Choctawhatchee High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Fort Walton Beach, FL)

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choctaw comes of age, keeping the prestige of 1 since choctaw was born 21 years ago, she has sought a po- sition of being number one in everything, responsible for many changes and much of the progress at choctaw- hatchee is principal h.a. bru- ner. wise in the way of estab- lishing smoothly running systems, mr. bruner believes education, not trivia, merits our foremost attention. helping mr. bruner is mr. bruce criswell, vice-principal in charge of scheduling, com- putor programming, attend- ance, discipline, and parent- student-school relations. a very busy man around is vice-principal george nied. mr. nied takes care of book dis- tribution, ticket sales, trans- portation, discipline, and lunchroom supervision. students needing a tardy pass see the pleasant face of the dean of women, mrs. elaine dark, she helps to check attendance and keeps up with tardies so that the punishment brings improved promptness, other duties in- clude involvement with dress codes, parent conferences, the faculty tea, withdrawals, and community relations. left students frequently must find mrs. elaine dark to buy school sup- plies for their next classes, top left mr. bruce criswell watches with amusement at the monday morning calamities occurring at school, top right during a brief pause, mr. h.a. bruner spends a few minutes of his day to chat with alan brown and ray albright about school issues. administration 23

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pride is by-product of okaloosa’s school board “choctaw’s pride is a by- product of okaloosa county's school board,” remarked mr. erwin fleet at the november board meeting, members make contracts, set policies, and se- cure personnel for county schools during the year. not only choctaw’s growth, but also growth in educational facilities throughout the county results from efforts of school board members, led by newly re-elected chairwoman, mrs. anne mitchell. i % above joe etheredge listens intently while anne mitchell looks a bit- skeptical about student requests, top left checking over the board's legal matters, erwin fleet is sometimes asked to comment at meetings, top right jack foster arrives early to get last minute things ready before the start of the meeting, bottom max bruner jr., superintendant of schools, listens to recommendation.1, introduced to the board. 22 school board

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students depend on office staff kept continuously busy by the demands of their public are members of office staff, mrs. ila dudley, principal’s secretary, keeps a file for each faculty member, puchases supplies, rings bells, and does the million other little things that keep the office running smoothly. mrs. rae barton, mrs. nita Stephens, and mrs. ida buchan have the tiresome but often amusing job of keeping stu- dent attendance records, and mrs. nancy bledsoe keeps the books for clubs and general funding, for a requisition or a dollar bill, she’s the lady with the money. rounding out the staff is the person who eases all our aches and pains, nurse joan maki. how would we get out of class without her? top students checking in and out of school during noon rush hours fre- quently find mrs. rae barton drink- ing her lunch between phone calls, center right keeping mr. h.a. brun- ner’s days straight, mrs. ila dudley schedules his appointments between the bells. 24 office staff