PHOTOS: 1980 - 1989

PDS 32 In November 1986, Business Manager Carl Storey burned the school's original mortgage assisted by Headmaster Doug McClure and former Board Chair Elizabeth (Bunny) Dilworth.

PDS 82 Betsy Trapp with her junior kindergarten class 13 years before their graduation in 2002.

PDS 93 Russian Teachers Tassie Turkevich Skvir MFS '62 (seated far left) and Dan Skvir (seated far right) and Math Teacher Alison Shehadi (back, second from right with Soviet teacher far right) gather with PDS and Soviet exchange students in 1989.

PDS 110 Upper School Head Sandy Bing shows his appreciation to administrative assistant Jean Osgood Smyth MFS '31 prior to her retirement in 1983. With a few breaks, her career spanned 62 years at MFS, PCD and PDS as a student, teacher, administrative assistant, parent, past parent and, in 1991, Alumni Award recipient.

PDS 178 A 1980s boys tennis team: (standing) Marc Collins '88, Randy Walter '87, George Dodds '88, Steve Cohen '88, David McHale '86, Kipper Large '87, Coach Manning, (kneeling) Mitch Klein'86, Peter Biro '87, Alan Yang '86 and Brit Eaton '88 c. 1988

PDS 180 Auto mechanics was part of the PDS curriculum until 1985. Ron Meldrum (second from left) taught the course in the Colross garage which was later converted into two classrooms and renamed the Carriage House.

PDS 181 Athletic Director Jan Baker congratulates Field Hockey Captains Tania Schoennagel '86 and Kelly Noonan '86 after the 1985 championship.

PDS 183 Until it was declared "ecologically unsound," Balloon Day was celebrated each spring by the release of balloons by Lower School students, asking anyone who found them to return them to school.

PDS 184 1986-1987 Student Peer Group Leaders enjoy a Blairstown retreat with their advisors: Liz Cutler, Bill Stoltzfus, Sharon Powell, Ann Wiley '70 and Ken Newell.

PDS 186 Squash started as a club and grew to team status. This 1982-1983 team was one of several that practiced from 6:00 to 7:00 a.m. at Dillon Gym.

PDS 235 Upper School Head Sandy Bing (left) and English Teacher Dale Griffee could often be found cheering on PDS teams. They are pictured here with Captain Louise Matthews '83 after the field hockey team won the state championship in1982.

PDS 238 One of many hugs Madeline Weigel received at her retirement party in 1985. She taught kindergarten at MFS and PDS for 43 years and served as Head of Lower School from 1948 to 1974.

PDS 239 Anne Shepherd began the tradition of making wreaths at MFS and continued the fundraiser at PDS. Wreaths were sold at Candlelight and benefitted Community Service projects. Mrs. Shepherd, for whom the humanities wing is named, taught English at MFS and PDS for 47 years.

PDS 240 PDS was one of only 30 US schools chosen to participate in a US/USSR exchange program. After hosting Soviet students in the fall, PDS students traveled to the USSR to attend school in Moscow. Pictured in 1989 with Religion and Russian Teacher Dan Skvir ( back, far left) and History Teacher Scott Spence (back, second from left), Russian Teacher Tassie Turkevich Skvir MFS '62 (back, second from right) and Head of School Duncan Alling (back, far right), the first 12 exchange students from PDS include (back row) Howard Katz, Robert Biro, (middle row) Jeff Zawadsky, Nika Skvir, Leslie Powell, Carrie Regan, Dan Milstein, (front row) Jacob Silverman, Won Kim, Josh Mezrich.

PDS 247 Mag Gilbert, backed up here by a choir of Lower School angels, taught music at MFS and PDS for close to 30 years and composed original songs for school programs. (1980s)

PDS 275 The Lively Arts Program, funded in memory of Mary Hamill Lambert MFS 1919, brings Lincoln Center performing artists to PDS (as in this performance of Alvin Ailey's Revelations) and offers courses for PDS teachers in New York City. (1980s)