Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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pBANK OF AMERICA certificate winners, Alex Perez lTrades and Industryj, Barbie Ves- elic lForeign Languagel, Teresa McClusky lHome Economicsj. Not shown: Cindy Perez lfvlusicl, Marina Cunewardena lArtl, Denise May lBusinessJ, Mario Garcia lMathJ, Kevin lones lSciencej, David Lewis lEngIishl, and Bill Donner, lSocial Sciencel. YCSF LIFE MEMBERS. Front row: Mario Gar- cia, Andrew Nishida, joe Kim. Second row: Karen Lindemulder, Suzan Garner, Michael Doppert. Third row: Rita Shaing, Sandra Mulli- gan, Patricia Healy. Fourth row: Barbara Ves- elic, Gretchen Mark, Michael Simone. Not Shown: Lori Lowe. ,RECEIVING PLAQUES for excellence in their department are Karen Lindemulder lMath!Sci- encej, Mike Simone lliberal Artsl, and Danna Perry lVocational Artsl. Not shown: Tammy Wilgus lFine Artsl. Awards

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Revolutionj. David went on to fur- ther competition by taking a test on American and California history. The national winner received 52,000 For college-bound students, the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test QPSATJ was good practice for the real thing, the SAT lScholastic Aptitude lTestl. The PSAT was usually taken to 5? test one's self before the official SAT was taken. For three students, Paul Horn, Kevin jones and Mike Simone, scores were so high in the PSAT that they were named Commended Stu- dents in the 1980 Merit Program. Fat- hia Sessing was also Commended in the National Achievement Scholar- ship Program for Outstanding Negro Students. These students were com- pared with others throughout the country and could increase their chances for college admissions and financial aid. One didn't have to be a brain to achieve recognition. Many students felt that extra-curricular activities were just as important as academic work. Those active students became liglx .w,v v4 ,a f AGETTING READY fOr his German 4 Clagg, ning to major in math at the University of Cali- David Lewis was the recipient of the Daughters fOfDi-3 dl lfVif19- of American Revolution Award. David is plan- 'tl' il -..,y: recipients of the Who's Who Among High School Students award. This recognition was given to 20 juniors and 35 seniors. Many of these same students received the honor of being in the Society of Distinguished American High School Students. The trophies, plaques and certifi- cates were taken home and displayed in the study or living room. But the real award came when the students felt their hard work had a purpose and they had achieved something worthwhile. Q MU AUSING A TWO-HANDED BACKHAND Lori Lowe rallies the ball with her opponent. To pre- pare her for the debate on the subject of econom- ics Lori was trained two hours a week for four weeks, In addition to her studies Lori was on the Varsitytennisteam. Awards

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ri- r-5 Xxx! X For many seniors, getting through gh school with just Cs and D's was od enough. Others tried to do the st job they could by studying and rning high grades. This hard work d not go unnoticed, however, as any of these hardworking seniors ceived awards for their outstanding holastic achievement. To a senior involved with CSF, .ming the title of Life Member as an important goal. Karen Lin- .emulder explained, Being a life ember looks good on my college IXHTICDIXI AT LAST record . To earn the honor of life member a CSF member had to achieve four semesters of ten grade points, with one of those semester being in the senior year. The Bank of America departmental awards were awarded to 14 outstand- ing seniors. Four of these seniors were awarded plaques and the remaining ten received certificates. The winners were determined by each department. Every department nominated three people. The Schol- arship committee then reviewed the nominations and chose a winner for each category. The grade point aver- age andthe number of credits earned in the area of nomination were the basis on which the winners were chosen. When the awards were announced many seniors were envious of those who received them, wishing that they had studied a little more or taken time to bring their grades up. For those seniors who did receive awards, it proved that the old adage, hard work pays off, is truea Awards