Shawnee Mission East High School - Hauberk Yearbook (Prairie Village, KS)

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A mr 'Si Guten Ta by Judy Skaptason Q 1984. Orwell's year. The year most feared as the time of oppression and sus- picion. Yet at SM East, the year was hailed as a time to exchange cultural dif- ferences between two foreign countries: Germany and the United States. Through the Fulbright Exchange pro- gram, 25 teachers, including German teacher Joel Nagel, were chosen to teach in the German school system. Each American teacher had a German coun- terpart who in turn taught in the United States.Gerhard Schwabe taught German at East and learned about Americag Nagel replaced Schwabe in Hamburg. While in Germany, Nagel learned that only the top 25M of the fourth grade class is allowed to proceed to the gym- nasium, fthe fifth to thirteenth grades for academic preparation l where courses similar to college preparatory classes are taught. The other students go on to learn a particular trade in a trade school. At the end of the thirteenth grade, the students take an examination called the das Abi- tur in order to graduate to college. Although the classes are only for 23 hours a week, German students are pre- pared to make each day successful. Na- gel explained, German students are used to getting oral grades which are one- half of the total grade: therefore, the stu- dents must participate. Furthermore, un- like American schools, where the teach- ers mainly lecture, in Germany more inter- action occurs between the students. Ger- man teachers merely direct the stu- dents' discussions. Because the teachers move between classes, Nagel said that teachers are treated more as guests Generally he found that German teachers grade more severely and rather arbitrarily because they are less obligated to provide a full explanation for the grades given. As a result, students are more challenging be- cause they are not necessarily as ready to accept the teacher as a friend. All in all, in response to whether or not he enjoyed Germany, Nagel grinned and replied, lt was the best year of my life!

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FACULTY .. 4 L . 15' ffiff 71. fi i Q Yi ' 3 .. NN 2 hy ,h., X LARRY DEARING While in the Navy, Larry Dearing was sta- tioned in Cuba, where he was introduced to Spanish, and Haiti, where he first heard French. This year he introduced students at SM East to the two languages. Besides his travel experiences with the Navy, he has been to Canada, Mexico, and Costa Rica. l-le plans to go to England this sum- mer and hopes to visit France next year. Given the opporitunity to do anything, Dearing expressed a desire to go to Rio de Janeiro for the carnival. When he is not teaching or traveling, he likes to get to- gether with friends. HARRIET DUNN Walking past room 214, one can hear the sounds of students reciting their French lessons. Harriet Dunn, who originally took Spanish in high school, found it easy as well as interesting and was inspired to pursue a career in foreign languages. She has taught both languages, but for the past seven years she has concentrated mostly on French. Dunn, who enjoys trav- eling and has been to France four times, believes traveling is a good experience for everyone. She said, Most teachers want to join the administration someday, I don't. I like teaching and hope to contin- ue here at East. . i. ire, f MARALIN NOBLE Maralin Noble departed from her town of Corn, Oklahoma fpopulation 400j, follow- ing her twelve-student high school gradu- ation. She came from a wheat farm to the wheat state, fearing that she was des- tined 'to be a Spanish teachers for the Indians at SM East. Now married, the Nobles reside just across the creek from her grandson, Ryan. Their many- acred lot, complete with horses, allows Noble the space for her passion of lands- caping, A post-retirement goal for the No- bles is to establish a country inn. -I FOREIGN LANGUAGE 28 f . M, 5 5 l JOYCE FINLAY When she gets mad, she still smiles, stated Sherry Thomas, senior. She is talk- ing about Joyce Finlay, Spanish I and French l teacher. Agreeing with the ma- jority of the students, she thought that five minutes between classes is not suffi- cient: lt's a challenge getting from 218 to study hall in time because of traffic jams in the halls. Finlay said that she likes teaching the older students, fsorry sophsj. Finlay went to the University of Tulsa for her bachelor's and to Purdue for her master's. She also studied French for a semester at the Sorbonne in Paris. For entertainment, she plays the piano and the organ, jogs, and boats with her hus- band. as -5 . . f - fs . ., T g 1 M -2 eggs: 1. It . RH- fi 1 l. NORA PINKSTON Nora Pinkston said that teaching Spanish in the United States was the farthest thing from her mind when she was growing up in Peru. But that is exactly what Pinkston has been doing for the last 18 years. l've had so many memorable experiences, said Pinkston. For example, a few years ago she took a group of students to Mexi- co. They got so involved interacting with a group of Mexicans at a dance that they didn't want to leave. This emphasizes a point that she tries to convey to her stu- dents: People might speak differently or look different, but inside we're all the same. - 3 , X .E 2 X JOEL NAGEL Joel Nagel is one of 25 teachers in th United States who went to Germany la: year as part ot the Fulbright Teacher EJ change. He became interested in Germa during high school and studied for tw years in Europe at the Universities c Bonn and Zurich. Last year he taught at gymnasium, no relation to athletic: where the top 25M of the elite stt dents can attend. A major contrast h saw in Germany was the different intens ty in education, this became apparer when students were excited about a B on his first test. While overseas, he rode bicycle everywhere and did not use a ca once. seeeesttst, - . - T?3iiE5r?5Nrrg9z:.r- 1. - - -:rf .. - . . 3?-i-fss1Zs3.:fii:ef i rr ' f3tk5F2ET'i.sEa4fst..2gs'i,.iii.-'iiilffji . W' .-r, 5 f --- .s s f CHRISTINA RZEPCZYK Escaping the 'contrasting memories of comfortable European childhood and the of a war-torn Europe, Chris Rzepczj encountered the United States with hi parents. In the parochial school she a tended, Rzepczyk experienced the re melting potphenomenon since the m jority of her classmates were also foreig born. SM East's French teacher sha pened her linguistic background by tuto ing immigrants and by studying in Franc and Mexico. Senior Kristin Stonekir said, Madame Rzepczyk is a colorful e ample of diverse cultures. ,

