Mont Pleasant High School - Montaneer Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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GUEST OF HONOR AT CAPTAlN'S TABLE WE DEDICATE Mr. Donald Sayles, Sec. of graduafing class MonT PleasanT. l94l. AssisTanT Principal aT MonT PleasanT As seniors, we The class oT '62 have come To know The eTTicienT lead- ership oT Mr. Donald Sayles, now AssisTanT SuperinTendenT oT The Sche- necTady School SysTem. Principal oT lvionT PleasanT Tor over Tour years in- cluding our Treshman and iunior years. Mr. Sayles employed his excepTion- ally skilled TalenTs as a leader and educaTor in The advancemenT oT iv1onT PleasanT. ConsequenTly, we Teel iT our responsibiliTy and privilege To dedi- caTe This yearbook as a TribuTe oT our appreciaTion and graTiTude To one OT ivionT PleasanT's Truly eminenT principals. A graduaTe oT Albany STaTe College oT EducaTion, Mr. Sayles holds B.A. and lvi.A. degrees and is currenTly working in Columbia UniversiTy's program Tor a Ph.D. l-le enTered STaTe Teacher's College iusT prior To World War ll, bu+ due To The world conTlicT, he inTerrupTed his educaTion and served as a lv1iliTary Policeman in The Army. ATTer The war, ivir. Sayles reTurned To Albany STaTe To conTinue his educaTional program. l-'le TirsT came To The SchenecTady School SysTem in l95O as a Teacher in NOTT Terrace l-ligh School. SubsequenTly, he enTered a leadership Training pro- gram in which he served as assisTanT principal aT MonT PleasanT and Principal aT CenTral Park Junior High School. ln January oT l957, Mr. Sayles reTurned To lv1onT PleasanT as principal and remained in This capaci- Ty unTil June oT l96I when he was appoinTed To his presenT posiTion. During his presence aT ivionT PleasanT, lvir. Sayles displayed ouTsTand- ing qualiTies as a leader and a worker. These characTerisTics coupled wiTh an aTTable personaliTy command a respecT Trom his colleagues and The sTudenT body. As described by his associaTes, Mr. Sayles is a Tireless worker, possessing a boundless source oT energy. This characTerisTic is complemenTed by an abiliTy To aTTack a problem under pressure and emerge wiTh an ouTsTanding soluTion. These and oTher basic aTTribuTes such as exTreme Tairness, high moral values. and a keen inTeresT in young people and Their TuTure as ciTizens, have made Donald J. Sayles one oT The coun- Try's promising young educaTors who, in consonance wiTh our Theme, is moving Full Speed Ahead. l Principal aT MonT PleasanT

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