Hempstead High School - Colonial Yearbook (Hempstead, NY)

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should be extended to the many teachers who sacrifice their time to assist in promot- ing more interest in extra-curricular activi- ties for the benefit of the students. During summer recess, some teachers even sign up for extra courses to provide you, the student, with a more vast and vivid portrait ot new educational ideas that may someday prove helpful to you when you take your place in the world. Among the many special departments 'N f 1 9' ws i nf-as 7, 'Lf Lett ta right, Row If Thomas Chambers, Art, ltuincl Chapman Homcmalxing Ncry Cha ch Engl: h D Smith A. Combes, School Doctor, Pauline Cullen Librarian Stuart Dale Industrial Arts Row ll A Barrett Davidson, Chairman, Business Departmentg Catherine Degenhardt Business Viola Dendy Science Yvette Dagin, Core Curriculum, Sonia Darwin, English A Franklin Faust Chairman Science Department that are included in our school system is the guidance department. This department contains four individual guidance counsel- ors and their secretaries, who assist each student in planning his or her high school program during the four years of high school and assist in selecting a higher place ot learning tor academic students. They are ready and willing to help the student at any time he is in need of assist- CJFICE.

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left to right Flo ence Abbott Citizenship Education Alyce Adolph Phy ical Education Kazmuer Albnnskr Music Robert Ayres Mathematics Robert Baker English Rupert Barber Jr Speech and Drama Our Trainers AVE you ever stopped to think about your teachers and realize how many problems they must face each school day during the forty week period of every school year? While you are busy occupy :ng your after school hours participating rn various school acttvltles or doing your assigned homework, most teachers gener ally have a stack of homework or test papers to take home and correct for hours at a time Every teacher takes a keen In terest In each of his or her students and sees to each student s need for knowledge Besides the many tasks that techers must perform during school hours, most all teachers of H H S also take It u on themselves to sponsor an extra curricular club or coach an athletic team after school has been dismissed We are fortunate to have many active clubs and organizations In H. H. S. for which most of the credit Margaret Benghley Science Nancy Belfer r et right Royal Benner Science Marion Bennett, Homemokingg Virginia Best, School Nurse: Imogene Boyle Chairman Mu rc Department: Alice Bringhurst, Business: Paul Brown, Business. QQ- I4

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flu! l Marilyn Mayer, Mrs, Vincent, Norina Gomillion, Alan Lee Young, Judy Bennett study the world. For the benefit of all students, the guid- ance department maintains a large amount of research material on various colleges and universities throughout the country to which the student may refer. Also, this de- partment has a special staff that serves to help students obtain part or full-time em- ployment appropriate to their training in a specific field. The faculty is divided, according to subiects, into individual departments. The 0. :rc ..- L 71 '22 Gs. A Left to right, Row lr Frank Fish, Citizenship Education, Marion Fish, Music, Bernice Ford, English, Fred Franz, Physical Education, Barbara Friedman, Business, Ruth Gaflga, Business. Row ll, Felix Gongemi, Physical Education, Flora Gunnerson, Citizenship Education, Gertrude Gunther, Language, Robert Hayes, Chairman, Math Department, Mathias Hcllzach, Business, Harrison Hodges, Music. Mr. Mansell helps Ralph Ascolli in Industrial Arts while Ronald Sampson works alone. English department, under the chairman- ship of Miss Barth, does much to establish a more basic view of the English language and literature. To promote this understand- ing of our language, students were given tickets in their English classes for a Shakes- pearean play presented by Hofstra College in March. An excursion trip to Connecticut in May to see the Shakespearean Festival also proved beneficial to both students and English teachers who attended. The citizenship-education department is Q' Y-v 'Qi