Cardinal Newman High School - Accolade Yearbook (West Palm Beach, FL)

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FAR LEFT: Junior Mabel Olivera answers the switchboard which is one of her many duties. LEFT: Schree Hach. junior, tutors one of the retarded citizens who lives in her mother ' s group home. BELOW: Tina Paine, junior, volunteers at North- shore Retirement Home. STUDENT LIFE 271

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Volunteers They gave ' til it hurt Many Newman students gave up their free time to volunteer for various organizations, such as juniors Schree Hach, Tina Paine, and Mabel Olivera. Schree Hach has been tutoring retarded citizens for five years. She began when her mother opened the first group home in Palm Beach County eleven years ago in her own home. The Hach Group is a residence for retarded children and for adults who had adapted to society and can handle a job. Schree explained that the purpose of the home is to help the retarded function in society. To see the joy they feel when they accomplish what we take for granted, according to Schree, is what makes her work worthwhile. For Tina Paine, who volunteers at North Shore Retirement Home in West Palm Beach, working with the elderly is like being the grand- daughter they never had. Even though she just started working there, she said her volunteer job has become very rewarding, because the elderly have no one to talk to about their problems, and Tina feels that she helps them overcome their depression. Tina also worked as a candy striper at St. Mary ' s three years ago, and when asked for her help at the retirement home, she im- mediately accepted the offer and was delighted to help them. The part I like best about it is that I can set my own hours. No one has to tell me what time to be there; I can just go there when I want to, she said. The feeling of helping people is why junior Mabel Olivera became a volunteer at Good Samaritan Hospital. She started her work last summer after taking a CPR course from the Red Cross. I decided to be a candy striper because I wanted to experience that one- to-one feeling with people. This would help because I want to be a psychiatrist, and it was a good chance to get to know patients and how they feel. Above all, volunteers from Newman have learned a sense of responsibility from all their duties at their jobs. They find it rewarding to work for others and to be a valuable part of their community.

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W ' -, The class with spirit For junior Mark Givens, showing his class spirit meant wearing a mask as part of the home coming festivities. Our class is hardworking, spirited, and we ' ve given school spirit to each other and generated even more in the school, said Bill DelGrosso, vice- president of the junior class. Under the leadership of their officers and rookie moderator, Mrs. Diane Johnson, the juniors were willing to work and volunteer to achieve their main goal: unity. The class officers were: Robby Acosta, president; Bill Del Grosso, vice-president; John Grieb, secretary; and David Martoccia, treasurer. The officers led their class in selling mugs which were embossed with a blue Crusader emblem. The students bought over 450 mugs. The profit was over three-hundred dollars which went to the junior ' s prom fund. The junior ' s next chore was the Ring Day Mass reception. The traditionally junior job involved decorating the cafeteria, serving the food and cleaning up afterward. Under the direction of Miliani Ellis, the event ran smoothly. The most important activity for the juniors was the homecoming competi- tion led by Ed Galbraith. Homecoming Committee Chairman. As a result of their organization, the juniors swept the competition and toppled the over- confident Senior Class. The finest hour for the juniors came on November 7th when the classes ' entered the gym for the pep rally Chanting Rough and Rowdie Juniors. ' they showed their support for the Crusader team an their overwhelming spirit. The junior class proved that by working together, we can accomplish goals, and by accomplishing them, we set goals for future classes, said John Grieb. I think our class has a lot of spirit and through homecoming, we ' ve shown that the juniors can accomplish any goal we set, said David Martoccia. The junior class set an admirable example of spirit and leadership for the school. They were more than ready to take on the leadership and responsibility which is to be presented to them next year as seniors. 272 JUNIORS