Workman High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Industry, CA)

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ENGLISH THEMATIC UNITS.. . Paper Backs Offer Variety USE of paperbacks to interpret Thematic Units in the new English course 'of study gave all freshmen, sophomores and juniors a wide choice in reading. First-year students read books in- volved with typical teenage problems in the home or school, while sophs found the Survival Unit challenging and thrilling. Juniors dwelt on more serious problems of morality and realism in America. Exemplary paperbacks included: Von Ryan's Express, The Great Gatsby, The Pearl, The Crucible, Nectar in the Sieve. Panel discussions, essays, skits-all stemmed from the reading, while gram- mar was taught functionally. Some college-bound seniors took English IV, while others with iuniors took a flexible scheduled course featuring independent study. ITOPJ WHAT teenage 'hang-ups' do you find in this story? asks English I teacher, Dr. S. Eriksen, of S. Shaum, D, Alpine, R. Hollis, who enjoy reading HOT ROD, ICENTERJ HSPELL these words from dic- tation, orders G. Heninger to R, Medrano, A. Harker, D, Vasquez in English III, after choosing troublesome words from thier compositions, READYING the reading machine, C. Flores gets help from Miss M. Krupa, in adiusting it for his eyes. ities J i'S'ii, .f .X ,,. My SSL i .sg K eg 2 X I 50 8 ad init L,,,...i.xunuaI-n-we ,.. ..-nm, . W , if I your hm' ca 5 Q PPII h15j.fR 2 can supply umsh. ' . f 1IIIQNI1'S ' 'i S' . II -I ,, hirsiills III Us wwf' ff'

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FACULTY VOLUNTEERS . . Students Like TOPS Subjects WHAT is the TOPS Program at Work- man High School? lt is a Tutorial Pro- gram provided tor students by teachers who were willing to give up their Time after school tor this. ln its second year, The Program provided eager Lobos with electives set up by T8 teachers. Teachers who volunteered Their serv- ices included The following, Harold Crawford, aeronautics, Les Dickinson, agriculture, Mrs. Suzanne Murphy, art, Don Anderson, political affairs, Paul Shigo, music, Clint Dunn, German, Pat Mauch, psychology, Mrs. Marie Earl, RN, medical self-help. Others were, Bob Green, sports, John Horn, biological sciences, Roy Eisenbise, Social science field work, Russ Smith, American history or Lit, Frederick Raile, conversational Spanish, Leo Utt, math, Mrs. Roberta Fox, slide rule, Miss Mary Krupa, creative writing, Pat Rogan, baseball techniques. AERONAUTICS, taught by H. Crawford who owns his own plane, appeals to Lobos like C. Hacker, desiring to be flyers. LCENTERJ MEDICAL self-help, directed by Mrs. M. Earl, RN features Safety First, as assistant C. Vest demonstrating correct method of bandaging. lBOTTOMl LES DlCKlNSON'S Ag Class, consisting ot K, Heidkamp, B. Lawson, and G. Maddox does landscaping and beautification.

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LANGUAGE LAB . . . TudenTs Use Oral Approach MODERN eauipmenT-overhead ear- phones, Tapes, and dialogue cards, A- LM records-emphasized The meThods used To assisT sTudenTs in French, Span- ish, and German aTTain The goal of speaking, comprehending, and wriTing The languages wiTh ease. Spurred on by Frederick Raile, de- parTmenT head, who spenT The pasT sum- mer in Spain, The sTudenTs founded an lnTer-Language Club and esTablished a chapTer of Sociedad Honoria Hispania Tor sTudenTs wiTh aT leasT Three semes- Ters of Spanish wiTh a 3.5 average. Through The club, language majors learned To appreciaTe The hisTory and culTures of These foreign counTries. Besides seeing foreign language films, The sTudenTs wenT To Olvera STreeT To see Los Posadas and To Mr. Raile's home To enioy The pinaTa aT ChrisTmas. EACH charm comes from places visifed in Germany This pasT summer, explains G, Brenner To D. NuTT, R. Koppen, and C. Dunn, Teacher in German. ICEN- TER1 SPANISH Teacher F, Raile demonsTraTes use of dialogue cards, which sTudenTs R. Slayden and E. Cook hold while class repeats words. TBOTTOMJ TURN on volume! direcTs French ll and lll in- sTrucTor D, Roberts To sTudenTs, L. Balmeseda, C. Thompson, and B. WhiTe who lislen To a sTory. I . -r Y -TFT X A . LANGUAGE-35