Paramus High School - Delphian Yearbook (Paramus, NJ)

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Higher Horizons! Mr. John N. Montemurro Mr. Harvey Schaffer Immediate Past President President of the Board of Education of the Board of Education Mr. Wesley Van Pelt School Business Administration Secretary Mr. Lincoln Koenig Director of Maintenance 9 Mr. Ralph Mele Administrative Assistant Personnel and Administrative Services » ■

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Board Of Education BACK ROW: Dr. Harry A. Galinsky. Deputy Superintendent, Mr. Kenneth R. Arnold. Mr. Robert J. Schulz. Mrs. Irma Leeds. Mr. Robert J. Superti, Mr. William H. Schmidt. Mr. Seymour Handel. FRONT ROW: Mr. Paul A. Shelly. Superintendent. Mr. Wesley W. Van Pelt. Business Administrator - Secretary, Mr. Harvey Schaffer. President, Mr. Gregory P. Cinnella, Vice-President, Mr. Joseph A. Rizzi, Board Attorney. In these days of great concern for our educational system and the corresponding cost to the taxpayers, the unpaid members of the Board of Education spend approximately one hundred nights each year in the almost impossible search for the best education within the financial limits. Nights are long, the problems complex, and the recommended conclusions constantly challenged. Board trustees join with the school staff, the community, and the students, in continuing the study of the nature, value, and direction of contemporary education in our society. This is done so that they may be aware of, and help bring about, any needed changes within our school system. Sometimes thankless and frequently frustrating but truly representing democracy at its best, is the job of the Board of Education trustee. 8

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Our Superintendents Bravo! Mr. Paul A. Shelly Superintendent of Schools To the Graduating Class of 1975! With your graduation from high school you are completing a jour¬ ney. Hopefully, your education has meant much more to you than the completion of a certain number of years or the accumulation of a certain number of credits. I hope that you have attained some insight into yourself — how ycu learn, what your goals and aspirations are, what your strengths and weaknesses are. I hope that you have come to recognize that learning is a life-time activity and that while there are many resources available to help you, such as colleges, libraries and textbooks, the greatest resource you have at your disposal is within you. It is you yourself. This becomes so clear in the learning process. It is almost impossible to teach someone something he does not want to learn. It is equally impossible to stop him from learning if he really wants to learn. The desire for learning, if it is real, must come from within. As T.S. Elliott has so aptly expressed it: The only real journey is the inward journey. The inward journey , I believe, is the journey toward understanding ourselves. Each of us is a bundle of emotions, aspirations, wants and needs. Each of us must learn through self-examination how we can achieve self-fulfillment. Others can help us and often will, but the real journey must start within ourselves. I wish each of you success and fulfillment. Paul A. Shelly Superintendent of Schools Dr. Benjamin Barbarosh Assistant Superintendent for Pupil Services In Memoriam BACK ROW: Mr. G. Thomas Occhipinti, Psychologist; Mrs. Gloria Salnick, Secretary, Mrs. Phyllis Kordell, Secretary; Mrs. Elsie Rock, Secretary; Mrs. Ethel Reimer, Secretary; Mr. Michael Carluccio, Psychologist; Mrs. Judith Feltman, Psychologist; Mr. Jay Melcer, Social Worker; Mr. Gary Borer, Psychologist. FRONT ROW: Dr. Benjamin Barbarosh, Assistant Superintendent; Miss Phyllis Eisenberg, Social Worker; Mrs. Marie Parnass, Psychologist; Mr. Richard Pekmezian, Learning Disabilities Teacher-Consultant. Set up to help the individual student cope with the various problems which face him, the Child Study Team works on several levels; academic, social, and emotional. Its goals are to help each student attain the highest level he can in intellectual achievement, to work as effectively as possible with his teachers and classmates, and to develop a sense of value and integrity about himself and about his life. Towards these ends, the services of the psychologists, social workers, and learning disability teacher-consultants are directed, sometimes singly, sometimes in conjunction with one another. Work with school personnel, family, and community agencies may help to resolve the difficulties. Special programs may be designed and frequent revisions may be made in an attempt to meet the ongoing needs of the students. Whatever the source of the student ' s difficulties, the Child Study Team members attempt to deal with them on a one-to-one basis, affording to each of its st udents not only the opportunity for educational achievement, but for optimal satisfactions and gratifications during the all-important school years. 10