Live Oak High School - La Encina Yearbook (Morgan Hill, CA)

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HOME MAKING DEPARTMENT Under fhe leadership of Miss Offilie Oesfreich, girls are faughf many phases of homemaking in 'rhe ihree year course. Making clofhes for fhemselves and pre- paring 'foods for various kinds of meals are only lwo unifs covered 'lor ihere are many ofher subiecls imporianl fo healfhful family liv- ing. SOCIAL STUDIES World Hisfory World l-lisfory seeks +o frace imporianf developmenis in human progress clear y, con- cisely, and inleresiingly. A proieci of 'lhe year was Scrapbooks. Mr. McKiernan in- sirucis. American Hisiory The aims of American l-lisiory are io ex- plain 'rhe preseni in lerms of +he pasf and io make beH'er prepared individuals for social work. Special proiecls for fhe year were a series of nofebooks and maps. Mr, Miller and Mr. Kaiser are lhe feachers. Social Problems The obieclive of Social Problems is lo sludy ihe Trend of economic sysfems from pas? 'ro presenl io iulure. Also, American so- cial problems. such as propaganda, crime, cily and s+a+e problems, and Communism vs. Democracy are considered. Miss Blaei- iler insfrucfs. Cifizenship The purpose behind Ciiizenship is fo help fhe sfudenf learn and undersfand subiecf mailer, aims, and behavior aciions. Among ihese are developing personalifies, sludying group and geographical influences, general welfare, and individual American and infer- nafional coniribuiions. Miss Blaeffler in- sfrucfs.

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ART The obiecfive of Arf is lo de- velop an ap reciafion for if and llne 'leclwnicalislcills in ifs produc- lion. Special proiecfs for firsf year Ari sfudenrs included figure drawing, fwo dimensional design, lefrering. perspecfive, and land- scape drawing. Proiecfs for sec- ond year Ar+ sfudenrs were leafh- ervcrafl, inferior decorafion, com- mercial arf, flower arranging, and wafer color. Mr. Soares insfrucfs.

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SPANISH The obiecfive of faking Span- ish is lo creaie an inferesl in 'the language and The peoples who spealr il: and also, +o acquire fhe abili+y +o read. spealr, and wrife Spanish well. Special proiecf for 'rhe pas? year was a scrapbook. Miss Bonlz insfrucfs. Members of 'rhe Spanish Club presenled a colorful program on April 7 fo comn-ernoraie Pan American Day. .ic-v ENGLISH There are several ob'ec+ives of En Ii I g 'sh. One of fhe main ones is +o develop skill in fhinlcing, reasoning and expressing ideas clearly bofh orally and in wrifing. Teaching English fundamenials and culfi- vafing a fasfe for reading worfhwhile liierafure are also imporfani. Special pro- iecfs for The pas? year have been corre- spondence wifh young people in Europe parficipaiion in radio broadcasfs, forum discussions. essay confesis, and Oalr Leaf and La Encina con'rribu+ions. lnsfruclors are' Miss Wrighf, Miss Sheldon, and Miss Bel. 'J