Dobson High School - Equus Yearbook (Mesa, AZ)

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Maintaining A Working Atmosphere The Support Staff Puts in a Hard Days Work to Make School the Best Years of Your Life Smiling while they worked, it was easy to see that the support staff enjoyed being a part of the crowd. Whether it was doing ADA sheets for 3300 students, serving and preparing nutritious meals, keeping up the grounds, handing out over 18,000 books at regis- tration, or maintaining order on the campus, the staff behind-the-scenes took pride in helping out the stu- dent body. The attendance secretaries, with their tallies, kept track of the multitudes that passed through the doors of school everyday. The cafeteria workers were up at the crack of dawn, slaving over hot stoves to meet the eleven o'clock rush hour. Custodians were constantly caring for the cam- pus, making sure it met ideal standards in appear- ance. The bookstore personnel kept a close watch on records and stocked all the thousands of textbooks teachers required everyone to read. The security guards not only enforced all the rules, but they maintained order in a place inhabited by 3300 teenagers. And do not forget the nurse who graciously doc- tored every physical ailment we had. Without the many helping hands that made life a ittle bit easier, school would have been only a mass of confusion. But thanks to a handful of dedicated people we called friends, high school became in the truthful words of Cono Innamorato, “The best years of our lives. Design by Gretchen Askew. Photos by Karen Herbaugh. support staff . 1 Academics TO

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Security guard Cono Innamorato pa- Diligently serving french fries to stu- trols the campus in his motorized golf dents in the cafeteria, Sheila Crowe cart. shows her devotion during lunch. During fourth hour, attendance secre- tary Mary Harman tirelessly contacts parents concerning student ab- sences. Early in the year, bookstore staffers Elena Sandoval and Ann Brenneman explain to a student how to open a locker. Custodian Alfred Gonzalez cleans up the lunch area every afternoon in preparation for another school day. 156 Support Acadomics

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Ms. Combs fills out name tags in the front office. She is also in charge of writing the senior bulletin. Ms. Best completes a credit check with a student. Karin Rich signs out Kathy Valles, both sophomores, after Ms. Barlow has just helped her with a schedule change.