Gunderson High School - Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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Business Type In Vocational School. students obtain skills in electronics which can g A ge A be used around school. such as with the DJ system. A 6. 'ii ' X' me ,. ,,,,. e SN Q.-vt S in its :ii s 5 I U . - . www 'kck ' .--fs' fwfr!! i fQ I ff' tk get ln advanced typing. Maggie Robles uses an electronic typewriter to complete her assignments faster. Frequent assignments in Typing I-2 improves students' speed and lessens the number of mistakes. -numb Khanh Tran received the prestigious Who's Who Award in the area of business. She has taken four business-oriented classes in her four years at Gun- derson. She enrolled in typing her freshman year. Her grades allowed her to advance to accounting, record keeping, and computers in her senior year. Khanh plans to attend San Jose State in the fall of l988. She will be attending classes to achieve her inaior in accounting. Academics -we-.WM ...,,.A Who's Who in Businessz Khanh Tran and Toshia Manke Earning the Who's Who Award in business was Toshia Manke. Toshia has taken two business classes in Gunderson High School. Toshia has been involved in business classes since her freshman year when she took typing. Continuing her education in the field of business, she took Mr. DeChristina's comput- ers class. She plans to attend San .lose State in the fall. Later, she will transfer to San Diego State to complete her degree in business.

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.AW . ad! 1 .AA- ' 1, ' l i' ,j y. l have to know all this just to drive a car?l Who's Who in Home Ec.: Phuong Dang and Phuong Dang has been awarded the Who's Who in Home Economics. Phuong thinks that sewing is enjoy- able. Her abilities in sewing have helped her to design and create her own styles of clothing. She will be at- tending De Anza Junior College in the Fall. She hopes to become a professional clothing designer someday. Talented Education Why would anyone take a class that required twice as much work and more difficult tests and exams than regular classes? What masochists would want to take those classes? These classes are the Honors and A.P. courses offered at Gunderson High. These give the students the opportunity to excel in particular sub- iects, such as History and English. The students are able to enhance and finely develop their academic skills. There are also A.P. classes. These classes are designed to educate the students and prepare them to take the A.P. College Board Tests. Doing well on these tests is the equivalent of obtaining college credits. The more of these tests the student passes, the less beginning college courses the student needs to take. A.P, Classes are offered in foreign languages, English. and Calculus. Both Honors and A.P. classes offer greater challenges to gifted stu- dents. Dan Hughes learning the laws in American Government. m McNally Amy McNally has also been awarded the Who's Who in Home Economics. Amy took foods to learn how to cook foods from different countries. She wiil be enter- ing San Jose City College in September. She'll take classes to prepare her for a career an a gourmet chef, She would like to specialize in international cuisine. Q, Academics l79

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R ,QQ W In computer programming class, AppIe's Appleworks Word Processing Program becomes the key tool in writing papers, essays, and assignments. You have HOW MANY classes per day ? You smile weakly. Two . . You are such a slug. Your friends always interrupt when they find out how many classes you have. How come I have to take six classes a day just to graduate, and you only take two ? Your smile grows again. I go to vocational I take my other classes there. Oh. Well, that's okay, I guess. How many credits do you get ? Five per class per semester, same as here. A dramatic pause. If I pass. Oh, yeah, like you're gonna fail. You're not drooling out the sides of your mouth, here, if you can pass Mr Liehrs' class, you can easily pass some dumb voc- . . . Excuse you I ' Dumb ' ? Where did you get that from ? Well ,... Your friends' face contorts in thought. They have to be easy, otherwise . . . Silence. Now that you feel like a fool, let me explain, vocational classes are not just 'cut' classes. They take roll, you do book work as well as manual work. It's kinda like taking a lab science, except that you don't have to have a masters' degree to use what you learn. You can take anything from art to hairstyling, and they'lI help you get a job. Silence. It's okay, not many people understand about vocational. Listen, there are only five minutes left- do you want to go to Baskin Robbins after school ? 'Cuz I got my car fixed, and . . . Julie Kelly and other people in the computer programming class focus full attention on their work. Debbie Neargardner stares in dismay as her computer once again displays Syntax Error across the screen. v'f i --:QRS K 5. Academics -I