| | THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL of ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
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 JIB 1969
 Inside front cover
 HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY HAILE SELASSIE I, EMPORER of ETHIOPIA. Photograph by Hrant Baghdassarian, Belevedere Gallery.
 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
 DEDICATION
MR. RICHARD HANNA
 ADMINISTRATION
 ACS SCHOOL BOARD
DR. JOHN BEAN - Chairman
MR. LAWRENCE LUCAS - Vice Chairman
MR. JULIO ANDREWS - Secretary
MR. ZACHERY GEANEAS
DR. HAROLD MADSEN
LT. COL. OTTO SIEBER
MRS. LEAH WORKNEH TEDROS
J. EARL MAST - Superintendent - Principle.
CHARLES REICHERTER - Elementart Principle.
EDWIN VERPLOEGH - Administration - Guidance.
 AGGEDEW BEZUNEH - Amharic.
CYNTHIA BERHANE - Business Education.
RICHARD HANNA - Social Studies.
PATSY KIROS - English.
MICHAEL MALLOY - P.E. - Science.
MARIE MANTHEY - Science.
BRIAN McCAULEY - Social Studies - English.
PAMELA McCAULEY - P.E. - English.
THEODORA O'MARI - English.
KATHRYN RADTKE - Music.
STEPHEN RADTKE - Mathematics - Science.
MUNIR (Bill) SARKIS - French.
JANET SCOTT - Mathematics - English.
TELAHOUN ABEBE - Amharic.
JEAN TOPPING - Elementary French.
SUZANNE WILKS - Elementary French.
DOROTHY ROONEY - Librarian.
DOLORES WALKER - Librarian Assistant.
BEKELE ALEMU - Business Manager.
DOROTHEA SIMPSON - Administrative Secretary.
MARJORIE LUCAS - Elementary Secretary.
BARBARA SUMMERS - High School Secretary.
WINNIE WILLIAMS - Nurse.
 MAINTERNANCE
RENATO ASMELLASH - Maintenance Director.
NEGUSSIE HAILE and TSEHAYE ASMELLASH - Office Boys-Drivers.
CUSTODIANS.
 SENIORS
 SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS:
JOYCE ROONEY - President.
Cindy Jones - Vice President.
LAURIE MASON - Secretary.
CINDY SIIRA - Treasurer.
 CHARLES B. CHEDESTER
 DOROTHY CECELIA FITZMAURICE
 LUCINDA JONES
 LAURA MALINA MASON
 DAVID A. OLSON
 JOYCE ELLEN ROONEY
 CYNTHIA MARIE SIIRA
 DANIEL GABRIEL TEDROS
 JUNIORS
 JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS:
MAUREEN FOULGER - President.
FRAN TEMPLE - Vice President.
KATE MURPHY - Treasurer.
BETSEY HODGES - Secretary.
SUE PETREE - Secretary.
JOHN BORNE
DALE BOWEN
STEVE COLBERT
CAROL "MAUREEN" FOULGER
WARD "TAM" GOODMAN
DAVID GOODNOW
SARA "BETSY" HODGES
HANNA IYASU
DENNIS JENSEN
GERALD JORGENSEN
ASTEDE MAKONNEN
DAWN MATHENY
CARMELLA "JOEY" MORTRUDE
CATHERINE "KATIE" MURPHY
STUART WARREN OLSON
SUSAN "SUE" PETREE
GREG PRICE
ROBERT "BOB" SIIRA
 TESFAYOHANNIS TEDROS
FRANCELIA "FRAN" TEMPLE
DENISE "DINKY" YOUNGSTEADT
SOLOMON ZEWDE.
Latecomer: ILONA CZIVIS.
 SOPHOMORES
 SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS.
RAY DAVIS - Secretary-Treasurer.
JANE LOGAN - President.
YIDNEKATCHEW GEBREYES - Vice President.
KELIL ABDULAHI
DENISE ALLEN
JUDITH "JUDY" ANSPACHER
ASTER BEKELE
EDWARD "EDDY" CLINE
DOUGLAS "DOUG" CONSTANCE
CRAWFORD "JOE" COX
RAYMOND "RAY" DAVIS
MICHAEL "MIKE" DORNHEIM
ZEKARIAS EWNETU
MARILYN "MIKI" FISCHER
PATRICIA "PAT" FITZMAURICE
YIDNEKATCHEW GEBREYES
JAMES "JIMMY" HANSEN
MARK HUGHES
AMAKELECH KASSA
DINKINESH KASSA
MARK LEE
GALE LEWIS
JANE LOGAN
LARRY WAYNE MADSEN
JEFFERY "JEFF" MILLER
HENRY MOREY
JEAN NOELCKE
RICHARD SABIN
CATHERINE "CATHY" SIMS
ROBERT "JERE" SULLIVAN
ALEMWORK TESHOME
MELISSA "LISA" THIELEN
KRISTINA "TINA" TURMAN
BETTY VAN'T SANT
 FRESHMEN
 FRESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS:
LEE CHEDESTER - President.
