Castro Valley High School - Laconian Yearbook (Castro Valley, CA)

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ENGLISH Our curriculum includes a very com- plete English department. Here we have reading, writing, spelling, and vocabulary for all students in their freshman and sophomore year. College prep students continue with American Literature in the junior year and English 7 and 8A in the senior year. Others have for elec- tives publications, which puts out the yearbook, journalism, which puts out the school newspaper, public speaking, drama, directed reading, and English 5 and 6, lan advanced course in reading and writingl. English in action. MISS BOLLINGER Language Arts Area Chairman The newspaper starts rolling with layouts. FRONT ROW: Mr. Taylor, Miss Post Mr. Mahaffey, Miss Henderson, Mr Zook. BACK ROW: Mr. Wendland Mrs. Turney, Mr. Elser, Mrs. Keith, Mr W Spraque. gs ... 1 r

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.Ioan Gallo, Sandy Orn, --- J o il n Thompson, a n d Gerry Davis preparing to study. I An important part of our education is the Social Studies course required of all students. In our Junior year we take up United States History from Columbus to Eisenhower. With the aid of films and work in the library, we learn the feats and defeats of our forefathers. The Senior course is made up of c u I t u r a I background, American Problems, and Family Living. This proves a sturdy backbone for facing the world and its problems. mafia if 'S is-fi' i,psf,Q Dave Masucci, N a n c y McGuire, and D e n n i s Falkenberg looking over past history. F JUNIOR AND SENIOR COUNSELORS: Front Row: Mr. Leaf, Mr. Williams. BACK ROW: Mr. Clyde, Mr. Jung, Miss Clancy, Mr. Rutherford.

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE Our foreign language classes present the oppor- tunity to learn to read and understand, to write and to speak a foreign language, to learn about the cul- ture of a foreign country, and to learn to think out the complexities of language. Studious French students FRONT ROW: Miss Henderson, Miss Kleinman. BACK ROW: Mrs. Wheeler, Mr..Giles. I-IOMEMAKING Many girls who were interested in home economics took one of the courses offered by our Homemaking Department. Under the di- rection of Mrs. Toth, Mrs. Evans, or Mrs. Weldon, they had experience in cooking and serving, plus a little bit of nursing. i Area chairman Mrs Toth in.. A future homemaker, Glenda Mackey, experiments on a skirt for herself. FRONT ROW: Mrs. Toth, Mrs. Weldon, Mrs. Evans