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

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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

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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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A FINE ARTS Our cultural background is pro- vided in our Fine Arts Area through such courses as band G a'cappella in the music field, color and design in the art field and radio G television English in the theater arts field. With such a choice, Castro Valley has created many a talented student in the past two years. we tivity Band. Mr. Eugene Grave Area Chairman Mr. Ro se evaluates a photo s t u d y for Pat Foley, J o y c e Mulgrew and Jim Fogarty A reIaxedf?l moment be tween numbers