Riverhead High School - Blue Peconic Yearbook (Riverhead, NY)

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Dedication s ANDREW J. KIRSCH You were born in Carrolltown, Pennsylvania, and in your childhood you became interested in scouting and camping. Later, you held the position of scoutmaster and also worked in a lumber camp. These outdoor ac- tivities contributed to your appreciation of nature and deepened your interest in science. You entered the University of the State of Pennsyl- vania, where you graduated with the Bachelor of Science degree. You began teaching in Pennsylvania the following year, but the war broke out and you left this teaching position to become a surgical technician with the Thirty-Second Infantry Division. After the war you returned to college, this time studying for a Master of Education degree. You then began teaching at Riverhead, as a junior high school science teacher in 1948. Soon after that you were as- signed to the senior high school level, being qualified to teach both biology and physics, and you have taught here ever since. Because you have successfully combined your knowledge of science and teaching skills with under- standing, because you have shown kindness and per- sonal concern for your pupils, and because you have devoted your life’s work to the teaching of others, we dedicate this book, the Blue Peconic of 1963, to you. 8

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Table of Contents Faculty 9 Seniors 17 Classes 55 Sports 65 Activities 87 Curriculum 105

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FACULTY As the students follow the stream of school life, they find that there are many pitfalls and challenges be- tween the beginning and end of the voyage. If the trip is to be a successful one, they must have guidance and inspiration in coping with these various navigational hazards and problems as they present themselves. In dealing with these problems, there is no substitute for an interested and serious faculty. These are the people who will warn the students of the rocks of in- activity lurking just under the surface of the shallows, or of the groping limbs of inambition hiding along the shaded bank. And finally, as the stream widens, the faculty is invaluable in setting a course toward the most promising and desirable future.