William H Taft High School - Atinian Yearbook (Woodland Hills, CA)

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Faculty David Bullock Gerald Cates Bill Chaney Muncel Chang Science Mathematics English Social Studies The implementation of Proposition 13 on July 1, 1978 brought many changes to the Taft High School curriculum. The changes included the elimination of summer school and the reduction of many electives. The loss of the electives was due to the students having to take more solids during the school year, since they were unable to take them in summer school. Taft still offered a variety of classes in all the departments. Ken Chin Sandra Claman Mathematics Educationally Handicapped v -, i :msn-. .- :.:.'.,, . ,it,, . V ' ,' ,.,4 Q,-.3 T l 'ti, yn, ,xy ,V .i ,,,,, ...iii 4 wk k ' I .,.-- Jeff Clark Yvonne Clopton Science Assistant Counselor W l keep asking myself the same question. i.qi , I 4,yyi,,. Robert St. John . A fairy Godmother with a bad sense of humor. Gerald Cates V g-ggi, The summer vacations. XT,,,h :Jig Walt Harris 1 - D V Y 4? , if.

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Faculty I L Joyce Anderson Marilyn Asplund Physical Education Business Lois Bennett Ursula Benstock Home Economics English ,lr Hayden Bower Chester Bramblett Social Studies Science Department Chairman I wanted to be rich, famous and work in a stress-free environ- ment. ' Larry Merken I have always enjoyed working with young people and my favorite subject in school was mathematics. I started tutoring in junior high school and here I am, teaching. Michael Mori My husband and children encouraged me to go back to college and get a teaching credential and then provide and interesting and challenging education for young people. Joyce Van Schaack. ' I Jane Ball Margaret Barnes English Foreign Language Social Studies To enhance our 1979 theme we asked the teachers the following question: Who or what led you into the path of teaching? In the fol- lowing pages you will find some of their re- sponses. We also asked the teachers to submit an early picture of themselves. If you can not guess who they are, the answers are on page 105.

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