Aragon High School - El Tesoro Yearbook (San Mateo, CA)

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It All Adds Up ARAGDN MATH DEPARTMENT A year of planning combined with a confortable blend of teach- ers equaled a successful year for Aragon's math department. Classes were made more interest- ing and new leadership revitalized the department, to the benefit of both the students and faculty. The math department's struc- tural framework underwent stud- ies to obtain ways of self improve- ment. The first sign of these changes included a repackaging of Susan Bailey Edward Diaz 'G f 2 T .4 Nancy Downs Sue Keller Above Mr. Palen assists a student with these mind boggling math problems. In the center the humorous Tom Olsen explains the confusing theorems of the parallelagram. To the right Mrs. Mendez shows off her cover girl style. 142 f Math Department the classes. That means that the courses are shuffled around to of- fer 2 years of Algebra instead of having a Pre-Algebra class. As for higher math, the syllabus was cen- tered around the California State requirements and included more of such things as probability and statistics. Famous for her Birkenstocks, the new math department head, Ms. Bailey, stated, So far I'm finding being the head challenging si and sort of fun. Replacing Mrs. Ghizzone, who retired last year, Ms. Bailey provided cirricular and instructional leadership, as well as help with the revisions within the department. She took the inititave and offered support and management to the other math teachers. With good leadership and pro- gram change, the Aragon math de- partment excelled in teaching its subject. The figures added up! HRW

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Physical Education Department SOMETHING EGR EVERYO E What's your favrotie subject?', For many, the answer was P. E., a fun class without any homework. Its popularity was evident in the numbers: more than 60070 of Ara- gon's students were enrolled in P. E. But it was not all fun and games: a major emphasis was on physical fitness, with regular drills to im- endurance along with prove Spring fitness test scores. The ment's physical education depart- major goal was to intro- duce students to a wide variety of sports Cfrom aerobics to frisbeei and to start a life-long athletic hab- it. ln the process, there need be no Students stay fit and have fun at the same time while playing basketball during P.E. PUUULU A P.E. student works out in Aragon's weight room. bench-warmers, since everyone gets to play. Ms. Martin takes pride in the department of which she is co- head, calling it one of the best physical education departments on the peninsulaf' George Bolin Bill Daskarolis Gene Gordon Sue Thompson George Wilcox Physical Education 141

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R l if or X ll 'ewqmg vs nz., . QL Edie Mendez Lisa Murgo h..X Upper left Mr. Diaz, always smiling, works at the board. In the upper right hand corner, Mr. Olsen is seen again this time working at his desk. Above Mrs. Murgo happily works at the over head projector. On the left is the French math class, very rare at Aragon High School. Lou Murgo Phil Palen Not Shown: Terrance Keffer Tom Olsen Sue Ellen Powell