Cardinal Newman High School - Accolade Yearbook (West Palm Beach, FL)

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Newman ' s RIGHT: Father Griffin ponders over mixed up files. OPPOSITE TOP: Sister Mary Mark checks sched- ules for the third time BELOW: Guidance counselors Sister Anne Gallagher, Father Griffin, and Sister Mary Mark possess the smiles that make students feel comfortable. BELOW CENTER: Ex- Newmanite, James Bambrick, from Stetson returns to help senior, Anna Stevens choose a college. OP- POSITE BOTTOM: Sister Anne provides ad students who need her counseling. 22 Academics

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He ' s Heard Them All His duties range from collecting fines, taking care of student attendance, to teaching one course per semester. To Cardinal Newman ' s Dean of Students, Mr. Ken Berg, these responsibilities must be and are carried out each day. With a Bachelor ' s Degree in Biological Sciences and a Master ' s Degree in Educa- tion, Mr. Berg ' s eleven year teaching ca- reer has taken place at Newman. He has, in the past taught Basic Math, Biology I, Biology 1IB, Enviroment and Man, and Marine Science. His activities included coaching Swimming for four years and being moderator of Newman ' s Oceanog- raphy Club for three years. When Mr. Berg took over the position of Dean in 1979, he had to give up a few things. I really miss coaching the swim- ming team and teaching the sophomores in Biology I, but I don ' t have the time. I do get to teach one class in Biology IIB, and I really look forward to it because it is sort of a mental break. This year Mr. Berg was very pleased with the job that student ' s did about being on time for school. Students don ' t real- ize that I serve every detention with them. My one goal would be one Friday with no detention. When students are late or absent, Mr. Berg is the one who listened to excuses and reasons that they gave. My all time favorite excuse was by Sharon Shattie, who graduated last year. She told me that when she was at work her car was towed away. She had to pay a fine to get her car back so she didn ' t have any money to pay her gum fine so that she could take her semester exams. She had gone back home to get some money and that ' s why she was late. Being in a job where he has to disipline students, Mr. Berg does get satisfaction when a student does something wrong and I help him to realize that he is wrong and help him to make it right. As for plans for the future, Mr. Berg has a few goals. I ' m already teaching college courses part-time and would like to be able to teach some more. Personal- ly, I always wanted to build a house from scratch, but I don ' t have time for it. I guess I just want to enjoy life and Florida living. For now life for Mr. Berg is something different every day and you begin to realize that fact is stranger than fiction. . ' ,, ii m ii r ii it „ „ , , r -:-:. , -■- ■ ■■:■?: . ■. „ V: w ;i „;, , ,| -, ;: ; ,i .- ABOVE: The many faces of Mr Berg: (top) i to and (bottom) with a friend. Ac ademics 21

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Guiding Lights To make each senior aware of my personal concern for his or her happi- ness, to make the seniors aware of this present and future reponsibilities, to stress the importance of working to ca- pacity in order to be able to accomplish their dream, and to assist each student in developing and recognizing his or her God-given potential so that each will de- velop his or her best self. These objec- tives exemplified just how much Sr. Anne Gallagher cared for the students at Cardi- nal Newman, both as a guidance counsel- or and as a friend. n 1981-82 the Guidance Department went through a transition: the freshman class was divided among three counsel- lors, Father Griffin, Sr. Mary Mark and Sr. Anne Gallagher, with Mr. Schram as well to help with the scheduling. The counselors were responsible for their own classes in addition to the Freshman class. Sr. Anne guided the Seniors, Fr. Grif- fin had the Juniors, Sr. Mary Mark had the Sophomore class. Since Sister Anne was the Senior Class counselor, she was very busy throughout the year filling out college applications, transcripts, and sending them to colleges from New York to Hawaii. In addition to counseling in this area, Sr. Anne, Sr. Mary Mark, and Father Griffin also ad- vised students on personal problems, aca- demics and career planning. The Guid- ance Department had always been and remained during the past year a place where students could find help and ad-