Prescott High School - Hassayamper Yearbook (Prescott, AZ)

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Understanding, Comprehension Enhance Paul Newman eat your heart out! Modest Mr. R. T. Mikulewicz teaches the Journalism 1-2 classes and is the advisor for both tho Badger and the Hassayamper staffs. Mr. Mike sponsors Quill and Scroll and is one of the Sophomore Class advisors. Mrs. Luanne Lea looks up a word in Webster's unabridged for her sopho- more English class. Mrs. Lea also teaches Honors English 7-8. She is a senior sponsor and the assistant advisor to National Honor Society. Mrs. Dorothy Galde is shown helping some of her sophomore English students with problems in English. Mrs. Galde is busy through- out the year heading the English Department and working as co-sponsor of Yellowjackets besides teaching her English 3-4, 7-8 classes. Also, she participates on the National Honor Society Committee, the Language Arts and Counseling Guidance Committee and is a Senior Class sponsor. —20—

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Success Depends on Communication Mr. Jim Smith and Vicki Hill, senior, discuss some of the problems of English. Mr. Smith teaches English 3-4 and is varsity basketball and JV track coach. Also. Mr. Smith is Senior Class sponsors. Mrs. Gloria Hood grades papers from her English 3-4 classes. In her first year at Prescott High School. Mrs. Hood sponsors Yellow- jackets. working hard with the club's projects. She also is one of the sponsors of the Junior Class. Mrs. Virginia Knudtson. Sophomore Class sponsor, explains the literary value of English literature in her English 5-6 and Honor English classes. Mrs. Knudtson sponsors the National Honor Society and participates in American Education Week and the Language Arts Committee. Carolyn Barnes, sophomore, learns facts about space from Mr. Jay Jones. Mr. Jones, who teaches Basic Education, is also co-sponsor of FTA. He is seen many times throughout the year chaperoning the rooter buses to away games. Mr. Jones is one of the Sophomore Class sponsors. —19—

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Foreign Language Department Aids Understanding A thorough knowledge of foreign languages leads to an understanding of different countries and thei people. Because we have the ability to communicate with any country in the world, we need to have an undesrtanding of other languages. French, Latin. Russian, and Spanish are the foreign languages taught at Prescott High. French is designed to develop not only conversational ability, but also a solid foundation in French grammatical structure. Class work includes a study of vocabulary, reading, and translation of simple French stories, memorization of dialogues, and classroom con- versation. The course in Latin is designed to acquaint the students with the basic patterns of Latin grammar. Russian provides an introduction to the Russian language through reading selections supported by grammar exposition, oral exercises in Russian, and translation into Russian. Spanish is a course designed to give students a fundamental Spanish background. The goal of the course is to teach students to speak Spanish with some fluency and to understand the spoken language w'thin limited content. . . . And this little piggy went to market . . . Mrs. Denny Bache-Wiig teaches English 3-4 and French 1-2, 3-4. As her interests lie mainly in French, Mrs. Bache-Wiig sponsors the French Club and participates in many of the club's activities. She also works with the Senior Class on publicity. Mr. Donald Rodgers, Latin 1-2, 3-4, translates difficult phrases to his class. Mr. Rodgers also teaches English 5-6 and partic- ipates as Sophomore Class sponsor. He is also a member of the Foreign Language Committee. Mr. Ted Castaneda grins afte hearing one of the remarks from a student in his Spanish class. Besides teaching Spanish 1-2. 3-4 Mr. Castaneda is varsity wrestling coach. Sophomore Class sponsor and a member of the Foreign Language Committee. Miss Lela Roach pauses for a moment from her busy teaching schedule to look at the camera. Miss Roach is a Spanish I a«c 2 teacher, senior sponsor. FTA sponsor, and Is a member of Foreign Language and Scholarships Committee and ” ■ NH$ Committee. —21—