East High School - Echoes Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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'fwvf' 14 iEnglish as a Second Languagel instructor Dai Nguyen looks on as Dung Luong, Phuc Diep and Tu Tran work diligently. Junior David Taggart and Senior Tony Shelby conduct an experiment in their science class. ff Junior Donna Thomas concentrates on a pen and ink drawing in Annie Lowrey's seventh hour Painting and Drawing class. The East marching band, pom pon squad and flag team perform at the East-Kapaun football game. Junior Jacqui Vorhees adjusts lighting in her Technical Theatre class. Junior Pam Zalewski poses for the Echoes camera as she helps get the stage ready for The Odd Couple. HWY W Www

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Assistant principal Melva Owens and her husband view the Homecoming dance from the sidelines. Administrators gain new faces The adminstrators put in a great deal of hard work which paid off. Dr. R. Larry Roberts, principal, said the majority of his time was devoted to promoting an educational at- mosphere that would allow students and teachers to work together in a harmonious goal-reaching environ- ment. One of the reasons that Roberts is able to use his time to promote this atmosphere is due to the help of Associate Principal Sam Allen. He has been assisant principal at three junior high schools in and around the Wichita area and was assisant prin- cipal at South for three years. Three years ago he came to East as assis- tant principal, and last summer he became associate principal. To fill the vacancy created by the promotion of Allen and the departure of last year's second assistant prin- cipal, we added two new faces to our administrative staff. They were Larry Turner and Melva Owens. Turner came from Hamilton Junior High School where he was principal. He took over the position of assistant principal, replacing Sam Allen. Owens wasn't exactly new to East. She had been director of Experience Based Career Education 1975-1979. But last year she took a leave of absence to work on her PhD in Education at the University of Kan- sas. Owens replaced Don Wright. Our administrative staff worked ex- tremely hard at the job of making and keeping East High School the best high school in Wichita. After a hard day's work, Dr. R. Larry Roberts, principal, and Sam Allen, associate principal, relax while watching the Aces play Kapaun- Mount Carmel.

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Classes offer more than theory Even though many classes were traditional basics, other classes, as in past years, involved more creativity. Courses teaching graphics, art, drama and vocal and in- strumental music were just a few of the many non-basics. Bookwork was often not as im- portant as actually practicing and do- ing. Graphic Arts, for instance, was a class in which students were taught howto use equipment and machinery and then to put their knowledge into practice. They designed and printed many useful materials for themselves, family and friends. Many of the more advanced students helped in printing posters and pro- grams for school plays, musical pro- grams and other school projects. Both art and drama classes put students creative talents to work as students interpreted the world through the lense of a camera or on canvas or on stage. Another of these classes in which students were taught skills other than reading, writing and arithmatic was vocal music. Several groups were in- volved such as Sophomore Choir, Choral Aces, Madrigals, Concert Choir and T.T.B.B. These groups per- formed in several concerts at East and for different organizations around Wichita. They also participated at contests. And, for the very first time, they participated with the Marching Band in a patriotic salute during the last home football game of the season. The Marching Band took their talents out of school and onto the football field every home football game. Many hours of practice and drilling went into routines done by the Marching Band. lt was not unusual to see them practicing during lunch. The flag team also participated with the marching band as did the Pom Pon girls. So courses of this kind permitted students to be involved in actual ap- plication ofthe theories learned from bookwork. East students were able to become interested in school work that might eventually become their walk of life. Junior Shane Phillips expertly runs the platen press in Bill Ward's third hour Graphic Arts Class. Madrigals Stan Smith, Mary Linn, Tom Sherman, Kim Miller, Kent Morey, Eileen Darlington, Chip Cornwall and Beverly Shanklin get ready for their fall concert. ,X i