Jamaica Plain High School - Clarion Yearbook (Boston, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 80 of the 1977 volume:

• � ) Headmaster Edward F. McHugh ' s Message to the Class of 1977 THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS JAMAICA PLAIN HIGH SCHOOL 1976-1977 Congratulations: You are on the threshold of a new and challenging experience. The training you have received will in a great measure determine how well you will meet this challenge. The God-given talents which you possess and have nutured in your years at school will be manifested by your accomplishments in whatever field you have chosen. The road ahead will not be easy but if you meet each day with faith and perseverance your future will be a rewarding experience. Best Wishes! Good Luck! Edward F. McHugh 0 Head Master 2 Assistant Headmaster THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF BOSTON Mr. Phillip J. Gibbons Secretaries Mrs. Bird Mrs. O ' Reilly 3 1st ROW, L-R: Leslie LeBeau, Lisa Nasson, Mildred Medina. SECOND ROW: Janice Eason, Claudine De Gaust, Christiana Kapsaskis, Susan Palomba Theresa McNeil, Ileans Her- rera. THIRD ROW: Richard Lenar, Rita LeBeau, Mary Laws. Yearbook Staff L-R: Mildred Medina, Monica Wright, Christiana Kapsaskis, Aaron Joyner. Senior Class Officers 4 FACULTY 5 Guidance Department Mrs. Ryce Mr. McGuckian Guidance Department Aides L-R: Wilbur Brittle, Jose Colom, Flora Lazar. 6 Art Department Ms. Neimi Vocational Education Mr. Pepin and Mr. Shores Home Economics Mrs. Theofilos English Department SITTING, L-R: Ms. McDonald, Ms. Graham, Ms. Merica. STANDING, L-R: Mr. Duggan, Mr. McCormack, Mr. Smith, Mr. Caputo. Ms. Merica Mrs. Freeberg 8 History Department SITTING: Mr. McTernan, Mr. Doherty (Dept. Head). STANDING: Mrs. Corsini, Mr. McCormack, Mrs. Brit- tle. Math Department L-R: Mrs. Rosenheim, Mr. Pearlman, Mr. Roy (Dept. Head). Of course we can add!” Special Education Business Department SITTING, L-R: Mr. Glassman, Mrs. Haynes. STANDING, L-R: Mr. Tes- sier (Dept. Head), Mr. Baker, Mrs. Lynn. Miss Fennessey 10 Mr. O ' Brien Science Department SITTING: Miss Sullivan (Dept. Head), Mrs. Farley. STANDING: Mrs. Brennan, Mr. Hill. Health and Physical Education Department SITTING: Miss Currier, Miss Ham- mond. STANDING: Mr. Richardson (Dept. Head), Mr. Nee. 1 1 Language and Bi-Lingual Department STANDING: Mr. Charles Griffiths, Miss Kathleen Bartlett, Mr. Roberto Martinez. SITTING: Ms. Magali Gra- ciani, Mrs. Norma Prescod, Mrs. Placida Galdi, Dept. Head. Mrs. Galdi and Mr. Rodriguez and More Teachers at Work(??) 13 Mr. Doherty Mr. Barry Mrs. Han tout Mr. Hall 14 Michael Rochelle Monica Wright Janice Eason Matt Moore and Willy 15 Black History Week Pat Morrison, Joe Bradley. BOTTOM: Joyce TOP: Rita LeBeau, Greg West, Leslie LeBeau. MIDDLE: Simone Wright Silva, Mike Tabb, Terrence Davis. 16 Black History Week Thursday, February 17, -he Afro- American Society presented a Black History Program of dancing, singing, poetry, ventriloquism, karate, bongo, the limbo, and fashion. Everyone who took part is to be congratulated for a fine job. The students in charge were Monica Wright, Janice Eason, Michael Rochelle, and Matt Moore. Mr. Hall is the advisor. The following participated: Jeffrey Armstead, Simons Wright, Dott Mosely Lesli LeBeau . Pita LeBeau, Marjorie Allison, Joyce Silva, Joseph Bradley, Gregory Brown, Michael Tabb, Patt Morrison, Terry Davis, Donna Niles, Penny Pam Monroe, Rickey Rodriguez, Michelle O ' Neal, Jena Baskerville, Wanda Haynes, Davina Thomas, Crystal Cromwell, Bonnie O ' Neal, Carey Lee m fll ft D y! jjjrnL v.n. P .