Hicksville High School - Comet Yearbook (Hicksville, NY)

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The Administration . . . HICKSVILLE SCHOOL BOARD . . . ( . to r.) front row: Irving Lawrence McCormack, former member James E. Anderson. Note: a picture of the —secretary, Herbert H. Johnson—president, George A. Jackson—vice-presi- present School Board with new member Mr. John McManus was not availa- dent; second row: Caleb Hornbostei, Marvin Goldberg, Cornelius J. ble at the time the Comet went to press. 'We know that we ought to pass on to our children the best and noblest in our heritage; surely never the worst and the meanest. We know also that these children, in their maturity, Board of Education HERBERT H.JOHNSEN - - - President GEORGE A. JACKSON - - Vice-President IRVING LAWRENCE - Secretary CORNELIUS J. McCORMACK CALEB HORNBOSTEL MARVIN GOLDBERG JOHN McMANUS will have to face new problems in life, new ways of living, working, and governing themselves, and that we must seek to develop in them those qualities which constitute strength for life- thought fulness, application, consideration for others, and willingness to face strange situations squarely. ” - Charles A. Beard FRED J. NOETH .... District Clerk JOSEPH C. CATALANO..............................Counsel HERBERT BACKMAN...............................Treasurer District Administration DONALD F. ABT - Superintendent of Schools MARVIN E. GIBSON - Administrative Assistant WILLIAM J. McCarthy Administrative Assistant RICHARD P. WEIGANG - - - Business Manager FREDERICK J. KICKER - Assistant Business Manager JOSEPH F. MADDEN - - - Director of Recreation WILLIAM BECKER Director of Buildings and Grounds WILLIAM J. CAMPBELL - Director of Research MRS. SYBELLA CAESAR - Supervisor of Transportation MAINARD CHITTENDEN - Supervisor of Attendence, Census and Registration MISS BARBARA M. FENERTY - Director of School Lunches MRS. ELIZABETH GARRISON - Supervisor of Nurse-Teachers MR. LOUS MII.LEVOLTE - Supervisor of Physical Ed. 12

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Hicksville High has grown in its ten years. From a small suburban high school it has become a sprawling educational complex serving over three thousand students. The traditional high school curriculum that it first offered has expanded to encompass advanced cources in science, mathematics, history, English, and foreign languages. To help each student get the most out of his high school years, the Track System was introduced in 1957. Now, in a continuing effort to individualize mass education, the Social Studies department has adopted the team teaching, or Lecture, system. The vocational training program, which every year serves more and more students, has grown to include the newest methods and equipment in its curricula. In these ten years the faculty has doubled to keep pace with the higher caliber of the pupils and courses. With the opening of the new classrooms and cafeteria this fall, Hicks ville was able to abandon the split sessions which had hampered it for so lung, and now offers the greatest educational facilities to the greatest number of students in its history. BACK IN ’$6 . . . this was HHS. With the exception of the addition ot the science wing, it hadn’t changed until this year when the new wing (left) was added to expand the school’s capacity. 11

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Donald F. Abt. Superintendent of Schools 13 Marvin E. Gibson, Administrative Assistant William J. McCarthy, Administrative Assistant