Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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was Languages offer variety New languages and teachers have expanded Tokay's Foreign Language Department. Japanese and Italian were also added to the curriculum. We decided we needed to offer alter- natives to the original Spanish, German and French languag- es, said Tony Young, Foreign Language Department chairper- son. According to Mr. Young, the original languages were selected because they were the most common and traditional. Spanish because of the large Spanish speaking population, German for the sciences, and French was the language of a cultured educa- tion. With Japanese being so im- portant to the world trade and us being an industrial nation, it's very important, said Mr. Young. There are many orien- tal communities in Stockton and Lodi. That's one of the main reasons we chose those languag- es. lt lltalianl was a fairly testing class, said Dennis Czech, a senior Italian student from Eng- land, Hbut anyone with minimal language skills who was willing to work should do well. Japanese was more difficult for Americans because of the written characters, according to Mr. Young. Despite of all the myths, no language was easier .M Ng. I, . art... N.. . ...1- I cll: Q I. Displaying a picture of John Wayne, his favorite actor, is Kyle Rohde, Spanish teacher. 2. Lance Matsumoto and Bella Yagi perform a game show for their Japanese ' I class. 3. Sitting in his Spanish III class, John Lopez ts tempted to eat an apple. 4. Correcting papers for his Italian class ls Tony Young as than another. I was surprised to learn so quickly, said Caryle Young, junior Japanese student, con- sidering l had no knowledge of Japanese language, writing, or culture. ln addition to the new lan- guages, there were three new teachers added to the department faculty. Wendy Baskette, Spa- nishg Dacia Miller, French, and Martha McDonald, Japanese. We seemed to have a lot of support from the parents, said Mr. Young. We will continue trying to build upon current languages and bring in new ones as the interest arises. by Sheryl Tankersley .i,,, 53 ' , x S fl aff r'rwr 5 he dresses In 1960's attire for Groovy Day. 5. John Park partici- pates ln an airplane skit during a Spanish Ill class. Foreign Languages 1 15

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ath introduces different ideas To reinforce learning and skill developement, new ideas were introduced to the mathematics department for the school year. Computers and software were used to integrate the material that the students were studying and the concept of the problems. Teachers wanted to use models in class to help explain theories and the execution of problems. Students learned how to do problems by using software. We were using the compu- ters and the software to let the students practice concepts, said Gary Haas, math department co-chairperson. lt shouldn't be all lectures and books. We are trying to give them models to learn from. Along with computers, math teachers taught problem solving methods and how to approach different problems. Develop- ment and reinforcement of these R 'K ' r.r.., if f a 1 v. J, : f ,. fi! f 72 ,f fd or Y skills helped the students, said Mary Lou Casey, math depart- ment co-chairperson. Several teachers used cooper- ative learning techniques in their math classes. Students were divided into groups of about four and worked together. Group tests and quizzes were then given. Stu- dents helped explain the material to each other and this helped tc make a more relaxed learning environment. Sometimes students can ex plain things to each other bette than the teacher could, said Mr Haas. lt also spreads responsi bility throughout the class. The were responsible for each others work in the group. by Robb Wright 2 Q 5 .Q 5 , my 32 ,M ,E l 116 Q 1. Correcting homework for alge- class is senior Vu Nguyen. 3. Whll bra class is Robert Lewman, alge- In Computer Science class, senloi bra teacher. 2. Working with the Mary Vogt gakesabreak, computers in Computer Science Ph t' b An S o os y sa tone