Nonprofit Organization U.S. POSTAGE PAID Canaan, N.H. Permit No. 1
NOTES FROM CARDIGAN Cardigan Mountain School Canaan, New Hampshire 03741
OCTOBER 1977
Issue No. 7 The 1977-1978 school year is just over two weeks old at this writing. Cardigan's thirty-second year brings to campus 169 students, four of whom are day students. Of the 68 new students, 34 were here for the 1977 Summer Session. This Fall, twenty-five states and six foreign countries a.re represented on campus. Cardigan welcomes eight new staff members this year: Mr. Robert Stevens, representing the :Qaka Food Service, is the s ·c hool' s new Chef-Steward. He brings to his new ·post many years of experience in food preparation, having served as Chef' and Assistant Dining Hall Manager at Plymouth State College for two years and having spent twenty years in the hotel business in various locations around the country. He and his staff were responsible for the excellent food during the summer and they have continued to provide a series of fine ~eals during Winter School. The Stevens' son, Michael, is in the seventh grade at Cardigan. , Mr. Ralph LaPointe, the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, comes to Cardigan from New Hampton School, where he was Superintendent of Maintenan~e for fifteen years.
Mrs. Margaret Fedor, has become School Nurse, following Miss Howe's retirement. Mr. and Mrs. Fedor are beginning their fifth year at Cardigan this Fall. .Joining the teaching staff this Fall are: Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Carey, teaching Language Training and English respectively. The Careys moved to Cardigan for the Summe·r Session. They spent several years teaching English as a Foreign Language in Istanbul, Turkey. Since returning to the United States, they have lived in Burlington, Vermont; Lebanon, New Hampshire; and Canaan. Mr. Carey coaches Fall Intram.urals and Mrs. Carey will take over the Drama Club and The Blaze. From the Summer Session also comes Mr. and Mrs. Peter Perrinez.A native of Chile, Mr. Perrinez has taught in the Lebanon Public Schools and will be teaching shop and coaching soccer here. Mrs. Perrinez, will be sharing the nurse's duties with Mrs. Fedor • .Joining the English Department is Mr. William Hart, who will also assist in the sports program, coaching soccer and skiing. Mr. and Mrs. Hart taught in Charlotte, North Carolina for two years before moving to Nobleboro, Maine where they lived the last two years. In the Developmental Reading Department is Mrs. Laurel Richards of' Enfield, New Hampshire. Mrs. Richards spent two years in Maine as a speech