North Haven High School - Sachem Yearbook (North Haven, CT)

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MR. DELIO ROTONDO PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE TO THE CLASS OF 1964 .... Some of you, on occasion, have bemoaned your lot: no mid-morning break; lack of smoking privileges during the school day; uncertainty as to your college education; the Nations’ involvement in such problems as school integration, civil rights and Castro and Cuba. Self pity is often a temptation and always a danger. For the strong—and youth per- sonifies strength—each obstacle, each handicap is a challenge. Life does not let anyone get soft, and you will rise to the various challenges presented to you. In body, in mind, and in moral fiber, you will toughen and strengthen those wonderful assets you possess. Whatever deficiencies the school may have, you may rest assured that your faculty has given more than their full devotion. The curriculum, under constant evaluation and development remains one of the finest you take with you — whether to a college, a job, or a place in our armed forces — knowledge, skills, and habits that have served others before you and most certainly those who will follow. The world is in dire need of educated men and women w'ho can contribute to the potential of modern civilization. 13 MR. CLARKE ROCKWELL MR. MARVYN JAFFE

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BOARD OF EDUCATION The Board of Education estab- lishes policies for the operation of the North Haven public schools. These policies are aimed at pro- viding quality education for both youth and adults. The Board’s responsibilities have been partic- ularly heavy in recent years be- cause of rapidly increasing en- rollments at all levels. Seated, left to right: Carmen Romano, Lawrence Grew, chairman; Jean Nd- bach, Thomas Buchan, vice-chairman; George Naples, Standing: Christian Engelhardt, Karl Jones, Mario Carrangelo, Harold Bornstein. DR. CHARLES F. RITCH, JR. Superintendent of Schools SUPERINTENDENT'S MESSAGE You students of the North Haven High School are to be con- gratulated for making possible this fine yearbook. To those students who were active in its creation go our praise and admiration. Within the covers of this yearbook, one can find direct evidence of the active program which you students have experienced during your stay at the North Haven High School. This record of your faculty, your Seniors and the underclassmen, along with the multi- tude of activities, will continue to be of interest to each of you. As the years ahead unfold, this yearbook will become ever more valuable. It will become a kind of permanent record which will always afford each person with easy access to fond memories and interesting anecdotes. It will be a reservoir of recollections of three interesting and fruitful years spent in N.H.H.S. Congratulations to each person who has made this 1964 Sachem a reality. A fine job well done.

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MR. WILLIAM CLARK Chairman ENGLISH DEPARTMENT In pursuing its goal of teaching students to read and write more effectively, the English Department has found itself rebuilding and experimenting in 1963-64. In connection with a system-wide curriculum revision, the members of the department have revised virtually every phase of the high school course of study. They have diversified the books available for classroom study now, though there are certain books which are required reading for all students, teachers may choose from a wide range of supplementary' read- ings those books which best suit the ability and in- terests of their classes. There has been considerable experimentation by individual teachers, by English teachers working in teams with Social Studies teach- ers, and by English teachers working in teams with other English teachers. MRS. CAROL HOSFORD MR. EDWIN MERRITT “No, I didn’t write the poems; that’s S-A-N-D burg.” 14 MR. CHARLES CHURCH MRS. MURIEL LADENBURG MISS LOUISE FARMER