Archbishop Mitty High School - Excalibur Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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oaches give up time for it, students put off homework for it, parents sacrifice evenings for it, others volunteer for it. Their common goal is the building of the sports program. It is the players, the coaches, the par- ents, and the spectators, all working together that form Mitty sports. For some individuals coaching is their way of contributing. I really believe in the programf' notes varsity tennis coach joan Sullivan. Five years ago when Sulli- van started coaching boys, tennis she had only nine players. This past year, thirty- five boys came out for the team. Sullivan believes the program itself is the reason for the increase in players. She feels the athletes look at the program as something in which they can achieve as well as carry mark of a successful team is one that is positive and works together. Kistler en- joys running with the other athletes but also finds it a challenge. Athlete Elizabeth Nichols feels the sports program is good and spirit is there. She also feels there is a strong sense of unity among the athletes. Nichols be- lieves each player is a building block that supports the rest of the people on the team. The key for a successful team is working hard to try and Win, but most importantly doing their best. Nichols is involved in sports because of the spirit and feeling of camaraderie. Mittyls sports program also gets a lot of support from the sidelines. Victor Pekar- cik is head student trainer of all the male and female interscholastic sports. His job ne game takes ': ' SIT St ' 1:1 on later in life. Sullivan feels there is a real caring for each individual and that some of the best friendships develop here. Mitty's Atheletic Director, coach Mar- tin Procaccio, sees a determination within each athlete that he deems incredible. When Procaccio first started coaching cross country and track, a girls, team did not exist. Since then, due to avid interest by female athletes, a girls, team has been added and continues to expand. Procaccio sees a strong camaraderie amongst the athletes and a commitment to do well for one another. Procaccio lauds the parents for their continued support of Mitty's sports. Over the past thirteen years, coach Pe- ter Petrinovich has seen many changes. He has coached varsity football and girlls junior varsity softball and has seen Mittyls female athletes emerge to become one of I really believe in the program? - joan Sullivan the top teams in the CCS fCentral Coast Sectionl. Petrinovich feels the sports pro- gram is superior. Petrinovich has been at Mitty all these years because of the kids. He has a high esteem for the Mitty par- ents because the students are a reflection of their parents. Others participate in the sports pro- gram at Mitty through their athletic abili- ties. Athlete Kim Kistler feels the sports at Mitty are hard work but worth it. Kist- ler enjoys running cross country and track because it gives her the opportunity to meet a variety of people she would not be able to meet 'in classes. She believes the is to take care of and prevent injuries among the athletes. Pekarcik feels there is a mutual respect between the trainer and the athletes both as friends and team- mates. He believes that good sports- manship is always number one. Pekarcik believes it is playing for a cause and all striving for something that brings the teams together. Pekarcik feels it is impor- tant to set goals before each game and try to achieve them. Another part of the sideline activity is the Statistician. Patty Corsiglia's job is to take down all the statistics of the game. Corsiglia became a stat girl because most of her friends were on the team and she wanted to show her support. You get a good l feeling. The athletes respect you more because they know you are a part of what they are doing. Another aspect of the sports program is the support from the parents. The Mitty Booster Club has been here as long as the school has, but was reorganzied three years ago. jim Hansell, president of the Booster Club, believes the sports pro- gram at Mitty is good but there is room for improvement. He would like to help the school get more equipment to be able to participate in the top of its league. The purpose of the Booster Club is to raise funds for all the athletic clubs. The sports program is a combination of efforts aimed beyond the physical devel- opment of athletes. As one component of the Mitty community it integrates with the academic and the religious. It is one facet of the high school experience. There is a heck of a lot more to school than playing football which lasts three months a year, notes Petrinovich. by Theresa Banchero

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Can we accomodate agnostics, jews, and Catholics? I think we can. - Bishop Pierre Du Maine 5l0l0l0l0l0l0l0l0l0l4 tis been a nineteen-year search for Mitty's religious identity, but it,s with- in sight. Father Rodney De Martini is in- strumental in Mittyis search for its reli- gious self. Present religious concerns are in no way an attempt to sway students toward Catholicism, rather a fulfillment of Mittyls duty to inform both faculty and students on what it means to be Catholic. De Martini concedes that for some these facts about the Catholic Church will re- main on purely an intellectual level, while others will want to learn how to integrate it into their lives. Steven Herrera, religion teacher and Mitty alumnus, agrees with De Martinfs assessment of Mitty's responsibility to its tion is to instruct Catholics in their faithf, she notes, then it is imperative that teachers both support that faith and live it as best they can, tough though it may be. U Michelle Sahami, one of several Mitty students of Moslem upbringing, looks for- ward to learning about the Catholic faith by attending masses and other such reli- gious activities. This enthusiasm, howev- er, is not shared by all. Campus Ministry, headed by Peggy Schrader, hopes to inter- est students by providing unique and in- teresting liturgies and retreat programs that will develop positive faith experience. Schrader does sense some fear and anger by both students and faculty about getting involved in the faith dimension of the school. just because they have rejected the Church because of past negative experi- ences does not mean they need to reject all faith experiencesf' says Schrader. She is religious identity. There is a move to have strict require- ments, but then that was only because people went too far to just teach psycholo- gy in their classes and not enough religious contentf' comments Herrera who has observed a move toward more conserva- tive religious ideals, particularly in the past year. Anne Egan, faculty member and Mitty graduate, concurs with Herrerais evalua- tion of Mittyis religious past and feels that Mitty is religiously at just the right point, she feels an attempt to move toward a strictly Catholic', policy such as that adopted by other schools will result in a feeling of restriction both by students and faculty. Egan noted teachers are being made increasingly aware of the impor- tance of the obligation to Mittyis Catholic, identity. We seem to be in this wave of trying to identify ourselves more as Catholic with a capital C and that makes the faculty more aware of their obligation as the liaison person between the administration and the studentsf, Egan sees the faculty fulfilling their obligation to Mittyis Catho- licity as role models rather than leading them into church during an activity period. Tensions, have been made prevalent by the search for Mitty's Catholic identity. Pressure, caused by these tensions, makes some uncomfortable while others feel it is the first step in the right direction. Patricia Bowers believes a Catholic school teachers primary responsibility lies in the promotion of that belief The notion that is also very strong in Bowers, mind is the idea of the teacher providing an unimpeachable role model. If the primary role of Catholic educa- quick to point out, however, that the free- dom of choice at Mitty is essential and must remain an integral part of the com- munity. Schrader has, however, observed this year a greater willingness of both students and faculty to get involved with the school at a more religious level. She further points out that each faculty member, as an employee ofa Catholic high school, has a three-fold responsibility: to look at their own faith lives, encourage students to look at their faith, and give students the free- dom to make faith choices in their lives. As with the faculty, the Mitty student body is comprised of a conglomeration of religious beliefs. Some students feel that with the great freedom at Mitty the Catho- lic identity of the school is not as de- veloped as they had hoped for or expected. This is a Catholic school so there ought to be more religion, not just religion classes. Right now it seems like only the name is Catholicf, suggests F arnaz jamali, who emigrated from Iran in August of 1983. As Iamali sees it, Mitty as a Catholic school does not promote its identity to the extent that it should. While the majority ofthe students seem to notice the lack of religious conviction at Mitty, they do enjoy the freedom that has been the school's trademark throughout the years. I feel no pressure at all. I don't like feeling pressured into a religion that is not mine, says Richard Klein who is jewish by birth but now considers himself lapsed. Mitty is a school in which religious deci- sions are constantly being re-evaluatedf' concurs Patrick Fitzgerald, a Mitty senior, not a school in which ideals are blindly accepted. by Mark Scully N J