University City High School - Excelsus Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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' He actually said that to Ms Peterson? Ms Castleberry decides on ttie winning pumpkin. I I 4 Mr Press is always ready witti a smile- ' Whatever it was. we didn ' t do it! Administration 69

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■ ye Backfco , A d - ministra- tion? Who, or what is that? The administration is the spine of our school. This highly skilled threesome is responsible for making UCHS tick without skipping a beat. Two new recruits were added to the staff of administrators this year. One of them was our principal, Robert Press, and the other, John Nagle, a new vice-principal. Mr. Press is not entirely new to the U.C. area. He was the principal of Standley Jr. High for its first two years and spent five years at Gompers Secondary School. Mr. Nagle comes to us from O ' Farrel Jr. High after having spent seventeen years there and two years at SCPA. Along with these two newcomers, we still have Ms. Mary Castleberry who has been with UCHS for all of its three years. This trio was devoted to pouring themselves into their goal of making UCHS a place for students to get an excellent education while at the same time enjoy these precious high school years. Mr. Nagle and Ms. Castleberry have carried things as far as being substitute teachers for various classes on campus. This is the threesome that it took to succeed in making the third year of UCHS the best it could be. Mr. Bob Press. Principal 68 Administration Ms Mary Castleberry, Vice Principal Mr, John Nagle, Vice Principal You want me to sit in for WHAT class?!?

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cJCV P S Our Ore , CHAIRPERSONS; Art-Rob Coons; Indust Ed -Pat Scanlan; Math-Nanci White; Social Studies-Sam Wong; English- Madelon McGowan; P E.-Alan LaMotte; Cons Fam, Studies-Madeline Noakes; For. Lang-Donaldo Viana, Bus. Ed- Nadine Reid; Science-Clint Owen; Music-John Gilliland. The UCHS faculty was a special group of teachers because they were more than just instructors of basic skills. They taught the students other important things such as morals and responsibility by using their own experiences and ideas, as well as by pushing the students to live up to their full potential. In every student ' s memories there will be a special teacher. It could be the math teacher who spent her lunch hour explaining a tough concept in trigonometry, or the physics teacher who jumped from a desk to prove the laws of gravity. It could also be the English teacher who, by giving the student an understanding of the author ' s ideas, made the class a true experience, or the coach who used his knowledge of the sport to help iron out an athelete ' s problem. When the students look back, they will see that their dreams were shaped by this special faculty. ■ 1 W- ,. , ' - p ' - ' ' • 1 k , ¥ Mr Wong sports his favorite hat 70 Faculty Byron Asakawa Science Harriet Balle English, Journalism Jean Baumann Special Education Carl Baxter Computer Science i-