Suffield High School - Sagitta / Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Suffield, CT)

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NOTES d » w . One of the most important events in our four years was the tragic explosion of the space shuttle Challenger When we look at this book in the future, we feel it is appropriate to re¬ member those astronauts who lost their lives that day FRANCIS SCOBEE MICHAEL SMITH GREGORY JARVIS JUDITH RESNIK LT COL ELLISON ONIZU1CA RONALD McNAIR CHRISTA McAULIFFE On a more positive note, thirty-two months after that day. January 28, 1986, the United States successfully launched the space shuttle Discovery ' ending our biggest setback in the history of the manned space program. In April of 1988, Scott Petersen and Elisabeth White spent a week in Washington, D.C. at¬ tending the Congressio¬ nal Seminar Workshop sponsored by Union Carbide While in Washington, Scott and Elisabeth were able to experience our government first hand. They met with congressional repre¬ sentatives, ambassa¬ dors and aides to the President. A model ses¬ sion of Congress pro¬ vided an opportunity for the students to develop, write and submit their own bills in the same fashion as our own Congress. Scott thought: The Washington workshop gave me the opportuni¬ ty to see the good and bad side of Washington and politics. while Elis¬ abeth felt that my ex¬ perience in Washington has motivated me to work towards a career in our national govern¬ ment. During th 1988-b9 school year, we have been fortunate to have Paula Fiocha, nn exchange student from Portugal, at¬ tending Suffield High School. Paula is seventeen, but for her age she has lived an extremely interesting life Paula was born in Mozambique, Alrica. She lived there for three years until she moved io Portugal. After living there for five years, her family moved to Macco. a Portuguese territory off of southern China. Just before coming to America. Paula once again moved to Portugal after eight years in Macao. Although this is not her first time in the States. Suffield s small town atmosphere is a new experience for her. On January 14. 1988 Kns Remington left for Australia under the Youth For Under standing Program. She lived with the Willoughby family in Springwood. which is one and a half hours from Sydney She used her free time to visit places such as the Outback and three of the six states Victoria. New South Wales and Southern Australia ICns also met dignitaries such as the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Prime Minister of Australia While she attended Wienmalee High School, where she was the first ex¬ change student, she partic¬ ipated in softball and soc¬ cer The schools soccer team was number one in a division of twenty schools Visiting Australia had al¬ ways been a dream of Kns and it was an unforgettable experience

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RANDOM The competition was fierce in the spring of 1988 for the Big Man On Campus ' contest. The class of ' 89 rallied behind our candidate, Adam Caiazzo. In order to elect Adam as BMOC, our class had to have more pennies collected in a jar than any other class. At the end of the voting period, we surprised eve¬ ryone with the incredible amount we had saved. Unfortunately, we did not have quite enough to beat the class of ' 88. But we all know that the best BMOC could only come from the class of ' 891 Over the past four years, the students at Suffield High have had the opportunity to take educational excursions to Europe. In 1986-87 the stu¬ dents travelled to France and in 1987-88, they went to Spain. The French students spent their ten days in Europe in Geneva, Switzerland, the French Riviera and Paris. They experienced a true taste of European beauty in the snow-capped mountains of the Swiss Alps. After a one night stay in Geneva, they traveled to the French Riv¬ iera. The glamour and cul¬ ture in cities such as Nice, Monte Carlo and Paris were not wasted on these stu¬ dents. The Spanish students visited Madrid, Toledo, Sevilla, Granada and the Costa del Sol, a beautiful region bordering the Mediterranean. The high¬ light of the trip was Tor- remolinos, where the stu¬ dents spent the day relaxing on the beautiful beach and conversing and dancing with Span¬ ish students in the discotecas” during the evening. Other points of interest on this tour in¬ cluded the Alhambra in Granada, the Cathedral of Sevilla and the Prado Museum in Madrid, along with the damaskeen jew¬ elry and sword factory of Toledo.

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RANDOM NOTES FIVE NEW FACES AT SUFFIELD HIGH Since we first arrived as freshmen four years ago, five new faculty members have been add¬ ed. We managed to catch all of them for a few minutes to let us in on their thoughts. Starting in 1985, Mrs. Lynne McLeod became the school ' s new media specialist. From her expe¬ rience of having worked and lived in other parts of the country and the world she hopes that the students appreciate the high quality of the staff at Suffield High School. Also in 1985 Ms. Diana Cunning¬ ham became the school ' s athletic director, ably replacing Mr. C in that position. Ms. Cunningham feels the school is very friendly and comfortable with a lot of caring people and good programs. Starting in September 1988 Mr. Patrick Dougherty filled the vacan¬ cy left by Mr. Howard in the Social Studies Department. Having taught World Civilizations to sixth graders at the McAlister Middle School for CLEARING THE AIR AT SUFFIELD HIGH In past years students and faculty were allowed to smoke in designated areas of Suffield High School and its grounds. However, owing to the Suffield Board of Ed¬ ucation ' s latest interpretation of the Connecticut statute which forbids smoking in school, during school hours, a significant change has occurred. This new inter¬ pretation leaves nothing to be debated. It strictly prohibits students, faculty and visitors from smoking anywhere at anytime on school grounds. First year Vice Principal Ed Garvey commented on the new policy saying, I think it ' s going well . . . it ' s working out better than most people expected. Not all share Mr. Garvey ' s enthusiasm. One disgruntled sophomore said, ' T hate it, I wish we had smoking back! A freshman showed indifference by saying I don ' t care, it doesn ' t apply to me. Unfortunately, this policy is complex and may not be easily understood by those students whom it affects most directly. This policy will be continual over the four year period that students attend Suffield High. Still, no matter what your opinion may be on this subject, it looks as if this new policy is here to stay at Suffield High School. many years, Mr. Dougherty thinks that the high school is a compar¬ ative utopia. Mrs. Cigal, at one time a tutor at Suffield High School, has returned to fill Mrs. Spaulding ' s long held post in Home Economics. She thinks that the staff and admin¬ istration are supportive and that they work well together. One of the most important changes at Suffield High was the shift in administration. Mr. C un¬ dertook the position of Principal, re¬ placing Dr. Johnson, and Mr. Ed Garvey was hired as our new vice principal. He left his job as vice principal at Southwick High and likes the similarities between the two schools. He is impressed with the educational climate here. 6