Bishop Feehan High School - Flashback Yearbook (Attleboro, MA)

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Vi Below: Explaining her family tree “en espanol”, freshman Mary Beckett displays her geneology for her Spanish I class. | . | les langues! Christmas carols in French class? Students ‘in S. Sheila’s French IV class sang traditional Yuletide hymns in French, of course. Feehan’s language department strove to make its curriculum educational and fun. Spanish | and Il students played Bingo and Hangman while French “etudiants” learned vocabulary through crosswood puzzles. Of course, it was not all fun and games. Latin students along with their French and Spanish counterparts conjugated verbs and memorized idiomatic expressions. Book reports and essays supplemented routine textbook drills. Plans were made for a trip to the city of Quebec. Below: Spanish | students Cheryl Caponigro, Karen Walsh, John Brennan, Susan Goss, Diane Cote and Kathleen Killion listen attentively to a lecture on Spanish life. Above: Latin is not a dead language! S. Elizabeth Doyle’s enthusiasm motivates her students to learn their declensions and conjugations. 15

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Above: Painstakingly sewing her seams, Karen Tatro prays that they will be straight—or at least stay together! Above right: Working on her afghan is Sandra Parsons, while Victor Lacasse awaits the finished product. Boys bake, Girls build Stereotypes became a thing of the past at Feehan as boys became bakers and girls became builders. Future homemakers received on the job training from Mrs. Schensnol, homemaking teacher, as they actually prepared food for S. Faith’s meeting with Bishop Daniel Cronin. While students in home-ec made bread, students in shop made ... what else, bread boxes! With the aid of shop instructor, Mr. Fortin, boys and girls produced creative and useful products, some becoming Christmas presents for family and friends. Manual skills coupled with traditional book learning helped Feehanites to become well rounded persons. Left: Mixing the ingredients well, Constance Bradshaw prepares to decorate a cake with the expert assistance of Mrs. Schensonol. 17