Archbishop Mitty High School - Excalibur Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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. . . but somebody's got to do it . . . You see, doctor, it all began when I had this strange dream. I remember that I walked into one of those old brick school houses after ringing the bell next to the door. Then, I sat at the desk in the front of the class and watched all the children file into the room. There must have been fifty of them, girls on one side of the class and the boys on the other side. All ofthe girls were in pink frilly dresses and they had their hair in braids tied with ribbons. The boys were decked out in shoes, knee socks, knickers, and longsleeved white shirts with little bow ties adjusted just right. The funny thing was that everyone looked so picturesque that Ithought it was a scene from a fairy tale. I made some vague motion and everyone uniformly took their seats. I was amazed! Work books, text books, and lunches all took their specified place on the corners of the table tops. Then, like a row of dominoes, each student stood up and began to parade past my desk. The first placed a polished red apple right smack in the middle of my desk. The rest of the children followed suit and before long, I was bombarded with a trunk load of red delicious apples! It was really scary. By the time they had taken their seats, I was buried: I could not even move. Suddenly, I was alone and I could not breathe under the weight of all those apples! I began to cry for help, hoping that someone would hear me. I then felt a strong hand pulling me up. 'Thank God,' I said. It was the Boonieville sheriff: A quite handsome young man. He put me on his horse and said, 'Well ma'am, Ijes' hope you feel awlright.' lthink I mumbled, 'I'm okay,' Then we rode off into the sunset. - Now isn't that crazy? Sorry, doctor. lsn't that bizarre? I didn't know what to think of it. I'm a teacher, you know, so you may find some connection there. What do you think? lt's jes' part of the territory, ma'am. - Tina Johnson

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2 Sandra Mack fleftl gives her free time to helping students develop their writing skills. Here she aids Andre Ryssemus on a difficult assignment. Phil Sumner lbelc contemplates i rising wind as relaxes on his yacl Nomad ll. N Bridger frightj enji his time off, spend it on the sea. Jo Mazor fbelow rig demonstrates the of being a counsel Staff A Iook into academics, a profile or two, and what does it take to be a teacher?

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Rev. John Flussi President ll 4 A little help xtra! Extra! Troubled students find help to earn better grades. Students are finding it easier to get higher grades due to two special programs. These students understand what they are studying and how to do well in their work. One of these organizations is the Learning Assistance Program staffed by Beverly Luck- enbill and Gerry Large. This program was started last fall by Evelyn Gidden. At first she only had two students. but by the end of the year she had nine. The second is the Lan- guage Skills Development Program. Both share a common goal: find ways to use stu- dents' strengths to compensate for their weakness and develop language skills. Brother Steve .Johnson and counselor Bernie LeBoy help students in the L.S. D. P. improve their thinking skills. The L.S.lIJ.P. is open to all grades. Stu- dents may be referred by parents, teachers, counselors, or go voluntarily if they need help in a particular subject. The Learning Assistant presents informa- tion in different ways to help the student with difficult subjects, said Luckenbill. Freshmen in the L.S.D.P. take the same classes. However they have .Johnson for En- glish. Global Studies, and Believing. They also Q N Q. . , ,Wd will li' ' iw' will- lasl5l ww slliilw-lgllq 'iffy it l il will iiifij ,lj ,i -wild, g W lil -i .www . 'Sm Mew . i wwflfim. jwm. . Wills my A-Li-,W ligfinygigj, -1 vjj i.W.i:i.wjj3Qg Pla H j 'fi ll, from my have Lelfloy for study methods. Each sta. has an individualized program. The Language Skills Development gram is an intense course and involves work than the regular freshmen load be of all of the writing and homework. said .. son. ..lohnson's teaching is based on var he doesn't just teach one subject for f five minutes and move on, he relates the jects to one another. I would rather be in this class than regular classes because I am learning much more, commented freshman E C I' C Bannon. The class prepares students o well for the next three years. Students in the L.A. P. work on classvi homework, and remedial work in the aoar ic areas that are most difficult for them. lVly grades have gone up since I have l in the Learning Assistance Program, mented Christine lVlilIs, junior. Both of these programs have helped r' students get through rough times in high school education. Even though it is work, these organizations can help strengthen weaknesses and can make a ference in report cards. - Celeste Birkeland