Headliners
Archived Front Page Slide Show
Student Council
1972 - 1973
Sitting: Kathy Sipe, Valerie Taliman, Susan Ramsey, Sharyl Haven, Mike Sipe, Leannie (Lathem) Whipple, Wylie Phelps, Nan Benallly, Kathy Skiles, Paula Magnuson.
Standing: Terry Weaver, Rod Powell, Gilbert Garcia, Kathy Bridges, Rodney Hewett, Dean Anderson, Bruce Tso, Greg Sandoval, David Fredenberg, Jerry Skiles. Not Pictured-Jenny Notah
Seniors Rule!
May 1991
Drifting Sands
Named during a dust storm in October 1955, Drifting Sands was first published by the ninth grade class as a special project. The students were asked to look out the window of the classroom and think of a name. As the wind blew the sand against the building, the students noticed drifts and patterns that were being formed. The scene was of drifting sands.
Lorraine Wauneka became the first Editor-In-Chief. Robert Nelson was the Assistant Editor and Sammy Kee was the Art Editor. Others involved included Skippy Curley, Helen Cronemeyer, Everett Benally, Betty Ashley and Marjorie Damon.
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Good Shepherd Episcopal Mission
Circa 1957Window Rock School District and the teacher apartments were built adjacent to the Good Shepard Mission. The Mission, under the direction of Father Givens, served as a boarding facility for children who lived in distant locations. It also provided classrooms in 1957-58 for the future Class of 1965 and even allowed the boarding of horses when needed.
Many of the children who lived nearby remember Bridget, the Great Dane who belonged to Father and Mrs. Givens. The dog often came for a brief visit in the late afternoon to the apartments and would be called home by the ringing of the evening mission bells. Bridget was larger than many of the children but a gentle giant whose tail was something to be avoided as it whipped through the air with excitement. Soon she would be on her way back to the mission and home.
Over the years the Good Shepard Mission has been a friend and goodwill ambassador to the school and the students of Window Rock School.
This building, located onsite at the Mission, served as additional classroom space for Window Rock School.
Pfc Lori Piestewa, pronounced Pie-ESS-tuh-wah, was a Hopi and the first Native American woman killed in combat. Lori, 23, was a mother of a 4 year-old boy and a 3 year-old girl.
Lori was deployed, along with roommate and friend Jessica Lynch, to the Middle East in February 2003. Both were members of the Army's 507th Maintenance Company based at Fort Bliss, Texas. On March 28, the crew took a wrong turn near Nasiriyah and were ambushed by Iraqi soldiers. Six members of the 507th were taken as prisoners and ultimately rescued by American Forces.
On April 17 the Arizona State Board on Geographic and Historic Names waived a 5 year-old waiting period and changed the name of Squaw Peak in Phoenix to Piestewa Peak.
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John Brown, Jr.Original Code Talker
Decorated American and Navajo Hero
Husband, Father, Grandfather & Great Grandfather
President George W. Bush congratulates
Congressional Medal Winner, John Brown, Jr.John Brown, Jr. admires Congressional Medal in Washington DC.
On July 26, 2001 and at 78 years old, John Brown, Jr. was presented with the Congressional Medal of Honor and was chosen to speak in Washington DC on behalf of the Code Talkers. In addition, the other four living Code Talkers, Allen Dale June, Chester Nez and Lloyd Oliver, were able to travel to Washington DC to receive their gold medals. Teddy Draper, Sr. received his medal in New Mexico. Those Code Talkers who were no longer living, were represented by family members.
Brown is the grandfather of Valery Showalter Brandow, Class of 1990.
Mrs. Martin's Fifth Grade Class - 1957
Good Sheppard Mission
L to R in the back: Mary Damon, Pat Mann, Diane Rudeau, Valentine Cummings, Stella Brown, Katherine Howell, Patsy Cowan, Louise Naswood, Theresa Sells, Linda Fitch, Susie Denetdeel, Elsie Billie, Linda Yazza, Christine Wauneka, Jerry Teller.
Front: Nancy Martin, Joetta Bluejacket
Concert Choir
Flagstaff, 1965
Front row: Janet Benally, Laura McCammon, Brenda McGahey, Sherry Hicks, Maxine Bergeson, Wilma Sandoval, Judy Naswood, Neda Smith, Gloria Yazzie, Janice Lee.
2nd row: Shirley Gleason, Vangie Smith, Genevieve Lee, Joan Robertson, Vicki Stanton, Bill Williams, Phillip McCammon, Chester Hubbard, ____,Belinda Johns, Christie Masters, Cheryl Lanners
3rd row: Gloria Hale, Kathy Davidson, Gertrude Dennison, Claudia Houseknecht, Lydia Hubbard, Andy Davis, Keith Gaston, Calvin Clauschee?, Lynn Crow, Eloise Billie, Debra Lester ?, Margie Meyers
4th row: Paula Lee, Debra Yazzie, Harriet Tracy, Nela Meyers, Sarah Ewing, Karen Blanton, Sharon Ashcroft, Eddy Cadmon, Jackie Nofchissy, Janet Cordes, Karen Hicks, Georgia Ashley, Peggy Brady
5th row: Mike Lincoln, Bill Brady, Mike Adams, Tim Worley, Clyde Hillis, Herman Fredenberg, Charlie Parks, Robert Eddy, Wayne Nez, Chuck McCammon, Ron Benally
Mervyn Hillis, United States Navy
Class of 1967
Two Tours in Viet Nam, American and Navajo War Hero, Husband, Father
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Window Rock School - 1957
In the background is the tower of the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church. In the upper portion of the picture is the road to Sawmill. The upper left object is in question: Some believe it is either a water tank or the old Bureau of Indian Affairs power house that was between the old US Post Office and the Catholic Church. The power house had a generator that ran on coal and provided electricity to the BIA and IHS offices before the days of the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority. Another school of thought is that the object is too large to be the smoke stack of the old power house and too far south to be a water tank. It is not a structure located in Fort, but a stabilizer placed on the telephone cable running across Black Creek. Note the power pole to the right of the bridge railing (Long Bridge). The stabilizer reduces the sway of the cable during high winds.
Perhaps the true identity of this object will never be discovered. As each of us attempt to unlock the various mysteries from our youth, we recall different situations and scenarios. Together we can explore the possibilities.
