Academy of Mount Saint Vincent - Chastellux Yearbook (Tuxedo Park, NY)

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English The dynamic approach of SR. THERESA COURTNEY (pictured at the right with JANET FRYNS) makes English interesting to all groups, but she is also able to assist students on a one-to-one basis to overcome special hurdles. (Perhaps her enthusiasm for sports helps!) SR. MARIAN SETON BALS (above) is Chairman of the English Department She is assisted by SR. THERESA COURTNEY and SR. MARY JOSITA. and also by SR. MARIAN FRANCIS, who is responsible for Dramatics. We have already mentioned the fact that the Team Teaching Experiment in the Junior Class involves ENGLISH as well as Religion and History. This is the second year of SR. MARIAN SETON’S successful GREAT BOOKS program, which appeals most to Honor Students. 20

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At left: SR. THERESA GRAVINO teaches Religion to the Juniors as part of the Team Teaching Program . . . SISTER is also Moderator of the newly formed GUITAR CLUB, whose principal objective is preparing a variety of hymns for the Guitar Masses which are celebrated almost monthly. Above: REV GEORGE McGRATH. Pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Tuxedo, is Chaplain of the Fathers and Friends of the Mount and arranges his schedule to be available to assist in the distribution of Holy Communion at the Academy whenever the number is too great for one Priest to handle, as at Masses when the entire Student Body is present. 19

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The major production of the Dramatic Club in the first term was PRIDE and PREJUDICE.'' That of the second term was PETER PAN. Besides coaching these two plays. SR. MARIAN FRANCIS (pictured above with NIKKI and KATIE) conducts regular classes in Dramatics, and in Film Study and Film Making. Under SR. MARY JOSITA’S direction and leadership the LIBRARY and AUDIOVISUAL AIDS have expanded and progressed until the unit can now correctly be described as a MULTI MEDIA CENTER. SR. JOSITA is pictured at the left. 21