Schreiber High School - Port Light Yearbook (Port Washington, NY)

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SAY YES TO Y.E.S. When Reogonomics hit rhe Unired Stores, personol income rox wos reduced with rhe hope of srimuloring personol spending. In theory, rhis plon should hove im- proved rhe economy, bur in reoli- ry did nor bring prosperity in 1982 Unemployment reoched rhe highest percenroge since rhe Greor Depression. The reenogers of Port Washington sow no point in sirring around ond complaining. Schreiber students developed o positive plon to combor unemployment. Y.E.5.. the Youth Employment Service, wos rhe heart of rhe plon YES plon wos described by its founders. Julie Moll ond Dove Leonard, os on information clearing house with rhe purpose of getting youth involved in rhe community. Positive attitudes developed between reenogers ond odulrs who were brought together os employers ond employees. Job offers were matched with job seekers. One doy there would be o request for on Iralion speaking person to do housework for two elderly ladies, rhe next doy there might be o request for reenogers to do yard work, or to point o fence, or to babysit. The service gained community orrenrion. The Port News, for example . recognized rhe organization's effort in o leod editorial Appreciating the work done on behalf of employment ond youth odult communication. Port Washington agreed to Soy yes to Y E S. 26

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CnmPUTEPi CRAZE The 13 APPLE compufers were hardly our of rhe boxes before srudenrs began ro sworm around rhe 64K machines. Throughout rhe year in rhe new computer room 116, it was rare ro see a darkened disploy screen or o keyboard nor in use. Schreiber offered o number of com- puter moth ond programming courses — on acknowledgement rhor colleges ond businesses hove need of computer-lirerore srudenrs. During free mods when rhe room wos nor occupied by o class, srudenrs ond reochers rook full odvonroge of rhe computers. Srudenrs used rhe computers for anything from typing on essoy with help from o text editing program, ro compiling daro for o physics lob. Many reochers used rhe computers ro compile grades. Dr. Grossmork ond Mr. Meysrrick selected o few reliable juniors ond seniors who were well-versed in rhe APPLES ro worch over rhe room. These aides helped other srudenrs with homework problems ond personal programs. Computers were also or work in other rooms of rhe building. The science deportment used APPLES ond on oncienr Hewlerr-Pockord for computer assisted instruction in physics, chemistry, ond biology. The business deporrmenr roughr students ro use computers for practical ap- plications such os word processing ond file monogemenr. The computer even pur rhe 'byte'' on many homes in town. Schreiber srudenrs ond their families used APPLES, ATARI'S ond I.B.M.'s ro work on homework, rox returns, ond recipe files. Many srudenrs were confronted by o borroge of ’ syntax errors, peeks, pokes, corologs ond menus. For many, It wos just In o day's work ond ploy. For o few. It wos rhe equivalent of stepping off on oirplone in o country where they could nor speok rhe longuoge. 28