Harborfields High School - Harborlight Yearbook (Greenlawn, NY)

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TP... X R W V X U' K X 431 C-9 tl ni .ff X 4 A -s Q' .5 X9 4' 'iff f Q-14 .2 vs '3 ill: Senior Eric Gallo listens in on what his friend has to say. The usual clowning around goes on as the teacher explains the homework assignment. I 142 Engffkfz

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-.N K xt 9 12- BACK ROW: Robin Mendelsohn, Kirstin Wemer, Jenny Dore, Kenny Shindler, John Schooff, Sandeep Rao, James Como, Terrence Thorsen. FRONT ROW: Angela Cheng, Jen Sampson, Jeanette Duberstein, Peter Bakel. William Kennedy, Chris Galasso. NOT PICTURD: Mark Perkinson. Photo by Jim Ryerson. 935 11' KV! , ,t.,,.-M-,..,,..,mW,.,.,..,,.,,, ...uf Q -L i' 'im 'muh . . A 5 D Senior Kirsttn Wemer at the podium. An im- portant and nervewracking part of the final contest is a prepared speech. Mr. Klein. one of the many advisors in the program. going over the latest assignment. ..,, mnng .3 What?! Another quiz'?! That's right. This time we see seniors Kenny Shindler James Como, Peter Bakel and Chris Galasso, all in the picture. Academic Decafftfon- 175

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05 54, , f 4.9511 - Q-Fg ftfif' I ff T' Mrs. Driscoll waits while the class finishes up the test. CLOCKWORK CLASSIC In the beginning of the year, my English teacher asked the class to list the worst book that they had ever been assigned to readgthis is going to be tough to narrow it down to one, I thought. First, I thought of ninth grade and THE GOOD EARTH, but then someone shouted out HWUTHER- ING HEIGHTSV1 I had to agree, that was pretty slow reading. Then there was THE KING MUST DIE from my sophomore year... Maybe it had been the essays that I had to write about the books that had really left the bad aftertaste. Es- says are a pain Cthey try to make you thinkj, especially compared to the easy, thirty word spelling tests some teachers give. Unfortunately, it's not something that can be avoided in Harborfields, where the English department thoroughly prepares us for Regents in the junior year, or for the advance placement tests as seniors. Zephyr. The same applies for term papers. This year, everyone from freshmen to seniors were writing papers. The topics would range from any subject of interest to a specific literary figure. The department offers some variety with exposure to creative writing CDr. Lemonedes, the depart- ment chairperson,offers a course in creative writing.J. Some teachers may give assignments in fiction writing or, as the eleventh graders in the honors program did, students may write poetry Ciambic pentame- ter, what??J. As always, students are encourged to submit their work to the Zephyr, the school literary magazine. There were many new faces in the English department this year. Mrs. Driscoll taught one of the honors el- even courses, Mrs. Schmid led tenth and eleventh grade classes, and Mrs.Deriin has a student teacher. by Ann Sochi, '88 Brainstorming up another sketch for the literary magazine Mary Campbell 87 1 44 57 9 Seniors Keith Waring, Kelly Fusco and Natalie Bredin call a mid-class conference. Chris Galasso, senior, checks out the latest test. Enghrh I I 5