Willard Middle School - Target Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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THU; PRESIDMT ' S MESSAGE THOUGH IN SEVERAL UAYS THIS YEAR HASN ' T HAD SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MANY OF US HAVE HOP ' CD FOR - I STILL THINK THAT ALL OF US CAN BE PROUD OF ATTENDING WILLARD IN ITS MST YEAR AS A 3 -YEAR SCHOOL. FIRST, THERE IS THE ANGLE THAT ALL OF US HAVE HAD A SPECIAL PART IN THE LAST YEAR OF THE OLD WILLARD : THE NINTH GRADERS ARE TFIE LAST NINIH GRADE THAT NILL EVER BE AT WILLARD, THE EIGHTH GRADERS WILL BE THE FIRST GROUP FROM WILLARD TO BE AT WEST CAMPUS, AND THE SEVEfvTH GRADERS, NEXT YEAR, WILL B ' 5 THE ONLY REMAINING CLASS THAT ATT ' M)ED THE 3-Y5AR WI ' LLARD. SECOJJDLY, THIS LAST YEAR ilAD MANY GOOD THINGS; AND EVEN IF YOU, PERSONALLY, DID NOT TAKu; PART IN THEM, YOU CAN BE PROUD OF YOUR FELLOW-STUD iiNTS WO DID, TO MENTION THE NElf CONSTITUTION, THE SUGG DSTION BOX, THE CAN DRIVE, THE NUTRITION GROUP, THE BOYS VJORK GROUP, TH ' SCHOOL CLEAN-UP, AND THE BIG OPEN HOUSE NIGHT IS TO MENTION JUST SOME OF THE REALLY GREAT TillNGS THAT V ILLARD STUDENTS DID THIS YEAR. SO, FROM BOTH ANGLES, THIS YEAR IS SOMETHING ALL OF US CAN AND SHOULD REMEM- BER Aim BE PROUD OF. TOM MCLAREN STUDENT BODY PRES: TOM MCLAREN SECRETARY: DONNA UMEKI STUDENT BODY VICE: CHRIS RO VE TREASURER: PASCAL LAN DA 7th. GRADE 8th GRADE 9th GPjVDE PRES: PHILIP MC LEOD VICE: ROBIN TAKAIIASHI PRES: ANNE GOGGIO PRES: PAUL ENGE VICE: RON STEVJNSON

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PRINCIPAL ' S MESSAGE 1966 MARICS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF IflLLARTl JUNIOR HIGH OF BERKELEY. IT TfAS NAMED FOR ONE OF THE GREAT WOMEN OF AMERICAN HISTORY, FRANCES E. IflLMRD. SHE WAS AN OUTSTAi DING EDUCATOR, A WORLD TRAVELLER, A CONSTANT CAMPAIGNER FOR WOMEN ' S RIGHTS, AND A LEADER IN THE TEMPSRANCE MOVEMENT. TflLLARD WAS THE FIRST JUNIOR HIGH IN BERKiiLEY, AND THE FIRST OF ITS TYP3 THE UNITED STATES. IT WAS AUTHORIZED ON DECE IBER 21, 1909, AND OPENED AT THE MC KINLEY SCHOOL IN JANUARY, 1910. IT WAS MOVED TO ITS PRESENT SITE IN 1916 AND NAMED J} HONOR OF MISS WILLARD. EDUCATION IS CHANGE Am WE LIVE IN A TIME OF EXCITING CHANGE. IN THE FALL OF 1966 T ' fE WILL BE A T TO-YEAR JUNIOR HIGH OF GTJADES SEVEN AND EIGHT. WE LOOK FORWARD WITH MUCH ENTHUSIASM TO IMPROVEMENT OF INSTRUCTION AND BETTER XfAYS TO STIMULATE OUR WILLARD WARRIORS IN ALL ASPECTS OF EDUCATION. WE HONOR MISS ANN BLUMERT THIO HAS TAUGHT AT WILLARD SINCE 1933 AND REl ' IRSS THIS YEAR. WILLARD HAS HAD SEVEN PRINCIPALS SIJvICE ITS INCEPTION AND SHE HAS TAUGHT WITH SIX OF THEM. HWJDREDS OF HER STUDENTS, HER STUDE JT TEACHERS, AND HER FELLOW TEACHERS JOIN ME IN SAYING WELL DONE TO HER. AS TfE SEND ONE THIRD OF OUR STUDENTS TO BERKELEY HIGH AND ANOTHER THIRD TO WEST CAllPUh) TIE SAY, AL O, iffiLL DONE AND WISH THEM THE BEST AS THEY SEEK NEW ADVENTURES IN LEARNING. TO OUR PRESENT SEVENTH GRADE, T-JE OFFER THE OPPORTimiTY TO MAKE WILLARD THE FINEST AND BEST SCHOOL IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE. TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, F0R14ER AND PRESENT, AND TO ALL OF OUR TEACflERS, STAFF MEMBERS, AND PARENTS, WE OFFER THE CHALLENGE GIVEN HER STUDENTS BY FRANCES E. WILLaRD: THE WORLD WANTS THE BEST THING - IT WANTS YOUR BEST. ' SINCI2RELY, ARTHUR V. SHEARER

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CAN miVE CHAKMN: SUSAN LINDHIFJl-l STUDENT STORE CHAIRllAN: PAUL ENGE DANCE RULES RECC0I4ENDATI0NS CHAIRMAN: LIBBY POOLE CONSTITUTION REVISION RECOMENPATION CO-CHAIRMAN: CHRIS ROV?E PASCAL LANDA SURVIVAL SQUAD CHAIRMAN: KURT NEWMAN BULLETIN BOARD JUDGING CHAIRMAN: HOLLY OSTRANDER