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

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Dedr SdnTd, Before sTdrTing my reporT of Chrisfmos 4980, I wonT To Tell you ThoT I've never seen d school ThoT volues ond looks forword To This seoson ds much os The girls dT This school do. The girls ceIebroTed wiTh d Glee Club presenToTion. Mem- bers of The club song o new song cdlled The Twelve Ddys AfTer ChrisTmos, which gove dn inTeresTing view of The doys following The holidoy. The resT of The sTudenT body hdd o chonce To show off Their voccrl chords when They gdThered on The Terrcice To sing fdmilior cor- ols. Some of The girls gove o liTTIe of ThemseIves To o doy core cenTer whose children were enTerTdined by The ploy Twds The NighT Before ChrisTmos . I overheord Amy Huber, who pldyed o Tree soy ThoT, One of The kids squeezed my drm ond dsked why I wos sTdnding There so funny. The children seemed To especiolly enjoy The drrivol of SonTo Cldus. AlThough The seoson seemed To go well, some felT ThoT iT wos hedvily burdened wiTh long Term ossignmenTs ThoT were due ofTer vdcdfion. One junior sold, ChrisTmds jusT wdsn'T righT becouse of dll The home- work. BuT d new evenT, The Snowboll ddnce, which wos co-sponsored wiTh LdSolle, probobly helped Them forgef Their Troubles. Working on d new fund roiser, The Chrisfmos BouTique, kepT Them busy os well. UnTil nexT yeor, be good. And relox before The nexT rush. Love, Elf Tc. Q' 1 , 4 Cindy Lyndell decoroTes The Freshmen Clciss Tree. Tree decordTing compeTiTion noT Toke ploce This yeor buT eclch cldss sTllI Took pride in mdking Their Tree speciol 32 Christmas

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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

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4 Sandra Henkels, Lisa Nordquist, Bambi Vita, Carmen Bustamante, Elena Cazares. Sandra Vega, Barbara Thornhill and Amy Huber were only a few of the members of Ms. Emily John's fifth period, What the Church Teaches class. This class present- ed the play 'Twas the Night Before Christmas at the Maryvill Day Care Cen- ter in Rosemead. v Doreen Gott, Sheila Ryan and Monica Martinez, sing the praises of Christmas af the terrace assembly on December 19. Silent Night and Jingle Bells were only two of the many carols that highlighted the assembly. Carolyn Arens a freshmen returns to childhood tempo as she hugs her teddy bear Many of the big sisters a special Christmas with their little sisters by going to lunch or exchanging gifts. . A presentation by the Glee Club helped to uplift the spirits of students who were anxiously awaiting the arrival of Christmas vaca- tion. They had many new renditions of familiar carols, such as The Twelve Days of Christmas. Christmas 33