Workman High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Industry, CA)

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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

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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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CHEMICAL reaction: Science maiors M. Erickson and C. Scalero have eyes peeled on experiment using acid and hydroxide while Chem teacher R. Capps explains reaction. iCENTERl AS Biology teacher, J. Horn, points out the use of microscope measuring, K. Kramer, D. Wooten, and D. Crismon listen. QBOTTOMJ WEIGHING graduated cylinders must be exact, sophomore R. Hunter in Basic Science hears from Mrs. R, Fox, instructor, who takes time to ex- plain theory to each individual student. LOBO INVESTIGATORS . . Lab Science Silits Evidence LOGIC, accuracy in observations and measurements while doing experiments, cause and effect! Words such as these science instructors used daily in their classes. To increase the student's ability to think scientifically while preparing him for further education as well as the improvement of both facilities and cur- riculum were the goals of the Depart- ment under the leadership of John l-lorn. Sophomores took required Basic Sci- ence, exploring the differences between physical and life sciences, while physics students investigated physical and nat- ural lavvs. Some analyzed chemicals and others probed cells and life itself. Field Science Club members, spon- sored by the Department, observed the natural habitat of plants and animals while gathering specimens.