Marysville Union High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Marysville, CA)

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K Y . ....,,,,hM m 5. Q 4 I I is f .13 9 L Q u R 3 E I Teaching students to become cssclyisits was one ofthe major goals ofthe English and Social Science Departments this year. Seen in most of the Social Science classrooms was a poster stating Essay Writing. This was an outline on how essays were formed. Students soon realized that the teachers were preparing them for college. With the addition of electives, students became more culturally and politically aware. To become more politically aware, World History and Sociology classes went on the yearly trip to Alcatraz Island in San Francisco. Expenses for the transportation and bus driver were paid by the students. Added support from the administration and school board led the English Department to function systematically. With enough money, the English Department took students to the Bay Area for cultural enrichment. ln the fall, mentally gifted students snatched up the chance of seeing the play MAN AND SUPERMAN in San Francisco. The De Young Museum and San Francisco Symphony were the field trips for the spring. Supervising the debate and speech programs was Ms. Marlene Barber who transferred from McKenney Intermediate School to replace retiree Ms. Claire Ramey. Because of an increased student load in the English Department, Ms. Diana Cameron was also added. In the Social Science Department, Mr. Ron Locher, who transferred from McKenney Intermediate School, replaced Mr. Kirk Smith. Mr. Dan Dork ' Mr, John Lewin I X Mr. Ron Locher Mr. Dick Sullivan Mr. Dick Vierra social science 97

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Do you believe that writing essays is necessary and a better way of learning materials? Why? When one writes essays, one learns by doing, that is, the individual wrestles around with basic data, generalizations, concepts, and the mechanics of structure and organization. By doing so, one must understand the subiect matter and therefore, learns how to express one's knowledge through writing so someone else can also understand that subiect matter. By learning how ta write accurately one learns how to think and speak accurately. Mr. Lewin In a way, no, but in a way, yes. The reason is because when l write an essay, the information is given to me by my teacher and all I do is organize it. But then it will help me in college and the future for my overall writing knowledge. Chris Middleton I - 1 r f' ,'!?f'1y gs fN1..1lw1rff.1v Vg' Jr ' ' lffvffvit Inav f 1:9 Aww 9. 1 ftfrnrr P Q ' WDM. MWA .rfezn f-an 4 WWW' W Ms Marlene Barber W' 'i l 7 Mr John Boneck E 3 Ms Diana Cameron M - l A L i'i' L l l I ,Q-L ' Y ,'tiii ' . S L . Ms Sue Griffith sy. X' --------- 1 Vi iff' I Mr Frank Parks A i ,X li - 5 Ms Eleanor Renton .Ak t 5 -- fr 1 D94 .5 A '7 H Q M 'W'W Mf,gfj, ftefi 'tt'i , Mr. Mike Scott Ms. Aileen Stevens 9026 english 4 L f ,,,, s L f l. Ninth grade English teacher Mr. Frank Parks explains sentence structure to Mike Barrett, Matt Hess, and Steve Gama. 2. As students listen, Social Science teacher Mr. John Lewin lectures on howto write an essay. 3. US History student Barbara Fincher does her share of volunteer election work by placing flyers on cars in downtown Marysville to remind citizens to vote on November 2. 4. Actors from the New Shakespeare Company in San Francisco iest in a scene from AS YOU LIKE IT performed in the spring in the South Auditorium and sponsored by the English Department. 5. Participating in the fall Presidential election, Social Science teacher Mr. Dan Dork collars shoppers outside Long's Drug Store and encourages them to vote. X1 ,Ry Q' 5.f.1l1't'fl'i'f'f f, 5

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Advancing in the mathematics and science fields was not an easy task for many students this year at MHS. Learning how to use formulas was a mind haggling job. To complicate matters, students had to learn the metric system to keep in line with US measurement standards. Metric Math, a new course, made students feel like they were starting school all over again to relearn how to measure. Department Chairperson Donovan Charles, realizing the importance of the subiect, tried to get as many advanced students to take the class as possible. ln the Science Department a new class was also set up to meet students' future needs. Advanced Science consisted of having students learn to do research and its techniques during the first semester and having students work on their own problems and interests during second semester. Mr. David Buchla, an addition to the Science Department, felt that having labs every week was an important part of science education and prepared students in skills. Letting students prove things themselves led them to learn to observe, hypothesize, and draw conclusions from observations, he felt. To keep up with the technological explosion, MHS's Math Department purchased metric equipment and calculators. However, textbooks were a maior handicap. The department felt that new books should be issued every four years to keep current. At the present time the books are changed only every seven to ten years because of financial shortages. Getting the students to meet the math eighth grade proficiency level was hard for the Math Department. Extra Math l classes were added to help the remedial students. Demand for more classes meant more teachers. Mr. Richard Bittaker and Mr. Ken Colt assisted in the Math Department besides teaching in their own departments. Mr. Richard Bittaker Mr. Donavan Charles Mr. Barton Preston Mr. Bill Stoner math