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

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Full Speed Into Future ‘There are no adequate words, but this is aspeech, and a speech without words is nothing. Mine was a difficult task of finding those words which came closest to our unspoken gratitude, admiration, and respect. | chose six words, which, though often said, never lose their impact and mean something new and wonderful each time they are said. | simply chose to say, Thank You and We Love You!” Tears in the eye and lumps in the throat came easily as Catherine Sheehy completed her tribute to parents on their night, May 24. Following the distribution of awards and honors, a surprise gift for parents and seniors climaxed the evening. A slide presentation, ‘‘A Happening — Bishop Feehan High School’ to the tune of ‘‘Honesty,”’ “The Way We Were,” and other teen tunes delighted all hearts. Though the program lasted only fifty-five minutes, Mr. James Brennan, Mr. Kevin Kinsella, and Mr. Raymond Morrissey did months of behind-the- scenes work to prepare it. Camera- popping Robert Bergh contributed many of the slides and Mr. John Levis was a superb narrator. Parents and students thundered their appreciation with a standing ovation. With Pomp and Circumstance, 214 seniors took their places in the auditorium on the evening of May 29. For the largest graduating class in the history of the school, the hall was packed with parents, relatives, friends, faculty and students. Even the stage overflowed with faculty, invited clergy and administrators. Presiding was Bishop Daniel A. Cronin; Father George Coleman, Diocesan Superintendent of Schools, brought greetings and congratulations to the graduates. Valedictorian, Andrée Fontaine urged her classmates to seek peace with justice. While Bishop Cronin awarded diplomas, flashes popped like fireworks from proud parents’ cameras as they snapped their additions to the family scrapbook. The farewells were said. The seniors were gone, “The bang was a whimper, The blaze was a glimmer, The rest is silence.” Justice, equality, and peace are themes presented by Andrée Fontaine in her valedictory speech. Class President Ann Pollis welcomes the parents to graduation exercises. Anxiously awaiting their turn at the podium are Steven Jordan, Katherine Cronin, and Catherine Sheehy.

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Cheers for cheerleaders! Carla Battista proudly receives her jacket from Mrs. Karen Brennan, in recognition of her enthusiastic school spirit. Soap, scrub, rinse... future Feehanite looks on as Antonio Luongo, Christopher LeFebvre, and John Chiarenza labor at the Pancake Breakfast-Car Wash. ve Flipping flapjacks for hungry breakfasters School’s out for the rest of the Diocese but can make David Pinsonneault and Coach students such as Thomas Hunt and Timothy rant Kv Edward Gagnon’s Sunday morning Tanner stayed around to help Sister Mary ay worthwhile when the proceeds go to their Enda Costello and Sister Patricia Harrington favorite team. at the Teachers’ Convention.

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Having composed music and words, Catherine Sheehy plays her song, ‘‘The Rest Is Silence.”’ Senior chorus members Patricia Birch, Sue-Ellen Beaudet, Joanne Currier, Ellen Cronan, Ann Pollis, Susan Bankert, Katherine Cronin, and Andrée Fontaine make their class song truly special. a re: Reflecting on the past four years, Kenneth Sousa, Lee Smith, and John Sarrasin await their call to the auditorium. G YACLAAt Four years of hard work and dedication were culminated as Robert Bergh received his diploma from Bishop Daniel A. Cronin. ei