Warren High School - El Oroso Yearbook (Downey, CA)

Page 123 text:

THERES ALWAYS NEXT YEAR. Ms. Saffell tries to explain the complexities of duty stations to Mr. Phil Davis on one of his early spins around the block in her orange cart. SPIRIT! SPIRIT! SPIRIT! HEY WE WANT TO HEAR IT. Papa Joe tries to help the Pep Squad and get the students interested in the lunch pep assembly. WHO ME? Mr. Davis and Felix look shocked as Mrs. Saffell asks for their hall pass. What has kept you here at Warren High for so long? This school is a wonderful place to work. I enjoy the students and the faculty very much. I ' ve been working here since it opened 32 years ago it ' s the most OUTSTANDING SCHOOL OF THIS AREA. -Mrs. Saffell In this democratic nation of ours, the people don ' t always get a say-so in the decision making of our public school system. Instead the government, also known as, the Board of Education gives authority to our administrators. Throughout its history as a school, Warren High has ad- ministered many rules which students have liked and many they have disliked. One rule which is very much disliked by many is the closed campus rule. Not only Is this rule ridiculous on behalf of the ultraconservative Board of Education of Downey, but It prevents the student from getting a fair meal, and from mak- ing his own choice. This history of Downey, and espe- cially its Board of Education, has many odd and hard to believe sto- nes. This city was on international news when the Board of Education banned Tarzan from the schools, because Tarzan and Jane were not believed to be married. There were many other books banned because of similar. Puritanical and idiotic reasons. This ultraconserva- tive board base their reason for a closed campus on reasons as idi- otic as their reason for banning Tarzan. Downey should look at other school boards that allow an open campus, and see how well it actually works. Lack of a fair school meal is an- other reason that open campus is needed. As almost any student and I will tell you that the school food, stinks! Indeed, this is usually the case, since many times the food is pre- pared much sooner before it is served, and many times, food which IS not sold, is kept and served at a later date. Some may argue that students can bring their own lunch if they do not like the schools. The fact is that many times, students lack the time to prepare a nutritious lunch in the morning. Along with an open campus comes the freedom of choice. Open cam- pus would allow a student to eat anywhere he wants to; home, a restaurant, McDonald ' s. Indeed, it IS freedom of choice that makes the United States so appealling, and when this freedom is denied, the people argue and fight back to regain it. Freedom of choice is in- deed denied to the students of this campus, A Board of Education which re- stricts its students in such a way as mentioned above, can not ex- pect those students to grow up and make their own decisions, since they will be used to obeying the rules that every single individ- ual makes up. A society with peo- ple who cannot make their own decisions, is not a society for very long. — Harry Christidis Faculty-119

Page 122 text:

AMt Katie Sheehan- Parent-Child Development Foods; Louise Sherman- Counselor; Bonnie Smith- Applied Math Video-1 c-2; Dan SpilsburyLifeguard Pool Attendant: Angie Stevens- In- termediate Clerk Typist; Tom Stoner- Basic Drawing Basic Art Int. Drawing; Buck Taylor- Geometry Math P.S. Consumer Math; Jeff Turner- Childrens Attendant; Joyce Vague- Campus Aide; Pat Vancurler- Instructional Aide; Carmen Walker-0 H ; Karen Wallace- English-10 English-9 Pep Squad; To Our Administrators k. ,1 118-Faculty

Page 124 text:

Are you a WINNER ' a LOSER? as I FEEL GREAT! Now that I ' ve done it I ' ll NEVER BE OVER WEIGHT AGAIN!! - Felix Lovatto Sometimes we tend to imagine the administration as meanies who only want to get us in trouble. In reality they are here to help us when we ' re in trouble. Maybe it ' s time to start trusting more in our administration, and trusting means you gotta have faith. The administration — those faraway people you never see, unless you are in trouble. Those behind-the-scenes people that noiselessly run the school. Many think that you deal with these people only when you have done something that they only punish. That ' s not true. At least I haven ' t found it so. It was a rainy November day. Despite the rain, I was in an incredible mood. That is, until I saw my car. When I walked out to the parking lot most of the other cars were gone. Mine sat alone with a nice new dent. There were no other cars around, but someone had hit my car. Mr. Davis, our new vice principal, was notified immediately and took things in hand. We soon discovered who had hit my car and arrangements were made for the damage to be paid for. I was amazed by his concern for me and my problem with a whole school of problems out there. The help I received from Mr. Davis and the rest of the administration restored my faith in this institution. It makes me proud to graduate from Warren High!!! — Susie Joachim SAY CHEESE. Our cafeteria workers. The great people who feed us everyday at snack and lunch and have great head- aches when its all over OUR NEW FELIX. Felix Lovatto, our campus aide smiles as if to say, I did it and you can too. WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK. Our janitors, who stay long hours after we leave for the day to clean up our messes so we can mess it up again the next day. 120-Faculty