Delano High School - Del Ano Yearbook (Delano, CA)

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Superintcndenfs Message DEL-ARIJO MESSAGE 1971 - 72 At Delano High School, as at other schools, moods are as many and as varied as the people that make up the school. Each of us each day react to the weather, to one another and to our tasks. From this complex interaction between us as individuals and our physical and social environment and among us, one with another, springs our feeling about life and our place in it. For its part, the people of our school district, acting through their elected representa- tives of the Governing Board, have attempted to pro- vide a general school setting that is attractive as well as safe, and comfortable as well as efficient as a place to learn. In addition, the people of our school district have attempted to provide employees who take pride in trying to keep our classrooms and campus clean and all of our complicated machinery working. Most of all, there has been a continuing effort in providing students with useful tools - the books, films, maps, sound tapes, and paper -with which to learn and in providing well-prepared, en- thusiastic teachers who are dedicated to the task of helping students learn and to achieve the excellence of which they are capable. It is my hope that this enthusiasm for learning and this dedication to the attempt to achieve excellence will be the prevailing mood with which our school is identified as gradu- ates remember their days as students of Delano High gawk Sql Dr. Frank E. Dyer District Superintendent and Principal School. Dr. Frank Dyer is serving his tenth year as DHS Superintendent. Mrs. Margie Brumley, private secretary to the Su- perintendent, has just completed twelve years of ser- vice as executive secretary in the district. In her position she assists the Superintendent and also acts as credentials technician. Her duties are many and, although she is kept busy, it is evident she is a happy, enthusiastic employee.

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Board of Trustees The governing board of Delano High School as representatives of the public has the responsibility of making major policy de- cisions for the school district with the advice of the school staff. The board is composed of Dr. Ed Yoon, Jack Phillips, Lido Sandrini, Marion Smith, and Ronald Cole, President. Enrollment Reaches 1,7 29 Enrollment during the first weeks of school climbed to 1,729 students as the teaching staff be- gan its task of wrapping up the highschool education of the 58th graduating class and the underclassmen. Major change was reduction from a seven- to six-period day as one of the means of balancing the budget at 32,214,644 The science building, nearly destroyed by fire in the fall of 1970, was ready for class use in September, 1971, andthe new warehouse west of the bus garage was also ready for use. A new elective program in the English depart- ment, placement of homeroom responsibilities with fifth period, shifting athletics to after school, de- velopment of a work experience program, and in- troduction of the Regional Occupation Center were all major changes during the year. The student body continued to select from among seven curricula to prepare for college entrance or to terminate their education with high school. Delano High, established in 1911, includes four acres of classroom sites spread over a 20-acre area plus physical education and athletic fields. The campus also includes 41 acres of school farm adjoining the campus and another 80 acres of school farm land west of Delano. About 585 of the students were trans- ported by a fleet of 12 buses, seven of which are diesel, including a newly purchased 79-passenger bus.

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Assistant Principals Office Malcolm Young, assistant principal, checks out some work performed by Miss Annette Bramblett tleftl, special projects secretary, and Mrs. Joan Davis, secretary. Curriculum Modified Many new courses, including a changeover to a quarter elective program for most students in Eng- lish, excepting freshmen, wereintroduced this school year. ESEA Title I reading development was offered to 160 freshmen. Special help is also offered through tutoring in a dozen sessions of mathematics and for Spanish-speaking students learning English, an Eng- lish S class is taught. New offerings were a macrame and stitchery class, merchandising, a two-period nurses aide training program, two guitar classes, a three-hour course in auto replacement and repair, and an ecology class titled environmental science. An op- portunity school is provided for students ages 14 and 15 who are in the continuation program. Mr. Malcolm Young, assistant principal, re- ported that though the curriculum is slow in chang- ing, it has a firm foundation in vocational, college prep, and general education and is constantly seek- ing to meet today's changing needs. Special Services Special services personnel include James Perry, dean of students, Gene Daniels, dean of attendanceg and Robert Selent, head counselor.