Franklin High School - Oskey Yearbook (Franklin, MA)

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Raye Lynn Mercer Carlo Lodi For each year in high school, there are certain activities which differenciate one class from another. It is the class officers who must organize and lead the students in the particular activities. We will undertake a very important project this year. Our Junior Class Prom will be held in May, and if the class continues to cooperate as it is now, the Prom will be a great success. Our class may also try to put on several small pro¬ jects to raise money.” Donna Picard — Junior Class Vice President This year, we will be putting some new ideas into effect. We want to do some things that have never been presented and we want to put them on without involving much money such ideas as a class picnic at a nearby park, or maybe even a semi-formal dance, right here in the high school.” Tom Cargill — Senior Class, President. My class isn’t really doing any project.” George Streeter — Sophomore Class Vice President The main project that our class will do this year is the Saint Valen¬ tine’s dance. The other will be the ordering of our class rings.” Christine Di- Leonardo — Sophomore Class Treasurer. To keep track of the money in the class and help with ideas.’’ Debbie Velluti — Junior Class Treasurer I don’t have any specific duties. I feel it is my duty to be a class leader, and represent the student body in the best way I can I try to make suggestions and solutions to problems and events that may come about. I will take any ideas and suggestions that are for the betterment of the class and discuss them with the other officers ” Keith Perron — Senior Class Vice President The duties of the vice president include assisting the president at all meetings, assisting in making decisions and organizing class functions. Also, if for any reason the president is unable to perform his duties properly, the vice president would take over ” Donna Picard — Junior Class Vice President I feel the most important duty I have this year is to help unite ALL the members of the class, and to make this year a fantastic year, so that all the work that has been put into the class can be enjoyed for a change.” Debi Violandi — Senior Class Secretary School ' S pecKin Ot the r nK booK I try to say what the class as a whole would say. I represent our class at every student council meeting, and once in a w hile, I am called to a school committee meeting to give my views and to represent our class. I am in charge of events our class puts on, and I work quite a bit with our prin¬ cipal ” Tom Cargill — Senior Class President There really aren’t very many duties in my office. I have to keep records of all the money that we have in our class ” Sue Salvucci — Senior Class Treasurer This year, I would say the biggest duty is helping with the class rings.” George Stree¬ ter — Sophomore Class Vice Presi¬ dent Pamela Gibson Brenda Davey

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Class Officers Although such comments arise quite frequently, no one seems to know how these things could be accomplished. Despite it’s shortcomings, the student council is making progress. The minutes of the meetings are posted on the bulletin board, to in¬ form anyone who is interested as to what is going on. Movies are being shown at cheaper prices for the stu¬ dents benefit. The council now has the power to plan the schedule’s social calendar. They also read the morning announcements, and sometimes include a joke of the day. This idea seems to have fiz¬ zled out unfortunately, but at least it was given a try. Although the council has a long way to go, it is paving the way for important im¬ provements. Hopefully councils of the future will go on to bigger and better things. Political figures at F.H.S. expand beyond the realm of teachers, principals, superintendants, and School Committee members. Within the student body, there exists a very obscure group of student officials who are elected to be student leaders, by their peer groups. Public criticism has always been directed towards the wide-ranged political arena. The victorious candidate, whether he is involved in town, city, state or nation-wide elec¬ tion, is he whose public image has been successfully converted into personal and public popularity. Many students at F.H.S. have gripes about elections that are held within the school. They are usually carried out in a very casual manner. It is the general consensus of opinion of most of the students that they want to know who is running for what office and what their qualifications are before the morning of election. When presented with these gripes, the class officers of the four classes responded in a variety of ways. I feel that the way the elections are being handled is a farce. Al l that the elections mean to most students is that it is a large popularity contest. The poor student who is running for office and who wants to do good, may not be elected with the elections this way. Cristine DiLeonardo — Sophomore Class Treasurer. I think that during the freshman year, the way the election is run should be changed. You should have to go in front of your class and tell them why you should be elect¬ ed.” Brett Simon — Freshman Class President. Just having ballots is not sufficient since all the students are not famil¬ iar with the candidates, and most kids won’t cam¬ paign. Yet I don’t feel that speeches are a tre¬ mendous help either. Many times I’ve seen sincere people, with good ideas, speak before the student body and be out-voted by someone with a great figure, or someone who can make words sound nice. Debi Violandi — Senior Class Secretary Most of our class votes for the name they have heard the most, rather than the per¬ son and his qualifications. Donna Pi¬ card — Junior Class Vice President The kids will vote for the person who they think could do the best job, based on their opinion of the person.” Dave LeBlanc — Sophomore Class President The students can vote for whoever they want. Nobody is made to vote for any speical person.” Keith Perron — Senior Class Vice President A lot of kids complain that it’s always a popularity con¬ test, and that it’s always one big clique No matter what happens, there’s always going to be a clique anyway. Kids say that it’s always the same kids that are running for this and that. This might be true, but only because none of the other kids run. Sue Salvucci — Senior Class Treasurer Kids take it seriously, and vote for the person they know will do the best job, because it is for their class, and I know they have pride in their class. Tom Cargill — Senior Class President Along with each office, certain duties are in¬ volved. It is assumed that the first and foremost duty of an officer is to be a class leader, and set good examples for classmates. But president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer are all officers who have specific manifest functions. As president of the freshman class, my most important job is to help the other students be informed on what’s going on. I also must help in all school projects and in student council. Brett Simon — Freshman Class President Really, there isn’t much for the officers to do. Mostly, we help raise money for the class by collecting dues, running the class dance, etc. This year we did a lot of work on class rings. Dave LeBlanc — Sophomore Class President The duties of the officers are to run things for the class, and to plan future activities.” Diane Simmons — Junior Class Secretary School, is. • . u; aitincj an hour ft Lunch

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Our class is more suited to the system of class government.” Brett Simon — Freshman Class President The kids are for the most part, very helpful, and they are concerned on the economic and social parts of a class . . . ” Christine DiLeonardo — Sopho¬ more Class Treausrer We will be putting on a dance in March. As of now, our most important job is collecting dues so that we’ll have money to put on the dance.” Brett Simon — Freshman Class President We should be able to put on a great Senior Class Play, Oskey, and Winter Festival Week. I’d like for the seniors to have a drive for the Globe Santa Fund at Christmas time. An ecology week in the Spring, a Senior class picnic and field trip, and a five day Mini-Course Crash Program that would give everyone a chance to take some unique and practical courses which they ordinarily couldn’t take.” Debi Violandi — Senior Class Secretary In their terms of office, most class officers have noticed unique characteristics which are outstanding in their respective classes, and distinguish them from any other class. I think our class is unique because of the interest of all its members, and not just a few ” Donna Picard — Junior Class Vice President We have a very liberal class which makes it so differ¬ ent. We have our own ideas, which we are putting into actions. Our class may be dif¬ ferent, but our class is best!’’ Keith Perron — Senior Class Vice President Students do not pay dues, and there is a lack of cooperation.” Dianne Simmons — Junior Class Secretary We have more ambitious girls in the class than boys ” Debi Violandi — Senior Class Secretary Richard Bartelloni The sopho- nores are a ;reat bunch of ids ...” Dave Le- Jlanc — Soph- more Class Resident ScKool is.. . 4 weeKlu Salute tIaq the marshall’s of franklin