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

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DON MAHAFFEY AUGUST J. FENNEMAN A DARYL L. ANDERSON HAROLD BEAVERS JOAN GRIFFITH LEWJE AN HOWER , Mvirg iggw t, , LORRAINE BOLLINGER LOY ELSER FRANCES JOHNSON ELSA KLEINMAN Highlights of the Language Arts Area 1 Pat Savevcqol qnq Donna Moore discuss the vocabulary assignment in Mrs. Wallace's Senior Litcirirure class before handmg lt 111.

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Hoping to make headway into the business World or simply supplementing their college prep programs, stu- dents taking courses in business education perform many services for the school. Those enrolled in Applied Office Practice, for example, could be found anywhere from the library to the principal's office putting into action such skills as record k e e p in g, typing and alphabetizing. Other courses offered in the business area are: Book- keeping, a must for any business major since ac- counting is the language of that fieldg Business English, which fulfills third year English requirements for secretarial majorsg Clerical Office Practice, which in- cludes skills and procedures common to many general office jobsg General Business which provides a background of information on various types of businesses, Office Machines, in which students learn how to operate comp- tometers, addressographs, r ota r y calculators, and multiliths. Other courses in- cluded in this field a r e Recordkeeping, Retailing, and Shorthand and Typing, courses which many college prep students take as their electives in preparation for work in future school years. MV. Brady compliments Pat Barker on her use of the Dictaphone. MGX Gifford, CGW Call, and Carole Sislev practice their typing for accuracy aswell as speed. F- -N 'I .4-Ya aa' K. MV. Toy shows how to type sixty words a minute by keeping up a steady rhythm. 23

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Sandy Halladay tries hard to interest her listeners in Public Speaking. In answer to various interests, Castro Valley's Language Arts Area provides awide variety of subjects. Its foreign language courses including French, German, and Spanish, teach not only how to speak, write, and read the language but also the culture, history, and customs of the country from which it comes. Basic English courses give instruction in grammar, vocabulary, and lit- erature. Those wishing to do more writing and reading. in their English courses take American Literature in their Junior year and Senior Literature and Composition in the following year. Special Language Arts courses taken as electives by juniors and seniors are' Publications, Journalism, Drama, Public Speaking, and Directed Reading. Publications, responsible for putting out the yearbook, and Journalism for the newspaper, provide students with experience in carrying responsibility and working inde- pendently. Those taking Public Speaking learn how to deliver effective speechs and take stands in debates. Drama, a Fine Arts course, can also be taken for credit as an English elective by students who wish to learn and improve acting skills. - Ma , it, S Susie Sutton and Joan Phillips participate in a discussion group in their American Literature team teaching class. A highlight of the language arts classes this year was the assembly on gComedy Through the Ages, presented by the Actors Workshop of San rancisco. F