SARA JONES - Vice President.
MIMI BEAN - Secretary.
PAM SUMMERS - Treasurer.
CHRIS CONSTANCE
SANDRA "SANDI" COWPER
GREGORY "GREG" COWSERT
GERALD "JERRY" COX
FASSIL DEMISSIE
CHARLES "CHIP" DOTY
MAURY EVANS
KAREN FRYBERGER
CAMBY GATCH
BERHAN HAILU
RANDOLF "RANDY" HATCH
CYNTHIA "CINDY" HILBORN
ARTHUR MILLER
MICHAEL "MIKE" MITCHELL
LAWRENCE "LARRY" PRICE
STEVE SLOAN
PAMELA "PAM" SUMMERS
CURTIS VERPLOEGH
DALE WATKINS
CAROLYN WENTWORTH
ELIAS WOLDEMARIAM
BELAINEH ZEWDE
SANNA ZIRKY
 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
 EIGHTH GRADE
MIKA BERRY
ALBERT "AL" DAVIS
EMEBET FIRDYIWEK
YITNA FIRDYIWEK
LYNNE FISCHTHAL
JOHN FITZMAURICE
NANCY GATCH
PATRICIA "PAT" GREEN
PATRICK "PAT" HERRON
PHILOMENA "PHIL" HERRON
PAMELA "PAM" HILBORN
MARY HORVATH
BENITA "BENNIE" JONES
JEAN KRUEGER
TERRY LARSON
 PANDORA LEWIS
ELISABET LINDEN
DEBRA "DEBBIE" MADSEN
DOUG MAROUSEK (Not Pictured)
THEODORE "TED" MATHENY
LIN MILLER
KIFLU MULUGETA
ANN "ANNE" MURPHY
 DANIEL "DAN" PETREE
CHARLEEN SABIN
KAREN SIMS
ABONESH TAMRAT
DEMISSIE TUFA
JENITA "NITA" TURMAN
IRIS VALENTINE
 SEVENTH GRADE
DEBORAH ALLEY
ABRAHAM ARAYA
TIMOTHY "TIM" BEAN
ELENI BETROU
CELEST CLEMENT
FRANK CLINE
STEVE COWPER
 THOMAS "TOM" DOVER.
GERARD "CHRIS" DURANT.
DAVID ERNST.
SIOBHAN FITZMAURICE.
FAYLYNNE GEANEAS.
ALAN JENSEN.
GREGORY "GREG" JONES.
SHANE KANAWATY.
PATRICIA "TRISH" KANZLER.
 ROD KLEINBACH
CARL LAITOLA.
DEBRA LIND
KERSTIN LINDEN
ESAYAS MAKONNEN.
TERI MANCEAUX
DIANE MILLER
LEE MILLER.
 JANICE MOON
ROBERT NOELCKE
GIRMA OLANA.
MARK ORTEGA
LORN "JAMIE" PICKERING
HELEN REBER.
GEORGE REICHERT
PAULA SAFFRON
REBECCA "BECKY" SHANER.
 JAMES "JIM" SIIRA
DOUG SLOAN
CHRISTOPHER "CHRIS" SMITH
LILLIAN TUCCI
LISA VERPLOEGH
KIMBERLY "KIM" VINEYARD
DIANE WALDRON
SHIRLEY WATKINS
 ELEMENTARY
 SIXTH GRADE TEACHER: KAY NEGASH
STEVE ALLEN, MONIQUE ANDREWS, KEITH CONSTANCE, NEAL COX.
MARY DEELEY, THOMAS EVANS, BILLIE GILLETTE , ANDOW GOGSIDO.
KATHY HODGES, CURTIS HUDSON, ARLEN LIND, DENISE MADSEN.
DONALD MANY, JAN NOVINS, JANET OLSON, DIANE REICHERT.
TIM SHANER, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, MOHAMMED ZIRKY.
 SIXTH GRADE TEACHER: MONT SMITH
MERON AHADU, JANICE ALLEN, RICHARD ALLEN, MICHAEL AMBAYE
YODIT BETROU, BENJAMIN BREAUX, DAVID BURNETTE, KATHRINE COFFMAN
ELIZABETH DURANT, YVONNE EVERY, PENNIE GILLETTE, DAVID GREGG
GUIAN HEINTZMAN, JERRY JONES, GARY LAITOLA, MARGARET MURPHY
ELAINE NICHOLS, ELAINE SCOTT, JEAN STEELE, PATRICK SULLIVAN
PETER WENTWORTH, MULUMEBET WORKU
 FIFTH GRADE TEACHER: BARBARA REAM.
