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

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Religion AT regisTraTion lasT spring, sTu- denTs were given a wide range of courses To choose from in The Religion DeparT- menT. A ToTal of 12 new courses were offered by The four members of The deparT- menT. UlTimaTely, DeaTh and Dying, World Religions and Reli- gion in Work and Word were offered due To The posiTive sTu- denT response aT regisTraTion. DeaTh and Dying exposed The sTudenTs To The hardships ThaT are faced when a loved one dies, as well as The accep- Tance of deaTh. Sr. Anne KorTh- als' goal for her class was To show ThaT deaTh is only The oTher side of life. Though World Religions was considered a new course, iT had been offered Two years ago. This class explored The beliefs in religions noT only found in The UniTed STaTes buf in foreign counTries as well. Ju- dism, Hinduism, Buddhism and The sociology of oTher religions were explored. As in previous years, a sTudy of The Old TesTamenT, MoraliTy, WhaT The Church Teaches, ChrisTian Life STyles and Chris- Tian Service conTinued. g Science The Science DeparTmenT ad- ded Oceanography, EarTh Sci- ence and AsTronomy To The lisT of courses which already con- sisTed of ChemisTry, Biology, Human Anafomy and Physiol- ogy. The new classes were welcomed by The sTudenTs who showed greaT inTeresT in These courses. BeTsy Winegarf ThoughT ThaT Oceanography 124 Academics Q Mrs. Susan Brice, a long Term-subsTiTuTe for Mrs. KaThy HeukrodT, elaboraTes on a correcT answer for one of The U.S. HisTory projecTs. Before coming To Alverno. Mrs. Brice worked as an insTrucTional aide aT Glendale High School. would prove To be inTeresTing and replied ThaT IT would be fun since iT deals wiTh The beach. EarTh Science was an in-depTh sTudy of The earTh's conTenT and properTies which cause areas To differ. Oceanography sTudied The make-up of The ocean, sea floor coverings and The animals ThaT live in The sea waTer which covers almosT 213 of our world. Along wiTh class discussion and examinaTion of sea life, The class Took a Trip To Dana PoinT To see The sea ani- mals in Their naTural habiTaT. An explanaTion of sTars and how They can be used in research- ing The hisTory of The earTh could be found in Ms. MargareT Redd's AsTronomy class. In summing up, Mrs. Sheila Hoff- man hoped ThaT The sTudenTs would leave in June wiTh pleas- anT feelings, of having had fun and wiTh having learned some scienfific concepTs. g Social STudies Changes in The Social STudies DeparTmenT ranged from add- ing classes To changing Teach- ers. The new courses offered were American HisTory Since 'IQ-45, Economics and Psychol- ogy. American HisTory Since 4945 dealT wiTh The evenTs ThaT have occured since The middle of The TwenTieTh cenTury. The Psychology class was The basic inTroducTion To fundamenfal Theories and'Techniques of The field. Specific areas relaTed To Psychology were also covered including sTudies of abnormal psychology and child psychol- ogy. Ms. Maria losue relaTed The de- parTmenTs goals: To show sTu- denTs The value of being in- formed abouT Their sociefy- pasT, presenT and fuTure and To enrich social awareness ThroughouT The campus. tif

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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

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7 gs :ML . W .N if si: 1, ' .M pleasanT weafher afforded Miss Emily John The opponuniiy To Teach her sophomore religion class on The Terrace. Having class ouTside helps me To Think beTTer and helps me To feel closer To Gad, was one sTuclenTs reacTion To The ouTdoor class. in WiTh The big choose Iife sign on The back wall of The biology lab, sophomores IisTen To Mrs. Sheila l-loTfman's lecTure on mitosis. Biology laid The foundaTion for The eIecTive science courses Taken in The junior and senior years. Academics 125