Sun Valley High School - Spectrum Yearbook (Aston, PA)

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Assistant Supervising Principal’s Message The hopes and dreams of a community have come to fulfillment in this hour. In 1956 the communities of Parkside, Brookhaven, and Aston joined together to form a unified school community with a vision — a vision of a high school which could educate and finally graduate its own students. This new school community saw the need for graduating students prepared to enter colleges and universi- ties. It, too, saw the need for graduating other students trained to go into the community as citizens and wage-earners. You, the graduating class of 1963, are the hopes and dreams — the vision — come to final decision. The graduating class of 1963 is the first of many graduating classes which will follow in the years to come. You, the class of 1963, will establish the reputation of our school. Your successes and your failures in the businesses, the industries, the colleges, and the universities will be observed by many people. The repu- tation of Sun Valley High School rests upon your shoulders. This is a very large responsibility. It is a responsibility not only to yourselves, but also to the many others who will follow you in the future years. The trail you will follow has been rough-hewn by your Mr. Walter M. Rhoades Assistant Supervising Principal Instructional Services school and your community. How smooth or rough this trail will be for those who follow depends to a large measure upon how you walk this trail before them. Although the responsibility is yours, we have confidence that you are ready to venture along the trail. As students you have met with various successes and various failures. We have enjoyed and admired your successes,- we have tried to pick you up when you have stumbled. Sometimes your teachers have appeared to be un- reasonable as they have tried to shake you loose from acting like children. We are now confident that you can look back over all the happy times, the not-so-happy times, the high marks, the low marks, the homework assignments, the athletic contests, the diffi- culties with teachers, and the many other experiences of high school as milestones in the course of growing up. We believe in you and your abilities to shoulder your responsibility as young adults. We send you forth on this happy occasion as young men and women capable of directing your lives toward usefulness and hap- piness. Godspeedl 8

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Supervising Principal’s Message TRUE WORTH True worth is in being, not seeming. In doing, each day that goes by. Some little good — not in dreaming Of great things to do by and by. — Alice Gary Mr. William G. Moser Supervising Principal What in life is of most worth? For centuries philosophers have pondered this question. Is it wealth or health or prestige or friendship? Some people who lead apparently happy and productive lives seem to have found the answer; others, wallowing in despair and deprived of the feeling of satisfaction that comes from a task well done, still seem to be searching for the meaning of true worth. You who have traveled the path of life through the first stages of your education now continue your journey in quest of true worth as you seek to make your contribution to the world in which you live. As you face the challenges which will confront you, it will be well for you to remember that true worth can be found in doing some little good each day. And when the going is rough, as it is likely to be, keep your mind set on true worth, but at the same time, lest you become too dis- couraged, it might be well to remember that one of the poets also tells us —■ Heaven is not gained at a single bound; But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies. And we mount to its summit round by round. — Josiah Gilbert Holland

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 Principal’s Message Mr. Felix A. Moletteri Principal The class of 1963 of the Sun Valley High School represents a milestone in the educational development of our school system and our community. This yearbook represents an accomplishment made possible by the combined efforts of many teachers and students. It will no doubt become one of the more significant pieces of literature in our community's brief history. To say farewell to the class of June 1963 is very difficult. Farewells often imply that we will no longer see one another in the future. Of course, this will be true for many of us. However, let us not forget the difficult obstacles we have overcome, the people we have known and the friendships we have en- joyed. For it is in these relationships that we have affected one another's lives and in many instances have influenced the very difficult and complicated process of maturing into adulthood. This yearbook is a realistic symbol of this adulthood. In the immediate future you will be accepting the responsibilities placed upon you by our society. You will have been trained in accordance with these responsibilities by your teachers and parents. The world In which you will live will be very different from the one in which your parents and teachers have lived. Your future will be affected tremendously by the scientific and political developments of the future. You have been already affected by our nuclear-space minded age. These advancements will have even greater effect on your lives in the future. To be properly prepared for the future you must be prepared to give of yourself in all of your endeavors. For it is in self sacrifice toward an ideal or belief that humanity conquers many problems. There will be great need in future generations for an ever-increasing tenacity of purpose on the part of individuals to maintain those social and spiritual values for which we stand and in which we believe as citizens of our democracy. For once we lose our values our lives will hold no real purpose for us. I strongly admonish you to bear your mantle in life proudly. Hold your head high as a Vanguard to the future. I wish each member of the class of 1963 success in all of your future endeavors. 9