Weldon E Howitt High School - Hi Life Yearbook (Farmingdale, NY)

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Above Left: Danny Moyer Above Right: Lisa Gelman Left: Lisa Borrine takes time out for lunch. 3

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Above: Margarita Miecnikowski Above Right: Dave Palmer watches the pitch from the Syosset team. Right: An archer shoots for the sun. Faced with a long Hi-Life questionaire or a staff mem- ber asking questions about various topics, many stu- dents asked, What is this for?” Some viewed it with suspicion, others brushed it off with a joking comment. But many welcomed a chance to air their views and have input into the yearbook. This yearbook belongs to you, and while it is physi- cally impossible to profile all of you, we have tried to incorporate the feelings of a cross section of the stu- dent body into the book. The quote boxes used throughout the book supply a means for you to directly voice your opinions. By representing the people, events, and fash- ions in one single school year, the book will enable you to look back on the physical aspects of high school life. By showing opinions, your opinions, you will be able to see your thoughts among those of others. This yearbook is truly yours. It does not contain just one reaction to events or just one viewpoint. It em- bodies all of you, all differ- ent students who have one thing in common: you all at- tended Farmingdale High School during the 1978-79 school year. 2

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A student’s life does not be- gin and end in the school building. His classes, his classmates, his teachers, and his extra-curricular activities are all important aspects of his life. His free periods, spent in the cafeteria or in the li- brary, and his time spent with friends or by himself are equally important. But there is much more to a student’s life than school. A fraction of time is actually spent in the building. The ma- jority is spent at home or in the community, doing things other than schoolwork. What they wear, where they work, where and with whom they spend their weekends, is many times, foremost in their minds. International, national and local current events affect a student also. Daily conversa- tions are often filled with dis- cussions of professional sports or premiering movies. There is a growing awareness and interest in local and na- tional politics, policies, and problems. Concern about em- ployment and inflation in gen- eral are increasingly important to the high school students, as they are confronted with the rising costs of cars, insur- ance and tuition. These, and other factors, have been included in this section in an attempt to reveal as much of a Farmingdale High School student's life as possible. 4