Malcolm X Shabazz High School - Optimist Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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MS. EKMa4 LCWE On© of the most important parts of a yearbook is the dedication. It is given to a teacher who is more to us than just an instructor. This person is one who really cares about teaching, and yet is also a friend to the students. With this in mind the Senior Class is proud to dedicate the 1984 Optimist to Ms Erma Lowe, as an expression of gratitude for oil of her support and guidance. Ms Lowe graduated from Wiiam Patterson College with a Bachelor's degree in Education and later received a Master in Administration Supervision. She presently resides in East Orange. New Jersey. Ms Lowe teaches Geometry. Computer Math and Trigonometry. She is a teacher who is looking for comprehension from her students. Ms. Lowe goes beyond the call of duty to help a student She is active in the school and the community. Ms Lowe has been at Malcolm X Shabazz (South Side) since 1965. MIDWAY I've come the far to freedom and I won't turn bock I'm ctmbtng to the highway from my old dirt track I'm coming and I'm going And I’m stretching and I'm growing You've bled me and you've starved me but l‘ve sti grown strong You've lashed me and you've tried me. and you've everyttvng but freed me But in tme you'l know you need me and it won’t be long I've seen the daylight breaking high above the bough I've found my destnation and I've made my vow So whether you abhor me or decide me or ignore me. fAghty mountans loom before me and I won't stop now. Naomi Long Madgett 5

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A class advisor's job is to organize events ana fund raisers to help raise money to pay the debts of the senior class A class advisor is not required to care for and stay up all hours of the night to discuss problems unrelated to the senior class. Valerie Hammond and Margaret Robinson performed as class advisors above and beyond the call of duty. It is with great appreciation that we say thanks for the smiles that you gave in happy times and the tears that you shed in times of despair. We are deeply and forever indebted to them for the guidance they gave us through our junior and senior years and for the guidance that we are sure they will continue to give in all the years to come. It is the general consensus that lifelong friends are made between students while attending high school. It is the senior class consensus that lifelong friends have been made between each and every senior and our class advisors. To Vaiene Hammond and Margaret (Cookie) Robinson, we love you and we thank God for being blessed with your assistance and belief in our each and every endeavor. Crystal Warmack Editor-in-Chief LOVE O night cold without your nearness. O night so lonely far from you. Where are you. love? In vain My heart seeks after you in this great desert of solitude My body trembles And I'm afraid tonight. Afraid to never see you more In tNs night cold Without you near Forever you're within me. Elolonge Epanya Yondo CLASS ADVISORS 7