Winnetonka High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Teamwork Produces Reputable Year We talre great pleasure in introducing to you the administrators and staff of Winnetonlra Senior High School. Step right up and meet the people who helped make wonderful school days possible. What started as a shaky strike- threatened year for the North Kansas City School District soon developed into a productive year for Winnetonka. Its reputation of service and showmanship made it the envy of other schools. Such popularity was due to the prestige performers appearing with the school each season, and the drive and persistence of its administra- tors and staff. Dr. Sovereign, Dr. Corn, Mr. Ei- tel, Mr. Markt and Mr. Cain were determined to put together a school that would please, inform and entertain the public. During the six-hour day, they stepped in and out of the spotlight to direct the public's attention to the dis- plays of student achievement tak- ing place in the building and on the grounds. Assistant Principal Mr. Richard Eitel, Assistant Principal Mr. Larry Markt, Principal Dr. Keith M. Sovereign, Assistant Principal Dr. Homer Corn, and Activities Coordinator Mr. Benny Cain. Each staff member was asked the follow- ing questions: NAME COURSES TAUGHT YEARS AT WHS COLLEGES ATTENDED: DEGREES EARNED HOBBIES BENNY CAIN: athletic directorg 1 1 yearsg Northwest MO State College CBS. in Sec. Educj, CMSU QIVLA. in Sec. Educ., Special- ist in Adrninjg fishing, golf. HOMER CORN: assistant principalg 'l yearsg Iowa Wesleyan College QB.A. in Soc. Studiesj, University of Iowa fM.A. in Histo- ry, Ph.D.Jg movies, reading, music, cooking, travel. DICK EITEL: assistant principal: 1 l yearsg Northeast MO State fB.A. in Educ., M.S. in Guidancejg yard and garden work, wood work. LARRY MARKT: assistant principal, ll yearsg William Jewell College CAB. in Physical Educj, CMSU CMS. in Adrninjg tennis, pilot. KEITH SOVEREIGN: principal: ll yearsg University of MO fB.S. in Educ., M.A. in Educj, University of Arizona QEd.D.l.

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m Board Actions Bring District Changes Behind the scenes . . . This season, the North Kansas City Board of Education became big news in the minds of the me- dia and the public. The newly reorganized district restructured programs and facili- ties to help the district financial- ly and educationally. One positive move was the new Northgate Community Education Center. It opened and served over 22,000 people in two semesters. Some schools including Winne- tonka were remodeled as enroll- ments increased. Various area centers were divided into tempo- rary classrooms or offices. The opening of school and re- sults of reorganization were lead topics at board business meet- ings. Discussions of 14 other priorities varied from the re- searching and writing of a writ- ing curriculum to planning for a second theme school-this one on industry. The district moved to bring the community closer to the schools by means of a patron newsletter Education Exclusive. This letter was to be inserted in the Press Dispatch newspaper three times during the year. Incumbent Frances Foerschler and new addition Ed O'Herin were named to the school board in April. ' ,,M., 4, -.,1 -5 2 F f i ,, x uw 34. f V .gm .ZW-Y-13- T Dr. John Del-Xrman, Mr. Donald Kumpy, Mr. James Thompson, Mrs. Freddie Nicholls, Dr. Charles Sackett, Dr. Raymond Waier, Mr. Richard Fletcher, Mrs. Frances Foerschler, Mr. Ed O'Herin discuss the agenda of the Tuesday, May 12, Board of Education meeting.

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Women, Backbone of Administration VIP Women run office Just like any other business a school could not run efficiently without its secretaries. Aside from the menial tasks of making coffee and watering plants, usual- ly associated with secretaries, were very important duties that often went unnoticed. Just imagine what would hap- pen without them. The tele- phones would be ringing off their hooks. With no one to keep track of the students, they would be wandering the halls instead of be- ing in class. The administration would be at a loss without the pleasant reminders from their secretaries directing them to the proper meetings. And it would be time consuming for the principal to be pecking at a typewriter rather than conferring with par- ents, students, and faculty. As the saying goes, behind every suc- cessful man there is a woman, and in this case, she's a secretary. Another valuable member of the faculty is the nurse, Patsy Class. Besides being new to Win- netonka, she was new to school nursing in general. Her past cen- tered around many types of nurs- ing. She feels it was not only nec- essary to treat illness, but also to learn precautionary measures to preserve new health. Due to the large number of stu- dents she could not accomplish all she would have liked to, but in the future she thinks it would be beneficial to educate the students in the methods of CPR. Secretaries: Opal DeYaeghere, Mary Owens, Carla Paulk, Mava Beard, Kathy Kolka, Vernie Whitebread, Letha Blagg, Ann Hays, Gaye Byars, Nurse: Patsy Class. BERNICE ASHCRAFT: library: 5 years, Ouachita Baptist University, reading, gar- dening. VICKI BARMANN: French I-IV, language for everyoneg 10 years, Mundelein College in Chicago QB.A.l, UMKC CMAJ. DONNA BIRDSONG: Title I reading, 3 years, MU fB.S. in Educj, UMKC KMA. in Educjg gourmet cooking, sewing, needle- work, calligraphy, reading. BILL BRAZEAL: RCGg l year: Southwest MO State University, UMKC, University of Oregon, running marathons. MARVIN BROADSTONE: science, physics, Biology I: 10 years, Northwest MO State College, CMSU Kmasterslg amateur astron- omy, woodworking. RON BROWN: metal, advanced metal: 1 l years: NWMS fB.S., M.S.l, Pittsburg State fE.D.S.l.