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

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V 3 Roolsies Rally Students Many new teachers graced the Dana Hills campus this year, Halfof the newcomers came from various schoob through- out the areal however, the rest were rookies as Both the experienced teachers and the beginners raid the Mast some of the more embarrassing moments in their careers. For example, at a previous schools Star Hinlsleyywas introduced to the entire student body, then when asked to sit dawn, she missed the chair and fell to the floor. Sharon 'Heinri found her mast embarrassing moments alsoito her most rewarclingg she was mistaken for a freshman! q When aslsed what feelings she had about teaching her first syeargf Tracy Robert commented 'Teaching issgaever duilg? . . . but neither is a guillotlnef' Despite some difficulty ,withgg gdisciplinepa rprablemtwhichfmaniy of the new reacherslrhadf' in common, all seemed to enjoy the Dana Hills atmosphereg imosgpraised the energetic stu ntsifvand. f'friet?rdlyss15aff,'? gi, Agtypicaliy enripgsiastiainew1teacher,:Mr.ii3il Gercspertlds ,extra V if after school 'helping of his students, Adam French. 2. Ms Ruth Gels lectures her American Literature class onthe' ig 4 meanin7af affect V it if . Calculating grades at the end of the first semester frustrates My I A roglsie WDCV Robert. 'till ifff' W sirll 33,1 I ,Q s lly f r. - , , if ii Bill Conroy C5ocial Studies? . , . has man- aged to survive 12 years of teaching, has been o construction warl-ser, factory work- er, and farmetg went into teaching for the money, worst parts of teaching are meet' ings and school boards - manages to avoid with sleep and patience, favorite as- pects of Dana Hills are windows and air conditioners. Bill Cunningham CScienceJ . . . has been teaching at Dana Hills for ten years, loves having power over thirtyffive people at one timeg hates grading homeworlsg re- lieves stress by visiting his local gym, Trevor Dale Clndustrial Arts? . . . teacher at Dana Hills since it openedg dislikes coming baclr to school after summer vacations, bicycling is his favorite habbyg believes that some students need more selfdiscipline, Marc Degen CMathD . . . enjoys the inter- action with srudents, survives baby sitting some students by remembering that he can always Punch the little suckers out , drives around in the Degmobileg Iifeguatds at Newportg likes to surf, slsi, and ponder, Rookies 57

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Tim Butler Cphysicol Educorionb en' dures pressure by cooching cross counrry ond rroclq enrered reoching ro hove o porr in influencing young people in o posirive direcriong hobbies include surfing, volleybollg lilses worching o srudenr get excired obour leorning ond improving. Bob Conory CSociol Srudiesb . . . firsr roughr in Cosro Rico, rhinlxs hordesr ospecr of reoching or DH, is frying ro endure ex- panding Closs sizesg erqoys skiing, rennis, running, ond the Angels, olso lilses cooching foorboll ond boslserboll. Horlen Chambers Cl3usinessD . . . on origi- nol reocher or Dono Hillsg hos wirhsrood some emborrossing rirnes, including ripping his ponrs while serring o rypewrirer on rhe floorg lrlses golf, sluing, ond mororcycle four- ingg soys rhor Mon could enjoy life more if, once he gor whor he wonred, he could remember how much he vvonred ir, John Chipman CForeign Longuogeb , . . o frrsr yeor reocher or Dono Hills, he hos been reoching for six yeors, his fovorire hobbies ore gyrhnosrlcs ond golfg previously he wos on orchirecrurol drofrsmon 56 . . . Academics ,A ,-44 a -, rv ,Y ,, . . ., if 1 f fi , , ,gyfiwi ic' 1' '- ' mini 4' ,n,,,f

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1195 t f s i,,il w' K V Outside Jobs Supplement lncome Controry to populor student belief, teochers ore people too. ln foct, Dono Hills is o school with more tolent in its vorious departments thon most people could ever imagine. Numerous foculry members hod outside jobs, some of which were extremely intriguing. .lobs often helped olleviote some of the stress coused by trying doys or school, ond of course the extro money come in hondy. 1+- 4 ff , V t-tt M V M Z ,,, V 2 ' J K t 'W' We V if - - - ,st Y. I f.,,,, , J , , 't , , 1 'f . - , , ,,t, j VL g z,i , V ,, , V I , I i J A R ,V ,,,, SSL Ron Dempsy fCtossroodsD . . . hos been teoching ond counseling for io yeors, loves vvorlsing with young people, olso photog rophy, once fell osleep while giving o lec ture, is o privote counselor in Mission Viejo, beors the stress of o doy by not tolaing it home vvith him 58 .. . Academics Lindo Dickey fEnglishD . . . mother of two boys, vvent into teoching becouue it didn't require typing, survives o hord doy's vvorls by exercising ond eoting, holes groding popers, gels oround this by ptor,ro-,tinoiiori Morgie Dickinson Science? . . . hos tought piono, tutored, ond novv coordi notes weddings, enjoys music, sewing, ond vvorlsing out to relieve stress, endures grod ing only become she hosn't figured out o woy oround tt, hos one driughter .lock Dickmonn Grirlrlccfl . . , lilsr-4, the vo cotions thot teoching offers ond thrf chonc Q tO vvorls with lsids, urls tough when he hos to tolls tn front of lorge groups, -,vvirtis to relieve stress vvoterslxis, slsts, hunts, ond fishes to hove fun, hos hc,-lrl rnony different lobs ot rnor-y different titties