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

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A,-Ns A . -aus L 'NX MR. HAROLD' VV. XVRIGHT, M.A. SllfH'l l'I.fi71g Prinripnl 1930 Principals Message URING the last 30 years the concepts of American educa- tion have changed and expanded as a greater understand- ing of pupil needs grew out of rapidly changing conditions in American life. It became clear that the old purely academic high school no longer met the needs of increasingly large numbers of pupils. Sewanhaka High School was awake to these changing needs of youth and pioneered in the Held of the establishment of the comprehensive high school. Under the farsighted leader- ship of Dr, A. T. Stanforth, Principal for fifteen years, and with the help of the Board of Education, the administration, the faculty and active advisory committees, the school became recognized both nationally and internationally as an outstanding example of this type of high school. A survey of the program which has developed under this plan shows that all pupils of all interests work together in all phases of life in the schoolg a fine example of American Democracy in action. There is no better example of education meeting the needs of all children of all the people than the comprehensive type of high school. Under the Central High School law as it existed in the early days, this school was privileged to have a considerable assistance in terms of increased state aid to the extent of almost 75'I of the cost of operation in the school year 1935-36. The state continued to pay over 60 TE of the total cost through the school year of 19-I-3--H. This gave the young people of the com- munities coinposing the Central High School District a tre- mendous advantage in terms of educational facilities and in no small measure was responsible for our outstanding program for the first 25 years. HAROLD XY. XVRIGHT, Supersvisizrg Principal 14 MR. ALFRED B. CAINE, M.A. MR. Howfxan NORDAHP, M.A ,-Irrirtant Principal Srrand .-lsszstant Prznczpal 1931 1937 MR. VVALLACE PURDY, M.A. Mas. MILLXCENT WILLE, B.A. Dean Of Boyr Dean of Girlx 1941 1943 Mas. DOLORES BYRNE Miss ASEN.XTH M. Mosso, M.A. Sfffftafy t0 Aff- Hffiflflf Dirfdor of Guidance 1943 19+2 MR. ALFRED G. KLEFER XI - B ' L .R-.KENNETH PLACE urznerlsgganayer Building Supfrintmdmt 1930 ,

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MR. JOSZEPH A. BRUTON MR. ROBERT PARKINSON MRS. VIOLA S. SOUTHERN MR. H. FRANK CAREY MR. JOHN J. DOYLE lfrfe-freszdrnt District No. 16 District No. 5 District No. 17 District NO. 17 District NO. 16 1953 1952 194-1 1952 1950 Boord oi HE Board of Education of Central High School District 42 is unique in structure in that its membership is composed of trustees from the Boards of Education of New Hyde Park, Elmont, Franklin Square and Floral Park. Two members from each of these component boards are selected to serve on the central board but represent the entire central area and not the local district. While this imposes a double burden on each member of the High School Board, its value has been well proven by the high standards of edu- cation within the elementary districts and the integration of the total educational pattern from grades K through 12 throughout the Central District. In a high school such as Sewanhaka, the problems of business and finance, while tremendous, are almost secondary to the develop- ment of its comprehensive educational program, A high degree of commendation is due to the Administration and the board members of the previous 25 years from whose cooperative efforts has evolved a system of education which has made the name Sevvanhaka synony- mous with outstanding secondary education in America. They have provided the best educational system possible within the economic ability of the taxpayer. They have maintained a high degree of morale among the staff and student body to the end that education is an enthusiastic process. The educational process is basically one Vci ucoiion MR. VICTOR G. KANE of teamwork and satisfaction through accomplishment. Difriiztdggs VICTOR G. KANE 1952 Pre'.tiz1'ent,B0r1rd of Education, Central I-Iigh School District No, 2 MRS. ANNE M. BOECKMANN MR. RUSSELL F. THOMAS, JR. MR. ALFRED LOEW MR, J. EDWIN RUSSELL MR. ALFRED G. KIEFER District No, 22 District No. 22 Atiornfy Clerk Treasurer 1952 1953 1941 1931 1931 Yi 1, . ' f ,t s 'wat gf5'f'35.1 , ' nav -iv, ff ? :Wy se igi'? : - -- , 13

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MRs. if QM , jpw - L,, ! 1 1 SX DUANE DELLO STROLOGQ, M.S. MR. JAMES DENICOLA, B.A. Miss HELEN KRUGER, M.A. MRS, RU-I-H BACKIEL M'A U71Wf '-'ffl' of W13f0H,fIn Syraeuse University Columbia University Chairman I 1954 1951 1939 Columbia Unifuersity 1930 MR. MURRAY lNlClS?AIG, .M.F.A. Y ., Mis! EILEEN MCMAHON, B.A. MR. FERDINAND OBRENSKI, M.A. MR. THOMAS THOMASIAN, B S Syraruxe U7lIi'ff5l1j' U ,Q Hunter College Columbia Urzifversity R. I. School ofDe.rig1z 1954 y 1952 19-I-9 1954 'x tt. Art Department N what basis do you judge a painting? In teaching sensitivity to form and color, the Art Department imbues a broad background for developing personal prefer- ences in art. To carry out our program effectively, the depart- ment has grown from two to eight teachers and from courses in Elementary Design and Drawing to sixteen courses in Drawing. Design. Fashion, and Ceramics, Two Sewanhaka graduates are on the Art Faculty. The young artists use a wide variety of materials for experiment and study. Fre- Upper left: Pat YVittosch puts some detail on her clay horse in ceramics. quently there are slides and movies. The individuality of the students is evident in three dimensional mobiles, a colorful display, a peaceful landscape, or a new look in Fashion De- sign. Each year many a parent receives an attractive object, sometimes inspired, the product of hard work in a ceramics class. Potential Rembrandts and Diors receive aid in prepar- ing to enter competitions or win scholarships. VVhether one is aiming at a career or art for art's sake, our curriculum encompasses all. Upper right: Making pottery is fun in ceramics Lower left: Mr. Obrenski examines a landscape done Center: Art Class had pretty Spanish Dancer, Pat Lower right: Mrs. Dello Strologo checks kiln baking by Paul lVinther. Devlin, for a model. technique.