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Poway High is celebrating 50 years of oper-ating as a school that has provided students the opportunity to thrive. It is a school that harbors students who are diverse individuals. With 50 years under its belt, there is no doubt that Poway High School and its students have changed over the years. But what will the school and student body be like after another half-century has passed? Some Poway High students offer their predictions of what radical changes could take place to shape the future Poway High of 2061.

With new times come new trends, and fresh-man Duc Nguyen imagines PHS students of the future wearing a get-up, “sleek and simple, like an astronaut suit without the gadgets and buttons attached, and without the helmet too.”

Sophomore Patty Reddy also took on the notion that the future fashion statement will gear towards the unconventional. “We will probably have those glowing body suits from the movie, Tron, and be all futuristic and high-tech, or we will all dress like Lady Gaga,” Reddy mused.

Influenced by the 2004 Disney television series, Phil of the Future, Reddy’s idea of the

future involves great technological advance-ments that will not only influence what people wear, but what the Poway High campus will look like. Reddy foresees a campus with build-ings of “weird shapes in chrome, metallic, and glass. There will be escalators instead of stairs, and everything would be hovering.”

Junior Charles Collins added that in the future, “buildings will probably be painted new colors and maybe more buildings will be added. Everything could become skyscrap-ers!”

Students view the future especially promis-ing with the influence of new technologies on the development of school programs. Senior Jasmine Myles envisions numerous new clubs springing to existence in years to come.

“I think that there will be tons of differ-ent clubs for crazy things that people never thought of and that are out of the norm, like underwater basket weaving.... I feel like the students will be more into trying things that aren’t the ‘usual’ and that Poway High will see some pretty creative and interesting clubs pop up in the next 50 years,” Myles said.

From metallic suits to hovering buildings to unique clubs, students' foresight of Poway High 2061 call for a technologically advanced future. Stick around for another 50 years to see if the student predictions come true.

RACHEL PHAMNews Editor

Fifty years have gone by and tens of thou-sands of students have graduated, many leav-ing their impact and going on to lead success-ful lives. Out of those successful people, some have even achieved fame.

One of the many things Poway is known for is outstanding athletics. We have produced famous athletes like Charlie Hoffman, a pro-fessional golfer who graduated in 1995 and who is a part of the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA).

Bill Lunde, who graduated from Poway in 1993 also turned professional, and is a part of PGA as well.

Poway has gained the most notoriety for the legendary band Blink-182. Tom DeLonge attended Poway High in the early 1990s.

“Tom DeLonge was a student of mine the first year I taught at Poway High School,” said science teacher Tony Manly. “[He was] not as goofy as he claims, he was actually a pretty good kid. What Tom DeLonge had was a very good sense of humor; he was funny."

"The year after Tom graduated I had been telling him I would go to one of his shows and he was playing at The Spirit, downtown. So I went to one of his concerts at the Spirit with [my friend] John and we weren’t out in

front of the stage where they were moshing, we were in the middle. . . and they turned on the house lights after intermission and I told John, ‘Let’s wave and see if we catch him on stage.’ The two of us, right in the middle of the auditorium there waving, and Tom was on the stage and he goes ‘Hey! That looks like my science teacher, Mr.Manly. Hi, Mr.Manly!”

Blink-182 has achieved much success in their years since being a small band from Poway.

They have been on the cover of Rolling Stones, and in 1999 the album Enema of the State reached the top 200 on the Billboard charts and their songs “What’s My Age Again” and “All the Small Things” put them at #9 on the top 100 Billboard charts.

They’ve won many MTV awards, and got to be incredibly famous in Europe. “I think it’s really cool, and it really adds to PHS’s history,” said junior Roslyn Akel.

Also, most recently famous is the Disney band Allstar Weekend. Zach Porter, Nathan Darmondy, Cameron Quieseng, and former member Tom Norris are all former Titans.

They have performed and made appear-ances on Good Morning America, Lopez Tonight, Rachel Ray, Sonny with a Chance,and Disney’s Annual Christmas Parade. On February 26, 2011 they were on MTV’s 10 on Top, and labeled “One To Watch.” Their album, Suddenly, debuted at 62 on Billboard 20.

BREA YOUNGStaff Writer

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Established in September of 1961, Poway High is the oldest high school in PUSD and has seen many changes since its foundation.

Starting his career at Poway in 1971, Alan Torretto has taught at Poway longer than any other teacher on campus. Torretto started teaching physical education and health, then moved to biology, which is what he teaches now. When Torretto started at Poway it was quite a different place.

“When I started teaching here it was much more rural. People rode their horses to school and wore cowboy hats –that’s not an exaggeration,” Torretto said.

In 1976, Mark Embry began teaching at Poway High. He started as a behind-the-wheel driving instructor, health teacher and P.E. coach. Today, he still teaches physical education at Poway High.

“When I first came to Poway High we had modular scheduling which means that students had varying schedules. So, not everyone came to school at the same time and not everyone was in class at the same time,” Embry said. “Other than that, the size of the school is quite a bit larger. When I started there were about 1600 students as opposed to about 2800 now.

There are more opportunities to get involved –sports, activities and clubs. Also, the expectations are higher, but kids are still kids,” Embry added.

Raymond Hall, AP test coordinator and former Poway High teacher, came to Poway High in 1977 from teaching in Alaska from 1965 to 1975. “Before Poway High was like coming to a country club; there weren’t any homes around here, there were horses, avocado groves and orange groves,” Hall said.

“Now, it’s become more caring, the students are more caring. The community service and senior proj-ects help students look beyond themselves and be better prepared for like after high school,” Hall added.

Beverly Clark, one of Poway’s math teachers, has also been here since 1983. Clark recalls a different layout of the school, with buildings in the senior parking lot, chalk boards and a particularly horrible smoking section.

“My favorite memory of Poway High has got to be the kids; the students are just the best. They’ve always been the best; the kids here are just great,” Clark said, “I think Poway today is more tech-driven, but stu-dent-wise, I think they’re pretty much the same. Some kids are involved, [and] some aren’t, but the students aren’t as congregated. They used to all hang out in just one place, but now they’re all kind of strewn about.”

Poway High has seen many changes throughout the years and will see more in the future, but the Titan spirit will always remain strong.

BRIGID MCCARTHYStaff Writer

Students imagine the school's future

Poway alumni take their talent to the big league

Teachers remember cowboys and horses

1961 - 2011

Templar Hall opened and was used for community activities, including a temporary Poway High School until 1897.

1920

A new school was built across Community Road and remodeled from a two story building into one.

1922

The First Staff "cottage" was added to Poway High-school.

1930

Poway used its first school bus.

1961

The school location was moved to its current position on Espola Road, marking the official beginning of Po-way High.

“My favorite memory

of Poway High has got to be the kids..." //BEVERLY CLARK“

It's become more caring, the students are more caring. //RAYMOND HALL“

People rode their hors-es to school and wore cowboy hats –that’s not an exaggeration.” //ALAN TORRETTO

“Poway’s my home,

I couldn’t teach any other place.” //MARK EMBRY