Mrs. Marjorie Bennett Special Education Aide Mr. Robert Biemesderrer Social Studies Mr. Joseph Boris Social Studies Senior Senate, Ruffians
Mrs. Barbara Brame Library/ Media Aide Cheerleaders
Mrs. Eileen Brown Mathematics Ms. Jane Ross Campbell English Mrs. Marguerite Ciolkosz Chemistry Chemistry Club
Dr. Donald Cross Cooperative Work Ex perience Vocational Industrial Club
Mr. Michael Dabiero S.E.D. Aide Mr. Gary Deivert Mathematics Mrs. Charlotte delissovoy English, Russian Russian Club, Nuclear Arms Forum
Mr. Ronald Faris Guidance
World Class
• • • New Superintendent arnves with high hopes
According to Dr. Seldon Whitaker, "Today, school s have a dual responsibility. We need both to aggressively pursue excellence and to be m indful of equality, opportunity, and justice. Education in a democracy must make graduates well·trained ... and also good citizens. " With this innovative philos· ophy of education, Dr. Whitaker joined the State College Area School District as the new superintendent. Dr. Whitaker was eager to assume the highest administrative position in the district and the awesome responsibility of coordinating all district activity . Born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Dr. W hitaker did his undergraduate work at Williams College in Massachusett s and t hen received his masters degree from t he University of Pennsylvania. Even though he had planned a career in either law or stock brokerage, he changed
to education. "When I graduated from college in 1962, there was a great emphasis, especially from President Kennedy and oth· ers like him, on service as opposed to working for financial gain. I was motivated (to become an educator) by the general socia l emphasis on the necessity of good schools. So I went into education, and I have not regretted it." After teaching high school social studies for eight years at Great Valley High School near Philadelphia, Dr. Whitaker became Assistant Principal and Assistant Superintendent in a Concord, Massachusetts, school district. Then, for five years, Dr. Whitaker worked as superintendent of schools in Duxbury, Massachusetts, before coming to State College. "l 'm very fortunate to be Superintendent in State College," Dr. Whitaker explained.
"It's a very good school system with a lot of support from the commun ity and an excellent faculty. The students come from homes that value education. It's a terrific combination. Now, I'm very enthu siastic about the things this school district can accomplish in the next ten years." Dr. Whitaker arrived in State College with high goals for the school district. " In the remaining years of the twentieth century," he explained, "public education in the Unit· ed States must take an international focus in terms of our accomplishments. We must look at how our graduates stack up to the graduates of other nations. Here at State College, I would like to create a world class school system . Our graduates should be able to hold their own against graduates from Japan, Europe, or anywhere. It's rea lly my dream to create a rea l model school system for others of the world to emulate. "
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