East High School - Quill Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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First Lady ' and Board of Directors New in the succession of principals at East is Mrs. Barbara Prior, a First Lady who is classy in every sense of the word. She is full of enthusiasm and especially enjoys the staff and students. In turn, they look up to petite Mrs. Prior. Now in her second year here, Mrs. Prior is initiating changes which will help reach the higher goals she has in mind for East. Building Climate is a special program that she has begun developing to help create a mood of higher achievement and build a cli- mate of pride and excellence among students. What students do reflect the image of our school, she said. They need more motivation to score higher. Mrs. Prior feels that maturity and good behavior among all students must be stressed more than ever with an incoming class of over 700 frosh. RIGHT: Just as Ronald Reagan has joined the Hall of Presidents, Principal Barbara Prior has joined East ' s Hall of Principals. In the back- ground are three former principals: Dr. Careld Jackson, Mr. Earl Bridgewater, Mr. Norman Miller. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SEATED: Mr. James Cunningham (Secretary), Mr. William Keck (Vice-President), Mr. Nolden Gentry (President), Dr. William Anderson (Superintendent). STANDING: Mr. Raymond Palis, Mrs. Betty Grundberg, Mrs. Karen Williams, Mrs. Sue Luthens, Mr. Frank Hildreth. 28 PRINCIPAL. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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95 i t E ACADEMICS

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Running East is main task of these men With Mr. Don Powell advising the Senior Class, Mr. Gary Eyerly the Jun- ior Class and Mr. Al Bagdonas the Sophomore Class and all three lead- ing the Freshman Class, the students were led to another successful school year. It seemed to be an overall agree- ment among the three vice- principals that the new attendance policy has reduced the attendance and truancy problems greatly. The feeling can most easily be summed up as the kids are finally back in classes, according to Mr. Eyerly. Mr. Powell was in charge of build- ing management; Mr. Eyerly, school budget and curriculum; Mr. Bagdo- nas, school activities . Although the budget cut caused an increase in class size and reduced supervision, it was generally felt that the students adjusted well. When asked, all three of the vice- principals felt that we did well as a school when we were evaluated by the North Central Evaluation in October. This was achieved by stu- dent and faculty cooperation and was appreciated by all who were involved. As the year closed, we could all be proud of a successful school year. Thanks to those who cooperated. Mr. Gary Eyerly and Mr. Al Bagdonas look on with obvious sympathy at Mr. Don Powell ' s heavy workload. Mr. Al Bagdonas Mr. Gary Eyerly Mr. Don Powell VICE-PRINCIPALS 29