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

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Former Foreign Language Department Head loseph Shofner attended nine different colleges and universities, majoring in History, Spanish, and Music. He received his M ,A. Jim Smith combines a background of Political Science and Public Address to bring more reality into the classroom. He puts this philosophy into practice inthe real world by being President of Teachers Union. He takes pleasure working with youth, being humorous in class, and fishing. He is serious while playing handball. Feeling like he's spent one thousand years in the English and Social Science Departments, Tony Stevens majored in Social Science at Cal State LA College and Cal State LA University. He went into teaching for the lucrative value of it and his goal this year was to find his classroom. He is known for keeping his class under controlled chaos. Offcampus he is a Bearded Keith Stroud is one teacher who makes math humorous. Majoring in English and Science education at the State U niversity of New York, he went into teachingbecause he lived near a teacher's college. His goal this year was to win CIF golf. He claims to be best known for changing the sign of the subtrahend and then following the rules of addition. His pastimes include golf, camping, and eating. from LA State winetaster. j Y University in 1965, and went into teaching - because he enjoyed it. ,, A., . His free time is devoted 33 ' to reading and traveling. Marv Sherrill teaches in 3 the Science Department. - ' 'X ' - . ..,,.. ' wifi? fa g A A 1 X Q1 . , -,X ' M , x I I ' ' ,-fkfffi-5 ' .vgfl h 2-W :A . .N . p V 1 f . was 1-wwf. I A Q - '4 4-'WJ ' 2 , x . I Jwvwvvc 11-fffftf -Y cab , .,.. xg . r MMqmMMA,wM,f -A:-:jf M 1 up . dwVv,,.1v-AA.saN-NV M! JCMA It x D-f X . ' tag, unix? Q Q. I. 1 .I .rp I .aff-QP' 1 5 , I - ' .I , 1 , WW? f'1y.,. , it fx .7 !'1 i91?v'fftiZ5:fi:vu :Wt Steffi ,M W W . Eg... X j W gr, if-fiwgfw I' any 1 ,g 4- w ,,i:3:.l.L4W -' ' -Nw.-,gs 1 r ' .. ' I W I ' ,H ' fqyl , la: A J ,S ' fx I . I , ,x 5 Xvf' Joe Shively is teaching atCrossroads this year --- which is new, different and interesting. After majoring in four different subject areas- Math, Chemistry, Biology and History, he attained his M,A. at Stanford University. I enjoy working with interested people and teaching Math and Science. Farming. flying and skiing are how Joe spends his time besides teaching. 'Isl I wanted to share with others the values I have experienced by leading a physically active philosophy oflifc, says Bill Smith, Boys PE Department Head. He worked with the PE staff toward developing a better PE program, and with the coaching staff to making the athletic program better this year. While keeping physically active at school, tennis, softball, flag football, and volleyball are his favorite leisure activities. Helping to co-sponsor the highly successful intra-mural program at Dana Hills, Tony Stillson has always had a good rapport with his students in PE. Graduating from Westminster College, he went into teaching because it provided an opportunity to coach basketball. Besides playing basketball, he also golfs and plays tennis, Mark Thornton taught one period of Business Law and four periods of Survey ofSocial Science. Stein-O-Mite , as he is called by his students, is one ofthe most liked teachers at Dana Hills. Claims Bill Steinride, I like coaching, and teaching keeps me aware ofthe everchanging personalities and attitudes ofthe athletes. This year he taught Health and A Safety along with his regular PE classes, He surfs, golfs, and gets involved in other sports. One Year Before the Mast

