Dobson High School - Equus Yearbook (Mesa, AZ)

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 MU UP FRONT I like the teachers a lot. I mean, they make it fun to learn. Susan (ones was born in West Germany, speaks fluent Ger- man and plans to work over- seas. IS HE LISTENING TO FRENCH? Of course! Fred Bach, senior, uses one of the best methods to learn a • foreign languoge. cassette topes. Cossette tapes help the listener to imitate the accent. I think that we have a great foreign language department and the teachers are very skillful. They make it fun to learn the language. -Tami Dumas, Junior Kabuki (ko-bu-kee) Tra- ditional Japanese theater. We have BMWs, Louis Vuitton, manicured lawns and carpeted hallways — but no Kabuki theaters ... What a shame! Lunch (lonch) The time when local restaurants are swamped. Hungry, hyper high-school students swarmed to the area fast food joints for lunch. oreign Language

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t's Greek To Me The world is a class- room. Okay — so that's not exactly how the old saving goes, but it realv described what was going on in the foreign language department. More than ever before, students were flocking to the language classes, learning for them- selves about the world around them. The great expansion in the number of students taking foreign language caused big changes in the depart- ment. Three new teachers were added -a full-time Lat- in and a Spanish teacher, as well as a part-time French teacher. In addition to new teachers, new classes were formed: Spanish III and IV were made into two sepa- rate classes, there was a French IV V class combined, and the German and Latin classes filled up those pre- viously empty desks. Part of the reason for the extensive growth was the demand by colleges for stu- dents with knowledge of at least one foreign language. Another reason was the qualifications and talents of the teachers. Each teacher was qualified to teach at least two foreign languages, had traveled the world gathering knowledge of cul- tures. and highly encour- aged their students to travel themselves. This made the classes fun and rewarding to learn. With the positive changes that took place in the de- partment, it was no wonder that so many students took a peek into the world around them by learning an- other language. Design by Tomi Clark. Photos by Michelle Cunico and Jeff Darbut. PARA BA1LAR LA BAMBA No, this isn't music class. This is Miss Idarraga's Spanish class Michelle Salas. Khristina Whatts, and Aline Ellis watch as the native Columbian teacher sngs-her favorite way to spread the foreign ctiture. WE HAVE A TEST TODAY? Cynthis Kartsimas. Aaron Covey, lisa Zurfas. and Richard Murtland contemplate the answers to Miss Idarraga's Spanish test Testsarean important part of Miss Idarraga's monitoring of her students' pro- Studying a dead language has a deodening effect on Koene lewis and Elizabeth Reed in Latin, col- lege-prep students feel that the class wii help them in their future studies NOW, CAN WE All ?AY-:.-..2 Spicing up her second year French class. Mrs. Arandjelovic uses her puppets Papa and Fifi to got ocross the importance of conversation. 170 cademics

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PLUS NOT ALL AT ONCE. Anxious students require Mrs. Tro- mel's odvice on a project they ore doing Simon Navarro and Isrel Tor- ros aren't so happy with the rewrite they! have to do. t's BASICS English doesn't always mean diagramming sen- tences ond doing book re- ports. With writing and Rtera- ture classes that challenged the student's mind, each stu- dents writing and reading abilities were met by individ- ual classes. Teachers stressed the basics while be- ing creative at the same time. I believe English teachers take the time to help each individual that comes forward with ques- tions, stated Yvonne Aram- bula. The creative writing class added publication of a liter- ary magazine, FiHigree and Shadows. The class took over a club from last year, so that the magazine could have a more polished look. This was one of the many changes that took place this year in the department. Having classes that were more than the basic gram- mar, drew students to taking more than the required amount of classes. Design by Larisa Mailhoit. Photos by Anne Lane. THE TWOSOME AT WORK After coming bock from an assem- bly oil dressed up. Tim Smith and Ke- vin Scholp share some ideas on their homework from the previous night. 1 172 A cademics