Dickinson High School - Gator Yearbook (Dickinson, TX)

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Cosell in the Making The Varsity Gator football games at Dickinson High School are )ust one of the exciting events every Friday ntght The announcements from the pressbox are a sure way to liven up the crowd Mr Paul La Fleur, a mathematics teacher at Dickinson High School, is the spokesperson for otir Gator football games He says, I en|oy watching the football game, and con- veying my announcements tor the crowd. Mr. La Fleur was discovered m the early I960 ' s by his next door neighbor, a freshman coach. Joe Phillips em- phasized the need of an announcer for the freshman foot- ball games La Fleur soon became involved in the JV football games and later advanced into announcing the Varsity games Although he tried to refuse pay from the schoolboard, saying that the enjoyment of making the announcements was enough, the schoolboard offered him a salary for his outstanding work — as a varsity announcer Mr La Fleur has been making Varsity announcements for 25 years now. and has only mis sed one game. Mr. La Fleur says. The highlight of my career was the experience of being recognized in the dome of 1977. Without Mr. La Fleur. the Varsity football games would not be as exciting as they are to the many Gator fans that attend them. ' Abenarolh, Ken Adier. Stacy lexander, Jan Alexander. Pam Annexsiad. Clare Bailey, James Banowsky. Larry Beeson. Frances Bell. Nancy Bell. Salix- Blair, Jaci ' Bock, Kan-ri Bowen, Cynthia Breland. Cimion Brewster. Peggy Brown. Mar hia Brown. Mike Carmody. Manon Cash, Paula Cautey, Gniy Cechura, Lindn Clark. Maivii. Cotemnn. I yon Cooimr Alia Mr. LaFleur Ofganizes his thoughts to anrKXince the Gator Varsity football ganie.

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Running the Show Principal. Dr. Anne Coppenhaver, sets the deadlines, works with teachers, oversees the budget, and plans for the future. She is the final yes no figure at DHS. Annong her many jobs. Dr. Coppenhaver sets aside enough time to visit with students and is more than willing to explain rules, regulations and her reasoning to anyone who asks. Dr. Coppenhaver has three assistant principals who have many responsibilities of their own. They carry out jobs ranging from disciplining and counseling students to evaluating and supervising teachers. Also, each principal has his own specific job. Mr. Walter Candelari is the assistant principal for instruction, Mrs. Erie Hodge is the dean of women, and Mr. Mickey Barlow is the assistant principal of pupil personnel service. Together, the four principals are a winning team that makes DHS tick. by Sonya Weaver Assistant Principals Walter Candelari Erie Hodge k - Shamarion Barber Hereto Help The D.H.S. counselors, Mrs. Sharmarion Barber, Mrs. Paula Jack, Mr. Don Campbell, and Mr. Jack Wyatt, play a significant role in student life. They are constantly busy throughout the year operating the guidance center, handling schedule changes, and visiting classrooms to help students prepare for the future. They not only advise students about what courses to take throughout their high school career, but also give students the information boost into the world beyond. The counselors are especially helpful to college bound seniors. They aid in finding information on scholarships for eligible seniors, college entrance exams such as the SAT or the ACT, aptitude tests, and college applications. They also spend many hours calculating the senior class rank and writing high school transcripts and college recommen- dations for students. The D.H.S. counselors are people working for our future and their time and effort is deeply appreciated by all students. Faculty 125

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Curry, Son|a Darling, Elizabeth — Math Darling, Virginia — English Dickey. Jetfie Dickey. Mack — Vocational Drake. Gay — Homebound Drake, Tim — History Dudley, Yvonne — Aide Elliott, Gene — Vocational Everett, Vicki — History Finster, Karen — H.I.L.C. Foster. Joel — Art Special French, Merle • Education Geist, George — R.O.T.C. Goergen, Pam — Vocational Gordon. Judy — Business Gossett. John — Band Gregory. Jeannette — Secretary Grigg, Yvonne — Librarian Haley, Kathy — Nurse Hamm, Kathy — English Harkreader, Carolyn — Vocational Harkreader, Jerry — Outdoor Education Hathorn. Christine — V.S.C, Although teaching interested inmates may be more exciting. Mr. James Bailey enioys teaching his sophomore history class Bailey Behind Bars James Bailey, history teacher and social studies department head at Dickinson High School, has a somewhat unusual yet intriguing job outside DHS, Mr. Bailey teaches government to interested in- mates at Texas Department of Corrections ' prisons in the Angleton Rosharon area. Although this may sound a bit dangerous, Mr. Bailey reports that he has never felt threatened m any way while teaching there. This is partly due to the fact that those inmates who participate in the classes are only there to learn and because each TDC unit is built to suit a certain degree of criminal. While teaching classes at Alvin Community Col- lege, Mr. Bailey was called upon to teach history classes at various Ramsey Units in this area. Mr. Bailey agreed to the task, now teaching govern- ment classes during the summer and sometimes during the academic year. Although Mr. Bailey has experienced a few har- rowing situations while teaching at the prison, he feels very comfortable in a classroom whether it is filled with prison inmates or high school students. Faculty 127