Blue Ridge High School - Cresta Azul Yearbook (Lakeside, AZ)

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Blue Ridge High School becomes tri-lingual By Dawn Usinowicz Germany in Arizona? No, just a German club at Blue Ridge High. In his 10th year of teaching, Mr. Alan Beste came to Blue Ridge to teach music. Although in college he began by majoring in medicine he found after a quarter of medicine, that music was what he really enjoyed doing. Beste also enjoys German. Beste stated, Check out the school grounds and the bathrooms, and see how much school spirit some school students havef' Mr. Chuck Ellsworth feels that he has been teaching forever. He always knew he would teach and has acquired a B.A. from B.Y.U. and an M.A. from N.A.U. Mr. Ellsworth came to Blue Ridge because it was an improvement over Show Low. He 1 enjoys teaching because it brings out his sadistic side . English is a subject he can confuse the most students about. One of the things Mr. Ellsworth takes seriously is school improvement. He thinks Blue Ridge is a good environment but he feels more money for school programs would cure many problems. Ms. Judy Peterson came to Blue Ridge in February of 1971, and has been teaching for 13 years. She has a B.A. from the U. of A. and an M.A. from N.A.U. Ms. Peterson was planning on becom- ing a nurse or a physical therapist but the superintendent, Pat Mur- phy, talked her into teaching at Blue Ridge. She loves teaching here because the school is so small and she loves the subject matter she teaches. Mr. Carl Wieburg has been teaching for 15 years and came here in 1977 because he liked the country. He enjoys teaching and has always liked literature. He thinks Blue Ridge is above average academically, but below average in student involvement and school spirit. Mr. Wieburg holds a B.A. from A.S.U. Mr. Stan Thompson came to Blue Ridge in 1976 and has been teaching for eight years. He wanted to get a good Spanish pro- gram going while he was coaching, and Blue Ridge was the perfect place for him because he also liked the mountains and the small-town atmosphere. He also feels that there is always room for improve- ment, such as more respect for property and authority, and less smoking, drugs and alcohol. 2 Page 22. 1. Coach Thompson helps his first year 6th hour Spanish class with their workbooks. Childhood's End. 2. Mr. Beste's 2nd hour German Class works on their workbooks. 3. Tracy Lindsay celebrates Chaucer Day in Ms. Peterson's English 4 class. Page 23. 1. Mr. Ellsworth's period 6 English II read Portrait of Jennie. 2. Mr. Wieburg's period 4 reads 3. Mr. Ellsworth's period 4 English II students collect over 1000 cans to win the Christmas canned food drive. LANGUAGE 23

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As F ii I came to Blue Ridge because they offered me a job, Ms. Peggy Grippin exclaimed. Ms. Grippin graduated from Blue Ridge in 1979 and N.A.U. in 1983 after majoring in P.E. The three loves of her life are sports, English, and Spanish. Ms. Grippin thought she could make teaching more fun and interesting than some of her teachers had. As a high school student, Ms. Grippin was active in Student Council, Spanish Club, basketball, and track. She felt that algebra, chemistry, and geometry were harder than English, P.E. and Spanish. She thinks Blue Ridge could be a better school if we had a cleaner campus and more school spirit and enthusiasm. Ms. Grippin teaches English I, English II, and Spanish II.

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V! 4 by - Currier, Doug 5' to ur W J' t ff fm Y . :V ,r 't'v Riley, Waldo, Mary Charles 'yr ,V in 1 4. The groups Black Sabbath and Led Zepplin were out when alumni teacher Howard Williams went to school here. Graduating with the class of '72', Mr. Williams was labeled most unlikely student to succeed? Mr. Williams has proven his classmates wrong and started his first year at Blue Ridge as the auto-shop teacher. After graduating from Blue Ridge, he spent two years at Mesa Community College majoring in General Education. He left and spent the next four years at Arizona State University, where he majored in Industrial Arts. Opportunity to teach at Blue Ridge came after Mr. Williams taught at Snowflake for two years. Because of the distance to Snowflake and the opening at Blue Ridge, Mr. Williams packed up and headed to the Pinetop- Lakeside School District. Hobbies of Mr. Williams are auto racing, hiking, hunting, and listening to rock-n-roll and Jazz. 243 ACADEMICS 4