Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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.3408 ,nr 1. Senior Lisa Whigney asks junior their class are JJ Little and James Gary Haxby a question on im- Burke. 3. Junior Kristen Neiland promptu speeches. 2. Discussing and senior Lisa Whitney carefully the male and female Interests with listen toa lecture. MN ff al W3 Speech!Forensics 63

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Parti ipation improves s eec year Frankly speaking, Wayne Read, speech adviser, thought Tokay's speech team was an improvement because of the in- crease in participation. This year we have two classes instead of one, said Mr. Read, so we're offering more. This year we had a significant increase in participation and the quality was better. According to Mr. Read, the average number of Tokay partic- ipants in the speech tournaments was seven last year. Presently, the average was 15. We achieved awards this year more so than last year, said Mr. Read. We had additional plac- ings, and some students won money. According to Nlr. Read, this year's quality students were Lisa and Lori Whitney, Christine Hir- ata, Thuc Nguyen, Eric Perez, Cha Lo, Darryl McLaughlin, Cherie Sintes, and Kimberlee Giberson. We're working on time to rehearse, said Mr. Read. We don't have a whole period to practice our speech presenta- tions. This year l had people come in after school to rehearse if they wanted to. We got some practicing done, but not en- oughf' According to Lisa Whitney, the events in the speech tourna- ments that she had success in were the Duet Interpretation and Congress. 4. Wayne Read, speech director lectures on impromptu speeches. 5. Citing a speech with hand gestures is senior Thuc Nguyen. 6. Giving a speech on abortion is senior Lori Whitney. 629 Ms-'...,.. . . fm, i 1 According to Perez, th speech program has improved. When l first started, ther were only about five active merr bers, and we weren't very suc cessful, said Perez. This yea we have about 20 active men' bers and usually we place high i the individual events at the toui namentsf' by Zuriel Cervante. Photos by ALisa Stone mTwmTT -.

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Program offers credit to hard working stud nt Having a job, turning in a weekly time sheet signed by your employer, and attending one meeting each week were the main requirements for juniors and seniors in the Work Experi- ence program, according to Robert Dickson, program coor- dinator. The main reason that students became involved in the Work Experience program was to earn extra credits and money at the same time. lt helped both ways, academically, and financially, said Mr. Dickson, who has been in charge of the Work Experi- ence program for 13 years. Students earned up to five units for one period and a maximum of 20 units per semester, according to Mr. Dickson. It was possible for them to earn 40 units during their junior and senior years. According to Mr. Dickson, there was a vast variety of jobs that his students were employed 1. One of the last honest pizza makers, junior Anthony Sheets tends to his Round Table duties. 2. After a whopping day at school, senior Vickie Ashworth earns cre- 64Q dits and cash by sewing Burger King customers. 3. Work experi- ence director Robert Dixon reviews studentjob schedules. Photo by Darrin Coe ln. They're all over the county, from grocery stores to offices, to welding and mechanic shops, said Mr. Dickson. But basically, fast food restaurants were a popular beginning job. According to Mr. Dickson, students were also allowed to leave school one or two periods earlier, depending on their work schedule, but the student's coun- selor must approve of it first. by Tim Skamel Photo by Steve Chesley .f Z