Sierra High School - Oracle Yearbook (Whittier, CA)

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Efzgli I1 Mrs. Claire Danneskiold English I Modern Literature Department Chairman The men and women of Sierra's English staff teach Their students To Think and write critically. This entails a Thorough study of grammar, com- position, and The great works of liter- ature. A major change in The olepart- ment This year was The separation of The English and social siuolies classes on The Freshman and Soph- omore levels, thereby insuring a more Thorough coverage of The sub- ject matter in each area. Mrs. Elaine Wade Senior English Typing l Senior Class Mr. Richard Edwards English ll Social Studies I International Club Miss Marilyn Kal-ll English I Journalism Mr. Selden Cummings Senior English English lll Senior Class Mr. Harold Frey Senior English English ll German I Mr. Arthur Ellish English I Social Problems Government Mr. Robert Laidlaw English II Social Studies I Freshman Class News Staff Mr. Richard B. Smilh U.S. History English III Yearbook Staff Miss Mary Ryan English ll English Ill Girls' League

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Mr. Don Averill Typing I Merchandising Salesmanship Miss Dona Fay .lennens Typing I Shorthand I College Typing Haculfy Mrs. Lydia Brunton Typing I General Business F.B.L.A. Mrs. Mina Pierce Office Machines Typing II Advanced Office Machines Mrs. Reva Willingham General Business Shorthand ll 15711 Ines Sdumf im 0 Secretarial Practice I h Mr. Bob Wycoff Office Machines Mrs. Eileen Sauer Typing Il Typing I Algebra l General Business F.B.L.A. Miss Jean Carson Department Chairman Bookkeeping I, II Record Keeping Mrs Bealrice Browne En ish III Senior English Sophomore Class Mr. David Buslrum Teachers of the Business Education Department offer instruction in the best and most useful courses for stu- dents planning to follow careers in the clerical and business world. Regular classes vary from typing, short- hand, and office machines, to bookkeeping, salesman- ship, and general business. Besides usual classroom ac- tivities, all students taking business courses are invited to participate in the Future Business Leaders ot America Mr. I.en Craven English Ill World History Creative Writing English Ill Managers Club Varsity Basketball Coach

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Miss Deanna Daly Department Chairman Senior Homemaking Homemaking ll Mrs. Deanna Kriger Art I Social Studies I Mr. Robert Kneen Special Education Fish and Game Club Believing that everyone has a right to The best possible education, The district has Tak- en pains To provide special facilities- for visually handi- capped students in the area. At Sierra, a resource room has been outfitted with such spe- cialized equipment as record- ed books and braille writers. Special instructor, Mr. Robert Kneen, spends several hours each day in the workroom aiding students with difficult assignments and in adminis- tering tests. irc ,lifts As the working hours ot The average Amer- ican becomes less and less, The need for con- structive leisure Time activities increases. Courses in the tine arts help people to learn about, and To develop new ways to till Their ever increasing nonworking hours. Sierra's Fine Arts Department has Three maior divisions, art, which includes classes in drawing, painting, mosaics, ceramics, and commercial art, music, both vocal and instru- mental, and dramatics and speech. Every year Sierra art students enter and win prizes in several Southern Californian contests, The music classes annually present a Christmas assembly and a Spring Concert, while the Drama Depart- ment presents Two major productions a year, and a night of one act plays each semester. Ch'-Ulf Mrs. Frances Heussenstamm English I Department Chairman Madrigals An Mr, Daniel swift A Club Drama Speech Masquers Mr. William Laverly Architectural Drawing Mechanical Drawing Student Government Mr. Paul Lugo Photography Handicrafts Photography Club Mrs. .Iorine Kline Homemaking Sue-ettes Mrs. Sally Wilcox Homemaking English I F.H.A. Home Sw am ks Developing the wide range ot skills essential to successful homemakers is the main function of the Home Economics Department. During one school year each class studies a section ot foods, clothing, home decoration, child development, and budgeting. During the second semester, several girls gain valuable first-hand experience in child training, when a special pre-school program is held where faculty members bring their nursery-school age children for supervised activities. Mr. William Grgurich Mechanical Drawing Welding Senior Math