% ff if i ' nr Ji iM fll SENIORS SYLVIA ADAMS To be a successful secretary and a business woman. ROBERT BENNETT To be associated with pro sports and to become a journalist. LEE ANN BIELASZ To be an interior decorator. MARIE ANDRADE CATHERINE BLEAKNEY To be a legal secretary. 20 NILDA BORGOS To become a social worker. I GREGORY BROWN To love and be loved. SHEILA BRADWELL DELORES BROWN MARVIN BYNUM To become an electrician. JOHN CARSON To be a helicopter pilot for the U . S . Coast Guard . 21 VICTORIA COOK To become a hairdresser. CARLO DeBENEDICTUS To be a captain at the Coast Guard. TERRANCE DAVIS To be a lawyer. CLAUDINE DE GAUST To become a physical therapist and raise a family. JOSE DELVALLE To work. 22 ANDRE DIAZ To become a disc jockey or play professional sports. ARDINE FREEMAN To be successful in life. TERESA DONOVAN To become a secretary. CAROL FRENCH To be a nurse . 23 PATRICIA HALL To be a secretary. CYNTHIA GRAHAM THERESA HAMBLIN To be a success, work, be happy and travel. BARBARA HARRIS MANUEL HENRIQUEZ To be an X-ray technician. MARY HERNANDEZ Peace and love in the world. 24 ILEANA HERRERA To be an accountant. WILLIE JONES To be loved by everyone. WARREN JENKINS To be a businessman. CHRISTIANA KAPSASKIS To major in foreign languages. LAWRENCE KIMBROUGH To be a businessman. 25 BONITA LAKE To be a social worker and a psy- chologist director of a foster home. JENNIFER LAW Open a day care center. MARY LAWS To be a success in business school . LESLIE LE BEAU To become wealthy. RITA LE BEAU To become a director. CAREY LEE To succeed. 26 FLOYD LEWIS BARON LEWIS To become wealthy. RICHARD LENAR To be a freelance photographer. JOHN LEWIS AUDREY LOO To be an interior decorator. ANN LOPES To travel. 27 SHAMAS MAALOUF l CARMEN MARTINEZ To be a dental hygenist. JEAN MARCELIN PAULA McGEE To travel . MARIA MARTINEZ To be a medical secretary. MARY McNEIL To be a secretary. 28 regina McPherson To travel and meet new people. THERESA McNEIL To work with the airlines. MILDRED MEDINA To study medicine or psychol- ogy DOROTHY MOSLEY JOYCE MORASH To become a nurse. ZALINA MOHAMMED To make a career out of the air force. 29 LISA NASSON To become a teacher and travel. MICHELLE O ' NEAL To become a business woman. SUSAN PALOMBA To get the most out of life. MICHAEL PECCIA To be an actor, wrestling cham- pion and rich. YVONNE O’NEAL To be an air force control opera- tor. KAREN PRESCOTT 30 ZENEN RAMOS To continue studying. WILLIAM RIOS To be in the N.H.L. AARON POTTER To work with the marines com- munication. JUDITH SHAW To become a special education teacher and live my life to its fullest. THERESA RODRIGUEZ To be a nurses’ aid. |j MICHAEL ROCHELLE To become a D . J . or singer . YUET SZETO To be a psychologist. ROSELYS STUPPARD To travel. NANCY STUPPARD To be a humanitarian. HENRY TABLADA To become a professional base- ball player. MICHAEL TABB To be a business manager. i ! m U RICHARD TRANFAGLIA 32 BERNADETT TRAYNHAM NERY TROCHEZ To become a doctor. DAPHNE WILSON To put something of value into the world . MONICA WRIGHT To become a successful