Modesto High School - Sycamore Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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Mr Paul Copeland Mnss Mary Gamble Music stud develop talent, sklll Entertamment for all Modesto Hrgh School students IS provrded by the Musrc Department Sp1r1t IS promoted by the band at football games and rallxes At basketball games and pep rallres the pep band takes part Concert Chorr, Treble Clef boys glee, orchestra and band take part rn assembhes and concerts The tradrtronal concerts put on by the Musrc Department are the Twrhght Musrcale, the Sprmg Musxcale, and the Band Concert Courses mcluded rn the department are elementary band, advanced orches tra Treble Clef, chorus, Concert Chorr, boys glee, strrng orchestra, begm ners 1nstruct1on, and theory Elementary band rs a course offered to students who are not experrenced enough to rake adxanced band Chorus rs taken by begmnmg vorce students From chorus, students can move on to Concert Chorr boys glee, or Treble Clef Theory rs a course offered to students majormg rn muslc Mr Paul Copeland IS department head Mr Robert Wrng IYTISS Beverly Zara Mr Paul Copeland helps band members express th rr talents An orchestra sessxon ns conducted by Mr Paul Copeland 0 0 ' . , . - 7 7 . , . . 1 - , . . . y . . , . , .

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Homemaker learn famllyresponslbility Top ro bottom Mrs Lxlhan The career of homemakxng requrres all around mterest and talent skllls ranging from management and art to clerical and mechanlcal are developed Ultimately home makmg IS a career for nmety percent of all gnrls Classes offered to students rn the Home Economtcs Department are foods, clothmg, tanlormg chrld care, home nursmg home management, home decoratlons, and home makmg Durmg the year, aslde from the usual classroom proced utes the homemakmg classes take fxeld trxps to major stores m Modesto and have guest speakers make presen tatrons to them Other fxeld trxps are taken to such locat1ons as the annual Modesto junxor College Fashron Show, the Katherme Kitchen Food Clxmc, and county home economxcs demonstrations Vtsrtmg model homes and tourmg food plants are further act1v1t1es of the students The Home Economlcs Department sponsors the Future Homemakers of Amerxca Department head IS Mrs L11 han Blell me Woods Blenl Mrs Doloes Lee, Mrs Gertrude McCart Mrs Irma Whxrehead and Mrs Margue Arlowyn Frederxclts vocatxonal nursrng stud nt from MIC tells Lmda Price Norma MtCasland, Nancy Orr Oma Ronton and Sue McMaster how to rare for a patient Sue Reynolds

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Specialized ervices, classes are offered A student at Modesto High School may include in his program specialized classes such as study hall, library, and vocations. Study hall offers additional study time during the school dayg no credits are given. Study hall teacher is Mr. Douglas Leighton. Vocations, taught by Mr. Robert Healey in conjunction with the Counseling De- partment, is a required subject for sopho- mores. It helps students to decide which jobs they are suited for by giving them a glimpse of various vocations and by test- ing their abilities. The facilities of a well- equipped library are available to all stu- dents under the direction of Miss Helen Hartwich and Mrs. Maxine Benton. Credit may be earned by students who learn li- brary skills by working as library assistants a. ,,,, W., Students take a test to see what vocations they are suited for while Mr Robert Healey supervises X! If fx Mrs Maxine Benton helps Larry Bailey use the card catalog Xicki Brown and jackie Ellis help Frank Helmiclt and Nelson Trinidad check out of study hall