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FARMINGDALE OBSERVER 10
WHERE THE HISTORY OF YOUR COMMUNITY IS Rl F, 0 S L t Pu8ue H I ' M I
An Offiriaf Nowspapi- r of The Incorporated Village of Farmingdale - Scrvin* Greater Fan M t * & ' T T * 0
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VOL. 9 NO. 1 Second Class Postage has been paid at Farmingdale, N. Y. 11735 • Published bv THE OBSERVER, INC., Bo ihursday, August 26, 1971
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
.. ROLLING ALONG: Oyster Bay Town Councilman Warren iVL
Doolittle wraps his arms around two of the youngsters par­ticipating
in the Town of Oyster Bay recreation program for
handicapped youngsters as they prepare to ride the roller coaster
at Adventurer's Playland, Farmingdale. The youngsters, Judy
Parise, 8, and Andrew Hoey, 8, Farmingdale, spent a day enjoying
courtesy rides during the group's annual outing at the amusement
LUCKY GIRL: Susan DeAlto, of 2 Mill Lane, Farmingdale. was
struck by a car last weekend. She was lucky, for her injuries
turned out to be minor. Our picture shows members of South
Farmingdale Kescuue Co. 1 attending to the girl who was struck
while riding her bicycle. phoU). R o b e r t j G r e co
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CAKMKLO TKSE is going to run as the write- in candidate for
District Court Judge in the Tobay Republican Primary. Reports
reaching the OBSFRVFR last week, indicating the naming of Test-to
challenge incumbent judge Francis P. Donovan, proved to be
true. Word of the impending nomination traveled all the way up to
Niagara Falls, where Tese ( right) was attending the New York
State Fire Association conference. George Beato ( left) of
Massapequa, president of the 6th Battalion, greets Tese while
trying to find out whether or not the rumors were ture. By now he
knows they were. Carmelo Tese is the counsel of both the North
Massapequa and the Farmingdale Fire District, 3rd Deputy Chief
ol the South Farmingdale Fire Department and, above all, Deputy
Supervisor of the Town of Oyster Bay. - ^ , . p . ^
12,6888 Pupils Start School in
Farmingdale on September 8
The Farmingdale Schools will welcome back 12,668 pupils on Wednesday,
September 8th. The enrollment is a decrease of almost 200 pupils under the
previous year. The continued decline in entering kindergarten pupils accounts
for the majority of the decline. All arrangements for admitting the pupils have
been in preparation and will be completed when the full staff reports on Tuesday,
September 7th. The professional staff of 805 members is a decrease of 33 from
last year's total. The decrease has resulted from cutbacks effected by the Board
of Education as a result of the declining enrollments and the partial closing of the
Main Street Elementary School.
The new school year will find
several changes in building
administrators resulting from
the retirement of Miss M.
Genevieve Douglass as principal
of the Woodward Parkway
Elementary School. Mrs.
Patricia Desch, former principal
of the Main Street School has
already begun her duties as
replacement for Miss Douglass.
Mrs. Beatrice Hamburger, an
assistant principal at the
Woodward Parkway School, has
been appointed as principal of the
Main Street School for the 1971- 72
school year. Mrs. Elizabeth
Passman, assistant principal at
the Parkway Oaks Elementary
School, has been assigned to the
same position at the Woodward
Parkway School.
Farmingdale students will
encounter several new op­portunities
in programs and
curricula aimed at making school
life more relevant to the needs of
the seventies. More flexibility of
curriculum and time, more self-determination
concerning sub­ject
matter and adaptation of
facilities to meet all these
Leadership Program for
Farmingdale U Students
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A Sensitivity and Leadership
Training Program, the first of its
kind to be held at the State
University at Farmingdale, will
attract 80 student leaders of the
campus August 31 through
September 3.
In making this announcement,
Dr. Charles W. Laffin, Jr.,
President of the Aggies, said,
" This project will bring about
expanded involvement with
understanding and greater
rapport between the student
leaders and the college com­munity."
Making up the personnel of this
unique program are 42 resident
assistants, 8 student government
representatives, 3 College Union
Board representatives and 27
members of the various ex­tracurricular
clubs and
organizations on the Far­mingdale
campus. All par­ticipants
will live on the campus
during the four- day sessions,
which will have professionals
directing the sessions.
