Bronx High School of Science - Observatory Yearbook (Bronx, NY)

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lm rw Mfmofmm Helen Simmons Hx! ' 3 ?siaei2' ., Ben ,, .- Mrs l-lelen Slmmons A ln Memoriam Durlng rhe pasr furry years, rhousands of srudenrs have srudled vvlrh hundreds of reachers ar rhe Bronx High School of Sca- ence Gne ar a rlme, rhese reachers have broughr unlgue yer unlversal perspecrlves ro srudehrs, sharlng vvlrh rhem Ienovvledge and a valued culrural herlrage Fevv reachers ln rhls schoolor anyvvhere- broughr as much ro so many as dad Mrs Helen Slmmans, vvho passed avvay on November Q, 1987 Mrs Slmmons rerlred, earller rhan planned, because of her flnal illness an May of 1987, leavlng I0 her debr rhousands of sru- denrs, vvho for more rhan rhlrry years came under her lllumlnarlng rurelage Thlrreen of rhese years were spenr ar Bronx Scl- ence, where all learned of rhls graclaus vvoman's lseen lnrelllgence, vasr scholarshlp, and selfreffaclng war These, along vvlrh orher vlrrues loo numerous ra lremlze, were rhe hallmarlss of Helen Slmmons A member of the English Deparrmenr, rhus cre' arlve reacher orlglnared rhe l'Women IO Lnrerarure' course ro helghren senslrlvlrles and ro broaden perspectives She vvas a menror, confldanre and frlend, and she vvas all of rhese ro lnnumerable srudenrs and colleagues She raughr much more rhan Engllsh, by example and manner Mrs Slmmans shared vvurh all a prablng lnrellecr and an exuberance for lifes - Arrhur Feinberg 36

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