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

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God Is On Their Team! One of the newer clubs at Cardinal Newman was the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (F.C.A.). The club was made up of all female athletes. F.C.A. was differ- ent from most of the other clubs because the meetings were held outside of school The activities range from religious discus sions to playing sports. The club compet ed in sports but only in a Christian way They got together with students from oth er schools and competed against them in different kinds of sports activities. New- man girls not only got to know each other well, but students from other schools as well. After becoming a member of the F.C.A. senior Erin Peters said that she can see how God can be incorporated into sports. The members of the club became a very close knit group of girls. The long afterschool hours meetings gave the girls a chance to get to know each other well, have a good time, and still become closer to God. TOP RIGHT: Kelly Daly listens at an F.C.A. meet- ing MIDDLE LEFT: from left to right: ROW 1 Erin Peters, Lizann Butler, Laurre Fournier, Karen Ann Sisko, Angie Mitchell, Barbara Maresca, Tish Howell. ROW 2: Laura O ' Leary, Jade Sanford, Lucille Russo, Christina Carroll, Margie Scacci, Julie Stoll, Mary Groth, Kelly Daly, Mimi Mastics. ROW 3: Maura Cronin, Traci Hurd, Stephanie Kehr, Lisa Conca. Mo Shortley, Marie Egan, Elaine Tatum, Patti Farmer. Mary Stevens, Diane Magill, Chris Fleurant, Marci Meyerowich, Miss Veeker. ROW 4: Marilu Almeida, Corinne Simpson, Carol Nefzger. Debbie Poumakis. Suzie Poumakis, Jennifer Pan- ton. ROW 5: Barb Kissner. Cathy Panton, Julie Moyle, Ellen Leach, Sue Bramuchi, Mary Matheson, Christine Thillman. BOTTOM LEFT: Enthusiastic Virginia Cleary, Tish Howell, Cathy Panton, Anne Titzel, Eileen Golden, and Erin Peters, recruit new members. Clubs 183

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Vices For Advice Communication was the key word this year for the Inter Club Council, and it again proved a useful tool in the planning of the student activities. The Council was made up of vice-presidents of all the clubs and classes and was established last year to promote coordination of club and class events. The Council was a sounding board for. many new ideas and fundraisers. The Senior Class utilized the ICC to present the first draft of the Homecoming activi- ties and plans. At that point the other clubs voiced their opinions and asked questions pertaining to Homecoming. From there the clubs could go and inform their individual organizations and plan their festivities accordingly. The ICC was an extention of the Student Council and assisted the Student Council in some of it ' s plans this year such as the blood drives and the scholarship fund. In addi- tion to that the ICC also planned and I.C.C. members: TOP ROW: Barbara Kisner, Cathy Lynch, Sharlene Wendel, Lorraine Preito, Sheila Espinosa. Lynda Dion, Theresa Gerrior, Tine Paine. BOTTOM ROW: Mike Lezinski, Bob Collins, John Greib, Brian Gabriel, Richard Davidson. ABOVE: Inter Club Council meeting takes its toll on Senior Class Vice-President, Brian Gabriel. selected dates for the raffle free days. Barb Kissner, vice-president of the Stu- dent Council said, This year I would like to have all the clubs represented. Once everyone is enthusiastic about the Coun- cil, we can have the clubs sponsor joint activities and have all the clubs present at one club ' s function. Barb, as head of the ICC, ran the meetings and served as a liaison between all the clubs and the ad- ministration. Mr. Schram, the moderator of the ICC stated, I ' d like to see the Council grow and develop more and have a little more power than it has in the past. The best part of the ICC would have to be the sharing of information and the better un- derstanding between the clubs. It seems unnecessary to have the clubs working against each other and the Council gives them an opportunity to come together and talk out things and cooperate with each other. w 182 Clubs

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JCL: We ' re Not Dead Yet! The Junior Classical League, more commonly dubbed the J.C.L. or the Latin Club was moderated by Mrs. Alicia Rafter. They took part in forums and competitions in Palm Beach County as well as State and national competitions. The students competed in such areas as Certamen, original orations, costumes, and scrapbook. Certamen is a field which requires a great deal of preparation on the part of the students. It consists of a panel of four students from each school and a proctor who asks the panel questions dealing with Latin culture, grammar, etc. The idea is to stay in the competition while other panelsare being eliminated. Original orations are one of the more difficult categories. They usually consist of famous Latin speeches from men such as Caesar. The speeches, memorized by students, are judged on correct grammar, pronunciation and comprehension of the speech itself, in addition to creativity. Scrapbook competitions are held on dis- trict, state and national levels. The scrap- books contain awards, accomplishments, projects, newspaper clippings, etc., of JCL ' s members. Taking part in the costume competi- tion involves making costumes that imi- tate a Roman God or goddess. Each year a certain god is chosen and all students competing must fulfill several require- ments: 1) Making the costumes them- selves. 2) They may spend no more than $20, and 3) Learn the history of the god or goddess. Another form of competition in which the J.C.L. has been active is the Latin Olympics, which is similar to a track meet. Newman received awards in var- ious categories of this competition. There was also a chariot team which consisted of four girls pushing a chariot with one guy driving. The chariot must be built entirely by students, except for the wheels. Newman ' s J.C.L. has, in the past, taken awards in this competition. Another important time to J.C.L. members was National Rome Week dur- ing which there were Scrapbook contests, projects, etc. on all levels of competition among the classes themselves. In the past few years, several J.C.L. members have been outstanding in Na- tional Competition. Cathy Lynch and Ka- ren Wajdowicz have both won prizes in National Forums in the costume cate- gory. Newman ' s J.C.L. was the first to make certain that Latin is not a dead language, and as long as there is a J.C.L., it will remain alive and well. ms ' m ABOVE: The J.C.L : Back Row: Mary Stevens, Maura Cronin, Donna Boyd, Cathy Lynch, Karen Wajdowicz, Beth Carroll, Karen Vollmer, Lisa La- falso, Kerry Brougham, Tanya Koster, Lisa Ray- mond, Stacey DeCrissi. Cathy Crandel, Chris Car- roll, Mrs. Rafter MIDDLE ROW: Chip Lubech, Todd Miller, Jeremey Berry, Paul Romano, Robert Evans, Neil Coneler, Paul Sheller. John Sousa, Tom Mayes, Todd Ericson, Allen Stevens, Andy Kissner, Jim Magill, Jeff Weis, John Carroll. FRONT ROW: Crystal Annos, Jeannie Stevens, Tyson Villwock, Scott Murray. Pat Hayes, Robert Collazo. 184 Clubs