Alhambra High School - Fortress Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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dministration gets involved Mr. Keith Nixen, assistant principal activities, looks up from work- ing on a questionnaire. Ng? 'N Yet Mrs. Billing gest involved by giving blood. itiiiffxi Dr. Terry Clapp, supervisorfE5O. takes a breather to smile at the camera, ' Q '5f25lTT'f - 1 ' .S an ' , . 1, ' 1 . wr f, . ' , X ms Q ' JAQXQ Mr. Dye and Mr. Nixon get involved in pancake making at the Annual Pancake Breakfast. Mr. George Crenshaw, assistant principal, athletics, interrups his Mrs. Lucene Billing, assistant principal, registration, poses next to work. her 'kitties . ADMINIS TRA TION 25

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Extra special and successful year Administration stood together at Al- hambra to make this year extra special and successful. Alhambra acquired a new attendance policy, did some re- modeling around the campus, had some personnel changes, and much more. The attendance policy that was new to Alhambra this year caused more dropouts than usual. But the teachers approved it and felt it was much more sufficient than the former policy. This year there was much remodel- ing and fixing up going on. The roofs were reroofed, the band room 's sound- Mr. Dye and Mrs. Billing work together to get some troubling matters cleared up. While at his desk, Mr. Dye works on reports and talks on the phone towards the beginning of the semester. 24 ADMINIS TRA TION proofing was increased, and the li- brary eliminated the ceiling-high shelves except against the walls. The main problem encountered with the personnel who retired was finding replacements for them. But, it didn't have an impact on the cirriculum. Some of the teachers who retired were Mr. Duncan fBusiness Educa- tionj, Mrs. Valentine fBusiness Educa- tionj, Mr. Geist fBusiness Educationj. Mr. Krey Cfnglishj, Mr. McCaulley C50- cial Studiesj, and Mrs. Waxman in fPhysical Educationj. The new teach- ers to Alhambra were Mr. Moffat C Ger- manj, Mr. Altemus flndustrial Artsj, Mrs, Connelly fMathj, Mr. Herrera f5o- cial Studiesj, and Mrs. Roth fScience1. who came in at semester. Some of the replacements for the retirees were Mr. Ron Scott, who replaced Mrs. Waxman fP.E. 1. Mrs. Miller, who replaced Mr. Ward Clibraryjf and Mrs. Cashwell. who replaced Mrs. Boltz in the Health Center. Standing together in all of this con- tributed to making Alhambra the best school possible. During the Blood Drive. sponsored by Key Club, Mr. Dye takes time personnel. out to give blood and set a good example for Alhambra students and

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Dr. Berra eaves counselors This year, Dr. Phil Berra left the Al- hambra counseling staff to go to Tre- vor Browne to work as an assistant principal. Ms. Nancy Kloss took Dr. Berra 's place as department chairper- son. The counselors in the Guidance De- partment helped stafti as well as, stu- dents in the Alhambra community. They helped with class schedule changes, registration, and career choices. Along with school problems, the counselors helped the students with any personal problems they may have had. 1 'Q Dr. Peters helps a student straighten out her schedule. Mr. Mitch Tillotson explains to a student how much credit he has. 26 GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT M, v e 'Y its , Mr. Dave Tillotson appears as Santa for Christmas.