West High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Torrance, CA)

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tfzzoaglz 012615 eiled by long bangs, the artist's discriminating evaluate the paint as his hands try to mix the sired color. The bell rings and he is hesitant to leave his work. With dedicated and talented artists, Life Drawing was only one ofthe many fine arts courses at West. ln the visual arts, Gabe Kreisworth and Richard Sauers offered a well rounded arts background. While Kreisworth taught the basics of composition, colors, proportions . . , Sauers de- scribed his classes as 'ithe other half of the visual arts, teaching the techniques of working in three dimensions. Encompassing all of the dimensions, Kreisworth and Sauers both agreed that West has the best artsyclasses in I the South Bay. Although the quality ofthe arts program has declined due to budget cuts, Sauers reaffirms that we still have an excellent program. D In the performing arts, Westis even more complete. With. Modern Dance, Drama, Chorus and Band, all aspects are represented. Kathleen Jensen, the chorus instructor, com- mented that West has an arts program superior to most schools. As a new teacher, she takes joy in the high quality. atfwest. .Offered at ,West are Aristocratiy, WindfEnsembtE,. S1 Dance Company, Play Production, and Life Drawing - all of these classes givethe students a chance to explore and excell ingtheiarts. a fairly, new grrival, Dance instructor Carole Yorke feels' fortunate tofbe ableto work with such an abundance of talent. Requiring much insight and creativity, York is most proud of the ,motivation H9931 i'1 0Vf?'Pi0U in CIHHCQFS- 'XCHQFQOQYHDHY is thing new,Somethingoriginalthat is created by the individf' ual dancers. Lin . 1 ...... Layout by Jenny Lin aiidMaSayo Omori ' ' ' ' Photos by Lara Linford, Billy Hardy and Hunter Moore g 5565 her5QPQ- , the fiamewark of his dragon, Sophomore David Kingson begins work on his project. . Tunihgfeach otiieh Aristocracy members Scott Fisher and Taiho Ya- mada glance through their music piece for the last time. M o rrrr r IXIIH'-illlllil' rim: msn :i 95

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' - N A i Q ti X ' s 5 Uv 0 ' 0 - . -.,, g Q. , Q K A , .X 41, we a i, 0 Qmlwv Amazed that the calculator is functioning, senior Mike Donato andjunior Stephanie Scharfmanjump at the chance to check their figures. Discussing typing errors, junior Kim Schettier talks with teacher Darel Kelley. -D Stroking the keys, freshman Stephanie Gray concen- trates on a timed writing. ll llXll'l'l' 96 IHIHNLJJ