Oceanside High School - Spindrift Yearbook (Oceanside, NY)

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BRANCH MANAGERS Miss Smith: School No.2 The guiding light.of Terrell Avenue..tall..efficient... takes a personal interest in her students...eyes sparkle with laughter. Miss Wayman: School No. 5 This fine ladywi11 always be remembered for her pleasing personality and her willing ness to help those under her care. Mrs. Kopp: Oaks Road No.3 Very competent principal, a Iso teacher of sixth grade;likes juicy red apples; beautifully groomed hands and nails; great help to all students. Mr. Sayre: Jr. High If you see a brisk lively man walking quickly along the campus of Oceanside with a big ‘hello, and a happy smile-it's Mr .Sayre. Mrs.Kilts: School No. 4 Besides performing all the duties of principal Mrs.Kilts also teaches the last half of the 6th grade..pleasant manner and genial smile. Mr.Mosback:Sr.High School A favorite among the students of O.H.S., Mr. Mosback just returned from the navy last December...engaging personality. . .tall and dark. Six hard working branch managers see that the wheels of their respective Plants turn efficiently and effectively. The managers of the four Plants, dealing with the early stages in the development of our products, are interested primarily ineducation as it touches the lives of young children. The work processes are the same in all the Plants. Miss Wini fredBarry, Elementary School Coordinator, is responsible for this uniform procedure in the schools. In the Junior High School which includes the 7th, 8th, and 9th grades, the children from the various sections of Oceanside come together for the first time. They are also joined by Island Park pupils of the 9th year. Here the students are introduced to subjects of a more complicated nature and they also, for the first time, set up their own student body organization. After leaving the 9th grade the pupils enter the Senior High School. Here again they employ their own governing body and engage in many after school activities. It is here that they make their last preparations before entering the business world, college or industry.

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Dr. falter S. Boardaan, Superintendent of Schools Dr. Walter S.Boardman, Superintendent of the Ocean-side Public Schools, carries out the policies determined by the Board of Education. He is also a representative of the New York State Department of Education at Albany in matters concerning the State’s interest in local education. He advises the Board in matters of educational requirements and is responsible for reporting to the Board on the progress of the schools. Dr. Boardman’s position is comparable to that of the president of a corporation with the property valued at $2,5000,000, with an annual expenditure of approximately $500,000 and with 2800 individuals directly concerned. In conjunction with the Board, PRESIDENT AND HIS STAFF the purchase of supplies, repair of buildings, and maintenance of safe and sanitary standards, are his responsibility as well as work of the teachers and pupiIs. Dr. Boardman serves in many capacities in the community, county and state. He is President of the Nassau County School Administrators Association, and during the war years served as Committee Chairman on Fuel Problems for the New York State Council ofSchool Superintendents. He has been Chairman of Leadership Training in the Nassau County Council Boy Scouts of America and serves as a member of the National Committee on Volunteer Leadership Training of that organization. He is President of Oceanside Youth Activities Incorporated, and has worked tirelessly for the maintenance of the ‘Sailors Haven. Dr. Boardman is vitally interested in all things pertaining to the community, and youth in particular. He does not consider the schools as a thing apart, but a vital factor in the lives of the people of the Oceanside School District. Assisting the President of our corporation are two full-time secretaries, Mrs. Hermine H. Fiedler and Mrs. Mildred L. Haff. During emergency periods Mrs. John J.Kearns has also assisted in the office work. Office work involves not only the correspondence and business transactions necessary to a large corporation, but business accounting under very rigid State specifications. Payroll work in recent years has been greatly complicated by tax deductions. Difficulties in securing materials and supplies have added irrmeasurably to the work of the President and his staff during the war years. Mrs. Haff, Mrs. Fielder, Dr. Walter S. Boardaan discussing the day's work and ironing out little problems with which they have to cope so that the school runs smoothly, seemingly without effort. 12

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NIGHT SCHOOL Explaining photography technicalities. Miss M. Spano teaching conjugations of Spanish. Oceanside Night School - 1 eRoy Pearson .Principal Sponsored by the Oceanside Board of Education. Fall Term, Sept. 12 - Bee. 12 Spring Term, Jan. 9 - Apr. 12 Total Enrollment - 327 When—Wednesday night at 7:30 to 9:00 P.M. Where-Oceanside High School Building. Courses open to all adults in Nassau County. Registration Fee - $2.00 per term. Physical Education Draperies and Slip Covers Hobby Shop Photography Spanish Citizenship Dressmaking Bifle Club Typing General High School Study PLANT MAINTENANCE Pride in service rendered and a personal interest in work have characterized the maintenance staff throughout the year. Under Glenwood Terrell, Head Custodian of the Oceanside School System and Edmund Boyd, Custodian-in-Charge, Raymond DeMott, George Shattes and Dreyfus Abrams have gone through their daily routines which keep the grounds and buildings in ship shape. Their good nature and patience in the face of various forms of our adolescent enthusiasm are causes for wonder. All of the custodians of the Oceanside system are specialists in some phase of building maintenance. They make the many repairs necessary to keep the Oceanside School Plants in good condition. Mr. Boyd trys a quick suicide testing fuses. 14