Berkeley High School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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i racking Eliminated In U.S. History I and II; MR. THOMAS JOHNSON MR. PHILIP LUKS MISS JAYNE MILLAR 26 MRS. F. JO MOHRBACH MISS VIRGINIA THICKENS Curriculum Associate for History

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Gourmet Foods Offered By Home Economics Dept. Courses available to students last year through the Home Economics De- partment included gourmet foods, nursery teacher aide and hospital ancillary training service. Gourmet foods proved the department ' s most popular course of last year. Offered to both sexes, the class was student-directed and participants were able to cook foods of any type. Twice each month an instructor demonstrated cooking techniques for some of the basic soul foods: beans and chitterlings, pork and others. In nursery teacher aide, the students traveled to nurseries in the Berkeley School District, while hospital ancillary training service participants were taught various medical courses at either Alta Bates or another local hospital. Because of a great demand for nurses, social workers and health related professionals, Department Chairman, Mrs. Gertrude Tenny urges more students to take part in the home economics program. MRS. MARGARET LARSON Curriculum Associate for Home Economics Dept. MISS CAROLINE MRS. GERTRUDE RONE TENNY Dept. Head MARION WALKER, TINA MAIN REGINA PRIDGEON, MRS. CHRISTIE CHEF JAMES SIMON 25

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New Course in African Civilization Initiated Lower course requirements, new electives and heterogeneous classes were approved for the History Department by the School Board last November. Pro- posed by Department Chairman, A. J. Tudisco, the plan was effective during the spring semester. Under the new program, U.S. History-Government I and II, and two semesters of any elective were re- quired for graduation. U.S. I and II became heterogen- eous, thus eliminating tracking within the department. As electives, all other courses had open enrollment. Two new courses in African Civilization were planned for the spring semester. These classes were a result of student petitions circulated in the fall request- ing these courses and were a joint project with the Foreign Language Department. As the result of a campaign by two BHS students during Black History and Culture Week in 1968, Swahili and Igbo languages were taught for six weeks in the Negro in America classes. The teachers were Joshua Omange from Kenya teaching Swahili and Eleazar Ofodile from Biafra, teaching Igbo. MR. JULIUS SUSTARIC MRS. JANET YOUNG MISS THOMASINE WILSON 27