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

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Mrs. Betty Prezzy Bryant, a home economics teacher at Malcolm X Shabazz. has taken on the responsibility of being yearbook advisor. Since having come to us. she has become known to be a person of great persistence, as well as one who dedicates much of her time and energy to the student body — academically and socially Although she is a neophyte as a yearbook advisor, she is giving considerable time to developing the 1984 Optimist into a yearbook in which we can have pride. This involves staff meetings several days after school as well as lunch periods, meeting at the school on vacation or weekends to prepare to meet deadlines, and also conferring with editors at night by phone Luckily for the senior class. Mrs. Bryant has the persistence and determination not to be associated with failure . Therefore, we. the 1984 OPTIMIST Staff, are very pleased to be a part of the production of a yearbook that we can treasure and be proud of in the years to come Anthony Tucker Assistant Editor-in-Chief 8 YEARBOOK ADVISOR

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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

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CPTIMIST STAFF ED4TOWNCHCF CRYSTAL WARMACK Fimr ’% MESSAGE In our preparation of the yearbook, we always kept in mind the dying spirit of the bulldog. With this in mind we attempted to include things that in previous years had been overlooked, such as definition of an Optimist, and a tribute to Malcolm X We also kept in mind that we were a part of a whole and becase of this fact we knew that we must produce a yearbook that would be appreciated by the senior class as a whole Patience was not one of our greatest virtues. We fought a great deal of the time and tried to compromise the rest. There were deadlines to meet which made people on edge and very irritable Through all the discomforts of working under constant supervision, the “1984 Optimist Yearbook Staff managed to pull through and deliver the best yearbook possible We. the 1984 Optimist Staff take pride in our finished product and we hope the Malcolm X Shabazz Class of 1984 is just as pleased with it. Crystal Warmack Editor-irvChief ASSISTANT ETTTGT'S MESSAGE Graduates of 1984. prosperity is a goal you should have You have just completed a task of honors A ckpioma is worth gold, only if you can develop from it. The Class of 1984 has made achievements unknown to many people You wi become aware of your fame later in life, because it comes with maturity The time has arisen for you to lead society and not be led by society. For too long, minorities have been under - estimated of thee knowledge and capacities Sr ce w© are leoders of the future, we are able to open doors for other people Anthony Tucker Assistant Editor-irvChief ASSISTANT ECXTOR CH F ANTHONY TUCKER OPTIMIST STAFF 9