Tokay High School - Tokay Yearbook (Lodi, CA)

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Staff please with attitud With many changes taking place within the past few years, the on-going overcrowding, the retire- ment of Charles Schiffman, assistant principal, and the addition of Larry Peterson, assistant principal, the administration was still able to keep in stride. According to Beverly Lacy, vice principal, the school maintained a positive feeling even when faced with problems. Tokay is a really neat place as far as administra- tion is concerned, said Mrs. Lacy, We were really pleased with the school. Staff and students from other schools had problems that we didn't have. When we were faced with a problem we took it in stride. One of the goals set forth by administrators was to provide the best education possible and make Tokay a school which students and teachers wanted to attend. According to Mrs. Lacy, there was a good attidude that was present on the campus, Students came because they wanted to come and teachers wanted to teach. The climate at Tokay was overall a positive one, said Mrs. Lacy, You could walk around campus and see teachers and students interact. The big challenge for administration, according to Mrs. Lacy, was how to deal with the growing number of kids. We were looking at the Needham Plan, which would send the ninth grade class to Needham for part of the day, said Mrs. Lacy, The district looked into it, but it didn't go through. According to Mrs. Lacy, improving communica- tion with the minorities was a real challenge, but with new programs such as Human Relations Day, students began to communicate better. lt was a constant job trying to stay one step ahead of the students, concluded Mrs. Lacy. by Luis DeAnda photos by Mike McMurry I. Beverly Lacy, vice principal, looks over her schedule board with Secretary Ann Donati. 2. Checking through a list of names is Richard Abel, assistant principal. 3. Proudly displaying his collection of tigers is Bruce Lartimer, assistant principal. i 1... .3 . 2: , . ? ix 1 Plcasellselltlulla' lr ci' Z Aiwa!!! 'wif' L....................-11 A

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a zwfeefdfiizrffzimzf l have enough textbooks, enough scan trons for my tests. l got a new stapler today. l've got enough kleenex for the cry babies. I have no complaints. Larry Godfrey Social Science 4. Michael Gorman, English instructor, punks out in leather and chains for Halloween. photo by Eric Johnston we Education, administration, maintenance, and menu working together like a well- oiled machine...Screech! What do you mean the copy machine's not working? Bonk! Okay, who forgot to set the bell for rally schedule? Swoosh! Oh well, we didn't need another bathroom any- way. Scream! Can't go on. Faint. Silence. Tick tick. Tick tick. Tick tick. The faculty was kept busy with the Western Association of Schools and Colleges pro- gram, the accreditation pro- cess that occurs every six years. The accreditation pro- cess rates high schools as either good or poor. The changing over of su- perintendents, Ellerth Larson was replaced by Neil Schmidt, caused even more disruption as the new super- intendent proceeded to evoke his own standards as he further pointed out many dif- ferent teaching styles. ln order for the faculty to get away from the grind, they shared in a little self-support. They formed baseball and volleyball teams, accompan- ied by a once a month party. The parties helped teachers divided by the split schedule to get reacquainted and com- miserate about classroom gar- ble. All in all, the year started with a smooth opening, and was a success with each fa- culty member working to- gether for the benefit of the team. by Robin Saxen Academic Division 65 ff, 1

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