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•-•A> MOUNT KISCO, N.Y., THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1963 Mount Kisco Elementary School Graduates 4 MISS ROWENA GARDNER'S class of graduates from the Mount Kisco Elementary School are shown. Bottom row from the left are: Judy Wittwer, Deb- ra Kaminer, Cheryl Figa, Mar- tha Taylor, Sharron Crago, Owen Lipstein, Baudillio Leon, Dominic Simone, Vincent Pu- sada. Second row from the left are: Robin Finch, Miss Gard- ner, Barbara Peck, Debra Mar- tin, Thomas Murphy, Gordon Deane, Edward O'Dell, Billy Kalb, John Nardelli. Third row from the l e f t are: Valerie Tripp, Mary Ann Horrace, Beth Cross, Rocco Amuso, George Brillard, Rocco Morfea, Vincent Fallon.—Photo by Camera Cor- ner. GRADUATES OF Mrs. Mar- lene Vellutino's class at the Mount Kisco Elementary School are shown. Bottom row from the left are: June Finch, Maddy Hirshfield , J o a n n Bronzino, Lynn Mulley, Mark Cohen, Den- nis Munson and Stephen Hum- mel. Second row from the left are: Beth Henry, Ruthanne Hay, Lois Sasloe, Karen Mc- Quiad, Doug Newswander, Ric- ky Rinkoff, Jeff Smilkstein, Ph- ilip Brown, Howie Burchman. Third row from the left are: Jo- anne Mercaldo, Angela Terlizzi, Joan Waterbury, Joan Montes, Hanord Reynolds, Gregory Hor- ace, Kevin McNulla and Mrs. Veluntino. — Photo by Camera Corner. ANTHONY HAGOPIAN'S class of graduates from the Mount Kisco PJlementary School are shown. Bottom row from the left are. Joyce Bishop, Rose Marie Rea, Debra Tjomstol, Bedford Faculty Three Leave S MOUNT KISCO— Thomas Pasquale, sixth grade teacher at Bedford Hills Elemen- tary School, has resigned from the Bedford Central District ro accept a position as elementary supervisor at the Haldane School in Cold Spring. The Board of Education, on the suggestion of Dr. Henry Russell, board member, asked at its regu- lar meeting last week that a let- ter be sent to Mr. Pasquale ex- pressing gratitude to him for the time and talent he has given to the Bedford Hills School. "He is a good man with young children," Dr. Russell said, "which is prob- ably why he has been made a principal." Three other resignations were accepted by the board: Miss Na- talie Haglund, guidance counsel- or at Fox Lane high school, will study for her doctorate at Michi- gan State University; Miss Pa- tricia L. Gill, science teacher at Fox Lane will accept a teaching position in East Africa for two years; and Miss Eileen Twomey, who was appointed to a position as reading consultant at the last board meeting, asked to with- draw for personal reasons. The board also granted a leave of absence for one year to Miss Jean Kissick to allow her to com- plete work for her master's de- gree. Miss Daryl Ann Thompson was appointed an elementary school teacher in the Bedford Hills School on step one of the B.A. scale at $5,400 annual salary rate. Miss Thompson will receive her bachelor of arts degree this month from the College of New Rochelle where her major has been English, with a minor in ed- ucation. She has taught fifth grade at the Eastchester Anne > Mount Kisco pool under the pro- NEW TRUSTEE ARMONK— The annual organization meet- ing of the Byram Hills Board of Education was held Tuesday eve- ning at the Crittenden School. Cuprk Thompson is. now serving, as the new trustee. Hutchinson School as part of her course requirements and has served as a camp counselor and group leader at the Hudson Day Camp during the past few sum- mers. Mrs. Patricia Schwartz was ap- pointed guidance counselor at an annual salary rate of $9,500. Mrs. Schwarts received both her bach- elor's and master's degrees at San Jose State College in Cali- fornia. She has served as a guid- ance counselor in Englewood, N.J and for U. S. Air Force schools in France and Japan. Robert Robillard was appointed as a teacher of science (physics) in Fox Lane School at an annual salary rate of $9,850. Mr. Robillard received a bach- elor of education degree from Rhode Island College of Educa- tion and his master of science from Syracuse University in 1959. He has had 11 years of science