Richmond Heights High School - Yearbook (Richmond Heights, OH)

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George Bowdouris Superintendent Al Cipollettj Board of Education Carol Crudeic Board of Education Alan DeWerth Board of Education Mane Jarm Board of Education Paul LoGrasso Board of Education Carl Winck Treasurer Dorothy Heister Helen Bigus Secretary to the Superintendei Louis Chulick Principal Ann Carroscia Guidance Secretary Carol Lclii Hjgh School Secretary Ciriilyn Anthony English 10.12 John Beale English 11,12. Humanities. Curriculum Coordinatoi Yearbook Adviser Joan Boellner Business Education. Ski Club Adviser Robert Brownlee American History, Psychology. Curriculum Coordir Cynthia Cesear Business Education. Cheerleading Adviser Clayton Cosimi Math Analysis, Algebra. Calculus, Senior Class Adviser Judy Dyckes Learning Disabilities Nora Paul General Math. Geometry Faculty A-F 171

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The first person to start the industrial arts class at Richmond Heights High School was Mr. John Hall. He started this program in 1958 and it was his first job after college. He taught wood working, mechanical drawing, and automotives. The High School was not built until 1964, so the classes Teen-agers aren ' t so bad after all if they are given a chance. were held in what is now known as the cafeteria, the graphic arts room, and the boiler room. Hall today thinks kids do not take as much pride and craftsmenship in their work as they did twenty years ago. The stage was built with the new high school and along with it came a stage crew. Mr. Hall started the stage crew in 1964 and he has been running it ever since. Mr. Hall has great enthusiasm and pride in passing his knowledge to his students. Mr. Hall loves working with the kids and they are the reason why he has stayed at Richmond Heights High School for more than twenty years. y j p 2 o a c a Mr. Michael Papouras came to Richmond Heights High School im- mediately after college for a head wrestling coach position. In order to become head wrestling coach he had to also be head football coach. Papouras took over both jobs for two years; later he was only head wrestling coach. When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Papouras was not only athletically involved with the school, he was also a guidance counselor. In 1966 he became a counselor in the middle school. By 1973, he was in the high school. Mr. Papouras thinks that the atti- tude of the kids today has changed. He also said that jocks today do not have the same influence on their classmates as they did twenty years ago. Jocks twenty years ago were like heroes. Today the kids are not into school activities as much as in the past. The kids to- day have more non-school related activities. Mr. Papouras has been with RHHS for more than twenty years. His love for wrestling has benefited the wrestling program over the years. — W.F. 170 Faculty A-F

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Mr. William Orban came to Rich- mond Heights High School to teach world history, American history, and government in 1963. Before he came to Richmond Heights he taught at Maple Heights Junior High School for two years. He pre- ferred to come to Richmond Heights because it was closer to I try to seek the truth and teach it to my students. home. Orban graduated from John Ad- ams High School in 1952. He then went into the Air Force for four years. Orban always wanted to be a teacher. He wanted to be better than some of the teachers which he had had in high school. Mr. Orban always tries to Seek the truth and teach it. His favorite subject in high school was history. He had often found himself reading books in this subject outside of class all throughout high school. Orban likes teaching at Rich- mond Heights because it is a small school and it seems like a family to him. He also feels that he is a ma- jor part of the community. J.L. Mrs. Carol Lelii started working at the High School in 1962. She applied at Mayfield and Brush High School, but she was asked to come to Richmond Heights because they needed a secretary. She is glad she didn ' t work at Mayfield because her three daughters Cynthia, Bonnie, and Diane went there. Over the years it has been a real experience. Kids were more involved in the past, says Mrs. Lelii. She thinks today more kids have jobs these days and they are more involved in activities outside of the school. The teenagers were a much closer in the past then they are now. Mrs. Lelii has been at Richmond Heights High School for more than twenty years. She has enjoyed her career here at Richmond Heights and she does not regret making the decision to work here. Mrs. Lelii is now seeing some of the children or relatives from for- mer students such as Mrs. Flem- ing ' s daughter, Lisa; Brian Bonnay ' s niece, Kate Bonnay, and Mrs. Montali ' s niece, Lisa Rafferty. Mrs. Lelii recalls some of her encounters over the last twenty years and says It ' s been a real experience. yy p 172 Faculty G-Y