Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

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Faculty gains new faces
By Chris Crfacra
The size of the ftca*/ is coasidcr-
•My larger this year than v has been
In recent yean. The increase in the
number of faculty member* b caoed
mainly by tbr addition of 12 new
teachers to the staff, and the renim
of f.vc iiutmcton from sabbatical
Icwe and ibroe irotn leave of
absence.
LoweU'i new imuueton include
Ms. Patricia Canepa. Mr Knwird
Bconea. Mi. Gail Evans. Mr. Keith
Storey, Mn. Patricia MatDiufcld,
Mi. Stub Okazaki. M«. Nahleen
Pang. Mr. Fred Rcmagnolo, M».
Elizabeth Rogcn. Mr. GUbcno San-
.3K*. Mr. Julian Suva, and Mr. Wallace
Slewui.
Cancp*. 'he only ujdition to the
Science Dcpartmcia. h currently
.about *it yean. Evans staled. "At
". Lowell, we wculd ttkc to make vbiblr
a lot of our studenti* capabilities
that do not seem evident at Tint. For
estmpte. we are tilling to help out
any programs run by school organiutioos
in any way we can!"
MacDuraU. anuhcr new teacher,
b beginning her iTlhvcarof teaching
znd has ccroc to Lcwcll from Balboa
High School. She U pmeatly teaching
three English dasscs and r*v 4.1
daises. On coming to Lowell she
comments. "I'm just glad to be
bwr."
Okazaki, Rotnagnolo. and Sanchez
are the three new addition i to the social
Science Department, Rrmugnolo
conies lo Lowell witn 22 yean of
teaefcafc in the SFUSD under his belt.
He taught for :U yran at Roosevelt
New ami ttttirnlnf trackers: (Front) Evans, Rottn, Nagan. Pane,
Stony. Okazakl; (Back) SUtu, MacDocuM, Kobtmoa, RomoRHolo,
CUodcr, Deinno, Wells.
teaching a number of chemistry
daucs. Before coming to Lowrll. she
taught for 12 yean at Lincoln and
then for 10 yean at McAtcer. She
claims to thorough!)enjoy leaching,
and ihe find* Lnvcll "quite delightful."
Bennett was hired to fill in ft*i instructon
Mr. and Mn. Paul Vjhlil J
in the Mute Department wtuJc ihc>
prepared for their expected child. Befree
bUtg hired at Lowell he wortai
in the SFUSD summer music program
for ckmentary school uudenu.
Evans ana Stoa.-y were hired u
work mitt" specialcducatiao students
in room4l. Evamcomptled 1? years
of experience in the field of special
education ^nstructioii in a number of
jobs in New Hampshire, Montana,
and Australia before cominjt to Lowell.
Svorct previously wurked prtmarily
in the San Francisco Sutc Univershy
special ediication program for
Speakers
earn
victories
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**Thb year looks scry 3nc**cragmg.
W*.*1I probably hasc many
finalists icJ nicrc than likely have a
number of srudenu who will make it
ttue cna-npionships at the end of
the year," enthused Sandra B'nJ.
coxh of the Forensic* Team.
Twelve member* of the Forcmics
Team qualified as finalius ir the
league Congtos toumamect which
touk pUce oo September 28 at College
Prep Hi^h School in Oakland
FinalUu included senior* John
McNuUy. Lulu Kao. Stevv Kohn.
Irene Kuo. Alex Liu. Carb
Ncwmcyer. Unds La. Doici Lir,
and sopbocvores Peggy Kohn. Ji*n
Thaler, acd Ben Lcc.
In this tournament and other Coojreu
tournaments, modeled after tite
United States Congress., speakers
discuss various curredt issues ca'led
"bills.** There arc three rounds er
siStt" in which speaken discuss
the bills and give their ipeechci umcerulig
ihe bsues.
