Westchester High School - Flight Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Achieve with Honor K l 5 BANK OF AMERICA ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS Row A: Virginia Savory, Mary Ellen Riepe, Naomi Steinfeld, Carolyn Sherman, Catherine Doyle. Row B: Sheldon C Virginia Savory Bank of America Trophy Award Naomi Steinfeld Bank of America Trophy Award, National Councils of Teachers of English Award THE BANK OF AMERICA AWARDS have been designed to stim- ulate and encourage students in their academic, vocational, and citizenship training. To emphasize the value of such achieve- ments, the program grants a large number of certificates, trophies, and major cash awards. Competition and elimination begins in each individual high school, where two classes of awards are presented. The first class consists of eleven specific fields: mathematics, laboratory science, music, art, English, social science, foreign language, business, home economics, agriculture, and trades and industry. Winners in each of these fields receive certificates and are eligi- ble to compete for additional honors in the second class of awards. The second class presents engraved trophies in the four general fields of science and mathematics, fine, liberal, and vocational arts. Those winning a General Field Award participate in a Zone Contest where they have the opportunity to win cash awards. Zone winners go on to city-wide finals in competition for awards of cash ranging from S100 to 51000. In order to qualify as a contestant in the Bank of America pro- gram, a student must be in his senior year, have top scholarship rating, and be nominated by the chairman of the department in which he is competing. Judging is based on the following cri- teria: scholastic achievement, citizenship records, student and community activities, character, and personality. Charles Rose Put Sawyer Westchester 20-30 Club W9SiClWe5i6l' 20-30 Club Citizenship Award Citizenship Award ohen, John Langfitt, Chuck Walcott. We Enter Mary Ellen Reipe Bank of America Trophy Award Linda Joy McCarty National Council of Teachers of English Award

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L .. L Vi' ,- i 9 .J , SUMMER BOYS' LEAGUE CABINET Bill Jasper Row A: Jerry Solomon, Bill Jasper, Mike Harding, Mr. Lamm. Summer Boys' League President League SUMMER BOYS' LEAGUE Boys' League enioyed a very successful semester under the able leadership of Bill Jasper, president, and Jerry Sol- omon, vice-president. The first Boys' League sponsored event of the semester was the B-TO Orientation Assembly. The next activity was the Spring Sports Assembly, highlighted by a tennis demonstration which was help- ful to all forthcoming tennis pros. Sug- gestion week proved quite a success. Many helpful ideas were sent to Student Government for approval. The student body wishes to thank Boys' League for the wonderful job they have done this semester and in the past. BOYS' LEAGUE sponsored the Christmas Dance, Candy Cane Lane, This holiday affair was held on December 4, 1959. AT THE SPRING SPORTS ASSEMBLY, sponsored by the Boys' League, the mer of the spring athletic teams were introduced. r' xx - uX Na O -Y?--mf SUMMER BOYS' LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVES Row A: Dick Hettig, Jim Hudson, Brian Franks, Jerry Solomon, Bill Jasper, Jim Jones, Jerry Smith, Richard Gleinn. Row B: Stan Francis, Robert Garbisch, Philip Edwards, Al Zusman, Jorge Sanz, George McNeese, William Goff, Fred Drilling, Chris Spencer. Row C: Paul Zimmerman, Jeff Hublebank, Don Stewart, Gary Martin, Chuck Pieper, Doug Amidon, Tom Bartone. Row D: Douglas Phillips, Steve Larrabee, Larry Hoffman, Steve Haas, Gerry Vanderville, Jim Osborn, Fred Potter.

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KNIGHTS AND LADIES S KNIGI-ITS AND LADIES Row A: Annette Van Orden, Mary Ellen Riepe. Janice Sondreal, Carol Church, Nancy Foster, Larry Colton, Johnny Thomsen, Leslie Phillips, Pat Sawyer, Forida Auzam. Row B: Mike Josephson, Linda Gerrish, Judy Ostrow, Crystal Wood, Marcia Hammer, Hugo Matos-Gomes, Mary Ellen Vorzimer, Carole Carlin, Joan Freisinger, Francoise Gerard, Ginnie Storie. Row C: Don Devine, Don Griffiths, Bill Gray, Bob Beeson, Jan Gary, John Langfitt, Dave Loring, Jim Burtle, Len Fligsten, Lynne Foster, Mary Vige, Lee Silverman. Knights and Ladies, Westchester High SchooI's honor service club, is an organization pledged to serve the school with a spirit of loyalty and good fellowship, Its members render many definite and outstanding services. These include raising the flag each morning, ushering at graduation and at various other programs and serving as the schools official hosts and hostesses. ln addition, members fulfill specific assignments when called upon by the administration. Each semester, the Knights and Ladies also sponsor a worthwhile campus project. For the past year, these have been very profitable book drives, aimed at increasing the library's resources. Mem- bers of the club are chosen on the basis of scholarship, citizenship and service to the school. They must be nom- inated by the faculty, approved by the administration, and voted upon by the present Knights and Ladies mem- bers. Under the excellent sponsorship of Mrs. Buck and Mr. Baker, the Knights and Ladies have had a most active and successful year. We Try . . . We Achieve AMERICAN FIELD SERVICE For a number of years, the American Field Service in our community has annually received several foreign stu- dents. Since T955 one or two Westchester students have been sent abroad. Each of our former representatives has had the opportunity to participate in a summer program where he or she experienced life in another country for a period of three months. This year, however, the Amer- ican Field Service Committee, headed by Mrs. Henry Larsen and Dr. Donald Rock, announced that a new and exciting change may be made. It is hoped that West- chester students may be offered the opportunity to par- ticipate in both a summer and a winter program. This second, and newer, scholarship will consist of spending NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP Each year The National Merit Scholarship Corporation selects almost one thousand high school seniors to re- ceive four year college scholarships with a total value of over five million dollars. In order to qualify for these awards, A-I I's and B-I2's took a special test on March l9, I96O. The results will be disclosed sometime in October. The National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test measures skill in five areas: vocabulary, English grammar and usage, mathematical skills, and ability to understand written material in the social studies and in the natural sciences. The purpose of the test is to evaluate educational growth and aptitude. five school months abroad. Both programs offer the Westchester exchange student the opportunity to act as a junior diplomat, furthering knowledge and understand- ing among the nations of the world. NATIONAL MERIT HONORS Row A: Marv Ellen Riepe, Naomi Steinteld. Row B: Chuck Walcott, William Keenan. Absent, Joan Giffords. AMEICAN FIELD SERVICE FINALISTS Row A: Marie Noerdlinger, Joanne Rothenberg, Pam Johnson, Pat Burn Row B: Steve Alkus, Bob Schwalm. ' ln S ' 'ZS-, . , . . A ,zz ,vs s Q K -1 V., W Q gl . z 5