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FACULTY 47:-A . v ,ff is.. 4 JUDY BARNES Judy Barnes is a person who has always known what she wanted to do with her life. She has always wanted to teach, and decision. she has never regretted her Barnes hopes she can help each student master the English language and prepare himself for college. ' In her spare time, Barnes enjoys traveling around the coun- try jshe has seen all titty statesj, and she is currently writing a novel. When asked about her job, Barnes replied, Watching students learn and getting the chance to help them write is the best part. I love the kidsg you can never get old in school. RUSS KOKORUDA To Russ Kokoruda, sophomore English teacher, boys' basketball coach, and as- sistant football coach, teaching has been just what he expected it to be. That is not to say that he doesn't enjoy it - he says he does. He said that he likes teaching high school students because of the vari- ety of opinions, attitudes, and desires which are characteristic of that age. He described himself as intellectually stimu- lating, caring, open. His students seem to agree. Said Hampton Stevens, senior, He teaches you more than just English. Kokoruda transferred to East from SM North tour years ago and said that East students differ from North's in that they are more concerned about grades. QENGLISH 5 , EE 5 4 4 I li p 5 5 E i. '.,.:mwv. . n 1 . V . ' ' ' 5 ' -it .H ..,. BILL BOLEY Who keeps his three dogs in line by threatening to read them T.S. Eliot's poem Cats? Who else but Bill Boley, ju- nior honors English teacher. Boley, who has been teaching for 13 years, graduat- ed from Pittsburg State with a master's in English. In college he enjoyed running and playing baseballg after college he spent several years in the U.S. Army and achieved the rank of First Lieutenant. To- day he enjoys coaching East's girls' track team and playing softball. Boley, who en- joys teaching literature, explained, l like Thomas Hardy because I like his style and agree with his pessimism. EVERETT REES Does mendicant t'men-di-kent adj.J sound familiar? By the end ot a school year with Everett Rees, a student will think mendicant is as common as the word cat. Rees has taught English for 23 years and senior advanced placement English for the last four years. Besides teaching, . Rees sponsored Categories, coached the soccer team, and sponsored the senior class. During summer vacation Rees reads, enjoys music, and plays bridge, in addition to traveling around the world. He particularly enjoys visiting rela- tives in Wales. .. ,t,. tscs gl . , tll , li Vmtsw lwgf 7545. l l t .gli Q SQEWEQQR A ,vstt imwfi ifttirt ,,... ...K K . A 1 2 1 V ii ' ll 749 , E ' eb ,,-.., ..-- g i ti l fi - f at FAYDELLE COLLINS Oklahoma born and bred, Faydelle Col- lins retains memories of an almost-forgot- ten rural upbringing. Her father taught in a one-room school house with a big pot- bellied stove in the corner. Other rem- nants of her youth include the first air- plane she ever saw, one with cloth wings: and box-suppers, a fund-raising tradition of auctioning off a girl's best home-baked goodies to her beau and then sharing the meal with him. lt is from these small town beginnings that Collins would venture to Shanghai, China, where she was an Eng- lish teacher at a local university. An avid traveler, Collins plans to retire to Italy, where she has traveled extensively. DONNA SKATES ' A dog named Macduff and a cat named T.S. Eliot - who else could have chosen such literary names for pets other than Donna Skates, sometimes known as Skatespeare. She has taught English for four years and has just finished her master's in English literature. Although this was Skates' first year at SM East, she taught junior English and also tackled the job of yearbook sponsor. Skatesenjoyed working with the students and learning all the ins-and-outs of the Hauberk. In addi- tion to teaching and sponsoring the year- book, Skates gardens and goes to the Lake ofthe Ozarks. With her green thumb stuck in Hamlet and page lay-outs, Skates claimed with a grin, Shakespeare drove me to itl SANDY CORMACK . Those who dare to teach never cease learn, professed Englishgteacher San Cormack. Cormackjs not the only teat er in the family, however: her spouse t also taught within the district for sever years. A voracious reader, Cormack vealed that her personal literary favori' were Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina a Herman Wouk's The Winds of War. also admitted to being a fan of Syd Sheldon. At home, her two-year- daughter, Kayte, and her Hschnoodlil Jan, command most of her attention. .it Q-fa 'W Qgg,1,'f . ,Z - . 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