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WOBURN HIGH SCHOOL
88 Montvale Avenue
Woburn, MA 01801

Robert Norton, Principal
617-937-8210

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WOBURN HIGH SCHOOL READIES FOR ACCREDITATION

Woburn High School, under the guidance of Accreditation Chairs Elaine Farmer (Family and Consumer Science) and Joseph Curran is getting ready for its accreditation review in October 1997.
Recently Elaine Farmer, Nancy Boutwell (Business Education), and Carol Caten (World Languages) were accompanied by Principal Robert Norton to an accreditation seminar.
The dedicated staff at Woburn High School has spent many hours getting ready for the review. The seminar showed the Woburn participants, as well as other principals and steering committee members, how to finalize their plans for the evaluations. The seminar also provided information to help schools learn more about the evaluation report and its consideration by the Commission on Public Secondary Schools. Participants shared their reactions to the self-study process with members of the Commission on Public Secondary Schools of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).
NEASC, founded in 1885, is the oldest accrediting agency in the country and is recognized by the U. S. Department of Education as a reliable agency to award accreditation to New England Schools. NEASC is a voluntary accrediting agency of over 1600 public and independent schools, colleges and universities, and vocational, technical, and career institutions. Of these, approximately 719 public middle level and high schools have been accredited through the Association's Commission on Public Secondary Schools.


WOBURN STUDENTS WIN AWARDS IN BOSTON GLOBE SCHOLASTIC MAGAZINE ART CONTEST
Five Woburn students are sharing seven awards from this year's BOSTON GLOBE SCHOLASTIC MAGAZINE ART AWARDS.
AMANDA TRICOMI of the Kennedy Middle school received a Gold Key. Gold Keys are the highest award presented. OLGA SHTEYNBERG received an honoranle metion.
KATEYLYN CORRIGAN and DONALD McPHEE of Woburn High School received Silver Keys for drawings.
KATELYN CORRIGAN, DONALD McPHEE, and JOHN CURCIO received honorable mention for additional work.



SUPER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

Mrs. Gayle Murphy, Chair of the English Department, has announced the following students have donated their time to help others in the Learning Center:

Kate Killilea
Melissa Maclone
Amanda Magliozzi
Derek Samuelson
Jerry Vanek
Chirag Patel
Shawn Gaffney
Thomas Rabbitt
William Rabbitt
Kristyn O'Brien
Stacie Taranto
William Mearls

The winner of the Martin Luther King Scholarship Essay was:

Erin Briere

The following students gave outstanding performances in the senior class play, CHARLIE'S AUNT:

Carl Stiehl
Christine Harrelson
Thomas Rabbitt

The following students have shown excellence in English:

Kristen Olsson
Jason Fenton
Betsy Callahan
Hilary Callahan
Melanie DeTeso
Katelyn Hogan
Renee Holmes
Jillian Murphy
Abby Severance
Karen Treska
Carla Beaudoin
Christine Kesaris
Taryn O'Neill
Christine Schuck
Huma Sharwani
Devon Fitchett
Robyn Heater
Kenneth Kessaris
Suzanne Masotta
Megan Vogt
Melissa Yore

WORLD LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT

Mrs. Carol Caten, Chair of the World Languages Department, has announced the following students have excelled during the first semester:

Mrs. Celi
The following students have shown exceptional progress. They are very motivated, produce high quality work, work independently, and strive toward excellence.
Dung Nguyen
Chun I (Jen) Tung
Yogesh Patel

The following students have achieved an A average.
Sin Yan (Candy) Lau
Mandy Lau

Mrs. Moore
MARY VAIL and JESSICA TAN, seniors and Latin V AP students were selected as two of the fifteen students from the Northeast to attend a special program at Boston University. The studenbts will compete for scholarships to BU. Good luck ladies!!

JESICA TAN has qualified for an engineering scholarship at BU. CONGRATULATIONS!

JESSICA TAN received a score of 730 on her Latin Achievement Test. GREAT WORK!

Mrs. Orpen
Spanish V AP
DEREK SAMUELSON completed an outstanding report on Benito Quarez.
KATHERINE BENTUBO has excelled in creative writing skills.

The following Spanish 4H students excel in class participation and are very well prepared each day:
Kevin Quinn
Shawn O'Keefe
Melissa Yore
Katelyn Hogan
Brian Newman

CHRISTOPHER MEUSE, Spanish 1, excells in class participation, homework, and on his tests.