teaching experience, with his most recent assignment being that of science coordinator at the Westhill School in Syracuse. Miss Joanne St. George will serve as a teacher of physical ed- ucation at Fox Lane next year at an annual salary of $7,700. She received her bachelor of science degree in 1956 from the State University College at Cort- land. In 1952 she graduated from Mount Kisco High School and taught for five years in Somers before going to her present posi- tion in Bethpage, L. I. She has spent seven summers as an in- structor and lifeguard at the gram of the Mount Kisco Recrea tion Commission. Michael Carelli Jr. was appoint- ed teacher of elementary music for the Mount Kisco Elementary School at a salary rate of $6,350. Mr. Carelli got his bachelor of music degree from Boston Uni- versity in 1931. He served for three years in the Army in Korea and Japan where he was involved in music organizations. He is now employed in the Bellows Falls, Vt. school system as music supervis- or. Miss Mary L. Hair was ap- pointed teacher of English at Fox Lane at an annual salary rate of $9,425. Miss Hair received her bache- lor's degree in English in 1951 and a master of arts degree in 1956 from Louisiana State Uni- versity. She received a Carleton Fellowship at the University and she attended Columbia University on a John Hay Fellowship in 1960. She has taught for the past seven years in Lake Charles High School, Lake Charles, La. Appointed to the position of guidance counselor was Howard Schofield, whose annual salary rate will be $9,500. Mr. Schofield received both his bachelor's and master's de- grees from Northeastern Univers- ity. He has had three year's teaching and five, year's guid- ance counselling experience, with his most recent assignment be- ing at the New Lebanon, N. Y. school system. During the summer of 1961, Mr. Turn-Over Rate Under Average MOUNT KISCO- Bedford C e n t r a l's teacher turnover is less than the na- tional average for teachers who are going to other teaching po- sitions, Dr. Charles 0. Rich- ter, superintendent, of schools, told the Bedford Board of Ed- ucation last week. Dr. Richter said figures re- leased by the National. Educa- tion Association showed the national average to be 6.8 per cent turnover in this category while Bedord's rate is 3.4 per cent Dr. Richter said the turnover is still higher than he would like, but commented^ that the average woman getsi,married' at' ,19—four years earlier than 20. years ago — and • consequently has children faster)ahd leaves*, her teaching position sooner. Lynda Antonini, Luca Conte, Robert Darby, Jay Several and Richard Briggs. Second row from the left are: Sandra Kur- itsky, Sharon Gardner, Susan Karafin, Karen Ashworth, Bar- bara Smith, Earl Weeks, Kurt caia. Third row from the left are: Linda Vickery, Sigrid Leg- ler, Christine Paris, Maureen Shanks, Daniel Lieberman, Mr. Hagopian, Frank Molinaro and Donald Backer.—Photo by Cam- era Corner. GEORGE PAGLIARO's class of graduates from Mount Kisco Elementary School are shown. Bottom row from the left are: Julia Singleton, Cathy Cosen- tino, Rosa M o r f i a, Barbara O'Brien, William Reich, Robert Boehm, Douglas Martin. Second row from the left are: Maureen Werner, Mary Gaewsky, Terry Chittenden, W i l l i a m Finch, Richard R u o c c o and Peter Brugger. Third row from the left are: Gay Minasi, Karen Peterson, John Caracciola, Steve Davis. Fourth row from the left are: Stephanie Tay- lor, Karen Reynolds, Jerry Sar- les, Leon Hargrove, Mr. Pagli- aro, Eddie Smilkstein and Tra- cy Healy. — Photo by Camera Corner. Bedford Central Wins Honors Project Grant Fox Lane Magazine Luddington Award To 'Fire And Ice' MOUNT KISCO- "Fire and Ice," Fox Lane's first fine arts magazine publish- ed this year, has received an award of $50 from the Sybil Luddington Fund for Excellence in Public Education. The award was announced at last Wednesday night's Bedford Board of Education meeting by Dr. Charles O. Richter, superin- tendent of schools. The publication has caused con- siderable comment within the district, and one resident