Weequahic High School - Legend Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

Page 7 text:

Administration Lauxeo e Mojor Prtftdpol Dear Friends, UJeequahic High School is exhibiting o N€W IMAG€-N€UJ flTTITUD€, which suggests the presence of powerful realities working for the collective good of our entire community. Both concepts ore necessary to describe the positive developments taking place at UJeequahic High School. The N€UJ IMRG€, is not a mere cosmetics put on to impress visitors, parents, friends, and the Central Board of education. The academic, moral and behavorial dimensions of this N6UJ IMAG€ emphasizes UJeequahic High School's determination to pursue excellence in all that It does. This NCUJ IMAG€ is not limited to the academic spheres. It includes character formation, compassion, cooperation and reverence for the sacredness of human life and the universe in which we live. The N€W IMAG€ emanates from o N0JU ATTITUDC. The N€UU ATTITUDC is characterized by the excitement and enthusiasm of our entire faculty, student body and community for the goals of excellence as they are pursued in all athletic contests, classrooms and all other school activities. UJeequahic High is an alive, resurging, vigorous learning institution: optimistc about its future and deserving of oil the success that will eventually be ours. This yearbook tells the story of our life, work, study, cooperative efforts, and future plans at UJeequahic High School. The yearbook staff and advisor are to be commended for this dramatic and attractive presentation of UUeequahics N€UJ IMAG€ - N€UU ATTITUDE. Vours truly. Lawrence Major Principal

Page 6 text:

Seniors on the movel flwore of the post, restructuring the present, reody to ottack ond conquer the future. we. the doss of 1985 ore stepping into tomorrow. A bit shy. perhops. but eoger to opply whot we hove leorned ond more willing to leorn whot is necessory for our totoJ growth, we begin our journey toword success. UJe come: wide-eyed, young, nervous ond unsure. Apprehensive, eoger to blend with those before us. We ore leaving: older, more stoble. knowledgeable, better equipped to contribute ourselves ond our skills In society's role for us. It hos not been eosy for us. but we hove triumphed. We ore grateful to so mony ond our thonks ond appreciation con best be returned by our contnued success. We hove leorned our motto, ond we hove leorned it well: A LCSSON IN CLASS'

Page 8 text:

Class: n. 1. fl body of persons considered to hove certoin sociol or other chorocteristics in common. 2. €legonce 3. Superiority 4. fl number of things grouped together os hoving common properties. Striving for doss, elegonce. ond. superiority in occompiishments. we move on. UJe leove to the Undergroduotes: hope • for the future. toleronce - of human frailty. truth • In oil they endeovor. sympothy - for those less fortunate. self-respect - for womenkind ond monkind. couroge - to meet ond deal with doily tasks, humility • the highest virtue. Imoginotion • the spark of life. knowledge - the key to life. pride • for we AA6 somebody. musk - for o heort without o song is o lonely heart. love • the principle of existence, justke - truly for all. freedom - for ol the oppressed.............ond. P€AC€. Kim. flndr ond Undo al hov thot S nky gtouTI CONTENTS Thom ftdmWstroOon focutv Staff Und rdossm n Th Class of 1985 Sports fict1vtt s Boosters fids