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Period	# workstations	# Students	Class	Time
1	32	37		6:40-6:50
2	32	37		6:58-7:08
3	32	37		7:17-7:26
4	32	38		7:34-7:44
5	32	47		7:52-8:02
6	32	0	Prep	8:10-8:20

Apple Lab Room 900

The Apple computers in Room 900 are sponsored by The Stampede Yearbook. The computers are loaded with conventional Apple software, Adobe software and Microsoft software. Students use 20 four-year-old eMac computers and 12 iMacs that have been purchased within the last two years. We are proud to announce that The La Costa Canyon High School Foundation recently purchased two iMacs for our lab. Our immediate goal is to upgrade our lab to a complete set of iMacs so that current software can be better supported with a more robust and adequate processor. If you are interested in helping us achieve our goal by donating a new iMac please send me an e-mail.

The Stampede Yearbook is one of the best yearbooks in the Nation according to the National Scholastic Press Association. Our yearbook was named one of the 56 finalists in the Pacemaker Award competition. You can read an article in the Union-Tribune about our efforts on their website.

Congratulations to the 2007 Stampede Yearbook Staff for the 2007 edition has been awarded Best in Class and Best of Show at Student Showcase of the San Diego County Fair. We are proud to have produced the best yearbook in San Diego County.

Courses

All of the courses offered in the Apple Lab allow the students to become trained observers of perceived objects, persons and landscapes where conventional perceptual skills are developed:

the perception of edges
the perception of spaces
the perception of relationships
the perception of lights and shadows
the perception of the whole, or gestalt

Yearbook Students will become familiar with all aspects of a student-produced publication that attempts to serve as an introduction to a professional publishing environment. Students will undergo training in imaging, graphics, and dynamic copy. The yearbook is an attempt to capture a record of events that occur throughout the year and to express them under a theme and a design that is visually pleasing and readable. This class is an elective in the English Department.	Imaging Imaging for Today and Tomorrow is an attempt to cover as many aspects of digital image manipulation in order to successfully and artistically express well thought out concepts. Two-dimensional images, three-dimensional images, digital audio, digital video are manipulated with appropriate software in order to achieve an artistic expression of a concept. Students will also engage in analog exercises using pencil and sketchbook
Fine Art Digital Photo Digital Photo is a year-long art class. The students will learn to deliberately capture images within parameters that are under their control. They will achieve mastery in technical fundamentals that will be followed by training in advanced imaging techniques where captured images will be subjected to further manipulation in order to communicate well-developed concepts.	StageCraft In my spare time I devote time to helping out the LCCHS Theatre Department remain one of the best theatre programs in the nation. Building sets and training students to operation audio and lighting equipment in the David H. Thompson Performing Arts Center helps to put on some of the best shows and to prepare students interested in pursuing further study of StageCraft in college. Check out the theatre website at www.lccanyontheatre.com