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Large version (41K) Rock Challenge Folclorico Dancing Home Savings Career Awareness Girls' Soccer	Volume 43, 1995 Size: 9 x 12 inches Total pages: 306 -in color: 61 Theme: Forever Dons Other Notes: 1st use of computer desktop publishing in putting together the yearbook. Includes 35 pages of senior ads. ER won the Rock Challenge competition for the third year in a row. This was the last year it was held. New Clubs: Folclorico Dancing, and Latinos Unidos. "This year...there were so many applicants aspiring to sing for El Rancho that Choir had to be split into two groups, Harmony Blue and Concert Choir. Both groups had excellent rookie years." 1st appearance of the Home Savings Career Awareness program in the yearbook: "ER students learn about banking and high finance from the people who know: real life professionals in the field." 1st appearance of the AVID program in the yearbook. New Sport: Girls' Soccer. 1st appearance of the ELD classes (English Language Learners) in the yearbook.
Large version (38K) TASC ER Hosts Academic Decathlon	Volume 44, 1996 Size: 9 x 12 inches Total pages: 318 -in color: 55 Theme: The Big Picture Other Notes: Includes 53 pages of senior ads. First and only transparent plexiglass cover. New Club: Teens Assisting Senior Citizens (TASC), and the Leo's Club. ER Hosts the Academic Decathlon: "El Rancho's quad was used as the staging area for the sixty-two high school teams that participated in this year's Los Angeles County Academic Decathlon...." 1st appearance of the Team classes (Honors English/Social Studies) in the yearbook. Girls' Soccer expanded to include a Varsity and a JV team.
Large version (40K) College Night Body Art	Volume 45, 1997 Size: 9 x 12 inches Total pages: 316 -in color: 71 Theme: Time to Get Noticed Other Notes: Includes 49 pages of senior ads. College Night: "Organized by...the Career Center, College Night is an annual event allowing students to meet representatives of various colleges and careers." New Club: Modern Dance and Music Club, and the Renaissance Club. For only the 2nd time ever, the Winterbelle Court was printed in color. Included a layout on Body Art, in which the latest fashion craze-nose, tongue, eyebrow and belly button piercing-was covered. The traditional Lyp Sinc Contest made a comeback at the lunch pep rallies this year. The Junior Achievement program met Monday nights to learn the nuts and bolts of running your own business.
Large version (68K)	Volume 46, 1998 Size: 9 x 12 inches Total pages: 332 -in color: 79 Theme: Modern Don Internet: Click here to see the "Sneak Preview" collection of photos that lead up to the publishing of this edition. Other Notes: 1,281 copies of the '98 yearbook were sold--the most sales in the last five years. Includes 65 pages of senior ads, the most in ER yearbook history (1996 was the former record holder with 53 pages). Eight of the senior ads were printed in color, the first time in ER history. New Sport on campus: Girls' Waterpolo. Only the 3rd yearbook in ER history to include a photograph on the cover.
Large version (40K)	Volume 47, 1999 Size: 9 x 12 inches Total pages: 355 -in color: 71 Theme: Don (Dawn) of a New Age Internet: Click here to see the "Sneak Preview" collection of photos that lead up to the publishing of this edition. Other Notes: Protective plastic covers sold out the second day of distribution (approx. 400). This hadn't happended since the 1996 plexiglas cover. Includes 90 pages of senior ads, beating 1998 by 25 pages. Six senior ads were in color. Cover included a die cut hole to reveal the color endsheets. 3-D glasses included with each book. With these glasses, all color pages will appear three dimensional. First time academic "Students of the Month" included in yearbook. "In only their first year, the ER Faculty and Staff softball team made the district playoffs and tied for 3rd overall."