Dana Hills High School - Mast Yearbook (Dana Point, CA)

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il H vu Marlene Barrett is virtually Unfluslefed. a trait that most teachers don't have. A business lC3QhC1' WIIO primarily teaches IYPIUS- She IWS SPCHI two years at Dana Hills. She graduated from Cal State LA, and likes working with teenagers and teaching business subjects. Her goal this year was to improve her teaching techniques by implementing games and other activities. Her favorite phrases in the classroom include You can do it . . and Never give up . . . . Her spare time activities include gardening and the fascinating study ofhandwriting Larolyn make admits to sometimes being easily led offthe track in her English class discussions but it's mainly because the students seem genuinely interested in pursuing the subject. Picking up her degree at Immaculate Heart, Miss Blake went on to U.S.C. for her Masters. She lists her favorite activities as reading and being a nostalgia buff with movies and actors. She also sponsors Girls League and would like to see it made into a class. analysis. One ofthe few altruists left, Marilyn Bumatay explains her love for teaching couldn't be for the money, so it must be because I enjoy working with young people and I enjoy education. Interested in languages, Mrs. Bumatay pursued a double major of English and French and feels that success is tied to a feeling ofaccomplishment after tackling the difficult areas of reading, evaluating and writing. Her family planning reflects a sense of timing as she started her family during the first semester and planned to be back for the second semester. Nadine Cardello is also known as Mama CI' by her students. Asked why she went into teaching, she replied, I liked working with teenagers and enjoyed teaching sports as well as participating in sports. Her goal this year was to introduce new activities into P.E. and make this year fun for her students. Her leisure activities include such relaxing pastimes as sewing, fishing and gradening. Business Deaprtment Head Harlen Chambers must qualify as the most good nature teacher on campus since he coordinates not only all the student aides but also runs what amounts to a typing service through his Model Office and typing classes. He graduated from Cal State Fullerton in i968 where he majored in Business and Economics Mr. Chambers uses his distinctive Orange and Brown Van to take himself and his family skiing and camping. K s N .ti i . ..f' 1. - r. . 1 -aft g I L 3. 4 .' rx 1 N4 5' it i .I I t , v in . .,i. '- - . .X in ii. if v , t - 5 5 . L, he 5 ?.5tf3i V, vi-1 . X, I Q., , . ar fa git 5513.1 .,.l Xl N., I . .f,' .. . . . lv' . 1 4 .t , ' if ffl X al Q f . -J A i 9 f ' ft lt. ,iv X N' ' -A ' I . R, at W -J.. .,..,.. Q l . -1 74 . 'Ne 2 at Concentrating on a more personal I basis with his students, Ron Bucheim teaches Special Education. Majlormg in History at Redlands University, his program is designed to provide each student with multiple choices of ' learning and eventually success. His main goal this year was to try to A improve each student's reading skills by atleast l W grade levels. He is called Mr, B by his students and enjoys gardening, deep sea fishing and reading. The Captain and Officers sa Steve Carroll is a part-time Full of vigor, Tim Butler is often seen around school walking briskly, indicating his zeal for teaching. Physical Education his major and Biola his college, he has been at Dana Hills for three years. He went into teaching to have the greatest possible part in producing successful young people. His target this year was to gain a better sensitivity with his students not losing his objectivity. He is best known for assaulting people with such harsh phrases as wierdo and lamebrain , and his leisure sports are surfing, golf and skiing. teacher this year. Futhering his teaching from the Bicycle Safety course for traffic violators on bicycles at Saddleback College, he taught two sections ofthe popular class, You and the Law . The inventive Cleo Cole is the creator ofmany fascinating projects. Since her main course in college was Advertising Art at Cal State Long Beach, she then has dexterity in many materials. To quote Ms. Cole: Handcrafts involves your mind as well as physical coordination. It is a very worthwhile experience to help people develop their creative abilities. She initiated more leather projects and a new project involving stencil-painted T-shirts. Her leisure activities include gourmet cooking, skiing, and going on short trips.

