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let us look at The 1953 Blue Peconic Published by THE SENIOR CLASS Riverhead H. S. Riverhead,N.Y.
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The River head Schools believe that . . . Character is the highest aim of education . . . The youth of a nation are the trustees of posterity. In 1922, when the Roanoke Avenue School was first opened, it served as both an elementary school and a high school for the children of Riverhead and the surrounding districts. It wasn't until September of 1937, after the con- struction of the present high school building, that its facilities were devoted to elementary schooling only. At first it housed a faculty of 17 teachers and an en- rollment of 541 students. The registration has grown to 635 pupils. The 21 members of the faculty who compose its teaching staff for this 1952-1953 school year are as follows: Alfred Demarest, principal; Con- stance E. Petroski, Catherine McCann, and Helen J. Osip in Grade 5; Elizabeth M. Davignon, Josephine B. Coleman, Nancy C. Jacobs, and J. Elaine Lorys, in Grade 4; Julia E. Fehler, Mary E. Aldrich, Bernice Glidden, and Alice D. Huntington, in Grade 3; Elea- nor K. Schwartz, Virginia Nickerson, Jean B. Rodinis, and Dorothy Baron, in Grade 2; Ramsey T. Walters, Alice F. Bruno, Dorothy W. Kulesa, and Viola M. Grunow, in Grade 1; and Margaret M. Connors, Public Librarian. Since its opening, it has housed the Public Library in the southeast corner of its lower floor. The Pulaski Street building was opened in 1937; it immediately relieved the Roanoke Avenue School of its dual duties. Its beginning staff of 29 teachers has grown to its present faculty of 48 highly trained instructors. Mr. E. W. Shafer, who is now retired, was principal the
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