East Brunswick High School - Emerald Yearbook (East Brunswick, NJ)

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LEON IRENE WALTER MARYANN RONALD SHIRLEY FLOREK FORCE FREY GAVRON GONIER GREGOWITZ KENNETH LOUIS LOUIS CELESTE DINO ALFRED HITCHNER HODE HORVATH HUNTER JASPER JACUKIEWICZ EDYTHE PAUL CHARLES KRISTA PHYLLIS LOUIS KIESSLING KIMMEL KING KIVIRAHK KLUGERMAN KOSA Times change; so must schools That expansion of staff and in- creased specialization of assignment was also seen on the high school level where Mr. Albert Zusman was appointed as third assistant principal and administrative chores were reas- signed. Mr. Guidoboni would over- see curriculum and instruction; Mr. Caseiro, business matters; and Mr. Zusman, student affairs. The faculty, too, was directly in- volved in trying new things. A teach- er workshop examined the idea of arena scheduling and recommend- ed its adoption. However, the idea was torpedoed by a vote of the fac- ulty at large. Faculty committees, with student membership as well, reexamined OPEN and the policy of on-campus smoking. Their reports were submit- ted to Dr. Burnett in late spring and passed on to the Permanent Faculty Committee for study during the summer and probable implementa- tion in the fall. Teachers, working within their var- ious departments, also revised courses of instruction and, following the lead of the English Department, came up with a host of one-semester electives to replace current full-year programs. Finally, the Board of Education ap- pointed a lay committee to make a study of the long-range needs of the school system. Among the items they are to consider is the question of a second high school in town. EBHS is now the largest high school in Middlesex County and third larg- est in New Jersey. It is still growing. Can the needs of the student here and of the community best be met by adding on to the existing high school or by building another high school? Also, should we continue as a three-year high school or revert to the original four-year plan ? Mrs. Gardner has said that what was good educationally even ten years ago is not good enough now. Ob- viously, the Board, the Administra- tion, and the faculty haven't found all the answers yet. But there can be no doubt that they are asking the questions in an effort to find out what is good enough today.

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JAMES HOPE MARY ANN ROBERT DONNA BERNARD BALSAMEELO BARG BARKO BENSON BIRCH BLACK FRANCES EDITH LENA ROSEMARY JOHN CHRISTINA BOGAN BRAGINTON BRAUER BROWN BRUTHERS BURLEW MELVIN LOUIS MARY CAROLE CHRISTINE ARDIS CASEIRO CHALUPA CHECK CHESKIN CHRISTENSEN CONDON Board of Education, administration, staff work to improve schools, meet challenges People who say 'I didn't have that when I was in school and it was good enough for me' really bother me, says Mrs. Nancy Gardner, new presi- dent of the Board of Education and first woman to hold that post in East Brunswick. Those same people would not think of driving a 1930 car today. Education, like everything else, is a series of experiments and, while I do not believe that everything that's happening in education is 100 per cent perfect, if we do not try new things we will not progress. Anyone who is even passingly famil- iar with the educational scene in East Brunswick would have to admit we are trying new things. Some changes are to meet the expanding size of the school system. Others are to meet the changing times. Still others reflect the changing attitudes — even resentments — of the community. The elections in February, for exam- ple, saw the voters reject not only the school budget but also the re- election bid of two incumbents, Dr. Robert Woodruff and Mrs. Joan Neuwirth. Elected were the more conservative Mr. Russell Walker, incumbent, and Mr. Bertram Buck- ler. Also elected was independent candidate Mrs. Edythe Gutman. In the subsequent reorganization of the Board, Mrs. Gardner was elected president and Mrs. Gutman, vice president. The Board then tackled the job, in concert with the Town- ship Council, of slashing the budget. $150,000 was lopped off. In adminis- tration, the year saw the appoint- ment of Dr. Edward Bowes to the position of Assistant Superintend- ent. He assumed responsibility for secondary level curriculum and in- struction. Commenting on the en- largement of the administrative staff, Mrs. Gardner stated, You cannot just add building after building, teacher after teacher, student after student wihout making some strides forward in your top-level personnel We have created a structure that should hold well into the future.

