Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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x. Computer programming teacher Frank Ferencz watches as students prepare a program. The terminals were installed before school began and the classes taught by Ferencz and Ed Seela were new to the curriculum. z. Chemistry teacher Gregg Lynch appears as Esperanza's answer to Mr. Merlin. In actuality Lynch is exploding a balloon full of hydrogen in a dramatic, yet safe, class- room demonstration. snuioqjl ' gfgkl as ,wg 5 A L -3 1 1 8 - theme

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Computers join curriculum Added to the curriculum this year was a computer programming class developed and taught by math teachers Ed Seela and Frank Ferencz. Ferencz said the class initially began with three computers and classes of thirty. He and Seela divide their classes into groups of threes and these groups work on various projects. The small group program allows better access to the computers, Ferencz said. This new course met with almost immediate student approval. It's the only math class I have ever liked, said Senior John McCall. junior Christine Arnold somehow worked this class into her schedule, This computer class is one of three of my three math classes. She is also concurrently enrolled in geometry and Algebra II. This course quickly became one of the most popular classes which caused concern because of the limited number of computers. Other district high schools, Valencia and El Dorado, had many more computers than Esperanza, according to Seela. Students are getting short changed since other schools have three or four times as many computers as we do, said Seela. Frank Ferencz points out a programming error on the terminal to Shari Aube. Although the class is a math course it is being taught in the business building. 4-nail' theme - 9