Gunderson High School - Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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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

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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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Cindy Johnson expresses herself by playing the guitar on stage. Lights! Camera! Action! Three of the most important words used in the theatre. The excitement, and the thrill of putting on a production always brings us back to the stage. Heidi Welch, There are many hours put into a production, you have to build sets, rehearse, fix lighting, and rehearse some more. Who is behind the scenes? Betty Gardner. She has been teaching for 24 years. I learned a lot from Mrs. Gardner she allows you to express yourself and learn your true potential when it comes to acting. says Elizabeth Taylor. What other way to express yourself than through the Expressive arts? There are other ways to express who you are, some people with the theatre, others through through the art that they draw, or the music they sing or write. Which ever one that you prefer, there are teachers here that will support what you do and will help students by encourag- ing them. The teacher of dance and mime asks the class how James Coronado and Dustin Shekel! did on their mime of Copa Cabana by Barry Manalow. llll academics