Seniors Jeff Laurence and Dean
PouUkbUs wen nominated at
Junior High and then fur lft ;cars ai
Gtinnini Junior High. While st Gunmni,
he taught a w*«Je variety of
courier ranging from computer progratnmiii*
to Lctm Ke feels he b nut
a total stranger to Lowell vtnee nun>
of his students m the gifted progiam
at Gunnmi jrc presently attending
Lowell. At l.oweUhe f«xU hr will he
teaching prinuhly hiMify t-ounc*.
Okazoki and Sanchez also instruct
a number of social science classes.
Okuaki comes to Lowell trom Presidio
Middle School, and Sanchez
previously worked at Ifb*ace Mann
and Everett Middle School*. In Sanchez's
eyes, "Lowell u a little more
conservative than I like, I'd like to encourage
the studenu to qu.*Mion author^
4 bfl r.xxe." Overall however,
he feeU "the students at Lowell arc
great, but the atmosphere is really
chaotic."
a new instruct"! in »!«• for-^
eign /.angurgs Department. She has
been teaching for three yem at Minna
Middle School where she ta-jtht
English and social studies, and at
Waihington High School where she
taught civics. She did a guud den! of
substitute teaching last scmetfer in the
Foreign l^n^uagc Dep21 imctit. Prcs*
cntly she U teachinf a couple of Chinese
(Mandarin) classes. "Lowell b
gttat." she stated, "because there are
no disciplinary prnhlenu. I find my
most powerful tool to get my student*
10 work harder b the threat of a "C\"
Rogcu. a tvw Er.jjtsh and French
instructor, comcf to Lowell from
Mission W'h Schoot. Although she
has not L.n irouad Lowell very
long, sht fitds Lowell to be a very
"hectic place with lots of people,
noise, ami activity."
The final two additions to the
leaching staff arc SUva nnd Stewart,
who teach English and math respecir.ery.
Bt^h tcachencome fiom Wat
lenberg High School. When asked to
comment on Lowrll, Stewart fvplied.
"The modular *> stem b a I idle trkky
•0 get used to, and the halls arc
crowded, but. other than that, it's
fine." Silva responded. "The students
art great. I don't have to static
a great deal of my enrtg> iroc.ttir;;
them. Tktj come prc-motrvatcil. ai>1
as a rcuilt. I'm able to spmd i> .T
of my energy on instruction.'
Also this semester, five teachers return
from a period of sabbatical (cat c
including Jomrs Carrruck. Raphael
Cons, Lawrence Robuwm, Dr. Philip
Glander. and Dennis Trcadwsy.
In 3cw L»->cll
tenner* JIKJ tho«c returning from
tabhaiicaJ Icavr, there arc three
teachers wfcj arc returning to I
thi\ wme»Wr after a leav- v "
from the whool. These teachers are
Jacqulinc Dclfino. Dave l»w. and
Dr. Beniiu Sofan.
Dclfino i\ a moth invtructor who
lei I Lowell four>car*a;;inoicai.h al
Wallcnbcri: High School. She is glad
to be back at Lowell bccuise. "It's
a school where srudenu are rcall) interested
in learning and the lca%hcn
always have attentive audienrcs."
Beth Lo* and Nogara sened as
long term sutntituia Lasl year. A long
ictm "sub" is hastcally the same as
a regular teacher, but in Juuc. this
contract b finished. Both instructon
were rchircd 'Jiis )Toi. LOW teaches
in the Physical Education Dcp*rlmccl.
and Nogara b now working in
the Foreign Language Department.
Onn PDuUUibs and Kclanda Chu pnctlcc their debate techniques.
OutiUnding Presiding Officers. The pretation and fourth in rational ex-
?rcsidingOfficcnarcciio«nbyuV icmporancvu*. respcctiscly
other spoken in the session. The Toe 1.2. tournament was broken
Festa, Heimer
win English award
By Jenifer f
Seniors Eva Fesa snj Mae Hettncr
are winnen ot the National Council
of Tachen of English (NCTE)
Achievement Award.
Every high school nationwide was
askcJ to recommend its tijp writcn,
the number being tletermincd by the
size of the student body.
