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

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Mrs. Ronnermann relaxes and chats with her pupils. Her warm smile is familar to every- one who knows her. She teaches physical science courses such as I. P. S. and I. I. S. . In the spring she coaches Softball. Mr. Ruess helps Kathy Nields with a prob- lem. Anyone in physics knows it must be pretty straight-forward . As the sole tea- cher of physics Mr. Ruess has a lot to con- tend with. Mr. Sach is an industrial arts teacher. In this picture he and one of his students play with blocks. Mrs. Skibbe demonstrates a tennis stroke as senior, Ann Voltz, looks on. As a physical education teacher she instructs everything from tennis and golf to slim- mastics and dance. She also teaches Health and is co-sponsor of the Ski Club. Mr. Smith teaches U. S. History, Oral Local History, and Current Problems. He has planned several field trips and guest speakers for the electives. One of three French teachers at Great Valley, Miss Smith smiles while listening to a student recite a verb conju- gation. ] As retired Director of Student Activities, Mr Sprague enjoy- ed getting back to teaching this year. The gerbil, one of his best students, is a teacher ' s pet. Miss Steele in a typical pose has her typical Boy are you dumb! expression on her face. Anyone who ' s ever had her for a writing course is probably a better writer for it, despite the anguish. She is hard to please. Miss Steele sponsors the Labyrinth. Mr. Stemple is affectionately known as Zoom by soccer players and students alike. In addition to being head soccer coach and ski race team spon- sor, he teaches math. 102 Academics

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Mr. Kramer points out a fact about the Industrial Revolu- tion. He teaches U. S. His- tory and helps with Boys ' Interact. Mr. MacFarland instructs senior Ed Altonji on how to cut a pipe while it ' s in a vice. He is one of four industrial arts teachers. Mr. McAfee checks his attendence list in quiet study hall in the Fish- bowl. He teaches in the mathe- matics department. Mr. Mark glances around the room as his class takes a test. If you have him for class you ' ll know that he is famous for his ten-question tests. Miss Martin looks as if she is enjoying planning for her child care class She runs the nursery school program and is also head of the home ec. dept. Mr. Martynick, our calm, cool, and carefree chemistry teacher, relaxes as his class does pro- blems. This teacher, also noted for his neat handwriting, is sophomore class sponsor. Mr. Procopio helps out senior Kathy Moriarty in her effort to measure a soil sample. He heads the trip of both the Agricultural Science and Mr. Grant ' s Bio. II classes to Wallops Island in the spring. Mrs. Onderdonk enjoys teach- ing college writing as well as many other English courses. She also helps arrange Drama Guild theater trips. Mi. Rhoads the exciting young band director has brought much improvement to the band in the past two years. His broad smile is well known to all band students. Academics 101

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Smilingly, Mr. Sapone condescend; to let the photog- rapher snap his picture. As head of the social studies department, Mr. Sapone is kept busy with many res- ponsibilities. He teaches U.S. History and Social Science Seminar. Mr. Schucker graces us with a rare smile. He spends his days teaching chemistn ' , in- cluding Chem. B and Chem II. In the spring he coaches boys ' Tennis. Mrs. Seymour ' s specialty is French. She teaches four different levels and exposes her students to such interest- ing activities as cheese tast- ing. Mrs. Snyder is a member of the math department. She is teaching computer for the first time this year. Mrs. Stewart one of G. V. ' s new P. E. instructors, takes a delight in teaching coed gym. She also doubles as the girls ' gynmastic coach. The Fourth Dimension Mr. Snyder is one of Great Valley ' s more unusual teach- ers. He is the kind of teacher you will tell your kids about twen- ty years later. He is usually working on some philosopical prob- lem in the back of his mind. As you walk into his class he ' ll say, I ' ve almost grasped the fourth dimension, and proceed in a lengthy, complex, and detailed explanation most of which will be far beyond your capacity for understanding. As he would say on the fringes of human thought . The most enjoyable part of Mr. Snyder ' s class is often the tangents he explores. In his Philosophical Writing class one day he went from the inherent inconsistency of sin to time-travel paradoxes, A fantastic story teller, he will sit on the desk in the front of his room, drinking tea from his therm- os, and recount the latest exploit of his baby son Joshua This year Mr. Snyder spent many hours planning and in- structing the new seminars for gifted students. He deserves thanks for this and many other things he ' s done for students at Great Valley. Academics 103