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

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Preparing supper at Mt. St. Rita Health Center are Daniel Lacombe, Monique Debatis and Diana Federico. Anticipation began long before exams. When it became reality, everyone went wild. Word was out — summer vacation had just begun. Students grabbed final remains from lockers, wished everyone well and rushed away from school to end another year. The first few hours were spent making plans enough to fill years upon years. But the first place to go was the beach. What would summer be without starting it off with a good tan? Some fortunate souls remained at the beach to make summer a time of mental vegetation and bodily relaxation. Most headed home to take on jobs, to enrich their minds or to hone their athletic skills. Enrolled in Providence College, Christopher Montalbano did A work in Accounting | and II, Management I and II. In another direction, Joseph MacDougald took advanced Calculus courses at Frainingham State College. Graduate James Pratt, having successfully completed Latin Ill and IV as independent study, scored so well in Advanced Placement at William and Mary College in Virginia that he did not have to take first year college Latin. Then there were summer camps and workshops. Not ordinary camps, detested by most youngsters, but sports camps kept athletes in trim. Basketball camp gave Christina and Stephanie Marcin, Roberta Florena and Julie Battista vigorous workouts for improving their game. Not even a Summer Days More The ath In line Sin Serving individual patients is just one of Monique Debatis’ tasks at the Health Center. pending addition to his family kept Mr. Paul O’Boy from taking his whole football squad to Portsmouth Priory camp to improve their expertise in that fall sport. Who would believe that Diana, goddess of the moon, could come to life? For members of the Junior Classical League, at their Massachusetts Convention held at Westfield State College in August, she was reincarnated when Angela Payton captured first prize in the costume contest. Mary Greatorex’s artistic abilities won second and third places in the art competition; Maura Flynn blew away all opposition with her fast-paced action in the track events. Lectures, notes, homework, curfews — what a way to spend some of the last few precious days of August! The annual journalism workshop held at Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. found Flashback staffers, Maureen Burke, Monica Cisternelli, and Kathy Zern all sacrificing four of these days to learn how to produce Feehan’s best yearbook yet. Instead of waking at noon and watching all the favorite ‘soaps’, workshop members woke at the crack of dawn to face a day of lectures, classes, notes, that would continue far into the night. With editors and staff members from all over New England, New York, New Jersey and even Virginia, they piled into Amherst’s largest lecture halls to hear the exhuberant Colonel Savedge’s writing rules and layout tips. ‘Original, rat eye-catching, creative’ were the words and examples constantly driven into young editors’ heads. Keeping an eye on the Colonel as he bounded from one side of the room to the next, or balanced himself precariously on the top edge of the desk, kept heads from nodding. If that wasn’t enough to keep away much missed sleep, there was his faithful Talluhah III, scurrying between rows of desks, wagging her tail and hoping for a stray bit of food from her master’s students. Between classes, members used Amherst’s pool and tennis courts, shared pizza and coke as well as ideas before lights out. Most of their time, however, was dedicated to yearbook, yearbook, and more yearbook. But when they returned to school to work on Flashback 1983, they knew that summer sacrifices paid off as they undertook their jobs with skill and confidence. Summer jobs in banks, supermarkets, CCD teaching, nursing homes, hospitals, department stores, doing life-guard duty at pools and beaches were some of the ways which enabled students to earn some of their school expenses. Mount St. Rita Health Center in Cumberland, R.I. employed Monique Debatis, Daniel Lacombe, and Allison Green. Daniel Lacombe helped to refurbish the Lady of Fatima shrine in his spare time. So, earning and learning, re- laxing and serving, students agreed that summer ended all too quickly. Summer 25

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I'll raise you ten blueberries.” Poker es a ‘ ; between sessions pastime for Kathy Zern K -the- din- : : as ‘Waoatiie Canes Ce CRRA Cee and Monica Cisternelli at the Amherst work- Scuba diving is one way of cooling off for James Zito and land, Ohio, last July are co-authors of Experiencing shop. David Reynolds on hot summer days. Shakespeare II, Sister Mary Enda Costello, RSM, Mr. Steven Jacobs and Sister Anthony Maureen, THM. i A : Aiming high, Kathy Zern and Maureen Burke climb up to the eye Journalism workshop director, Dr. J. William Click checks level of one of Amherst’s greats. out Kathy Zern’s layout while she checks out the Colonel’s dog, Talluhah. 24 Summer

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So many new directives at long homeroom period on the first day of school require freshmen, Daniel McGee and Susan Mclntyre’s close attention. Largest enrollment ever Topping The Thousand With freshly waxed floors and all the classrooms cleaned, the school awaited its largest enrollment vet. First, the Freshman put their mark on the floor. With mid-calf length skirts and sweaters buttoned, they learned their way around the school without the ever “helpful” upperclassmen. Sophomores and juniors joined them on Thursday, with the seniors starting their final year on Friday. By Monday, the school was in full swing as halls became filled with wall to wall people betw een classes. All students angled their schedules to their own personal tastes and goals. Those dreaded yet painless yearbook pictures were taken the first day of school, while everybody still looked nice. They really were quite painless, but one might think otherwise from the expressions that are caught on film. After what seemed to be an eternity in homeroom, we went through the class schedule for the first time, with abbreviated classes which people never seem to reach on time, if at all! Students enjoyed eating a doughnut during a free period when they should have been in religion class or sat through a second period class while the rest of the school was in third period. Eventually the bugs were worked out, pieces of the puzzle all fell into place when the computerized schedule was finally decoded and read. Getting to class on time depended a lot on one’s skill in navigating the halls. Everybody found the crowded halls a problem. Taller people didn’t have as much trouble as the short ones who found that being short could be very hazardous to their health. Then came the book selling. Students selling old books to help pay for new ones, found that they needed to buy too many books without enough cash! But when the knots were all untang- led, the teachers were ready to teach and the students to study ... Welcome Back! It’s a painless process, really! New freshmen, get- classmates, Mary Cassidy, David Casey, Suellen ting their Flashback portraits taken, think other- Carroll, Sean Cane Amy Carrier, Paul Carr, wise. As Todd Bremner poses for Mr. Geoffroy, his Michael Carron and Robert Butera dread their turn. 26 Opening of School