Hicksville High School - Comet Yearbook (Hicksville, NY)

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Mr. Meyer Physical Education Mis, Miller English Mrs. Mills Beauty Culture Mr.Munch Physics Fire Squad Mr. Muratore American History Mr. Murphy Business HECA Miss Newman Business Miss Osborne English Publications Mr. Paisner Chemistry Mr. Palguta American History Mr. Parlow Mr. Pellerin American History Music Tri—M NOT PICTURED Miss Malamed Physical Education Mr. Niceforo Spanish Mr. Persinger Mathematics ORGANIZING THE LIBRARY . . . proved to be a mnnu- mental task for Miss McGuiitess and Mrs. Haurahan, the li- brarians. 29

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and a language for the future; In the third grade you learn that the three necessi- ies for life were food, clothing, and shelter. But the older you got, the more you realized that there is a fourth—arithmetic. Arithmetic is essential for ba- lancing checkbooks and paying bills and measuring wallpaper. Arithmetic as a specific course is not taught here. One may study varieties of algebra, geometry, or trigonometry, or even the calculus and modern math, but not arithmetic. The reasoning behind that is that everyone is supposed to know how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide by the time he is fifteen. If you are one proficient in at least three of these, you can gain an excellent mathmatical background at HHS that is guaranteed to get you through SAT tests and, with luck, early college math. Hicksville’s math department is large and its cur- ricula extensive; it has to be in order to accomodate the ever-increasing number of students who decide that three years of math are not enough. Consequent- ly you can go to an Advanced Algebra Class every period of the day if you want, or spend each period with a different kind of math. If you want even more numbers, there exists a math club which does its share in keeping youths off the streets on Tuesday afternoons. A strong mathmatical background is becoming more and more important in this computer age. Hicksville providently foresaw this, and prepared for it. The only unfortunates are those who can’t add, now lost in the IBM cards. FROM DERIVATIONS TO INTEGRALS ... Mr. G. was able to bring some sembeleoce of order out of the chaos known as calculus. Mrs. Luftig English Mr. Lupis Biology Physics Mr. Marrocco Spanish Mr. Masi Biology Booster Club Phy-Chem-Bi Miss Mayer Guidance Mr. McCarty English Miss McCormack Mathematics Future Teachers of America Mr. McEnaney World History Debate Club Mrs. McGovern Nurse-Teacher Miss McGuiness Library 28

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Mr. Petro Physical Education Mr. Richman English Mr Plochochi American History World History Mr. Rienzo Mathematics Mr. PradI English Mrs. Roberts Business Mrs. Reed Mathematics Mr. Roberts Physical Education Mr. Renn Physical Education Mr. Rodenrys Guidance A TEACHER'S TIME . . . is spent helping students. Mr. Plochochi, as all of the teachers, was often available after class. Mr. Rogalin Guidance Mr. Rozran Guidance Mr. Rosen Physics Miss Russo Chemistry Physics Book Discussion Club 30 •