Golden West High School - Sunset Yearbook (Visalia, CA)

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New Math Building, Too ‘Mrs. Millhouse is great. She made geometry fun.’ • Paul Borrud Sharon Benson Oops. Chairman Algebra 2 Calculus Mike Cardoza Trigonometry Jess Arriaga Math 1.2 Algebra Trish Millhouse Algebra 1 Geometry Math 1 Verna Barber General Math Algebra 1 Geometry Randy Qualls Computer Prog. Math 2 Tom Buckley Algebra Math 1 Rila Shelton Math 2 Algo bra 1,2 TOP: Verna Barber explains a proof in her geometry class, one of several in the new math building. ABOVE: Math teachers Sharon Benson and Rita Shelton got into the act on Pajama Day along with student D.J. Ellis and Michelle King. 87 Keith Sheffield Seth Hum

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RIGHT: Students in Greg Nickols’ class practice their computer skills. BELOW: Danny Dingier finishes sanding down his bike frame, preparing it for painting. Rangers Become Trailblazers Mr. Sear is nice and makes me understand what he’s teaching.’ With the expansion of the Golden West High School campus, five teachers and their students, previously on the Redwood Rangers campus, transferred to the east side of town for a year on Trailblazer turf where they found new classrooms and, according to one teacher, better sur- roundings. Thus, the Special Education Department became eight teachers strong, providing a wide range of classes and activities for its wide range of students. Goorgo Conley MattVScience Sodal Studios EngSsh Sharon Peck Food Social Studios Arts Crarfts Bob Tiemons Work Study Fran Lopez Civics Mash Hoalth Scionco Grog Nickols English Job Skills Math Miko Cox Math English Drivers Educalion Dan Sear English Physical Science Math Ernio Fawkes Roading English P.E. TEACHER AIDES include, first row, Paula Luna, Angela Hernandez, Laurie Isaac. Back row: Mary Doyle, Ellen Smart, Kathy Stapleton, and Pat Rhodes. 86

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BOTTOM LEFT: Joann Ramos gets a work out in the weight room. MIDDLE LEFT: Rick Renteria works on upper body strength in his P.E. class. BOTTOM RIGHT: David Wood enjoys a dive into the Olympic pool during his swimming class. BELOW LEFT: Goalie Jose Dorado blocks a score in indoor soccer. BELOW MIDDLE: Curtis Dc Millo aims his pitch in softball. RIGHT: Hilda Navarro follows through on her tennis swing. What’s Your Sport? ‘Indoor soccer was the best P.E. class. It was great!’ • D«nny Escarsoga What’s your sport? tennis courts in the last couple of years, the department was able Swimming? Weightlifting? Tennis? Indoor Soccer? Basket- to offer a wider range of activities than ever before. But the ball? Softball? Dancing? This year, the department implemented a class titled Body No matter what your sport is, chances are good that you Works, consisting of such activities as dance and jumping rope, could find it in this year’s P.E. program. Another change came with a new state physical fitness test The P.E. Department attempted to give students a wide which required a written portion for all sophomores, variety of classes to select from and to train students in a wide Despite the fact that P.E. is required for just two years, range of activities. teachers struggled with what to do with such large classes as With the completion of the Olympic swimming pool and the enrollment in P.E. was chosen as an elective by many students. ' ,Vl