Moreno Valley High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Sunnymead, CA)

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Teachers didn ' t mind dating themselves by declaring their teen idols. The more frequently mentioned names included: James Dean, the Beatles, and Chuck Berry. Ah, yes, teachers were once people too, young people even. They had pin-ups on their bedroom walls, records filled their rooms (not tapes), and there were favorite films that they would see as often as they could. As the years passed, the future teachers grew up and idols became (for the most part) highly admired achievers. Mr. Trotter still admires his idol from high school days, Pete Rose. For Mrs. Gradilla. the Beach Boys were replaced with Vicente Fernandez (a popular Spanish singer). Unfortunately, Mrs. Cunningham can ' t remember that far back! Mr. Price doesn ' t have an idol these days, but in the good old days he admired Vince Lombardi. Always a strongly conservative per- son, Mr. Miller idolized Barry Goldwater during his teen years. Caesar Romero and Lash LaRue were favorites of business teach- er, Ms. Mary Keaton. As a teen, Mrs. Gong stongly admired John F. Kennedy. Seeing Troy Donahue caused Mrs. Winner ' s heart to race. And Mrs. Stone was finally able to get over the Beach Boys when she replaced them with . . . Don Johnson! I hese leaders of future great men and women encourage their charges to idolize highly self motivated and well disciplined leaders John Lennon ivjsMrs. Wilson ' s idol, but have you ever heard of Jacob Bernowsky? Mrs. Wettlaufer idolized him even though he was dead by the time she was In high school (He had worked to develop the atomic bomb, and then gave it up and became a noted humanitarian.) Fracchia 1 H,

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Never idle during school time, (or over the weekend when he ' s racing his cars) Mr. Chelbana, who is assisting Ken Violette in some minor engine repairs, idolized John Kennedy when he (Mr. C.) was in high school right here at MVHS. We ' ve heard that her idol is now Kermit the Frog, so Mrs. Schumick can ' t be licking her lips in fear of the thing on her shoulder. In her teen years, she thought frequently of Elvis! Allen Fracchia Koyce Goodwin Social Science Fran Frelke Secretary Industrial Arts, . Waterpolo, S w nimi Grace Gradilla !g Agnes Gaertner Spanish German, Faye Gross Academic Decathlon Community Liason Jon Gaffney Barbara Gruentzel Reading. Cross English, Speech Country, Track Dennis Guler Margaret Gallagher Psychologist Math, Math Club Tammy Guzzetta Robert Gallegos Science Math Terri Hall LoRee Gastineau Cafeteria English not pictured: Betty Gong Craig Gesner ESI Science Judy Gilman P.E. Allen Fracchia Fran Frelke Agnes Gaertner Jon Gaffney Margaret Gallagher Robert Gallegos LoRee Gastineau Betty Gong Royce Goodwin Grace Gradilla Faye Gross Barbara Gruentzel Dennis Guler Tammy Guzzetta Terri Hall We Want You H® 1 To Excel

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Dorla Halverson Bev Haynes Jerry Harral Fannie Hayes John Hernandez Judy Herron Vic Holloway Bob Hooper Mike Howell John Husmann Francis Hustead William Ingram When I grow up I want to be . . . Just like us, teacher ' s had dreams and ambitions. Several wanted to be pilots, then there were those who just want- ed to be filthy rich. Some of their dreams are still waiting to be fulfilled because it has been said that to be a teacher, one doesn ' t have to grow up. On their way to their final destiny, teachers passed up many other occupa- tions. Mr. Halloway has already retired as a Lt. Colonel in the air force. Speaking of high ambitions, Mr. Shelko always wanted to be god so he could repay some ' favors ' given to me by some ' friends. ' Just imagine Coach Lee (baseball) as a dentist! On his way to becoming a teacher, Coach Logan went through stages where he wanted to be a cowboy, a fireman, and then a professional baseball player. Actually, he was an outstanding high school football player at Beaumont High School. Mr. Gallegos once thought of becom- ing a civil engineer, probably in hopes of raking in the big bucks. Back in the late sixties, Mrs. Phillips was a library clerk at the Sunnymead Library and really enjoyed that work, so had brief thoughts of becoming a full-time librarian. Then she heard that teaching was the second most stressful job to air-to-ground controllers so she thought maybe directing planes through the air would be a fun job to tackle. Coach Lukens (volleyball, basketball) would no doubt have made an awesome movie star or sports hero, but he ' s also consid- ered a job that involves traveling. Ceramics may be Mrs. Kezer ' s first love at this stage of her life, but she ' s also thought of being an artist, a poet, a dancer, or a biologist. Mary Interrante Dick Johnson Joseann Karlson Mary Keaton Deborah Kezer Roger Kielty Shirley Kilgore Gerda Kirkpatrick Ken Kupchunos Terry Labik Marge Lanning June Lee We Want You 9) To Excel