Plainfield High School - Milestone Yearbook (Plainfield, NJ)

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Homecoming - 1983 Avery successful contest was conducted this year to choose the Homecom- ing Queen. Approximately seventy-seven girls entered the contest. First they had to have nominating petitions from their classmates. Then they wrote an essay which was judged by a committee of English teachers. The names had been removed from the essays before being judged by the teachers. The five top essayists in each class were chosen as the first group of winners. Next these winners were screened by the Homecoming Committee. They were asked sev- eral questions and were judged on their poise, the quality of their answers, appearance and overall charm. The group was narrowed down to three contestants from each class and then the winners were chosen ina vote by the students. The Homecoming Queen was announced at a very elegant semiformal dance held at the school. If this tradition is to be continued, the school has an excellent format to follow, All that would be needed next year is greater student participation at the Home- coming Dance. He could add a great deal of class to the school year and it could be said that the Class of ’84 established the tradition. Homecoming Queen The crowning and robing of the Homecoming Queen at the Semiformal Kheesha Walls Dance. The Homecoming Queen and her Court L. to R.: Krystal Miller, Freshman Class representative, Tammy Talley, Junior Class representative, Homecoming Queen Kheesha Walls, Jennifer DiMaggio, Senior Class representative, Raquel Liggon, Sophomore Class representative. The Homecoming Committee Brian Glaspey, LaMonde Murphy, Wanda Breitenbsch, Sandy Lauria, Pam Gray, Lee Morris, Adrienne Freeman, Regena Davis, Sheremour Waldron and Howard Foster. These students worked diligently and conscientiously under the supervision and direction of our Student Council Moderator, Mr. Seymour Marsh. Kheesha and the Senior Class Representative, Jennifer DiMaggio

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Welcome To PHS We welcome three new members to the administrative team of Plainfield High School. This is getting to be an almost yearly feature of the Milestone. We trust our new members will settle in an add the degree of stability we need at our Alma Mater. Our new principal, Dr. Robert H. Max, has a very varied background in teaching, coaching, administration, and also in the United States Air Force. He received a B.A. and a Ed.D. from Rutgers University and an M.A. from Seton Hall Univer- sity. He has taught languages and social studies in the class- room. He has coached football, baseball, and started a wres- tling team at East Rutherford High School. He has been a Vice Principal and a Principal at six different high schools including Plainfield this year. He saw active duty in the Air Force from 1958-62 and is now active in the U. S. Air Force Reserve. He is also active in state administration organizations. He certainly has the background and expertise we need at PHS. Dr. Joseph Moore, our new Guidance Chairperson, also has a varied educational background. He has a B.S., two M.A.’s and a Ed.D. from Indiana University, Kean College, Seton Hall and Fairleigh Dickinson Universities. Most of his educational ex- perience has been in the Trenton public school system. He was also Director of Bureau of Basic Skills Improvement in the N.J. Department of Education. Dr. Otha Porter, our new Science Chairperson, has a B.S., M.S. and a Ed. D. from Indiana University. His major field of work has been in math, chemistry, and school administration. He has been a teacher and administrator in three public school systems in Virginia, Indiana, and New Jersey. He was at one time Superintendent of the East Orange public schools system. These men should be a great asset to the Plainfield school system. We wish them well. Dr. Joseph Moore Guidance Chairperson . st 3 4 ue 3 % committee. Dr. Max discusses the affairs and problems of the school during periodical meetings with the principal’s advisory Dr. Robert Max Principal Dr. Otha Porter Science Chairperson

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E.A.R.T.H. E.A.R.T:H. (Environmental Activists for Restoring Terrestrial Health) was initiated in 1970 for the purpose of informing the students and adults in the Plainfield area about the different aspects of pollution — contamination of the land, water supply, seas and atmosphere. In order to accomplish this end, the ecology club has and will continue to actively combat environmental decay through self-education, conservation projects, and public aware- ness projects with local, state and national agencies. One of the most active student organizations averaging over fifty members, E.A.R.T.H. has received recognition for its many ac- complishments from the National Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.), state and county officials, the City of Plainfield and various colleges and universities. On going projects include: construction of an artificial reef with the N. J. Artificial Reef Commission, erosion prevention in the Watchung Trailside Museum Conservation Center, winter week- end campout (Princeton Education Center), spring campout and backpacking along the Appalachian Trail, Whale Watch in Provin- cetown, Mass., aluminum recycling, rock climbing and outdoor Skills and stream monitoring with N. J. Public Interest Research Group. OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO ELIMINATE POLLUTION NOT ONLY TO IMPROVE OUT LIVES, BUT TO IMPROVE AND KEEP HEALTHY THE LIVES OF FUTURE GENERATIONS. Seals taking in the sun at the Mystic Aquarium. oe Diver Dan at Sandy Hook Marine Labs. Right: Albert, Steve, and Tom having fun digging at Watchung Trail- side Museum.