Berkeley Hall School - Yearbook (Beverly Hills, CA)

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FOREIGN FRIENDS by Nevada Brooks The most interesting thing the Seventh Grade did in English this year was to write to pen pals in foreign countries. First, we learned how to write letters in proper form. After our letters reached a certain standard and were approved by Mrs. Evans, we selected pen pals. Some of us wrote to people in Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Canada, and Malaya. As we received answers to our letters, we brought them to school and read them before the class. Now many of us have regular pen pals in distant countries. From them we learn the customs of their towns and countries. It is pleasing to note that these pen pals are as eager to exchange thoughts with us 8.S we HPS. AN INTERVIEW WITH A NEW by Carey Rose Sally Findlater entered Grade in the Fall of 1963. Before Sally came to Berkeley Hall, she attended three different schools. She says ourschool has many more subjects to learn. Sally especially likes the students and swimming pool. She also likes the Fortnightlies. Sally has been having fun this year and learning many different subjects. STUDENT the Seventh Shop by Val West Three times a week We have lots of fun, For we meet in the shop And the wood work's begun. Mr. McGee is our Shining light. He does every thing But make us a bike. ART by Sandy Smith In the Seventh Grade Art Class we have made many projects with the help of Mrs. Richards. Some were working with colors like the color wheel, and others were with paper like collages and mosaics. Finally, we did the decorations for the Sixth Grade Invi- tational. Our theme was HSurfing and Fun at the Beach. A TRIP TO THE L.A. COUNTY MUSEUM by Bunnie Swan, David Cole, Patricia Waldman, Gary Hansen A few mothers kindly offered to drive the excited Seventh Grade to Exposition Park. The trip to the Los Angeles County Museum was educa- tional and interesting, but the best word for our field trip was Hfunn. With Mrs. Richards as our guide, we saw a contemporary art exhibit which included Expressionism and Impression- ism. The climax of our whole trip was the Mexican Art Exhibit. These paintings gave us an idea of what life was like in those days. Among some of the things we saw were funeral masks of clay dolls, jade and many different Mexican clay or wood, gold figures, gods, and Mexican jewelry. The guides kindly informed us of the background of each article we saw. At noon the disappointing moment came, we had to return to school and leave wonder this ful world of magic. SPORTS by Kathy Kelleher and Debby Carnesciali Every year a new class comes into the Junior High and with it comes the excitement of many things. Among them is the thought of having gym clothes, lockers, and being able to play with the Eighth and Ninth grades. As in the preceding years, Mrs. Jeffries and Miss Letts direct the girls' sports. Through the year we play basketball, volleyball, soccer, and baseball. The boys' director is Mr. McGee. They cover football, basketball, soccer, and baseball over the term. We all swim during the warmer months. I am sure everyone is looking forward to games next year, and wonder ing who wil take the place of Dale Crow and Susan DeWindt as the Captains of the Whites and Blues.

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HHONES Y IS SPIRITUAL POWERN by Gary Krisel Our class motto was beautifully lettered by Citron, and Charlotte Ferrini, Caryn Stephanie Archer. This verse from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy was submitted by Don Vogel. Every day this verse is demon strated in the Eighth Grade room. We have had six elections. Our presidents have been: Perry Valantin Don Vogel, Todd Culbertson, Gary Krisel, Christine Carlson, and Caryn Citron. Twelve students have had blue cards every grading period this year. They are: Caryn Citron, Perry Valantine, Christine Carlson, Don Vogel, Cindy McMahan, Gary Krisel, Joyce Herman, Martha Sage, Lee Ann McGee, Charlotte Ferrini, and Vicki Killough. Seven- teen out of nineteen students earned blue cards during one grading period. The Eighth Grade has broken all records for perfect attendance this year. By April 21, they had 55 un- challenged consecutive days of perfect attendance at different intervals. THE PAST IN THE PRESENT by Lea McGee There is a great stress on American History in the second year of Junior High. During the first two-thirds of the year the class studies the growth, leaders, and problems solved in the United States from just before the Civil War to the present time. After the study of World War II we were privileged to hear an interest- ing talk from Mr. Citron, who was under General Patton in the war in ei LYRICAL LITERATURE by Cindy McMahan Similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia - these are figures of speech very common in Eighth Grade literature with Mrs. Dlouhy. They have also been used in the three poems we have written this year. Three oral and written book reports have also been completed, and several were in the Book Festival on May l. Our text- book is A World of Events, and we have read such famous stories as HChristmas Carolfu nGreat Stone Face,H and HEvangeline,' throughout the year. ONE MILE JOURNEY THROUGH A MECHANICAL JUNGLE by Caryn Citron As a reward for seventeen hard- earned blue cards, the Eighth Grade went on a field trip in February to the Chevrolet automobile factory in Van Nuys. Thirty-two of us, including the parents who drove and some relatives, had an enjoyable lunch in one of the company cafeterias. We then took a guided tour through the tremendous plant and witnessed the construction of cars on a mass production assembly line. Our guide, who has been working in the plant since it opened in l9M7, told us many interesting facts about the operation of the factory. Before we left, we were given pamphlets about the history of the Chevrolet factory. All-in-all it was a very enjoyable and interesting experience from which we all profited. Europe. From an objective viewpoint he showed the class what it was really like to go through that war. He told how the Americans became closer while they were all working together to win. Mrs. Hall's class studied the Constitution of the United States during the last third of the year and assembled their well-known Constitution notebooks.