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

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6751 famed JQJZC MZ: gd HA's juniors, Joan Peppler, Kathy Mulcare, Denise Nettune and Marilyn Murray enact senior citizens scene in Speech class. Innovations in the content and approach used in the Academy's required college preparatory Eng- lish curriculum continued. The addition of new instructors in the Department contributed its own richness and variety to the over-all program. To everyone's delight, the Film Study program was again offered to all classes and films such as No- body Waved Goodbye and A View from the Bridge, two of this yearis offerings, are still dis- cussion bait. Continuing, too, this year is the Advanced Placement English course for ten select- ed seniors as well as elective courses in Speech and Creative Writing. As part of the literature phase of their English program this year, all Eng- lish IV classes studied a series of World Literature Elms. Each Elm devoted to one country repre- sented. the riches ofthe country's drama, literature, poetry, music and dance and, in an intriguing documentary approach, reflected the nation's cul- tural heritage. The Department sponsored a trip to the Shakespearean Festival Theatre on October 2 to see Macbeth and in December and January arranged theatre parties at the Rivoli Theatre in New York for the Elm classic Gone With the Wind. Reporting on Guy de Maupassant's narrative techniques, Jean Behr interests members of AP English class Cclockwisej Linda Funesti, Eileen McCarthy, Maureen McGuirl, Marie Mento, Joan Beliveau, Lea Trinka, Jo Ellen Emith, Liz Palazzo, and Chris Reveri.

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wZi Are We livir1g our lives as true Christians? This is the question which themes the Religion Course on all levels. Weekly instructions by live priests teach us to not merely mouth doctrinal principles but to live them fully. The Academy's Religion program as seen on a horizontal perspective sen- sitizes us to the needs of our fellowrnen, while from the vertical perspective, it intensities our re- lationship with God. Classroom discussions, the wide use of Hlms, tapes, recordings, and current periodical literature develop and underscore con- temporary insights into the importance of religious convictions. Activities such as homeroom Mass in the Oratory and opportunity for active member- ship in one of four religious organizations on an extra-curricular level add meaningful dimensions to Religion not only as an academic subject but as the undergirding of our lives. uhmmfwmadww During Religion Class, Juniors Ellen Mawhinny, Pat Cioffi, Gail Rothwell, Martha Dean, Liz Day and Marie Messina enthusias- tically discuss Lenten preparations, -Sarah Pagnozzi, Gig C1r1no and Anne Smith display creative artistry. Hear, O Lord sing girls of Senior D at their homeroom With the aid of the chalk board, Mass on Passion Monday. Father Brennan underscores a point in Religion class. Sophs listen as Rev. Thomas Donato conducts a weekly Religion class. 46

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A ,f , j ' e 13p ' The Academy's required three-year sequence 5 . includes World History, a freshman course, Amer- I j . ican History I and American History II, studied by juniors and seniors respectively. Through the viewing of Iilms, participation in panels and group discussions, and the researching of topics for re- ports and papers, history students attune them- 2 ' selves to the structure of civilization. Involvement, f awareness and a documentary approach keynote - 1 the entire three-year program. A study of current events hnds a prominent place on all levels and in addition to required texts, freshmen use World Week while juniors and seniors subscribe to News- week, making extensive use of monthly tests and challenging map studies. This year the Department provided opportunity for interested frosh to visit the Cloisters in conjunction With their study of the Middle Ages while on April 10 all the seniors spent the afternoon touring the UN. In early Spring, a delegation of seniors attended the Youth Forum conducted by WCBS. Freshman history students, Debbie Meehan, Claire Browning, Janet Barron and Colleen Murphy, conduct a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King. aM! 1 aZ?aZfaZUfkZzevfzk 44 Terry Sabatini provokes thoughtful silence upon completing current events report on Nigeria. 5 48