Miss Tina Tabachnick is the dark‑haired, brown‑eyed, 5' tall art teacher who has recently joined the ranks of the Maine West faculty. When she is not occupied with teaching her 'Art  I's, Art II's, and crafts class, she is busy working with the stage sense and costumes committee for the 1967 variety Show.

Miss Tabachnick has majored in the fine arts including sculpture, ceramics, painting, drawing, and textile design. Currently she has been devoting much of her time to the field of print making. She has done some of her prints upon request.

This lively teacher also enjoys dancing, cooking, sports activities, and music. She prefers classical music, but sometimes her classes are able to persuade her to play records by Donovan and instrumental versions of popular songs. Miss Tabachnick regrets that she doesn't have enough time to do justice to all the things she enjoys.

Miss Tabachnick is a native Chicagoan, having been raised and educated in the Windy City. She graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In addition she spent several summers at the National Music Camp in Interlochen, Michigan, where she studied in connection with the University of Michigan.

Miss Tabachnick has taught in the Junior School of the Art Institute and at various community centers around Chicago. This is her first year of teaching full time at a high school. She thinks Maine West is a great school.

Mr. Richard Mendrella is a new teacher at Maine West this year and teaches algebra and plane geometry. To him, the best thing about Maine West is "The people I come in contact with ‑ both the students and the faculty. The faculty are nice, and majority of the students are good."

"The most important thing about Maine West is that it's a learning situation for both the students and the teacher; and both should try to obtain their goal," smiled the brown‑eyed, 5' 9" teacher.

When questioned about his reaction toward school spirit, he responded, "From what I've seen of the school spirit, it is very high among the freshmen and tapers off in each succeeding year. From what I've seen elsewhere, it's usually the opposite."

"From experience, my advice to the students is to do as much on their own to improve their talents rather than rely on the teacher to figure out the problems. Students are reluctant to use their own abilities to solve their own problems."

"Flash" is a nickname given to Mr. Mendrella by former students. Where he taught in his former school, he used to get so involved in a math problem he was doing that he'd run from one blackboard to another; consequently, he was given the name "Flash."

Mr. Mendrella recalls no "funniest" incident in his life and smiles saying, "Everything has been hilarious since I was five years old." This can be proven by the optimistic view he seems to have for life and his good sense of humor.