Tahoma High School - Ki Ah Yu Yearbook (Maple Valley, WA)

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Richard, This book is for you Wellat least we still have one old teacher at Tahoma. Oh, didn't mean it that way—I meant at least we still have one familiar face. What with eight new teachers and all three new administrators, Dick Sims was a real welcome this fall. So what has Dick done to deserve this dedication? He's put in 24 years in the Tahoma District starting in 1959 with 41 fourth graders. Every teaching assignment since then has been easy, he says. Sims was hired from his position as a sergeant in the Marine Corps, sight unseen, by a principal who wanted one male authority figure on the all-female faculty. According to Sims, four of the women teachers (at the very least) put him to shame as far as disciplining. The following year, Sims graduated to junior high, teaching eighth and ninth grades. A most trying semester saw him assigned to 45 girls for a full semester of spelling, one hour a day. Kids love him-no matter what grade he is teaching. His room has housed backgamon games, trivia contests, and now the stamp collectors. He can be heard at most sporting events over the public address system as the emcee and is credited with beginning girls' softball at Tahoma. Sims is a supporter of Tahoma students, Tahoma athletics, community events .. . Sims is a listener, a funny man, a good guy who likes people. That's why this book is for ROS.

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SOCIAL L!f£ Page 16 Page 17 Page 18-19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 First live-band dance Last chance jersey dance Brigadoon musical Spirit week Homecoming dance Powderpuff Powderpuff Royalty Junior Lisa Chiavetta and Sophomore Kari Carlton discuss social matters outside of German class.