Professor Bernard Sch-wartzberg,
Department Chair­man
of Community Service at the
college, will be assisted by eight
trainers in the Sensitivity
Program, which will run con­tinuously
from 9: 30 A. M.
Tuesday, August 31, until 5: 00
P. M. Wednesday- 32 1 2 hour
marathon. Food will be brought
to each of the five group areas ( 16
persons per group) located at
Roosevelt Hall.
For the Leadership Training
Program, Dr. Ursula Schwerin,
Chairman of the Health Services
of the college, also has acquired
assistance from professionals to
help her with this phase of the
program at Roosevelt Hall,
Wednesday and Thursday,
September 2 and 3.
According to President Laffin,
the goals of the programs are, in
Sensitivity: ( 1) to make par­ticipant
more sensitive of himself
( herself); ( 2) to make par­ticipant
more sensitive to his
surroundings; ( 3) to make
participant more sensitive of
other people and their feelings;
and in Leadership: ( 1) to make
participant more aware of groups
and the dynamics of groups; ( 2)
to make participant more aware
of Leadership techniques, and ( 3)
to make participant a more ef­fective
leader.
Dr. Laffin will welcome the
participants in this inaugural
program Tuesday, August 31, at
9: 30 o'clock, following which the
student leaders will then plunge
into the many important items
arranged by Dr. Schwerin and
Professor Schwartzberg and
their professional trainers.
changes will be provided. The
senior high school will offer 125
eleventh graders an informal
school with the program and
study methods determined by the
students and the five teachers
assigned to the program.
Enrollment in this free-enterprise
study program was
based upon volunteer application
with parental permission.
Students and teachers have been
enthusiastically preparing for
this program for more than a half
year. Additional flexibility of
study will be afforded to all
twelfth grade students of
English. More than twenty- five
( 25) units of study will comprise
the mini courses of the English
curriculum. Students may choose
four units of ten weeks each from
a listing dealing with film
making, mass media, television,
the gothic novel, poetry, drama,
and several phases of literature.
Each segment will be taught by a
teacher specialist in that area. A
similar program in Social Studies
will be instituted in Grade 9.
New facilities will include
library media centers at the
senior high school and a
federally- funded library media
center at the Mill Lane Junior
High School. The elementary
division's innovations will in­clude
micro- teaching, continuous
progress learning and open
classrooms.
The first regular meeting of the
Board of Education in the new-school
year will be held on
Tuesday, September 7, 1971, in
Guilford Hall of the Farmingdale
Senior High School at 9: 00 P. M.
Schedule for Non- Public School
Children to Pick up Text Books
In accordance with the New
York State Textbook Law, the
Farmingdale Public Schools will
again distribute textbooks to
those Farmingdale resident
students who will attend non­public
schools in September.
Pupils attending St. Kilian's,
Our Lady of Lourdes, St. James
and Maria Regina Schools will
receive textbooks at their school.
All other students are requested
to report to Weldon E. Howitt
Junior High School, East
Building, on Van Cott and Grant
Avenues in Room 455, according
to the following schedule:
Wednesday, September 1
Holy Trinity High School,
Grades 9, 10:- 9 AM - 12 N.
Holy Trinity High School,
Grades 11,12: - 1PM- 4PM
M,
Thursday, September 2
Queen of the Rosary: - 9 AM 12
St. Anthony High School:
4 PM
l PM
Academy of St. Joseph: 1 PM -
4 PM.
Chaminade High School: 1 PM - 4
PM.
Friday, September 3
St. John The Baptist: 9 AM -
12N.
Holy Family Diocesan High
School: 9 AM - 12 N.
St. Pius X Preparatory
Seminary: 9 AM - 12 N.
St. Dominic's High School: 9
AM - 12 N.
Seton Hall High School. 9 AM -
12 N. All Other Schools: 1 PM - 4
PM.
Testbooks may be picked up at
Weldon E. Howitt Junior High
School, Van Cott and Grant
Avenues, Room 455, of the East
( Old) Building.
Books not picked up at these
times may be obtained only on
Monday, September 27 between
the hours of 4: 00 PM and 6.00
PM. Books for course changes
and late orders submitted before
September 17 may also be picked
up on September 27