H Grady Spruce High School - Tipi Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL New to the Spruce staff this year as assistant principal for ninth graders is Mr. Ezell Holley. Based in the Ninth Grade Center, Mr. Holley assists Freshman students in making the proper adjustments in a high school environment, help- ing them to bridge the gap between Middle School and High School. Mr. Holley sees the establishment of the Ninth Grade Center as a major accomplishment for our school this year. lt is a place for 9th graders to seek refuge, sup- port, guidance, counseling, and training con- cerning any problems encountered without the usual bureaucratic run-around, he stated. One of his major educational objectives for students is to get them to develop self-discipline, thereby improving achievement and reducing failure, We welcome Mr. Holley to Spruce High School, and appreciate his unique work with the Ninth Grade Center. DEAN CF INSTRUCTICJN Having previously worked at Spruce as a counse- lor and administrative intern, Mr. Cele Rodriguez has completed two years as Dean of Instruction. His duties are in the areas of curriculum develop- ment and instructional performance. He is involved in evaluation of teachers which takes him into all of the classrooms in our school. He also works with scheduling and IBM data control. FACULTY

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ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL In charge of 10th grade boys discipline, bus schedules, and building concerns is Mr. Mac Nor- rell. Mr. Norrell has been an assistant principal at Spruce four years. He is a former math teacher and has served as summer school principal the last two years. Mr. Norrell sees his greatest chal- lenge this year as trying to get the students that are sent to the office repeatedly to understand what they can do as individuals to keep from being sent, and to realize they are responsible for their own actions. Mr. Norrell continues, l wish that every student at Spruce would realize that Everybody IS Somebody and that all have worth. Spruce High School has an excellent educational operation and I hope I can help each student in some way to take advantage of that opportunity. His sincere desire to see both students and teachers do well has made Mr. Norrell a favorite ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL Mr. Charles Blair has been at Spruce only two years. He is certainly no stranger to Pleasant Grove, having been a resident all his life, coming from the pioneer families of the Blairs and Bru- tons. Mr. Blair supervises llth and 12th grade boys discipline and works as our community liai- son. He also supervises the distribution and sup- ply of name tags, one of his greatest challenges this year. Mr. Blair sees the Spruce Apaches as the greatest group of students in the DISDI' To aid our students he hopes to have increased parent and community business leaders involved in school activities next year. We are proud to have such a distinguished community-minded invididual as Mr. Blair as a part of the Spruce team. of us all. I FACULTY nf JF .5 I , fi, . W 3.5 I ? v , .4 ,, . V fi! .I '.

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COORDINATOR OF STUDENT ACTIVITIES Attempting to get students involved in positive projects has been one of the greatest challenges for Student Activities Coordinator Pat Clifton this year. She is one of the busiest persons on our campus. She is a counselor with the added responsibilities of serving sometimes as mother, teacher, disciplinarian, guardian, preacher, and - always - friend. Near the end of the school year senior activities take up much of Mrs. Clif- ton's time. Relating to this, she sees as a major accomplishment this year graduating 414 sen- iors! Her educational objective for our students is to assist students in learning that 'all play and no work' or vice versa is not the answer, but a mixture of the two can result in an enjoyable edu- cational experience that will make a solid founda- tion on which to build a happy, successful future. COORDINATOR OF FRESHMAN CENTER ln her second year at Spruce High School, Ms. Betty Brown has been active in coordinating the Ninth Grade Center. A major achievement for the year was to involve the 9th graders in an activity. Over 75fZ, of them were involved in the 9th grade Basketball Tournament. She hopes to prepare students for the world of work through self-disci- pline, self-control, and self-goals. Too many 9th9 graders' goals do not include high school gradu- ation. Poor attendance causes many 9th graders to be retained. Of the students that did not obtain the needed 14 credits to pass to the 10th grade this year, SOM of them had poor attendance. This is a major concern for Ms. Brown, one she plans to deal with further next year through the Ninth Grade Center, One call does all, concept. r IFACULTY M'