Marcos De Niza High School - Libro de Oro Yearbook (Tempe, AZ)

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S V x P, itat .-.Q,,... T Cla'-at Bottom: Mrs. Garcia has a few laughs while teaching one of her foreign language classes. Left: Steve Brown hurries to get his assignment finished on time. mi.. F . if 1 Q is e i ' f a. 5 . it . rrr if riie 4 . n is . 'xy M rrrg , If ....., WE. N vv.. - 'f Foreign Language Builds Futures According to French teacher Mrs. Joann Pompa, The Marcos de Niza lan- guage department offered students the chance to learn more than just a lan- guage. The student was given the op- portunity to build an appreciation not only of the language itself but the cul- ture, history, and future of that lan- guage. Marcos offered students French, Spanish, German, and a new addition, Latin. Every year the Foreign Language Department gets bigger. This year was no exception, it enabled the students to take upper-level classes in order to become affluent in diversified languages. The students at Marcos become more aware of foreign language oppor- tunities with the addition of one re- quired credit from the department. Mrs. Pompa feels that students should expand one's career and travel hori- zons by taking multiple years of a lan- guage. The continuation of language- oriented clubs, such as French Club, German Club, and Latin Club enabled students and faculty sponsors to ex- pand their language opportunities to extra-curricular activities. Membership was offered to any student, whether taking the language or not. Academics 133

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l i Top left: Mr. Manolio waves to a passerby while passing out papers. Middle right: Becky Gonzales takes notes w ile listening to a lecture in Free Enterprise. Program Growth-Buildings, Teachers The Social Studies Department's main ob- jective was to educate students about histo- ry, people and cultures on the national and international scale. Current events played a big role in this. Teachers also prepared the students for the ACT and SAT examinations. In order to graduate, students are re- quired to take certain Social Studies courses each year. These include Global Studies the Sophomore year, American History the ju- nior year and Arizona History, American Government, and Free Enterprise for the Senior year. Geography, Criminal justice and Psychology are offered as electives. Honors classes for junior and Senior re- quirements are also available. Mr. Yniguez, Social Studies department head, has strong feelings toward the stu- dents studying more. We feel the students need to read more.-Not only to prepare them for college, but for what the future holds. The Science department is excitedly awaiting the completion of the new build- ing. Because of overcrowding, many phys- ical Science classes were held in the Biology labs. Next year, the physical Science classes will be in the new building, leaving the Biol- ogy labs open for more experimental work. Science courses were offered at different levels, from remedial courses through the honors level to meet the needs of all stu- dents. All courses were available at three different levels. On October 23, 1986, Mr. Malcolm Wells was presented a Presidential Award for Ex- cellence in Science and Mathematics. He received a grant of S5000 to be used in any way to improve the Science and Math de- partment. Mr. Wells is using the money to fund a new program for incoming Freshman minority students. The purpose of Wells' new program is to encourage minority stu- dents to take more demanding college pre- paratory courses on campus. Students par- ticipating in the program will take a com- bined Algebra and ChemfPhys. course in a two-hour block. Mr. Wells has wanted this program for quite some time and is looking forward to its implementation. Academics 0 135