West Mesa High School - El Chicote Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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Helping Mr. Jacob Beidler, chairman, check in and catalog books used in the English department is Ross Davis, senior. During their study of Greece in Mrs. Humphrey's World Humanities class, Chuck Weidman, Grahman Gordon and Dee Tennison present a Greek trial. 32 Academics In Junior Humanities during a play about predjudice, John Lucero gives Susan Bosl his most prized possession, Ted D. Bear.

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Cafeteria workers are fbottomj Ramona Selano, Janice Newman, Rosa Mena, Aurelia Herrera, Rosa- lie Montano, and Eudell White. Top row are Juanita Baca, Betty Thomas, Chris Marteno, Wanda Mulberry, Ruby Marguez, Alice LaBrune, and Thelma Kitchell. Serving food in the snack bar are Delores Bullens, Helping out in the cafeteria are Lucy Gomez, Alice LeBrune, Doris Snow, Mable Nix, Ruby Marguez, Martha Dowdy, B621 Candelaria, Lucy AP'-55263, and and Mary Knudson. ' Madge Delaney. 'Housekeeping' staffs work to brighten school da Striving to keep the school grounds and buildings neat and clean was the job of the custodial staff, headed by Mr. Rudy Mora. The cafeteria workers, supervised by Mrs. Thelma Kitchel, worked from early in the moming until well after lunch planning and preparing meals. In September the price of lunches rose to a high of fifty cents a tray, however, due to an increase in federal funds, the price was lowered to thirty- five cents a tray in October. Also serving food for lunch was the Snack bar which Opefated not only Custodial staff includes fbottomj Manuel Mora, Charles Sterba, Adrano Gonzales, Milce Mirabal, and Joe during lllIlCl'l but also between ClaS- Gallegos. Adolfo Chavez, Melardo Gallegos, Viviano Griego, Robert Torres, Fred Chavez, and Rudy Mora, ses and before and after school. head, are on the 'OP 'OW' , , , Admrnrstratron 31 Q as l E s 4 5 Fi if E

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English New courses initiated for J unior-Senior choice Paperback books played a important role this year as new courses were initiated in the English Department and juniors and seniors were given a choice ofclasses. Among these classes were Language and Research Methods, Popular Novels, Short Stories 8a Science Fiction, Musical Comedy, Com- munications Media, Oral Expression, and Informative Writing. On the ninth and tenth grade levels, the department felt that many of the basic language arts skills were still needed. West Mesa, John Adams, and Chapparal teachers met together twice weekly with special instructors to work out objectives and a curriculum for these English classes. Stagecraft, Drama I and II, Speech I, II, and III, and Journalism I and II were other electives offered. Humanities classes were usually engaged in group and individual presentations. Reading supplementary contemporary material from the Literary Calvacade for their American Literature class are Chris Harling, Cathy Atencio, and Becky Stewart, juniors. Helping with the sets for Harvey are stage craft students Judy Street and Scott Ware. Using the services of the library, Sharon Sayed, senior, is preparing a paper for a Language 8a Research Methods assignment. Academics 33 gi