North Side High School - Legend Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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GOOD teacher-student relationships were important to both teacher and students. Mr. Kip Ormerod and psy- chology students share personal ex- periences during classroom discus- UNIQUE 24 UNIQUE TEACHERS

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Students perform fall play despite changes, nervousness The lights. The costumes. The props. RICHARD STANLEY Phil Heiselmann Opening night ' JUNE STANLEY Tara Little Backstage, one could see the sweat JOHN Alan Witchey from the freshly painted faces of the SARAH Liz Lynch actors and actresses. Still, the nervous- MRS. DEXTER Michelle Hanni ness did not keep the cast of The Man MRS. McCUTCHEON . Kathy Anderson Who Came to Dinner from presenting MR. STANLEY Todd Myers the play to the audience. MAGGIE CUTLER Lisa Isaacs The plot centered around Sheridan DR. BRADLEY Nick Miller Whiteside, played by Larry LaTourette, SHERIDAN WHITESIDE . Larry LaTour- who threatened to sue the Stanley fam- e tte ily by feigning injury. HARRIET STANLEY .... Audrey Snyder Despite character changes, the play, BERT JEFFERSON Sean Moynahan directed by Mrs. Claryn Myers, raised PROFESSOR METZ .... Tolly Taliaferro over $700 in its two performances. MR. BAKER Eric Pape All the time and practice put into the EXPRESSMAN Gary Hite play was worthwhile, said Alan Wit- LORRAINE SHELDON Erin Cowan chey, senior, who played John. SANDY Dale Raypole thf h »ci (kr m « ,-♦ a a BEVERLY CARLTON Skip Crouch THE choir sings Silent Night while Whiteside de- livers a speech on Christmas Eve. WESTCOTT Andy Klinger CONVICTS Paul Bennett ONE of Whiteside ' s strange friends, Beverly Carl- Jamey Fish ton, played by Skip Crouch, senior, visits White- Brad Junk side and his secretary, Maggie, played by Lisa RADIO TECHNICIANS Jamey Fish Isaacs, jun.or Brad Junk « uiTxcinn a ., c, BANJO JoelCompton WHITESIDE dismisses the Stanleys after giving his rvrucc kk am c- n lunch to Mrs. Stanley, played by Janelle Young PLAINCLOTHES MAN Eric Pape rumor DEPUTIES Paul Bennett Jamey Fish CAST CHOIR BOYS Scott Insley Bill Gibbs MRS. ERNEST STANLEY Janelle Young Dave Gilbert MISS PREEN Kim Koczor FALL PLAY 23

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Teacher stereotype discarded Gray haired. Stuffy. Beanie eyes hidden behind granny eyeglasses that slide down a narrow nose. Long, bony fin- gers constantly waving at some- one. And a look that says: Don ' t you dare do that! With such a sterotypical de- scription, it was easy to under- stand why many students thought teachers to be on the verge of being part human and part something else. Yet, out of this group of al- most people, came those teachers who, through their teaching techniques and con- cern for their students, sur- passed the subhuman mark and actually became a friend to stu- dents. The Bierbaums have good teaching styles. John Bierbaum has a quiet style, while Dave Bierbaum has a wild one, said Senior Mike Ruiz. Indeed, Mr. Dave Bierbaum ' s style was different. It was noth- ing out of the ordinary to hear his voice fill the math hall, to see him running, jumping about, or singing when lecturing, to see his classroom windows open in the middle of the winter be- cause students didn ' t answer his questions. Kids say I ' m crazy; but if kids can ' t have fun learning in a ' dry ' subject like geometry, then it ' s not going to be very easy to learn, said Dave Bierbaum, math teacher. He also took a personal inter- est in his students. His help went beyond solving math problems. Yet, he wanted his students to succeed, to learn in his class. Every student has a choice whether or not to learn. I just help my students make the right choice by showing the idiocy of not learning, said Dave Bier- baum. I expect my students to be somebody. Mr. Kip Ormerod, psychology and sociology teacher, also added a little craziness to his teaching style. Because his classes were mainly lectures, they needed to appeal to the students more. The 2003 program also con- tributed to holding the interest of students by doing exercises that were fun and allowed stu- dents to think on their own. Of course, candor and a good sense of humor certainly didn ' t hurt. Mr. Ormerod has a good sense of humor, not boring, said Kevin Deming. Kip Ormerod liked working and being with people. No- body said teaching would be easy, but I ' m here for them (the students), he said. Although the list could go on for unique teachers, there must definitely be a fine line drawn between those teachers with unique styles and those with ef- fective unique styles. Luckily, Mr. Dave Bierbaum and Mr. Kip Ormerod were only two such teachers of those at North Side who students thought were worthy of receiving this honor- able distinction. MR. Dale Doerffler ' s teaching style also appealed to many students. John Go- gos listens carefully as Mr. Doerffler ex- plains assignment. UNDERSTANDING the proofs behind theorems was not always easy. Howev- er, with a simple explanation from Mr. Dave Bierbaum, Jenny Hetrick and Scott Resac understand the problem. UNIQUE TEACHERS 25