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

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Secretaries They Kept It Together Cardinal Newman High School could not run as smoothly and efficiently as it does without the aid of the dedicated secretarial staff. The secretaries consist- ed of Mrs. Charlena Abdo, Mrs. Pat Cros- sey, Mrs. Gail Ogden, and Mrs. Martha Shonter. The four ladies had diverse jobs. Mrs. Abdo, the administrative secretary, assist- ed Fr. Curley, Miss Courtney, and Mr. Schram in correspondence and other matters. Mrs. Crossey, a general secre- tary, took care of comforting the sick students in the clinic, absentees, and the papers to be run off. Mrs. Ogden, a regis- trar, was responsible for student tran- scripts and other records. Mrs. Shonter, who was the first employee hired when Cardinal Newman opened, worked as a financial secretary. Her duties ranged from billing to taking care of the student club accounts. Where would Newman be today with- out her secretaries? Imagine a school day without a clinic or copies of papers? That would be a day without secretaries. L 1 ,. I LEFT Mrs Gail Ogden, Mrs Martha Shonter. Mrs. Charlene Abo. and Mrs Pat Crossey, take a minute to relax TOP Mrs Gail Ogden goes over transcripts of in- coming students Academics 41

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Media Center Staff Helps Behind The Scenes There are a million things that we have to do behind the scenes that people don ' t see. — Mrs. Pat Sharp When Mrs. Sharp first started working at the library seven years ago, there was no Audio-Visual department or many of the other items which has made New- man ' s library more of a research center ' . With the expansion of the Audio-Visual department, periodical section and verti- cal file, more responsibility has been placed on the librarians; Mrs. Pat Sharp, head librarian, Mrs. Nell Martin, Audio- Visual coordinator and Mrs. Natalie Pies- cik, who does ' a little bit of everything. ' With the added responsibility the li- brary staff has had to sacrafice many things. Mrs. Sharp stated that, I would like to be out with the kids more but I have to spend more and more time at my desk. Despite the time spent to improve the library, Mrs. Sharp and Mrs. Martin agree that there are still some things that need to be done. We would like to expand our collections and update the existing equipement. Many students think that they can only use a book when they do a report. They are afraid to use the equipe- ment in class and for projects. But they are all optimistic that the library is begin- ning to develope and grow for the good of the school. V TOP: Mrs Sharp reviews new material for the li- brary LEFT: Mrs Martin sets up a film for the students to view in the A.V. room. RIGHT: Mrs. Piecik writes over-due slips 40 Academics

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Out To Lunch TOP RIGHT: Mrs. Warren totaled the days profits. BELOW: Miss Wynn tested the coke machine be- fore lunch RIGHT: Mrs Sermon filled the superburger drawer which was emptied 5 minutes into lunch Hi Luv! is the greeting received by hungry Newman students from Mrs. War- ren as they arrive at lunch in the cafete- ria. Mrs. Warren, who was originally from Australia, has worked in the cafeteria since the day it began. First she was a volunteer in an organization of mothers who sold chips, sodas, and ice cream. At that time there was only one crowded lunch period so working in the cafeteria was very hectic. The rest of the cafeteria staff includes: Mrs. Mary Scalfani, Mrs. Victoria Ser- mon, Mrs. Jean James, and Mrs. Law- rence. They all work together to prepare top quality food for hungry students. They are willing to listen to suggestions throughout the school year, in order to bring the student an enjoyable and nutri- tious lunch which sometimes includes a super-burger. Students return to class with a better disposition because they had eaten a good meal in a warm atmosphere filled with friends which was made more enjoyable by the cafeteria staff. 42 Academics