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3 ^ SchREibERTiiviEs VOLUME 23 N O . 5 Paul D. Schreiber High School Wednesday, December 22, 1982 Schreiber Clerk Charged Have You Given Yet? With $60,000 Theft b y Maggie Patrick There is still time for you to bring in your supermarkets in Port to contribute to the food contributions for the food drive which will run drive. Approximately 856 Port Washington resi- Of Student Funds - until tomorrow. Donations of food and money dents, living at or below the poverty level are will be collected in the lobby from 7:30 through counting on the contributions of the Schreiber mod 4 and mods 17-18. Students should bring in community. It is the season of giving; please give Administration Pledges donations of dried milk, canned juices, meats, to those in need. The last day of the food drive is fruits and vegetables, boxes of spaghetti, or jars of tomorrow—don't forget; every donation counts. to Replace Money peanut butter and jelly; other canned foods will Volunteers will be needed tomorrow after school b y Adam Joseph also be accepted, but these are preferred. Already to load the fruit for delivery, interested students Mrs. Marcia Dempsey Lewis, the person in the Schreiber sophomores Joseph Sypowicz and Kevin O'Hal- should come to the publications room after ot'tice in charge of all student funds in the district, was pin have collected food donations from delis and school tomorrow. arraigned on December 9 on charges of grand larceny in the second degree and tampering w ith public records in the first Celebration Tomorrow — "Winter Wonderland" degree. "She is accused of embezzling approximately From 11:20 until 1:35. the cafeteria will be filled with the $60,000," said Edward Greeley of the Nassau County Dis- soundsofholiday music, and rockand roll. At the end of the trict Attorney's office. day. members of the Schreiber band will play holiday tunes in the cafeteria. Heading the entertainment committee are Donald Park. Janet Rice, and Kate Davis, who should be Mrs. Lewis'job entailed keepingtrack of all non-taxpayer commended for their organization and hard work in making funds including the funds for all of the Schreiber organiza- a two-hour tape of music, organizing the morning assem- tions, (i.e. yearbook. Student Government, Human Rela- blies, and getting together the band members to play at the tions Committee, Band. Choir, National Honor Society.) end of the day. No specific figures are available yet. All day long, cookies, baked by Schreiber students, and apple cider will be given out in the cafeteria. The Human Although the district is only insured for $10,000 of the Relations Committee has been handing out cookie pledges theft. Superintendent McGuigan pledges that the students designed by Mrs. Shapiro, and is hoping to receive about will not suffer and thai all of the money will be recovered. 9.000 cookies. Dr. Banta generously donated enough money Mrs. Lewis has also pledged to make restitution. to cover the cost of the apple cider. The members of the Schreiber faculty are also in the holiday spirit, and will be holding a "cook-in" to bake cookies for the celebration. The Schreiber Food Service, with special thanks to Mrs. Wan- zor, will be donating two large sheet cakes to the Human Dr. McGuigan said that "certain irregularities" were dis- by Sue Haiken Relations Committee. Chris Forrest and Madeline Pugliese. covered in the accounts of Mrs. Lewis during a "routine The Human Relations Committee has been busy prepar- who headed the refreshment committee, were very helpful in audit" by the school and once it was evident that criminal ing for their annual holiday salute. Celebration '82. to be pricing the paper goods and the apple cider. activity was involved the District Attorney was notified. held on Thursday, December 23. The main purpose of Cele- McGuigan said the audit that turned up the irregularities bration '82 is, as Miss Stewart puts it, "to bring students The Student Government helped the Human Relations was strictly routine and was not prompted by any suspicions together as a community in which they share friendship, Committee by donating enough money to cover the cost of that money was missing or by any complaints. The last time food, and comraderie". h is in the Christian and Judaic all the paper goods and decorations. It also offered the help a formal audit was done on the account by a professional tradition that December is a month of celebration, although of its personnel in organizing Celebration '82. acounting firm was in 1979. Celebration '82 has no religious c o n n o t a t i o n s and is merely a Another feature of Celebration '82 will be the sending of commemoration of the holiday season. Basically, the holiday greeting cards to the entire student body