Memorabilia

A big thank you to everyone, both former students and teachers, who have sent me Dewey memorabilia or allowed me to copy files from their sites! Without you, this collection wouldn't be possible. Special thanks to Brian McCarthy, Elissa Malcohn, Jay Elinsky, Lori E. Gold, Lou Siegel, Mark Segall, Noah Lewin, Rob Couteau, Stan Bloomfield, Teresa Henry McGregor, Lenny Warner, Barry Fried, Rob Accurso, Frank Gentile, Cynthia Kaplan, Hyde Kirby, Michael Drillinger,Nadine Duke, Robert Revett, Ira Leviton, Janice Deutsch and Leon Hammerling. I apologize for any inadvertent omissions of names from this list. If you have contributed material to the site and your name does not appear here and you would like it to, you may contact me to be added to it. Thanks again to everyone for contributing your documents and memorabilia and making this site possible!

Programs from different students have been posted to show that each student had an individual program of study. Uniquely, there were 5 cycles each year. Each cycle was 7 weeks long. This allowed for a dynamic program of study and flexibility in programming. There were many classes, such as Anthropology, Marine Biology, American Dream etc. that were full year courses. Note that some programs are decorated. It made it easier to see what classes one had, and to individualize your program. Free bands were often decorated. For a period of time, there was a 6th cycle during the summer. This allowed for acceleration or just enrichment.

2012 John Dewey High School Graduation

This was supposed to be the last one as one big school, but Dewey still exists as one large high school.

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1972 Graduation Program

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1973 Graduation Program

Michael Y. Liu, Photo taken in 1974. It was developed and printed in the Dewey Photo Lab.

25-ReunionOct-9-1994-1.pdf

25th Anniversary Reunion Program

25th Anniversary Commemorative Tee Shirt

John Dewey High School Tee Shirt 1977

John Dewey Intramural Self Defense Badge - Early 1970's

"Won by Robert Revett class of 73' in jelly bean counting contest" held at the S.0. store. It was either 1969 or 1970. The John Dewey High School logo was designed by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and Yale professor Donald Margolis. He also designed the cover of the 1972 Yearbook.

These were our transit cards. Trains and busses were free for students in NYC.

This is what grade cards looked like. Personal notes were great.

Student Organization Card

We got Dewey stickers.

Pops Concert Program

Invitation to the 1975 Graduation at John Dewey High School

School ID Card with Student ID Number and other personal info.

Summer School Schedule and Report Card

A Schedule - Computerized schedules allowed flexibility in programming. Each mod was 20 minutes long. This allowed for large blocks of time for labs, and classes such as Marine Bio where students took trips to different bodies of water around NYC.

Sights and Sounds Program from 1972. It was a concert and an art exhibit held together.