Northview High School - Viking Yearbook (Covina, CA)

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Valhalla Staff Records Events, For the Valhalla Staff the week usually be- gan by planning the next issue of the newspa- per. Everyone was to search the campus thor- oughly for 5-10 ideas for potential stories. The next day the ideas were sorted out and dis- cussed by the entire class. It was then the responsibility of Editor Bri an Smith to assign stories. This was done on a volunteer basis. Whether on beginning or ad- vanced staff, often staff members were given only three to four days to do interviews and have stories completed, typed and turned in; however, before Mrs. Brown re-typed them they were carefully inspected by the advisor, who was Ms. Sweger. Before becoming editor, Brian Smith held the responsibility of writing editorials, feature stories and sports stories. He says being edi- tor provided an interesting Insight to the field of journalsim. This year ' s journalism staff covered a wide spectrum of school activities. Small projects, such as formulating symposiums, helped the Valhalla Staff further their skills in communi- cations. Working on rotating basis, the advanced staff took on the responsibility of being page editors. It was usually necessary for these assignments to be completed in one class period. This extra duty entailed choosing a fitting headline typestyle (in order for graphic arts to print them), arranging stories onto a layout board, after they were retyped, and designing both headlines and stories to coordi- nate neatly. Working on advanced staff were Maria Anonas, Ida Ashby, Charles Beck, Stel- la Cardenas, Anthony Gutierrez, Jerrie Han- son, Tonya Herrick, Darrin Hudson, Diana McKay, Samantha Rodriguez, Beverly Sand- ers, Brian Smith, David Williams, and Car- toonist Toby Taylor. Alter helping organize the newspaper. Edi- tor in Chief Brian Smith assigns stories. Striving to make their deadline. Dave Wil- liams and Tony Gutierrez divide their sto- ries into columns. 36 Valiialla

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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

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Creates Interest In School Functions ROrST ROW Beverly Sanders. Jerrie Hanson. Brian Smith. Ms. Sweger. )avid Williams, Ida Ashby. Manny Najera. SECOND ROW: Georgette Escobar, tella Cardenas. Scott Taylor, Maria Anonas. Lori Brown. Tony Gutierrez. Diana McKay. Damn Hudson BACK ROW: Deanna Houlihan, Tonya Herrick, Vicki [Navarro. Chuck Beck. Toby Taylor. Mike Madden Cartoonist Toby Taylor diligently works on Ms. Sweger advises page editor Jerrie Han- a sketch for thf V lh l! --( r, .=) Virkt N v rro looks on.