Northview High School - Viking Yearbook (Covina, CA)

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English, Foreign Language Strive TojE r 34 English. Foreign Language Mr, Jim Cassidy Ms Mary Gilman Ms. Glenda Sweger Ms. Cindy Devers tAr Cassidy laughs along with Christine Miller and Debbie Skoog while reading a funny com postion.

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ettes March Through Excellent Season The ' 83-84 Entertainment Units perfornned in many parades, competitions, and halftime shows. Drill team, tall flags, banners, and ma- jorettes all worked very hard this year. Com- petitive events included the Golden Days Pa- rade and Rowland Heights Band Review, where drill team placed third and Kathy Win- gett, captain, placed fourth. The next compe- tition was the West Arcadia Band Review. In this competition drill team missed placing by .8 of a point. The Canyon Country Parade was cancelled due to rain, but the units marched anyway, showing spirit and good attitude. Miss Devers said, The leadership of the squad was very good. The squad showed a definite improvement. They had a very posi- tive attitude and a lot of school spirit. Rose Varga, tall flag captain, said, Tall flag had a very hard working year and were very enthu- siastic. Majorettes this year were Elaine Ta- laski and Nicolette Byrd. Performing at most football halftimes, these two girls were very talented. Banners had very good showman- ship for a squad of beginning members, and were also very spirited throughout the year. While keeping in step, banner carriers Hei di Sweeney and Cheryl Berry proudly s iow off the Northview banner during halftime MAJORETTES, BANNERS. TALL FLAGS FRONT ROW Elaine Talaski, Nicolette Byrd BACK ROW: Donna Roscoe. Heidi Sweeney, Cheryl Berry. Leslie Simon, Rhonda DeMunckMortier. Veronica User pater. Francine Padovich, Maureen DeMunckMortier, Kathy Finnigan, Debbie Mar- tin, Tracey Foster, Leslie Rauch, Captain Rose Varga Tall Flags, Banners, Majorettes 33

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Enhance Communication Between People Expanding the freshman English semester class to a year was the first step in advancing all levels. A steadier influence on the learn- ing process and a more academic attitude from the student is what was hopefully to be achieved by this, stated Dept. Coordinator Jim Pashone. As for all levels having the year course he explained, Any new system takes time and the other years will be developed in two or three years. Advanced levels of English were offered at all levels with the exception of the junior year. Juniors were required to take a collegeprep Speech course for one semester making an advanced English course too difficult to schedule. The idea behind the Freshman Con- tract English, Sophomore Honors English and Seniors Advanced Placement English classes was to give high achieving students an accel- erated learning experience. The difference be- tween advanced and average English classes was both in the nature and the amount of work done. In addition to their year course, freshmen received a new anthology this year for their literature segment. Also, seniors began using the Wariner ' s Complete English Course. During Journalism. Damn Hudson asks Ms Sweger about a Valhalla headline type style and size. ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Mr. Jim Cassidy ■ B A,, MA. Catholic Oniv. of America; Comp Lit 2G, Comp Lit 2CP Mr Al D ' Ambruoso B A , Providence Col lege, MA.. (JNiv. of Bridgeport; Comp Gram 3G. Comp Speech 3CP, Comp Lit 3CP; Speech Club Advisor. Mrs Sharon Eberhardt - B.S., Oregon State Univ ; Comp Lit ICP, Comp Lit 2G. Comp Gram 2G; Sophomore Class Advi- sor Ms Mary Gilman B S,. West Texas State Univ., MA. Clare mont Graduate School; English AP. Contract English, Sr. Com- p Lit 4CP. Sr Comp 4CP. Comp Lit 3G. Mrs Erma Holden B,S , Cal State Univ., Fullerton. MA Azusa Pacific Univ , Read- ing Lab. Comp Lit IG, Reflections Advi sor Mr Jim Pashone Dept Coordinator. B A., M.Ed-, Loyola Marymount Univ , Honors Eng . Comp Lit 3CP. Comp Lit IG Ms Glenda Sweger B S . Indiana Univ., M.A., Cal State Univ.. Fullerton; Sr. Com- p Lit 4CP, Sr, Comp 4CP, Comp Lit 3G, Comp Gram 3G. Yearbook Production, Journalism (Beginning and Advanced); Vi- king Staff Advisor, Valhalla Staff Advisor FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT Ms. Cindy Devers B A , Ball State Univ., MA,, Cal State Univ , LA.; Spanish 1 , 3, 4, German 1,2, 3; Drill Team Advisor. Ms. Devers helps Erik Wentzell make sense out of Spanish time English, Foreign Language 35