Alverno High School - Troubadour Yearbook (Sierra Madre, CA)

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Foreign Language The Foreign Language DeparT- menT neiTher added nor de- leTed classes. Language offer- ings included Spanish and French, levels I Through IV. Mrs. Nicole Hoffman Tackled The job of Teaching all of The French classes, while Ms. Pam Jones and Mrs. Lana Craig shared The responsibiliTy of Teaching The Spanish classes. Ms. Jones commenTed ThaT her goal was, To geT sTudenTs To ac- quire an undersTanding of The Spanish language and The people, To The poinT ThaT They would wanT To conTinue sTudy- ing The language, and under- sTand ThaT people are all alike, in spiTe of Their language bar- riers. The classes covered The sTrucTure of The language as well as The culTural aspecTs5l7 MaTh The MaTh DeparTmenT added CompuTer Programming To iTs IisT of classes. STudenTs worked wiTh four micro compuTers and one prinTer compuTer. The classes consisTed mainly of up- per classmen. Several advan- Tages of This new class were The acTuaI experiences of working wiTh compuTers and ThaT led To more job opporTuni- Ties. Mrs. Barbara ZafonTe was The new addiTion To The deparT- menT, while Ms. Sally Kendall, P.E. Teacher, picked up an Al- gebra I class. Mrs. Marcia Ur- bina was asked To commenT on her goals as a Teacher and she replied, I wanT The major- iTy of my sTudenTs To develop a self-confidence in Their abiIiTy To analyze I'T1QTh. g 122 Academics 44 Tis: if Q Julie Scofield finds Thai Spanish I class is enjoyable as well as a loT of hard Spanish I classes concenTraTe on grammar To insure success in The upper courses. . Compuler Programming proves To be a differenf addition To The currenT courses. Geri Segal works inTenTly on her calculafions,

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v Through the use of small group instruction. lvls. Angela Bonja explains grammar Techniques to her freshmen students. Both grammar and literature is stressed in the department, especially for the freshmen. ' ,..i.:-wifi V I fi A f 4 il 'YW' A 0 .T 0 Q' E rim English Modern and Classical Novels were two new classes added to the English Department. The students enrolled read and dis- cussed novels both in class and individually. Reports were an important part of these two courses as the students re- searched and reported on the novels they read. ln addition to literature, freshmen were re- quired to take a grammar course. This new method sup- plied them with a solid base for upperclass english courses. Sr. Regina Shaughnessy was the only new addition to the department. She taught soph- omore and freshmen english as well as American and English Literature. S f 4 The overall emphasis of this de- partment was placed on writ- ing and reading skills to assure better performance in compo- sition. When asked to com- ment, Ms. Linda Germany said, The members of the English Department were dedicated to developing a strong foun- dation in writing skills and the understanding and apprecia- tion of literature. Kg Academics 121

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v P.E. classes encourage team effort and unity among the partici- pants. Getting warmed up for an intramural volleyball game, the players practice setting the ball, 35X ' '71-di, 'O' bf' iiax 4.-, Ui . L- - ,g ,. . ' f '1-as c .1 P.E. Soccer, cross country and swimming were some extra- curricular sports cut from the budget of the P.E. Department due to inflation. Some contin- ued activities were volleyball, aerobic dancing, badminton and basketball. The classes were basically full of freshmen, though there were some soph- omore, junior and senior aids to help Miss Sally Kendall, the de- partment's only instructor. When asked if she would join again if some of the deleted sports were re-instated. a ju- nior replied, Definately. I en- joyed it last year. Q Students in Algebra I constantly work on solving equations. As Mrs. Barbara Zafonte explains the proper steps to take. Students diligently take notes, Academics- 123