Woodmere Academy - Portfolio Yearbook (Woodmere, NY)

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Eighth 6rade Mr. Copeland tries to teach us English and 6.L. teaches him about life. W.C. and A.H. battle it to the death in the same class. Mr. Weinbaum teaches us about alge- bra and Hawaiian dress. L.K. leaves for Florida for the first time. Where 6.6.'s bar-mitzvah awed us, .l.B.'s shocked us. We bid a fond farewell to Boot: he made an impression we never shall forget. His humor and his friendship were more than something special. We meet R.F. and teach him how to spell his name. We stop calling S.A. 'squirt'. Mrs. L. teaches us about earth science and perspiration. Ninth Grade Steve F. joins us and introduces himself slowly in Ms. Fahs' class. M.S.'s parents teach us about true hospital- ity while he teaches us about poker. N.R. joins us mid- way through the year. 5.6. opens a bank account for his winnings . . . A.H. and M.S. don't. Doc Seville and Mrs. Simon teach us nothing and call it european histo- ry. Everybody does well on the bio final except those who sit in front. We meet Mr. Ames and wonder if it is a mole or a birthmark. We welcome Sue P. and Pam F. who later become closer than the Bobsey twins. S.P. and 6.6. We hit 6reat Adventure for the first time and some of us bring back whips: M.D. has fun analyzing this. Niffer joins us and has her first taste of W.A. with J.B. R.A. shows us his moves both on and off the court. Mr. Puffer teaches us Geometry in his pre-'Billy Bumbry' days. . .from the Heckle to the N.Y. times book review. -In-1-. 5 5 -'Minis 2 Q

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Sixth Grade Our first taste of being seniors and we remember how it felt to be the little kids. Sixteen of us make it and have the smallest graduation parties in history. Y.K 6 A.H. begin their feud and invite everyone but each other to their parties Cthey finally give in and let the other come. thoughj. We finally get to pass the lamp of learning. S.M. continues to play with L.T.'s mind as he pretends not to want to go to her party. We bid farewell to Mr. Dover and Mrs. Umans. G.G. and G.L. lead the Parrots to victory at field day as S.M. and G.B. almost cry on the field. Kissing games become our favorite pastime. A few of us try our hand at teaching and hate it. A few of us are sad to bid farewell to the lower school. Barbara Barth wins the Margie Boas award and Alison Leigh is granted an award for her poise, charm, dignity. and brilliance. Both awards are well deserved. We graduate singing Mahogany and head to the beach to celebrate. Seventh Grade We enter the middle school while it is still a Jr. high. C.S.. S.S., S.H., A.J., S.A., P.A., M.B., N.M., W.C., D.C., G.G.. T.P.. G.R., and J.R.join us. Many girls swoon at their first sight of AJ., and N.M. imagines that all the boys feel the same way about her Cremember this: hi fans D. We all take the Ann Landers maturity test and lie about our scores - none of us were wild and wooly at thirteen. Bar-Mitzvahs begin as we all try our first mixed drinks. J.B. and N.M. form a couple. 6.6. and J.B. begin to fall in love. We learn to love the ancient mariner and to hate Mrs. Marcy. A.H. teaches us how not to be class president. 124

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Tenth Grade H.F. rejoins us. Miss Astle begins to prepare us for the boards, and we hate it. Doc Verterjoins the fun and shows us his machine which not only solves chem problems but hands out dots and upsets students Cmuch to the dismay of A.H. who collects 633. Sweet sixteens begin. Mrs. Feldman shows us that students can look older than their teachers. Mr. Jensen shows us just how long a class can take. Mr. Arnold and Doc Dwork decide they have had enough and head for California. Coops and Trav join the ranks and show us how the other half lives. Ben Munvies and Wayne Bloom say goodbye. B.B. puts a large hole in J.L.'s wall and regrets it for months. A.J. and A.H. begin their feud in math. Julie S. decides to head for the promised land. She also has her 'knee' fixed. N.M. 6 K.B. N.M. fr R.S. 126 Eleventh Grade Typewriters click away at E.T.S. and determine our future. Some cry while others laugh. A few of us begin our senior slumps. 6.6. and LB. are once again in love as he gradu- ates. Brad. G. shows us how truly special he is both on and off the soccer field as he takes both the scoring title and 99 from F.G. N.R. and P.F. pretend they are not seeing each other for about four months: one of them regrets it. N.M. and A.H. begin o lasting friendship which draws much speculation but little else. Barry G. joins the gang and soon earns a starting spot on varsity basketball . . . he also finds a dozen or so girlfirends by being a nice guy. W.C. finds a boyfriend . . . and it lasts. We almost have a prom. D.C. proves himself to be a future major leaguer as he dazzles Collegiate with his fastball. A.S. joins us and begins to chase S.L. . .. he catches her. We get our first taste of Model U.N. B.B. Cr W.C. have their first real feud. W.C. becomes the class president and doesn't attend meetings. We elect N.R. school president. We watch the grade above us graduate.