Tuscola High School - Tuscolian Yearbook (Tuscola, IL)

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OARD AND ADMINISTRATOR Farewell, Mr. Williams The 1987-88 School Board — Front Row: Marion Armstrong, Deborah Rahn. Back Row: Dana Bishop. Robert Travis, Albert Borries, Wallace Wax, and Robert Cline. Mr. Jack Williams After 32 years as a teacher and an administrator, Superintendent Jack Williams announced this year that he would be retiring. Williams has been with the Tuscola School District for 27 years and has been superintendent since 1967. Mr. Williams leaves behind him a legacy of achievements. He has continuously worked toward maintaining the recognition and accreditation of the Tuscola schools by the State of Illinois. His most notable achievement was supervising the building of the East Prairie Middle School. Mr. Williams will be succeeded by High School Principal Jim Voyles. Voyles has served four years as principal preparing him to fill the shoes of a man who will be missed by all. Mr. James Voyles 6

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A Day in the Life of a Faculty Member often goes unappreciated. We as students are good at complaining, but we have a long way to go in terms of showing gratitide. If it were not for our teachers, where would we be? (Yes, that is a compliment!) Teaching is no easy job. How would you like to spend your first few waking hours with a bunch of grumpy teenagers? (O-kay, we do, but then again, we are teenagers.) Attempting to teach a group of hungry 4th hour students is no easy task either. But wait, 7th hour is where the real entertainment begins. Getting a class full of unruly students in anticipation of the 3:20 bell to learn is a significant accomplishment. It takes every bit of know-how that our teachers have in order to keep students interested, awake, and out of trouble. Attempting to teach someone who has no desire to learn takes a great deal of determination, patience, and self-control. Frustration sets in easily, and yet our Faculty manages to prevent it from showing. Keeping their cool is what it's all about. Of course, maintaining a good sense of humor never hurt anyone. In fact, it is what gets them through the day. Laughter relieves the tension of an otherwise stressful situation. Cracking a joke tends to break the monotony of the constant book learning. We gain much more from our teachers than a simple knowledge of reading, writing, and arithmetic. We learn how to interact with authority, how to become disciplined, and how to make a friend. We students owe a lot to our Faculty. Again, if it were not for our teachers, where would we be? (And yes, that is still a compliment!) 5

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ACULTY AND STAF Making the Grade at TCH5 Carolyn Adkins So, what did you get for 4? Kay Boyer Is this as fast as this thing will go? Alison Bowen Hurry up, I want to play! Larry Bienias 7