Seneca Valley High School - Aquilian Yearbook (Germantown, MD)

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The Speaking Eagles This Year was perhaps the best year SV's Forensics team has had. The Speaking Eagles competed in the cate- gories of humor, prose, poetry, and ex- temporaneous and persuasive speaking. 11 The Forensics Team First row: judy Oakey, Razia Kosi, Paige Pawlak, lubee Fisher, Pam Arluk, Cindy Atwater. Second: Yvonne Zietlow, Bijon, Craig Dieckhoner, Mr. Weincek, jeff Po- . land, Mark Bryan, Alex Walsh. I Debate Team The Debate Team meets weekly to T prepare for competitions against vari- ous other high schools. This year the team was very active and worked to- i gether successfully, showing their il' school spirit. K I I 21 The Debate Team Front: Tracy Lutz. Second: john Alter, I jon Kay, and Ken Littrell. ' X72 l , ForensicsfDebate

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The Math Team, represented by stu- dents from all classes, competed against four other teams in meets held every other week. Five members made up the A-team, whose scores counted for the actual competion, while the scores from the rest of the members QB-team1 counted toward individual achieve- ment. At the end of the season the team attended the Wootton Invitation- al, where 22 schools were represented. Seneca Valley finished 12th. The cap- tains, Steve Ervin and Rajesh Patel, were extremely impressed with the perfor- mance ofthe sophomore members and predict an outstanding team for next year. 11 The Math Team Members First row: Rajesh Patel, Steve Ervin. Sec- ond: Charlotte Kim, Alpa Desai, Billy Willner, Raja Shraff, David Roberts, Da- vid Ervin, Lee Yoon, Diane Pickle, Amy Rabb, Meeyoung Yoon, limyoung Yoon. Third: Ken Littrell, David Storm, Manish Shah, Div Mahta, jon Kay, John Mattioli. Not pictured: Yoon Lee, Yoo Lee, Wouje Lee. The Computer Club was one of Sene- ca's many successful clubs this year. Led by Mr. Bokansky, members of the com- puter club met to discuss programs they had created, and to gain more of an awareness of the computer itself. 21 Amy Caplan is proud to be a member in one of Seneca's more popular clubs this year. 31 Christie Nguyen types up the program she wrote on the computer. 41 Mr. Bokansky is one of the teachers who led the computer club this year. Math teamfComputer Club

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Ph sics ls Phun The 1984-1985 Physics team was an intelligent, dedicated group of students who made Seneca Valley proud. ln keeping with the SV tradition of aspir- ing towards excellence, the team mem- bers used their wits and intellect, in addition to their knowledge of physics, to compete against other schools in the Physics Olympics matches. 13 The Physics Club Members First row: Magnus Petterson, Gidget Bunnell, joe Maguire, Melonie Boga- shefsky, Lisa Samoracjzyk, Vickie Fang, julie Commette. Second: jon Kay, Brian Rowland, Courtney Clements, Wendy, Brad Rosenthal, Brett Chontos, Peter Heyman, Eric Fyock. Epitome Of Excellence Zl The It's Academic Team Members First row: Sam Kim, john Mingus, Marc Leonard, Second: Alpa Desai, Tracy Lutz, Stephanie Hsu, Trnag Tran, Grace Chou, Susan Schima, Diane,Pickle. Third: Sejal Desai, Debbie Robinson, Manesh Shah, Rob Cavedo, john Alter. Forth: Robert McLearen, Pat Ziezelberger, Forrest Chang, Rajesh Patel. Fifth: Tonya Lewer- enz, Ken Littrell, Richard Parker, lon Kay. 33 The It's Academic Team Sam Kim, john Mingus lcaptainl, Marc Leonard. The longest running quiz show in the history of television. What is leopar- dy? Wrong. What is Dynasty? Wrong. What is lt'5 AcademiC? That's right, and is it any wonder? It's Aca- demic combines the immediate excite- ment of sky-diving with the long term security of a good IRA account. The team representing Seneca Valley is made up of three seniors: Sam Kim, Mark Leonard, and john Mingus the Captain. There are also dozens of faith- ful supporters - the little people without whose help, the success of the team would not have been possible. The team walked away from the first game with an impressive victory over Edison and Bishop lreton. PhysicsfIt's Academic