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

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Opening the new term with Mass, Chaplain, Father Brian Harrington concelebrates with Father George Bellenoit and other area priests. New Faces Frosh! What a word! No, it’s not a super-thick milkshake or a new dance craze or even a new cologne by Avon. Frosh is a nickname given to all freshmen, used especially at rallies. Rallies — another undefined term. Well, in essence, that’s what the freshman seminar was all about. Here, freshmen learned exactly what rallies, spirit meetings, WBFH, Flashback, drama, careers in science and numerous other activities involved. Organized by James Diamond, student council chairman, the program had time allotted to each special activity. Club representatives plugged their activities in an effort to involve the entire Frosh class in Sighting some familiar faces as well as many new ones, Vice-Principal, Mr. Paul O’Boy explains new rules. Peeping through the ‘‘Key holes,’’ Jessica Sicard, David Whitefield, Anne Bruneau, Jeanne Lynch present attractions of Key Club membership to Donna Fecteau, Mary Ellen Ilwuc, Janice Bolandz, and Luann Williams for the benefit of inquiring Freshmen. 18 Fill Auditorium to Capacity choosing from widely varied extracurricula. After all, as Mr. O’Boy has said in the past, ‘Don't be the student who comes to school with a brown paper bag and leaves each afternoon at two o'clock with nothing except his brown paper bag.’’ This year, we hope the message rang out loud and clear: ‘‘Get involved!’ “Sit up straight, lift your chins and take a deep breath!’’ No, this wasn’t phys-ed class. It was Sr. Evangela preparing the student body for the opening Mass. The pace had started to quicken with the strumming of the guitars. Then, led by Sr. Evangela and the Folk Group, we Sang joyously, ‘‘Sing to the Mountains.”’ Father Brian Harrington gave a beautiful sermon welcoming the new students. During the Mass, the juniors continually gazed at their new Class rings. These rings symbolized a ‘ special growth that each individual had gone through during his first two years at Feehan. Everyone had different thoughts running through his head, such as, ‘‘Wow! I’m really an upperclassman now!”’ to ‘‘College! I’ve got to start planning. Before | know it, I'll be a senior!’’ Then the juniors stood for the blessing of their rings, all the time twisting them around their fingers, reassuring themselves that they indeed had passed a meaningful stage in their lives.

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Preparations for the Miss and Mrs. Fashion Show are underway, directed by chairman, Sr. Ricarda Penny for your thoughts? Gregory Lauro’s are Wobby and Mrs. Joan Santazo, who demonstrates gift wrapping for Sister and Janice Bolandz. not for sale. College-bound Mark Benoit seeks information from the representative from Green Mountain Community College. 17

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Behind the scenes, mastermind, James Diamond, rejoices with Student Council President, Robert Giovino at the success of the freshman seminar. Results of the band’s persuasive display, Frosh Deborah Shea joins the color guard. Band members, Clayton Lennartz, Paul Gookin, Ingrid Mezoely, Margaret Healy, Susan Diaz, Lee Ann McKenna, Raymond Boucher, Deborah Malley, Naomi Capuccino and Marilyn Castro entertain at the freshman seminar. 19