Sacred Heart Academy - Clelian Yearbook (Hamden, CT)

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Ouch! It hurts. Horrid monsters followed in the wake of the bitterly cold winter. Chilly winds carried a variety of 'interest- ing' maladies. No one was safe from the angry, search- ing mobs of germs and vir- uses. They hunted every breathing student, waiting to ruin health and grade average. Yes, there was no doubt about it -- it was cold season again. No one liked the feeling of being sick. From the dreaded common cold to mono to injuries, it wasn't a wonder- ful experience. The missed days of school never made it any easier. With 75-min- ute classes, making up the work was not a simple task: it was, in fact, sometimes a tremendous burden. For the sole purpose of not missing those classes, many girls came to school sick, aggravating the prob- lem. Long-term illnesses were especially tough on stu- dents. Michele Santopietro, who suffered from mononu- cleosis, said with a sigh, I thought because l was out for so long teachers would go a little easy on me, but by the end of the marking period it felt like l was fall- ing farther and farther be- hind every day. Many stu- dents felt this way. With each day that was missed, one needed three to catch up on tests, homework, and classwork. All this was hap- pening simultaneously with students nursing their sneezes, sniffles, and coughs. lf a cold should have erupted again, the ag- grevation returned and stress remained! Presenting Before anyone dared to venture to an exotic foreign country he or she had to know some of that coun try s language What better way to have learned it than by preparing and performing language skits? According to French teacher Mrs Elaine Lamboley The use of mini dialogues encouraged students to use the language naturally in a real setting Students worked in groups to perfect the skits thereby benefit ing from peer interaction and correction Students learned best from their peers These skits were of ten done by groups of two or three using a specific selection of vocabuaiy and a healthy dose of imagi- nation. Skits also gave students the opponunity to learn and be entertained at the same time. Spanish stu- dent Anna Antonucci reflected, Skits were educa- tional and funny because your friends portrayed dif- ferent people and it helped you learn more skills. Whether planning to travel to a foreign country or not, learning a new language by performing skits was an interesting way to gain some exposure to culture. Above: Sitting on the floor in room nine, Tricia Sorrentino cuts out pictures for an exercise in Sr. Ger- aldine's Religion class. ??K5i11 Curriculum

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-sl' Q -PA sm, X -f-tfg .1-' Y if ' -gk 1. , ' -. R v 45 S that bend arises the final challenge Beep, beep. l'Does any- one have a Bank Street Writer? Beep, beep. These were the noises that could be heard coming from the Computer Room. No matter what time of day one passed by it, the room was always buzzing with people. The computer room was more crowded than ever, as many teachers required as- signments be done on a word processor. The PFS Write or Bank Street Writer made mistakes things of the past. Plow one could correct an error with the Below: With Sr. Susan Marie Hol- kemper, Andrea Gayle, Shelly Pen- dergrass and Kita Condon observe a mushroom. press of a button, making the art of writing much ea- sier. Very often a scream of frustration could be heard from the Computer Room when a machine refused to do what student wanted it to. Gften, the unlucky girl would be convinced that the computer was out to get her. Problems were usually resolved with the help of a fellow student, and the girl would printout her final copy without further trou- ble, but not without swear- ing she would never touch another computer again for the rest of her life tor at least until another assign- ment came upl. 32223325 12 risk? Curriuclum IJ 4.3 Presenting Where s my eraser? Ma l need typing pa per . . . What does she mean prove it ? . . . UAaghVH Tension, frustration, and sheer anxiety often filled the minds and bodies of students who were forced to write research papers. A staple of many classes, they were a constant fixture in the lives of students. Davm Cragliardi commented that, lt was better to have begun writing the research paper in our freshmen year because it allowed us to find out our weak- nesses and strengths so that we could improve with each year. Though not necessarily the classic type of research assignments, chemistry and algebra papers did give students an entirely new perspective on the analyt- ical side of research and writing papers. Denise Sim- monds revealed that l'lt gave me a chance to re- search and find out things about a subject l normally would show no real interest in.