MICHEL AHADU, ROBERT ALHOUSE, JULIE BARNHART, MATTHEW BEAN.
CURTIS BLAKE, PETER BREAUX, MARK FUNK, JANICE HARGETT.
ANNIKA HEINTZEN, DEBRA HUGHES, JACQUELINE LAMB, AMA OMARI.
RODGERS PICKERING, FRANK RING, CHRISTINE SCOTT, PERRY SULLIVAN.
SALLY TEDROS, HANS VAN'T SANT, DANNY WATKINS, REBECCA WEINER.
 FIFTH GRADE TEACHER: MARCIA KISSIG
DAVID BOURNE, CHRISTINA BOWEN, DIANE COWPER , GALEN CROXTON.
CHARLES DOVER DOROTHY FISCHER, CYNTHIA FOULGER, CALVIN GREEN,
RONALD HATCH, KEN HUDSON, ELIZABETH JONES, JOHN KANZLER
KATHLEEN KRUEGER, KATARINA LINDEN, SAMMIE LOGAN, SCOTT MILLER
JAMES NOELCKE, STEVEN PILCHER, JAMIE SULLIVAN, TIMOTHY THOMAS
DIANE VASCO, MICHAEL VINEYARD
 FOURTH GRADE TEACHER: KATHYRN GEBRE-EGZY
MICHAEL ANDREW, CATHY BURNETTE, ANITA FINNEY, TRISTON GILLETTE.
JEFF HETMANSPERGER, SHEILA KANZLER, LARRY LAITOLA, JENNY LINDERMAN.
MARCIA MADSEN, CHARLES MURPHY, JAMES NICHOLS, JANICE NOELCKE.
DEAN NORTON, PETER NOVINS, LISA SIEBER, MARY THOMPSON.
MARY WEBB, DANNIE WILLIAMS.
 4th GRADE TEACHER: CATHERINE TEKLE-HAIMANOT
MISGANA AMELGA, MEMBERE BERHE, ALEX BETROU, ROBERT COFFMAN
ELIZABETH COSEO, NORMAN COX, JOSEPH DEELEY, TIA FINNEY
MEHIRKA GIRMAY, KAREN JONES, LAWRENCE LUCAS, BARRY MANCEAUX
MONICA MANY, BILLY MASON, LISA MURPHY, RICKY O'NEILL
KAREN SOFFEL, BEVERLY THOMAS, SANDY VALENTIN, NICKY VAN'T SANT
TYRONE WALKER, MICHAEL WATKINS
 THIRD GRADE TEACHER: AUDRIE REICHERTER.
STEVE ALHOUSE, LISA ANDREWS, JENNIFER BEAN, BART BERRY.
KAREN BOWEN, JASMINE BOWMAN, THOMAS DEELEY, BARBARA FISCHER.
DEBRA FREELAND, MELANIE FUNK, SUSAN HOHM, KENT JENSEN.
MALIKA MOHAMMED, STEPHEN QUEEN, GINA RICHARDSON, MARY STEELE.
STEVE TURMAN, CYNTHIA WEBB, NEBIYOU YILMA
 THIRD GRADE TEACHER: JEANNETTE MAST
RICHARD BARNHART, JAMES BICKLEY, SHANE CASKEY, JULIA COHEN, MICHAEL DAVIS
YILMA DELLELEGN, ROSALIE DRAPER, ELIZABETH DUNN, DIDIER HAMMOND, CHANTAL HANSEN
PAUL HODGES, DAWN KING, JANE KLEINBACH, STACY LEE, JAMES MATHENY
JOHN MENKE, DIANE OLSON, AKUA OMARI, DENA PERINE, DOROTHY PILCHER
LORI SLOAN, HOWARD SOFFEL, CHRISTOPHER SULLIVAN, PATRICA WEINER.
WALTER WILLIAMS
 SECOND GRADE TEACHER: JULIA WHARTON.
MARY ALLEN, MIKEL ASFAW, JAMES BAKER, JAMES BALISTIG.
SUSAN DRAPER, ILA LARSON, CECILY LEWIS, THOMAS MOORE.
SUSANNE MURPHY, REBECCA NORTON, DESIREE PICKERING, CHRISTEN POOLE.
DAVID RAWLINGS, MICHELLE RUCKER, HAREGEWOIN SHAWL, SUSAN STEELE.
THOMAS SULLIVAN, GEORGE TUCCI, CARL WALKER, BRUCE WILKSON.
