Damien High School - Spartiate Yearbook (La Verne, CA)

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s JASON: DAMIEN,WITH THE CLOSENESS OF THE STU- DENT BODY AND THE SMALL ENROLLMENT, IS REALLY A SPE- CIAL PLACE. IT IS MORE LIKE A BIG FAMILY THAN A HIGH SCHOOL. I ' VE REALLY ENJOYED BEING HERE THESE LAST FEW YEARS. I ' LL NEVER FORGET ALL THE THINGS THAT WE ' VE DONE AND ALL THE PEOPLE I ' VE COME TO KNOW THROUGH DAMIEN. I ' D GIVE ANYTHING TO DO IT AGAIN. JASON WIGHT A.S.B. PRESIDENT MA R TIN: -as many people will tell you damien IS WIDELY KNOWN FOR ITS EXCELLENCE IN MANY AREAS: ACADEMICS, ATHLETICS AND FORENSICS. YET, BY THEM- SELVES THESE QUALITIES DO NOT TELL THE WHOLE STORY OF DAMIEN. WITHOUT A DOUBT THE QUALITY WHICH MAKES DAMIEN WHAT IT IS IS ITS PEOPLE, BOTH STUDENTS AND FACULTY. IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS IT IS THE PEOPLE WHO ENABLE THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITY, A FAMILY AS IT WERE, WHICH ENCOMPASSES ALL WHO ARE OF DAM- LEN. MARTIN RAMIREZ A.S.B. VICE-PRESIDENT

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. . . AND I WISH THAT I HAD ONLY LIVED ONE DAY AT A TIME INSTEAD OF TRYING TO LIVE FOR THE FUTURE. DAMIEN HAS BEEN MY PRIDE AND JOY FOR FOUR YEARS. THE TEACHERS AND FRIENDS HERE HAVE MADE THESE YEARS THE BEST OF MY LIFE. MANY TEARS SHALL ROLL DOWN MY FACE ON GRADUATION DAY. FOR ON THAT DAY I WILL HAVE TO FACE THE REALITY THAT MANY OF THESE FACES I AM LOOK- ING AT WILL NEVER LAUGH AND SMILE WITH ME EVER AGAIN. SAY- ING GOOD-BYE IS A HARD THING TO DO. . . YOU WILL SEE. ' TONY CIMINO CLASS OF 1977

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PERSONAL APPROACHES CHARACTERIZE A.S.B. B ERNIE: -when i enrolled HERE AT DAMIEN IT WAS NOT BY CHOICE, YET AS I LOOK BACK ON THESE LAST FOUR YEARS WHICH HAVE PASSED SO QUICKLY I DON ' T REGRET ANY OF IT. DAMIEN IS SPECIAL BECAUSE OF FAMILY ATMOSPHERE, UNITY OF THE STUDENTS, AND THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STU- DENT AND TEACHER. DAMIEN HAS A LOT TO OFFER, BUT IT LACKS ONE . VERY IMPORTANT THING, GIRLS. IF THIS SCHOOL EVER BECAME CO-ED IT WILL TRULY BE A GREAT SCHOOL. BERNIE KLOENNE A.S.B. SECRETARY OHN: DAMIEN HIGH SCHOOL IN MY OPINION IS THE EST SCHOOL AROUND IN PREPARING AND SHAPING A OUNG MAN FOR THE FUTURE. THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM . THE BEST IN THE AREA BECAUSE IT DEMANDS THE STU- ENT WORK HARD, AND ALSO BECAUSE IT PREPARES HIM 3R COLLEGE. ASIDE FROM ACADEMICS, THE ATHLETIC ROGRAM IS ALSO EXCELLENT. I AM PROUD TO BE A MEM- ER AND TO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE RIGOROUS PRO- RAM. ITS JUST MY WAY OF GIVING SOMETHING BACK TO HE SCHOOL. JOHN DcBELLIS A.S.B. TREASURER GEORGE: the damien experi- ence IS something that I WILL NEVER FORGET. THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRIDE IT HAS INSTILLED IN ME HAS MADE ME A BETTER PERSON. THE CHRISTIAN ATTITUDE AMONG ITS STU- DENTS STRENGTHENS THE FIBERS THAT HOLD THIS SCHOOL TOGETHER. UNLIKE OTHER SCHOOLS EACH STU- DENT PLAYS AN INTEGRAL PART IN MAKING DAMIEN THE GREAT SCHOOL IT IS. THE EXCELLENCE DISPLAYED BY THE STUDENTS, BOTH ACADEMICALLY AND ATHLETICALLY, IS WHAT MAKES ME PROUD TO BE A SPARTAN. GEORGE HERNANDEZ A.S.B. SOCIAL CHAIRMAN