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

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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

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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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.441 ALDEBARAN SEALBEARERS Row Af Jim McKinney, Helen Mills. Row B: Bob Beeson, Chuck Rose. IMPERIAL SEALBEARERS C. S. F. THE CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP FEDERATION is a state wide honor society comprised of over a hundred high school chapters. Membership in The group is based upon The achievement of high scholarship earned during the preceding semester. Each Term a student is qualified to apply for membership it his grades include at least Three A 's and one AT The end of his high school career, if he has been a C.S.F. member for at least Tour of his six semesters, one of which must be in the twelfth grade, he is granted a lite membership, Lite members are honored with a gold seal of The Federation which appears on Their diploma at graduation as well as upon Their transcript of records. Leading universities and colleges throughout California and The nation at large recognize This honor and otter special scholarships which are available only to Sealbearer Award winners. Row A: Carole Ingersoll, Janet Ewalt, Ginny Storie, Karen Whipple, Naomi Steinfeld, Mary Ellen Riepe, Julie Aroian, Linda Pearson, Carolyn Sherman, Barbara Tharff. Row B: Sharen Hall, Jill Fredimann, David Cohen, Dave Loring, John Langfitt, Fred Potter, Bill Gray, Mary Vige, Mary Ellen Vorzimer, Marilyn McDonald ,I- S - ,o , rg X I E T 0 Graves, Pat Lambert. w' - Susan Hardy. WINTER CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP FEDERATION Row Af Leanne LaFond, Judy Schwartz Naom Steinfeld, Evelyn Hirschon, Sheila Rhodes Trisl Burns, Annette Van Orden, Jon Hetterlin, Bill Gray Carolyn Sherman, Mary Ellen Riepe, Karen Ketcham Mary Smith, Julie Aroian, Helen Mills, Pam John son, Joy McCarty. Row B: Nancy Foster Carole Carlin, Sherry Stonberg, Janet Peek, Gloria Hurn Dorothy Doyle, Diane Clark, Sandi Fatur Sharer Hall, Pat Preshaw, Connie Hayes, Nancy Lubarsky Virginia Savory, Betty Bartholomew, Judy Dyer Row C: Judy Rouleau, Sue Corey, Carole Ingersoll Frances Mullane, Linda Gerrish, Margaret Alex ander, Crystal Wood, Jill Tiedemann, Joyce Hellwig Nancy Millikan, Mary Vige, Marcia Hammer Joar Freisinger, Mary Ellen Vorzimer, Carol Church Kathy Kirkpatrick, Carol Coulter, Joyce Christensen Lindc Lipzen, Linda Clausen, Ginny Storie. Row D Joar Oswald, Joan Giffords, Charles Escoffcry Steve Alkus, Bill Carey, Nancy Welsh, Dave Loring Johr Langfitt, Jim McKinney, Sven Ibsen, Bob Giffords Earl Place, Bob Beeson, Richard Tenney Denny SUMMER CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP FEDERATIOI' Row A: Karen Ketcham, Evelyn Hirschon, Mary Ellei Riepe, Naomi Steinteld, Ginny Storie, Bonnie Cooper Julie Aroian, Virginia Savory, Linda Pearson Carolyn Sherman, Pat Burns, Donna Massey Rov B: Janet Ewalt, Joy McCarthy, Sharen Hall Caroli Ingersoll, Mary Vige, Crystal Wood, Sherry Ston berg, Mary Ellen Vorzimer, Janet Peek Sheilr Rhodes, Sally Pierce, Carol Smith, Row C Charle Escoffery, Bill Gray, Ken Marineau, Richard Tenney Jeff LeBoff, Bob Giffords, Joyce Hellwig Jud Rouleau, Wes Cooper, Art Gardener, David Cohen