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

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English Department Adds Five NeW Members Mrs. Rafter Is New Chairwoman Some students spoke the phrase Eng- lish class in the same tone of voice that they might have said The Black Plague , but English was one of the most important parts of a student ' s education. Change was the over-ridding theme of this year ' s English department which in- cluded a new department Chairwomen, Mrs. Alicia Rafter. Mrs. Rafter taught English and Latin here at Newman, and was known for being very thorough in both subjects. There were eleven teach- ers in the department which made it the school ' s largest. To run it required a great deal of organization and Mrs. Rafter utilized a system of coordinators on each level to put together the curriculum and guide the other teachers in the teaching of their classes. Mrs. Diane Johnson, Ju- nior level coordinator, commented, The department on a whole is very flexible because even though, say in literature, the teachers have set subjects to teach, they can choose any work by that author and the means in which to teach it, such as films or tapes. That ' s good and I think it ' s the best way to run the department. The biggest change would have had to have been the addition of five new teach- ers to the department. The new teachers were, Ms. Karen Canale, Mrs. Barbara Eggemeyer, Mrs. Andrea McNally, Mrs. Sharon Mills and Mrs. Elizabeth Neitz. Mrs. McNally, who came here from St. Ambrose in Deerfield reflected earlier in the year, I ' m enjoying it so far and I really haven ' t had to bring out the chair and the whip yet! Mrs. McNally was a senior English teacher. Journalism came under the jurisdiction of the English department and the New- man publications had new advisors. Mrs. Eggemeyer did the newspapers and Mrs. Mills supervised the yearbook. There were three journalism classes, all semes- ter courses. Journalism 1 was for stu- dents working on the newspaper, which started in second semester. Journalism II and III were for the yearbook. Journalism II was for Juniors in their second semes- ter so they could learn the skills for build- ing the Accolade. Journalism III was for Seniors only in their first semester, which was the class that actually assembled the book. Even though students had to spend four years in English class, no one ever died from over exposure to grammer. Mrs. Rafter reflected, If the students have an understanding of the language and the ways it can be used, then they can communicate better and appreciate English more. That ' s important because every job you undertake requires that you express yourself. The English lan- guage can be fun. 26 Academics

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BACK ROW: Mr Barthle. Father Colfer. Father Lemoncelli, Father O ' Brien, Father Vasek, Mr. Steffes, FRONT ROW: Mrs. Montfeld. Miss Dorsey. Miss Fretterd. and Mrs Hullihan. LEFT Miss Dorsey plans the years activities for her students during a free period ABOVE Miss Fretterd relaxs with her well-known can of tab after a hard day. Academics 25

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FAR LEFT: Mrs. Johnson and Mrs Mills punk out at the Punk Rock Dance. LEFT: Mrs. Rafter helps freshman Nancy Panasci in English. BOTTOM, BACK ROW: Mr Schram, Sister Ann Mane Meagher, OP., Miss Kitts, Mrs. Neitz, Mrs. Custur- en, Mrs. Egglemeyer, Miss Canale and Mr. Keenan. FRONT ROW: Mrs Mills, Mrs Rafter, Mrs John son and Mrs. McNalley. Academics 27