Gunderson High School - Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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Novel Idea How would you describe your English class? Boring, interesting, challenging or an enrichment of your everyday life? At Gunderson the literary guidance we receive during our attendance here will not only teach us to express ourselves through words and penmanship, but also how to utilize these skills for the rest of our lives. When students were given the question What comes to mind when you think of English? They often reply by saying, There is so much to do , There are so many rules to learn . and how about this one, l'm glad it isn't my second language! The truth is that we all need to learn vocabulary, how to write properly, and to make good judgement when it comes to reading an epic novel. Today we may not enjoy these tasks of our high Y school education, but they will enable us to be cultured , literate. and most of all appreciative of the teachers who gave us all of these skills. ' Senior Lisa Ornellas quietly reads her book in Ms. Hamor's Senior English Class. Many of her students enjoy reading various types of literature. They find it relaxing. educational and interesting. I know, l know, pick mel! Oliver Godfrey is definitely excited about his knowledge of satiric intent and conflicting wills. ln this Advanced Placement English Class, he and his fellow students Clike Heidi Welch shown herel take part in timed A.P, essays, literary, presentations, and lm x .gym V I74 Academics fun!! o's Who in English z iana end 8 by the Staff to student comes to English. She has been apart of the Honors English Program for her fourth year. This year, she feels was the most challenging. When she was asked what one ability she improved most after her English classes were completed she stated. l learned to express myself well through writing. Diana and many other fellow honors students agree that their teachers were quite exceptional and were the main reason why they enjoyed their English. Jason Cornett Here is no ordinary guy. He says that English will not be his major in college - but physics will. A man who lives with and loves pressure. Listen to this. Pressure helps me, why l used to write all of my essays the day they were duel! Wouldn't every teacher just love to hear that. Well, Jason loves to read books and his favorite part of in class reading is the analysis of the themes and the lessons they teach in books. Jason may not want to pursue English for this future occuption. but he and many other students of the Wlio's Who categories prove. that when you like something you can do it well in it,

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Do you say Buenos Dias or Boniour or how about hello. Well no matter how you say hi to Ms. Nakashima she'll understand you. She teaches both Spanish and French and is the advisor of the International Club. She certainly exemplifies the leader of the 'Cultured Class'. Cultured Class . . , but Mom I wanna go to Spain, said the daughter. You don't even speak Spanish!l said the mother. I'll learn!l Yes the day might come when you might like to visit a foreign country. This my friends is only one of the many reasons why taking a foreign language is truly an intelligent choice to make for your high school career, and for life. The Gunderson Foreign Language Department certainly does not spread its spices of opportunity thinly. There are five possible levels of French, Spanish, and German to take. Starting with first year classes and continuing towards advanced placement. These classes are taught by teachers fluent not only in the laguages themselves, but also in the cultures, the environments and even in the various types of foods from the countries in which the languages are spoken. Some instructors such as Pat Nakashima and Bill Torres teach both Spanish and French. It shows you how experienced our foreign language teach- ers are and how lucky we are to have them. ll Now Kerri, conjugate the verb 'saber'. This is an excerpt from Mr. Pastor's Spanish 3-4 class. When we took pictures of this class, the students seemed quite eager to learn and they were all prepared for the lessons of the day. W Academics l75