Great Valley High School - Musket Yearbook (Malvern, PA)

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Mrs. Grande gives us one of her big smiles. She teaches Typing I, and Shorthand I and II. She is also co-sponsor of the Future Business Leaders of America Club. Mr. Grande checks students ' answers to lab questions. He teaches Chemistry A and C. He is also the sponsor of Ecology Club and ninth grade baseball coach. Mrs. Grenier is a new tea- cher to the English depart- ment. Besides teaching Eng- lish, she also teaches read- ing. Mr. Honig is an Algebra I, and Algebra II and Trig, teacher. He is also involved with Varsity Club, and is asst. football coach and head baseball coach. Mr. John checks his attendence list in con- servation study hall. He is an IPS and Bio- logy I teacher. Mr. Kadyk pauses after direc- ting the orchestra in practice. He directs concerts for other schools and Great Valley. He is also the music dpt. head. Mr. Kellerman carefully re- views his notes. He teaches College Math and Applied Math. He is one of the most comical teachers at school. Mr. Kessler teaches a variety of music courses. They are guitar, music appreciation, theory, and twentieth century music. Mr. Kessler has a friendly chat with junior Brad Mattes aboirt his artwork. Besides having a degree in art, he also has one in engineering from Annapolis. 98 Academics

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Mr. Diorka has one of the more colorful personalities of the teachers at Great Valley. He is the dedicated and successful coach of cross country and track. He also sponsors the four-time winner of the Spirit Jug, the Class of 1977. Here in P. O. D. , Mr. Dobosh tells about his grandmother, the bartender. He instructed the new gifted program on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Miss Ebert left her English teach- ing position just after Christmas, but remained the devoted sponsor of the Musket, She was always known for her sunny smile. h ' .- - My; v A«, Mr. Ellis instructs sophomore, Troy Pitts, on the use of the microscope for a biology lab. Mr, Erskine flashes one of his friend- ly smiles. After fulfilling his duties as a world cultures teacher, he finds time to be the spaisor to the Pep and Girls ' Soccer Clubs. Mr, Esposito catches up on some last-minute grading in study hall. He teaches various business education courses and coaches ninth grade football and wrest- ling. Mrs. Fuller is a new addi- tion to the foreign language department. She teaches German, ii v MSi Miss Gentile is a new teacher to the physical education department. Here she instructs junior Sue Rowland in archery. She is also head lacrosse coach and J. V. hockey coach. Mrs, Goodrich returned to the home eco- nomics department this year. Senior Ed Dimpter looks on as she prepares some apples for cooking. Academics 97

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Here Mr. Hekins smiles at his class. They are joking about The Blue Men of Africa , one of many movies seen in World Cultures I. Mr. Herr teaches P. O. D. and coaches football. This year he originated a new social studies elective entitled Law and Jus- tice. If you have ever had Mr. Hickman you know that he ' s asking senior, Doug Young, Areyou sure you ' re saying what you mean? . Mr. Hickman teaches his students to communicate more effectively, in speech and in writing. Englishman ' s Viewpoints On America This year we were fortunate to have an exchange teacher from England. Biology teacher, Mr. Robert McCarter, traded places with Mr. Arthur Grant of Canterbury. Commenting on our school Mr, Grant said that he disliked the use of passes and forms which treat stu- dents like children. He felt that we have a modern and efficient system of adininistration, but that it may de- stroy the soul of the school with it ' s tendancy to com- puterize and create bureaucracy. He said he liked the vivacity of American students. They differ from Eng- lish students in that they must be shown how to solve problems, rather than thinking it out. Mr. Grant described his strangest experience in America as a pep rally. He claimed that it reminded him of a combination of the French Revolution, a disco- theque, and a football game. We all enjoyed Mr. Grant ' s wit and constructive criticisms. Mrs. Keegan is head of the English department. This year she led a group of students and teachers to a series of plays at the Walnut Street Theatre. Culture is the sum total of the learned behavior in any given society. It is because of Mr. Kocher that none of us can ever forget this definition of culture. Academics 99