Mechanicville High School - Halfmoon Yearbook (Mechanicville, NY)

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ENGLISH The English department welcomes this year seventh and eighth grade teachers, Mrs. Abcl- son and Miss Fusco. Mrs. Pickett has taken on a new project, that of teaching the Advanced Placement English course for seniors. This will also be Mrs. Conroy’s last year at MHS, and we wish her luck with her future plans. Pic- tured left to right: Mr. Durden. Mrs. Abclson, Mr. Harris. Mrs. Dclucia. Mrs. Pickett, and standing in for Miss Fusco. Mr Prosser. SOCIAL STUDIES Mr. Snyder and Mr. Gruber combined forces to jointly teach a Macroeconomics class this year, which was a successful endeavor for both teachers and students. In addition, the Social Studies department sent two students to the Student Senate program in Albany. Pic- tured from left to right: Mr DiLallo. Mr. Mastropictro. Miss Foy. Mr. Erano. Mr. Gruber. Mr. Snyder. FOREIGN LANGUAGE Both Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Durden who hold Masters degrees from SUNY at Albany create a solid foundation in foreign language for all students at MHS. Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Durden have both devoted time to orga- nizing various activities for their respective clubs such as dining at French and Spanish restaurants, going to plays and cross-country skiing. Spanish IV has also been added to the curriculum. Pictured from left to right. Mrs. Rogers. Mrs. Durden 12

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ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Our new Athletic Director this year is Mr Lyons. A graduate of Orange County Com- munity College and Westchester Slate Col- lege. Mr. Lyons holds a Bachelor of Science degree. As well as teaching seventh and eighth grade physical education. Mr. Lyons also coaches our very successful Varsity. J V. and Modified Wrestling teams. I SECRETARIES I This year the secretaries welcomed a new addition to the office; a copier that, has been said, will cut their work load by a large amount, not to mention the benefits it will bring to teachers. In fact, the machine in- creases efficiency as a whole at M MS . . . that is. when it works! Pictured at right. Row I; Mrs. Rogers. Row 2; Mrs. Phelan. Mrs. Graber. Mrs Govcrski. Guidance Counselors left to right Ms. Fcnnclly. Mr Rando Health Care: Ms. Ford. II

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MATH Our Math Department enjoys the addition of two teachers. Miss Boisvert, who teaches eighth grade Math, and Mrs. Gibcau. who teaches seventh grade. The department has added an Advanced Computer Math course, which Mr. Bombardier teaches in addition to basic Computer Math. Pictured at right: Row I: Mr. Legasse. Row 2: Mr. Gaughan. Miss Boisvert. Mrs. Peterson. Mr. Bombardier. SCIENCE This year the Science Department wel- comed back the familiar faces of Mr Barge, and Mr. Wise, who is the advisor for S.A D.D. (Students Against Drunk Driving). Long time biology teacher Mr. Slate will be leaving us to retire this year, and we will all miss his unfor- gettable wit and wisdom. Pictured left to right: Mr. DeAngclis, Mr. Knapik, Mr. Slate. Mr. Barge, Mr. Rozon. Mr. Wise. BUSINESS Mrs. Bombardier organized this year’s trip to Coblcskill for the competition in typing, shorthand and other areas of business. Both Mrs. Bombardier and Mrs. Hoffman have taken groups to Coblcskill in the past, and as always our business students did well. Mr. Muth began teaching Accelerated Account- ing: which is an advanced business course, in place of Accounting 11. Pictured at right: Row I: Mrs. Bombardier. Mrs. Hoffman. Row 2: Mr Muth. 13