Acalanes High School - Aklan Yearbook (Lafayette, CA)

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Chalk it up. Students in Mr. answer workbook questions on the important concepts, and all language Hernandez ' s fifth period Spanish III class board. Written exercises reinforced teachers used them. Coming to terms. With 75 note cards due the next day, Tom Steuber searches for information on his term paper subject, Kurt Vonnegut. During their English classes, juniors were allowed to go to the library, where Mrs. Ford made a cart full of good sources available to all researchers. A flip through Webster ' s. Advanced on some of their finer points of writing. the definitions of their vocabulary Comp. gave seniors who were very good Gayle Parker and Meg O ' Dea search for words. English students an opportunity to work 10 COMMUNICATIONS

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Seeing is believing. Roger Williamson examines his petri dish looking for evidence of bacteria growth. Biology students often learned much more from lab experiments than they did from reading isolated facts and theories. Hablaespaifol.Chalo Berrocal, an AFS student from Costa Rica, concentrates on his homework assignment in English III. Arriving in the summer to stay with Jeff Boodell and his family, Chalo rapidly became a part of student life. The age of technology was upon us and it ignited a spark that affected our views on academics. We looked forward to first period Computer Programming where we fed data into the banks just to get an answer back. Though we were geared toward the future, we delighted in the past. Rendering a verdict on Eugene Debs ' guilt helped us keep in mind the relevance of history on our everyday lives. Baking gingerbread houses for the German Club made us realize that foreign language was — more than conjugating verbs. We all felt the undercurrent — that excitement when learning something new ... it was catching. Academics ACADEMICS DIVIDER

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One voice. Alisa Wilson, Mike Cutter, Steve Kent, and Marvin Heileson sing of this class were talented and hard Lullay My Liking during their fifth working; they performed in numerous period Choral Ensemble class. Members jazz and classical concerts. Tuned in. During fourth period, Mr. Hernandez ' s Spanish III class listens to a dialogue. Headsets were used to a great extent in foreign language classes; the expensive equipment helped beginning and advanced students to improve their pronunciation. Communication Connection: Chopin to Shakespeare As the dial turns slowly, the sounds of talk shows, foreign languages and music stream from the speakers. Listening to the radio was one of the hun- dreds of ways people used the basic methods of communica- tion. Since Americans tend to be unilingual, English was the only language that students were required to take. Jim Ross commented, The English classes were the same for ev- eryone for the first three years, but, as a senior, I was able to choose my English class. In Shakespeare we got a chance to work on our writing and gram- mar while reading most of Shakespeare ' s classics. We also learned about the Elisabethan era in England. Although not required to take an English course, seniors found a fourth year very help- ful. The vocabulary and grammar we studied in College Comp. helped a lot on the Col- lege Board tests, said Jack Chauvin. While students rarely spoke them in daily life, foreign lan- guages were popular. My knowledge of Spanish was helpful. We have a Mexican maid, so my being able to (continued) COMMUNICATIONS