West Essex High School - Milestone Yearbook (North Caldwell, NJ)

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Sociol STudies You con T copTure in prlnT The greoT exciTemenT when The school firsT opened Peo ple were broughT from oil over The counTry To sTorT This school There wos o reol Three yeor efforT of securing on ini Tiol sToff The Boord of Educo Tion dellberoTely bolonced experienced Teochers wiTh inexperienced Teochers sold Principol lvlolcolm Simp son of The esToblishmenT of WesT Essex TwenTy four yeors ogo lVlr Simpson begon Teoching moTh oT WesT Essex ThoT firsT yeor in The new building col culus wos noT offered in The curriculum Mr Simpson volunTeered To Teoch o col culus course on SoTurdoy mornings In ThoT iniTiol closs There were flTTeen sTudenTs Two yeors loTer colculus wos inTroduced inTo The curricu lum Mr Simpson wos Then nomed heod of The moTh de porTmenT in 1965 According To Mr Simpson STerling Memories lVldlcolm Simpson his mosT memoroble momenT oT WesT Essex wos when he wos nomed prlncipol in 1969 My colculus closs surprised me in closs one doy wlTh o silver bowl IT wos inscribed wlTh The phrose wiTh mixed emoTionsl ThoT wos o very big Time in my life' Unknown To mony sTudenTs Mr Simpson inlTloTed The compuTer progrom oT WesT Essex in 1967 68 Through o federol gronT The compuTer closs ToughT by lvlr Simpson wos olso origlnolly on SoTur doy momings During The sev enTeen yeors The school hos been involved in compuTers The progrom hos been grow ing slowly Refle-cTing bock on his yeors oT WesT Essex ond The developmenT of The school Simpson sold We reolly ore oTed someThing We like To Think iT Took hold l om very very proud of This ploce l Think iT hos been on exciTing ploce To bel 31 I W, or 'V 'T . .., 4 sw I l ' ' I Mr: I ,, , . . . ii . . . . . , , , , . , , . . . . . . ,, - - H . . . . , . , - . , ' 1 ' ' XX , . . . , . . ,, - I . 170 T T Mr. Ralph Harrify DeporTmenT Choirmon 2 el , Mr. John Gale US HisTory 2 CIP: US HisTory iz Survey: Coreers in Urbon Americo Mr. Thomas Mullane Economics: Crisis 8a Chonge Mr. RoberT Caruso US HisTory l ond 2AP: ComporoTive Religion Mrs. Bonnie-Ann McLain US HisTory TSH: US HisTory 23 ConTemporory CulTures Mr. David Montgomery US l-lisTory QPE U l-lisTory TD

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Mr. Richard Clarke English 2H, 2D Mlss Tracy Cavallo English SG, 2A Mrs. Dorothy Chestnut Librarian Mr Wllllam Spears English AD AG 3A Q g l Mrs Eleanor Smlth English 3A 2G Ya-5 Mrs. Helen Rodgers Library Secretary 'im q,,-,J Charles Small Business English English 2A Mrs Mary Clifton has been teaching English at West Essex for twenty-four years and is still loving every minute of it. We always had an excellent student body and that has made teaching worthwhile said Mrs. Clifton. Mrs. Clifton originally taught at Grover Cleveland High School. ln1961 she was interviewed and recruited for The upcoming school year by Dr. WalterStilIe then the superintendent. She said that she had fully expected twenty-four years ago To still be Teaching at West Essex Today. Having seen many Wes- sex students come and go, Mrs. Clifton believes That we are returning to The stu- dents' willingness To do well. Since The beginning Ms Patrlcla Connors Expository Writin fSurvey English 3 Sterling Memories rs Mary Clifton of The school Mrs Clifton notes that West Essex has gone Through a full cycle. Today students are more interested in education. Stu- dents are more outward now. They seem not To be afraid to ask a question. Three experiences stand out in Mrs. Clifton s mind as most memorable. The first she said was The dedica- tion of The 1973 Milestone To her. Tied for second are fourteen invitations To grad- uation parties in one year and the 1980 state football championship game which she chaperoned. Teaching The same thing year after year is never bor- ing fcr Mrs. Clifton because as she says, Every year you get new students. lT's like a whole new experience and that keeps you very youngl

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xt Mrs Susan Helnls US History iSH Asia fu, Mr Ralph Dougan Ath letic Director and Physical Education Department Chairman has worked at West Essex for twenty four years Before coming to West Essex Mr. Dougan taught physical education at the elementary schools in North Caldwell and Rose- land. At West Essex in addi- tion to his duties as a teach- er Mr. Dougan has coached baseball foot- ball soccer and tennis. He explained that in the early years of the school gym teachers had to pitch in wherever they were needed and as a result he had coached a number of different sports. Among his memories, Mr. Dougan recalls the time when eighteen bus loads of students went to watch the soccer team win the state championship. He also re- members when the West '4 63' M Anthony Janish Mr Jeffrey BOYCI ggzgtfglftggfgnoipzlriig US History 2ClP US History Criminology US History 28 History 28 Sterling 'M' Memories Ralph Dougan Essex football team played at Giants stadium in the Meadowlands during the 1980 season and when the 1984 field hockey team won the state championship Mr Dougan is very proud of the fact that many student athletes who left West Essex for college became profes- sionals and then went on to make their mam on society. We ve been blessed with a good athletic staff and coaches said Mr. Dougan who has been the athletic director for the last ten years. Mrr Dougan feels that much of his success as an athletic director can be attributed to the coopera- tion and understanding of Mr. Charles Poglieri and Mr. Malcolm Simpson, Mr. Dougan had been offered the opportunity to move on to college coaching but he chose to remain at West Essex. 'lfSurvey US History lDH 'I XX v AL TECHNICALLY CORRECT: Mr. Peter Renna helps John Bomhoff with electronics 171