Tennyson High School - Aegis Yearbook (Hayward, CA)

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math was set up to help prepare those students who were unable to pass the Reach lVlath Test. The advanced math class is for those who enjoy or excel in math. uThe lack of student interest is the cause for not having a lVlath Club this year, said Nlr. Quehillalt, head of the Nlath Department this year. This was lVlr. Quehillalt's first year of holding this position, Every two years the head of the department changes, 10V 'r.,,,,,. gy CHARTS Q .1,l'htl according to last year's head of the department, lVlr. Brown. So for those students who like math, there will always be TOC0 TO lVlath!23

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,,.,,,................,f,,, M,- 2. Ted Queheillalt 3. Margaret Fekete 4. Victor Serrano 1. Stacy Posey listens attentively while lVlr. Queheillalt explains a problem. 7. Nlr. Brown shows his great math ability while doing a problem for the class. 8. Philip Aguilar works hard to finish the assignment. 9. Brian Downey finds it hard to read the answers to his homework. 10. Jack Toland and Shon Hacket study hard for an upcoming quiz. 5, Henry Aiken 6. Herman Dubowy BRAI PO ER here at Tennyson was demonstrated by some of the dedicated math students. Those excelling in math this year were: Carol Clenney, Phong Nguyen, Tony Aniasco, and Roxanne Jeung. ' 5V 6V l Although there was a slight decrease in enrollment in the math area, there was still a total of 943 students enrolled. 'lThe decrease of enrollment throughout the years has been in the higher math classes. However, the general or lower math classes have stayed the same, said Nlr. Roy Brown. Students were able to choose from a spectrum of math classes ranging from Basic math to Advanced math. Basic

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1, Charles Putkey f 2. Lee Epperson 3, Jean Heckendorf 4. Larry Epstein c , , if f 1 f 0.5, 2 - NW ,' ,V , 4 ff f f f ,mf y , X , f 1 5. Gerry Schipper f ft, f ff .Na ., 1 6. Barry Manning 7. Roddell Merrill f 1, Q 4 -HW-aff, l 4 74341. Q 'I S IT nobody usin' bad grammar around Tennyson no more . .. thirteen English teachers made sure of that! This year, English teachers went llback to basics, that is, teaching reading and writing. The School Board said that teachers were teaching so much drama, literature, creative writing, etc. that students' ability to spell and read had greatly decreased. llWe had to teach English in a practical way, yet make it interesting tool commented Nlr. Larry Epstein. He related his feelings to UTHE WASTELANDU, an article written by August Franza which said, llDay in and day out, I watch