Patrick Henry High School - Encounter Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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Badminton is not Coach Fritz Ziegenfuss' only rac- quet. During the winter season, he is also a Varsity Basketball coach. Beginning as an Industrial Arts teacher, James Clark has been here since the school opened. Seeing the thousands of students who have come through, he thinks it's amazing how L '.,. the community sucks them up like a sponge' Patrick Henry from the Teachers Angle Things here took on a different aspect from an English teacher's angle, especially that of Robert Hotchkiss. According to Hotchkiss, students didn't treat the campus as well as they would have treated their own homes, and he believed we had one of the messiest campuses in the city. Still, Hotchkiss felt that the standards at our school were better than any other school distressed Hotchkiss. Most students, he felt, did just enough to get by, but no more. Stu- dents didn't have enough individual motiva' Disheartened because of multiple tardies, Robert Hotchkiss takes role in his first period class. Hotchkiss teaches both English and History within the same class. tion to truly succeed. Too many of the stu- dents want something for nothing. A possible solution? Hotchkiss would extend the school day and increase graduation re- quirements. 90070 of our teachers did an excellent job, but they lacked the facilities and money nec- essary. Hotchkiss also revealed that too many students were put into one classroom at a time. English teacher Hotchkiss hopes for im- provement in our already fine school. The school is great, but can always be better. He has offered constructive criticism which can always help, and gave us some things to think about in the future. 294 Administration Staff l I

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With his head under the car hood, Mr. Bunch helps Mickey Owens locate a part. As the auto mechanics teacher, Barney Bunch, as his students call him, in- structs his pupils how to fix and maintain their cars. or x i1 QR 5: q, x . f if G Q Q A G52 V x ii' , wif! X 't' 3. i 3 6- I f ' 'X r 31 .I ' fi1l5 - A . . HE gf Ji - ' ,I-at , Q . ll'l 1 V I im,l . I I V we . i- i s ., A it 21 ff' it ' -- ii 1 Q K Mar V Fmt, A A A 'wif K 4 P i 7 45? X' .i 1 x ga.-,. Taking a break from coaching gymnastics and cheer leading, Mrs. Rotschek tests rhythmic ability with her dance class. During a break, English teachers, Shaughnessy Litchfield, Hansen, and Gage share a joke. Could it be the results from the last test? Hugh Embertson Accounting, Fundamental Data Pro- cessing. Rey Fackrell Spanish, US. History. Patricia Gage English Lit., Reading English. Dixon Garrett Graphic Arts, Photography, Auto Mechanics. Peter Gu- mina Accounting, Typing, Business Law. Dale Hall Marketing, Accounting, Pat's Place. Robert Hall U.S. History. Marilyn Hamilton P.E., Badminton. William Hansen American Lit. Robert Hotchkiss Contemporary Voices in Literature, U.S, His- tory. Ollie Huntsman Child Development. Bob lmlay P.E., Softball, Baseball. Getting Fit 293

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W 'ALE 'F ' A, ya I M ..,, E I X t , , rrar i - f o 1 A Y b V A A in 'F F if 2 it i sq ' i Q A i .. .Q , gil Savoring the flavor during class competition, Coach Imlay is observed by the students, t an ngl Teachers Change Until this year, it seemed to me that teach- ers were people who stood in front of class to lecture. My view, however, changed as the year progressed. My teachers really took an interest in my school work. They really cared, wanting me to do well, wanting me to succeed. l couldn't have without their help, Teachers set up tutors for me, and stayed Il r. Walker gave students his phone number . . . after hours to give me help. Mr. Blevins gave me as much information about labs as he could. Mr. Walker gave students his phone number in case they needed help on Political Science. And there was always Mrs. Kotnik, the calculus teacher, who came on extra days to work with floundering students. From this student's angle, the teachers here are the best around. Larry Janson Algebra, Math, Career Math Robert Jenkins English Charles Johnson Speech, English Tony Julian American Culture Robert Keller Chorus, Guitar, Bel Cantos Russell Kleitsch Contemporary Voices in Lit., American Lit. Sally Kotnik Math Joseph Kovacevich Consumer Math, P.E,, Football Pfeifer Lacy Business Communi- cation Russell Leslie P.E., Football Robert Liles P.E,, Soccer Robert Litchfield Humanities, Journal- ism. Echos , Senior Class Advisor At an Angle 295