Maxson Middle School - Highlighter Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

Text from Pages 1 - 64 of the 1976 volume:

axson Middle School PLAINFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY HII 3 9510 4006 5396 Highlighter ee WG (ONY THE YEAR OF THE FALCON Maxson Middle School Plainfield, New Jersey ¥ ae Lh AT tk (nae bi Mi py : Dit. } A Ulett We 4 REO 0.) IN MEMORIAL shall not cry Return! Return! Not weep my years away; But just as long as sunsets burn, ....And dawns make no delay, i shall be lonesome---! shall miss Your hand, your voice, your smile. Elfen M. Gates TO THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 1976: Two hundred years ago in our American history a slogan was coined, ‘’The Spirit of ‘76.’ These words came to symbolize fortitude, strength of character, and desire of the colonists in this new frontier. They were determined to face the future in a positive, constructive fashion and tomold'their lifestyle and their country into something better than what they had before. In many ways your graduating class, the class of ‘76, possesses a similar type of positive spirit and readiness. This year was one of many entertaining and educational assembly programs where students were the focal point. We will never forget the fact that both our boys and girls basketball teams completed undefeated seasons, our student fashion show was quite a hit as were the carnival and the faculty production of ‘‘Maxson Follies’’ — why, this was the year that saw even the principal defeated at the checker table. But, in all seriousness, the role you played in bringing about positive change at Maxson Middle School was truly a lesson in participatory democracy. Student and staff cooperation was an obvious element in the successful year that we have all enjoyed. Following the summer recess you will be full-fledged high school students, and have learned firsthand that your influence does count and that you can make good things happen around you if you put forth effort in a constructive fashion, working in conjunction with school authorities. This, of course, can be applied to life itself—not just school situations. You leave Maxson with a positive feeling about yourselves and an awareness of your potential for leadership and involvement. The pattern of living that you are demonstrating at this stage of your life can be carried over into adulthood—you are at the crossroads right now. Please remember, as you enjoy the fun of the high school experience, that your major purpose is to secure the necessary educational tools to open ‘‘doors to your future.’’ Let nothing stand between you and that academic achievement; itis yours for the earning. Think of yourselves as the new, ‘Spirit of ‘76’. Your principal, Hal F. Nusbaum ice Principal Vv Joyce Haynes, = I © 7 S U £ 5 ‘= o. fol, vy o L — = o : : © S a ie 4 x n : 4 © £ fee) r=} = = = tL . © s x Mr Mrs. Carol Burruss Mrs. Jean Shaw YY Mrs. Carole Thurston Mrs. Jean Schneecloth English Department Guidance Department Librarian and Nurse Mathematics Department Music Department Physical