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

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ili- Thanksgiving season was cele- braTed in The usual manner This year. STudenT council orga- nized an assembly in which a shorT prayer service and slide show enhanced The Thankful aTmosphere. lT gave everyone The opporTuniTy To reflecT uon The meaning of The season. A quick exchange of deserT gifTs among The sTudenTs also Took place. Once again a food drive was held The week before Thanks- giving. One sophomore sTaT- ed, l'm so glad ThaT l was one of The many girls who parTici- paTed in This Thanksgiving's food drive. lT was my privilege To go down To El lVlonTe and deliver food To The people There. Being wiTh These people on Thanksgiving helped me To undersTand The True meaning of This holiday. Q7 S 9 Peggy Kinney inTroduces The slide show which opened The prayer service. The message was To remind The sTudenTs of Their blessings and gifTs on campus. 4 Monique Williams represnTs The Freshmen Class as she ex- pressed The spiriT of giving. The slide-show f prayer service was a success as well as The deserT gifT Trade among The sTudenTs. 30 Thanksgiving

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Class of 4982 held Their Ju- Ring Ceremony on Mon- November '17, 4980. hard work wenT inTo The of The TradiTionaI which sTudenTs, facuITy parenTs aTTended by for- inviTaTion. The Junior Class Ms. Angela Bonja, Junior Class officers, var- commiTTee heads and meT TogeTher for brainsTorming hours in weeks preceding The Shakey's Pizza NighT, by The juniors, and fund-raisers made up The used To finance The and yellow carnaTions To carried by each junior were for The special day, lower lawns of The villa chosen for The IocaTion, d The villa Terrace was coraTed wiTh blue and yel- s Make IT Cfficial low carnaTions and sTreamers for The recepTion. The class symbol, The dragon, was used on a banner bearing The moTTo, Like The dragon, we don'T breaThe smoke, we breaThe fire. DeTaiIed Typed insTrucTions on The back of each junior's chair Told The ju- niors exacTly whaT To do and when. This careful procedure demonsTraTed whaT Michele Adams IaTer commenTed on. I ThoughT The ceremony was very well organized, IT was beauTiful wiThouT being over- dramaTicized. FaTher Jack Foley presided over The ceremony. Jean Shin- nick, Monica Auzene, Sandy STeeIe and Mary Noonan pre- senTed some readings abouT The dragon and iTs meaning To The class. You've goT a friend was sung in harmony by KaThy BeTz and Mary Lees, fol- Q Fred BarreTT and Jeff Bonja provide musical accompani- menT for The Junior Class. Their TalenTs helped To make This ceremony special. Q The juniors display Their newly acquired rings during The Alma Mafer. The cosT of The rings ranged from S120 for I gold To S56 for silver. , H5 J K' . x . T --T. .s-4 in lowed by The disTribuTion of The rings To The Junior Class. Fred BarreTT and Jeff Bonja volun- Teered Their services as musi- cians for The ceremony, and accompanied The juniors who sang Their class song, Time In a BoTTIe. AfTer The ceremony, Jackie DeCIue said, I ThoughT The ceremony was well presenTed, iT was jusT long enough To make The occasion special wiThouT running on and on. Junior Class vice-presidenT No- reen Sullivan, relieved To have The hard work over wiTh com- menTed, I ThoughT iT wenT really well. Everyone in The class did whaT They were sup- pose To do, and Their parTici- paTion and spiriT made The ceremony run smooThIy. Q TZT its Ixxl Junior Ring Ceremony-29 TS? in fri

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'Walk Around The Block as N STuaenTs wave aT The camera as They dance To The music of s disc jockey, Many found more excercise in dancing Than in The 5 miles. Alverno's walk, according To one junior, was a big suc- cess . Many girls had fun while raising money for The school. The main purpose of The walk was To raise money and To use iT for someThing consTrucTive, ThaT everyone could recog- nize. Thanks To Mrs. BeTTy Quayle, The AdvancemenT Dl- recTor, from whom The walk idea originally derived, every- one enjoyed The day while raising 86980. AlThough a cause for The money had noT been designaTed yeT, mosT sTudenTs responded ThaT They would approve of any use. Each sTudenT who had a S50 quoTa of pledges received a free Alverno T-ShirT. A free lunch was served To each sTudenT, which consisTed of: a hoT dog, poTaTo chips, a snack and a fruiT drink. Follow- ing The lunch, a disc jockey supplied The sTudenTs wiTh dancing music. Q v Kelly Timpone, Carmen Ramos and Becky Flores decide To sprinT The home sTreTch. The 5 mile walk was compleT- ed in under 2 hours by mosT. Walk-A-Thon 31