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Jeri I i ,. from Whitman College in l948 and embarked on a life long altruistic trip believing that Nmay. be I can help someone. He has indeed helped many students as he went on to become both teacher and coach. He coached the Tennis team and has taught every level ofEnglish from Fundamentals and Reading through Ad- vance composition in an attempt to kindle new flames for better com- munication. He has fun bombasting his students with bursts ofuexcessive verbage and playing tennis. Allan J. Pierce headed up the faculty side of the WASC evaluation, which probed into every aspect of Dana Hills and compiled a report that was given to WASC evaluators. Mr. Pierce is always searching for ways to improve teaching techniques and student motivation methods. He likes sharing ideas with those who wish to learn, and is best known for his brilliant jokes, comments and sayings. Christa Renau teaches her German with an accent born of European heritage. She graduated from UCI in 1973 and wants to communicate with students and teachi them something worthwhile . How she is best known depends on the class, one class calls her Frau . She relaxes by swimming, reading and playing tennis. Bill Priestley enjoys showing the excitement in performing good music to students. This year he tried involving student aides in guitar instruction and accompanying choral groups. He graduated from Occidental and USC majoring in - music. He is known as Doc by his students, and his sole leisure activity, besides music, is sailing, 'Fi I6 ' 'E by 4 dei li a,, Srgt. Edward A. Piel went into teaching because I wanted't0 develop youth into well-in- formed American citizens. His students know of his policy of mutual respect and common courtesy in the classroom which he also takes with him out to the links when he plays golf. The Captain and Officers W-in 4 f-. ,x.,. Chris Prescott tries to encourage students to improve their skills. Her criteria is that they can ifthey want to. Because she liked high school students, she went into teaching after graduating from Purdue University. Her favorite phrases are Don't waste your time, along with Hand it in in good form. AM . . ' Phat' 6 Q fix V7 .. A at.-1, 4 M, .., ' ,, ' , 5 fif w ,gg 5? f nf , Ulf' z, cffbsg- gig-as: Wi. ,gn 'fb Helping people gives my life meaning, says Home Eco- nomics teacher Laura Porges. This year she planned to find new techniques in making school more fun and exciting. This is her first year at teach- ing after just graduating from Cal Poly last year. Off-campus she is involved in sewing, arts, crafts and skiing. ' . I I . . 'f ll i ,fgfgf fi .rw f iz 1 fi ,I 1 it tier: ,!, , i y ' Ienjoyteaching, ,f ' 1 If , bluntly states Leo ' ' fi' 1 X Quirk. Attending Kids are neat people to work with, claims Bill Prestridge. His goal this year was to Have a super A iff newspaper. He is known by the faculty as 'KNO Bus Prestridge , since on one ocassion he realized he forgot to order a bus on a field trip. He doesn't forget, though, to ski, sail or backpack in his leisure time. three universities before graduating in l963, he is a person who gets to the point. His goal this year? Captain 'Q' ' replies in another concise statement, To tell the students the truth. He exercises by running the DHHS track field in all sorts of weather. 1 f N40 4 Paul Ryan is one of the teaching facilitators at Crossroads this year

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John Veeh is best known as the great handicapper . He is also well known because he gets along well with students. A Redlands University graduate, he has continued his playing of basketball over into local league play. He also enjoys playing cards. He got into teaching, because lwanted to become rich : maybe that's why he's known as the great handicapper. H T ,V N-.,,.i A ' nz P t K , , t 4 .tr L 'X 1 .iN m .A , ,,.,-, t Richard Victor is an English Department member, who taught mostly Advanced Composition classes this year. The Captain and Officers Lee Wcagley is known by most seniors, since he taught American Government and Contemporary World Problems courses to them. He also taught a Saddleback College course here at Dana Hills. .Sf i Q ff f L, ,if X . m 'k ., , .- K Q. ' ,L I'm a ham and I enjoy working with young people, says part-time teacher Jeanne Webb. Majoring in Home Economics at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, she wanted to make contemporary foods a fun and meaningful experience. When the class is not paying attention to an important lesson, she reminds them that they could be left beyond the passing bell by saying, Who dimisses this class? Her leisure activities include tennis, bicycling and cooking, ofcourse. You turkey! is a favorite phrase for Joy Wendkos when she is occasionally mad at one ofher students. She majored in teaching PE at San Diego State and LA State in order to enjoy students and sports more. She also wanted to get more students to class this year in order for those who ditch classes to enjoy being physically fit, Her leisure activities include, among other Because he liked to work with people, Bob Zamora went into teaching Spanish after graduating from Chapman College in 1968. things, impromptu parties. Mr Walsh's secretary is Joan Ramirez. ---1 5 Famed for keeping Dana Hills winning at wrestling through motivation, Terry Wigglcsworth also keeps his PE class motivated to be physically fit. He liked to work with teenagers, so he decided to go into teaching. His new-found inspiration this year is Christianity, which he speaks so highly of. His favorite after-school activity is surfing with his buddies , Coach Nespor and Coach Steinride. 44' fx The Office Staff are composed of Laura Simonian, Lucy Hicks, Hazel Eckley, and Theresa Snyder.