Education Department Reading Department Science Department Sixth Grade Teachers and Special w f°)) © =) (2) bd © onl Foreign Ari— ing— Typ ial Arts and Home Economics iL. =— ” =) xe] = oes t= w = 1 ce) a. a wes | Stud Socia Secretaries Office Aides Security Cafeteria Aides CLASS OF 1976 FIRST ROW—Theima Abney, Arlene Adams, Kimberly Adams, Louis Alexander SECOND ROW—Sonda Alexander, Tonya Allen, Ear! Anderson, Gregg Anderson THIRD ROW—Michael Apello, William Armstrong, Karen Austin, Lynn Aydelotte FOURTH ROW—Lessie Bailey, Bradley Barmore, Deena Barnett, Thomas Beaton CLASS OF 1976 FIRST ROW—Valentine Beigrave, Douglas Belin, Leandra Bell, Wanda Best SECOND ROW—Gien Biack, Cariestra Biount, Everett Boatwright, Carla Boykin THIRD ROW—Howard Boykin, Eric Bradiey, Reginald Bradshaw, Theodore Brailsford FOURTH ROW—Tonya Branch, Bonnie Brown, Lisa Brown, Bernetha Brundidge CLASS OF 1976 FIRST ROW—George Butler, Jeffrey Butler, Wanda Caldwell, Lisa Carden SECOND ROW—Lisa Casella, Kimberly Casey, Larry Chapman, August Ciufo THIRD ROW—Beverly Clark, Gregory Clarke, Laurel Coaston, Leslie Coaston FOURTH ROW—Jay Cobbs, Mary Coles, Jacquelyn Coney, Mary Coulter CLASS OF 1976 FIRST ROW—Gayie Counts, Kelly Counts, Sherry Counts, Cathy Cox SECOND ROW—Cynthia Craig, Tammy Cross, Levi Curry, Donald Dabney THIRD ROW—Joseph Davis, Kelly Davis, Gloria DelNegro, Mary Del Papa FOURTH ROW—William Deskins, Jose Duin, Christshel Dunn, Donna Edenfield CLASS OF 1976 FIRST ROW—Enaud Edwards, Weidon Egerton, Tonya Enalls, Mario Espinal SECOND ROW—Martha Evans, Maurice Evans, Wendy Evans, Elizabeth Faraone THIRD ROW—Krystail Ferguson, Christopher Flood, Evelyn Ford, Marcia Foster FOURTH ROW—Roosevelt Franklin, Haroid Frazier, Darren Freeman, Vickie Freeman CLASS OF 1976 FIRST ROW—Virgilio Fuentes, Mack Gamble, Emad Ghanem, Katherine Gili SECOND ROW—Michael! Gillette, Linda Glover, Roger Goetz, William Goetz THIRD ROW—Jose Gonzalex, Darry! Graham, Leslie Graham, Stephen Graham FOURTH ROW—Cynthia Grant, Trent Gray, James Green, Garry Greene CLASS OF 1976 FIRST ROW—Anthony Grey, Douglas Grimm, Jeffrey Grisby, Jon Erik Gulliksen SECOND ROW—Anthony Guy, Cynthia Guy, Kelly Hacker, Tracey Hailey THIRD ROW—Kenneth Halsey, Terri Halsey, Kimela Hamilton, Lori Hampton FOURTH ROW—Wilbert Hargrove, Darlene Harris, Deborah Harris, Cheryl Harrison CLASS OF 1976 FIRST ROW—Cynthia Harrison, Lorenzo Heatiey, Patricia Heard, Mark Henry SECOND ROW—April Hill, Ronaid Hill, Linda Hills, John Hishmeh THIRD ROW—James Hoimes, Darrel Hopkins, Kimberly Howard, John Ivery FOURTH ROW—Lolita Jackson, Mark Jackson, Robert Jackson, Tonya Jackson CLASS OF 1976 EIRST ROW—Anthony James, Stephen Jarrell, Rachei Jasper, Samuel Jefferson SECOND ROW—Andrea Jeffries, David Jenkins, Arthur Johnson, Ephria Johnson THIRD ROW—William Johnson, Lori Jones, Paul Jones, Breon Kelly FOURTH ROW—Bonnie Kidder, William Knight, Elizabeth Knowles, Melinda Knowlion CLASS OF 1976 FIRST ROW—Suzanne Knowlton, Gloria Koon, Robin Kornegay, Stacey Lamarr SECOND ROW—Tina Lamb, John Landgraff, Graceann Landi, Kraig Lattimore THIRD