Santa Teresa High School - Compendium Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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C ne more year of dreaded French to meet your requirements. Ugh! But this year it will be different; Mr. Cong will make the . . . Help mo! Mr. Cong takes time out from lecturing to help student Shol- loy Lawrence with a few questions while sophomore Mall Burry looks on. Mr. Cong is always will- ing to take time out to help me with my French whenever I need help. 1 really enjoy having him as a teacher. Photo by Christine Wang. FRENCH CONNECTION edication, care, and hard work are just some of the qualities that French teacher Phuong Cong ap- plies to his teaching. Mr. Cong has been an advanced French teacher at ST for eight years. He chose to work at ST because he feels it's one of the finest schools in the district and the students have the potential for hard work. I en- joy pushing my students to the limit, and 1 know the students can handle it. Mr. Cong prepared for his teaching career by getting his education in both Europe and the U.S. He received his Doctor's de- gree at the Sorbonne in Paris. This is where he mastered his superb use of the French language. He enjoys taking groups of his stu- dents to Paris every year. I like to bring the students so they can see a different culture instead of just learning about it in a class. He is also is the advisor of three different clubs: the French club, which is the biggest club on cam- pus, the Vietnamese club, and lastly the chess club. He puts in a lot of time for all the clubs, but he puts in special effort for the Viet- namese club. Since there is such a large number of Vietnamese this year, he knows ;the club will have a good chance of succeeding. His son Danny Cong is in his French class and also belongs to the French club. I think it's great that my dad works here, especial- ly since I get to go on the annual trips to Europe. I hope someday to speak as many languages as my father speaks. Mr. Cong speaks many languages other than French, English, and Vietnamese. In the future, he just plans on working at ST and hopefully in- creasing all of his clubs' sizes. By Christine Wang. Faculty |

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S' Juan Martinez Spanish 1,2,3. Irene Martinez Instructional aide, bilingual pro- gram. Frederic Matalono Vocational goodwilS, basic work experience. Steve McClung United Statos history. Dennis McKenna Algebra 1.2. trigonometry analysis. Gary Melching Introduction to science, ad- vanced biology Betsy Merritt Counseling technician. Wayne Merritt Trigonometry analysis, consumer math, computer scionce 1.2. Michael Miner English ! 9. language arts 3. Ian guage arts 3 9. Mona Mitri Child nutrition. Suzanne Mocherman Basic English, basic math, basic work experience, basic safety education, ba sic American government, basic United States histo- ry. basic world civilizations, basic science, basic reading. Rudy Moreno Custodian. Kathy Morgan Special education instructional aide. Steve Mumma Physical education. Carol Myers Basic English, basic math. Mary Nanamura Attendance clerk. Diane Neil Principal's secretary.. Barbara Noilson English 2 honors. English 1. Karyn Neujahr ioumah m ! .2, English 4. Ronald Nowburn Wood, architectural drawing. Frank Olsen Physical education. Sal Orlando English 3. English 1 9. composition and literature. Sonja Palmer Bank clerk. Joan Playecic Team teaching clerk, safety educa- tion. Jerry Powell Counselor Rick Ragan Personal typing, beginning business, keyboard, record keeping. Angel Rios Custodian. Claudette Rivera Computer center aide. Karalee Roland Associate principal o: education development Jerry Romero Basic study skills, basic economics, basic American government, basic United States history. James Sagray Chemistry, physic-. Nancy Schwalen Composition and literature. English as a second language 2.3. Robert Schuster Language arts 3. English 4. physical education. Kathy Scialabba Physical education. Cocile Shea Language arts 2. English 4 honors, choir 1. drama 1.4. William Sheehy English 3 honors, European h:.- tory. People 220

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Much of the success of this year's Academic Decathlon team is attribut- ed to Mr. Bill Sheehy. The Decathlon competition is all part of the . . . An alPnight. The history of flight isn't too tough, re- marked assistant coach Michelle Chappare during one of those fre- quent cram sessions. Mr. Sheehy and Mi- chelle coach Renata Zaliznyak on the finer points of avi- ation history. Photo by Laura Geer. WORLD ACCORDING TO SHEEHY r People cadence Decathlon head coach Bill Sheehy encouraged, All right you guys, go out there and kick some butts! The team did just that. Placing second overall out of twenty-seven schools com- peting. the 1987 Decathlon team was the best in Santa Teresa's his- tory. The team attributes their suc- cess to Mr. Sheehy. Administering tests, appointing student coaches, recruiting possi- ble Decathletes, and researching topics are just a few of the respon- sibilities Mr. Sheehy must master- mind. Student coach, Michelle Chappars, felt that, With Mr. Sheehy there's more of a friend- to-friend relationship. He's really fun to be around ... just the way that he is makes people want to do good. He's just cool! The Academic Decathlon is a competition in which a carefully selected group of students com- pete in ten events including sci- ence, astrology, and fine arts. When asked about his goals for next year's team Mr. Sheehy re- plied, Ultimately, we would like to stay in the top five. More than that, I would like for the kids as well as the teachers to realize that it's not how you place, but how you grow as a result of the compe- tition. Although the Academic De- cathlon ranks highly on Mr. Sheehy's list of priorities, he still manages to teach English courses and Western Civilizations. He is also an active member of the Oak Grove School District Board of Di- rectors. In his spare time he runs competitively. Mr. Sheehy's enthusiasm car- ries over into his classroom be- cause many ol his students come to the competition and cheer along with Sheehy and the rest of the competitors. Santa Teresa tra- ditionally has the loudest cheer- ing section, and thanks to Mr. Sheehy and the team, this year was no exception. By Laura Geer. 3. ok te Js c mjzc « sfcgcf' c k y