in the audience asked if there were not additional copies available. The publication was limited to 500 for the first edition, and it has been sold out. Text of Tribute The award presented to the Schofield attended the NDEA In- stitute at Fordham and in 1962 he was a member of an institute at Rutgers University. Mrs. Virginia Waldrop was ap- pointed elementary school libra- rian fo the Bedford Hills Ele- mentary School at a salary rate of $5,800. Mrs. Waldrop holds a bache- • lor's degree from New York Uni- versity and a certificate in libra- ry science from Trenton State Teachers Gollege. -Until recenftv she has been, a librarian at^e Central^Proce^ing Center^ for, the Board'.of; GoSperative .Educational Services in Valhalla. She .has taught, in both elementary, ^anc} secondary schools in Baltimore; Fox Lane Literary Fund for the Fire and Ice magazine reads: "The Sybil Luddington Fund for excellence in public educa- tion has the pleasure of giving an award of $50 to the Fox Lane Literary Fund in recognition of the standard of excellence which (•has been set by the publication "Fire and Ice," a portfolio of creative work prepared by stu- dents under the perceptive guid- ance of Thomas Sobol with Jac- queline Nuney and a resident of the district who was asked to be professional advisor for the project. "Within a brief period of work they jointly accomplished the completion of a publication of outstanding literary and artis- tic quality. In the process: they established the value of team effort by individual students of varying ages and interests; they demonstrated effective handling of all complex technical details and production aspects of publi- cation; they set a significant example of the wise use of prof-, fessional community resources. ''This award honors all who helped to bring this project to fruition and .recognizes the. goal expressed on the opening page of thfe^portfolib^ "*We hope that the quality of >tlUjS,'sampling will spur cr^ative^effort in the future."' Founded Last. iTear- ' _ r The : .SybiL Luddington Fund wis.:fQimHe^ don- ers % : .$§Zfti> encourage — 1 lerice f * inipliblid" education. MOUNT KISCO- The Honors Tutorial Program of independent study at Fox Lane High School has been ap- proved for a $12,136.37 grant from the State Education Depart- ment to allow its continuance. In addition, Dr. Charles O. Richter, superintendent of schools told the Bedford Board of Educa- tion last week that the district has been asked to assume lead- ership in the planning and opera- tion of a new and larger study. The honors program at Fox Lane will go into its third year this fall. Two years ago 10 stu- dents were enrolled in the pro- gram and last year 37 juniors and seniors worked on independ- ent projects of broad scope. In a letter to Dr. Richter, Dr. Lome H. Woollatt, associate commissioner for research and special studies, said the SED is interested in enlarging the project and evaluating its effects and ask- ed if Bedford Central would co- operate. Dr. Richter said he has inform- ed Dr. Woollatt the district would be happy to cooperate and the board agreed. A representative from the Fox Lane project will be included in future planning sessions on the project with Dr. Francis Cornell of the SED. In addition, $4,062 has been Philmus Receives Prize For Poetry THORNWOOD- Robert M. Philmus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Philmus of 68 Allison Lane, has won a prize for poetry written in his junior year at Brown University. The award was made by The Academy of Poets of the United States. Mr. Philmus, an English major, is completing his college course in three years instead of four. granted to the school district for the continuance of "Project Able" in the Mount Kisco Elementary School. This project centers on the idea that students with* great- er potential than their output has shown can be spurred on and en- couraged by a program of spe- cialized attention. ex 1- OPENING SOON! AQUARIUM PLEASANTVILLE & PET SUPPLIES Tropical Fish Turtles Gold Fish Pet Supplies *Dogs, Cats, Birds R. H. LANGE — "Rih-Ician"
