Harborfields High School - Harborlight Yearbook (Greenlawn, NY)

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LI ES OF COMMUNIC Almost every student at Harbor- fields has taken language at some point in their high school career- you HAVE to!- but many people are unaware of the opportunities that are available through the language department taside from forty minutes of conjugating verbsl. People like Richard Shellhas and Chrissy Hajagoz have taken advantage of the opportunites offered in our school. Richard, the winner of the Con- gress Bundestag Scholarship, was selected out of 260 people nation- wide to spend his senior year in Hamburg, Germany. Chrissy Hajagos. a junior. is on an ex- change in Ulm, Germany. The life style in Europe is totally different from that of Harborfields. The last I heard from Chrisy, she and her friends had rented a villa on the French Riviera! Likewise, we have students from abroad here at Harborfields. Achim Kretchmer, is Conjugating verbs? No sweat. Sophomore Marilyn Ramos focuses in on her test. YIQQZZ5 124 2 f. an eg 1 ATIG a student from Germany. He ex- changed homes with Crissy. Also Luis Barcenilla has come here from Spain to study here in the United States. People who are not ready for a culture shock will opt to get just a taste of it through our foregin languages clubs. The German, French, and Spanish clubs have activities such as foreign films, trips to restaurents, and parties. This year the Spanish Club sponsered a clothing drive to support the Hispanics on Long Is- land. Mrs. Khatir and Mrs. Scheef are two teachers who are very act- ive in the language department and are always coming up with new ideas for the clubs. Students who have continued with their languages for five years will be taking their Regents in June. A.P. courses are offered in French and Spanish. The Buddy System: Achiem Kretchmer, Ger- man exchange student. gives Papa Thoelen a hug. Say Cheez , Pops. I I 6 Language A-MA

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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

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f Me guna 19011110 mzljer. Qzfesf- ce que J cu dll au clcfsusf' Rob Leas. '87 -.15 Is this a thrill... Corrine Brown, senior, barely contains her excitement over French Club plans to sell souvenirs. Softspoken Luis Barcenilla. exchange student from Spain. talks with his friends. Language H7