Dallas High School - Dragon Yearbook (Dallas, OR)

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40 - 1 1. Friendly, George Williams, one of the DHS custodians, looks up while removing gum from the floor. 2. John Nielson completes the cleaning of a classroom during his shift. 3. Engineer Leonard Shinn and son Kevin Shinn, adjust the jet on the oil burner. Custodians Summer Efforts Lauded Behind the scenes and after regular school hours were the time and place to catch custodians in action. The service personnel of the school continued under the direction of Mr. Leonard Shinn, who was assisted by his Kevin Shinn, George Williams and John Nielson. Peggy VanPatten and Milford Saunders rounded out the staff of workers, who were employed year round by the district. Special efforts were made by Shinn and his staff to keep the school and its grounds neat, clean and in repair. Summer projects included the annual refinishing of the gym, extensive outside painting, and typical school up-keep. Summer efforts were well assisted by a group of enthusiastic summer youth employees. School time was used for the myriad of jobs which had to be done to move in the group of LaCreole teachers and an additional 200 freshmen students. Through their efforts, the physical plant was kept running smoothly and the building continued to look good. Custodians • 9

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4 8 • Counsellors Counsellors Johnson Joins Ranks 1. DHS head counsellor, Mr. Steve Lyell. 2. Mrs. Paula Guiles enjoys a spare moment on the ERC room. 3. Mrs. Diane Weaver works in the Learning Resource center. 4. Mrs. Kathy Fisher certifies work for competency completion. 5. Mrs. Jean Johnson, our DHS girls counsellor. ei The school counselling program sought to keep pace with a strong increase in interest among students and its new member Mrs. Jean Johnson, wife of principal Ken Johnson, was able to fill in admirably in the girl’s counsellor role. The two counsel-lors were always on the go, dividing their time between individual conferences and parent contacts; with impersonal matters like testing and scheduling also taking up much of their time. Mr. Steve Lyell completed his seventh year in the area, having seen the transition from a widely-elective educational program all the way to a highly selective tracking program. Many problems he worked with, involved students who were struggling to meet the new credit requirements, which increased. According to Lyell, the addition of the freshmen to DHS proved to be less a factor than anticipated, with most students making the change with few problems. The counsellors were assisted by the O.T.I.S. computer for job search, grades, college information and mass mailing, while Ruth Villowock and Kathy Fisher handled a mass of details in the front office. The counsellors felt that their efforts with students who have serious “hang-ups” were at least partly successful and their time well invested.

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Cooks Forbes Offers Ideas With a new district coordinator in the person of Audrey Forbes, the food service program took a turn for the better. Mrs. Forbes responded to student surveys and worked to bring changes for improvement. In cooperation with head cook Helen Teal and her assistants, changes were made to respond to concerns. Popular foods were tacos, spagetti, weiner wraps and lasagna and, of course, hamburgers and french fries. A new salad bar was opened and proved very successful. Between it and the a la carte window, students were able to move through lines quicker than ever. Help in the kitchen was provided by Georgia Parks who worked as a fry cook and Judy Garvis who worked with food preparation and on the serving line. Using students to fill in and on clean up, the group was able to hold the line on food costs, with the average meal costing about $1.03. Altogether about 281 students and teachers were served each day and, as in the past, government surplus staples helped take the bite out of the school lunch to taxpayers. 1. Asst, cook Judy Garvis stirs the potatoes. 2. Asst, cook Liz Hamilton pulls the french fries out of the grease. 3. Mrs. Helen Teal grabs a bite to eat after lunches are all served. 10 • Cooks