Westfield High School - Weather Vane Yearbook (Westfield, NJ)

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SECRETARIES Ruth Hanna Eileen Sexton Frances Newton I 1 FAREWELL . . . The Westfield school system owes its tradition of excellence to long years of service by dedicated faculty and staff. On behalf of the Westfield School, the 1983 Weather Vane would like to extend its gratitude to the following persons as they retire from their present positions: John Lay. retiring after 13 years as as Director of Phys. Ed. and Athletics, 6 years as Supervisor of boys athletics, and 12 years as Phys. Ed. and Health teacher; Gary Kehler, stepping down after 22 years as head football coach and 4 years as assistant football coach; Ruth Hanna, departing after 22 years as secretary to guidance; Isabel Dukes, leaving after 15 years of guidance. 11 in Roosevelt and 4 years in the high school; Marie Sweeney, retiring after 24 yeors as secretary to the principal; Jim Donovan, leaving after being Assistant Su-perintendent since 1975. m Mari© Sweeney 23 i

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Counseling at the high school level was strictly vocational, and then it became scheduling students into the right classes, and now it is personal and social counseling as wet.-Judith Glasser Westfield High School is a more exciting ploce because it offers more. It has not only the traditional offerings, but also contemporary ones.-Evelyn Maloney We now have a great deal more supplementary help In the way of the Special Services Team, which includes a psychologist, a social worker, a learning disabilities teacher, and the resource room teachers. And we also have about thirty volunteers who work in the College Resource Center. ■ Margaret Rhein

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I think that the most significant as well as the most exciting progress occurs on the individual level- the personal increase in knowledge of students and teachers. Institutionally, education seems slow to change. The back to basics movement, despite its essential strength, ignores the findings of much recent educational research.-Elizabeth Corieil Students seem to be becoming complex in terms of the cultural, economic. political and social phenomena that they are bombarded with. And. therefore, greater attention is demanded of me to meet the more complex and radically differing needs of each student.-Robert Eyre I believe the world of communication is rapidly growing. I feel our methods of communication and of seeking information w» l change our lives. It's the age of the computer and television advancement and I wonder if we are prepared. -JoAnn Gainer Students today are more in tune with the reality that the world is the challenger, the student the challenged; that it is the ability to perform, and not ignorance or defiance, that Involves them in the pursuit of their own goals.- .cvs Hopkins We reflect a more conservative, cautious, and self-directed culture. Changes in the society are reflected in the microcosm of the high school. I think that learning is magic when it works .-Paula Roy The Westfield school system differs from the others I've taught in because each school says it it is going to make an effort to help each student individually; Westfield High School is one that actually does. And I like that.-Ethel Williams Walt Clarkson 24