Classical High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Health Help hat one place did students turn to during the year when they needed medical help; and even when they didn’t? That’s right, the nurse’s office. Many times during the average day nurse Lydia Tutt heard the common cries, “I have a headache,” “‘My stomache hurts,’’ “‘Can you give me some aspi- rin?”’ and the usual “I’m sick - I want to go home.” Naturally, along with the sick students there were always a few wolf - cryers seeking a haven from tests and incomplete homework assign- ments. The nurse was left with weeding out the fakers from the rest, and sending them on their way. For those students who were ill enough to be sent home, Mrs. Tutt had to get in touch with Mr. Robert Smith - Science their parents - sometimes a difficult task - and inform them of the illness. Although this may have been a trying time for the sick student, it was all a very necessary procedure. While the school nurse was around mainly for the advantage of sick students, her job also entailed other duties. Besides working with the students, she was responsible for updating school health records and checking to see that everyone had been properly immunized. In the case of special immunization clinics such as the measles clinic and tuberculosis testing, the nurse aided in distribu- tion of shots and reading of results. The nurse’s job was very involved and students at Classical were very lucky to have her around when they weren’t feeling their best. Mr. Robert Stevens - Math Mr. David Stratton - Gym Mr. Stanley Stolarz - English 24 FACULTY Mrs. Audrey Szlachetka - Science Mrs. Andrea Tarczynski - Language

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Mr. James Phaneuf - Math Mrs. Laurie Pieterse - English Mr. Richard Ricci - Science Mr. James Podworski - English Miss Theresa Regina - English Mr. Paul Rieker - English Gretchen Dubbs knows that practice makes perfect. Mr. Paul Robbins - Music Minor Subjects: A Major Undertaking hat student hasn’t experienced a boring study, when those fifty minutes seem to be fifty hours? Sitting there and sitting there, watching clock hands that don’t move, the student suddenly wishes he had work to do, no matter how insane the thought is. Well, some students opted not to waste periods twiddling their thumbs, by signing up for elective courses. An elective course is a course that is not required to be taken, and is not a full-credit course. Courses, such as band, met four periods a week all year, twice a week all year, such as typing, or Miss Linda Rozzi - Math four periods a week for half the year, such as psychology I. A student may have signed up for an elective course for any number of reasons. Avoiding unnecessary studies or a genuine interest in the class were common reasons, but a need to accumu- late course credits for graduation helped fill classrooms too! When a student enrolled, he could not expect to breeze through the year with the teacher entertaining him. A minor subject had to be taken as seriously as a major, and sometimes students discovered that their half-credit course was more stimu- lating and challenging than a full-credit course! Time and effort were required to succeed in such a class, but the satisfaction which resulted usually proved quite worth the extra effort. If asked about their elective courses, any student was likely to exclaim, ‘“‘Minor subjects are a major undertaking!”’ FACULTY 23

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Mr. Miles Tipton - Gym Mrs. Phyllis Thomas - English Mr. Chris Zguro - Gym Faculty Finds f course, new faces are seen at the beginning of each A school year, and a few dear ones are missing; ‘“‘A normal 2) phenomena,” one thinks, “Kids grow up, graduate, go on to new lives.”’ But this doesn’t pertain just to students — the faculty is growing and changing just as often, and several teachers came to start a new life here at Classical this year. Miss Virginia Donigan taught American history, while a related course, American studies, was instructed by Dr. Donald D’A- mato. In addition to American studies, Dr. D'Amato taught world history and psychology. The Science Department received its Miss Barbara Weissbrod - Math Mrs. Jeanne Wessman - Language Mr. James Walsh - Vice-principal share of new teachers, too, welcoming Mr. John Krom and Mr. Michael Burns, both biology teachers, with Mr. Burns also teach- ing chemistry. Mr. Edward Hart and Mrs. Linda Abbott joined the staff of the Math Department, making a fine group even better. To the Language Department came Mr. John Denis, who educat- ed students in Latin because of the increased popularity of this language, and Mr. Miguela Ayerue. Mr. Elliott Dyer became a member of the Art Department, offering his creative abilities to the student body. Each of these new teachers helped make this school year a productive, enjoyable year. They filled a need for c hange and growth, necessary to a changing and growing school such as Classical. Classical was lucky to find such able teachers! FACULTY 25