Paradise Valley High School - Trojan Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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The various parts of the Performing Arts Department have been raising money for their activities throughout the year. The department is always filled with excitement and new thingsf, said Mr. Frank Malambri, Department Chairman. A The bands, directed by Mr. Jerry Jensen, a new teacher at Para- dise Valley, separated into Symphonic and Polyphonic Winds ear- lier than usual this year. Another new additon to the band depart- ment is the semester adopted by the new band director. The drama department took their fall play, You're a Good man, Charlie Brown, to other schools in our district this year for the first time and the show was directed by Mr. Bob Schwarz. A new addition to the choir section of the department is a new Jazz-Madrigal class especially for previously chosen members. Also Concert Choir was chosen to sing at a convention in California. use their mules during hand rehearsal. 3. The Treble l Choir rehearses for the winter concert. l. Trumpeters Gary Macfrea. Frank Berry and Steve Albers 2. Drama student Tammy Glendenning smiles for the cameri

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Students enrolled in Foreign Language have the opportunity to explore the customs of the countries where the language is spoken. Learning the languages of Spanish, French or German are not the only areas covered in the Foreign Language Department. Third and fourth year students are given the oppor- tunity to cook during their classes. Many games are available to the students in the language they are studying. These include Yahtzi, Monopoly, Scrabble, Concentration, Jeopardy and Bingo. The German classes received new text books for their first and third year classes. The books are a mys- tery novel that have cassette tapes in which the story is read and students are given tests and quizzes. Guests spoke to the classes about the different social and cultural aspects and how Germany differs from America. One of the highlights of the Department is the opportunity the students are given to travel to Mexico to hear and speak the Spanish language with the peo- ple of Mexico in authentic settings. This gives the stu- dent a more thorough appreciation of the customs and traditions of the country. Students interested in learning a language that might not be offered as a regular class may enroll in self study programs set up for Russian, Spanish or German. XX l. Mr. Clifford assists Sophomore Amy McGinn during her second year Spanish class. 2. Self study students Barnbie Leis and Linda Clark look over a Spanish newspaper with Mrs. Hinton. 3. Mr. Mclindree stresses pronuncia- tion as an important part of learning the German language. 222 M r. Leonard Ortega Department Chairman wx, 2 .j:,. . X Mr. Clifford Mrs. Moyca Gupta Mrs. Debbie Hinton Mrs. Marilyn Lenz Ji A , 4'-63511-a' t f' ' A 'ai-M '33-.'4?, Tia' on N ssl

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This year the Science Department had one of the busiest years ever. Among some of the activities was a trip to the Payson Area by Mr. Cherry,s geology classes where they visited the Tonto National Bridge, a huge national stone bridge that passes over Tonto Creek. On this trip they also visited Diamond point, which is an area where quartz is so pure that it looks like diamonds which is why it is called Diamond Point. On another trip they visited the Prescott National Forest near Sedona, where they visited an active gold mine. 1 The biology classes visited the Exercise Physiology laboratory at Arizona State Uni- versity, At this laboratory, various monitors are placed on the subjects while they are underwater to determine the fat content of their bodies. This year the physical size of the department also increased, with the addition of P-9, one of the portable buildings. Although it is used as a chemistry room, it is not set up for labs, and whenever labs needed to be done, the classes had to switch rooms with one of the other chemistry teachers. Mr. Ray Collins Mr. Richard Cherry Department Chairman itt, A ezti fear - Mrs. Beverly Lewis Mr. Doug MacCarter 4 .t A Renee Eck and Donna Wamsely struggle to get their homework in on time. Erica Desuk carefully mixes chemicals during a chemistry experiment.