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Al Kiesselbach is known as Uncle Al in the Counseling Department. He majored in Education at Cal State University at Long Beach and got his Masters at Whittier College. .' Q V A Q . f ll' 4 fi 1 my A 5, . l . l '. 1 K Phil Wilburton is a friendly person who is interested in student's problems. Students used to refer to him as the hippie counselor until he shortened his hair length by two inches. Psychology and counseling were his majors at Cal State University at LA. In addition to being involved with student's problems, his pastimes also reflect those ofa typical California student's pastimes: skiing, surfing, tennis, and handball. A physically-fit counselor, Jean Stevens majored in Physical Education at Chapman College, graduating in l96l. She findsjoy in working with and counseling young people, and this year planned to further her counseling techniques in order to help her students. She spends her leisure time reading, and being involved in sports. New in the faculty this year is Diana Atkins. Majoring in Spanish at the University of Missouri, she uses her skill in Spanish to help those students who find difficulty with English. l've always enjoyed school, says Ms. Atkins, I like working with enthusiastic, optimistic people. She was looking forward to initiating the group counseling program at Dana Hills, and enjoys skiing, tennis, sewing and reading, Known as the guy with the hair that stands up, Bob Taeger has been counseling for eight years. His priority was history at USC, and he became a counselor in order to get involved with young people. He made students aware oftheir future life careers this year, and his pastimes are his family and model ship building. we An expert in language, Denny Allred says of his classes, l feel it's a challenge to motivate young minds. Following through on his philosophy, Mr. Allred takes students to Mexico during the summer. Educated at Arizona State University, Mr. Allred teaches Spanish, and relaxes by motorcycle explorations, flying and scuba diving. A fresh member on the faculty, Genet Armenta teaches three sections of ESL. Just out ofCal State Fullerton in l975, with an American Studies major, she enjoys working with students. Along with playing racquetball and volleyball, she rides bicycles and practices Yoga and is anticipating taking a course in Indians of the Southwest, which would be conducted on the Papago reservation in Arizona. Jolly Leon Badham has spent four years in music at Dana Hills and fourteen years altogether teaching music. His college is Brigham Young University, where he majored in trombone performance, and conducting. He attained his BA. in 1960 and his M.A. in 1962. Mr. Badham digs kids, and likes to share his love for music with young people. Several of my ex-students are now professional musicians, proudly says Mr. Badham. Known as the great story teller, he planned on increasing performance opportunities for the band this year. His pride is his record collection, and his joy is his N-Gauge model railroad. .1 I ' ' , an up 4 . ' , ' A. K, L t 4 ,411 N' X f.:f 4 - A' Q5 V. v N P ,Gian ootqqaglv Q... at 'Q 2 K 5 ? it -Q - ., qi! i' .6 ' .Q .' V La ' ' . -W A, 1 in to A 1 , 1 wr i t ,L ,f T in 4 . V vf. . P Going into teaching to coach athletics, John T. Baker instead wound up teaching industrial arts, which he enjoys. He majored in physical education at Long ' Beach State University. His only goal this year was to survive. His pastimes are fishing, body surfing and racquetball. Ultraneat in appearance and planning Sharon Birkeland has spent two years in the Dana Hills English Department. She majored in English at USC. Graduating in l970, she went into teaching because she wanted to help students appreciate the subject of English, and she also wanted to help students express themselves better. To further her goals she has become the leader ofthe ninth grade English team. Her leisure activities are bicycling, tennis, gourmet cooking and shopping. One Year Before the Mast J S4 41 A

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26 ...-f f ' Sharon Cole is a part-time teacher teaching three classes ofEnglish. In her classes Mrs. Cole stresses courtesy towards others, writing clearly and interestingly, and sharing ideas of different writers with her students. Mrs. Cole used to teach at San Clemente but has been at Dana Hills since it opened. She is originally from Montana and relaxes by playing bridge and tennis. I 'D 7 43.9 ,, Mm! s li I' 5, I .Lal English Department Teacher and Yearbook Advisor Chuck Conklin is a Long Beach State College Graduate, He also works with ninth graders and has a basic goal ofwanting students to be literate and articulate in their writing. He enjoys car racing in his leisure. 'Zh' ? 4 F , , , Bill Conroy cites a missionary drive as the propelling force which made him become a teacher. This year he developed a core program helping students in both English and History but he is best known as being the teacher who uses a textbook in the History Department. A Cal State University at Long Beach graduate in 1958, he devotes most of his spare time to Teacher Union LAFTJ activities. 41' . - ' 4 f--Y V' 05,2 - H . . 393. ' 3 WW W? ft as , J 73?4?5 9, V , : -3.4 V ' 9 - 5 I A UCSD and Scripps Institute of Oceanography graduate, Bill Cunningham is primarily interested in the Earth Sciences tGeology, Astronomy, Oceanography, and Meteorologyj. He enjoys an academic atmosphere and being around young people. Off campus, he can be found in driving wind or rainstorms studying meteorology or on the ski slopes. K . I '-FQ? '75 t f, , r 15' 2 , . all A r 927 'yr 1 19 'ex tiff? Q1 -Mft 3 'V 4 tm el QW? gi! F ie X Q 39 XX? le 1 ' f . T o we XM, Q94 t -,gs I1 S xii, 5 X It ' Q. Ciztfvli' I ,sratf I ...su t x . . 1 Q xl, fa Eli! g. , , f 15 g 1 xt I Ifyou have to make a pit stop, be sure that it's W - near Trevor Dale, ' g Mechanical things have always been one ofhis fb. joys and thus one ofhis ,Ig aspirations is to make - his students better One of the neatest cursive writers around, Bill Cunerty majored in Journalism at USC and graduated in 1968. After playing under Coach John McKay, both his knowledge and desire allowed him, as head football coach along with his staff, to take the Dolphins to their first CIF win. His goal in teaching is to improve everyone he works with, Besides being a veritable fountain of knowledge. he brings out humor laced with sarcasm in the classroom. During his leisure time, he is often seen on consumers ofthe automobile falthough the question arises, how does one consume an automobile'?5 When he's not in the pits, our mechanic par exellence also indulges in diving, fishing and cooking. Although comprising most of the student body, freshmen are generally looked down upon by students their senior. Don DeGroote decided to give freshmen a head start through the Success in High School program. He always enjoyed working with young people, and has been in the Dana Hills English Department for three years. Lucinda Duim-Quirk enjoys working with people, as do many teachers, so that is why she became a teacher. She majored in Mathematics at UCI, AY. ft.-1 ,-Ll Eff' f- in-'af N, 1 gig .lack Diekmann leads an aquatic life, seen in his coaching of Waterpolo and reflected in his leisure activities of water skiing and fishing. He also enjoys working with young people, as do many teachers. His goal this year was not only in Waterpolo, but also in creating a more complete library and slide display in his field of Biology in order to increase his knowledge, and in order to convey it to the students. graduating in l972. After school she keeps busy doing stained glass, working in horticulture and hiking. ll llii -Sv-Tfzil. , Dale Drager is the head of Driver Education at Dana Hills. the links or serving upavollcyball. One Year Before the Mast