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

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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.

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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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TAKING A NAP Viet Nguyen naps at the Decathlon ovemighter. These ovemighters arc designed to get all oi the team members together to study as a group. Viet was a member ol the National Honor Society, as well as the California Scholarship Federation. Pho'.o by BOTTOM ROW: Robyn De Herder MIDDLE: Coach Bill Sheehy, Arvind Suthor. Michelle Choppers, Viet Nguyen TOP: Andy Mac Lennon. Catherine Hedden. Lisa Sevcik, Jason Bennert, Mike Young, Renata Zalizynak. Pho TAKING A BREAK FROM TESTS Mike Young rests between tests at the competition. Mike was one ol the Honors level competitors. Mike was also a member ol the Notional Honor Society and the California Scholarship Federation. Photo Decathlon