Andrean High School - Decussata Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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S. M. Sara, SS.C.M. Biblical Literature Faith, Geometry S.M. Paul, SS. C.M. Biblical Literature Latin III, IV, English I S. Denise Marie, SS.C.M. New Testament, Biblical Literature TOP LEFT: As if adolescence didn’t supply enough Faith questions, Seniors Felice Jackson, Mark Sandoval, and Terry Huffman must find answers to questions posed by their faith teacher. TOP RIGHT: No nonsense here when Mark Muradas, Nancy Yast, and Tom Siminski discuss the stages of death. CENTER LEFT: Theology students share ideas for the improvement of family life with members of the Christian Family Conference. ABOVE: In a meditative atmosphere, S. Sara’s Bib. Lit. students explore the many forms of prayer. Theology — 21

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Theology The Theology Department is to most people merely the frosting on the cake of Academics — it’s nice, but not really necessary. At Andrean, this misconception is smashed by thorough curricula and dedicated teachers. The classes cover the Bible, psychology, and the study of faith and morality, and in each one, the students have the opportunity to meet Christ. We at Andrean know that Theology is actually the cake, the foundation of all human understanding and knowledge, and Academics is the icing, an extension of the understanding of our relationship with God. Without the cake, the icing is nothing. TOP: With the eight stages of growth illustrated behind them, Junior psychology students listen to oral reports on the five stages of death. ABOVE: With a conviction won by experience, Father Martin enumerates the demands of stewardship for his Morality students. CENTER: In the seclusion of the Religion Resource Room, Dwayne Wagner and Mike Kristoff collaborate on a report for Faith class. S. M. Edith, SS.C.M. Department Chairman New Testament, Faith S. Carol Marie, SS.C.M. New Testament Psychology 20 — Theology

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English How can human beings, whose contacts with the world are so brief, limited, and personal, know as much as they know? Deep inside the tangle of metaphysical answers there lies a simple one — our extensive knowledge depends on the ability to understand and use our language effectively. The great importance of this statement isn’t lost on the teachers of Andrean. The Faculty demands basic good writing skills, and introduces some works of the great writers and thinkers, ancient to modern. Through four years of reading, writing, and reasoning, the student gathers skills as valuable in everyday life as they would be in a college career. Some students get a jump on that career by taking the College Composition course from Purdue and earning six college credits. TOP: Sharon Flucus and Tracy Sowinski delve into the library’s resources to find background information for an English IV term paper. ABOVE: English tutor Sister Marcella gives a few remedial touches to a composition by Anita Fernandez. LEFT: Mrs. Crary helps Gretchen Wellman smooth some of the edges of the rough draft for her College Composition term paper. Rev. James Kelly, C.S.B. Department Chairman, English III, IV, Dramatics Morality Mr. Raymond DeFabio English I, III Mrs. Edith Dakich English III, IV, Public Speaking, Journalism Mrs. Frances Crary English III, IV, College Composition 22 — English