John Wesley North High School - Aurora Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Not Through With School Yet? Many students may have wondered what strange force compelled teachers to return to the place that, as students, they had strived for seventeen or more years to break free of: School. Could the reason have been because they loved to see the smiling faces and bubbling per- sonalities every morning first period? Or maybe they just liked to spend their precious weekends correcting papers instead of going out. These reasons would surely have scared the best of people off; yet these dedicated ones continued teaching, unphased. Mr. Canales originally taught classes in theater becuase he felt that the classes would give him a chance to get involved in the acting, directing, and producing of his first love, theater, all at the same time. It was taking up too much of my time, though, so I switched over to teaching English, remarked Mr. Canales. He also com- mented that he liked teaching I ' ve always loved school. I used to play school all the time when I was little. — Mrs. Varsik because, I look forward to reading the essays in the hope that I will find originality and creativity. Mrs. Varsik said that she had always loved school. She took Latin in high school and Spanish in college, and Spanish finally prevailed in her choice of classes to teach. Some teachers got started a little dif- ferently, though. Mr. Sarina confid- ed, I always wanted to be a coach. I got into teaching by accident. He went into teaching Driver Ed. because he felt that it was the best subject with the most control over the students. Although their reasons for teaching may have been varied, all of these dedicated people shared basically the same ideas and values that go along with the teaching profession: the desire to work with people, and the wish to help others learn. Mr. Reinhold Fine Arts Mr. Ross Mrs. Sandoval English Mr. Sarina Driver Training Mr. Saucedo Physical Education Mr. Schanz Physical Education Mrs. Seevers S|ic. ml Education Mr. Shaw linjiMnnl hdut h! Mr. Stalder Business Education Mrs. Stockton Math Mrs. Story Physical Education Mr. Thrasher Math Mrs. Varsik Foreign Language Mr. White Fine Arts Mr. Wilson Industrial Educati Mrs. Wong Special Education Mr. Walker Substitute Mr. Young mm- 156 faculty

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Counselors Try To ' Deal With It ' Lazy students, grumpy teachers, demanding parents . . . who needed it? It was a dirty job, but someone had to do it. Luckily there were four brave souls who dared . . . The counselors were very familiar with the word busy . The job of dealing with the whole student, as Mr. Anderson stated, was a hard, but rewarding job. According to Mr. Aros, Counseling techniques vary. Because of this, each of the four counselors had to use his own strategy in working and relating with the students. By the use of laughter, sincerity, and parent-like advice, they broke the necessary barriers for communication. Our job is to help the students, par- ents, and teachers, and try to find the best success for the students, stated Mrs. Renne. The counselors played a very important role in helping the students out with matters such as planning high school schedules, preparing for college, and advising them on their future. Without the counselors, the school would pro- I ' ve encountered just about every problem but murder. — Mrs. Renne bably survive, but some of the students sure wouldn ' t, commented Miss Duncan. Even after school was over each day, an important part of counseling was yet to be done. The counselors try to involve themselves a lot with their students ' activities at school so that they can get to know them a little more personally, said Mr. Anderson. They all felt that this was a very important part of their job. The counselors found many rewards throughout the year including such things as seeing their kids graduate, and knowing that they had some part in helping them to become productive members of the community. Seeing kids survive, and watching them come out of it with a good attitude is well worth all the effort I put into the job, said Mr. Aros. If given the chance again, would they still become counselors? Mr. Aros related the feelings of the foursome with an enthusiastic definitely! When thinking of the success of the Academic Decathalon Team that she advised, Mrs. Renne ' s face beams with pride. 158 faculty