Paramus High School - Delphian Yearbook (Paramus, NJ)

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orkshop for the Many people will recognize this teacher by her oft-repeated use of the expression “now.” She had substituted in PHS for the previous two years. Mrs. Frances Bigart graduated from Mont¬ clair and now teaches English. Her son keeps her busy, but she found time to be the Tri-Hi-Y advisor. Our high school newspaper ad¬ visor is a well-known face around Paramus having taught seventh grade at Memorial school for four years. Three years ago Miss Ruby Bishar, an alumna of Montclair, joined the high school staff and now teaches freshman and senior English. Coming to Paramus last year from Hackensack, Mr. David Brockner teaches both English and science. Freshmen and sophomores in both these fields benefit from the able teaching of this Rutgers State Univer¬ sity alumnus. A soft-spoken and friendly Eng¬ lish teacher, Mrs. Anna F. Colnaghi joined our faculty last September. She is a graduate of Paterson State and Rutgers Uni¬ versity, and is working toward her Masters at Montclair. This year she taught junior and sen¬ ior English. She is the advisor of the Future Teachers club. After each of the many superb Drama Workshop shows, the cast calls out for Mr. James Morganti to give him their thanks for his selfless work on the stage. He teaches Speech Fundamentals and Speech Art, as well as dra¬ matics. He is a graduate of Jersey City College and Columbia University. Mrs. Greenstein uses the round table technique in discussions with one of her advanced junior classes. Going left around the circle from Mrs. Greenstein are Leon Remonko, Joe Vadala, Wes v p elt, Myron Murdoch, Bill Yager, Bill Franke, and Gary Fullem.

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New courses and new equipment highlight the year FACULTY AND CURRICULUM

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■■HRB English Department. Mr. Sanzari is seen here in the depths of a philosophy discussion on modern art with one of his advanced senior classes. The class had gone to the Museum of Modern Art the day before. Link White, Michele Savino, and Mel Handelsman look up attentively. “Let’s remain calm,” says Mr. Morganti to Marty Kosce, Sue Lazar and Sue Grabina, seniors in his second year speech class. Four members of Mrs. Colnaghi’s and Mrs. Willis’ junior English classes pose with the “pros” on a field trip to see Our Town. Left to right are Joan Japo- wicz, Nancy Lehman, Jane McArthur, Clinton Kimbrough, Richard Dysart, Tom Dyrsten and Ted Scheer. Mrs. Florence Greenstein joined our fac¬ ulty after teaching in New York City. She inspires students to reach greater heights in the humanities by opening new hori- i zons in music, art, and literature. Her A warmth and concern for the individual has left an indelible imprint on her stu¬ dents. Miss Bishar and her two assistants, Gordon Russell and Lou Policastri. joyously accept the last book handed in at the end of the year from Ed Citro. Presenting a pageant of Amer¬ ican songs and folk-lore in Miss Bishar ' s freshman class are left to right: Irene Wagner. Har¬ riet Hyman, John Allen, Carole Shabazian. and Barbara Sam¬ uels. Mr. Emil Sanzari’s wit and dra¬ matic ability have made him famous to seniors of PHS. He is co-advisor of the National Honor Society. He received his degrees at New York Univer¬ sity and the University of Lon¬ don. His infectious sense of humor will be a golden memory for graduates. Mrs. Stella Wasserman is an as¬ set to PHS. She received her B.A. degree at N.Y.U., and has taken courses at Rutgers, Jersey State, New School for Social Research, Paterson State and Montclair colleges. She is now teaching freshman and junior English. One of her main inter¬ ests is oil painting. Mrs. Ada Weber will be remem¬ bered as the teacher “promoted with her students. She has taught grades six through ten, and is now teaching sophomore and freshman English. She re¬ ceived her B.A. at Hunter and her M.A. at Columbia. Her able services have endeared her to many students. Mrs. Faith Willis, devoted ad¬ visor to the “Delphian staff, joined our faculty two years ago. She teaches sophomore and junior English. She ob¬ tained her B.A. at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, and has done graduate work at M.S.T.C., Albright College, Seton Hall and Temple Univer¬ sities.