St Joseph High School - Jongleur Yearbook (Lakewood, CA)

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As head of the Business department Ms. Taylor strove to teach her students skills essential to everyday life. Ms. Taylor felt proud when she saw her students striving to do their best and accomplish their goals by giving IOOW. According to Ms. Tay- lor learning should be fun and it can be. When ob- serving in one of Ms. Tay- lor s typing classes stu- dents saw learning as a challenge not as total stress! By typing the ABC s to music or having was able to make a game out of learning. During this year M . Taylor and Mr. Goodwin helped students learn to type and understand basic accounting principles to benefit them in their lives after high school. Ms.Debbie Taylor and Mr.Roger Goodwin demanstrate that teaching business can be fun. an accounting test. uv' M4 BOBBLOGESTURE Kbah blo jes cherj n. The classroom activity of not knowing an answer but raising one s hand anyway while hoping that enough of the other students have raised their hands thus reducing the odds of one being called on. ' 1984 MacM'll n P bl'sh'ng Co. l I I I I l I typing rallies, Ms.'Taylor , s EEE? ZW Ly: 1 is-.dl Awmfmail' I .I'st ',, if . V, ,,,. , W tries to explain an accounting skill to Andrea Lopiccoln Ms. Taylor instructs Elizabeth Wang in her Typing I Class Faculty Jr Academics 83

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What was the sum of 2a+6b? Were base angles of an isosceles triangle congruent? How was the cosine of an angle found? How were foci of an ellipse graphed? Students deter- mined the answers to these questions with the aid of the math department teachers. Through daily homework assignments and class lectures they re- inforced analytical and logical concepts. In addi- tion, other techniques were also used in teaching. Mrs. Maguire's kite project was designed to allow students to demonstrate their cre- ativity and geometric knowledge while at the same time having fun. Another division of the math department was that of computers. When corn- puters became a required course more and more stu- dents used the new com- puter lab and new software tutorials. A larger portable computer allowed teachers to bring and use the com- puter in their classrooms as a supplement to their lectures. As a result stu- dent knowledge of com- puter application in- creased. Lastly the year was made alive for both students and teachers as difficult concepts became c ear. GAZINTA Qgah zin tahj n Mathrnematical symbol for division also the sound ut tered when dividing out loud ie four gazinta eight twice 1985 M CM lla Publ h g C 1 1 I I ' I I - 1 . ,, . . . ., - ff fl a i n is in o. 82 Faculty 8: Academics Mathematics Department: Ms. Pink Mioli, Sr. janet Duffy, Mrs. Sue Hand Mrs. C McCague, Sr. Margaret jude, Ms. Pat Ponczocha and Mrs. Marie Maguire. Mrs. McCague patiently explains the concepts of Algebra II to Kathy Harlcey while other students work diligently on their assignment.

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In 1987 88 the Physrcal Educatron Department ac complrshed 1ts goal of keeprng the glrls as St Jo seph f1t throughout the year Not only drd the fresh man struggle to complete thexr laps but they also en joyed organlzed games rn cludrng volleyball basket ball soccer and softball Mrs McVey s dance classes concentrated on the development of technrque and grace She taught her students new routrnes to popular musrc In addrtnon both Mrs getxcally taught aerobrcs classes W1th a varrety of musrc from the rock n roll of the 60 s to the h1p dxsco of the 80s the students aeroblcrzed w1th much enthusrasm Flnally there was an abundance of Splflt and V1 vacrty exemplrfxed by the students 1n PE and the dance classes thanks to the leadershlp of Mrs Bos and Mrs McVey - , . I - I - , . . .. ' ' Bos and Mrs. McVey ener- I I Il ' ' Il ' I Freshmen Denise Acosta, Lisa Martinez and Paula Buzzro Ingrid Mariano and Yesema Flores anticipate Mrs show their energetic spirit during their P E classes next instruction m their daily activities 84 Faculty 8: Academics