River Valley High School - Hawk Yearbook (Spring Green, WI)

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DEDICATION WE, THE RIVER VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL STAFF, WISH TO DEDI- CATE THE 1980 ANNUAL TO TWO FINE TEACHERS WHO ARE LEAVING US AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. BARB TESSMER Barb has been a teacher at River Valley for the past ten years. She has also served as Head of the English Department. In the ten years she has spent teaching at River Valley, she has also been an active class advisor, chess club advisor, and forensics coach. Barb was a very dedicated English teach- er and was interested in providing her stu- dents with a good perspective and solid background in the English language. She had a reputation among the students as be- ing a tough teacher, but all of the students that had her for an English class appreciate how much they really learned and realize what a good teacher she was. PAULINE HOCKING Pauline has been a teacher in the River Valley system since its origin in 1960. She was Head of the Art Department and advi- sor of the booster club. She organized the many art shows at the high school in which her students displayed their art work. She also showed student art work at the West Towne Art Shows in Madison. Pauline helped many students interested in art to improve and enjoy their own tal- ents. She may be credited with the fact that many of her students are continuing in an art-related field in college. We want to wish her the best of luck in her retirement. 2

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THE HAWK 1980 Annual Staff, River Valley High School, Spring Green, Wisconsin

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MR. HOCH HONORED Nordeen Gilbertson presented the plaque to Mr. Hoch. The honors came in recogni- tion of Mr. Hoch’s 20 years of service to the River Valley School District as its only superintendent since its founding in 1960. Mr. Hoch received letters of commendation from the state superintendent of public instruction, Barbara Thompson, and from the executive director of the Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators. The plaque presented to Mr. Hoch on behalf of the River Valley School District read: In his pursuit of quality and equality of education opportunities, Edward Hoch made a unique contribution through his leadership and outstanding performance, given so freely during the years of our district consolidation.