actress, dancer, and singer. HELEN YOUNG To become a social worker. ROGER WALKER % 33 RUBY YOUNG To become an interior decorator. TOY YOUNG To be a success in the future. John Anastasi Michael Armstead Nigema Austin Jose Burges Bobby Charley Charrisse Cleveland Alfonso Daganzo Alfonso DeBenedictis Beverly Denny Teresa Diecidue Charlie Fielder Kevin Gallagher Anne Gandy Aubrey Gandy Miriam Giraud Alvin Godfrey Mary Guthrie Elizabeth Heyliger Colleen Hill Stanley Jones Aaron Joyner Mac Little Aubrey Logan Camera Shy Juan Lopez Luis Lopez Matt Moore Michael O ' Sullivan Sharon Pight Carla Purnell Anthony Redman Carmen Reyes Maritza Rivera Miguel Rivera Judy Robinson Juan Rodriguez Anthony Senna Maryann Spellman Julie Tarride Jerome Taylor James Tyler Paul Tyman Carmen Waithe Lisa Wiggins Anthony Willis Shaunda Wilson Lawrence Woodhouse 34 CLUBS National Honor Society L-R: Yuet Szeto, Jennifer Law, Toy Young, Audrey Loo, Mary McNeil. L-R: Robert Hovestadt, Miss Sullivan, Ruby Young, Christiana Kapsaskis, Ileana Herrera, Theresa McNeil, Aaron Joyner. 36 Newspaper Club FRONT ROW: L. LeBeau, M. Wright, A. Bennett, M. Medina, M. Laws. MIDDLE: Ms. Merica , R. Lenar, M. McNeil, M. Allison, D. Wil- son. STANDING: J. Good- man, R. Samms, B. Charlie, I. Herrera, P. McGee, T. Hamblin, P. Mclrney. Student Advisory Sub-Committee Afro-American Club 1st ROW: G. West, M. Wright, J. Eason, A. Berry, M. Tabb. 2nd ROW: T. Davis, G. Brown, M. Thomas. 37 1st ROW, L-R: S. Palomba, T. Young, J. Eason, M. Medina, C. DeBenedicts. 2nd ROW: W. Jenkins, A. Brew- ton, R. Lenar, W. Rios, A. Joyner, Mr. Hill. The Photography Club M. Rivera, M. Sorrell, N. Trochez, S. Palomba. Multi-Racial Council 1st ROW: K. Lightfoot, V. Robinson, D. Lassiter, A. Berry, S. Palomba, N. Tro- chez. 2nd ROW: A. Diaz, D. Lopez, J. Marcelin, L. Majors, M. Armstead, A. Joyner. 3rd ROW: Mr. Hill, H. Wornum, K. White. The Captains Club 38 39 The Basketball Teams Varsity and Junior Varsity VARSITY 1st ROW L-R: K. White, M. Rochelle, T. Jackson, K. Lightfoot, M. Hall. 2nd ROW L-R: C. Armstead, M. Arm- stead, W. Jenkins, A. Jones, J. Milton, J. Sanders, G. Marcelin, Coach Hall. 40 41 Hockey The Hockey Team had a sensational 15-0-0 record this year. They won the Division III Championship and played in the City and State Tournaments. Jose Rios, Willie Rios, Andre Diaz and Dan Beal were picked for the District All-Star Team. Jose Rios led the City of Boston in scoring. It was a great year for a great team . FIRST ROW: Manager Ace Bennett, Andre Diaz, Jose Rios, Willie Rios, Jaimie Gulvara, Dan Beal, Carlo DeBenedictis, Ricky Moore, Everett Goggars. SEC- OND ROW: Pat MacNeil, Alberto Sciola, Eddie Mercado, Mike Delaney, George Perry, Alan Light- foot, A1 Young, Alan Fernandez, Sin Yun Chin and Coach J. Caputo. Jose Rios 42 43 Track and Field 44 Cross Country Track saw a strong Freshman group highlighted by Pedro Perez and Misa Fosas who consistently placed in the top 10 in statewide competition. We finished third in the city Championship. Winter track successfully defended its league winning efforts of 1976 while compiling a record of 6 wins and 0 losses. In state wide competition we had 7 finalists. We look forward to another league, and possibly, city win since we lose only 2 sen- ior runners. 