Sewanhaka High School - Totem Yearbook (Floral Park, NY)

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N Board of Regents ol' New York State grantetl the school gi ehilrtei' and it was thus plzleetl on the zxeeretlitetl list of seeontlnry sehools, liven the name Sewunliulxgi was carefully se- leetetl. It tlutes hiiek tothe time when the Intli- ans who inhiihiretl this part of Long lslunrl were engaged in the miiiiut'uetui'e ot wumpuni, which they nmtle from the shells so iihiiiitlgint along the coast. The Duteh userl the term sewan, meaning seutteretl or loose, to desig- nate wqimpuni. The term lmel4y means lantl or country. So uppeiirs SCXYlllll12.llxLl. the school name hy the iirst BllillllOi-l2alllC1lflUIl ol' Sewzin ulxzi High School. 'lohn A. l.t-nnie of l7runl4lin Square is lwresi tlent of the present Bogxrtl ol' lftlueiition. The other members ure: Hririw' .'Xustin, representing New Hitle Purkg Henry huiier, lilI1N7llfQfJSCLlF P. Brion, lfloriil llirrlt, D11 George li, Davis, Floral P1lI'lxQXVLllIeI' :X. lilson, lfrqinlxlin Square William McQueen, lilniontg untl Rielmrtl Roh 1 erts of New Hytle llurlx. lxlLll'CLI5 QX. Christ is the zxttorney for the l3oi1i'tl.,lolin Y. Haier is treiis- L1fCI',llllLl Mrs, Louise Hineleel, seei'et.try.

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SEWANHAKA HIGH SCHOOL THE SEWANI-IAKA BOARD OF EDUCATION Nassau Counlq EWANHAKA has the distinction of being the second central high school organized in the State of New York. Hence the official name f- Central High School District No. 1. The only other central high school district is located at Valley Stream. This type of organization is unique in that the high school is supported by several independent 15 JOHN A. LENNIE, PRESIDENT, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION grammar school districts. In the Sevvanhaka organization are the local school districts Cknown as Union Free School Dis- trictsj of Floral Park, Franklin Square, New Hyde Park and Elmont. CStewart Manor is part of the Elmont school districtj Each local school board in the above named districts elects two of its members to represent the local district on the high school board. This type of cooperation has made possible the beautiful building and line equipment which we enjoy at Sewanhaka. All four districts sharing the expense of a common cause are thus able to build and maintain an educational institution of the linest type, giving the boys and girls of the four communi' ties the wide range of educational advantages generally found only in city high schools. From the beginning the various communities displayed enthu- siasm and interest in the undertaking. The securing of a central location was carefully considered, and after the present site was selected Knappe 8 Morris, school architects of New York, were engaged to design and erect the building. Pupils poured into the new school and classes were organized in the still uncompleted building in September, 1930. Inspectors from the State Board of Regents later visited the new school and inspected the courses, with the result that the

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M, 4 ly. . w-fi:-fi--ff Q gs f 'f,.,H. 5 ,fm --.f-. fav gg -1: , , A LQ.-91 ,ZJQQL ,iv Q ' XI. A aiffgf ,,...r A ' , , Fla., .-, 'Ru HAROLD W. WRIGI-IT, Assist- ant PrincipaI, and Members of the office staff: Miss Elson, Miss Abrams and AIIrecI Kiefer. s CHARLES C. COOPER, ACTING PRINCIPAL OF THE SEWANHAKA HIGH SCHOOL I ! ,pi f C 11 ,. -L sl IQ