De Anza Middle School - La Ventura de Anza Yearbook (Ventura, CA)

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Mr. Gary Diehl was a new teacher at De Anza this year. He taught World Geography and Money Management. Before coming to De Anza this year Mr. Diehl taught for six years at Buena High Mr. Diehl and his wife added a new son named Benjamin Gary to their family in February. As a class project Mr. Diehl's Money Manage- ment class operated Do Amgafs Stow This year's manager of the student store was Janet Donaldson. Pic- tured above qleft to righty are the workers, Carrie Lyons, Lori Glazer, Danny Gutierrez, Mary Taylor, Debbie Kusch, Janet Donaldson, and David Johnson. The late comers who are not pictured are LouAnn Kaiser, Jeanette Young, John Donaldson, John Taylor, and Randy Bowers. The people working in the student store volunteered for the job. The student store is located near the snack bar. GMS' CowwilbPaeseui1s QoiutPabr1cb's Dag Demo :QT This year the Girls' Council, under the leadership of Thalia Long, did a great job for the girls of De Anza. The sponsor of this group was Mrs. Van Leeuwen, who helped to make the Girls' Council a success. The Girls' Council sold See's suckers and various other kinds of candy to help pay for the pop ular Mother-Daughter Banquet. At the banquet this year they presented a fashion show sponsored by Montgomery Wards. The clothes were modeled by the members of the Girls' Council. Another ac- tivity of theirs was the Saint Patrick's Day dance on March 15. 22

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-an Pgx Mrs. Lapolla was head of the Social Committee this year. Mr. White was head of the Decorations Commit- tee this year. He also helped with 9th Grade Or- ganization. Mrs. Danzy has taught at De Anza ever since it opened. This year she sponsored the Refreshment Committee. Mrs. Tan has also been here ever since De Anza opened. She sponsored the Publicity Committee this year. Q si

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Along with her other ambitious undertakings, Mrs. Post sponsored a Dance Club. The Dance Club performed for several programs such as: The Christmas Program, a P, T, A. Program, American Legion and the Enchilada Dinner. They did several types of dances including those from: Greece, Israel, Russia, Germany, Serbia, and Macedonia. The Israel dances are the favorite, as they are very graceful and lyrical. Dance experience also includes modern interpretive dancing and some jazz. Dance y J Lanwus pwswb bags' plowing This year the Lancers sponsored De Anza's first boys' playday ever in the school's history. Thirty boys came from each of the three other junior highs, ten from each grade level. Mr. Darling, Mr. Morris, and Mr. Stout sponsored the Lancers this year. Tlwp'-ideoQDaAu3w-oumpotfgpahol The Head-Cops are a bunch of boys and girls who patrolled the rest rooms. There were 15 altogether. The Head-Cops kept the 1'CSt rooms clean and allowed no more than 10 kids in at a time. 23