Weequahic High School - Legend Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT’S MESSAGE

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ES Eee НЕН” PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE BOARD OF EDUCATION WEEQUAHIC HIGH SCHOOL 279 CHANCELLOR AVENUE NEWARK. NEW JERSEY 07112 EUGENE С CAMPBELL LAWRENCE MAJOR EXECUTIVE SUPERINTENDENT PRINCIPAL Principal's Message to the Graduates My heartfelt and most sincere congratulations to members of the 1989 graduating class of Weequahic High School. The four years you have invested here are finally reaching fruition. Years of academic dedicction, regular attendance along with pride and self respect have prepared you for this moment. The worlds of higher education and industry await your arrival. Challenges will confront you along the way and problems and diversions may alter your mission. However, if your parents, teachers, and principals have provided the proper experiences and directions, you ill possess all the tools necessary to meet these challenges and stay the course. In this era of modern technology, conflicting human relationships and twenty-first century demands, you must transfer the learned skills and knowledge that yo: obtained at Weequahic High School to areas of life skills needed to echieve your Ultimate goals. When you reflect upon your years at Weequahic High School, how will you remember us? We wart to be remembered as dedicated and caring parents, teachers, and principals. Our main objective was to provide the suitable educational environment where teachers can teach and students can learn. For it is through your actions and deeds that the effectiveness ot our efforts is measured. As you embrace this graduation ceremony, I refer you to a verse from Whitney Houstor's One Moment In Time. Give me one moment in time When I am more than I thought I could be When all cf my dreams are a heartbeat away And the answers are all up to me This is your moment in time, make the most of it. Love, happiness and suc-ess to each of you. Your ргівсірађ, е, biG. ёс Мах Lawrence Ma tr TOGETHER WE WILL EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN

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VICE PRINCIPALS “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves ...” Shakespeare: Julius Caesar I hope your high school years have served you well, because these years к critical т terms of the adult you will become. Each milestone in your life closes one ch: ipter and sets the stage for another. One of the most productive social growth lessons you should have learned is to approach each problem by taking a long, objective look in the mirror. Life is usu; ally as good to you as you are true to your dreams. In this olympic year, we have witnessed many instances of extraordinary determination and courage. As you go out from this place and time, remember to always strive to do your personal best. Go for the GOLD! Catherine M. Murphy Vice Principal Norma Brown Each year at this time, I am asked to prepare a statement for the Legend and each year, I try to think of something new, clever, and different to say! Because after all, the Class of 1989 will be the Only One Of It’s Kind! But even though you are different, you are similar in so many ways to the young men and women who have gone on be fore you. Similar in that you have passed the necessary courses, earned the required credits and have been approved to receive a New Jersey High School Diploma. But you are different because your experiences and career choices will take you down different paths than those of your predecessors. I can only ask that you chose your path with care, sincerity and after much thought; that you not let the ills and evil of this word deter you from the path you choose. I also ask that you travel along your path representing W eequahic High School with dignity and pride and in such a manner that the path you pave makes it easier for those who come after you. Continue to make us proud to have known you. God bless you all. Norma F. Brown Vice Principal