Eisenhower High School - Aquila Yearbook (Rialto, CA)

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' Mary Hobbs: fReading P, Read and Write, Fun, l . damentals B2 No Comment Eva Lenard: lFundamentals B, Fundamentals R, egends 22 No Comment. Tommie Jones: Nocational English, Child Litera- ture, Bilingual and Fundamentals A, Fundamentals FU No Comment. V N ,,i,v5s. A Paula Malody: CSpeech Il, Current Affairs, Fun- damentals B, Fundamentals BC2. I feel we should have a state test instead of each dis- trict. Vassie Kyritsis: lFundamentals R, Fundamentals B, Su ' ' . rvey American Literaturej No Comment 5-xi' English 275

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English ls More Than Reading Richard Bushong: fFundamentals R, Survey English Literature, British Authorsj No Com- ment. English teachers took a big part in planning the proficiency test for sophomores. Parts of the tests were graded by two or more teachers. Every sopho- more must have passed the test in order to graduate. Many classes were offered to help prepare students for the test. Some of these classes were Reading P, and Math 1. English teachers sacrificed a lot of time in order to finish the testing. English teachers were asked the following question: How do you feel about the proficiency test? 274 English Dorothy Bussone: fReading P, American Literaturej No Comment, V v: 117' la T .1-.L 'Rmb If ll. -rf: . .1 ly 3-v Il . fig A George Foster: fFundamentals R, University Junior Honors, University AIP Englishj No Comment. David Daniels: fReading Fl Creative Writing, Funda- mentals B, Modern Poetryj There is no substitute for the experience of a high school education. Y l r ,..a-'pi 5 -1.5 Nancy Greeley: fF?eading P, Fundamentals B, pendent Reading, American Heritagej No ment.

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Frank Mason: 1Fundamentals B, Fundamentals B, Sports Literature, Adventures in Couragej lt is excellent since it seeks to upgrade the stu- dents' educational skills. Joyce Miller: CEagles Eye, Journalism, Fundamen- tals A 2 No Comment. V I s 1 A A Bonnie Rucker: CReading P, British Authors, Shakespeare 32 No Comment. 276 English Joan Wyckoff: C Youth Culture, Fundamentals B, Fundamentals R1 No Comment. Anna Rodriguez: I Women ln Literature, Fundamen- tals BC, Fundamentals B2 No Comment. V . . l 5 e A Carole Scambray: fComposition, Survey Of Ameri- can Literature, Fundamentals FO No Comment. Walt Wohlers: CAlgebra, Everyday Living Mathj l have long advocated the need for minimum gradu- ation requirements. During the 60's we allowed any student who could pass 'Underwater Basket Wea v- ing' to graduate. Jon Hanna: fMath Competency, Geometry, English Read!Writej The high school proficiency test reminds me a little of Prop. 73. Just as the proposi- tion was designed to correct weaknesses in govern- mental policy, the test was created to correct weak- nesses in our educational system. And just as thir- teen failed to cut fat equitably, so too will the test fail to raise by much the quality of education.