Wellesley High School - Wellesleyan Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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Rick Pini and Mike Natacchioni did their math with electronic help. Judy Ambrose and Althea Jackson conversing in the hall. Taking it slowly in the library (Yvonne Ciardello). Michelle Brodeur

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1976 WELLESLEYAN SCENES FROM WELLESLEY HIGH: PAGE 1: Maureen Staley, Ann Henry. OPPOSITE PAGE: Terry Fitzgerald, Sue Clark, Linda Perani, Brian Zimbler. Ron Goguen, Bill McEnroe, Bob Bachman. Sally Smith, Laurie Mills, Muffi Edwards. 4 EDUCATION BEGINS WITH PEOPLE 12 HIGH SCHOOL DEFICIENCIES REMAINED UNSOLVED 16 ACADEMICS 44 EVENTS 60 ACTIVITIES 88 SPORTS 150 SENIORS 202 UNDERCLASSMEN 212 TRADITIONS 224 WHERE WE’RE HEADED 234 CLOSING THOUGHTS 240 A WORD FROM THE EDITORS 3

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EDUCATION BEGINS WITH PEOPLE If not for friends, there’d be no reason for me to come to school,” admitted stu¬ dent, Susan Sherman. Why would I want to come here and just sit in class and take notes, and not talk to anybody 5 ” Friends, indeed, seemed to be the mo t important part of high school for many students at W.H.S. Relationships with people have subordinated academic studies as the real curriculum of secondary educa¬ tion. Young people are far more interested Karen Thompson Kimmy Marden and Jody Jackson Gemma Perdoni and Cynthia Lambert in each other and in the faculty members and administrators they encounter in ichool than they could ever be in text¬ books and lectures. Perhaps this is proper, because after all, students do spend six hours or more a day in school five days of the week, nine months a year, for twelve years of their lives. It is only natural that the student’s real knowledge of the outside world and of himself should come from contact with others. You’re not the same as everyone else,” explained Dena Rodis, so by meeting with other people you discover different personalities, and learn how to get along with others. You also learn about yourself.” Passing in the hall Sue Kelly 5