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

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Mr. Augie Zito Mr. Gareth Anderson Mr. William Farrell Mrs. Mildred Pettis Miss Jenny Smith Department Chairman Our society puts a great emphasis on science and technological advancement. Social Studies is con- cerned how these new innovations can be put to work to benefit people in their everyday lives, stated Mrs. Pettis, Economics teacher. She also commented, 'SI think Social Studies is fascinating because it deals with human behavior. There is nothing more interesting than people and how they feel and thinkf, The Social Studies department has adopted more independent study classes because of the cutbacks. The classes also give students a bigger variety in their curriculum. This department also adopted Stu- dent Council into its lair. A new requirement in the curriculum for freshmen was 3 credits of Social Studies starting this year. lfl zw tr. we Mum-f'r ' r Magi ,,'. UIQ 1. American' History students listen attentively to a lecture on merican eri age M W A ' H 't . 2. Stephanie Ruse asks for help r' illiam Verhulst on a problem from Mr. Pellett. Xu l 4 fri .M-f '

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pecial Q Q.. Irs. Diana Woistman Department Chairman Mrs. Sheila Dell Mr. Michael Jenke Ed provides well-rounded program . l Mrs. Penni Malambri Mr. Joe Medcalf 2 J . i A l J it Mrs. Lynn Overend Mr. Wayne Stutzman Mrs. Janet Hofman Mrs. Janice Kimball Mrs. Judy Knowles Aide Aide Aide '41, 1 Wgw.,.,J I v . , , x . i . i. J. N Mrs. Linda Mrs. Linda Miller Mrs. Carolee Potts Mrs. Chris Saluk Ms. Norma Wood LaMountain Aide Aide Aide Aide Aide The philosophy of the Special Education depart- 1ent is to provide well-rounded education to all of ur students while correlating as closely as possible J the regular program and getting students back in ne mainstream of high school, said Mrs. Diana Voistman, department chairman. A major goal of Mrs. Woistman is to provide a pecial program within their program that em- hasizes academic skill training along with pre- ocational and vocational areas for those students who would prefer an alternative to the regular high :hool education. She also added that they would like to have provi- sions of counseling services within the department as they had last year. Last year the department's new procedures were implemented and the department had a tremendous increase in paperwork as they tried to reorganize for the districtls compliance with federal laws. For- tunately, it is now completed and the new pro- cedures are working smoothly, commented Mrs. Woistman. The department lost three teachers last year because they were considered surplus by the district. However, they hired one new teacher, Mrs. Maria Riccio, math, English and science teacher. lll

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A lux. W-- I Lei!-it iff M.. TWH i it , Ir. Eric Chester . sm usiness receives word processor The business department started off a new year in their temporary quarters, the Industrial Arts building. They began plans for the move into their new room next year. One of the new courses offered this year was the class entitled Word Processing which involved using the Compucorp 655 and other machines like the transcriber and IBM 75. Some of the other courses offered were Typing, Record Keeping, Accounting, Merchandise Distribution Education, a Co-op pro- gram, and C.O.E. Each week a student was chosen for Business Stu- dent of the month. Teachers rotated each week to choose students. The students were posted and recognized by the department. Mrs. Patrick, business department chairman, has held this position for 17 years. Her duties include buying the equipment, inventory, equipment repair, evaluating teachers and seeing that everything runs smoothly. Next fall the business department is looking for- ward to new equipment in Word Processing and Data Processing. 1. Vicky Blocher smiles as she works on her key punch machine. 2. Angie Conrad- son radically erases a mistake on her , 1 ' . 153 dget unit x x +R Mrs. Marilyn Patrick Department Chairman Mr. Rudy Burgoz an 9' qi? f If li: li to 5 ... ' Nw 'tx lhi C. 3... Mrs. Frances Kruse Mrs. Roxanne Lingol Mrs. Linda Loy Miss Anita Mullikin