Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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ACHECKING THE READING, Tom Tous finds out if the points are set at the right gap. Although Auto Shop classes consisted mainly of boys, an occasional girl popped up once in awhile. ALIFTING UP HIS GOGGLES fora moment, Roger Edson pauses to get a better view. The more advanced Auto classes were offered in the morn- ings, beginning Auto classes were offered later on in the day. Departments!Brokers and Their Business Fine Arts The Fine Arts department was several little departments made into a big one. The Fine Arts department consisted of Ceramics, Art, Theater Arts, Instrumental Music, and Vocal Music. Fach little department had it's own teacher that was in charge of its Mr, Robert Maynard was in charge of Ceramics, Mr, Donn Morris taught Art, Mr. Mack Gilliland instructed Theater Arts, Mr. Richard Massaro taught Instrumental Music, and Mr, Larry Cline directed Vocal Music. The department stayed about the same size with no new additional instruc- torsa Foreign Language The Foreign Language Department both grew and shrunk in number of classes it contained. New Spanish 2 and German Z sections were added, although a French 2 section was dropped. The emphasis that the For- eign Language based its instruction on was very simple. Mr. Helmut Birt- ler fDepartment Headl stated, Our aim is to present the foreign lane guage, whichever it may be, with the best instruction in the best manner possible. This may include tapes, films, books, and magazinesfg - Industrial Arts The Industrial Arts Department, like the Fine Arts Department, was really like several little departments put together. It consisted of Auto, Electronics, Wood, Metal, Drafting, and Graphics. Each teacher in the department taught one of these subf jects except Mr. Guy Roubian, who taught Auto, Metal and Wood. Students were encouraged to take Industrial Arts classes for career ori- ented reasons. Department head Mr. Paul Olivier commented, Our goal is to establish a program which will give the students, upon completion, a job entry level in their fieldna 57

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Wanted: Cheap Labor Can you think of a garage anya A where that would charge you noth- ing for labor, only for parts? Auto shop was one such place. Teachers, students, or anybody could take their car into Auto Shop and have it fixed for a very minimal fee. The only c drawback was that it took a little bit A longer because the students only worked on it for one period a day. Students just didn't start out work- ing on cars, For the first two years of Auto Shop, it was mostly book assignments. Only in Auto 3 84 4 were students actually allowed to work on live projects. The Auto Shop pro- gram was very structured. It started out with a student who didn't know anything about cars and taught him the basics - safety, automotive thee ory, tools, and shop practices, just to name a few. As the student became more advanced, he was allowed to work on cars. Students took this class for various reasons. Commented Mr. Victor Kim tinstructorj, l've come across stu- dents who take this class just for the sake of taking it. They take it because they like to work on cars. Appar- ently this was the case with at least one student, Kevin McGill, I took Auto Shop just for the class. l'm not planning on making it my career, I just take it for my enjoymentff Q ATIGHTENING UP THE LAST FEW BOLTS, Tim Only the more advanced students were allowed Buchanan finishes up one of his Auto projects. to workon live projects . Brokers and Their Business!Auto Shop

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Occupations Dra Observations A class that drew attention both on and off campus was lob Occupa- tional Business Skills, better known as IOBS. Many students were not aware that the IOBS class was one of the six demonstration sites for the whole state of California, This meant that three times a year, teachers from other schools came, observed and got ideas from our IOBS classes. The students in JOBS classes per- fected skills such as working an add- ing machine and written communi- cation. In one IOBS class, there were a possible 16 competency skills to complete. Competency skills are for everybodyff commented loyce Bergstrom, department head. These skills are not just for the business stu- dent, but for all students. The IOBS class was individualized - every student worked at his own pace. Teacher Karen Cline com- mented, I really like the way the class is structured. This way, with the student working on an individualized basis, a 'C' student has an opportu- nity to earn an 'A' or 'BQ because he works at his own pacef' Q Math Although the Math Department stayed the same in the number of courses, the number of department members grew, because of higher student enrollment. Three new faces were seen teaching math classes. They were Mr. Dan O'DelI, Mrs. Rebecca Rowles, and Mr. Scott Cas- sells. The Math department's emphasis was placed upon high levels of achievement and positive self images. , according to department head Charles Sismondo. Apparently math interest was on the increase because more students than ever before participated in the Occidental College Math Field Day. This was a special day set aside each year where students from high schools all over Southern California got together and had math competitions. Brokers and Their Business!lOBS if ACOUNTING HIS DOUGH, Ieff Wagner does one of the many tasks required of him in IOBS. Since so many competency skills were required in this class, students had their choice of which order to do them in. '-J. Q ' hu AADDING IT ALL UP, Bret Almberg wonders if the list of numbers is ever going to stop. IOBS class included learning such skills as neater hand- writing, working an adding machine, and learning how to fill out a job application.