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

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Vlrs. Karen Barnes shows her dedication and hard work through her teaching of home 'conomics. Mrs. Barnes, Home Eco- nomics Chairman, found that being the only teacher in this department had ad- vantages and drawbacks. It's hard because there is no one to share ideas with, said Mrs. Barnes. She did however enjoy seeing her students create new things by uslng their hands Mrs Barnes commented that she liked her classes because they prepared stu dents for life now and in the future By teaching Clothing Foods and Nutri tion Crafts Child Psy chology and Living on Your Own Mrs Barnes felt that she helped the glrls understand their need for independence Her classes Whlle important to the education of the stu dents provided a break from the often monoto nous schedule of lecture classes . I I I I - 1 I ' I , . I I . if ir -f . B i.. Vlrs. Barnes instructs Mary Meylor and Nancy D'Egidio while Mrs. Barnes offers suggestions to janet Sarmiento 'hey bake in their foods and nutrition class. as janet works on her sewing project. Faculty Kr Academics 87

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This year the Science department worked to ex- cite students about the wonders of science. In bi- ology Mrs. Parkins and Mrs. Stevens were seen helping students with ex- periments as they dissect- ed frogs and examined or- ganisms under micro- scopes. In addition the classes were graced with two new guests Fajita and In chemistry Mrs. Baine was always available to her students as they experi- mented with chemicals and gases. In her physics class students were boggled by the theory of relativity and the theories of motion. Once again these teach- ers used their energy to liv- en the students interest in the sciences and to guide their study of them. Pita, the hamsters. ,...L at ...,,,..,.., , 3 45295 tlzr 1 Science Dept: Mrs. lean Parkins, Mrs. Margaret Stevens, Mrs. Linda Petrich, Ms- Debbi e Taylor, and Mrs. Barbara Baine. in f f Q Mrs Stevens explains the components ofa In the biology classroom, Michelle and Anessa Abad take time to visit hamsters Faji cell to her biology class. and Pita. 86 Faculty and Academics I ff of 3 , M , I v F

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li' I belreve that teens talk to teens' Mrs McGowan frrmly stated The peer counsel1ng program at SJHS was based on th1s prlncrple Mrs McGowan began the program because she heard It was workmg well rn other schools and felt that St joseph students deserved the same oppor tumty To begrn w1th peer counselors were chosen based on applrcatrons es says teacher recommenda trons and rntervrews Over frfty g1rls wrth varled eth n1c backgrounds and per sonal1t1es applled howev er only ten were selected They tramed wlth counsel ors from College Hosprtal and Mrs McGowan before any peer counsel1ng began The program s success was clear 1n that teachers called for peer counselors to help rn touchy srtuatrons and students reached out to each other provrng that teens really do talk to teens For those students who felt uncomfortable speak were also avarlable Mrs McGowan s and Ms Kerser s doors were always open 1nv1t1ng students who needed to talk about anythrng For academrc or career counsel1ng students sought the help of Ms Ponczocha or Ms Mendo za In addrtron the staff adopted Slster Veromca who was avarlable for the freshmen Furthermore the new counsel1ng center was a boon for the counsel1ng staff and peer counselors as well as the student body The development program drrected by Arleen Kern supplred the money for the buxldlng whrch w1ll be on campus for frve years It had offrces for Ms Kenser Ms T Mendoza and large room for meetmgs Consequently thrs addr tron helped make the year l1ve by provrdrng the space needed to accommo date the Sjl-IS counselmg staff 88 Faculty And Academics ,, , I - l - 5 - , , , ing with their peers, adults , . f , , - , , , , . . , a I - iw wee--ft' 5,,,,.,.,,....--I N.,ahN A .al Ms. Terri Mendoza discusses college opportunities with Darci Birchler. Mrs. McGowan, julie Dein, Suzie johnson, Rose van Haaster, Bibi Marti, DeLeon, Chris Danna, Emily Perez, Anita Garcia, Mae Umali, and Melanie Watts proudly as the first group of peer counselors.