Willis Middle School - Phoenix Yearbook (Chandler, AZ)

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Firebird Spirit. . . We Caught This definiTely was our year To spark a flame of spiriT in Firebird sTudenTs. As anoTher school year in our life passes, iT does noT mean ThaT year has forever passed away. We have our memories. Some of The Things ThaT helped Willis sTudenTs acquire memories were The many changes in The school sysTem, such as The am- phiTheaTer and The new principal. YeT, sTudenTs have also made changes of Their own. They have puT in Their ideas, and overall, They have added class To every- Thing. They also allowed The cy- cle of The Firebird To Take place again. The firebird is a legendary bird ThaT sTands for endings, courage, sTrengTh, and new beginnings. As The firebird Took flighT To iTs end This year, Willis sTudenTs Took hold of iT. This enabled Them To par- Take of The bird's magical powers of courage To make changes, sTrengTh To fulfill The changes, and The spiriT To Try and To have fun while doing This. Now, iT is Time To leT go of This year's bird, buT noT To The memo- ries. lT is Time for The Willis Firebird To resT for The coming year. He is waiTing To Take flighT again wiTh his sTudenTs. For Those who will noT be aT Wil- lis nexT year, They musT always hold on To The memories of This year. The year '87- '88 was our year To caTch The flame of The firebird spiriil .,' LL. ABOVE: PublicaTions sTaff member Jenn fer Wolfe 'collecTs her ThoughTs' whil working on a sporTs sTory. BELOW: STL denTs lisTen during The magazine sale aa sembly. S .R 2 5 F

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i r Q, - K 'f ' T 1 1- f 'lc T ' -5 2 W Q ..., T - 1 Fred CoaTes wi ,-.sl--5, ,. .J.. .. .. .. . sv ,ff-- --Q.. f .1 '----- 1- -.sis -. sw. T. -- . - gg li' +G. T ' 5 . :. ::WvT . ..x. .Q l Garry Bond T rs. - 1 F... ss -E' MarTha PeTerson alkali Andrea Moyers gggiff A new principal, Mr. Fred CoaTeS, Talks TudenTs who had perfecT aTTendance a firsT semesTer awards presenTa- ceremony in The media cenTer, ParT of The new Firebird SpiriT was broughT abouT by The facT ThaT wiTh The new school year came changes in The adminisTra- Tion. AfTer being aT Willis since iT opened in 4976, Principal Dale Hancock was asked To Take over as principal aT San Marcos Ele- menTary school. EighTh grade dean Mr. Fred CoaTes, was Then named The principal of Willis. SevenTh grade dean Mr. Garry Bond moved up To eighTh grade dean in Mr. CoaTes' place and Mrs. Andrea Moyers Took over as sevenTh grade dean of sTudenTs. The only posiTion which did noT change was ThaT of ninTh grade dean, which was held ance again by Ms. MarTha PeTerson. Since Mr. CoaTes had been aT Willis as a social sTudies Teacher and Then as a dean, he was famil- iar wiTh The school. Mr. CoaTes said ThaT There wer- en'T a IoT of major changes planned and ThaT a big goal was To Try and improve sTudenT achievemenT and aTTendance levels. Mr. Bond said ThaT he ThoughT The TransiTion To a new principal wenT smooThly. His main goal also was To Try To help sTudenTs To ex- cel academically and To bring up Those sTudenTs having Trouble. The main problem during The year, according To Ms. PeTerson, was all The inconvenience caused by The consTrucTion on campus and The road consTruc- Tion in fronT of The school. She summed up her goal for The ninTh graders by saying, ul wanT To do my besT To help Them become funcTioning adulTs in sacieTy. Mrs. Moyers had been a Teach- er unTil This year. She said she was enjoying her job and ThaT The big- gesT change was being an ad- minisTraTor insTead of a Teacher. s i sv Q s 'lp X X .... ..... F . Danell TarwaTer Ann Marie Jacobson Barbara Knox JudiTh HamilTon SupT. James Perry John Morehouse

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LEFT: Cable l?osenberg's unique hairstyle doesn't seem to distract anyone from getting work completed in Mrs. Walters' English class, CENTER: Miss Topoozian gives a big smile after a long day at work. ABOVE: Jennifer Hartman, 8th grader, takes advantage of the pizza available at the magazine sale pizza party, LEFT: At lunch time, security guard Joe Valdez talks to 7th grader David Gomez and Sth grader Russell Terry. iii 87