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

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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.

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Former Principal Joins Central Administration New to the administrative staff of School District ll this year was Mr. George Dalgleish, Mitchell's former principal. He became the director of secondary educa- tion for the district. During the year the members of the Central Admin- istration have tried to improve both the educational fa- cilities and teaching methods in the district. Some changes have been the addition of 75 teachers to the district and an increase in pay for the teachers. Plans for four new elementary schools and Russell Junior High School along with preparations for addi- tions to Palmer Senior High, and Columbia and Steele Elementary Schools were drawn up. A new block sched- uling was adopted at Coronado, while other experimental programs included the variable scheduling at Washington Irving Junior High and the open concept at Wilson Ele- mentary School. We Members of the administrative staff are, standing, Mr. Charles Day, assistant superintendent of administrative servicesg Mr. Thomas Doherty, superintendent of schoolsg and Mr. George Dalgleish, director of sec- ondary education. Seated are Mr. Richard Ayers, assistant superinten- dent of business servicesg Mr. Robert Davis, assistant superintendent of personnel services: and Dr. Calvin Frazier, deputy superintendent. 'fi' 'sr 5:1 yea' sl -C21-f Members of the school board are standing, Mr. Thomas Doherty, superintendent of schoolsg Mr. Robert Grimes, member of the board: and Mr. Lee Goodbar, Jr., member of the board. Seated are Mr. John Wiman, member of the board: Mr. William Rudy. vice president of the board of educationg and Mr. Harlan Ochs, president of the board of education.