Copyright 1987 WPSD All rights reversed. auditorium on June 7 for Upper School students, teachers and other staff members. During the first week in June, students in the 6th, 8th, and 11th grades were busy writing competency examinations for the first time. The competency examinations, devised by the school faculty under the direction of Harold Mowl, Jr., was part of a school-wide effort to test students’ competencies in certain subject areas for appropriate diploma awards or class placements. These examinations were reviewed and revised in the next three years. Dr. Frieda Hammermeister, Professor and Coordinator of the Program in Hearing Impairment at the University of Pittsburgh, spoke at the commencement exercises on June 13. Fifty-eight seniors, who made up the largest graduating class ever, received diplomas from WPSD Board President Edward Schatz. Ronald Beck Alice Beichner Toni Jo Biega Darryl Bolt Murray Bowman Lynne Bowser Katherine Brown Leonard Brown Dennis Carney Warren Cochran Scott Collar Norman Collins Dana Deller Robert Essex Scott Farber Mark Farrior Cynthia Finnegan Thomas Fleming Patrick Garofalo Darren Grady Tanya Grant Leman Harman Frank Hoepfer Daniel Huber William Huffmyer Monica Jay Melissa Jones Dennis Kelly James Kuhns
Theodore Kuminkoski Lisa Mallory Nancy Martin Donna McKrush Jacqueline Mitchell Kimberly Moody Maureen Mravintz Daniel Mulvey John Murray Dale Neimiller Timothy Pacatte Todd Pope Darla Radich Lynn Richards John Robinson Charles Rubisch Barbara Scott Amy Shuey Renay Smith Suzanne Stopchick Stephanie Thomas Tracy Toye Brenda Tressler Carol Tudek Kenneth Vantassel Jack Widmann John Williams Paul Woiton Thomas Woodner
With 105 students graduated in the past two years, the enrollment declined from 356 students in the 1982-1983 school year to 255 students in the 1985 - 1986 school year. Superintendent William Craig and Assistant Superintendent James Salem, in their long range planning report, showed that the school’s enrollment had stabilized and will continue to be around 225-250 students.
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