Cambria Heights High School - Highlander Yearbook (Patton, PA)

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 Charles Solomon has been teaching 9th and 10th grade biology for 28 years and is the Science Department chairman. In his spare time he enjoys coaching Little League base- ball and being equipment managers for sports. He wishes the class of 1981 all the success in whatever they may undertake. Mr. Solomon's future wishes are to continue teaching. Dennis Anna teaches clerical Typing I. Busi- ness Law. and General Business. He is advi- sor to Plaid Talk and a field judge to track events. Mr Anna has been teaching here at Cambria Heights for 9 years and plans to go on teaching here. He hopes his students will learn discipline, promptness, and self worth. Mr. Anna enjoys fishing, hiking, woodwork, working with animals, and farming. David Mehall. the Business Department Head, teaches Business Law. Secretarial Office Practice. Clerical Office Practice and Business Skills. Although he has been teach- ing for 16 years, he is undecided on his teaching plans and hopes his students will try to do their best. Mr Mehall enjoys all sports, especially tennis. Isabelle Shandor teaches Exploratory Typing and Exploratory Shorthand. Shorthand 1 and Typing 1. and Consumer Economics. She is also one of the girls' Track coaches and an FBLA advisor. She has been teaching for 2 years and hopes to go on teaching business courses. When asked what she hopes her students learn, she replied. Learn skills that will enable them to obtain well paying jobs. In her leisure time she enjoys bowling and jogging. Karen Lambert. Shorthand II. Typing II. Exploratory Shorthand. Personal Typing. Exploratory Typing, and Consumers Eco- nomics teacher, has been teaching for the past three years. Miss Lambert enjoys skiing, swimming, dancing, and reading. She wishes that her students will master their skills to be used in an office someday. Her plans for the future are to get married and to continue teaching. Alfred Lantzy, a bookkeeping teacher at C.H., has been teaching for 27 years, and plans to teach until his retirement. He enjoys hunting, fishing, and tennis, and hopes his students will learn to be nice people. 10

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Cameron Pickens. English I and II instructor, enjoys reading, swimming and ceramics. He has been teaching for 6 years and hopes his students will learn to speak the English lan- guage fluently. He plans to teach until he retires. William Schirf teaches English III and is For- ensics coach. He is ready to obtain his Mas- ter's Degree in English Education and plans to further his Education. Mr. Schirf. who has been teaching for 6 years, hopes his students will learn to be good citizens and to work hard to achieve their own goals in life. Mr Schirf enjoys baseball, fishing, and other sports. Mr. John Bern, physics. Chem II and Action Chem teacher, says he is trying to teach his academic students to be able to handle col- lege courses. He has been teaching for 12 years and hopes to continue here at C.H. Along with teaching, he enjoys fishing, being a football official, and being involved in civic and fire company activities. Chemistry I and General Science teacher. Daniel Bilko. wishes his students “good luck in the real world. He has been teaching 15 years. He enjoys hunting, fishing, and sports. William Brough teaches General and Physical Science. He hopes that his students will learn all they can and plans to teach until he is able to retire. Mr. Brough enjoys working with his dogs, walking, hiking, and cutting firewood. Michael Grembi. one of our Biology teachers who has been teaching for 14 years, enjoys sports, particularly golf and basketball. He says he is looking forward to retirement. His outlook for the class of 81“ is for them to become better thinkers and to solve every- day problems. 9

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John Tinnick teaches Personal Business, and Drivers Education. He is also Assistant Var- sity Basketball Coach. Mr. Tinnick hopes his students will learn common sense and a little respect. He has been teaching for 11 years and plans to teach until he can retire. His hobbies are hunting and golf. Bruce Douty, Phys Ed and Health teacher, has been teaching for 13 years. He hopes his students will learn the understanding of the need for physical exercise throughout their life. He enjoys hunting, tennis, and wood cut- ting. and he hopes to stay here at C.H. Bruce Frycklund. Phys. Ed. and Health teacher, enjoys sports, music and traveling. He is also head coach of the boys basketball team. He hopes that no matter what his stu- dents do in life, they will try to do it to the best of their ability. He advises. “Whether going on to college or getting a job. don’t strive to be mediocre. Push yourself to be the best at what you do.” He has been teaching one year and hopes to keep teaching and coach- ing. Ms. Cathy Hmel phys. ed. and health teacher, spends her spare time doing latch work, cooking, and Aerobic dancing. She hopes her students will get a background in health that they may use some time in the future, and will enjoy different sports and have a healthy attitude toward all physical activity. Ms. Hmel has been teaching for five years and intends to keep teaching. Mrs. Janis McKenrick, a first year 9th, 10th grade physical education teacher and 10th grade health teacher, enjoys cross country skiing, jogging, needlepoint, and watching sports. Mrs. McKenrick would like her stu- dents “to have a good attitude towards phys- ical activity.” She would like to keep teaching in her future years. Stephen Bakajza. Administrative Assistant and senior P.O.D. teacher, enjoys passing his free time with fishing and hunting. While teaching for 31 years. Mr. Bakajza is trying to have his students learn to appreciate the form of government that we live in. His future plans are to teach until he retires. 11