Tracy High School - El Portal Yearbook (Tracy, CA)

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DEDICATIO Mrs. Riggs, then Dean of Girls is shown talking to one of the students. Mrs. Riggs, shown in Senior Pond with some of her students. 'Gust i X Wax K 5 V , si , sf snst , 2 ., , Mrs. Leila Riggs, who at the end of the Spring, 1959 term retired after 37 years here at Tracy High School, is currently the envied owner of the converted old court house and post office in Calico, California, which the town is currently being restored largely through the efforts of the Walter Knott family of Knott's Berry Farm. Her earliest association with mining towns, however, includes several years of residence in various Nevada towns while her father was engaged in mining ventures. Mrs. Riggs received her formal training at the Uni- versity ofNevada and was honored by her election to Phi Kappa Phi, ultimately she was awarded a masters degree. Her first teaching position was with Tracy High School. Here she will always be remembered for her active interest in scholarships and leadership. Her current retirement leaves Mrs. Riggs, who has traveled widely in this hemisphere, pondering the possibility of a round-the-world trip after a well deserved rest. Mrs. Riggs shown in one of her shorthand classes.

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Two of Mrs. Riggs students are asking about to- morrow 's shorthand test . Mr. Moore, Mrs. Slaton, and Mrs. Riggs are going over the students' records. .M in w.. ... ' its-an-n Mrs. Riggs, aprominent school leader during the years she spent at Tracy High.