Classical High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Table Of Contents - Faculty @ Page 10 The faces behind the desks and Current Classical Curriculum Seniors ® Page 28 Freedom to create challenges, determination to achieve goals Underclassmen @ Page 72 Classes of ’76,’77, 78 and their aspirations frustrations Activities © Page 108 Student involvement outside the class helps to make school the complete experience Sports @ Page 148 The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat Features Pages 8, 26, 106, 146, 184 Something new ... Credits Editor-in-Chief: Debi Kern. Faculty Section: Editors, Brian Rossini and Edward DelPozzo; Amy Davin, Marcia Rudek. Se- nior Section: Editor, Betsy Posnick; Gail Axler, Tim Gallimore, Karen Katsoulis, Barry Sullivan. Underclassmen Section: Edi- tor, Grace Quirk; Renee Baribeau, Julie Ferguson, Laura Joce- lyn. Activities Section: Editor, Tina Bedard; John Georgantas, Ronnie Griffith, Pam Tyree. Sports Section: Editor, Rick Bur- ton; Jack Cummings, Gary Meyers, Nikki Pagougis. Features: Editor, Helena Friedman; Barry Sullivan, Pam Tyree. Artwork and Cover Design: Tina Bedard. Student Photographers: Head, Michael Chernick; Brian Green. Professional Photographers: Hausamann Studios. Advisor: Miss Lorraine Plasse. Publisher: American Yearbook Company.

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People make school what it is: Not only the administration, the faculty, and the students, but those who are less known. Who are these people? At lunchtime we eat. We may have alunch prepared for us by our competent kitchen staff, or we may prefer to dine else- where. Under the “golden arches,’’ a Big Mac may dissipate our hunger. Ora meal, graciously served by Walter, at the Water Wheel might be more to our taste. There are others related to school whom we take for granted. The policeman daily halts traffic so that we may cross State Street. The busdrivers carry busloads of boisterous students reluctantly to and eagerly from school. The hardhats, too, are a daily sight as they work on the Chestnut Park redevelopment project. Classical is a part of the community. Students, teachers, the people and places who surround it, all make it the place that it is.

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Wheels! They are an important aspect of an inner city school like Classical. Busses, the larger modes of transport, provide means of travel for the majority of the school. Opening their accordian doors, they pour thousands of students daily onto the sidewalks of our city. Although many do embark daily on city busses, there is a fortunate minority who own their own ‘‘wheels,”’ or who can borrow the family car. These select few often wake up in the early morning hours to leave in time to find adequate parking space. Once properly parked, they enter Classical’s corridors, leaving behind their steering wheels and ignitions. Inside the - school doors, students find themselves utilizing wheels of all sorts. In the realm of the art room, the potter’s wheel exudes aconstant, round rhythm — the sound of creativity forming pots and crocks. The cheerleaders, who may be artists, too, also use wheels in their thrice weekly practices. Along with other acrobatic tricks, they cartwheel their way through soccer, basketball, and football games, encouraging our teams to victory. All students at one time or another find themselves confronted by a true BIG WHEEL. If they have problems, they walk the corridors to the office of Mr. Peterson, who will be at his desk, ready to set their curves straight. All in all, wheels are vital parts of school throughout the daily routine. At long last, when it is 2:05, the busses, cars, and bikes gather up into the traffic and wheel away.