Riverdale High School - Rambler Yearbook (Port Byron, IL)

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Lack of a previous summers Drivers Education course and an overload of students taking Drivers Education put Mr. Wayne Brinkmeier in a spot. Nonetheless a solution was found. Mr. Rodney Scott. a WA TED: MORE DRIVERS ED TEA CH ERS student teacher. helped Mr. Brinkmeier teach students to drive and Mr. Joe Bell. the Industrial Arts teacher. drove with students after school. Mr. Morgan Michel was in charge of Riverdale's new TOP: Mr. Wayne Brinkmeier CENTER: Scott Kennedy. Bob Jurevitz. Mr. Morgan Michel. Brian McGee. Dean Egan. Joe Stefkol. LEFT: Ms. Chris Porter BOTTOM RIGHT: Cheryl Billingsley. Ms. Chris Porter. Theresa Donder. resource center. This center helps students with special learning disabilities, Ms. Chris Porter. the new teacher, and a sign press are two surprises the learning center received this year. The learning center is designed to help the educationally mentally handicapped. K.?,.,.

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we in grill -,L . a' ' K K . 5 5.50 . , ,. . .ggi fi : . .. . 45. A . 1 . Q, s if lm ,sch - ,Al TOP LEFT: Mr. Dennis Boeck, Mike Howard. Gary Knapp, Jack Randall. BOTTOM LEFT: Dwayne Ewing. Scott Carpenter. Randy Clevenger. Jim Boone. Ed Randall. BOTTOM RIGHT: Garry Passig. kc Q A G. DEPT HAS HIGH H OPES The Ag. Department made big plans this year. A new shop facility and greenhouse are to be located on the Southwest wing of the school. by the bus garage. The cost is approximately 2.000 dollars. Mr. Boeck. the new Ag. instructor feels this facility will provide the students with experience. something that a textbook could not. There is a growing amount of interest in the field of gardening. Mr. Boeck has taught Ag. in two schools before coming to Riverdale. He enjoys teaching here because he gets along well with both the teachers and the students. He has improved the Ag. program by adding an independent study and a Farm Maintenance course. The number of students in these and other courses have increased a lot since last year. The students feel these changes are helping to increase their knowledge in many fields and respond with comments like. He know what he is talking about.

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ELW?.MUVESI pf, TOP LEFT: Juanita DeBoard. Ben HoltSlaw. David Franks. Kelly Vroman. Dan Johnson. Tom Crampton. Arlan DeBlieck. TOP RIGHT: Mrs. Kertz. MIDDLE LEFT: Miss McFadden. MIDDLE: Mr. Nelson, MIDDLE RIGHT: Robin Nicholson. .lim Lindley. Jeff Mumma. Steve Matheis. Brad Allison. BOTTOM: Shari Waldbusser. DOORS Q vt X 'fx Home Ec. was taught by Miss McFadden. The only new class offered was Parenting. This class dealt with the rules and discipline of good parents. Mr. Campbell left this year so Mr. Nelson taught his health class. The class is required for the sophomores. Health deals with drugs. good health. alcohol and sex diseases. Consumer Ed. was taught by Mrs. Kertz. The class gave the students practical knowledge for their adult lives.