Westwood High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Mesa, AZ)

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Yearbook Staff Honors Four Outstanding People Helping students with a writing problem is one of the tasks which Ms. Jan Pipes enjoys. Above. junior Kurt Winn, explains what he feels is needed to improve his writing and Ms. Pipes agrees that he has found the solution. ..,mwMi Well there goes another paper into the out basket , is what Mr. Rod Richmond is probably saying to himself as he grades another paper. Mr. Richmond gives his all to be sure and keep abreast of his students' work. I6-Dedication With This Volume I N A. M ug mi, ...J Let me demonstrate with this dummy iust how to sell a jacket . is what Mr. Randy Mertz is telling his DE class. Selling is what Mr. Mertz and his students do best and it's Mr. Mertz who prepares them so well. 'Congratulations for a job well done , is what Assistant Principal Louis Casillas says to football star Kurt Harris after an especially good week on the football field.

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Yearbook Dedication Randy Mertz came to us in January I978 from West High School in Phoenix, and before that from New York State. His broad a still identifies him with New York, but other than that. he.has become a real westerner and a true Arizonan. His unlimited energy and enthusiasm, his expertese in his field make him a real dynamo for DECA. Under his supervision, the DECA Club of Westwood has brought home many honors, State National, and a room filled with plaques, medals. trophies too numerous to mention. Mr. Rod Richmond, a native of Nebraska, is one of the elite few who started at Westwood way back in l96I when the school opened. He has been teaching Warriors good English for the past I9 years, and doing it well, for Mr. Richmond is truly a master teacher as his hundreds of students throughout the years will attest. He became boys tennis coach four years ago, and his success there has been phenomenal. He has coached one team to State victory, and had four outstanding seasons. Mrs. Jan Pipes began her teaching career fifteen years ago at Kino Junior High. Three years later she Moved Up to Warriorland to begin a long and successful career as an outstanding English teacher. This low key, quiet spoken young lady from Iowa teaches her students in such an interesting manner that they not only enjoy it, but they are not quite aware that they are being taught. Her leadership capabilities were recognized, and for the past four years she has successfully supervised the English teachers, serving as Department Chairman. Louis Casillas, assistant principal in charge of athletics, is also the principal in charge of the sophomore class. Mr. Casillas has a super big job taking charge of all athletic events, the eligibility of all athletes and the hundreds of details involved with these many sports. He also spends a great deal of his time working with sophomores and their scheduling and discipline problems. This native Arizonan born and raised in Superior, joined the Westwood staff in I973, and if you really want to get a big smile from him, ask to see a picture of his grandson. Dedication-I7