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

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CURRICULUM I

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Searching for Wisdom and knowledge We End it placed Within our grasp.

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The last purple candle of the Advent wreath is lit as Sr. Aquin and her homeroom complete their holiday observances. eligion Department revitczlizes its courses This year the Religion Department revamped both the basic materials used in the courses and the method of reporting achievement. Most levels saw a departure from traditional texts in favor of a weekly magazine, Hi-Time, supple- mented, especially on the senior level, by current paperbacks in the Christian Experience Series. To allow a broader scope in evaluating Religion as more than an academic subject, the Depart- ment adopted the E C excellentj, S Q satisfactoryj, and U Qunsatisfactoryj System. Encouraging an even wider use of audio-visual aids in the religion courses, the Department increased its collection with some particularly line series of Hlmstrips with accompanying rec- ords. Each series aims to create an awareness and responsiveness to the changed conditions of life in our contemporary society. Five priests continue to lecture weekly on each level, enriching and coordinating the total pro- gram. With emphasis on the small group, weekly homeroom celebrations of the liturgy in the Oratory continued and monthly, the school gath- ered to oi-fer Mass together in the Auditorium. While the changes in the Religion Department are generally conceded to be a step forward, experimentation with new materials, methods, and techniques will continue as the Department seeks to meet the increasing spiritual needs of the students. 44 Day of Recollection activities climax with a concelebrated Mass for all students.