RUSSIAN

Mary Samuelson is to be commended for her outstanding achievement in Russian. She has maintained an A+ average the past two years!!

FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

Mrs. Elaine Farmer, Chair of the Family and Consumer Science Department, has announced the following students have excelled during the first semester:

MRS. FARMER

Child Development

Kristen Chamberlain
Kathryn Jones

Life Skills
Devon Fitchett
Brandon Keeley

MRS. JILLETT

Child Development

Kimberlee Murphy
Melissa York

BUSINESS DEPARTMENT


Mrs. Janet Bruno, Chair of the Business Department, has announced the following students have excelled during the first semester:

Mrs. Nancy Boutwell
Shannon Provost
Christine Schuck

Mrs. Janet Bruno
Eric Bryan
Kristin Mackie
Mary Samuelson

Mrs. Ellen Connell
Jay Carroll
Kenneth Kessaris

Miss Kelly Eramo
Kristen Eldridge
Aundrea Jarvis
Toni Jaskul

Miss Arlene Lasky
Kristin Donovan
Emily Gomez
Betty Kwok

Mr. John McWhinney
Stephen Gill
Jennifer Kelley

Mr. Vincent Rivela
Peter Aguilar
Jenifer Ericson

Mr. Thomas Treacy
Many Lau
Jessica Lau
Jolene Thurber

SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

Mr. Scott Blake, Chair of the Science Department, has announced the following students as the SUPER SCIENCE STUDENTS for the first semester.

Mr. Shukan's Classes
Kevin Quinn
Dan Borgasano

Mr. Smith's Classes
Paul Johnson
Christopher Gray

Miss Christo's Classes
Liz Briggs
Jon Lilley
Jim Bentubo

Mr. McSweeney's Classes
Chris Paulas
Jorge Bezerra

Dr. Wilson's Classes
Sara DiBacco
Taryn O'Neil

Mr. Blake's Classes
Rebecca Tan
Jessica Tan

Mr. Deldon's Classes
Sarah Andreason
Meaghan Flaherty

Mrs. Buonoconti's Classes
Derek Samuelson
Mike Litzenburg

Mrs. Sousa's Classes
Margaret McCarthy
John Barker

Mr. Nolan's Classes
Abby Severance
Melissa Skeffington
Janessa Buttaro

Mr. Gaiero's Classes
Jessica Prince
Mike Borgasano
Kathy Bentubo

HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Mr. Joseph Maltacea, Chair of the Health Department, has named the following as Semester One Superstars.

Melissa Maclone - SADD President, Peer Mediator
Sara (Tilli ) Andrews - SADD Treasurer and former Peer Leaders
Anthony Parziale - Peer Mediator President
Cindy Chabre - SADD, Peer Mediator
Kerrin Lally - SADD, Peer Mediator
Bernice Corpuz - SADD, Peer Mediator
Kate Jones - SADD
Krissy Canada - SADD, Peer Mediator
Shawn Gaffney - SADD, Peer Mediator, Officer
Scott Palmer - SADD, Peer Mediator
Danielle Rios - SADD, Peer Mediator
Jill Nelson - SADD, Peer Mediator
Abby Severance - SADD, Peer Mediator
Roth Gill - SADD
Mike Murray - SADD
Jackie Boyle - SADD

ART DEPARTMENT

Mr. Frank Newark, Chair of the Art Department, has announced the following students recently participated in the exhibition held at the Lexington Arts and Crafts Society:

Karin Lund
Don McPhee
Jon Forstey
Kristen Olsson
Katelyn Corrigan

In addition the following students have excelled:

JERRY VANIK
Jerry, an art major, and portfolio class student, has been accepted at North Carolina State University as an architecture major. North Carolina State has an outstanding architecture program.
JON FORSTEY
Jon has been acceoted at Pratt Institute in New York City and at the New Yor School of Visual Art. Congratualtions Jon!!

KATELYN CORRIGAN
Katelyn has maintained a straight A average in art.

KRISTEN OLSSON
Kristen has maintained a straight A average in art.

JASON FENTON
Jason has done outstanding work in his art classes and maintains an A average.

KARIN LUND
Karin plans a career in fashion. She has maintained an A average in art for over two years.

