Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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Special Educationg A Chance for Students It took a talented teacher to handle Special Education classes. They needed to know when to be serious with schoolwork and when to be crazy and have fun. Playful harassment and truthful compliments helped the students overcome their troubled areas of study. Palo Verde had the largest Special Education program in the state. Students in the program made up three to five percent of the school's total enrollment. The students met with cer- tain teachers anywhere from one to five times a day. Because classes met so often, close teacher-student relation- ships were developed. Students were taught on a close one-to-one basis which helped their progress. Students were also enrolled in other classes in the school curriculum in areas where they didnit need special attention. Students had many different types of problems that required different teaching approaches, commented Charles Brugler, a Special Education teacher. He found it was helpful to both he and his students to get to know each other outside of the school en- vironment. They played softball games on Saturdays and held award cere- monies and pizza parties at the end of the semester. These activities com- mended outstanding progress, en- couraged hard work, and were also en- joyable. Observing class activities pointed out that these students were not different from other students, they just had trouble in certain areas. With a little extra help, many of them were able to get back into the complicated rush and confusion of the large and busy classroom situation. KU Charles Brugler enthusiarically motivates his fourlh hour Special Education class to bring in canned food for the Food Bank. IPh0Io by R. Hines! 74 Faculty Section 4 c SUC s fp Qi Elaine Agte Joyce Anderson J X . Bonnie Edris Susan Fetter K X t .. i 'L S .G , W ,si -f . ,.,, if is X ..,. ., L 1. nf ai. if Lee Gemetta Jerry Holmes 4 ,ii John Stevens Elsie Vogler Eugene Benecke 1, - silk , J ,I . Barbara Fuller c . R . t wt- If Ellen Schartz Barbara Wayne t n Charles Brugler Q1 t. ri .L Q- .: A i ,grfiw sr . ' 1 .,' - r - rl ,Q , 5 , ' - 'u 1 5 5. fu Yr I., 5, ' ' , , ,, J , . ' Karen Gaffer i j Jean Seely If at first you don't ceed, try, tr again!

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Good Things Happen With Student Services They could add simple math fast enough to boggle a freshman's mind, subtract a bag of potato chips before a sophomore could finish speaking, grab a chocolate long john before the junior could whip out his money. They could have the seniors' lunch before they could ask for change. Yes, it was all true. Palo Verde's lunch ladies were in- deed skilled in the arts of the kitchen. Arriving at school by six o'clock in the morning to prepare the food eaten by 1000 students was a tedious and thankless job, but the lunch ladies en- joyed their work. They wanted to make the students happy. Our goal is to reach as many of the kids as possible, commented Mrs. Richardson. On November 12, a parent dinner was held in the cafeteria. It gave the parents a chance to eat the food their children consumed everyday. The parents were pleased with the quality of the food and the cleanliness of the kitchen. Custodians and the hall monitors also work in the background trying to keep the school clean and organized. By accomplishing this they have made Palo Verde a safer and cleaner place for all to enjoy. The hall monitors, commonly refer- red to as Hall Monsters, do their job well by keeping the students in school and class. U1 Joe Lickliter greets a fellow hall monitor down the hall. iPhoto by J. Klobnakj f2j HALL MONITORS: J. Lickliter, J. Keren y, B. Olvera and L. Delahanty. Not shown A. English and W Johnson. iPhoto by R. Hinesj 131 Nancy Jobe cleans up the aftermath of se- cond lunch. iPhoto by J. Klobnakj 141 Robert Olvera peeks around the door of the library to check up on a group of students. lPhoto by J. Klobnakj 151 LUNCH LADIES: Standing: Carla Ken- nedy, Tina GrUalva, Elaine Page, Claudette Hill, Shirley Williams, Louise Varvir, Nancy Jobe, Hongee VeLasco and Mary Curtis. Kneeling: Dorothy Ridgway, Cecilia Laurlez, Vonnie Dufault, Lucille Lombardo, and Geri Muniz. iPhoto by R. Wrightj !6jCUSTODIANS: M DeSouza, U. Leon, C, Majors, ll Brown, H. Elias, R. Canady and L. Rodrigue. iPhoto by J. Klobnakj 76 Faculty Section ki, Q 25' r ff. if r f it i 22. w X .L X 5. if 5' if .Vi- s as is . s ix