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

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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

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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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Do you have to work to- night? One out of every eight girls would have answered yes , Students who worked had to consider schedules be- fore becoming too involved with school. Last year 4305 of the student body held part- time jobs on top of their study workload. A Troubadour survey showed 4906 of these 'lworking wom- en volunteered service time, 7096 were paid employees, and less than 40A managed to hold both a voluntary and pay- ing job. Student volunteers served the community in a variety of ways, including gradeschool tutoring, teaching religion courses at parishes and assist- ing with general office work for non-profit organizations. Senior Charisse Morelli worked fourteen hours each at Villa Esperanza's recreation work- shop. Helping the mentally re- tarded makes me appreciate myself, she said. Other stu- dents worked with the handi- capped at the Crippled Chil- dren's Society of Pasadena, and the blind at CLIMB in Sierra Madre. I do everything but give shots and empty bed- pans, explained Kristi Henkels, a volunteer at Huntington Me- morial Hospital. A few girls said they wanted the work experience in order to continue similar social work in the future. However, some girls worked either for Christian Service class credit, or as one 34 Student Jobs Being entsible Pays senior responded, l work there just as enjoyment. Of the paid employees, 9411 worked because they wanted the extra spending money or to begin saving for college. Paychecks also helped to pay for high school tuition and fi- nance costly social lives. Patti Pullara worked at Fedco's gar- den shop just to get out of the house and meet people. A relatively small number of sophomores and juniors had in- tentions of saving to buy a car. Carolyn Volmert prepared meals for patients at Arcadia Methodist Hospital in hopes of earning money for a trip to Alaska. The two most common jobs Feature Story By Peggy Kinney were floor salesgirls and food related jobs, as waitresses or fast-food clerks. Fashion-relat- ed jobs were equally as popu- lar as secretarial work. Only 4870 had any intentions of continuing their job as a ca- reer. As Mary Dolan said, l don't plan to sell shoes the rest of my life! The results of a staff poll found that students worked an aver- age of 48 hours per week. Many girls said that their jobs interfered with their school work, but as Desiree Tulleners stated, I usually arrange my work schedule around my school schedulefgr In K s. sm .rf .V . J 5. .... 1 Sandy Moreno and Giesslnger in Numero They say a good frien he job more xii.