Encinal High School - Horizon Yearbook (Alameda, CA)

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Alberto Cruz Alyce Cruz Collette Davis Courteny Davis Rick Davis Vanassa Dawson April Day Judy Day Brandon Dehart Diana Dekleer Pat Deigado Eric Delsanto James Demoss Lisa Dewitt Suzanne Diers Frank Diohep Cheryl Dobyne Danny Dozier Chris Driscoll Olysses Drouddus Dave Ebarb TOP: ONE OF math labs computers. CENTER: Debbie Martinez ponders the next step in the equation. DIRECTLY ABOVE: Vincent Vitucci examines crayfish in Jim Kruse’s fourth period biology class 26 - Freshmen Portraits

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Students Plant Cypress Trees: Graduates Gift Teaching students to beautify America through a landscape and gardening class started in Fall ’74 was Encinal’s contribution to ecology. Richard Lowe is the originator of the class. It was a big hit with the 109 students enrolled dur- ing the first semester. Novice gardeners planted Monterey Express trees around the perimeter of the E.H.S. football field. The trees were to help suppress the actions of the cold, fierce winds of the San Francisco Bay. The much needed trees were the gift of the graduating class of 1974. Stu- dents also reconditioned the area adjacent to the typing rooms, commonly called “the logs.” They trimmed trees, excavated ice plants, and did basic clean-up. Because of a limited amount of time and numerous planned activities, including the construction of a greenhouse, landscape and gar- dening was expanded to a two period class at the semester change. Lessons — 25

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Calculators Broaden Math Curriculum Technological advancement played an impor- tant role this yéar in the experimental math lab program. Electronic calculators had been intro- duced to the program primarily as motivational devices for students. Physics and algebra students also used the calculators to develop programing and computation techniques. Some students enrolled in the math lab classes received individ- ual aid in their specific areas of weakness. Others worked on supplemental projects intended to widen the math curriculum. LEFT: GINO MARCELINE punches data into the computer. BELOW LEFT: Baird Heffron in the process of dissecting a crayfish. DIRECTLY BELOW: One of the crayfish used in dissection. Lessons - 27