Academy of the Holy Angels - Echoes Yearbook (Demarest, NJ)

Page 49 text:

Xngels enjoy innovations of the English Department. In our college preparatory English curriculum the concern for course improvement continues constantly. Last September marked the intro- duction of two new courses an Advanced Place- ment English course for sixteen selected seniors and a Film Study course for the entire school. The Film Study featured eleven foreign and American films including such greats as Fellini's La Strada and Tony Richardson's Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. English on all levels includes the study of language, literature, and composition directed to a more sensitive and perceptive reading and more effective and con- cise writing. In addition to the required English program, courses in Speech, Developmental Reading, and Creative Writing are offered. Gesturing to underscore a point, Bernie Zorio impresses members of the Speech class. Doing researvh for a paper on Thomas Hardy are AP English students Nancy Schwerzler and Maura Cotter. Looking thoughtful, Linda Funesti revises her short story in Creative Writing class.

Page 48 text:

The Religion Course aims to familiarize students with the new liturgical life and the ideas introduced by the Second Vatican Council as they affect the four-fold aspect of the study of God's plan for man in history: the biblical, liturgical, doctrinal, and living witness. Our current program blends these four basic signs of revelation into an inte- grated synthesis of the Christian Message. Through active class discussions, the wide use of films and current periodical literature complementing the texts and, on all levels, weekly instructions by the four priest co- ordinators, Religion, as an academic subject, becomes vital and meaningful. ' . M. Q , n SQ s 133.5 Sophomores Lorraine Bottie, Margaret Finnegan, and Sarah Pagnozzi complete a bulletin hoard collage for their religion class. Ecumenism inspires new approaches to Religion. Freshmen listen attentively as Father Ehrenberg instructs them in the use and meaning of the new liturgy.

Page 50 text:

Afro-Asian alignment in the East-West conflict is discussed by World History students Leonette Richardson, Ann Corcoran, Eileen Barrett, Debbie Osgood, and Anne Loar. History students eagerly probe the past. History - the narrative of man's hap- penings-provided exciting topics for discussion as HA students explored its myriad aspects. The Freshman World History course acquired a new look this year with the addition of World Week magazine, correlating as it does todayis happenings with yesterday's happenings of the textbook. .lunior American His- tory students, aided by a film series on Communism, conducted extensive re- search into the history of Communism to prepare for a symposium on its threat and how it affects the history of America. Political theory and government re- vealed a new facet of history to senior MProblems of American Democracy students. The addition this year of rec- ords on political theory and Newsweek's map series enhanced seniors' knowledge of politics and world geography. A field trip to the U.N., participation in County Government Day and a mock legislature -all served to challenge and stimulate the political thinking of HA's seniors. 46 Feverishly working on map assignment, fcounter clockwise? Seniors Carolina Drummond Maryann Ryan, Jo-Marie Volk, and Pat Byrne complete their Newsweek maps.