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

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Having much skill in most aspects of Industrial Arts, department head Ron Dull majored in Industrial Arts at Cal State Long Beach. He wanted to see more people develop a reasonable skill in the Industrial Arts, so he decided to teach it. Besides his skills in metal and woodworking, he also goes for camping, fly-fishing and gardening. science successfully? Easily, by working cartoons into the lesson, as does Tim Dunn. An avid chessplayer and school-renowned birdwatcher, he incorporates exciting but odd creatures into the lesson plan, such as wombats, along with drawing cartoons on dittoed items. This craziness is further exemplified by his reply tothe question, Why did you go into teaching? His answer, I was looking for warm fuzziesf' His goal this year was to see the revelation ofpeople actually thinking for themselves. Along with watching winged creatures, he also throws heavy balls down wooden alleys and stands behind cameras. . D s- l, I . W I Qi! . F72 fr I . ' ' I ufff f Jn: 3 Yo' Q .,,, 5,4 , I 4 . .. g Aww . Nancy Dunn is one who never gives up on her students. Encouragement is her key to her students' success. Every day we grow a little, says Mrs. Dunn. She strives to allow as much freedom in the structure as possible, and looks for perfection in every detail only to share the pride ofthe finished product with the student. Her pastime is almost obvious: participating in every aspect of art shows. The Captain and Officers WY' 'Sn J Q- L I l 5-.W .4 Wy L. ... Deciding to teach to stay ' young, Bill Eller majored in English at Loyola University. His philosophy is that kids force you to think young, and society forces you to grow old, so by teaching he hopes to grow older continuing to. think young. His goal this year was to teach students the forgotten act of listening. His favorite pastime is writing. Mary Filakouridis is very soft-spoken, probably because she is the only woman teacher in the Science Department. She too possesses the universal E prerequisite of a teacher: being able to enjoy working with and helping people. ln order to I better this quality, her goal this year was to become more aware ofthe student's needs in education. She graduated from Cal State Fullerton, majoring in biology. Her pastimes are oil painting and playing the piano, . 1 J: . 0 . ' ' . f. : -, 1 I , V. are F I , 'K I 1' wr i ki Y, I if 2 tt fill 1 ' : xi., 'MW V an . . . ,1 . ff , A 'ii 4 n ffl C . la. .mi Ken Foster's Southern accent is quite prevalent in the Math Department, He graduated from Kansas University in l960, majoring in Mathematics. , t fi! I , nf . Qt. . 6 V lg. vane.. ' ' 2 I' ' . ff , ' . i ay V, 2' , : . Ia, i. tf,,,ar,f .f,, QQ 5 X! 1 J fl' '31 ' 2 ' :Lf if-f -Lfffi: f, - L.. 't ir dfpiffffiff-': e rg, . K. ,,, Q f f , x X f R l X Q 2-ff. t 'fjm fl? rw .. y .., -V ,,,. ,If ,t gf 1 J 1 ,ff,,1- ' 'f 14, f'ffflfff 'ft.' . Mike Gaskins was known throughout Dana Hills by his monumental mustache, which suddenly disappeared overnight sometime in the first semester. This was a great loss ofidentity for the students, but in no way did it effect his teaching. His teaching career, by the way, was influenced by a Geology teacher with a beard. Mr. Gaskins majored in Marine Biology at Long Beach State. His goal this year? Try to teach the metric system fagainjf' His leisure activities are camping, photography and badminton, v if 'ife 4'6- li uv - 'u n ,:.'.je.... Z1 ,lunlluxtn u, ll tnlnllhel n 1 I ' I-l 'UtnI:::::,' I.-.lluxi'.,'- n .gllla tv, n pu I--gllll ii., iv' mln. lilly' , noun., glllll 1 v ul ,u..,,, ll , vll :,,: ik: if-lllll nu l::1::r-ug usl ' 9 ,onion A .gill QI . .lffzaullllll Be on time is the favorite phrase of Mike Fisher to his procrastinating students. He went into teaching from Cal State Long Beach to help students prepare for their careers and futures. His goal this year was to get more drafting students into the San Luis Obispo School of Architecture. His leisure activities are photography, sports, nature, motorcycling and his family. Mostly everyone who knows Lyle G. Frost also knows his nickname, Colonel Teaching was his second career after retiring from the US Air Force, having spent twenty-eight years serving his country. He majored in Education at Wheaton College, and attained his M.A. at George Washington University and USC. His set achievement this year was to improve his teaching techniques and effectivness, and his leisure time is taken up by fishing, sailing, and sport flying. ,J-vt - v at fy his , I Richard George claims he graduated from the University of Louisville in 1795, majoring in Humanities and Anthropology. It is almost obvious from reading the last statement that he would reply when asked why he went into teaching, to avoid reality. His goal this year was almost impossible: to double the rate and quality oflearning while cutting the budget. His leisure activities, though, are normal: sailing and cooking. l27