MUSIC DEPARTMENT

Mr. Robert Hodgson, Chair, has announced the following students participated in the M.M.E.A. Northeast District Auditions:

Kristen Eldridge
Jill Keeley
Jessica Lague
Christina Pascuccio
Daisy Vazquez
Jaclyn Chisholm
Megan Vogt
Jennifer White
Samuel Moscoso

The following students have received band honors:

Andrea DePaoli
Erin Donahue
Kenneth Walton
William Rabbitt
Joseph Yennacco
Kelly Belanger
Robyn Heater

SPOTLIGHT
SCHOOL DEPARTMENTS

Table of Contents

The Fine Arts Department
The Health Department
Science Department
The Harlow Library
Business Education Department
Family and Consumer Science
World Languages
School to Work
Guidance Department
English Department
Technology Department
Physical Education
Social Studies Department

THE FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT


...Art Smarts...

...Art for Life...

...Where Students Dare To Be Individuals...

contributed by Frank Newark, Chair

The Fine Arts Department is entering its busiest season. Student art work is being prepared for entrance into the BOSTON GLOBE and SCHOLASTIC MAGAZINE art exhibits. The students' work will be on exhibit from January 14 to February 9 at the Massachusetts State Transportation Building at 10 Park Plaza in Boston. At the conclusion of the exhibits students will be awarded coveted Gold and Silver Key Awards. The number of students who can enter the competition is limited by the enrollment in each school.
In addition to this work the senior art students are preparing portfolios for submission to art schools and colleges. Each portfolio will contain 10-15 pieces of original art work or slides of the original pieces.
Several Woburn students were recently honored by having their work on exhibit at the Lexington Arts and Craft Society. They included:

Karin Lund
Donald McPhee
Jon Forstey
Kristen Olsson
Katelyn Corrigan

The exhibit also included art work by students from Winchester, Burlington, Waltham, Bedford, and Lexington.


contributed by Robert Hodgson, Chair

The high school's choral program has been steadily growing in recent years. During the last five years the Concert Choir membership has tripled. It is currently at an all time high of 110 students. All students meet everyday as an academic course. The chorale opened its 1996-97 season with an impressive performance at the National Honor Society Induction Ceremony.

On November 30 the 19 member Show Choir wrapped up the festivities at Woburn's Christmas on the Common. The choir was the star attraction at the Woburn Mall's Christmas Program on December 11. Their impressive outfits were due to the help of several parents.

On December 18, The Concert Choir, Show Choir, Concert Band, and Jazz Band joined forces to present one of the most impressive and successful Winterfest Concerts in recent years. The program was presented to a full house. Guest appearances were made by Superintendent Carl Batchelder, who joined the brass section of the Concert Band, School Committee Member Denis Russell, who lent his talents as a baritone to the Concert Choir, and Principal Robert Norton and St. Charles' Father Wayne, who delighted the audience with "A Child's Christmas in Wales".

Nine menbers of the Concert Choir represented Woburn High School at the M.M.E.A. Northeast District Chorus Auditions in November. They included:

Kristen Eldridge
Jill Keeley
Jessica Lague
Christina Pascuccio
Daisy Vazquez
Jaclyn Chisholm
Megan Vogt
Jennifer White
Samuel Moscoso

Four of the students will perform at a district festival in January. Others will perform at Algonquin Regional High School in February.

The students in the Woburn High School Band have been very active this year. They began by developing their show at summer camp in August and then performed at our football games and a number of competitions. They placed first in the Wakefield Band Competition, and third in the State Finals in Framingham. They played in the Roslindale Parade, Columbus Day Parade, Veteran's Day Parade, and the Halloween Parade.

The concert band has also been performing. Their performances have included Christmas on the Common, Reeves PTO Social, Lion's Club, White School, and Goodyear School. The jazz band played at Winterfest.

Several band students have received honors. Three students auditioned for the Northeast Band:

Andrea DePaoli
Erin Donahue
Ken Walton

Five students were selected to perform in the Lion's Club All State Band. They are:

William Rabbitt
Joseph Yennacco
Kenneth Walton
Kelly Belanger
Robyn Heater

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THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
contributed by Joseph Maltacea, Chair

All students in grades nine and eleven must take a course in health education.The courses provide the students with an opportunity to learn and apply the factual knowledge of the health concerns of man in the total context of man's physical, mental, and social well being.