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SEYMOUR GRODSTEIN KAREN JAMES GUSTAVSEN GUTHRIE CHARLES HAMMOND DORIS JOSEPH ROBERT LAMAESTRA LATORRACA LAWSON GLENN LEMERICH BETTE ALAN DOROTHY JOHN LERNER LESITSKY LESTER LIBERTAZZO Faculty: Florek-Libertazzo LEON FLOREK. Mathematics. Coach: Soccer. BS, Glassboro State College. IRENE FORCE. Health and Driver Ed. Adviser: Drill Team. BA, Jersey City State College; RN, Muhlenberg Hospital School of Nursing. WALTER H. FREY. Biology. Adviser: Class of 72. BA, Montclair State College. Past President EBEA. MARY ANN GAVRON. English. Adviser: Cheer- leaders, AFS. BA, Albertus Magnus College. RONALD GONIER. Mathematics. Adviser: Girls Booster Club. BS, University of Richmond. SHIRLEY GREGOWITZ. Shorthand. SEYMOUR GRODSTEIN. Mathematics, Comput- er. Adviser: Ski Club. BA, Brooklyn College; MA, Brooklyn College. US Army. KAREN GUSTAVSEN. Family Living, Psychology and Sociology. BS, Douglass College. JAMES GUTHRIE. Biology. Coach: JV Baseball. BS, U of West Virginia; MA, Rider College. U.S. Army. KENNETH W. HITCHNER. Chairman of Guidance Department. AB, Dickinson College; MEd, Rutgers University. LOUIS A. HODE. Special Education. BS, South- eastern Louisiana University, Rutgers Universi- ty; MA, Trenton State College. LOUIS HORVATH. Chairman of Industrial Arts Department. Adviser: Table Tennis Club. Coach: Cross Country. BA, Washington State University; MA, Trenton State College. US Army. CELESTE DORE HUNTER. Lively Arts, Dance, Driver Ed. Adviser: Dance Club. BA, Mount Union College; MEd, University of Pittsburgh. DINO JASPER. English. Adviser: Green and White Shoppe. Coach: Golf. BA, Mount St. Mary's College; MA, Seton Hall University. U.S. Army. ALFRED JACUKIEWICZ. Cooperative Industrial Education. BA, Glassboro State College; MEd, Rutgers University. URSULA KAFADAR. German. Adviser: German Club, Ballroom Dancing Club. BS, Northwest- ern University. PETER KAZNOSKY. English. Coach: Winter Track, Spring Track. BS, U of West Virginia. EDYTHE M. KIESSLING. Chairman of Nurses. RN, St. Francis School of Nursing. Post Graduate at Margaret Hague, Rutgers, Seton Hall. PAUL KIMMEL. Chemistry. AB, Columbia Uni- versity; PhD, University of California, Berkely. CHARLES M. KING. Chairman of Social Sciences Department. Adviser: Key Club. Coach: Foot- ball. BA and MS, St. Bonaventure College. US Army. President EBEA. KRISTA KIVIRAHK. Chemistry. Adviser: Chem League. BA, Douglass College; MS, Rutgers University. PHYLLIS KLUGERMAN. History. BA, Brooklyn College. LOUIS KOSA. Mathematics. Coach: Soccer. AB, Trenton State College; MEd, Rutgers University. JERRY KUPCHYNSKY. Supervisor of Music. Or- chestra. BME, Murray State University; MA, Rutgers University. US Army. RONALD T. KURAN. Business. BS, Rockhurst College. DORIS LaMAESTRA. Mathematics. BS, Douglass College. JOSEPH LaTORRACA. French. Adviser: Gradua- tion, Language Labs, School Rings. BA and MEd, Rutgers University. ROBERT LAWSON. English. BS, Rutgers Universi- ty; MA, Trenton State College. GLENN LEMERICH. Mathematics. Adviser: Class of 74. BA, Trenton State College. BETTE F. LERNER. Art. Adviser: Art Club, Folio. BA, Douglass College. ALAN S. LESITSKY. Spanish. BA, Rutgers University. DOROTHY LESTER. Business Education. BS, Blue- field State College; MA, U of West Virginia. JOHN C. LIBERTAZZO. Industrial Arts. BS, Tren- ton State College. USAF.