McClintock High School - Historian Yearbook (Tempe, AZ)

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WJ' SANDRA MlLLER'S first-year French Class learn to skillfully Translate verb tenses. fm. . Q .,.. ' , Qs if Q- IKL, 6 A m,mW.. .si ,,,, S or R ' as A Angela Ronald Lydia Elizabeth Nelson Parra Vlachos Ziener DURING OPEN HOUSE, Priscilla Chavez enlightens inquisiiive parents as to the fundamentals of The experimental Spanish-Teaching program. foreign language-29

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Spanish Students Enrich 4,5 Graders fr Priscilla Maureen ldolina Sandra Chavez Gasparola Mares Miller A NEW ASPECT ot learning evolved in the Foreign Language Department. lt provided an opportunity for the more advanced language students to teach in the elementary schools. Other regulars in the program included tapes, movies, and records. A great deal ot the history ot the countries and culture ot the people provided interesting topics for the students. Lydia Vlachos headed the department that welcomed an array of new teachers. ldolina Mares, a native of Arizona, and x Ronald Parra handled Spanish classes. Texas's loss and MHS's gain was Angela Nelson who instructed Latin, while Maureen Gasparola taught French. Also ioining the department was Elizabeth Zeiner, who has spent most ot her life in Germany. She sponsored the German Club. - .1 Pwif' Qifi' few or fir? js' 'Iiifii : mf I HUDSON SIXTH GRADERS mimic Uno, dos, tres, cuatro . . . as Senior Shannon Roy shares her foreign language knowledge. 28-foreign language

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Zealous Contemporary Civilizafion HELPING STUDENTS undersTand The ideals on which America was founded was seT as one of The main goals of The Social Science DeparTmenT. Serving over half of The sTudenT body, William Ruby, head of The deparTmenT, emphasized discussion and The indirecT approach To undersTand America's problems, STU- denTs in Mr. Ruby's classes were in- volved in discussion on currenT problems such as polluTion and crime. ln addi- Tion To The already well-qualified sTaff of Teachers, McClinTock iniTiaTed Marie Ruzicka. Having firsT-hand experience in governmenTal affairs, she gave sTudenTs new insighfs inTo Government The sTu- denTs covered areas as broad as gov- ernmenTal deparTmenTs and as specific as devising new bills. DO BEHAVIORAL TRAITS lead To war? inquires William Ruby of his Contemporary Civilizafion Class. 30-social science ffvv' ulll AMERICAN AND SOUTHWEST hisTory insTrucTor, James McBride, confronTs The camera of PhoTog raphy by Eric' and helps record MHS'S seventh year. Steve Burk l if 4 T 'Ima Sally Plummer Q 1 Q ' T David HaTTen William Porter James McBride X. , we . . i k,.,,V, V. Marie Ruzicka T Q