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

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Singing at the Teacher’s Institute Mass are St. John the Evangelist students: Front row (at piano), Kevin Birch; Lori Convey, Ann Lynch, Jan lampietro, Ruth Oliveira, Maria Castro, Gina Santiago, Michelle Lewis. Second row: Michelle Lachance, Patricia Harrington, Lawrence Birch, Jayne Falugo, Susan Martins, Michael Killion, Donna Livingston. Third row: Russell Sanford, Robert Sanford, Christina Pla, Thomas Castro, Sergio Pedro. Back row: Frances Smith, John Nunes, Christine Paradis, Paul Lonardo, Mark April, Eileen Lonardo. Feehan’s doors open, community comes through Pancakes, Shamrocks, and teachers piled into Feehan last spring, participating in such annual functions as Irish Night, Pancake Breakfast, Soorts Award Banquet and Teachers Institute. Thus Feehan helps and is helped by the community. The Pancake Breakfast was enjoyed by any who wished to join in the festivities. Irish Night, held at the Rome Restaurant, was a major fund raiser, thanks to the efforts of Sister Ricarda Wobby and the families and friends of Feehan students. The Sports Award Banquet was sponsored by parents of the students and the businesses of the Attleboro area. Finally, Feehan provided the facilities for the Teachers Institute, where educators from the two dioceses of Providence and Fall River came to share their knowledge. Not only were buildings and faculty of service to the community, the student body also played an important role. During the two-day- long Institute, over fifty percent of the students made themselves available to serve. In these and many other ways, Feehan complements the community. Wishing they had read mother’s cookbooks are inexperienced chefs Manuel Perry, John Chiarenza, and Robert Watson. After a successful morning, Richard Basile and William Hyland pitch in to help with the clean-up. Free samples of candy at the Teachers’ Institute kept many hungry workers on the job, including Sister Patricia Harrington, Mark Lizotte, Kathy Myers and Manuel Perry. 13

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Aw ‘4 12 When in “Rome,” do as the Irish do! Sister Helene Fortin, Father Brian Harrington, and Mr. Anthony Giovino enjoy Irish Night festivities. Pursuing their perfunctory tasks at the Pancake Breakfast are John Hunt, Steven Preston, Richard Beach and Stephen Durocher. TUNA GRINDER 55 ICE CREAM PIZZA a Sate 2 HOTDOG AST ; SPECIAL 60 ©: SOU 35 PUDDING HAMBURGER CHEESEBURGER sr pacneicres Awards Banquet are Margaret Healy, Lisa Gaulitz, Diane Rousseau, Kelly Ahearn, Trudy Patch, Mary Ellen Gillis, Mary Ellen Haney, Susan McKay, Robin Kelley, Sarah Reynolds, Jeanne Bessette, , and Leslie McCarron. For his inspiring efforts and dedication, Perry Fernandes receives the Gary Flynn Award from Mr. Paul O’Boy and Mr. Louis Gazzola of the Alumni Association.

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Good-bye doesn’t mean forever, but... “Everyone looks scared. . .| can’t see why. . . we’ve practiced this a dozen times. . . Pomp and circumstance?é. . . They played that when | graduated from eighth grade ...lgototheright. . . there are mom and dad. . . Mom looks sad . . . Here’s Father Brian Harrington at the podium. . . the clamor is dying down. . . Sister Mary Faith Harding and the Diocesan Superintendent of Schools, Father Robert Coleman speak next. . . Bishop Cronin is commending Father Brian for his seven years as Chaplain. . . I'll miss Father. . . Everyone will;. . . we’re giving him a standing ovation!” Mary Diaz, valedictorian, so intelligent. . . What she’s saying is that values we’ve acquired as students must be incorporated into our future daily lives. | can see Susan Richardson, salutatorian, standing there, speaking at Parents’ Night when we received awards, and shared recollections of each of the past four years. “In Retrospect’”” — the song Bob lacono wrote says it so well. . . “The laughter and the tears, the shadows of misty yesteryears” .. . I’m getting misty. My voice is cracking. It’s so hot in here. . .““Do you remember the times of your life?”. . .l’'mnext. . . Don’t trip on the stairs!. . . “thank you” toa firm handshake by Sister Faith. . . Stand centerstage. . . Below me, a sea of white and green. Past teachers. . .a closing, then we march out. Tears of sadness and joy clash harshly with shouts of exuberation. It’s cooler out here, moving through the mass of people greeting friends. May 30th is the date. My high school years are over. | feellost. . . Buta new Spetember start will come soon enough. It is time to change, to grow.” Giving, growing remembrance of the graduating class is blessed by Father Brian Harrington as Dorothy Brockington pauses before the dedication of the tree-planting ceremony. Valedictorian Mary Diaz, elated by thoughts of a bright future, takes a proud step forward.