Mundelein High School - Obelisk Yearbook (Mundelein, IL)

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teacheifefiaflutfs SCOGP LASH ........ Headlines have it that four teachers, a counselor, and a dean who all walked the halls during the 1983-84 school year were once for- mer students at MHS. This may come as a surprise but vealed. Mr. Brian Thatcher, dean, was very spirited as a graduate in 1962 because of the fact that it was the year the school opened. '6Our school is uncomparablef' he said, adding that he wouldn't trade it for any other school. There was always lots of spirit in each student and it would show up during assemblies and games. The dress code of 1962 was much different than it was in 1984. The boys had to wear belts and girls had to wear skirts below their knees. The rules were much stricter in ,62, because the teachers were allowed to hit students, but only if they had due cause. Miss Kathy Lenzen, English teacher, said that she wanted to be a teacher since the fourth grade. Finally her dream came true. Like Thatcher, she was also from a very rowdie graduating class. She said that there was much more discipline in 1969. Kids were brought up to have more re- spect for teachers than they showed in wait until the facts are re- Jim Shepard Dean MS. Ed., N. Illinois U. Dennis Stanek English B.A., Upper Iowa U. 100 1984. Mrs. Sue Butler, counselor, graduated in 1970. Mrs. Butler was very involved as a student. She was involved in ICC, plays, NHS, and AFS. In 1970 the students had RTP fResponsibility Training Programj privileges. The program allowed honor students to monitor the halls, relieving teachers of that responsibility. You had to be honest and sincere, to be in RTP, and it was a very high honor. Mrs. Butler said that society was differ- ent in 1970, it was during the time of Viet- nam, so students were more united on so- cial issues. Mr. Jon Lynn, English teacher, and the- ater director, graduated from MHS in 1971. The style in 1971 was mini-skirts and short hair. In 1971 kids were uworld conscious, according to Mr. Lynn, and that was the difference between the kids in 1971 and the graduating class of 1984. In 1971 the students fought for their rights. It was the '4Cld Generation vs. the Young Generation, Lynn said. The class of 1971 was unified Mr. Perry Wilhelm, physical education teacher, graduated from MHS in 1977. During that year the school was better known as a zoo. There were two basic kinds of students, according to Wilhelm, the freaks and the jocks. The dress code Andrea D. Singer Special Ed. Ed.S., U. of Miami Judy Stangel Business Ed. MA., N. Illinois U. was basically jeans and jean jackets. Mr. Wilhelm emphasized that students, begin- ning their freshman year, will only get out of school, what they put into it. The school was more lenient in 1984 than in 1977, because the school wasn't a zoo, Wil- helm said. In 1984 students were some- what more mature and they used it to their advantage. Miss Shari Oliver, driver education teacher, graduated in 1978. She was very athletic as a student. There were more stu- dents who looked up to teachers in 178 than '84, she said. The school had a very experienced faculty. In 1978 there was an open campus, but it didnit work out. The kids couldn't handle it. Miss Oliver said that she liked Mundelein as a student, and that it was a very good school. Returning to MHS as a teacher was strange for the former students in one area in particular - they all had a difficult time calling their former teachers by their first names. Most teachers at MHS were inspira- tional, but these six were unique because they continued giving as teachers what they had begun to give as students. Mr. Brian Thatcher, dean of students, takes a break from reading disciplinary referrals and assigning detentions.

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faculty Tina Miller William Mischak Linnea A. Morrisey Terrence Napolski Social Studies Social StudiesfArt Spanish Math BA Skidmore College M.A., Roosevelt U. B.A., N. Illinois U. BS., N. lllinOiS U. f 5 Jeri Phillips Fred Pickett Linda Quinlan Business Ed. Driver Ed. English B.S., Illinois State U. B.A., U. of N. Iowa B-A-. AIVCFHO College Q i 1 Jan Scocchera Fred Seeds MathfBusiness Science BS., Illinois State U. M S Ed E lll1H0lb U Mr. Don Miller, guidance counselor seems very concerned about a student who has a scheduling problem

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faculty I i Richard SlL1rkCy Carole S. Stroh Dennis Sullivan Robert P. Sweeney Math LatinfSpanish Music Industrial Arts M.S., N. Illinois U. M.A.. U. of Michigan M.M., N. Illinois U. MS., S. Illinois U. X' 1 MQ.: Dennis Szymkowiak Brian Thatcher Gordon Thomas Carole Van Dusen Reading Dean Math Library M.A.. Clarke College M.S.Ed.. N. Illinois U. B.A., Lake Forest College M.S., Rosary College Not Pictu,-ed: Charles Wrobel Music B.A., DePaul U. Perry Wilhelm Physical Ed. B.S.Ed., N. Illinois U. Doris I. Weber Social Studies MA., U. of Wis. Ingrid von Reitzenstein German M.A., Northwestern U. Joan Yingst Patricia Yordy Michael Yugovich Elaine Zuehlke Physical Ed. Math Social Studies Home Economies BS., Culver-Stockton BS., U. of Illinois M.S., N. Illinois U. MA., Stout State U. Nathan Clark GuidancefSocial Studies John H. Lentz Industrial Arts M. Ed., U. of Illinois Neil McLoughlin Science M.S., Northern Il. U. Mary Alice Osborn Science M.S., American Nat'l U Cay L. Smith English B.S., Northwestern U. Lori Tacito Learning Disabilities B.A.. U. of Iowa Melinda Zayncr Guidance M.S., Chicago St. U. M.S., Michigan State U.