DeWitt High School - Panther Yearbook (DeWitt, MI)

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT at f LYNN KRESSLER In Mrs. Kressler's 1 1 years at DeWitt Higl' School, she has strived to augment her student's ability to verbalize their im- maglnation, their creativity, and their in- tellect. Her students are aware of her ability to tutor them into becoming a WRITING MACHINE . Mrs. Kressler sum- marizes her feelings about our annual musical with, l receive tremendous satisfaction from watching talented amateurs develop musical 6 dramatic expressive skills. 64 :N-at-SX THOMAS MAURO Under the instruction of Mr. Mauro, DeWitt High School students are provid- ed the opportunity to learn to read with understanding, to speak with confi- dence, and to think about what life means to them. In his role as advisor to the Student Government, Mr. Mauro gives of his time, energies, enthusiasms, and patience for the betterment of the entire student body. A 17 year veteran of DeWitt High School, he gets satisfac- tion from working with his TRS 80, coaching, and serving his community. PENNY RYPSTRA Mrs. Rypstra, teacher of Sophomore, Junior, and our Advanced Placement English classes, cares a great deal for each of her students. She enjoys work- ing individually with her students toward the goal of having each become both fluent writers, as well as students with an appreciation of good literature. Mrs. Rypstra has contributed 14 years to the education process in DeWitt and is cur- rently working on her Masters degree as a reading consultant at Michigan State.

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WAYNE SHOOKS Various areas of our school have their own destlnctive smells. At times It is the smell of sweat socks from the gym, ink solvents from graphics, and occasionally the good smells of things-a-cookin in home economics class. On those occa- sions however, that the halls are filled with the destinctive aroma of for- maldehyde, it is a sure sign that Dr. Shooks has his class disecting again. When not providing instruction for his biology or anatomy classes, Dr. Shooks enjoys fishing, hunting, and keeping track of his daughter, Marcy. q TOM ZIELASKOWSKI If you find yourself ln search of a Freshman CWhy would anyone want to do that?D the most logical place to seek them out would be in one of Mr. Z's many academic science classes. The lab tables of room 132 are filled with the scientest of the future who are now preparing themselves, under the able tutorage of Mr.Z, for the science cur- riculum of their remaining high school years. When not found in the science department, Mr. Z is either coaching or fishina at the qreat Fletcher's Pond sciENcE DEPARTMENT MARK SERVIS The DeWitt High School instructor recognized as the teacher that can be counted on to go the extra mile is Mr. Servls. Whether you are in need of extra assistance in your analysis class, need help with a physics lab experiment, are struggling with your calculus homework, or just need someone to carry your suit- case on the National Honor Society trip to Canada, Uncle Mark will be there. When Mr. Servls has time to use at his own discretion, he will likely be found going to school, bachpacking, or ploy- ing a few games of tennis. ,l BRUCE BRIGHT In the 9 year period that Mr. Bright has taught at DeWitt High School, he has worked toward the goal of making his students more aware of their environ- ment both chemically, 6 geologlcally. On those occasions that Mr. Bright is not at work assisting his students to unders- tand varlous rockformotions, he, himself can be found climbing rock formations In states both near and far distant from DeWitt, As the Midwest Rockclimblng Champion, Mr. Bright enjoys very' much defending his tltle. 65