Arlington High School - Simba Kali Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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James Milan Special Education BAND BOOSTERS. Parents organize clothing that was donated for the rum- mage sale. The Golden Pride Booster bers earned money throughout the year to support the students. TUTORING, Mr Khamkhoun Oudonsivi lay helps students in hin native language Lao. Mr. Oudomisivilay had a freshmar daughter, Darakoun, who attended Ar lington. 144 • FACULTY

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Linda Jamerson Instructional Aide Carole Johnson English Will Jacobmeyer Permanent Substitute June Jones Administration Office Carol Krieger Attendance Office Martin Kruty R.O.T.C Tami Latham Physical Education Karen Lee Counselor Janis Marshall Library Aide Lisa Masi Special Education Jane Mattson SIP Coordiator Gloria McCloud English Steve McNitt Social Science Margie Melton Health Office Donna Metcalf Librarian Spirited Staff It ' s kind of odd to hear about teachers playing jokes on each other, because all you really see them doing is teaching students, not being funny, commented Christal Mozer. Teachers with a sense of humor? Of course! Everybody needs a little shaking up once in a while. Every Friday, the secretaries in the office wore their Lion T-shirts to show their school spirit. We de- signed them ourselves and worked at the basketball games to pay for them. They ' re great! claimed Mrs. Jeanane Brown. Also, while some students dressed for Halloween, the secretaries in the main, guidance and attendance office dressed in various outfits. In the attendance office, it ' s tra- dition, so Ms. Kruger made me! explained Ms. Jacquie Haima. Mr. Dick Diamond waited a long time to play a good trick. Because he was an alumnus of Cal State Berkely, and they were rivals with Stanford, he played the trick on Mr. Peter Mirashige, a graduate of Stan- ford. They had no official mascot, so Mr. Diamond made him one with an ax through the head. He took his 3rd per. class to Mr. Mirashige ' s class and chanted the rival cheer. Give him the ax., the ax . . . the ax with thirty students clapping and full drum beats. Mr. Mirashige was surprised, however, It was so funny. I didn ' t even bother to get revenge . . . yet. See, there was more to teachers than just lectures and homework. They too, had a good time with friends at school. HUMOROUS TEACHERS • 143

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Tom Schultz Vice Principal Cheryl Simmons English Elizabeth Singer Science June Smales Business Allan Smith Drafting Janet Smith Computers Sandi Smith Administration Secretary Linda Stonebreaker English Jay Van Meter Science Sheryl Voss Family Life English Kathy West Campus Aide Duff Wiley Foreign Language Bonnie Williams English Steve Wyper Social Science Alice Yaryan Agriculture Adult Advisers My dad and mom do everything, like on Saturday, they have a rummage sale going on at Chemawa for our band, stated Sophomore Robert Murray. Community support, parent par- ticipation, adult advisers. These im- portant individuals contributed to Arlington, but more were needed. Involved parents contributed to almost every facet of the school from booster clubs to school site council (S.S.C.) to tutors for stu- dents. S.S.C. teacher-member, Ms. Carole Johnson said, I was very impressed with the parents on the council, Mike Clewell, the parent- president, was always there, but the real work went on outside the meet- ings. According to SIP (School Im provement Program) coordinator, Mrs. Jane Mattson, the parents on the S.S.C. have many duties, but ... primarily they represented the parents in the community, were an advisory group to the principal, served on committees, and were in- volved in some district-wide work. Another parent, Khamkhoun Ou- domsivilay, tutored one hour a day in his native tongue, Loa, in Mrs. Alice Beardsley ' s ESL class. Mr Outonisivilay tutored four hours at Harrison and one hour at Chemawa in addition to the Arlington hour. He exclaimed, I really enjoyed work- ing with the students! In addition to parents, other com- munity members helped support the school. For example, the River- side Unified School Board leaders was kept up to date by the student representative to the group. Mi chelle Leigh described her job, It was my duty to obtain information about all the current events that take place within the different school activities. Last, but not least, community clubs and businesses reach out their helping hands to the school. The National Exchange Club donat ed a Freedom Shrine that hangs in the LRC. According to social sci- ence teacher, Mr. Steve McNitt I think it ' s nice and an honor for Ar- lington, but I think it would be nice if the library was open more for the students to enjoy it. ■ | XII I SUPPORTERS • 145