Westwood High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Mesa, AZ)

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ABOVE: Doing her best to fire up the Westwood Warriors for the l975-76 school year, Susan Malone cheers on. TOP CENTER: Administering the oath of office to Student Body President Jim Wright, is Assistant Principal Bill White. TOP RIGHT: Writhing in pain from the last throes of his tragic early death, Wes Wood fBob Spiell attracts the attention of Julie Zimmerman and .lim Wright. RIGHT: Whispering his last in- spiring words, Boh Spiel tells his tearful fan club to remember to Move up don't just carry on! 20-OPENING ASS EM BLY .M-,swf S T at - . E .ccc i s - .. -as ,. H- san ! , 1 ws . .t.. tc.,cccccicccc.ic. c ,. . . .. . . 1 if f- 1 1 ' ENi i3'1- gr' . N E :Mia 1:1-fe --.er r ir ax - . -,-- waszwfs- t ' T- T:-A lf I s ,f , 11. f f, f f,

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'Z STUDENT COUNCIL-TOP ROW: Sr. President Tony Flores, Sr. Vice-President Jim Testa, Student Body President Jim Wright, Boys League President Rob Gardner, Soph. President Smokey Bray, Jr. President Bob Spiel. MIDDLE ROW: Jr. Vice-President Ray Burnell, Publicity Director Lisa Crane, Student Body Vice-President Julie Crum, Girls League President Debbie Doane, Organizations Director Elaine Jarvis, Student Body Recording Secretary Toni Redondo. Rallies and Traditions Director Carmen Recker, Soph, Secre- tary Becki Toon. BOTTOM ROW: Sponsor Neil Merrell, Cultural Affairs Director Cyndi Wood, Student Body Cor- responding Secretary Sandy Macdonald, Soph. Vice-President Heidi Nielson. Special Services Director Lisa Rambo, Jr. Sec- retary Debi Wood, Sr. Secretary Julie Zimmerman, NOT PICTUREDZ Foreign Exchange Student Nadine Cousin. A special year at the school of a special tribe When Westwood opened its doors in the fall, it was starting its fourteenth year. Enrollment figures were near the 2900 mark, and a great change was in the making. Construction on Mesa's third high school. christened Mountain View, was nearing completion. Next year, a large chunk of the stu- dents enrolled at Westwood would be transferred to the new facility. The same thing happened to Mesa High back in 1962, when Westwood took its first students. But now the situa- tion was reversed. The Student Council and Student Body as a whole seemed to sense the inevitable split and responded with a new surge of involvement, But there was another factor that nurtured the strange mood. Bicentennial fever was spreading like wildfire, inflicting everyone with a sense of participation. A unity not always characteristic of high school students took hold. This was the spirit of'76. DIVISION-STUDENT Q LIFE-I9

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The start of something big Although the academic portion of the school year had started three days earlier, the activities associated with fun loving high school students began on September 5th. The opening as- sembly gave Student Council the op- portunity to welcome new students and returning ones, and set a spirited mood for the 1975-76 school year. Boosting the morale of the troops, Principal Jim Sturdevant inspired the student body to make it a great year by caring, Assistant Principal Bill White then swore in Jim Wright as Student Body President. In turn, Jim administered the oath to the remain- ing Student Council members. Finishing the assembly with flair, council presented to the audience the story of Move Up. With Ray Burnell as the Stumbling Sophie and Tony Flores as the Superior Senior narrat- ing, the drama of Wes Wood bringing spirit to Westwood unfolded. In the tragic end, as Wes lay on his deathbed, he admonished the Warriors to, Move upfdon'tjust carry on! OPENING ASSEM BLY 2 l