The goal of health education is is not directed at a high level of health simply for health's sake, but rather to help each individual view health as a way of life that will help to attain individual goals and utilize one's highest potential for the betterment of self, family, and community. Every individual, regardless of a chosen profession or occupation will be confronted with health decisions on a daily basis. Thus, health education at Woburn High School is an integral part of our educational processin the development of a more "resilient individual" in today's ever-changing socirty.

Two programs are in place at Woburn High School which are extensions of the health department and share the philosophy of our health curriculum. These are the Students Against Dangerous Decisions and the Peer Mediation Program. All of the students involved in these programs contribute greatly to providing our school with a healthy environment. They should be commended as students who have gone beyond the call of duty to assist our school community.

In October 1996 health students, members of SADD, and the Peer Mediators raised over $1500 for the AIDS Action Committee. The fund raiser was lead by Melissa Maclone, President of SADD, and the health staff. Our health department is very proud of the students who contributed to help improve the quality of life for an person with AIDS.

SADD also sponsored an awareness month to familiarize students with the destruction caused by domestic violence. Bernize Corpuz, a SADD member, wrote an informative article about domestic violence for the TANNER BANNER. The "Clothesline Project": was displayed in the cafeteria for one week. It illustrated to the students the emotional and physical trama facing domestic violence victims.

During each holiday SADD adopts families and supplies meals for them. This simple action helps to bring cheer and happiness to the families and to the SADD members.Tillie Andrews even spearheaded a drive to raise money for "Kids Kingdom" in East Woburn. The Health Department is proud to be involved in this project.

Roth Gill, a member of SADD, won our contest to design a SADD T-shirt. The shirt will be displayed on January 29 at the Contract for Life Meeting. The event will be in the O'Donnell Auditorium from 7-9 PM. All members of the community are invited to attend. Parents and their children should attend and sign a Contract for Life that will protect our youth from the dangers present in today's world.

The Peer Mediators have been exremely active.They have refurbished a fourth floor room to be used as a mediation center. With eight trained adults and thirty trained student mediators problems at Woburn High School are decreasing. The Peer Mediators are having an effect on Woburn High School that will be felt far into the future.

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SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
...Science Owns the Answers...
contributed by K. Scott Blake, Chair

All children deserve a basic education in science and technologythat will prepare them to lead interesting and productive lives. It is to that end that the Woburn High School Science Department endeavors to instill in its students a solid foundation in the fundamentals of the major branches of science. It is our goal to attract the whole student body at each level of their high school career, to help them appreciate both the wonders of nature aw well as their responsibility to the planet Earth.
A variety of courses is offered in the fields of earth science, biology, chemistry, environmental chemistry, and physics. Exciting new offerings for 1997-1998 will include advanced courses in oceanography and weather and climate.

Each of the major science disciplines has a separate laboratory with the equipment needed by students to learn and to explore techniques and skills that will help them to become competent scientists.

In grade nine students may elect either earth science or biology. Earth science deals with the disciplines of geology, meteorology, astronomy, and oceanography. Through its labs, demonstrations, and lectures the students develop an appreciation for the physical forces of nature and how they influence our world.

The biology curriculum studies living things from simple microorganisms to humans. Units on evolution, genetics, biotechnology, ecology, and disease are among the topics studied.

Chemistry students survey the concepts and principles of the chemical nature of our world and are introduced, through laboratory investigation, tpo the vast influences that chemicals play in our daily lives as well as the new technologies that we are using today.

Juniors and seniors may select courses from a variety of electices. These include physics, anatomy and physiology, environmental chemistry, advanced placement biology, and advanced placement chemistry.

The science department has undertaken a number of new initiatives this year. For the first time all students are taking science and all students must complete four years of science as a graduation requirement. This will help students achieve the high academic levels stressed in the school departments WE-3 (Woburn Expects Excellence in Education) initiative and the state's curriculum frameworks.

The new requirement has helped the department expand its offerings. This year's curriculum sees courses in environmental science with Mr. Krystofolski, A.P. Chemistry with Mrs. Buonoconti and taught under the direction of BC, and Human Anatomy and Physiology with Mr. Blake and Mrs. Buonoconti.

