Fruita High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Fruita, CO)

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With Faculty guage curriculum. Students not only learned language basics but they also acquired many facts about the various countries so- cial and economic influences plus their historical and cultural tendencies. Three levels of the different languages were offered: beginning for the novice student; intermediate for those wishing more background, and advanced for that student who had reached a high level lab, a unique feature of the program, enabled students to perfect their oral skills in the languages. 1. Mr. Silliman was working out a prob- lem on the board for his students. 2. Mr. Thomas was showing slides of some math problems. 3. Miss Sullivan was day dreaming while on planning period. 4. Mr. Meyer was checking papers while the class was taking tests. 5. Mr. Parkinson was trying not to look so tired while on planning periods. 6. Mr. Lionburger was planning the class work for the next day. 7. Mrs. Fried is relaxing while on her plan- ning period. 8. Mr. Sandoval was thinking of what to do for his next class. Foreign Language Dept. 23

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Students Cooperate Instructors, keeping communi- cations on an equal basis with students, inspired creative ideas and productive knowledge. A students extra time was well utilized in the Mathematic and Science Departments. Courses ranged from those sophisticated ones readying for college to ele- mentary courses teaching the ba- sics. Improving students skills in ba- sic math fundamentals chal- lenged math teachers from early September to late May. Students were given the option to pursue their interests and academic re- quirements. Higher level math courses, Algebra II, Trigonom- etry, Math Analysis, and Analyt- ical Geometry prepared students for college work. Most invested their time in learning basic alge- braic equations or geometric functions. Dallas Meyer, Depart- ment head, provided guidance for the department. Communications in other lan- guages became an essential part of a students education. Spanish, French, and German provided the main part of the Foreign Lan- 22 Math Dept.

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Office Staff Strives For Smooth Many problems developed over the 1978-79 school year. But with the efficient work of the of- fice secretaries, many of these went unnoticed by the student body. Judy White, Clara Dalby, Margaret Parish, and Bonnie Owens pulled together their re- sources and succeeded in mak- ing this year a very smooth-run- ning year. This year counselors at the start of the year had no easy job ahead of them. Trying to find col- leges and universities for over 200 seniors is no easy job. During the first part of each semester the counseling area was sur- rounded with students with scheduling problems. So Hazel Roscoe and Nick Kohls had their hands full throughout the year. Students who were absent the preceding day had to face the 24