Tom C Clark High School - Witness Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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ring a French classroom skit, model, LaRhesa on, argues with designer, Chris Newcomb, over her WE. l -umm r 'E , at Jessie Burstein portrays western character, Judge Roy Bean, for an American History report in Mrs, Ann Maiden's sixth period class. Senior Pam Cromey prepares a sculpture of a Mayan Indian woman for the area Spanish competi- tion at San Antonio College on April 17. A 'Nz li Mrs. Mary Rucas. MOCE, Algebra I, Il Mrs. Rose Marie Schievelbein. Librarian Mrs. Kathy Schu- macher. Accounting l, Typing l, I-BLL CVAE Coop Mr. Randy Shurr. Gen eral Metals I, Study Hall Iish III, IIIB Foreign lAnguagefSociel Studies 157 Mr. Myron Short. Ms. Donna Sloan. Eng-

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Language oriented skits proved helpfu Spanish, Latin, German, and French were the four foreign languages of- fered for the academic curriculum. Each language class utilized video and audio tapes to aid the students to understand better the culture of the language and the usage of the language itself. Writing was stressed more on the students in each class. The Spanish classes wrote horror stories while the German classes compos- ed short papers. Spanish teacher and department head, Miss Maria Gonzalez said, The students had a better opportuni- ty to utilize the language by writing stories. Dialogues and skits were also among the activities of the foreign language department. The advanced Spanish students attend- ed a lecture and film performance, Don Quixote de Ca Mancha , at Southwestern University in Georgetown. The Spanish students competed April 3 and 17 at UTSA Last year's French teacher, Mrsi Sophie Fairley, and Kelda Kreusch await the final results of the state French contest at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas. Mrs. Olivares' Latin students display their most reli- able companion, a Latin dictionary. 156 Foreign LanguagefSocial Studies and SAC with categories ranging from prepared speaking to bolta drinking. O ther Latin classroom activities in- cluded certamens and games, such as Romans and the Gauls . I would recommend that other students take Latin because it helps very much in English, said Paris Schiller. Five out of the seven Clark participants were awarded at the state convention. On the Friday before Spring Break the German classes dined on homemade Ger- man foods, such as sauerkraut and Apfelkuchen sausage in the homemaking room. They also participated in contest on March 26 at Houston Klein High School. S ixteen French students brought home 22 awards at the state sym- posium in March. Of the 75 schools par- ticipating, Clark won the sweepstakes trophy. Just as our country is constantly chang- N wil.. . ing, so does the social studies curriculu Mr. Garry Turner said the departmt strength was enhancing the curricull with carefully selected multi-media pres tations. Commercially produced movi such as The Candidate , All the Pri dent's Men , and other timely docum taries, proved successful and enjoyable unique aspect in the department was 1 European Studies class. This lecti oriented class studies from college te: and developed skills helpful for college. X Reorganization within the departmi affected three semester long class PsychologyfEconomics was changed PsychologyfSociology and Economl was offered as one semester class. Dep ment head, Mr. John Griffith said, staff is trying to move towards closer c dination between teachers and what t are teaching, within the department. Teresa --s in . sw 1 i i , i l 'Q .wN,,:M . 5 ff ec I

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Mr. William Quig. Intro- duction to Algebra ll, Fundamentals of Math l tennis Mrs. Mary Ann Ratliff. Typing, Shorthand Mr. David Reyna. Accounting Mr. Mike Robbins. Football, athletic coordi- nator Mrs. Marietta Rodriguez, Geometry, Algebra Il Mr. Gary Rosenblatt. Music historyfliterature, band 158 Math, Science xii is M.. W 1 21 2 A- V ji ' l M i if W I' ,L ff' W ff' Sean Jowers skins one of the cats to be dissected in David Proctor and Kyle Bacon study for a ph anatomy. fest, 'Q 1 , s