Weston High School - Key Yearbook (Weston, MA)

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There Every Time Special Recognition T he Class of 1985 is ex¬ tremely grateful to our class advisors Mr. Taberski and Mr. Williams, which of course doesn’t even begin to cover how indebted we are to them for the time, interest and hard work they gave us. Their contributions were very different, but equal¬ ly appreciated. It is thanks to them that our class has accom¬ plished so much. Mr. Williams will be re¬ membered for his help orga¬ nizing and running many of our class activities, I don’t know how r many of us realize that Mr. Williams arrived at the school cafeteria at four in the morning to set-up for the pancake breakfast. He worked long and hard for the right to let us hold the prom in the school library. Nothing was too much to ask, he tried any¬ thing or at least thought it over seriously. Mr. Williams has al¬ ways been an adventurous ad¬ visor who took our class and our class events seriously. Mr. Taberski is as close a friend to many of us as any eighteen-year-old. He was there in the normal ways, organizer, chaperone, etc. But lik e Mr. Williams, he put far more into his position than the definition of the job re¬ quired. He has taken a lot from us, he has let us joke with him without fear or reservations. He has brought us golfing, played chess with us and talked with us. In short he has been a friend. When the pro¬ wrestling idea was origi¬ nated, Mr. Taberski got enough of his friends in the class to organize the event that no stu¬ dent council member even had to get involved. That event earned us fifteen hundred dol¬ lars. It is impossible to summarize his usefulness to us in High school as it is to define friendship itself. Thanks very much to Mr. Wil¬ liams and Mr. Taberski, whom we needed and who were there every time. 166 The Best Part Special Recognition

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It All Adds Up Ready to attack his next problem, Wes Atamian demonstrates the lighter side of Math Team practice. Selling items such as notebooks, pens, and “Weston” buttons, Debbie Saltz and Amy Field work for the Stockyard during a lunch period. Passing the microphone back and forth, Announcers Club advisor Mr. Barclay and member Josh Gerstein read the morning announcements. Math Team members Eric Shreiber, Katie Boucher, and Tomomi Kimura practice for efficiency in Room 4. The Best Part Activities 165

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A Couple of Winners Dedication T his year’s dedication goes out to the Taggarts as a couple, as well as two deserving individuals who happen to be married. Everyone’s favorite music and social studies teachers were married in 1982. Before this time and after, the two have each held special signifi- cance for the class of ’85. Most of us have had Mrs. Denise Dunn Taggart for our music teacher at one time or another. She is especially important to those of us who have sung in chorus. Mrs. Taggart has always been a teacher who can communicate with us on our own level. She can be seen talking with stu¬ dents as often as adults. With Mrs. Taggart there is no gen¬ eration gap. With her good humor and sympathy she is immediately as much a friend as an instruc¬ tor. Mrs. Taggart is also an ex¬ cellent instructor as her con¬ certs have been proving since she started here as the Weston Junior High music teacher. In September of 1981, Mrs. Tag¬ gart, then Miss Dunn, moved to the High School with the class of ’85. I think that this is part of the particular close¬ ness that is felt between us. Mr. Don Taggart taught Grade 6 in Weston since 1970, but switched up to the Junior High in 1979, right along with ’85. A coincidence, I don’t know, Mr. Taggart has always said that we are his favorite class. Social Studies in Junior High and then again in High School was never better than with Mr. Taggart when he moved in September of 1982, our sophomore year. He is at all of our class meetings and he has an ’85 homeroom. I truly get the feeling that Mr. Taggart will miss our class as much as we will miss him, if that is possible. Mr. Tag¬ gart is one of the funniest teachers in the school he has an amazing gift; the ability to make learning fun. We feel that he has been as much a part of our class as any of us. When Mr. and Mrs. Taggart were married in January of 1982, we were surprised and pleased. We gained a beautiful couple and, did not lose two individual people who always have and hopefully always will add humor and a sense of caring to Weston High. The Best Part Dedication 167