Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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Photo by Dlrrln Co? is 3 2 5, 3 E E ew computer proves worth ln order to save time and to keep more accurate records, a new book checkout system was purchased for the library. The new system costing over 58,000 did inventory with the touch of a button. With the new equipment, inventory now took two weeks, while previously, it took at least a month to do while school was in session. The new system used an IBM computer with a 512K memory and a 20 megabyte hard disk. lt also had a monochrome display with printer. lt could tell immediately how many books were in circulation, said Carol Grenko, assistant librarian, who replaced Leigh Ramsey, who transferred to Lodi High. Speaking of inventory, the library added about 1,500 new books to its shelves. Cost was kept to a minimum as most were donated by Larry Bradfield, Tokay Social Science teacher. Also being kept to a minimum was theft of books, with the addition of a book detection system purchased in 1984. Un- accounted books was down from 377 in 1984 to 84 books at the end of 1986. To improve student know- ledge, all incoming freshmen were taught to use basic refer- ence materials and skills, such as the Reader's Guide and the card catalogue, in a four-day course which ended with a scan-tron test. An overall test analysis has not been done but the teachers were enthusiastic and the stu- dents were very cooperative, commented Mrs. Grenko. by Jennifer Jacobs 5. Aiding senior Jeff Flemons in finding a book is Librarian Carol Grenko. 6. Lucy McMasters text- book room manager looks through stencils in order to engrave serial numbers on video cassette record- ers. Library 87

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P 0m5V5IeveC 1. Librarian Gayle Evans shows junior Roger Frohllng how to check out books with the new computer system. 2. Helping freshman En- gllsh class members with library orientation ls Llnda Slnz. 3. Per- sag forming varlous library tasks are Amy Peek and Christine Burnside. 4. Making use ol the new copy machine purchased by Student Government ls senior Jeffery Ro- den. Z if 5 Photo by Darrin Coe ,g..,..... ' t Z 4 ' ' -of 4

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Teachers stress writing quality Shakespeare, Hawthorne, Poe. Their works along with the works of 20th century writers were used by Tokay's English teachers to keep the spark of what could be a boring subject alive among the students. With the largest academic department on campus, the English Department consisted of 23 teachers, all of who taught at least one English course during the day. ln order to give their students the best education possible, the teachers worked together as a team to establish the curriculum for all classes, according to Lynda Nahigian, department chairperson. To keep the teachers in- formed, the department held periodic meetings to give the teachers aid and to pass along new ideas. The meetings were taking on a new face. We were organinzing meetings around volunteer mini- Q 889 workshops and professional updates. We are trying to sche- dule guest lectures, said Mrs. Nahigian. ln addition to stimulating meetings, the English Depart- ment has been given a lift by the Area 3 Writing Project. Three of Tokay's teachers, Connie Barker, Michael Gor- man, and Samuel Hatch were recognized as experts in teaching English. All three spent a protion of their summer learning new and different methods of teaching from other expert teachers. The methods and ideas they received from the workshop were passed on to the other English teachers. Focusing on the writing pro- cess and critical thinking was the aim for English teachers this year. Mrs. Nahigian said, We are trying to betterit fthe writing processl through teacher educa- tion. by Cherie Cortez ll 4l 'i m