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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

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I love to teach Americans to speak French rather than English fan historical Whoo-boo j, says Claude Girault. His master plan is to get more students to go to France, and, in falling in love with it, have them become French. Even though he's Obsessed with everything French, he went to four different American universities. He received his M.A. in l97l. His hobbies consist of reading Qin French onlyj, French I got into Drama to be with creative kids, since I was such a lousy actor, proclaims Grimmy . Grimmy , masquerading as the Dana Hills Drama teacher Merritt Grimm, majored in Drama and Speech fhe's been known not to enunciatel at Cal State University at Fullerton. He is but known for his success in two areas: creating complete togetherness in the Drama Department so as to produce superior plays and writing inventive things such as, I crossed asparagus with mustard to get hot tips at the racetrack. politics, talking about France, and playing foosball and ping-pong. r 5 R -'iam . .ra A lt... X Janet Guy enjoyed the establishment ofindividualized instruction in the Computer Programming class. She enjoys teaching because she always thought of being one since she was a child, and liked to help her friends with school work, especially math. Besides enjoying individualized instruction, this year she was looking forward to getting C.S.F. really moving. R N ,. Bill Halley was one of the people who had a part in the Sophomore football team, and shared the victories of its winning season. Besides coaching football, he also taught in the Social Science Department. Q'-5 X' 1' - 1 I -,ri . Tig, 4- '- .-efggi K' 'V S' My Q 31.3.-.,'oS2. M it xt r J 1,1 ,., , .,, 7 Ei .' 5 fi --1 W rg Si. -4 Wifi 1 i i Q x, xiii is i : YQ . l h V , j , . ,, ,, sk' 4 lx Y ' I r il ' gg, -llil llflji , 1 - X : 3 ' ' L ' ' I-.1 , f4flilflfl.vli5Ilil,l.l. lg After having served as a Naval Officer for twenty-three years Captain John E. Gould decided to further serve our country by teaching N..l.R.O.T.C. and presenting the advantages of a career in the Armed Forces to high school students. I-Iis school was the Naval Academy at Annapolis. He stressed the opportunities of military service this year, such as four free years of collegejust by serving as a Naval Officer. Captain Gould claims he's known by his students as the Old Man. and his favorite phrase regarding a computation or answer is. lt's close enough for government wnrk ' Ernest Guerrero's reason for teaching is deep-to provide unique evaluation, comprehension and production ofvisual-aesthetic form. Representative Art was his major at the Otis Art Institute. His new addition to the school are the wall graphics in the Art Department, done to teach and extend creative concepts into the general environment ofthe school. Off-campus, he establishes togetherness with his family. In order to be in more contact with young people, Richard Hagedorn decided on a career in teaching. It had some degree of flexibility, added the Work Experience teacher. Business and Health Education were his majors at two universities, and he received his M.A. in 1964. Hiking and basketball are the sports ofthis faculty member who helps many students out by placing them injob training programs, and for school credit, no less. S in . g . 4 . -i 49 Jo Hanson, the department head of Home Economics, is certainly a different dish in the world of cuisine. Oddly enough, she majored in chemistry at Erskine University, and tries to keep up with innovative ideas. Even though she says she likes kids, one ofher common phrases is I'm going to beat you halfto death. Her leisure activities are golfand bridge, plus an avid interest in restoring deserving homes for fun and profit. Marjie Hartman enjoys working with others and physical education. She is known for yelling a lot and being I-Iartlessf' Mrs. Hartman always keeps the best interests of students foremost in her teaching. She graduated from Southern Illnois University in l972 and enjoys the sailing and swimming that California has to offer. N. 73,9 . .ji 5541! Ruth A. Hayes is one of the mainstays of the Business Department. She attended the University of Iowa majoring in Business Education. She spends her leisure time traveling, reading, or playing cards. One Year Before the Maw