Severely handicapped class arrives - The Lowell

Cv «. Tin Lowell. October S.
NEWS,
Lowell gains new faculty members
By Selene Hooj
Too m additions to bmctl's
admlnbtrative suff thli year are
Asslsltni Principals Gloria
Bogdanolf and Maud Pearson-
Green.
Bogdanoff. born In South
America, attended college at 'oolh
Stanford University and San Jose
Sute Unhmity. .here slie maiored
in forei;n languages uA
school administration, respective.
Before enmtag to Lowell,
Bogdanoff taught at various high
schools, at a teachers' training
center, and headed a bilingual
department In Ihc Bay Area.
"Working al various schools has
helped me recognUr more of the
schools' problems ami has allowed
me to look al ihcm from different
perspectives." explained
Bogdinoft.
Aitbunt Principal Maud
Pearson-Green
Assistant principals ...
AuliUnt Principal ClorU
Bofdaaoff
"Lowell ha* many Irioidl) and
enthusiastic student*.** she confided.
'The reception I rcc.-r.cil from
the family ami student* alike ha«
more than tuipaucd my etpcrtatiotn."
Bo?danoH acknowledged.
-Perhaps the only tl-irg that
didn't lulfiti my expectation is the
condition of ihr building."
Her present goal as an auutAnt
principal K to help maintain
Lowell as one of the belt schools In
lite nation.
Bogdanoff. an East Da) rold«nt.
is the mother of three
tccnagci*. A tc» ol tier uuu'ntc Inleit&ts
include reading, knitting,
gardening, and caring for her two
•pets.
Science teachers ...
By Irene bhlharm and Sandra Wong
JetU)H Kejak. a nc»' w
teacher, b happy to be back at
Lottll.
"It'i like coming home again!"
exclaimed Kcyak. a graduate of
Lowell's Clan of '65. Keyak was a
member of the fint clau to attend
Lowell at It. prncnt camput.
(Lowell was originally located at
the coma of Hayes and Masonic.)
1 »*ell has changed a lot ijacc
Kcyak «u a %tu Alberts
sircucd. "Dtscu\Unn of ii.dhidualin-'l
student's pmblcnu h
dbctfunmrd. If a parcn* oeiirc* c
more lrt^.hy dhcussion of hii
chilfi's problems, tlicn he should
SUAC an appolnUnent for a later
dxic uii't !b; teacher."
Albrrts adoed that ltudcnU
whose parents are planning to at*
tend Open House shculd inform
them who their teachen are and in
what classes the* ate enrolled.
NOTE: Subsequent biuei o*
7Tie toweff wfll Include the**
new teachen not Included to
3orn in Virginia. Pearson-
Gi xn attended ta; University of
Ca'ifornia (U.C.) at Berkeley and
Sat. Franchco Stale Unncn Ity.
Rccarch oriented. Ptarson-
Gmm worked at U.C. Medical
Center and California Academy of
Science, in San Franchco before
directing her career toward
teachitf.
In lief 17 year* of teaching.
Pearson-Green taught and
counteled at McAteer and
counseled at McHaren Counseling
Center.
Pcanop-Grecn feel* that people
iliould rtukc at least three ca r eer
tnan^ci as • *JC had.
Tramitu it from medical
researcher •) teacher to administrator
\*cre made because
feai-wn Greer nanled to "com*
bine both »oTk nj; »i(h paiplc and
carrnncnut the vriencc."
One of Pcarutn-Green * ttual* U
to u%c computcn lo cncnmpa\%
public health and education.
Uting in the Hatt Hay with her
hu\b^nd. SJT outudc interctu are
penctiCT. mtcrobioIoK> - . miwic.
UicwinK rma. and traveling.
Choming her career mcr
motherhood. Pcaruin-Grecn eiplained.
"Oltcn Ihc vtudcnU* problem^
become your problem-* In
UM klkul ira( l Itfvc *\ many problems
*\ r^rmu da in a lifetime.'
Actuallv, I am a mother ... of the
%tudcnn,"
Sdence teacher Low Mak
Chemlttrv teacher Low Mak U a
"ewadditiontotheLowrJlfarully.
"I CU- Lowell boca>»c the
r itudcnu are highly M^vhvaud."
i stated Low Mak. Mak decided to
? te»-ihatLowtll"...fn-achar|CCof
emironment."
Bom and ratted in Salinas. Mak
rccehed his bachelor's degree at
Cal Sute of Hayward. He hat
taught kinoerganen. fidli. Utth.
soenth. and eighth grades at
Brcntwood. California. He hai
also nuntit biology, life wience.
Uaglifh and algebra at Oe'^lcn
High, where he WJU most rcccrtlly .
employed.
"1 en)oyed working with tlie
kfndcrgartefim r lot. not saying
that I don't enjoy working with
high school students." explained
Mak.
"He** a very good teacher and
be\ aho sen hdpruL" stated e
junior from one of Mak'» claws.
In his free time M«k enjoys insect
coUcctir., -ling, hiking arid
backpacking.
Dc*~n* NHicn. Math D*pitrtment Head, and Dan laekson. Social
Sdcace Def artment Head
Department heads...
By Birindar Singh
Dranna Stclvcn. a recent faculty
idtlitiun. i\ UMC11\ ncu- Math
Dcpartrttcnt head.
Not » nathc S;in Franciwan.
Nielsen was born in Lnnc?»ter.
Califurnia. She aitendctl Pomona
College wltcrc «hc earned her BA
in nuih and then enrolled at Stanford
Uni'cnity where \he revci^cd
her MA in math.
Nklwn laught 'or one >car at
Arcadia Junior High School (In
Southern California), for four
\can at Pclton Middle School, for
fne )ears al Galileo High, and for
12 >ran at McAteer High.
Niclwn wav the hr.-td of the
Math Department at Iwlh 1'cltnn
and McAteer.
tnides teaching. Nielsen enjoys
many hobhies which include
jewelry-making, ncedlcworl..
stained- glavs. and astronomy,
"...lots and lots of things, "she added.
"I find Ihe enlhu\ia\m of the
Mil! and students here
stimulating." dccLnril Kiclurd
Sovard. one of Ln»rll'\ new
bioloi^ teachers.
Sow Aid it a gratloaic »f Lowell's
Claw of "56. When he w» a student
here, he edited the rcniainbl
edilion of The tint *nd White.
Lowell** yearbook.
A oati»e San Franciscan.
SaAard attended San "ranciwo
State Unit enitj- H here he earned a
B.A. in social .tudics ami a M.A.
m education administration.
HK flnt teaching (ob *a» at
Merced U'.fH School In Merced.
Calif. He then relumed to San
Francttco and Uught at Woodrow
Wilson. Mission, and Mark TwiUn
HighSchwIs.
In hi* spare time. Soward enjoyt
cycling and traveling.
Science Uaeher RlchkrJ
Sowaiu
Dan Jicktun is berth a new
faculty member and the ncwSodaJ
Science Department head.
Born in Enaiv Texas. JacfcxM
cam- to Cal.kimla in 1944. He attended
Unrr;nity of California at
Berkeley whetw he earned his