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6A , Thursday, August 11, 1988 Courier-Journal Bonnie TrafeJet/Courier-Joumal Sister Mary Walter Hickey-takes time out to chat with maintenance man Guy Dailey. MUSIC SCHOOL x % Entertaining group instruction in beginning keyboard and ear training for children between the ages 4 Vi and 8 with continuing instruction to higher levels. Register now for September classes. Free demo classes. For information call Priscilla Brown 442-1276. Classes held at Music Lover's Shoppc* 2949 Monroe Ave., Rochester, New York 14618. CONTINENTAL SCHOOL Start a new Full or Part-Time Career... DISCOVER UNLIMITED OPPORTUN • DENTAL ASSISTANT • NURSING ASSISTANT • HAIRDRESSINQ We offer specialized/hands-on training in fast-growing fields. Call or visit today: (FINANCIAL AID IS AVAILABLE TO ELIGIBLE STUDENTS 49 Stone Street, Rochester • 232-2222 3424011 2255 Ridge Rd. E. Culver Ridge Plaza, Rochester 215 Main Street Batavia 2724080 633 Jefferson Rd. Rochester Elmira principal ignites pride in students, parents By Richard A. Kiley It didn't take long for Sister Mary Walter Hickey, RSM, to confront adversity when she came to Elmira from Rochester back in June of 1972. Her arrival in the Southern Tier to become Elmira Notre Dame's newassistant principal was preceded one week earlier by trie devastat- ing flood. And although the ravaging waters have long since, receded, Sister Hickey is still going strong, having weathered that storm and a few others in her 13-year tenure as principal of the Catholic high school. \I remember arriving just a week after the flood, and the school was being used for a dis- tribution center;' Sister Hickey recalled. \A lot of homes were destroyed — especially on the south side — but there was really a good spir- it of cooperation!' The flood not only pushed graduation back to mid-July that year, Sister Hickey added, but also delayed the start of her more \routine\ duties as assistant principal. \I was really anx- ious to get going!' Sister Hickey said. The effects of the inclement weather, how- ever, lingered on for months afterward. \Things did settle down, but it took a long time... all of that year in fact;' said Sister Hick- ey, who was a history, theology and math teacher at Our Lady of Mercy High School — where she was also moderator of the Student Council — for 12 years before coming to Notre Dame. \I was teaching a class and you could see the anxiety in-their faces when we had some more heavy rain that year!' . Sister Hickey became principal of Notre Dame in the fall of 197S, and she admits that those early days prepared her for the trials and tribulations of being a high school principal amid days of declining enrollments and chang- ing social values in a city trying to rebound from economic hard times. \Notre. Dame had some very good years (with its enrollment) in the '70s; we had some 600 youngsters then!' said Sister Hickey, who entered the congregation after graduating from Our Lady of Mercy High School in 1953. The opening of the new Southside High School in the late. 1970s and the migration of big busi- ness out of the city began to take its toll on enrollment. \A lot of businesses and industries closed down in the 70s, and many industries were leav- ing Elmira,\ said Sister Hickey, citing Ameri- can La France, Ingersoll Rand and Ann Page Foods as examples. But by increasing the school's goal for its annual appeal and with the inception of such concepts as a field day for prospective Notre Dame students in the fifth and sixth grades — Sister Hickey now believes the school will be able to survive struggling enrollment figures and still provide students with a quality edu- cation. \The increase in the goal for the annual ap- peal has helped greatly. Five years ago we had a goat of $30,000. Last year's goal was $110,000 and we're going for $130,000 this year!' said Sis- ter Hickey, who estimated the school's current enrollment at around 340C The annual auction at the school — an ef- fort involving students, parents and faculty — raised $10,000 last year as well. \Our tuition ($1,445) is one of the lowest in the diocese and that's a credit to the parents!' Sister Hickey said. \They want us to be afford- able. They are very proud of the school!' Students who qualify can also work at the school during the summer to help pay for their tuition. \It's just part of our tradition. We've got wonderful and caring kids here!! said Sis- ter Hickey, who was a member of the first graduating-class at Rochester's Our Lady of Lourdes grammar school in 1949. \The par- ents' support we've experienced here is like none other I've seen anywhere!' That support has not been just monetary, either. Some alumni of Notre Dame, like Chemung County Deputy Tom Argetsinger for Continued on Page 14A Create y**^ NURSING at the University of Rochester School of Nursing ... a new career ... a change in your career ... a second career ... a step in your career. 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