Saratoga High School - Talisman Yearbook (Saratoga, CA)

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l l l. BILL GORDON Spanish I,ll,llI MARIANNE KERL French ll, Germen lll Spanish l,IX,IlI,IV,lV-V 5 i -l W fl ' J Rf ,VN l QHJGJMV Jr l fvaflv 15,9 I l W! I fo Y' nfrwt I L , :Via I PM r V d .1 ,Irs f I f,fJ jg , +0 l JA 'fn Ly' Xue J 9, aff 5 pf My w F' J ' I J . IL rw' I jf' , ,M f F! - GREG BOURGERIE L' If' 'fn MV, fl! ,L , sw Dfn The foreign language department at S.H.S. meets with close to fifty percent of our current student body, and, offers five years of Spanish and French, four years of German and three years of Latin. Activities range from basic skills in language learning Cfun with verbs and grammarj to dis- cussions of literature and culture of Western Eu- rope and the classics. Most of the current staff hold bachelor as well as master degrees in their respective subject matters. Largely enthusiastic toward their classes, the staff enjoys most of Saratoga high schooI's better students. Language classes have compound difficulties as we must make student achieve- ment both a learning experience and hopefully, some fun. Highlights of our program are found in the suc- cess which students have on the Advanced Place- ment exams for which they receive college units for their successful placement in advanced classes at the university level. Hopefully, another highlight and perhaps the most important will be found in the ability to communicate in another language-Porque ya se sabe que nos erforzamos mas! -Mr. Greg Bougerie .9 'W2,,ffll

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Probably one of the best memorles anyone could have about school IS a good teacher someone who can make you learn wlthout grvlng you the feeling that you have to After two years with Spanlsh teacher Mrs Carolyn McKenna I realize that she fats Into thus catagory luke a glove Whlle Spanish IS described as a romantlc language let s face It dolng verb drllls all perlod every day IS not golng to keep anyone on the edge of hls or her seat Mrs McKenna however plans sklts done In Spanlsh creatlve wrltlng In Spanish and contests In Spanlsh We read plays In Spanlsh and even an abrldged version of DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA Perlodlcally stu dents ask her to explain certaln passages In the book that they dont understand and Senora McKenna acts the scene Impersonatlng the self righteous Don Quixote or hls corpulent bungllng frlend Sancho Panza It may look strange to walk Into the classroom to see her waving around a homemade wooden sword whlle doing an Impresslon of Don Quixote but Mrs McKenna puts communication before dlgnlty and los mg a llttle of that dlgnlty means nothlng to her as long as we understand what she IS trylng to say Whether she knew It or not Mrs McKenna conveyed another message to me besides the meaning of Span Ish words She llkes what she IS dolng she loves It In fact and anyone can see It as her whole face seems to llght up when she sees a student just catchlng on to an Idea or when she IS wavlng her wooden sword around or when she pretends to put an F In the gradebock durlng a mock argument with a student Ann Skldmore She loves It In fact ANN IRWIN Spanlsh I IX Il French III JOHN CAVERS LINDA MARTINEZ Department Chanrperson In I II III Spanlsh I II French IV CAROLYN McKENNA JERRY PROSEK HELEN SANDALLS Spamsh I ll III French I IX ll Ill German I II III IV 1 1 , . . , . . 1 ' 1 1 . . . . H . H . 1 1 ' , . I . . . . . . 1 . . , I 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' LI 11 ' ' 1 1 1 In 11 ' 1 l I 0 1 11 , Lat 1' 1, 11 1 1 1 1 1 '

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