English High School - Blue and Blue / Record Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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HEADMASTER ' S MESSAGE To The Class Of 1985: It is with great pride that I take this opportunity to reflect on the 1984-85 school year at English High School. Given that this was my first year as headmaster of the school, f am especially honored to have the opportunity to carve out my place in the distinguished history of English High School: America ' s oldest public high school. In looking back at this year, I would hope that you would remember the role each of you played in beginning to re-establish English as one of Boston ' s truly outstanding high schools. As each of you entered this year, you were faced with the challenge of making the high school a special place for yourselves and for the many students who would follow you in the years to come. We had advertised English as Boston ' s Hard Work High School and we sought to establish tremendously high expectations for each of you, as students and as young men and women. I feel that each of you responded to the challenge in an exemplary fashion, and that each of you contributed to laying the foundation for the resurgence of English High School, in the classroom, in the communi- ty, in interscholastic competiion and as an important symbol of public education in the City of Boston. When you have the opportunity to look back and reflect upon the 1984-85 school year at English High, I would hope that you remember this as a special year and as a turning point in your life, as well as in the life of the school. Most importantly, I would hope that you ' d remember English High School as a significant factor in helping you to develop, not only as a student, but as a conscientious, considerate, disciplined, responsible and committed man or woman. May this past year live in your memories forever. Best Wishes always. Sidney Smith Headmaster

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Steven Leonard Susan Omsberg Livaughan Chapman Larry Myatt Susan Burke Joseph Thompson Message to Seniors As you go forward in life, I hope that you look back upon your days at English High School with fondness. As I go forward in my life, I know that I will look back upon the times we all shared together with great pride and much love. I, too, am an English High School graduate. I, too, once looked forward at an uncertain future from the exact point in life where you are now. I have survived the challenges that were waiting in my future and I am confident that you are equipped to survive the challenges in yours. As you meet them and defeat them, I hope you are able to look back upon your experiences here at English High and know that we prepared you well. As you go forward in life, may you always walk with pride. May you ever strive to make the world a better place. And finally, may you find happiness in your every endeavor. Go forward with pride, love, and determination. Class of 1985, I send you onward with much love and great expectations. Steven Leonard Assistant Headmaster Traditional Magnet Arts Edward Joyce 6