Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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FTA OFFICERS-FRONT ROW: Debbie Driggs, secre- Donna Greer, publicity chairman, Lisa Popovich, ADVISOR Taryp Colleen Johnston, president, Ann Fridell, par- liamenlarian. BACK ROW: Gail Johnson, Treasurer, historian, Irene LuViola, vice-presidenl. Miss Hawn Teaching Techniques Discussed in FTA Club FuTure Teachers of America was or- ganized To provide information concern- ing The Teaching profession. Members learned The qualiTies, TraiTs and apTi- Tudes necessary for Teaching. MeeTings were held The firsT and Third Wednesday of each monTh. Some of The club proiecfs were car washes, making ChrisTmas gifTs for children and ChrisTmas caroling. AnoTher proiecf was collecTing money from shoe checks when a school dance was held in The Boys' Gym. Speakers from The Arizona School for The Deaf and Blind came To speak on Techniques of Teaching The physically and menTally reTarded. Miss Claire Hawn and Mr. John Raskob, from The MaThemaTics DeparTmenT, were advisors To The club. A sTaTe workshop was held in Oc- Tober and sponsored by FTA Members from Palo Verde. Two-hundred FTA members came from all over The sTaTe. March marked The STaTe ConvenTion in Yuma, Arizona. FTA sTaTe officers were elecTed. On VisiTaTion Day, FTA members vis- iTed oTher schools To observe differeni Teaching Techniques. FTA held iTs lOTh Annual O f f i c e r s Workshop, which showed The officers how To achieve Their goals during The year. i FTA ond Red CW55 Salle U Chflsfmas PUHY fvr Un' Ter during The Chrislmos holidays. They planned der-privileged children at Tucson's Community Cen- games und gave presents To The children.

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Red Cross Sponsored Blood Drive in May RED CROSS OFFICERS: Liz Wylley, vice-president, Pahi Duke, president, Suzy Sallzman, secretary, Mr. Elrod, advisor. RED CROSS REPRESENTATIVES-FRONT ROW: .lane Tackeh, Minelle Wirges, Linda Kopman. SECOND ROW: Jody Hoenninger, Elizabeth Emerson, Barbara Red Cross was organized To help poverTy-sTricken people. AT The VeTeran's Day Parade Red Cross members made a floaT, with The Theme l9l8-1968 Always There. IT was decoraTed wiTh a whiTe background and a red cross in The middle. During The ChrisTmas holiday The Red Cross Club, along wiTh FTA, held a parTy for underprivileged children aT Our Com- muniTy CenTer. PresenTs and a SanTa Claus helped make The pariy compleTe. AnoTher pariy was presenTed aT The AsThmaTic Fou'ndaTion during EasTer. An egg hunT was also planned by The Palo Verde STudenT Body. A special fund-raising membership drive was held in Sep- Tember. RepresenTaTives were elecTed from each homeroom To collecT money for The Red Cross ChapTer for a week. Each person ThaT gave money received a bookmark-ruler. ln May, The club sponsored a blood drive in The boys' gym. Homeroom Federafion, Honor Socieiy and many oTher clubs helped campaign for The drive. AT one meeTing a special speaker Talked on VieT Nam and showed a film about VieTnamese people. This film was shown To all inTeresTed viewers as well as Red Cross members. MeeTings were held every oTher Thursday and each monTh a ChapTer meeTing was held downiown for all Red Cross Clubs. Officers were PaTTi Duke, presidenT, Liz Wylley, vice-presidenT and Suzi SalTzman, secreTary. Miss Verna HarcourT and Mr. LockeT Elrod were advisors of The club. Red Cross sponsored a parly for underprivileged children, one of Their many humanitarian proiects. 4 M ,. . Mow. BACK ROW: Glen Glass, Gene Snyder, Jim Reyna.

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Learning Their roles'as citizens in school and community was the goal of Future Homemakers of America. Field trips to historic cites, government offices and art museums were planned by the club. Under the direction of Miss Barbara Whitaker, twenty-five active members participated in preparing for a Christmas party for underprivileged children at the Santa Rosa Head Start Center in December. Two fund raising proiects, a swap meet and selling blue and gold felt footballs to students, added to club funds. The club also planned a family pic- nic in the spring and an Arizona's Beauty is Everyone's Duty, citywide campaign. Members of the club attended a statewide FHA convention at the Uni- versity of Arizona and hosted a district convention in October. Future Homemakers of America strove to earn degrees on three different levels. To earn a degree in either the Junior, Chapter or State level, the girls estab- lished goals concerning their school, chapter, community or themselves. FUTURE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA OFFICERS- FRONT ROW: Sue Wells, degrees chairman, Delcine Stark, vice-president, Dennie lavagnilio, recreation chainnanp Jan Davis, committees chairman. BACK 'fi' ROW: Nancy Propp, historian, Dianne Yaskanich, secretary-treasurery Miss Whitaker, advisory Pam Wagner, public relations chairman, Vickie Slonaker, president. FHA Established Varied Goals for Degree s at 5 E it 1 fx. Future Homemakers of America gave a Christmas party for underprivileged FHA members sponsored a Christmas party complete with Santa Claus and children at the Head Start center. Activities included breaking a pinata. refreshments for underprivileged children at the Santa Rosa Head Start Center.