West Springfield High School - Terrier Yearbook (West Springfield, MA)

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Service Departments Assure Performing a myriad of services and providing a wealth of in- Miss Lorraine Shaw, and Mrs. Edith Dutkiewicz, secretary to formation and assistance are West Side's oliice staff: Mrs. Ger- Mr. Shields. ry O'Donnel1, Mrs. Marjorie Rockwell, Mrs. Edna Christian, a f w 2 Miss Victoria Swistro, who formerly taught English, is in her first year as head of the expanding school library. She replaced Miss Alice Burkhardt, who retired in June, 1965. Carolyn Cordonnier and Linda Sanczuk receive suggestions from Mrs. Annette Arsenault, sophomore English teacher and assistant librarian. 24

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Kenneth Kindig watches and grades students as they perform various gymnastic skills. Mrs. Marian Kurtz and Mrs. Mary Thayer, physical education teachers, help girls Mrs. Kurtz demonstrates proper spiking achieve physical fitness and develop their athletic skills. technique to junior Sheryl Berti. Indoor Pool Under Construction Through Physical Education students learn to combine fun with fitness. The department's pro- gram covers many iports, including track, golf, tennis, gymnastics, eld hockey, wrestling, and softball. . Students who are especially interested in gym- nastics are offered the opportunity to join the schoolis gymnastic team and to participate in the Gym Shows. Underclassmen are looking forward to using the indoor pool now being constructed. Ernie Senez performs a muscle-up on the still rings with the help of Coach William Jones. ?E:52s50xPisfm: rs shi 'fx ri 'f f ' f

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Well Run School James Erickson is the instructor for classroom and behind-the-wheel driver's education. Under his supervision, 250 students obtained their driver's licenses this year. 25 Miss Gertrude Bradley, school nurse, is well prepared to handle emergency health problems and injuries that may Cafeteria workers prepare a variety of lunches each day for over 1200 stu- dents and faculty. SEA T- ED: G. Collins, J. Dut- kiewicz, G. Selvatico, S. Hamilton, who retired as Manager in February, af- ter 20 years of service, D. LeBrun, H. Pietruszak, H. Duerr, T. Neumann. STANDING: C. Pha- neuf, L. Lodi, H. Adams, manager, B. Dzubek, L. Engle, O. Elliott, C. Pu- pek, M. Barrett, R. Pira- ni, J. Pupek. Responsible for the main- tenance of the school buildings and grounds, the custodians are, Bill Barantine, Fred Gawron, Nick Angelides, Alex Guidetti, Walter Trela, and Francis Smith.