Mission High School - Eagle Yearbook (Mission, TX)

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M S Open House Draws 500 Parents These students in a chemistry class show off an experiment for Nlrs. ltay Hyde during open house to observe American 5' lllission High School opened its The yearbook stall used the i doors for parents and visitors during open house to good advantage with a American Education Week, Nov. work night to get pages ready for the l 6-I3, and more than 500 visited printer and parents enjoyed watching i Tuesday, Nov. ll., at the open house. them at work. Student typists and Various departments in the school bookkeepers showed their talents put on exhibits, displays, skits or while parents looked on. class projects to show the parents ',l'o elirnax the activities, an as- what takes place during an average seinlily program was held in the 4 day, gymnasiurn with parents listening as , Spanish lll students put on a the Eagle Band and Choir performed skit, entirely in Spanish, while stu- several numbers. dent scientists perlornied experi- A Count by 4-M5365 Showed the 1 ments, English classes held a b00lx juniors with the lwsl representation fair in the library, and math students UI' parenlg and this C1355 won A free conducted ll math sCr21H1lJlC illlll ticket to the first home basketball g 0lllC1'lI1Hth gilHlC,S- game Nov. 28 at Eagle Gymnasium. l . I H Wmi. M. ' 22' ' ' i-mzxiim fi V . 7 'NY futile uid iiaslsszrfifssg ga K F Annual Staff members worked on page Harper as they look over the shoulders of Mrs. and Mrs. James Wood are interested layouts and identification of pictures dur- left to right Esmeralda Reyna, Sylvia observers as Mrs. Patrieiallohnson, Mission ing the open house. lnterested spectators Cana, and JoAnne Kawamoto. lligh School librarian, and Miss Rose Hart 1350 MTF- .l0lU1 SUWWCY and MTS- .l- D- Dale, right, MHS English teacher, show

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MH Gets Close Scrutiny in Self-Evaluation Two committees worked for weeks prepar- ing reports as part ol' a sell'-evaluation of Nlission High School hy the Texas liduea- tion Agency and the Southern Association of Colleges and Sec-ondary Schools. This committee worked on philosophy and objectives. Shown left to right around the table are Mr. ,lim Miller, Mrs. lfelix Klart- inez, Nlrs. Janice Willeford. Klrs, Nlargaret Yalverde. Nlr. Charles .-Xhernatliy, Miss .3 'fire Q.-...,, Mr. H. T. Nance. center. was chairman ol' Committee and Mr. B. l. Gaston was the Steering tlimmittee for the school chairman ot' the School and Community evaluation, while Nliss Kose Hart Dale was Committee. Chairman of the Philosophy and Objectives Rose llart Dale, and lfreddy Calan. Other members ot' the committee were Dora lilia Garcia and I.inton Stables. HHS students, and Mr. Forrest llood and Nlr. llarlan Woods. faculty members. 'llhc Texas lflducation Agency and the Southern Association of Col- leges and Secondary Schools requires that every sehool sy stem eonduet an evaluation at least every I0 years lor accreditation with those agencies. Nlission lligh School was evaluat- ed during the l969-70 school term and faculty nienihcrs, students. and administrators all had a part in the work ol' preparing the evaluation. The Philosophy and Olijectives Coni- niittec and the School and Com- munity Clomniittee held numerous meetings to work up reports for Mr. H. 'lf Xancels Steering Conunittee. Dr. William llarron ol' the l ni- versity ol' Texas in fkustin was chairs man of the outside evaluation team that made several visits to MHS to see how it was progressing and to help committee nienihers with their reports. MHS maintained its excellent standing with two agencies as a result of the self-evaluation. 17

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liducation Week. Left to right are Kali ' lfeller, Billy Hyde, Nlrs. Hyde, aimi: 1 uamfa Velasquez. K. ,ag some of the books on display al the book fair sponsored by 'die Language Arts Dc- partmm-nt and the Library during open house. zfxw-. Wcnceslado Cantu and Maria Elena Garcia lab to show parents how they work during, take a turn with the earphones in Spanish the open house. Marta Kelley is demonstrating her typing Rosario Kelley during thc open house. r Mrs. Victoria Kelley and Mrs. Charlyn Trusscll, MHS English teach- break at the open house as Mission High er, chats with Mrs. Mamie Fiedler during a Observed Am0riCaI1 EduC1lii0l1 Week. 19 ,fi