Tins year'* candidates for Lowell
w*re senton Liu Bielawi. Cub
Crbcra. Festi. Hei-ner. and Andrew
Lee.
Winnen of the NCTE Achievemen:
Award receive no monetary
prize, but they may entct the
Scholastic Writing Awvd (SWA).
The w innen ia the NCTE Actuoement
hive their ruuze put on a liu
KVB Fnu ivjd Mall llrlrarr are wtnnm U th* N*i
Toschrrs of En&lkb Achletcmrit A*anl.
sent to most colleges and uiutcnittc*
telling of their participation.
Winners are alw sent cattl*. to be
included \hcn sendinp an application
to a specific college, slating "The
National Ccu.xil of Trschcr^ of
Eof4uh rottgruzes this Uudcnt for
o>itstandinj pcrfrnrancc in writing
and rccomitcnds him or her for cotisidsratson
for adttiisiion and financial
a-d. if needed."
"It's a definite adt^ntagc for get-
"Person by person, we're better
than mou ottier: choolv in the area."
explained McNulry. "We do very
well on an irxhvkVit baitt " He
added.
Laurence and McNulty aim participated
in the UCLA Speech and
Dcfutc Invitation/on October 11-13.
A> a lca.n. they won t*u oiJ l lacking vanity p4
iicip.'nt> 4ivl speakers in the Uni J
dutfes of the Presiding Officen ire «"*" irwo «P«ie events -ncloding
to maintain order and rccp the time extemporaneous news, original ad-
MCMjiry Irelt the team is 11
r-rricrved'ductothefart L4atse\
of the ipeeches durinc the session.
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*«cacy. ongirul oratory, eipnutory.
progiammed reading, hunio* inter-
Ley *rvokcr* groJuaicd lost vcar
• ; - -it. J
of the speeches during te
At the league Individual Etcnt*
ll.E-1 tovmament whkS wa* fc'ld at
San Ramon High School on October
5, Lowell again pnne- to be strong
as five out of fifteen members
qualified 3% firult%u. Fttvdiu.t included
sophomore* Lee am! Kohn. who
finished in fourth place in ad>ocavy
and third place in impromptu, rctpectitcty.
Junior Stephanie Lau took
fourth place in Impromptu, and
pretation. and drama intcrptrtatuin.
seniors Alexis Scourke« *rid
Laurence ptatxd fifth in dntna inter-
tiny into tt* more exclusive
wi formal whuol
scttinc-
"I wtiMeos if 1 were trying to convince
a fellow u-jJe.-y not lo drop out
of hiph school," stated Hcimet.
Moneury prizes, in the form of
sdvilanhip*, are pven to the winners
of the SWA-
The categories for 'he SWA inciude
short uory. poetry, jniical
review. c\wy. humor, and dramatic
script.
[ (onc-c number oi team
dcbalcr> ha> men from OIKT team last
jcar to \ti or %c\cn ihts jejr.
Laurence is confident Ui:i the team
^batc group and the Cr-igrov group
will be vtrnng thiv >car.
"People aT rocnif.g to analvMs
and their minds as well as their
vocabulary." commented Laurence.
Bird fcel» that rr.Tnbcr. jrc very
jupportivc of each other. She states
that •he previous tournaments were
*".. .t«m ettorts. e. cr. though .nine
ol the memben hadn't dotK well.
they were pleated that the team hod
vmc success."
Kotm agreed with Bird. "There**
more team unity this year than las*
year. A In* of pcop'c c *wkinf
lognher withit the team ral*xr tiuc
just going out and researching on
liicir own."
Biid citc» Lii.icncc. McNulry.
Lcc, Kohn, Nc*m:ycr. and
M.-phomoic Ciefo Cerczo as Use
team's top provpecu tiiis year.
In two weeks a ttudent will travel
c>ihe Univrxsitv-of ihcPacu-cImUa
ttorul ummoncru in Stockton which
take* place November
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