Alverno High School - Troubadour Yearbook (Sierra Madre, CA)

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v AIverno's music section, headed by guitarists: Mrs. Mar- cia Urbina, Ms. Emily John and Mary Lees, perform, Be Not Afraid during the mass. Monica Auzenne, Karla Kurz- W9lI,Gl'1CJ Kathleen McCloskey are the background vocal- lsts ,K .Teresa Cintron, Laura Geraci, Cheryl Lindsey, Pam Coleman, Lourdes Vita and Rosanne Ramos present the Senior Class skit, The Creation of AIverno . 20th Anniversary 13

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CelebraTing An Anniversary 4980-4984 rang in Alverno High School's TwenTieTh birThday. Al- verno opened in 4960 and iTs firsT graduaTing class of 4964 consisfed of 449 girls. ln 4984, 444 girls graduaTed. There were many differences be- Tween Alverno of The 60's and ThaT of The 80's. According To a Troubadour sTaff poll, The mosT confroversial change seemed To be in uniforms, go- ing from plaids, To pinsTripes, To The plain brown polyesTer look. Ofher changes included The academic courses, more lay Teachers, and The campus' new look. In 4984, The campus consisfed of brown lockers, re- painfed classrooms, and refin- ished Tennis courfs. DespiTe These many alTeraTions, sTu- denfs sTill felT a need for change. Among The many de- sired modificafions were: more colorful uniforms, more varieTy of classes, a varieTy of clubs and sporTs. Friday, Ocfober 3, 4980, was seT aside for The celebrafion. The day consisfed of a mass, a homeroom organized lunch exchange, and plays presenf- ed by The faculTy and each class. The mass was highlighTed by candles and balloons. The balloons which were released af The end of The mass repre- senTed various donafions from The alumnae. AfTer The mass, The lunches were exchanged. Following The lunches were The plays. Prizes were given To each play: The mosT original skiT-freshmen, besT perfor- mance-sophomores, mosT comical skiT-juniors, besT skiT overall-seniors, and The worsT skiT overall wenT To The faculfy. There were various opinions given as To wheTher The cele- braTion was a success. Of Those polled, 5596 felT Thaf iT was successful, while 4596 felT ThaT iT was noT. One of The rea- sons given by The laTTer per- cenfage was a poor TurnouT by The alumnae, probably be- cause The celebrafion was held during work hours. TwenTy years of educafion had gone by, buf equally imporTanT, so had TwenTy years of happi- ness, friendship, religious awareness and uniTy. Q . 4 w 'fl an . 1 M ,.,, M' 4 ll 111 V a f I H ki if --...,,, ' fy 'T 'l l'v'f'h f T I 'W 5 .V l ,Q ,J ff .4 1' . ..- P .150 , ' fr T , ' Q K ' ' .f . ' 'L ,A .r -'Num .. . ,. A '.. .41 Q , ', 'ii NA L 'f'? ' 5 .The mass was said by Fr. Gino Piccolo OFM. Fr. Gino is The ArT Direcfor of a filmsfrip ofTen used for religion class called, 'FAN l-lungry. 12 20th Anniversary

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14-Masses if V Masses Encourage Cooperaiic ul feel ThaT whaT makes masses . T A T' T ' l aT Alverno special are The people. In This school special Touches like dancing and mu- sic were noT only common buT seemed To be a musT. WhaT made These masses so unique . f p M was The facT ThaT They were ' i puT on wiTh The cooperaTion of T sTudenTs and faculTy. One mass ThaT Took place This year was held in memory of Sr. Maggie Jo Hulin O.S.F., The Sophomore Class moderaTor for '79-'80. ParTicipaTion of sTu- denTs, parTicularly The juniors, wiTh Miss Marian Finn's assis- Tance, conTribuTed To The mass' success. ln hopes of keeping Sr. Maggie's memory alive, some sTudenTs polled felT ThaT an opTlonal mass should Take place annually in her hon- or. , . 1 J' , L3 K , K 1 of . 1, .i Q gh , o l 'fs in xi' 5 Fr. Zimmerman of AnnunciaTion Church says The memorial mass Fr, Zim- merman had worked wifh Sr. Maggie on many occasions. i Q Hilda Mena, Mana KasTafados, CaThy MichelTree, Karla Kurzweil and Mary Perry gaTher flowers for The procession To The sTaTue of ST. Francis. The mass was decoraTed wiTh candles and flowers because They were a special parT of SisTer Maggie's life. I