Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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TAKING SOME TIME OUT FROM HIS BUSY DAY, Ken Gunn relaxes 1 his office with the latest edition of Hoofpri«. Gunn stressed the importance of extracurjcular involven RICHARD ACOSTA: Custodian MEL ARVIZU: Custodian STEVE BAILEY: Comp. 3. Journalism, ROBERT BARILARI: Athletic Trainer LINDA BATCHELOR: Beg lnt. Dance, GPE 9. Tm Sports JANET BENEDA: US History. US History A P , Senior Class Adviser YOLANDA BERNAL: Clerk Typist SUE BOYETTE: Biology. Biology H SANDY BRASK: ROP Retail Sales GARY BRITTAIN: US History. Team Sports, Ctvics R. Sophomore Class Ad- KELLY BRUCE: English 1. Comp. 2 BARBARA BUTKUS: Principals Secre- ALCALONICO: Senior GLC SCOTT CASSELLS: Algebra B, Algebra Mr. Gunn Faculty 233

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w acuity Some changes wirh the At the end of the 1985-86 school year a former varsi ty football coach and as- sistant principal took one more step up and became Walnut High ' s new princi- pal. Ken Gunn had been at Walnut since the school first opened in 1958. In Jan- uary of 1977, he became assistant prin- cipal. In 1985, Principal Don Skraba an- nounced that he would be leaving Wal- nut after eight years at the helm to take a position in the district office. That was a very emotional mo- ment, said Gunn. I couldn ' t imagine Walnut High School without him. With the help of staff and students, a new principal was chosen. They singled out Gunn as the best man for the job. It was a wonderful feeling, said Gunn about being appointed principal. I was real happy when Dr. Brown told me. And the positive reaction from the staff and students at school the next A WEARING HIS CRAZY CAP AND TALKING THROUGH HIS BULLHORN, Mr Gunn tells slu dents to pick up their trash. A clean-up period during the last few minutes of lunch was one of Gunn ' s new school policies. ► HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT SATURDAY AT WORK DETAIL, says Ken Gunn to the 119 sen lors who were absent on the same day. Mr. Gunn took a personal approach to the school ' s problems and events. day was overwhelming. Gunn began his new position by mak- ing some changes and setting some goals. Among these were a new atten- dance system, an increase in recogni- tion of outstanding students and staff, and requiring that the students keep the campus clean. One of the bigger plans was instituting the dean system. I am very pleased with the dean sys- WHS is a great place. I plan to continue what has been tradition and everything we ' ve set up this year. tern. It has not had a big effect on the students — they don ' t even notice the change. But I have had positive reac- tions from the staff. Gunn ' s future plans for the school in- cluded continuing and expanding the changes he made when he took his po- sition, and a school-wide plan. This would not only be the adminis- tration ' s plan, but the students ' , staff ' s, and parents ' also. Using surveys taken by the staff, parents, and a selected group of students, the plan would out- line those things which the school was doing correctly, and those areas that required some improvement. With this school-wide plan, the school as a whole would be involved in continu- ing tradition, and, at the same time, turning their attention to its improve- ment. I like my new position a lot, said Gunn. Walnut High School is a great place to be. I also plan to not only con- tinue what has been tradition here, but to continue everything that we ' ve set up this year. story by Gloria Sanchez: layout by Deanne Honda: photos by Paul Maldonado and Doug Lin. M 232 Faculty Mr. Gunn

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CHOOSING TO BE DIFFERENT, Ken Klotzle prefers to bike to school rather than drive. Klotzle rode to and from school from Arcadia. ▼ PACE BY PACE, Tony Morreale walks home from school, tvlorreale walked about four miles a day. think we should concentrate less on gasoline when possible. — Ken Klotzle .GETTING OUT OF HIS CAR, Gary Fick begins an other day Besides being a physics teacher, h. was also the GATE advisor. Faculty Teacher Transportation