Notre Dame High School - Titan Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Fine Arts Mr. Harold Becker MS, JODean Salley BM U. of Wisconsin BA UICALIA, MA Leng Beech State College Mr. Robert Bellah MA u.c.L.A. Ml-lSlC APP 9Ci3ti0nrBa'ld1 MA Claremont Graduate School MA U.C.R. HurT18I'1iil6S Art, Art Dept. Chairman Art, Humanities 5. '11 Ms. Linda Tirabassi BA U. of New York English, Drama, Newsletter Editor fi: in gee 0 90 Faculty A new addition to this year's English Department is Miss Dolan, another one of Notre Dame's alumni turned teacher. Miss Dolan came as a stu- dent in her sophomore year and graduated Cum-Laude in 1976. She feels Notre Dame hasn't really changed that much since her student days, but notes the level of spirit was higher then and that students attitudes were a great deal different. During her years as a stu- dent, Miss Dolan remembers studying under Mr. Bellah, Mrs. Tenney and Mr. Heding. They are now all co-workers along with former fellow students, Mr. Wuetcher, Miss Schulte, Miss de la Cruz and her best and closest friend, Mrs. Favela. Speaking with Mrs. Favela and asking about Miss Dolan led to one word repeated many times describing her as a fellow stu- dent, noisy, noisy, noisy! That isn't all though, her nickname according to Mrs. Favela is Miss Cheerfull and everybody's friend. Outside of being everybody' friend, Miss Dolan kept busy with maintaining an above average grade point average and being on the student council. She was very involved in drama, one of her favorite classes. She was president of the drama club and in 1975 appeared in the school musical, The Un- sinkable Molly Brown. A ' 'rrt -' K 2 i , , y is S t . t , ek f i V , :--k ,kVV. . ...lt K, .. K A Ms. Karen Dolan AA Riverside City College BA California State College, San Bernardino English l, American Literature

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Mr. Gregory Thomas Wuetcher AA Riverside City College BA California State University, Chico Athletic Director, Head Varsity Basketball Coach, American Literature yan: Way back when Mr. Wuet- cher was a student at Notre Dame, he describes himself as being a shy, studious, mild mannered jock. He had not always planned on coming back to teach here at N.D. but he was in the right place at the time. Mr. Wuetcher teaches American Literature and coaches his favorite sport, basketball. When asked which he prefer- red teaching or being a stu- dent, he replied, They both have their own equal value. It was fun and rewarding being a student, but it has been ex- tremely rewarding being on the other side, teaching and coaching. A few things have changed since Mr. Wuetcher was a stu- dent. One of the changes has been the teachers. They have come and gone, but the big dif- ferences are that he is now teaching brothers and sisters of people he once went to school with, and that some of his class mates are teaching along with him. Mr. Wuetcher enjoys teaching American Lit. coaching basketball and also enjoys working with the rest of the faculty educating such a good student body. The people are great. The students can be thankful for a hard working faculty, and the teachers are fortunate to be in- structing such quality students. Mr. Wuetcher had good people helping him along the way as a student and he hopes that he can provide the same kind of help for the students today. Ms. Elaine Avila 'Ph Mr. Bruce McGowan Pre-Algebra, Algebra I, Math BS U.C.R, Department Chairperson Geometry, Algebra l, Academic Awards Night ... .,.. M... .N--sf. Ms. Joyce Reynolds BSE U. Central Arkansas Advanced Math, Algebra I, Honors Algebra Mathematics Faculty 89

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Miss De La Cruz finds her teaching gratifying and her students enjoyable even though there's a different kind of student here than there was when she attended N.D. from 1973-1977. Much has chang- ed since those days she says, there was more discipline and the dress code was enforced more even though we had uniforms. She also thinks the students speak out more and aren't so content to accept s iii what they're told. The students challenge what they're told now, she said. The things she likes best about N.D. are the friendships that grew out of her four years here and the good education she received. Believe it or not some of the teachers that taught Miss De La Cruz are still here! They are Mrs. Benchoff who taught her Spanish and Mr. Heding who taught her Ms. Nanette De La Cruz BA University California Riverside ASB Moderator Spanish I, Il RQ S History of the Media and History of the West. After graduation she kept busy by attending U.C.R., where she received her BA in Liberal Studies. She financed her studies by working at J.C. Penney in the Men's Depart- ment, for four years. When ask- ed what hobbies she had Miss De La Cruz exclaimed, I LOVE RACQUETBALL! Traveling and photography are also favorites. As for returning to N.D. she never planned on it. Getting a job as an elementary teacher was what she had in mind till Mrs. Benchoff and Mr. Heding convinced her otherwise. I met up with Mr. Heding and Mrs. Benchoff and they sug- gested that I apply at Notre Dame, she explained. Landing the job came as a complete shock for our alumni Spanish teacher. Ms. Cynthia Tenney Dr. Carmen Benchoff MS, Joan 5, Burch MS, Lynda McClain BA Drew University New Jefsey BA University Of Pl-'Set Sound BA Grand Valley State College BA Literature Sangamon State MA U-C-R I MA Sacfamemo State College. MA Michigan State University University FFCHCII Spanishl phYS'C3' PHD U-C-R English II, Speech Advanced Composition, Writers Spanish, Spanish Honor Society, M.E.C.H.A. Club Education Workshop, Search for American Dream, English Literature, Literary Magazine Language English Faculty 91