In October the A.P. Chemistry class accompanied Mrs. Buonoconti, Mr. Deldon, and Mrs. Kehoe (Nature's Classrom) on a tour of Horn Pond. The trip helped to acquaint the students with the area and some of its environmental problems. During the six hour hike the students saw first hand the variety of areas (lagoon, cattail marsh, sand pit, acid bog, reservoir, and Fowle Brook) and the diversity of problems each will raise in the future. The class will begin to obtain baseline data on each this spring as the basis of a longterm cooperative project with Boston College. Their findings will be reported to the City Council in May.

The Science Team has gotten off to a spectacular start. In their first meets they placed first among the twenty-five competing teams. Congratualtions to the team and its coaches!!

SCIENCE TEAM
Bill Mearles
Daryn Firicano
Josh Mahoney
Chirag Patel
Mary Vail
Kate Kehoe
Dave Wininger
Robyn Heater
Audrey Vogt
Carl Steihl
Dan Oberlander
Suzanne Masotta
Mr. Shukan, Coach
Mr. Nolan, Coach
Mr. Gaiero, Coach

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THE HARLOW LIBRARY

contributed by Justus Allen, Media Specialist

The Harlow Library is the library/media center of Woburn Senior High School. It is named in memory of Dr. John Harlow, a prominent physician in Woburn during the nineteenth century. He was involved in a case in which a railroad worker who was working with explosives managed to drive a metal rod through his head. After it was successfully removed, the worker developed changed personality patterns. Dr. Harlow was one of the first to study what part of the brain controlled various emotions based on the study of the areas of the brain that the rod had penetrated. As recently as a year ago Dr. Harlow's work was mentioned in an article about brain mapping in SCIENCE magazine. Dr, Harlow and his wife left bequests in their wills to buy books for the high school library.

Today the Harlow Library contains printed and electronic sources of information. Through computer and modem, the library has access to on-line services. The library is connected to the World Wide Web. Students can search for information using a variety of search engines such as Yahoo, Alta Vista, Magellan, and Web Crawler. Vast graphics libraries are also available to the students through the WWW. The library has two Macintosh computers equipped with CD-ROM drives. CD-ROMs available include the Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia (1995, 1996 editions), Ebsco MAS Full Text Select for magazne searching, and the SIRs Researcher. The library also has the Infotrac SuperTOM magazine retrieval running on a dedicated 386 computer. The library has many magazines on microfiche. Issues are available from 1986 to the present.

The library is equipped with a videodisk player and several videocassette players. It is connected to cable and has the capability to receive satellite transmissions through MCET. These electronic sources of information greatly enhance the research capabilities of the library.

The library is open every school day from 7:30 AM to 3 PM . Students may use the library during study periods after obtaining a pass from the librarian. Students may also visit the library with the permission of their subject teachers. Teachers may bring classes to the library to work on projects.

The major aim of the library/media center is to provide materials and individualized instruction to develop the research and critical thinking skills of the students. Another major aim is to promote reading. To support this aim the library has a wide variety of books and magazines for pleasure reading.

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BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Woburn High School
Joyce Middle School
Kennedy Middle School

contributed by Janet Bruno, Chair

...Get Ahead with Business Ed....

Computer Technology is alive at Woburn High School and the two middle schools in the Business and Technology Education Department. Listed below are the many courses that will be offered for the 1997-1998 academic year -- starting with our computer courses on IBM or compatible computers. For further information you should read the full descriptions of these "don't leave school without them" courses in the Program of Studies Booklet or contact Mrs. Bruno at 937-8211. All of the courses provide marketable skills and a high degree of knowledge that will be useful at work or in college:

Word Processing 1
Word Processing 2
Word Processing 3
Advanced Technical Computer Applications
Executive Medical/Legal Office Management
dBase for Windows
Lotus 1-2-3
Introduction to Computer Programming
Personal-Use Keyboarding/Formatting
Keyboarding/Information Processing i
Information Processing 2
Shorthand 1
Shorthand 2
Notetaking/Speedwriting
Business Mathematics
Financial Record Keeping
Accounting 1
College Accounting (computerized)
Accounting 2 (computerized)
Accounting 3 (computerized)
Accounting/Independent Study (computerized)
Introduction to Business
Business/Personal Law
Consumer Law/Decision Making
Marketing
Retail Sales Promotion
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FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE

...promoting lifelong growth and development...

