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FROM THE EDITOR LETTERS Every now and then the Blueprint Club is able to grind out an especially impressive yearbook that receives a lot of attention. The ’85-’86 mem¬ bers of the club were able to reach this achieve¬ ment with their notebook theme (see below), and so it was the duty of the ’86-’87 members to match if not better this accomplishment, as well as maintain the tradition of putting together a unique annual publication. We were deluged by a slew of suggestions for theme that we could successfully work with for our edition of the Blueprint yearbook, but there was one which seemed to receive more votes than all of the others. After careful consideration, we finally agreed to comply with the popular vote and soon we began to develop and work on this par¬ ticular theme of modeling our yearbook after a magazine. Coming up with ways to carry out this magazine theme was an easy task at first, but when our advisor, Ms. Gail Reilly, provided us with the limi¬ tations and guide lines of producing a yearbook, our ideas were subjected to meticulous revision. We were left with a few good workable concepts that would effectively support the theme and, at the same time, would be practical. Some of these concepts included: inserting small subscription cards in the magazine, using a soft cover instead of a hard cover, scattering advertisements throughout the book instead of placing them all in one section, and including a personal ad section in the back. Initally unable to see the potential that the theme had for diversity, we soon began to realize Editors-ln-Chief Debora Toscano, Wendy Pong, Carmelo Caylo And Alex Sharpe. Center. Gail Reilly, Advisor all of the possibilities that it held. We devised a way to partition the maga¬ zine into sections that would cover all as¬ pects normally included in a yearbook. All that was left to do then was to create, with the aid of our editors and their staff mem¬ bers, the meat for the skeleton that we constructed. One of the trickiest parts in developing the magazine theme, however, was thinking of a title. We didn’t want to use Blueprint (it became the name of the publishing com¬ pany) because it was unoriginal and it wasn’t descriptive of the contents of the magazine. The title had to be simple and yet be related to the material included within. Technitt, a nickname for a Brooklyn Tech student, was the title finally chosen be¬ cause it applied to what the magazine was about. It was concise, direct, and simple. Unfortunately, deciding on the title was just another rung on the ladder that leads all the way up to the absolute completion of the yearbook. Planning, producing and publishing a yearbook to meet the expectation of a school as large and as highly esteemed as BTHS was a labor of love and learning. H ere, seniors, is one reflection of the 1986-87 school year. Hopefully, the recollections herein will remain with you for many years to come. TO THE EDITOR Dear Gail Ann Reilly, Dyanna Christie, Mike Hutchinson, Eva Lee, Margaret Mullins and staff, You have an excellent publication which shows a tremendous amount of time, effort and talent by editors, staff members and advisor. Congratulations to all on your First Place with Special Merit award. Also, congratulations for “Best Original Theme and Cover.” I have enjoyed BLUEPRINT and hope to have the opportunity to see additional issues in the future. In the meantime, keep up the good work! Sincerely, Judge, ASPA, 1986 To: Gail Reilly Subject: B.T.H.S. Yearbook Manufacturer After several unsuccessful attempts to get in touch with you by phone I have decided to try to do so through this letter. I am a graduate of Brooklyn Technical H.S. (Class of 1982) and am presently working for Digital Equipment Corporation in Burling¬ ton, Vermont. About a year and a half ago I lost my high school yearbook in a fire and have since been trying to find out how to get a replacement. I realize that it has been four years and it may be very unlikely that Tech would have any additional copies however I would like to find out the name of the yearbook manufacturer and try to contact them about a re¬ placement copy. I have great sentimental value in my memories of the years I spent at Tech and will greatly appreciate any help you can give me. Thank You, I.R. Claxton To the Editors: I just wanted to let you know how highly I think of your