Alverno High School - Troubadour Yearbook (Sierra Madre, CA)

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Q RK. . 'ur K, .. VV. Trix, ww., Li C2 for Mr. Jose Alcarez-Maintenance Mrs. Nancy Ambrose Bookkeeper Mrs, Pat Buccola-Secretary Fr. John Cremins-Chaplin Sr. Joanne Connors, l.H.M.-Attendance Mr. Ed Hicks-Food Director Sr. Ruth Marie Ingram, O.S.F.-Librarian Mrs. Betty Quayle-Advancement Director Mr. Jose Santana-Maintenance ' Q Mr. Ed Hicks prepares food for many hungry students. Compared to Mr. Hicks' previous job, preparing food for a small number of students is easy. Staff 119

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v Sr. Joanne Connors works steadily making the absentee sheets for the day. Along with fulfilling this task, Sr. Joanne also does the registrar work as well as counseling, Although a new staff member, she feels welcomed and enjoys her job. An important part of making a school function properly were the people who worked on staff. The new faces on staff were Sr. Joanne Connors I.H.M., who worked in the of- fice, and Mr. Ed Hicks who worked in the cafeteria pre- paring lunch for hungry stu- dents. Mrs. Betty Quayle, though she's been a staff member for 3 years, took on the new position of being the Advancement Director. Before coming to Alverno, Sr. Joanne worked as a chaplin at Queen of the Valley Hospital. She stated HI like working here 118 StafffParents Association . 1- 1-...Q if, I 1- , Staff Is A Key Element very much, I find it to be a chal- lange. I especially like the aliveness and the spirit the girls have had the learning process that's taking place. I find it a wonderful experience. Mr. Hicks was the food and beverage director at the Best Western Gala Motel. He re- sponded, lt's crazy: it's pleas- ant, there's no pressure and the girls are very nice. Mr. Mike Chaplin, president of the Parents Association as well as vice-president Donald Schimmoller, treasurer John Floryan and secretary Rosali Barili, had many festivities planned, such as the steak fry and square dance planned for spring. Bingo, the biggest fund raiser, was held on Monday nights and brought in an average of 425 people to play and ap- proximately S25,000 at the end of the year. A Christmas dance, l'm Dreaming of a White Christmas, was held on December 6, 4980. Thelma Tin- ker comented l'the food was very good as well as the band. Q

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Academics Changing And Rearr Ari The Arf DeparTmenT de- creased noT only in classes and Teachers, buf in The number of sTudenTs as well. Craff Design, Basic Arf and Advanced ArT were once again offered and The only new class was Arf Awareness. This program was added To give a sense of The purpose and hisTory of The arT of man To each sTudenT. A decrease in sTudenT enroll- menf in The arT courses resulf- ed in a smaller number of classes. STudenTs found iT diffi- culT To fiT Their choice of arT course in Their heavy schedule. Mrs. PaT MacDonald, The only Teacher in The deparTmenT, seemed To be opfimisfic. The deparTmenT ran as smoofhly as ever, jusT on a smaller scale. Business -Sf ln addiTion To Typing I and ll and Accounfing, The Business DeparTmenT expanded by adding a ShorThand class. Sfu- denfs Took dicTaTions, per- formed drills and reading exer- cises. Many of The sTudenTs dis- covered Thaf This class re- quired as many as Two or Three hours of homework each nighf. Emphasis was placed on skills because sTudenTs would have use for Them in careers or school: Thus much pracTice was necessary. New Typing equipmenT con- sisfed of four IBM Correcfing Selecfric TypewriTers. The de- parTmenT paid approximafely S800 for each of These ma- chines because They were The besT made , sTaTed Mr. John OTTen, The deparTmenT's only Teacher. ul Think Typing ll was a challenge because iT furfhered my abilify in The busi- ness world , said a junior. 120 Academics he XT XL T i 4 CreaTiviTy is an imporTanT parf of any arf course. Araceli ZaraTe displays one of The Types of masks which arT sTudenTs are required To make. Q ConcenTraTing on a business leTTer, Laura Nochella keeps her eyes on The Type- wriTer. ConcenTraTion is a necessify in order To perform well in The course. One junior in Typing ll says, WlThouT concenTraTion, your fingers go crazy!