High School of Commerce - Caduceus Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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LEFT: Roberto Flores supports the school store and demonstrates school spirit by buying a Raider tee-shirt at the Raider Outlet. BELOW: Joanne Morales is contemplating how delicious her fund-raising M Ms will taste as soon as the bell rings for lunch. SDR se ap Sate ee ABOVE: Helping to augment the junior fund, Robert Brown and Chris Scott buy carnations on Red Day. LEFT: With a feminine eye for the delicate, Mrs. Christman buys carnations from cheerleaders Elizabeth Williams and Shanoah Whitman. Student Life 45

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FUND-RAISERS “Without the flower sale, we wouldn’t have been able to buy new uniforms.” ommerce has d reputation for holding excellent fund-raisers to finance extracurricular activities from field trips to proms, and what a combination of items its students have sold! The ‘86-87 school year began with one carnation sale to raise money for new cheerleading uniforms and jackets, another to sup- plement the junior class fund, and finally a calendar sale by the senior class. These sales went quite well, as usual, and October hadn’‘t even arrived yet. These fund-raisers join along list of enterprising ventures from the past including jewelry, Christmas decoration, address book, wrap- ping paper, pen, keychain and specialty bonbon sales. But probably the most profitable of all fund-raisers this year were the candy bar sales, for who can resist the silent but effective call of milk choco- late and almonds during fourth and fifth period when the stomach’s growl begins to drown out the drone of the teacher's voice. lt would be inappropriate to speak of sales and Commerce, how- ever, without mentioning one of the major focal points of the school which is the Raider Outlet. Used as a vehicle to teach mar- keting skills, this school store supplies all those ‘’spirit-raising’’ items that distinguish Commerce students from others — dazzling red and white sweatshirts, tee-shirts, socks and jackets emblazoned with the Raider logo, records, pom- poms and... yes it’s true... even candy bars. Ringing up a profit of only about one dollar for every ten dollars worth of sales, Mr. Varzeas, better known as Mr. V the store’s manager, re- flects, “It is one of the small ways to generate school spirit. School spirit creates a happy productive atmo- sphere, thus a better school.”’ Yes, Commerce students do know a great deal about making things happen with self-generated funds. After all, they don’t call the school Commerce for nothing! by Mary Kate Belniak 14 Student Life

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RIGHT: Freshmen are perched in the balcony as they listen atten- tively to the speaker during a S.A.D.D. assembly. BELOW: Maribel Ortiz displays her good study habits she acquired in junior high to her classmates. SS ee ABOVE: Ethel Jones and Ana Gonzalez observe the anatomy of a frog in biology class, a required course for all freshmen. RIGHT: Christopher Butler dreams of becoming lost and not knowing which way to turn. 16 Student Life