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

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40 thee C22 eRe £3 . AWayne McClean, Leon Davis, Maribel Ortiz and Alan McTizic discuss lay- out techniques. Activities AGathering around Advisor Smist for their article assignments are Wayne McClean, Jonathan Fuss and Julie Dinnie.

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ACTIVITIES T the High School of Com- merce, we are that special some- thing in the community that stands out. We are the leaders, not the followers. We are not just a building, a building filled with special AJaime Rodriguez, Ramon Nieves, Raymond Jenkins and Ed Pacheco make the most of their high school days. Alicia Cayode’s dream of college is reflected in her glasses as Cherylann St. John looks on. Activities

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he “Commerce Executive” ex- hibited quite a few changes this year that have made our school’s newspa- per even better than in the past years, if that’s possible. For the first time in many years, 28 inexperienced juniors and trained sen- iors combined to form the staff, thus creating an environment where seniors instructed juniors in the finer points of interviewing and article writing. An ex- citing blend of techniques and points of view were the outcome. Topics of concern this year ranged from new school policies, such as our expanded exchange student policy and Project SCOOP, to the more per- A guest speaker demonstrates how to conduct an interview for Todd Zeo. WAlan McTizic makes sure his sports article will fit. sonal side of student life. Guest soeak- ers from local newspapers were pro- cured, fund-raisers were initiated and field trips were planned. The most visible modification was the “With all these creative minds on this staff, this pa- per should surpass all oth- tt ers. newspaper staff's new advisor, Mr. Smist. Although a first year journalism teacher, he has had experience work- ing on Warner School's “Warner Ga- zette’’ during his student teacher days. Since Mr. Smist has always been inter- ested in writing, updating school news Members of the Newspaper Staff, back: Pat Kenny, Ron Cassesse, Mike Warren, Ste- phen Pulchtopek, Dan Feli- ciano and Dag Pfefferle; sec- ond row: Julie Dinnie, Linda Preston, Robert Jerome and Charlot Laarhoven; third row: Ramon Robles, Anabel Cruz, Sharon Taylor, Sharolyn Vickers and Lisa Gilbert; fourth row: Michelle Sulewski, Liz Reyes and Ann Santiago; fifth row: Cheryl Roberts, Maribel Ortiz, Alan MctTizic, Elizabeth Williams, Carla West and Todd Zeo; front: Leon Davis, Mr. Smist, Wayne McClean and Jonathan Fuss, EXxeCuTIVes and seeing students professionally put together a newspaper, he gladly ac- cepted the challenge extended to him. The purpose of journalism class is not only to print our school’s news} aper, but a lso to prepare students for the business world. Not only are there nu- merous openings in journalistic fields, but interviewing skills helo one get to know others better, and good commu- nication skills are always beneficial in the business world. The favorable result of this year’s newspaper justifies what Mr. Smist has said all year — that “the student body should be proud to have such a hard working group of people working to- gether for the creation of the ‘Com- merce Executive’.”’ Activities