Valley Stream North High School - Chariot Yearbook (Franklin Square, NY)

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nv , j?.,2U'.,'f V gn LU' ii if 'ii 1 lihimsn 1, .. vaqqxgirll i gust COSMETOLOGY l T i vigil ' T W gi , ,,' as-qi 9' Hn., 'ig T .. in - ai-rf 1' vp if- ' . F w .--l--,i y . . J i A-1 l 4 ' if W T' afar' sf J! f -5 , X -.X ve L -? '-' Q AX H T it pi,- A disciple oT Madge. . . . Academically speaking, l Te ThaT This class loT '7ll is a good one. Bi cause iT is The TirsT class l've waTche Trom sevenTh grade Through graduaTioi l know some oT The seniors quiTe well an hold a special place Tor Them. They're ir volved wiTh The world around Them an working Tor The 'beTTermenT oT NorT High. As a Ma+h Teacher my responsibiliTy relafing maThemaTics To my sTudenTs s They may undersTand, noT jusT mechan cally solve problems. ATTer school I ge involved wiTh my sTudenTs wiTh maTTer noT relevanT To maTh. WheTher iT is Tall ing abouT KenT STaTe, wallcouTs, or jus having valuable exchanges oT ideas, l Tee ThaT This is a way To occupy aTTerschoc Time Tor non-maThemaTical discussion raTher Than during class Time.VClass prc cedures are someTimes resTricTing and ir hibiTing because oT The RegenTs. l'm no dummy!

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BOCES Taken on The surTace, BOCES is prob- ably a Tremendous program. IT cer+ainly oTTers youngsTers, who would be classi- Tied as Terminal sTudenTs because They are Turned oTT by The everyday drudgery oT academic work Trom which They see no TuTure, new visTas and new careers, and in many cases has helped when They had To come back To Take The academic courses. BuT iT also, Tromg Talking To many youngsTers, has helped Them, or aT leasT pushed Them in The direcTion oT going on Tor Their educaTion. They Tinally Tound a Tield oT educaTion in which They can excel. All youngsTers, in spiTe oT The TronT ThaT They puT up, wanT To excel in some- Thing. even Though They knock school. NineTy-nine percenT oT The youngsTers wanT To do Tairly well'in iT. WhaT has Turned oTT many oT The youngsTers - I mean if They've haTed Trom The TirsT grade To The TenTh grade - ThaT They obviously geT Turned oTT by an educaTional insTiTuTion. BuT now BOCES is oTTering These youngsTers someThing ThaT is relevanT To Them - of Tremendous inTeresT - currenTl IT doesn'T sTop There, iT goes on To open Their eyes To oTher meanings oT educa- Tion. They Tind ouT +ha+ school isn'T as all a drudge as They Think iT is. However, I Think The overall BOCES program has done quiTe well by The youngsTers. And mosT of The youngsTers I have Talked To, aside Trom This objecTion To being bounced around, seem To Teel ThaT iT is a worThwhiIe program. 117

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Hiif Uni m1AvS Mr. Richard TarTer - Biology Mr. KenneTh Menrad - Music Miss ,.Naqle mf Mr. Joseph Brogan - ChemlsTry EclucaTion -1 L 4 T r. VincenT Guadagno - Modified EducaTion MVS' Flofafm Gfeenbeffi -' Physical Educaiiion Ss. The mosT imporTanT parT of Teaching American l-lisTory is ThaT iT is a vehicle by which a sTudenT can explore, invesTigaTe, quesTion and inTerpreT ideas, evenTs and concepTs in order To beTTer un- dersTand himselT in relaTion To his conTemporary world. We as human beings need To be more sensiTive and knowledgeable if we are To be able To consTrucTively deal wiTh The problems ThaT deny many The qualiTy oT liTe which we have The poTenTial To provide. The process oT learning, l Think, needs To emphasize The individu- al's inTeresTs and needs as a human being as well as provide The opporTuniTy, encouragemenT, TrusT and skills needed Tor aT- TempTs aT independenT research involving The person in a process oT selT-discovery and deTiniTion. The more a sTudenT honesTly in- volves himselT in his exploraTion of ideas and concepTs and people. The greaTer will be The impacT OT his learning experience. The Class oT '7I is diTTerenT - somehow more independenT, indi- vidualisTic, noT so ready To TIT inTo The old molds yeT noT always very ready To TiT inTo new rules oT re- sponsibiliTy and selT-discipline. When I Think oT you now,.I Think of some special individuals who are warm and alive and who I will remember very Tondly. fklkvk ArT is an expressive involve- menT using The plasTic elemenTs of line, shape. surTace, color and form. lTs TascinaTion is ThaT iT pro- duces The possible rewards oi search, insighT and communica- Tion beyond The individual while aT The same Time allowing The arT- isT To TuncTion on a level of deep personal saTisTacTion. ArT has and will conTinue To span The enTire scope oT human exisTence.