Great Neck South High School - Vista Yearbook (Great Neck, NY)

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Assistant Superintendents Left: Samuel Polotnick, Instruction. Right: Robert Eicher; Business P.T.A. Left to Right: Rochelle Grossman. Joan Viesta, Norman Wheeler, Dorothy Zuckerman, Serena Cummins, Esther Forman Board of Ed. Left To Right: Leon Korobow, Donald Ashkenase, Lawrence Gross (Pres.), Constance McNichol, J. Robert Rosenthal (Vice Pres.) Asst. Supt., Board of Ed., P.T.A. 19

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GREAT NECK PUBLIC SCHOOLS Great Neck, New York Phone 516 482-8650 Phipps Administration Building Dr. William A. Shine 345 Lakeville Road Superintendent of Schools To the Class of 1983: John L. Miller, a former Superintendent of Schools who made significant contribu- tions to your high school, once urged: “Let us remember that we are building for a future that we can hardly envision but which will hold us accountable I would like to reaffirm his admonition for the Class of 1983. You are citizens of the twenty-first century. Your values, abilities, strengths and weaknesses will shape that future which once seemed to be so far away. For the 288 members of South’s first graduating class, the political, technological and cultural realities of 1983 were but inchoate thoughts. Yet they have assumed the enor- mous responsibility of life in our time. You will be just as ready to cope with the world of 2007 because you, too, have had a good education at home and at school. Even as the Class of 1959 could not predict the joys and sorrows of 1983, you are denied the specifics of your role in the future century. When you realize, however, that you are part of a con- tinuum of Great Neck students who have met the challenge, you should be encouraged to embrace your private destiny. The District’s first graduating class in 1898 was well prepared for their journey through the twentieth century. I’m confident that you are as ready to shape the twenty-first! William A. Shine Superintendent of Schools 18 Superintendent of Schools

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Time flies when you’re having fun! Time certainly has flown. It is hard to believe that it has been four years since you, the seniors, entered South Senior as our first ninth grade class. Those initial days of transition were difficult ones for both you and this faculty. Time and common sense helped us overcome the difficulties and permitted us to enjoy each other’s presence. You were pioneers, not through your own choosing, but nevertheless you helped us to redefine our school to what it is today ... a place in which we can all take pride. There is hardly an adult who cannot say that he she could have done better in high school. I am sure, you, the seniors, are no exception. It is our hope, however, that the time that we spent together has helped you to grow and understand your role in this world of ours. No one in this big picture is insignificant. Each of you is a unique individual. There was never anyone quite like you before, nor will there be anyone like you in the future. We also hope that what you have learned will prepare you for an ever-changing world, one in which there is great need for tolerance, understanding, appreciation, knowledge and common sense. If we have failed to help you in this regard, I assure you that it was not through lack of trying. In days and years to come as you think of South Senior, I hope that you do have the image of a place where people truly cared. In behalf of the faculty I wish that you fulfill your dreams and that you live happy and useful lives. 20 Principal