Academy of the Holy Angels - Marianite Yearbook (New Orleans, LA)

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Having gotten over the first avve of Natures rare gift of snow to New Orleans the boarders prepare to have a little fun with their first real snowballs t Home in cr Foreign Country Before boarding their plane home to Guate- mala for the Christmas holidays, Yolanda Leon and Virginia Morales make a final check of departure time at the airport information desk. Other boarders include: from Honduras, Sagrario Des Jardines, Georgina Aguilar, Mirta McNab, and Maria Ustarizp from Guatemala, Sofia Gandara, Nubia Orriols, and Yolanda Radi, from Nicaragua, Beatriz Gone zalez, Mireya Gonzalez, Martha Lorena Calero, and Rosario Lacayo. l0I

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Resident students Yolanda Leon Virginia Morales Georgina Aguilar and Maria Ustariz swing into the Latin rhythms of their homeland and bring a bit of Central America to the annual Talent Night. Resident Students Make Themselv Thirteen boarders resided at Holy Angels Academy during this school year in order to further their education in the United States. These Central American citizens, guided by their prefect, Sr. Mary ot St. Jude, get a taste ot the American way of lite. Fol- lowing a daily schedule, they encounter many customs unlike the ones they are used to in Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. New interests, new ideas, and new friends all combine to make them better individuals and students. Maria Isabel Ustariz of Honduras became sovereign maiesty of Feria Portena, a festival traditionally held in Honduras to honor Our Lady on the Feast of her Assumption. IO0

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New Class Rings Flncl Proud Owners Seniors received their long-awaited class rings on October 23, TQ57. In the peaceful Chapel of Our Lady of the Seven Dolors, Father Gervase Goldwater, O.F.M., distributed these symbols ot achievement. This year, A.H.A. received newly styled rings. Future graduates had the choice of either a medium ring or the new, tiny sweet- heart ring. Engraved on the sides of all rings was a replica ot the sorrowful heart of Mary and the symbol of knowledge, ever reminding the students ot their days ot learning under the Marianite Sisters of Holy Cross. Pride of ownership gleams in the eyes of Bar- bara Oubre as she receives her senior ring from Father Gervase Goldwater, O.F.M. Rain 'fails to dampen the spirits of these seniors as they fondly gaze upon their new class rings.