Middle Township High School - Middletonian Yearbook (Cape May Court House, NJ)

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The Advanced Placement American History Class of Middle Township High School invited the respective leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union to hold their proposed summit meeting in Cape May County or visit the county as part of the summit process. The project originated as an extension of a discussion of a late October news report about the impending US-Soviet summit with premier Gorbachev's wish to see part of America. Upon review- ing the charms of our area, the class started to draft letters to Premier Gorbachev, President Reagan, and Secretary of State George Schultz to consider the request. One of the highlights of the project was speculation about what response the class would receive from the letters. There were two responses: one from the Office of the Secretary of State and another from the White House. The meetings and entourage of the summit remained within Washington, D.C., but if any change in the agenda had occurs, the the students' invitation would have been considered. The students were encouraged by this statement as they did not receive a formal declination. The Soviets received one letter but did not respond. Students Summon Leaders N 1. Michael Peck: Univ. of Pennsylvania, Post. Grad. 2. Jim Ratchford: Univ. of Scranton, BS. 3. Edward M. Zebedies, Jr.: Rider College, MA. 4. Mar- tie Edwards: West Chester Univ., BS. 5. Theodore B. Bryan: Glassboro State College, BA. 6. Robert Mer- ryman: Glassboro State College, BA. 7. Gloria Park- er: Towson State Univ., BA. 8. William Ludman: Augustus College, BA. 9. Dennis Campbell: Eastern College, BA. 10. Douglass Shiner: Kutztown Univ., BS. 11. Mock Trial Team: Deshema McCoy, Kim Leavitt, Shannon Hunter, Angela Dell'Orefice, Ve- ronica Hatcher, Michelle Corbitt, Gregg Lane, Cathy Oliver.

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Science League ,. X . 1 .H X .g ., vtggwz N f is s :fri Science Fair 88 j The word to describe Middle Township High School's 15th Sci- ence Fair is variety. Even a casual glance at the projects would reveal the creativity of the budding scien- tists. The displays ranged from Julie Esher's innovative method of shelv- ing plants to Kim Leavitt's fluores- cent hand and foot prints to a myste- rious cardboard box. Detailed dia- gram of a basketball's trajectory stood across from an artistic depic- tion of a corn field. Observers were greeted with titles as succinct as Al- gae and tongue twisters like The effect of frequency and distance on data loss of cassette tapes. Upon close investigation, one was amazed at the ingenuity employed in finding project topics. The human body may have been studied throughout the centuries by profes- sionals, but the students shed new light on anatomic wonders such as neurotransmitters, taste buds, and ears. Again, numerous sports under- went close scrutiny in the physics category. Enthusiasts of golf, skate- board, hockey, tennis, sailing, and various other activities found infor- mation to help them improve their game. Evidently many students stumbled across the same good ideas since there were five projects on memory and four on basketball, the perennial favorite. Many students chose to expand upon their hobbies, Charles Grayson took advantage of his love for soccer as Amy Brown did with chess. Others ventured into such new territories as gibberellic acid and tornadoes. Regardless of their motives, the students produced, in the words of an observer, 'a lot of solid projects. The fair was Middle science at its peak. The group of finalists consisted of Amy Brown, Carolyn Green, Mi- chelle Mann, Art Sunhachawee, Geoffrey Byrne, Ted Pirog, Bruce Terry and Greg Filipski. The Wet- land Institute awarded Mark Eckert, Greg Filipski and Scott Newbold, who had quality Environmental Pro- jects, while the Optimist Club pre- sented Bruce Terry with the Best Physical Science Project Award. The followings are the first place winners: Environmental Science 9 Thomas Grayson, Environmental Science 10 John Hsieh, Behavioral Science 9 Jennifer Heck, Behavioral Sciences 10 Amy Brown, Biochemistry 9-10 Michelle Mann, Botany 9 Scott Newbold, Botany 10 Carolyn Green, Botany 11-12 Tiana Wen, Chemistry 9-10 Kahlil Gunther, Earth and Space Sciences 9-10 Michael Adolf, Engineering 9-10 John Leavitt, Engi- neering 11-12 Kirsten Marnie, Math- ematics and Computers 11-12 Bruce Terry, Medicine and Health 9-10 Rocky Jost, Medicine and Health 11- 12 Kim Leavitt, Microbiology 9-10 Art Sunhachawee, Microbiology 11- 12 Missy Otto, Physics 9-10 Rich Leonard, Physics 11-12 Geoffrey Byrne, Ted Pirog, Sherryl Croiter, Environmental Sciences 11-12 Greg Filipski, Zoology 9-10 Vicki Schu- bert.

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C' .. 9 tiff, .x r w.-mffflw - ff..L, ,Ls ,ir 2 -1,2 . f' ' if 1 A x W, Harvey Named Teen Advisor Senior Allison Jane Harvey traveled to Trenton in November to repre- sent the students of Cape May County in New Jersey's first State Teen Advisory Council. This past February, Allison was one out of 150 students in grades nine to eleven in local schools to answer the question, What Would Make New Jersey A Better Place To Live? The questions was posed by Assembly- man Guy Muziani to students in Cape May and Cumberland Counties, who felt that students should become more aware of their local govern- ments. Harvey was one of six students who one the essay contest. She feels it is the brain power of our young people which needs to be nurtured and harvested to its maximum potential here in our home state which would improved New Jersey. Allison along with the other five winners and six alternates meet with government officials and Governor Kane to discuss their home state. Muziani was deeply impressed by the students' essays. We at Middle were pleased to have Allison Harvey represent us as a school and county on the State Teen Advisory Council.