William Mitchell High School - Apogee Explo Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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.V . P f .. .-fe, r' , - f t AA' im' l ' lj , . itchell Gains an Active Walden wanders down Mitchell's halls surveying unfinished signs. awaiting a skiing trip, Dr. Walden, his wife, and their three children, Steve, Linda, and Dave, load the car. Principal, Dr. Walden Dr. Ronald Walden came to Mitchell from Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Illinois, where he served as assistant principal. Since that school is on mod- ular scheduling, he was familiar with Mitchell's program. Dr. Walden felt a need to put the benefits of modular scheduling to work for the students. Along with inde- pendent study the students have a wide variety of new and more interesting courses to choose from. Unstruc- tured time gave each student more responsibility. Dr. Walden worked together with the teachers to make all courses more exciting and relevent to today. Within the school, Dr. Walden also emphasized a need for unity in the student body. He was particularly interested in seeing that Mitchell's programs in minority cultures be expanded. This expansion, he hoped, would create a better understanding among all students. Not until this unity is achieved, he feels, will Mitchell be a success at helping each students learn to live in the out- side world.

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IVIr. Arvel Ricketts Assumes New Position 3... Wm Jawa! lackeffa, .!455i5fanf principa! Mr. Arvel Ricketts, Mitchell's assistant principal, was named principal of the new Russell Junior High School, which will open in August l97l. Mr. Ricketts assumed his new position February lg however, he remained at Mitchell as part-time assistant principal until March I when he took over full-time responsibilities for Russell Junior High. Mr. Ricketts has been with the Colorado Springs Pub- lic Schools since l959. He joined the Mitchell faculty when the school opened in 1965 as a psychology teacher and counselor. In 1967-1968 he served as an evaluator of modular scheduling and performed other administra- tive tasks. In spring semester of 1970 he was appointed to the position of assistant principal. Other administrative changes occurred in the dean's office as Mr. Louis Mikkelsen accepted the position of acting assistant principal while Mr. Owen Plymell took over in Mr. Mikkelsenls job as dean of boys and Mrs. Marjorie Girard continued as dean of girls. As the new business manager, Mr. William Gordon's duties included working with all student groups with re- gard to finance, planning the sale of tickets for extra- curricular events, supervising and setting up the ticket sales for all athletic contests, working with the faculty in ordering materials needed for classroom work, and keep- ing track of student obligations.