Exeter Township Senior High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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Beginning a school year, of course, brings new adventures for students, faculty, and staff, but the ’83 school year started with excitement in far reaching corners of the community. Closest to the day-to-day running of the senior high was the appointment of former curriculum director Salvatore J. Corso as superintendent of schools following an eight month pause after pre- vious superintendent Dr. Dale H. Rein-ecker resigned to take a position at the Red Lion School District. Decisions during the interim were made by Corso and Richard C. Schwartz, business manager for the district. Both men were rewarded for their efforts by the out going school board. A mostly new school board was seated on December 5 with Linda C. Becker as president. Those newly elected were Dr. Christ Ganas, Dr. David Bender, Ernest Werstler, Frederick Reigel, and Nelson Oswald. The changeover in school board personnel was effected by a coalition of the Exeter Township Education Association and a bi-partisan citizen’s group, both of whom believed the time had come in Exeter education for some new insights. SCHOOL BOARD. ROW 1: E. Werstler. C. Ganas. L. Becker. E. Gilbert. R. Reigel. ROW 2: D. Bender. A. Muratore. R. Quinter. N. Oswald. GAIL L. BASTASTINI. Business De partment: Wilson Senior High School. Shippensburg State College, Penn State University (Berks Campus), Kutz-town State College. MICHAEL BEILER. Industrial Arts De partment: Elco High School. Millers ville State College. Marywood College. BARRY F. BENNETT. Social Studies Department: Central Catholic High School. LaSalle College. Temple University. 10 school board

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 “What is student life?” should be one of the great existential questions ranking right up there with “Why? and “Why not?” The answer is easy. Student life is everything: faculty, new school board members, vo-tech course, lunch, after school jobs, powdered sugar doughnuts, Twelfth Night, imaginary parades in poetry class, the first sophomore speech, school superintendents, and fire drills. If a student experiences it — sweet or acrid — it’s his life. All memories fade with time but philosophers believe pleasant memories leave a warming glow while unpleasant ones dim quickly. Student life, then, is full of treasured, even sweet, remembrances. s T a D E

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NEW BEGINNINGS As superintendent. Dr. Salvatore J. Corso replies to a trash can question from a Comp. I class. Looking from the overhead, Mrs. Sonia Miller checks the math class’s understanding of the problem. To mark her high school years, Christy Rigg serves as chairperson of the sophomore ring committee. HARRY E. BOYER, Science Depart ment Chairperson: Reading High School. Kutztown State College, Lehigh University. ANNA C. BROWN, Foreign Language Department: Oley Valley High School, Penn State University. Colorado University. Albright College. JULIE A. BROWN. Librarian: Muhlen berg High School, Kutztown State College. superintendent 11