 SECOND GRADE TEACHER: MAUREEN ALHOUSE
DAVID ANDREWS, ROGER BICKLEY, ANNEMARIE BREAUX, CRAIG CROXTON
KEVIN DANDOY, DIANA EVERY, NANCY GREGG, COE LEWIS
HAROLD JAY MADSEN, MARY MURPHY, HUGH NOVINS, THEODORE PARKER
PETER PICKERING, LISA PLORDE, MICHAEL SHANER, RACHAEL SOSA
ELIZABETH TAMARAT, ADDIS TESFAYE, CONSTANCE THOMAS, KATHERINE THOMPSON
ALEM TSEHAI TEWELDE
 FIRST GRADE TEACHER: WILMA CRAWFORD.
SUSAN ALLEY, ELIZABETH BREAUX, KATHY CASKEY, BARBARA COHEN.
WILLIAM COSEO, JUDITH DIETRICK, DANNY DORNHEIM, EDWARD DURANT.
MATTHEW FUNK, SUE HENSON, MARCIA HOHM, TRACY HUNTZINGER
CARL KRUEGER, JANET LAITOLA, TARA LEWIS, MICHEL MOHAMMED
GAVIN QUEEN, GREGORY SCHANBACHER, LYNNE SIEBER, ANTHONY SOSA
WENDELL STRICKLAND, PHILIP VASCO, JOHN VERPLOEGH, BEVERLY WEIGEL
 FIRST GRADE TEACHER: DORINE SCHAUMANN.
JOSEPH ADAME, GRETCHEN BARNHART, TAMMY CLARK, LEONIE CRAWFORD.
SARAH FIRKE, MICHAEL FREELAND, RUTH GEBREYES, STEVEN GEMBALA.
AIDA GIRMAY, MANUEL HAMMOND, BRENDA HOLMES, COURTNEY HUNTZINGER.
LINDA JONES, DREW KELLY, MIKE KLEBER, KATHY LINDERMAN.
ANTHONY MANY, JOHN OLSON, JULIE RICHARDSON, SALLY RING.
MICHAEL THOMAS, WILEM VAN'T SANT, EREN VERAL, MICHELLE VINEYARD.
 KINDERGARTEN
TEACHER: CAROL VERPLOEGH.
MORNING. (The only person I recognize is Melanie Green (far right-standing) If you know any other names please pass them along and I'll enter them.
AFTERNOON.
 STUDENT COUNCIL:
OFFICERS: DAVE OLSON - President
JANE LOGAN - Vice President
JEAN NOELCKE - Secretary
PAT FITZMAURICE - Treasurer
REPRESENTATIVES:
(Top Row, L-R) LAURIE MASON-12th; DANNY TEDROS-12th; SUE PETREE-11th; GREG PRICE-11th
(Second Row, L-R) SANDI COWPER-9th; MIMI BEAN-9th; DAN PETREE-8th; PAM HILBORN-8th
(Bottom Row, L-R) TIM BEAN-7th; DAVID ERNST-7th
 BAND
CREATIVE WRITING
 ASSISTANTS
LAB
OFFICE/TEACHER
 CHOIR.
SENIOR HIGH
JUNIOR HIGH
 SUPERLATIVES
 SUPERLATIVES.
 CHEERLEADERS
 CHEERLEADERS
 SWEETHEARTS BALL
 SPORTS
TRACK
CROSS COUNTRY
 BASKETBALL
 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The yearbook staff, on completion at the 1969 JIB wishes to acknowledge the following people for their contributions:
Mrs. Kiros, without whose help and guidance throughout the year, the publication of the I969 JIB would not have been possible. We express our sincere thanks.
Mr. Radtke, under whose guidance the Photography Club functioned.
Ato Bekele, for his help with the yearbook finances.
Mr. Matheny, who allowed us to use his marvelous pictures for division pages.
Mr. Thielen, who consented to our using his pictures of the Sweethearts Ball.
Dickran Baghdassarian, for his considerate help in developing pictures.
The Mothers, who unselfishly devoted their time, energy, and cars to chauffer the year book staff.
Mimi Bean, for her many and varied doodles.
Jo Fitzmaurice, for her calming influence, clear head, and help.
Amakelech Kassa, for her organizational skill and accurate typing.
Astede Makonnen, for her careful typing and organizing enthusiasm.
Laurie Mason, for her artistic skill and ability to obtain ads.
Dawn Matheny, for her meticulous organizing and original ideas.
Sue Petree, for her corrections in type and sorting of photographs.
Joyce Rooney, for her clever caricatures.
Cindy Siira for her management of Funds and lay-out of ads.
Danny Tedros, for his marvelous accomplishments in lay out.
Photography Cub for their dedication and photographs.
The Advertisers, for their interest and financial support.
We express our sincere gratitude to those who supported its sale to whom we now present the third yearbook of ACS, as a remembrance of the past year.
Joyce Rooney and Cindy Jones
Co-editors
 (PAMELA and BRIAN McCAULEY)
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