Woburn High School
Joyce Middle School
Kennedy Middle School

contributed by Elaine Farmer, Chair
Carol Downing
Cynthia Gelinas
Julie Jillett
Michelle Monte

You may not recognize our name. We used to be called the Home Economics Department. This is a nationwide change that reflects the updated approaches we use to prepare students for the 21st century.
The LIFE SKILLS course the department teaches helps students prepare for the varied alternatives life will offer them. The new course, required of all juniors, helps students evaluate the alternatives. It does not tell them what to do or how to live, but gives students the information they need to make their own decisions.
Mrs. Farmer and Mrs. Jillett teach LIFE SKILLS to the students for one term. The course is divided into two sections: Foods and Nutrition and Adult Daily Living. In the Foods and Nutrition Unit students learn how to apply the food pyramid and new food labels to make healthy choices. They have hands-on experience preparing a variety of foods. Students complete a diet analysis to help them improve their personal nutrition choices.
The Adult Daily Living unit explores many aspects of life: self-concept, communication, diversity, checking accounts, and monthly budgets. A partnership has been formed with Northern Bank and Trust for sponsorship of checking account packets to learn how to correctly write checks for payment of expenses and how to reconcile a checking account at the end of the month.
Through the Family and Consumer Science Department students are shown how to establish important goals now and the decision making processes to attain them. This practical information will help them deal with real life situations.

RECIPE OF THE MONTH
Sweet and Sour Stir Fry Chicken

Stir Fry
1/2 pound boneless chicken
1 tablespoon canola oil
2 cups chopped vegetables (try onion, sweet red peppers, carrot, celery, and pea pods)
pineapple

Sweet and Sour Sauce
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup wine vinegar
1 tablespoon cooking sherry
2 tablespoons tomato sauce
1 table spoon light soy sauce
1 table spoon corn starch

How To:
1. Make the sauce by combining the ingredients in a small sauce pan over medium heat. Bring them to a boil. Remove them from the heat. Set them aside.
2. Cut the chicken into small strips. Heat the oil in a large fry pan or wok over medium high heat. Add the chicken and cook 5-7 minutes.
3. Add the vegetables, pineapple, and sweet and sour sauce.
4. Cook until tender. Serve over rice.

CHILD CARE TIP

Create an ice pack to soothe bumps and bruises by place a new wet sponge in a plastic baggie in the freezer. Apply the frozen baggie to the bumps and bruises. Follow it with higs and kisses.

NUTRITION SITE

Try this site for great nutrition information:

deja-vu.oldiron.cornell.edu/~jabbo/index/html

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WORLD LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT


...the place for cultural connections and global communication...

Woburn High School
Joyce Middle School
Kennedy Middle School

contributed by Carol Caten, Chair

The World Languages Department offers programs in French, Spanish, Latin, Italian, and Russian. The students participate in activities in and out of the classroom designed to enhance their abilities to communicate and to learn about culture and language.

Recent events in the World Languages Department have included:

Nox Romana
National Spanish Honor Society Induction
French Exchange Program
Spanish Exchange Program
Teaching Mini Lessons at the Clapp School World's Fair
Theatre visit to see Don Quijote
French Honor Society Induction
Latin Honor Society Induction

The high school program has sponsored two exchange programs this year - a French Exchange and a Spanish Exchange. Mrs. Orpen accompanied 14 students to Spain in February to visit the students who came here last September. The students attended a real "carnaval" in Cadiz in the south of Spain. A carnaval is a Spanish Mardi Gras.

Mr. Brodeur accompanied 11 students to France in February. The trip marked the twenty-second exchange with Lycee Benjamin Franklin in Orleans. The group visited Paris, toured the countryside, and formed fast friendships with the French students who will come here in April.

COMING EVENT

French National Honor Society Induction
Latin National Honor Society Induction

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SCHOOL TO CAREER PROGRAM

Woburn High School

contributed by Ellen Connell, Co-ordinator

Would you like to have your child make more informed choices regarding career pursuits and college studies? As an employer would you like to help shape tomorrow's workforce. You can. The School to Career Program is a nationwide effort to merge school and work so education will become more relevant to students by creating opportunities for them to apply academic principles to the workplace.

The program consists of three elements:

SCHOOL BASED LEARNING

Students will explore career opportunities and develop career awareness. They will learn how their own interests translate into career skills and goals. Students will explore work and college opportunities without compromising either avenue.

