Jason Bennert, Andy MacLennan, and Ro- byn DeHerder. On the day of the competition, the decathletes are sent through a series of tests, as well as speeches and inter- views. The height ol the competition is the Super Quiz, where the com- petitors are asked questions on the history of flight. The Super Quiz is best part of the competition. It's where you get to find out how well everyone studied, says Varsity alter- nate, Robyn DeHerder. The Academic Decathlon awards banquet was held on December 8, 1987. Here, the teams find out, for certain, who won the competitio This year, Santa Teresa placed se ond in the entire competition. This the best that Santa Teresa has ev done, and the first school, outside Palo Alto, to place in the top thre At the banquet, the competito also find out who won individu awards for subject scores. Certi cates were won by Arvind Suthar f science, Andy MacLennan for s ence and math, Catherine Heddt for speech, Robyn DeHerder for fir arts, and Jason Bennert for fine ar social science, economics, essa and speech. Bennert also was awar ed two silver medals for speech, ar overall score. The second place victory for tl Saints was a tough one to achieve. I Robyn DeHerder put it, Palo A1 always wins the competition. Fro there, it is just a matter of who tak second. So, for us, it was just like wii ning. By Laura Geer.