publication. Well-organized, informative, colorful, and fun to read are all thoughts that come to my mind when I think of BLUEPRINT. BLUEPRINT really gives one an inside look at one of the most stimulating and interesting high schools in New York City. As a former literature editor (1984-85), I can say that I know how much work goes into BLUEPRINT, and the results certainly demon¬ strate it! Keep generating bright ideas! Sincerely, Jennifer Sharpe Class of 1985 To the Editors and members of the Yearbook staff: There are many roads in life. Some are bad and some are good. When one is out in the world, a high school yearbook will always be there for good memories. And the Tech yearbook, BLUEPRINT, has always held those memories for me in its traditionally creative, interesting and exciting views of my senior year at Tech. Best wishes to the 1987 and future Yearbook staffs. Photography Editor Class of 1982
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TECHNITE - THE STAFF - - OF - BLUEPRINT PUBLISHING CO. - 29 FORT GREENE PLACE - BROOKLYN, NY 11217 MATHEW MANDERY, PRINCIPAL We want to help you get the recognition you deserve. Sometimes you do great work — but no one seems to notice. Maybe you ' ve felt like you were lost in the crowd. This year, join Jostens in a partnership — a partnership in excellence — and earn recognition for your staff while you help us produce for you the best yearbook pos¬ sible. You have a chance to earn the PICA Award, a special honor that goes only to schools that meet all of their copy dead¬ lines. PICA stands for ' 1 Perform¬ ance Incentive Commitment Achiever,” because we know that meeting all deadlines re¬ quires a commitment from the entire staff — and the character and integrity to meet that com¬ mitment. in EXCELLENCE VOL. 65 ADVISOR: GAIL REILl EDITORS-IN-CHIEF: DEBORA TOSCANO: LAYOUT LAYOUT EDITORS, ANTHONY CALOGERO. St PHOTOGRAPHY EDITORS. KARL STAUSS. WALTER SZE. ALEX RESEARCH EDITORS. DAVID JOSEPH. KIET LONG. DARREN SUELTO. MARJORIE SURPRIS TYPING EDITORS, ALBERT OH, MAY WONG SECTION EDITORS. ACADEMICS, ALLEN LEUNG. SUZANNE YEE ACTIVITIES, NAXIN JIANG. KWONG SAI FACULTY, ALFREDE DAUPHIN. KRISTEN KERR SENIORS, RITA HUNTER. NOT AVAILABLE. RICK MORALES SPORTS. WENDY LEE. MARK TATUM STUDENT LIFE, RORY ANGLIN. STACY SAVITSKY UNDERCLASSMEN, CHI UN KIM CTAFF. E CASTILLO. VARISE ..id, IMRAN KAZMI. GEE JAI. ROGER PERSAUD, KAMING WONG. HARRY YEE. JERIEL ZUNIGA ACTIVITIES, JEANNE AGUIRRE. EDWIN Cl KONG. DAVID N ...... . . J. NICOLE DAVIS. JANE EDRALIN. LISA LEBOY ADVERTISING, JAMES HU. SHONITA HUGHES. LENA LAU. JACK¬ IE LEONG. DIANA LOOK. JILL MORRIS. LISA MOY. CHRISTO¬ PHER NGAI, NICOL SHAW. RAYMOND TAM. RUBEN THOMPSON. JOHN WU ART: WING YEE CHAN. JEANNY CHEUNG. ANNE CHIANG. TONY CHIN. SAMANTHA CHOW. MYRIAM FORD. CLARA HA. CLARK JEAN. SIMONITA JOA. JENNIFER JONES. MEI KWAN LEUNG. HELEN LO. CHUN MYONG. MICHAEL RHEE, VIC¬ TOR VACA. JOHN WAI. CONNIE WONG. JOSEPH WRIGHT. ANDY YAN LITERATURE, KETHEL BORDERON. NANCY CHIANG. DAVIDA HOLMES. PENELOPE KOKKINIDES. SAMANTHA LECCA, CHRIS WALCOTT LAYOUT, AZIZ ABDELWAHAB. KAREN CHAN. SUSAN CHAN. CHRIS HOLDER. KAREN JUNG. KRISTA LAU, LESLIE LIAO. NGOR LIN. JOSHUA RICE. JULIE SETO PHOTOGRAPHY, TIEN CHIANG. ISMAIL COSKIN. STANLEY GO- LUBCHIK. GORHAM HOM. NANCY SAI. RUBEN THOMPSON. KA WAI TAM RESEARCH, MICHELE MARSHALL. FERNANDO PAYAMPS. TONY ... ..... . 1, GLORIA IN JOO LEE. ANNIE CHEUK LEUNG. ELIZABETH LEVY. YOLANDA LITTLE. YOLANDA LOWRY. MICHELE MARTINEZ. DEBORAH MAYCICK. LINETTE MCFADDEN, FE LICIA MCWILLIAMS. LIDIZ MORENO. SHALINA MURRELL. JIN MIN OH. CHANDA RICE. CASSANDRA RICHARDSON. KAREN RICHARDSON. FELIPE RODRIGUEZ. LEONIDA RODRI GUEZ. AUDREY SENIOR. FRANCES SOTO. DOLLY ANNE STEWART. VERONICA VELEZ. KAREN VICKS, SHARON WATSON. VINCE WONG. SHEILA WOODS. CATHY YALOF SPORTS: CANDICE BEDDOE. FAYE BENN. ROBERT BOS. JENNI FER BROCKMAN. WINGIE CHEUNG. NARDA JONES. NOEL LAGDOMEN. CRYSTAL RICE. STUDENT LIFE, EVELYN CHAN. SHARON DONG. VIRGINI A HAM¬ ILTON. WAI LING NG, CORRINA SMITH TYPING, SUSANNA CHAN. KELLY DU. CARRIE GONG. LENA GRA CIA. EUGENIA HOM. HEE SEON HONG. KEN IP. HYUN KIM. MUI HA LEE. ROSE LEE. KIN WAI LI. DENISE LYONS. MONA MARK. EMMANUEL MCKENZIE. PENNY NORDLAND. SI¬ MONE PERTAB. PETER SHUM. SANDRA STEWART. ANNA TAM. MARIA TAVERA. NANCY TOY. JULIA WANG. MI¬ CHELLE WILSON. BIK YEE WONG. CYNTHIA WONG ' JOSTENS SPECIAL CONSULTANTS, PRINTING PUBLISHING DIVISION
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