Bonanza High School - Golden Visions Yearbook (Las Vegas, NV)

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Benefit Advanced Students han's classes were involved in. These exercises aided them in onl statin the afletld d lt' lt lt l. developing their public speaking abiiities. Pat deClercq replaced Terry Frosini as the department chair- person. One item she and the other teachers were starting to prepare for was the competency test starting in 1982. This test will be taken by seniors before graduation. Those who pass will receive a diploma, but those who fail will receive a certificate y g y e ig sc oo instead of simply working with textbooks or listening to lec- tures, physical and emotional involvement was encouraged for English classes. By doing so, teachers hoped students would gain social and mental growth. A Harold Thomas, Juanita Carr, Yvette Sewell, and Shirley Slack make their selections from the books that have arrived for the Reading is Fundamental fFtlFJ program. Bonanza has the only federally funded RIF program in Las Vegas. 4 During an enactment of Hamlet in Mrs. deClercq's Shakespeare class, King Claudius may Behmj gives orders to Laertes fBob Pricej. english 153

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Fundamentals continued to be stressed by the English classes. The English department expanded offerings of elec- tives for the 1978-79 school year. New units and classes included speed reading and comprehension under the direc- tion of Steve Bray, a developmental reading class taught by Joan Milanovic, and the advanced placement English course taught by Mary Lehmann. Advanced composition and the Extra English Electives research paper classes sharpened writing skills and helped prepare college-bound students forthe tough courses ahead. A free-style form of writing was used in Jim Muckle's creative writing class. Given an alloted amount of time, students wrote anything from poetry to short stories to plays. Breathing exercises, charades, and tongue twisters were some of the preparations the speech students in Betty Holi- A While discussing the novel, The Ox-Bow lnci- dent, in Mr. Frosini's English ll class, Cathy Tsacoy- eanes expresses her point of view. 1 Involved in a discussion about poetry displayed on the overhead projector, Mr. Muckle answers a question posed by Glenda Owens. 5 Teresa Kuchalik and Caren Cowan gleefully find Vicki Neubauer guilty of witchcraft during a simu- lated witch trial in Mrs. Barnson's Am. Lit. class. 152 english

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Science Department Extends With New The entire Science Department under the direction of Virgil national Mining Congress. Sestini provided students with an in-depth knowledge of the In addition to their regular classwork, most science students scientific world. Special presentations were offered for excel- had to do abstracts of science magazines, enrichment assign- ling science students. Dr. Fiero, a geologist at UNLV, spoke at ments, and semester or year long projects. Chemistry students their fall honor social. Other activities were the spring honor did projects that dealt with the making of various substances, social and a trip to San Diego Zoo, Sea World, and the Wild Ani- some students even made bubble bath, toothpaste, and hand mal Park in May. Earth Science students also went to the Inter- lotion. Advanced Placement Biology ll students conducted pro- lub., D...-+ I A Ken Kenny and Cory Hill accurately record the results of the experiment in their data books. p Life Science students Beverly Webb and Dawn Douglas proudly display their unique cell models. pp Smit Intrapuvasak carefully performs a por- tion ofa serial dilution in Biology ll. fs. 'X ff 0 ego 154 science