Amador County High School - Skip Yearbook (Sutter Creek, CA)

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Community Push Interest Rises Increased community concern in the 1979-80 school year prompted the development of inner district parent and advisory groups. The com- munity, stated Superintendent Ben Klotz, is more cooperative and also more demanding. Parents are taking a more active interest in school board activities, but are also pushing for education in subjects which were formerly taught at home. The board received several let- ters from parents who felt that teachers should instruct children in areas previously labeled parent responsibilities. Said Klotz, These things show a general lack of concern for proper hygiene. 1. This plaque, offered by the Native Sons of the Golden West, indicates the necessity for more building space at Amador. 2. Superintendent Ben Klotz reviews the high school's moraldilemmas before they are presented to the board. Sponsored by Castte Bookkeeping Pine Grove District Office 25

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LIMITING OUR PREIUDICES HORIZONS OF CONSIDERATION 1. Mary Io Fox- Physical Education 9-12, English 10 Lab and English 11 Practical. Awareness is an area that is gradually attaining expansion. The school sys- tem and individuals associated with it are beginning to recognize scholastic and athletic achievements of females at ACHS. Now it is time for the women themselves to say wholeheartedly UI can instead of Let him or I'm not strong enough. 2. Iohn Hawkins- Welding IXII, Beginning Agriculture Mechanics, Agricul- tural Shop, Vocational Fine Arts and Power Equipment. 3. Dennis Larson- Drivers Education and Physical Education First year teacher eager to teach, frustrated by students unable to reach. Breaking the ties of yesterdays, making new friends and learning new ways. Discipline, homework, careers and hope followed by burnouts, dropouts and dope. Armbands, dress codes, community despair, student growth and building programs, tax payer beware! Years of frustrations, years of delight, back again next year until you do it right! 4. Lenelle Hardy- Teacher Aide- Vietnamese students I think our community is expanding and growing in their gracious accep- tance of people from other countries and cultures. It makes me happy to know our horizons of consideration for others have not been limited by our own prejudices. 5. Dave Richmond- Survey of Criminal Iustice. Xl we -'i5',g:.2 ' lb-Y All Qt .f.-la0.-1- - 24 Teachers

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America Culture Sparks Interest I wanted to learn how people of a different culture lived so I came to America. In Ecuador I attend a pri- vate boys school with 400 students. I am used to the small schools but not the co-educational situation. English was very difficult when I first came to Amer- ica, but with practice it is improving. When I first came to this country I was staying with the Garthe family: I moved in with the McBride's. Salvador Cazar I came to America from Tokyo, Iapan, because I have been interested in the customs of Americans. I attend a public co-educational school where I would be a ju- nior, here at Amador I am a senior. ln Iapan I studied English for five years, but had a difficult time under- standing the people. The thing I like most about America is the friendliness, openness, and cheerfulness. The people of Iapan are less open and very quiet. Kyoko Yamamoto I came to America from Varde Denmark. I wanted to see how people in another country live. fWe had a per- son from Ohio staying with us over the summer.j I am having a difficult time adjusting to the food Americans eat. It is greasier and spicier than that of Danish food. I especially hate tacos. They are much too greasy. ze Foreign students Per Bjerrum