and the Human Relations Committee sees Celebration '82 as a nice faculty. The combined winners of the Holiday Greeting way to leave school before vacation, and to celebrate the new Card Design Contest, held by the Human Relations Com- Dr. McGuigan gave The Schreiber Times a proposed set year. mittee, are Stephanie Schwartz, Julie DeAngelis, and Amy of safeguards designed to prevent future incidents of theft. The festivities will begin early Thursday morning with two Miller who will be designing, printing, and mailing the They include the appointment of Mary Strickland as Trea- assembly concerts given by the Schreiber band, choir, and • cards, with the help of Mr. Hurley and Mr. Barchi^ surer of the Student Activity Fund. Mrs. Strickland works orchestra. Terence Rafferty and Mia Fruend, co-chairmen of the in the Administration Building. (Previously, the Student The cafeteria will be decorated according to the Celebra- Human Relations Committee, are overwhelmed by the help Activitv Fund had no contact with the Administration tion's theme, "A Winter Wonderland". In charge of the and enthusiasm they are receiving from the student body, Building.) There are also several new rules concerning the decoration committee are Naomi Sasaki, Art Schaier, Alli- the faculty, and all the members of the Human Relations handling of student funds that vMli make it moreditlicult for son Levy, and Kit Wunder, who have been working hard to Committee. irregularities to occur. create a gingerbread house, a snowman mural, large card- board unicorns, and other decorations. Caputo Says Students Student Government Hatton, Honen Discusses Holiday Issues Receive Honors Cause Roach Problem by Adam Joseph by RiU Sethi Mr. Joseph Caputo, the head custodian at Schreiber, told Several issues pertaining to the holidays were the high- The Schreiber Times that the students themselves are the light of the student government meeting on December 8. The main cause of the recent roach problem. He said that he and new food drive was introduced and donations for Saturnalia his crew find all kinds of roach-attracted-to-garbage all over and Celebration '82 were voted on. Also at the meeting, a the school, including, "....coffee, food, soda, orange juice, representative from the police station spoke, and the Senior apple juice, you name it." He also said that the teachers who Citizen's party was announced. allow their students to eat in class and the teachers that allow The food drive is being sponsored by the Human Rela- students to leave the cafeteria with food are contributing to tions Committee, Schreiber Times, and the Student the problem. "The teachers should come down harder," ^je b y MMsha Halm and Susan Switzer Photos by Mary Kate Michalak Government. Adam Joseph informed the Student Govern- said. ment members that there is a- real. need for help for the Port The North Reding Chapter of the Daughters of the Amer- Another cause of the roach invasion, Mr. Caputo said, is Washington residents. There will be places to deposit the ican Revolution announced Adam Honen as this year's that boxes coming into the school for use in the kitchen are food in the lobby between December 20-December 23. recipient of the Gocjd Citizenship Award on December 14th. often infested with roaches. This, along with the fact that The Human Relations Committee received two hundred This award recognizes leadership and service to the school they are prolific breeders, make the war against roaches an dollars to pay for paper goods and decorations for the community along with the qualities of dependability and uphill battle. cafeteria. This year's theme is Winter Wonderland; the patriotism. As a result of receiving this award, Adam is now Commenting on the general litter conditions in the school, Orchestra, Band'- and Choir will perform. The Latin Club, eligible for state and national competitions for the Good Mr. Caputo said that the cafeteria as well as the girls' locke- through Lyssi Dver, then received one hundred dollars for Citizenship Award. room, and the hall leading to the smoking lounge are a their Saturnalia. It was then decided that Port Light would Peggy Hatton has been elected as the chairperson of two disgrace. He wonders when was the last time a student get 25% of the profit from Battle of the Bands, the Student upcoming seminars for the Youth Participation Project, a picked up a piece of litter in the halls. Government would get 25% of the profit, and the winners program which trains teenagers in business skills. The YPP As he spoke the track team thundered by on the top floor. would get the 50% of the earnings. Adam Honen announced is a subcommittee of the Nassau County Youth Board. In He looked up and noted, 'This is a busy place - track teams the annual Senior Citizens Party.