Does anyone remember Biology teacher Stanley Linker?

I believe I’m part of the class of ’78. I remembered Mr. Zalo the English teacher who always touches his key chain around his neck. I also remembered Mrs. Zelasny, The Spanish teacher. She had a streak of gray hair in the middle of the head. I’m not sure if there was a Mrs. Applegate, who was the biology teacher. I may be mixing up junior HS with Seward Park HS. Anyone knows if they are still around? Great to know if Robert Pecheco, Dolly Miranda, Amanda Santana, Jenny Ortez (Ortiz) are still in NYC. Great if we could convene some day.

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We are sorry to have learned of the recent passing of Steve Anderson, who taught at Seward Park High School from 1985 until the school’s closing in 2006.  He then became one of the founders of LoMA on the Seward Park campus after Seward closed.  Former LoMA principal John Wenk called Steve “one of the most beloved teachers” he has ever known, adding “he was a real teacher’s teacher.”  Former colleague Maureen Lonergan contacted us to say that “he was a great teacher and a great friend.  He had an amazing sense of humor!”  Steve had been a music writer for the Village Voice when he decided to obtain his Master’s Degree and teach.  In 2021 he authored As The Day May Determine, a book which drew on his background on the Lower East Side and East Village and received very favorable reviews. He was the type of teacher who really made Seward a special school.  The mark he left on his students and co-workers will be long remembered.

Seward’s Cheer Team will once again be competing in the National High School Cheerleading Championships next February 9-12, 2024 in Orlando, Florida.  A Go Fund Me page has been set up to help the team get there.  Your contribution, no matter how small, will help to make this happen.  Thank you.  Go Seward!

Click on the link below to be directed there:

https://gofund.me/4e9532d4

Hello, many of my fondest memories are from Seward Park HS. I had many friends there but lost touch. Can’t believe it’s been 23 years already. Time flies. If you are a Seward Park alumni & may know me, please reach out to me @ dalamibo@yahoo.com. I would love to connect. All the best!

The Seward Park Campus Cheerleaders have earned a spot to compete in the National High School Cheer Competition for the second year in a row!  It will take place in Orlando, Florida in February 2023.  Click on the link below to see the interview on ABC7 news….  https://abc7ny.com/cheerleading-seward-park-cheer-team-nationals-manhattan/12720019/

The team has an online fundraising page to help get them to Orlando.  Please support Seward’s very own cheerleading team via the link below.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/seward-park-cheer-2023

Great memories at Seward.  I’m looking forward to connecting with old friends.

Signed in on May 31, 2022…….  I would be interested in hearing from or about my old friends  steve61122@gmail.com

SPHS was the first school that I attended outside of my Harlem neighborhood. In addition, my prior JrHS was all boys and Seward was coed. The cultural and racial diversity was new, but was just as important to my education as the academic subjects taught. I was on the track team and remember having to travel, on the train, all the way to the Bronx – Van Courtland Park for cross country training.   Submitted May 15, 2022

Mr. Jack Steinger was a Social Studies teacher with bilingual students. He taught at Seward in the 1970s. His niece is seeking any of his former students with memories of her uncle. She would also like to hear from anyone who received a Jack Steinger scholarship in his memory.  Submitted May 3, 2022.