Salem High School - Quaker Yearbook (Salem, OH)

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she is not teaching. She also enjoys traveling. She has visited Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Eu- rope. She intends to expand that list soon. Mrs. Frances May is a very deserving recipient of the Teacher Of The Year Award. For many years, she has taught her classes with an unbelievable amount of intensity. Even students who enter her classroom with little interest in biology eventually leave with a thorough understanding of the subject. Mrs. May has put a great amount of time into her lessons, hoping to give every one of her students a clear comprehen- sion of biology while adding spice” to an already interesting class. She cares about every student both in and out of school. Also, she has put a great deal of effort, time and money into Academic Challenge, a group of students who try to improve their knowl- edge of a variety of subjects by competing in many competitions. Mrs. Frances May has contributed a great amount of time in order to achieve excellence in her class- rooms, and the 1987 Quaker Yearbook is dedicated to her. On Wednesday evening. May 20, Mrs. Frances May was presented with the 1987 Teacher Of The Year Award. Mrs. May is a biology and advanced biology teacher at the high school, where she has taught for many years. Miss Frances Corso was born in Salem. She at- tended Salem St. Paul for elementary school and eventually graduated from Salem Senior High School. She initially attended Duquesne Clniversity in Pittsburgh, where she obtained a B.Ed. degree in the area of biology. She later went to Miami University, where she acquired a M.A.T. degree in botany. She began teaching at Allegheny High School in Pitts- burgh. After one year of teaching in Pennsylvania, she taught at David Anderson High School in Lisbon for five years. Then she came back to Salem, where she has been teaching to the present time. She lives with her husband, David, in New Spring- field. They do not have children, but instead house a variety of pets. She has several hobbies. Cooking, embroidery, and collecting (nativity scenes, candle holders, cookbooks) keep Mrs. May occupied when TEACHER OF THE YEAR Mrs. Frances May 4

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Awards SENIOR TOP ELEVEN: Jenny Tausch, Virginia Budde, Kris CapeL Joan Burchfield, Steve Rosart Jenny Schlueter, Rick Watkins, Theresa Moyer, Whitney Browne, Chris Cosgrove, Valerie Davis. DR. MRS. HAROLD F. HOPRICH VALEDICTORIAN AWARDS: Whitney Browne, Steve Rosar, Theresa TEACHER OF THE YEAR YEARBOOK AWARD: Moyer Mrs. Francis May YEARBOOK STAFF: Denise Casey, Peggy Mathes, Diane Sweeney, Sherry Zepernick, Mary Hansel, Kristin Bacon, Cheryl Greeni- sen, Tara Zeigler, Tracey Early, Michelle Bru- derly, Sue McKinney, Heather Hough, Row 2: Tina Mitchell, Jenny Aldom, Roxanna Hostetter, Rick Watkins, Brian Gilbey, Jenny Scott, Lisa Chamberlain, Brian Staudt, Kara Bushaw, Tammy Traina, Tonya Beall, Row 3: Cindy Cope, Traci Bettis, Amy Sheets, Mike Julian, Maria Zimmann, Frank Barton, Wendy Smith, Valerie Davis, Eric Gilbey, Matt Cole, Roger Feldner, Jeff Amhrein.