Archbishop Kennedy High School - Kencensus Yearbook (Conshohocken, PA)

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Religious Leaders and Principal Mis Holiness Pope John Paul II. - His Eminence John Cardinal Krol Reverend Msgr. Paul Curran Reverend Msgr. David E. Walls Vicar for the Office of Catholic Education. Superintendent of Schools 4

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Faculty and Underclassmen Student Life ... 6 Academics. ... 18 40 Organizations and Events ... 54 Athletics......84 Seniors..........108 3

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Reverend Gerald Canavan. Since his arrival at Kennedy in 1984, Father Canavan has been the spiritual and academic leader of our school. Father feels that Spiritually, academically, building-wise, sports-wise, and enrollment-wise, Kennedy is headed in the right direction.'' McMenamin: What components go into the makeup of a good high school? Father Canavan: The first thing in good education, I think, is to help people not only get jobs and be academically solid that way, but what is really im- portant is that all the issues should be addressed as to what kind of person, what kind of life you are going to have, who you really are, and what do you believe in, and how you are going to live. McMenamin: Are the Catholic high schools of the 80 s very different from those of the 60 s? Father Canavan: The Catholic high schools of the 80 s are different from those of the 60 s. The students of the 80 s are more job oriented. The students of the 60 s were more social-issue orien- ted. The students of the 80s seem to have a more stable type of adolescence. With the students of the 80 s, I would say it is harder to tap idealism within them, harder to have them interested in anything on a bigger viewpoint than what personally affects them. Bill McMenamin 5 Part of the principal's job is to communicate to the students, rather Canavan Knows just how to do it.