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

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Hours spent surrounded by stuffed ani- mals at Adventure Land are summer memories for Danny Baceelliere. The tedious chore of filling out a de laney card, part of every first day. is completed by Erin Dooley, as Mr. Stern oversees. 16 Summer School Opening

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Some socializing is done by Brian Owen, Sean McNulty, and Lisa Za fonte before the buffet. As they arrive at the prom. Corrine Con nelly and Greg Brzezinski are greeted by Kenny Ryan and a prom program All decked out in white ties and tails. Phil Arteca and David Murphy indeed make a debonair pair Junior Prom b

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September Blues When all the clothing stores in the Sunrise Mall start to put out winter sweaters, when the Jones Beach busdrivers begin to exhibit a slight feeling of relief, when Tony the Tiger starts advertising pencil cases on the back of your cereal box. you know it can only mean one thing . . . It’s that time again. September brought with it the end of those carefree summer nights and wonderful summer bar beques. Those relaxing days on the beach were replaced by the drudging of getting up at 6:00 a.m. and pushing yourself to school with half closed eyelids. This September in particular saw many changes. For the fresh men and sophomores it meant a challenge and perhaps a bit of a scare, a beginning to a new phase in their lives. For the juniors and seniors it was a return to a familiar place which did not look as famil- iar as they thought due to rearran- gements in the school. There were so many changes this year that I felt I was starting the whole process all over again, Nancy Kretschmann. senior, comment- ed. That the first week or so brought confusion for all students is no question. There were new rooms to locate and new routines to learn, although most were mer- ely temporary. One could tell by the hordes of students down in the guidance offices that a good per centage of the schedules were la- boriously being altered. Victor Chang, junior, stated. I expected my schedule to be wrong. It would have been a surprise if it turned out right. Much of the first week was spent filling out the usual forms: book receipts, copies of schedules for friends and. of course, the infamous Delaney cards. Those things are a pain in the neck.” Sherry Karmel, fresh- man, lamented. Right from the start, returning students could feel the changes which had occurred since they’d last been there. Homeroom had been switched so that it now took The Commons is once again crowded with students on the first day of school, as they talk to friends they haven't seen since June. place between first and second periods instead of the beginning of the day. Most students were not pleased with this new policy. Larry Abuhoff, senior, stated, It is stupid to have homeroom after first period. It encourages people to cut first period with the excuse that they slept late. Alternate School students found another change; their home base had been moved to downstairs where part of cafeteria A had been, cut- ting the cafeteria s size much to the bewilderment of many hunga ry scholars who had once made it their haven. But one thing all could probably agree on as being distinctly differ- ent was the crowdedness of the hallways due to the newly arrived freshmen. That was not the only big difference this year. This was the first year that Mr. Douglas Be- geal was the school's principal. It was indeed an auspicious begin- ning for the new administrator and everyone was very pleased with the fine job he did. With all the new changes, we were certainly off to an uncertain start, but, as often is the case, the horse a legnth behind ends up in the winner’s circle. One of the problems faced by freshmen and sophomores at the beginning of school is finding out that their locker has been stolen'' by an upperclassman. Jerry Schroader watches as custodian George Freudenberger clips the foreign lock off his locker. Opening Of School 17