Charter Oak High School - Shield Yearbook (Covina, CA)

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Table of Contents Administration and Faculty 8 Student Government 26 Seniors 32 Student Life 54 Athletics 106 Underclassmen 146 Advertisements 1 72

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Foreword Charter Oak High School has just completed its tenth spirited school year. Dedicated in March of 1958, Charter Oak in its first year, 1958-1959, had a faculty of twenty-seven and a student body of 580. By the tenth year the faculty had increased to fifty and the student body to 1,300. The greatest number of people at Charter Oak at any time was a faculty of seventy and a student body of 1,900, the year before Royal Oak High School opened in 1965. The student body was composed of ninth and tenth grades in Charter Oak ' s first year, with its first senior class graduating in 1961. Mr. Armstrong, Mr. Cesene, Mr. Labate, Mr. Ensman, Mr. Crockett, Mr. Recio, Dr. Powers, Mrs. Shea, Mrs. Duddridge, Mrs. Rampe, and Ruth Allen, one of the cafe- teria workers, have remained at Charter Oak through its first decade. There was no football field, no gym, no pool, a rough track, and no stationary bleachers, but Charter Oak went through its first year winning many football games. Charter Oak belonged to several football leagues including: Suburban, Rio Hondo, Sierra, and Montview. What was once the Knights in Charter Oak ' s first year later became the Key Club. Charter Oak ' s drill team was once called the Court Jesters. The spirited senior classes of Charter Oak have given the school a gift each year since 1961. The class of 1961 built the Senior Quad. The class of 1962 gave the school the big clock on the outside of the cafeteria. The class of 1963 gave the public address system on the football field. The class of 1964 built, with the help of the Boosters, the concession stand on the football field. The class of 1965 gave the school the mosaic of the knight on his horse on the front of the gym. The class of 1966 built the fence in front of the bleachers on the football field. The class of 1967 gave the drama depart- ment the light dimmer. Charter Oak High School was part of the Covina Union High School District in its first year, later becoming part of the Charter Oak Unified School District on July 1, 1961. The 1968 SHIELD has looked at Charter Oak ' s last ten years, discovering that Charter Oak has been built by spirited students. In order to show how this quality has built Charter Oak High School, we have chosen SPIRIT as the theme for the 1968 SHIELD. We owe a debt of gratitude to every student who through the past decade has contributed to the spirit of Charter Oak High School. NEW CHARTER OAK HIGH SCHOOL TO BE BUILT HERE S00l J On THIS 40 ACRE SITE hi 1 . In the beginning Steve Kosareff displays our first and tenth yearbooks, the 1959 and 1968 Shields.

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