Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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■dner: Personal Typing, CSF Co-Adv., and: Psychology, ACE. Drama 1. Adv nez: Auto 2 Voc Auto. Auto 1. Beg Mary Jo Gomez: Resource Specialist, PEP Adv David Goodrich: Sci Con Life Phys Kenn Gunn: Principal Gary Halvorson: Mustang Press Darlene Hart: Bus Tech COST. Computer Acct , Word Processing Beg Typing, FBLA Melanie Hildreth: Geom , Con Math. Alg 1, Frosh DOING HER DUTY, Mary Wisberger gets a stu- dent ' s file for a parent. One of her many jobs as an attendance clerk is to call up parents to clear up their child ' s absence. Secretaries Faculty 237

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DOING HER DUTY, Mrs. Barbara Butkus calls the district office to obtain the teachers absent list. IVIrs Butkus has been with WHS for three years ▼ EXCEPTIONALLY HELPFUL AS USUAL, Donna Ekblad gives directions to a lost student in the office She and Dee Wisberger ran things i Attendance. 1 have so many interruptions during the day that I hardly finish a sentence! acuity A look iflfO rhe world of SECRETARIES Who is this woman behind the force of our distinguished principal, Mr. Gunn? No. not Mrs. Gunn! I ' m speaking of our trusty school secretary, Mrs. Barbara Butkus. While we ' re probably still in bed, hesi- tating to get up, Mrs. Butkus is already in the office and ready to work at 7 a.m. sharp. Calling the district office to obtain the list of absent teachers and their substi- tutes is one of her duties as secretary. She also types, takes in mail, answers telephone calls, and makes all appoint- ments for Gunn. Previously working at Suzanne and Vejar. she admits Walnut is her favorite. I ' ve been working at this school dis- trict for 13 ' ? years, and at this school for three and I love it. Especially the kids. But there ' s one thing she really loathes .. interruptions! I have so many interruptions during the day that I hardly finish a sentence! Butkus is a superb person to work I believe she ' s a beautifa- mous person. She ' s a won- derful scorekeeper and I love her very much. She ' s great. — Mary Weisberger with according to her co-workers in the office. She ' s really nice, she ' s really easy to work for and she always looks hap- py. said switchboard operator Susan Stone. She ' s a great person, agreed at- tendance clerk Donna Ekblad. I believe she ' s beautifamous. She ' s also a great timekeeper and I love her. laughed Mary Weisberger. also an at- tendance clerk in the office. Although many believe secretaries are the ones who run the school, But- kus doesn ' t think it ' s true. Mr. Gunn has the last say-so, not the secretaries. Unlike most of us, the day didn ' t end at 2:25 for Butkus. She didn ' t leave the office until everything was in order and done. For most of the year, that would be around 3;30. sometimes longer. There is just so much to be done that it ' s too hard to ever leave on time. Mrs. Butkus is a very nice and friendly person. She even went out of her way to help me once. said Jim Hamilton. Many students feel the same way about her and appreciates everything she ' s done for them. Story by Lily Chen: layout by Deanne Honda: photographer Alan Odermatt 236 Faculty Secretaries

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w acuity Teaching, Coaching and No Free Time Over the years many teachers who have special talents and interesting backgrounds have gone unrecognized by the student body. A large part of these were the teachers who took part in more than just their average classes. We ' re talking about teachers who also coached in sports. A lot of time and work had to be put into one of these dual teaching and coaching schedules. Time had become more precious due to their involve- ment, leaving less free time, which might have been spent with their fam- ilies. One of the biggest disadvantages of being involved with sports and regular classes is that there is less free time at home. Most of my time is spent prepar- ingfor classes and games, said Varsity Softball Coach Carol Sarkissian. Along with Softball, Sarkissian was also in- volved with Drill Team, racquet sports. Freshman PE and life science classes. LINDA HOULIHAN: Special Ed Aide JACK ISETT: I R HARRY IVERSON: 10th GLC CATHRINE JENG: Comp. Prog. Int , Geom.. Alg. 1, Comp Club JOAN.JONES: Libr.u lan TechnicM, KEN KLOTZLE: Eng 1 Comp 3(H), Comp 2 Jr. Class Adv PAT KONDAN; Span ish 2, Spanish 3. Span- ish 4 C.C. LOWERY: Spanish 1 JUDY MANTHORNE: Insir Dean, Racquet Spts , PEP BOB MAYNARD: Mv Art, ACE. Art 1, Art Cluli JOAN McCULLOUGH: At niiiit I I,.,!- JOANNE McGEE: B . SIC Reading, Sen Sem R, Sr Class Adv LORELEE MILLER: 9th GLC TONY MORREALE: Pre Alg , Alg A, Sci Con Lite BERTHA MULLER: Assl PrliKipjl MIKE NELSON: Ret Math. Racquet Spts.. Wt, Training, BPE 9 Teaching and coaching was time-con- suming and full of disadvantages, but there were advantages that made it worthwhile. For example, teachers who had skills that made them a good coach, also used the same techniques One of the biggest disadvan- tages of being involved with sports and regular classes is that there is less free time at home. — Coach Sarkissian to become successful teachers. But most teachers admitted that getting to know students in and out of class was the biggest advantage. It ' s interesting to see the difference of a student in and out of class. In class they could be a quiet, studious student, but then on the field the same person can be obnoxious and outgoing, said Sarkissian. Unfortunately, these active teachers could only devote a certain amount of time to each activity. Many teachers would have loved the opportunity to concentrate on either their classes or sports. This way more time could be used to prepare for lessons or games. But because of the circumstances, their time was divided between these two. Sometimes planning for a lesson is tough when there is a game the night before, said Coach Larry Holmes, who also taught four senior seminar classes and one comp 2 class, but you just have to make the effort and get it done. Story by Michelle Garay: layout by Dee Honda: ptiotos by Tim Thetford f T GOING OVER HIS NOTES, Girls Varsity Soccer Coach Ray Davies explains strategies on how to win a game. Davies was one of the many who were also on-campus teachers. V 238 Faculty Teachers Who Coach