Hemet High School - Tahquitz Yearbook (Hemet, CA)

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Music, Art, Drama Spark Creativity 1969-70 was the first year for a formal Fine Arts Department, a combination of music, art, and drama, headed by Mr. Mattox. Courses included in the department were: Advanced and B bands, Chorus, Yearbook, Drama, Basic Design, Ceramics, Sculpture, Painting, and Commerical Art. The classes were taught by Mr. Mattox, Mr. Childers, Mr. Paulson, Mr. McLaughlin, Mrs. Dietz, and Mr. Ashenfelter. Individual vocal techniques were introduced by Mr. Childers in all of his music classes. This was also the first year for the Drama coach, Mr. McLaughlin, to teach the Forensic class, in addition to his drama courses. 194 ' lH

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Top left Mary Kay Johnson, middle left Hap Lovell, bottom left JoAnna Reed, top right Judith Bessler, middle right James Taylor, bottom right Richard Robertson. 193

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Business Dept. Trains Students In Job Skills Top left Wanda Cook, bottom left Barbara Adams, top right Robert Walter, middle Karen Preece, bottom right Beryl Penacho. ■ ' ■ ' ■ vfliH m % t • ' ■£ i «. k ; ■M With 21 different class offerings ranging from Typing I to Data Processing, the Business Education Department was actively training students in job skills. A new class this year was the one-semester Business English, which gave a grammar review plus many opportunities to express oral and written form replies to business situations. Another new class was Advertising which was an introduction to the field of retailing and selling. To help students who needed more typing skills before undertaking the vocationally oriented Typing II, a one-semester class in Intermediate Typing was set up. Work Education, where students train and work in downtown businesses, was under the direction of Mr. Walter. 195