ROW—WMelandi Laws, David Leach, Cari Lee, Nathaniel Lewis FOURTH ROW—Patty Lewis, Donna Ligon, Tracy Litzenburg, Christina Loizeaux CLASS OF 1976 FIRST ROW—Pierre Loizeaux, Yvonne Long, Richard Lynch, Yvette Lyons SECOND ROW—Terry McCauley, Brian McMillan, Valerie Mackey, Kimberly Madison THIRD ROW—Susan Madsen, Scottie Mann, Angelo Marshall, Douglas Marshall FOURTH ROW—Rhonda Marshall, Pamela Martin, Jerome Mason, Carla Mathis CLASS OF 1976 FIRST ROW—Carla Mattox, Kim Mayers, Lori Mays, Richard Micco SECOND ROW—Cynthia Miele, Tracey Miller, Anne Minister, Leah Morgan THIRD ROW—Terrance Morgan, Toni Morris, Gary Muccigrossi, Laura Mutz FOURTH ROW—Herbert Myers, Lisa Myers, David Neal, Regina Nelson CLASS OF 1976 FIRST ROW—Sharon Nesbitt, Karen Nettingham, Joseph O’Bryon, Margurita Ocasio SECOND ROW—Rolando Ortiz, Frank Puredes, Lawyer Parham Jr., James Parker THIRD ROW—Debbie Parroit, Derek Patillo, Ramona Paul, Angei Pearson FOURTH ROW—Cassandra Penn, Rufino Perez Jr., Vivian Perry, Gregory Peterson CLASS OF 1976 FIRST ROW—Lawrence Philson, Dean Plante, Geoffrey Plummer, Gregory Plummer SECOND ROW—Cary Potts, Joseph Prince, Clyde Ragland, Andrew Ramsey THIRD ROW—Jay Raves, Michele Reed, Keith Reid, Derek Riddick FOURTH ROW—Felix Rivera, Lillian Rivers, Jeanette Roane, Edward Robinson CLASS OF 1976 FIRST ROW—Lisa Robinson, Cindy Rookard, Duane Royal, John Royal SECOND ROW—Bryon Russell, Katherine Saddler, Robert Sanchez, Roberta Santilla THIRD ROW—Alan Schachter, Penny Schaefer, Bruce Schenck, Jacqueline Schmidt FOURTH ROW—Rene Schmidt, Johnetta Seay, Paulette Seay, Kevin Sharpe CLASS OF 1976 FIRST ROW—Todd Sharpe, Ranjit Shastri, Michelie Shaw, Walter Simmons SECOND ROW—Lorraine Simpson, Tina Simpson, Lisa Singer, Rechelle Singleton THIRD ROW—Sandra Skinner, Amelia Smith, Alfred Smith, Lisa Smith FOURTH ROW—Eddie Southgate Jr., Eric Spann, Kenneth Spivey, Dorian St. Clair CLASS OF 1976 FIRST ROW—Kelly Steele, Tracy Stepney, Michael Stevenson, Debra Stokes SECOND ROW—James Stone, John Stone, Vanessa Strond, Raymond Szczepanski THIRD ROW—Stephanie Talbot, Terrance Talley, Terry Tate, Karen Taylor FOURTH ROW—Scott Taylor, Timothy Taylor, John Thomas, Thermon Thomaston, Jr. CLASS OF 1976 FIRST ROW—Cynthia Thompson, Geraldine Thompson, Kerry Thompson, Neil Tramontano © SECOND ROW—David Trawick, Andre Tyler, Leslie Ugalis, Lachelle Uzcatequi- Gaymon THIRD 2GW-—Laverne Uzcatequi-Gaymon, Yvette Uzzie, Rosemarie Vega, Lisa Waiden FOURTH ROW—Mary Walker, Gina Wallace, Patricia Walker, Kurt Wallace CLASS OF 1976 FIRST ROW—Leigh Wallace, Arlene Walsh, Nancy Warner, Caesar Warren SECOND ROW—Jeffrey Wassen, Norita Watson, Jackeline Webb, Susanne Webb THIRD ROW—Danielle Weber, Tim Weston, Gwendolyn White, Holly Whiteside FOURTH ROW—James Wider, Darrin Williams, Gennean Williams, David Willis CLASS OF 1976 FIRST ROW—James Wilson, Valerie Wise, Randall Wood, George Woods SECOND ROW—Kathy Woods, Tammy Wynn, Katalin Yager, Lynne Yancey THIRD ROW—Dora Yarborough, Jay Young, Wilford Younger Girl’s Gym.... 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