Divine Child High School - Clarion Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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Mr. Hora Sr. Jolene Sr. Margaret Mary Sr. Terenita Sr. Im Verne Mr. Mikonczyk LEFT: Juniors find fun and fulfillment as they wholeheartedly plunge into the project of helping out at Shar House. BELOW LEFT: Margaret O'Brien publicly expresses her thanks to the Lord as Joe Bernardini waits his turn. FAR BELOW: Senior Vicki Zalenski shows that life is not a bubble to slide over, while Tim Shinney says that instead it is an orange to peel and bite. BELOW: The majestic serenity of May Crowning radiates around Phyllis Foley and the crowned statue of Mary. 13

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Knowledge Plus Reality: Living These words are often heard but rarely com- prehended in a way that can help change the life of a simple human being into that of a sensitive individual. The courses labeled “Religion” are actually explorations of life designed to stimulate students to engineer such a change. Such a change can only result from the knowledge of others and of self, so the Freshmen begin by concentrating on the Old Testament while Sophomores move on to the New Testa- ment, setting Christ as the example of the perfect individual. Then Junior religion teaches students to evalu- ate themselves, to find their own identity, especially in relation to others. Having learned the factors involved, the Seniors are able to utilize this knowledge in the reality of life. When students begin to actually transform themselves into sensitive and complex individu- als, they have actually learned the way to live-they have learned the way of life. 12

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Sensitivity Needed To Harness the Power Of Potent Words Millions of words, all with electrifying potential, all senselessly suspended in the back of the mind. The English curriculum gives students a chance to examine these words and the words of others, and then invent their own ways of harnessing that great power. Freshmen begin the investigation with General English and then face a variety of more specific courses. The ways the great poets and authors have effectively utilized the power of words becomes evident in American, English and World Authors as verses by Emily Dickinson pierce the heart and Homer’s “Iliad” allows the Greek gods and goddesses to live again. Humanities blends culture with literature, while the most recent best-sellers are eagerly devoured in Individualized Reading. Self-expression through word creativity begins in Composition and is climaxed in Creative Writing. In Research Techniques students learn to seek truth constantly in writing, while the force of vocalized and physically enacted words reaches a zenith in classes like Speech, Debate and Theater Arts. In the sensitive art of communication, words are the student’s most valuable tools. 14