Varsity football 1982
Coach Margo Huber with her JV lacrosse team c. 1985
Music Department Chair Frank Jacobson jams with students in 1984.
The 1980-1981 Madrigals
The Class of 1991 poses before their graduation from fourth grade in 1983.
Head of School Jim Gramentine disguised as a wizard for the 1984 Halloween Parade.
The Class of 1986 bonds between classes.
The 1989 Wrestling Club shows some unorthodox style.
Fashion takes a holiday in 1986.
Religion Teacher Carl Reimers, Trustee Olivia Fill, Upper School Head Sandy Bing and Kitchen Staff Marie Kennedy and Shirley Von Schmidt enjoy the Senior Picnic c. 1987.
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.
Head of Upper School Sandy Bing sheds his shoes and joins his Lower School friends from the future Class of 1991 in the sandbox.
A 1988 cast
Coach Cheryl Silva (far right) and her 1984 varsity field hockey team leave no doubt as to how they feel about their state championship.
Fine Arts Teacher Jeanne Duff demonstrates a technique.
Varsity Soccer Coach Tom DeVito (second from right) counsels his team as assistant Frank Konstantynowicz. '76 (far right) looks on c. 1980.
Coaches Gordon Stevenson (left) and Jim Walker (right) with the 1980 football team
A 1985-1986 Lower School production
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
Panther football in the '80s
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.
Athletic Director Jan Baker congratulates Field Hockey Captains Tania Schoennagel '86 and Kelly Noonan '86 after the 1985 championship.
Varsity Girls Tennis Coach Rome Campbell with his 1989 team
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.
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.
Fencing grew to be a very popular winter sport, 1986-1987.
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.
The boys basketball team celebrates its 1985 Prep B Championship.
Dirty but victorious, the 1980 football team celebrates its state championship.
Don Cogsville '84 (#10) beats out an opponent on the soccer field.
Fine Arts Department Chair Arlene Smith with sculpture students in 1989.
A 1989 art class
Music Teacher Mag Gilbert in a sea of singers, 1982-1983.
Students show their style on the parallel bars in a 1980s gym class.
Industrial Arts Teacher Andy Franz selects an appropriate bit for the drill press, 1989.
Lower School students help each other decipher new words, 1984.
Jane Heap '89 prepares to answer a question in this 1983 Middle School class.
Lower School students learn to work on computers in this 1986 class.
School Nurse Charlene Elmore used more than medicine to make students feel better (1989).
Middle School students find new worlds in a test tube, 1989.
Head of School Jim Gramentine with Sarah Berkman '92 c. 1984.
The 1983 commencement exercises were held on the lawn behind Colross.
1988 Graduates
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.
236 Diploma in hand, Jeff Walker '88 is congratulated by his father, Upper School Math Teacher Jim Walker.
French class c. 1987.
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.