Pinellas Park High School - Occurrences Yearbook (Largo, FL)

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Taylor, Shirley Data Processing Clerk Teets, Karen Hearing Impaired Tomosovsky, Joe Photography I-lll Tsacrios, lnez Consumer Math, Analytic Geometry - Math V, Math SD - Functional Math Valdes, Suzie Math SB - Functional Math, Trigonometry H Vozar, Karen Language LD Watson, Grant Pre-Algebra, Com. Math L Wimmers, Margaret Records Clerk Wood, Robert Employment Skills Wright, C. E. Deaf Education Zinn, Carmine Spanish l-ll Zopf, Ken Counselor, Guidance XJ Q Li , -V, F FAR AWAY PLACES were awaiting English instructor Becky Kelly this year. She left PPHS after first semester to go to Japan on a teacher exchange program. PAST EXPERIENCE as a disc jockey helped Media instructor David Sharp feel comfor- table announcing the band onyx at the Homecoming dance. FACULTY X 159

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Teachers are actors All teachers are actors, claimed Mr. Denis Fitzpatrick, English Department Chairman and direcror for the Clearwater Little Theater. Fitzpatrick used many of his directing and ac- ting skills in teaching his writing courses. Like writing, acting takes time, reinforcement, and the opportunity to incor- porate changesf' But Fitzpatrick mentioned one basic dif- ference, A teacher never sees the end product. ln addition to his directing, Fitzpatrick was President 'of the Pinellas Council Teachers of English and a board member of the Clearwater Parks and Recreation Council. Like many teachers, Fitzpatrick's schedule doesn't ease up in the summer. He at- tends the Breadloaf University Mid- dlebury College the graduate school of English. He says he will continue to study because ' ' l e a r n i n g never ends. EARNING A REPUTATION for being an excellent teacher was not hard for Denis Fitzpatrick. Helping students like ' ' ' n honest concern won Linda Linardos and showing a the hearts of students. Fern Vision Smith, i ' wi- -s 1:5 . A my ,pa Smith, Joanne g - gg , American Institutions , ' Stafford, Nina . - A. Stead, Jane General Math I, Geometry Stith, Claudia TlPS Counselor Spangler, Velma Biology I K Fila Schafer, Liz Guidance Counselor Stolley, Joy Language LD, Math LD Stratton, Jenn Comm. Techniques, Language B 158 I FACULTY Deaf Education :fi , , x . .1 M - , 1 'sw' xr .sv'Ns.? ,cr K. gtg . pf- W 5 ' In .- I .. 6 P T' ,S Q lx K' .. , I S , lg l ,i l its 2: i'i'r rrt. lr, C , .S o f 9. s N X ,N . -X ve . , E, A . 1 I ' students XX. X! BREAKING THE MOLD of what teachers are is done teachers at Pinellas Park Kathy Scoggins isjust one e She is able to make math interesting and rewar

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's 160 X KRIEVER He wos token for gronted. For five yeors, three months, ond thirteen doys Mr. Hugh Kriever wc principol, ond yord mon, ond woll cleoner, ond lunchroom ottendont, ond holl monitor. Yo nome it, he did it. The list went on forever. Potriots hoped he would be principol forever. Until Fridoy, November 13, students responde to Kriever with silent respect, silent grotitude, ond silent offection. The silence wos broken with rumors of county promotions. The hopes of Potriots chonged. Th wish thot Kriever would be principol forever become o wish thot he would stoy through th yeor. Kriever didn't. He occepted the position of Director of Discipline for North Pinellos County Schools. Potrio didn't pout or rebel. lnsteod students ond foculty joined to creote the most emotionol disploy 1 Potriot Pride in Pinellos Pork history. On Thursdoy, November 12, students mode huge bonners wishing Kriever well. Th ink in the colored morker pens ron out, ond some students hod difficulty findir blonk woll spoce. And the bonners were just the beginning. j Kriever gove his lost list of morning onnouncements on Fridol November 18, Homecoming Doy. He thonked students ond focul for the bonners, exploined to students thot they were tF creotors ond perpetuotors of Potriot Pride, ond osked thot l successor, Mr. Lewis Willioms, be given o welcome os speci os his forewell. His voice wos shoky. As Kriever's microphone clicked off, steody cloppir begon in M Wing. Students ond teochers slowly wolke toword the moin moll clopping ond chonting Krieve l4rieverl The octions spreod, ond the moin moll w filled with 2500 Potriots. Kriever oppeored, climbe up on o woll portition, ond begon to speok to tl moss of Potriots. At the sound of his voice the cloppii ond chonting ceosed. He thonked the crowd on reiteroted thot it wos students who creoted Potriot Prid Students ond foculty returned to closses, mony teory eye During his lost doy teochers ond students opproochi Kriever to thonk him, congrotulote him, ond sometimes to h him. A surprise pep ossembly followed the individuol disploys of off? tion. A porent stormed into Kriever's office to stoge o comploint. D ing the fobricoted tirode, students, foculty, ond odministroti sneoked out of the school ond into the footboll stodium. There t crowd woited. The bond members held instruments, cheerleodw stood nervously, ond chorol students held o bonner thot re You're ot the top of our scole. Minutes loter Kriever come into view wolking briskly, smili broodly. The crowd broke the silence by stonding ond chonti Kriever! Kriever! lt wos not just students chonting. The crowd wos sprinkled vw cofeterio stoffers, mointenonce workers, teochers, porents, ci olumni. The cheerleoders presented Kriever with the 1981 Spirit Aword. his occeptonce speech, Kriever's humility shone through his wort He sold, You've been Pinellos Pork . . . All l've received todoy is d to you . . . God bless every one of you. l will cherish this moment' the rest of my life. His fellow Potriots olso cherished the moment. The crowd wos nm- longer silent in the expression of feelings for Kriever. A doy lon' disploy of Potriot Pride ended the silent respect, silent grotitude, ont The silence wos broker