WORK BASED LEARNING

Under a planned program of work experience, the student will be given the opportunity to participate in job shadowing experiences and job training through internship and apprentice opportunities.

CONNECTING ACTIVITIES

All activities that will assist coordination between the work-based and school-based learning activities in order to assure a successful transition from school to career are connecting activities. Career counseling, college major searches, and job placement are all connecting activities.

By participating in the School to Career Program students will earn money while in school, build relationships with potential employers, explore interests in all career possibilities, inspire within themselves stronger academic performance with real world learning, increase future work skills and employability, and have the opportunity to apply school instruction in a workplace setting.

For more information contact Miss Connell at 937-8210.

GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT

contributed by John Carr, Chair

The High School Guidance Office will be open from 9 AM to 4 PM during the school year. Parents and students may come in regarding scheduling concerns; career, college, or military information; or to discuss other concerns or problems.

A wide range of prined information and videos are available to help students and parents learn more about careers and colleges. All of the information may be borrowed from the office.

Students who have just moved to Woburn may come to the office to register for school next fall.

Please call Mrs. Lynn Thambash at 937-8215 to confirm the office is open.

THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

Woburn High School
Joyce Middle School
Kennedy Middle School

contributed by Gayle Murphy, Chair

...Literature Is Life...

The goal of the English Department is to assist all students to be effective and powerful communicators in all of the language processes: to write lucidly, think critically, converse articulately, present confidently, and listen discriminately. These skills will enable the students to be life long learners.

At each level, the students examine novels, short stories, plays, and essays of great writers. Through class discussion of these works, the students are able to connect literature to contemporary issues.

With instruction in composition, the students become skilled in expressing their thoughts clearly. All students' essays are kept in a portfolio. Accompanying this work is instruction in the fundamentals of English grammar which the students need to understand the ideas of others and express themselves effectively.

COURSES OFFERED
English 9
English 10
English 11
Englash 12
All the World's a Stage
American Studies
The Heroine's Journey
Man's Search for Identity
Shakespeare: As Modern as Today
A.P. English
Journalism
Developmental Reading
Creative Writing
SAT Verbal Review

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES
Senior Play
One Act Plays
Evening of Fine Arts: Public Speaking
Student Government Day
Annual Essay Contest
TANNER NANNER, School Newspaper
PHASES, School Magazine
Book Club

HEROINE'S JOURNEY IN LITERATURE

The new course, HEROINE'S JOURNEY IN LITERATURE, is proving to be an exciting, creative approach to literature and personal writing. The focus is on women writers over the ages and on the portrayal of women in many different ears and cultures. Ms. Leverich and her students have worked together to understand JANE EYRE, SUMMER, and HAMLET as well as the work of modern authors like Anne Tyler, MayaAngelou, Esmeralda Santiago, Barbara Kingsolver, and Elizabetb Forsythe Hailey. In addition the classes have explored historical writings by leaders of the Women's Suffrage Movement and more recent writings emerging from the Women's Rights Movement of today. During the second semester the class will be visited by participants in the recent International Women's Conference in China.

Through the course students are learning to relate the issues arising in literature to the actual roles and experiences of women in society. The students in the course are given a variety of opportunities to relate what they learn to their own lives. Their response has been enthusiastic, questionning, and creative.

TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

...Creativity via Electronics...

Jerry Scalley, Chair

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Jerry O'Neill, Chair

SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT
Michael Valeriani, Chair

History is alive and well in the Social Studies Department. The freshmen and sophomores are taking World Civilization and studying all the various cultures of the world. The Juniors are busy with their United States History or American Studies Program, while the seniors have an option to take Modern Problems, A.P. European History, School and Society, Economics, Psychology, or Sociology. Next year's seniors will have the additional option of taking a course called Local and State History. The course will concentrate on the history of Woburn and the history of Massachusetts.
Each day the Social Studies Departrment receives 60 free Boston Heralds for use in the Newspaper in the classroom Program. Mr. Edward Hogan of Hogan Titre Company on Washington Street is the sponsor of this program.
Seniors have just completed the State Labor Council AF of L CIO Labor Scholarship Exam.
The second half of the German Exchange Program will occur in April. Nine students will leave for Bremen, Germany on April 17.
Coming field trips include a visit to the Museum of Fine Arts for the American Studies Program.

QUESTION OF THE MONTH

What position did Olof Palme hold in 1976?

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