45 Football FRONT ROW L-R: Mel Creary, Anthony Bulter, Tony Miller, Kevin White, Gerald Hill, David Lopez, Juan Ramos, Luis Carpio, Danny Ortiz, Jonathan Cottreil, Anthony Whitaker, Willie Jones, Gene Marcelin. SEC- OND ROW L-R: Coaches Richardson, Baker, Michael William, Leonard Majors, Curtis Walker, Walter Crum- bley, Jarvis Goodman, George Gato, Aaron Parrish, Charles Reddish, Jose Ruiz, Brian Holmes. THIRD ROW: James Turner, Kenny Lightfoot, Michael McCain, Larry Woodhouse, Juan Lopez, Bill Beck, Tim Bethel, Hay- wood Wornum, Hassen Pruitt, Brian Holmes, Tim Pruitt, Coach Nee. 46 47 baseball Coach Mr. C. H. Smith Larry Woodhouse _ jM Andre Diaz Jose Rios : Henry Tablada Coach Smith 48 49 50 THE BOWLING TEAM L-R: Sylvia Graham, Julie Sheffield, Cynthia Graham, Coach Mrs. Brittle . GIRLS’ BASKETBALL TEAM 1st ROW L-R: G. Austin, D. Lassiter, M. O ' Neil, V. Robinson, Y. O’Neil, E. Thompson. 2nd ROW L-R: Coach Hammond, M. Allison, D. Rober- son, D. Garrett, M. Lewis, D. Turner, A. Berry, S. Jones, J. Mar- tin, R. Furtick, S. White . THE GIRLS’ BASKETBALL TEAM VS. THE WOMEN TEACHERS 51 The Best of 1977 MOST SCHOOL SPIRIT Robert Bennett Claudine DeGaust MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Aaron Joyner Chris Kapsaskis MOST SHY Mildred Medina A1 DaGanzo 52 BEST DRESSED Monica Wright Michael Tabb MOST TALENTED Janice Eason Richard Lenar MOST ATHLETIC, Susan Palumbo Willie Rios 53 THE CLASS WILL OF 1977 I, Ardine Freeman, leave J.P. memories of Deany and Reggie and Debbie and John. I , Theresa McNeil , leave J . P . H . S . my wishes for their good luck at the new H . S . I, Cynthia Graham, leave my sister Sylvia Graham to Mr. and Mrs. Brittle. I, Mike Lewis, leave my good charm to all underclassmen. I, Shanda Wilson, leave all my money to those who need it. I, Sharon Pight, leave all my talking and my loudness to Mr. Barry. I, Greg Brown, leave Mr. McTernan a week in Bermuda. I, Theresa Hamblin, leave Paul Mclrney the shop door. I, Willie Rios, leave all my money to Jose Rios to buy new hockey sticks. I, Jose Rios, leave Willie Rios money for a new set of goalie pads. I, Michael Paccia, leave my thoughts and memories of J.P. to linger on. I, Audrey Loo, leave Mr. Moskoff a smilie walrus from Hong Kong. I, Larry Woodhouse, leave Mr. Caputo a new razor. I, Henry Tablada, leave my pitching arm to Mr. Smith. I, Bonnie O ' Neal, leave my cheerleading voice to Mrs. Brittle. I , Carmen Martinez, leave all the books for the other students to use. I, Ace Bennett, leave the confidence they will need, to the outfielders of J.P. I, Sylvia Adams, leave my charm and tardy slips to the people at the front desk. I, Janice Eason, leave my smile and my songs to all students at J.P. I, Maria Andrade, leave for my teachers my friendly smiles. I, Mildred Medina, leave my giggles and happy spirits to Ms. Merica. I, Mary McNeil, leave to Mrs. Hayes my shorthand notebook. I, Rita LeBeau, leave to the front desk all my late slips. I, Marjorie Allison, leave to JPHS my good name and record to carry on. I, Claudine DeGaust leave all the headaches of putting together a yearbook. I, Andre Diaz, leave my mark of talents to the next 2nd baseman. 1, Lesli LeBeau, leave all my late passes to the people at the front door. I , Judi Shaw , leave J . P . H . S . for my sister Janet . I, Barbara Harris, leave all my silent feelings to people who wonder what I ' m thinking. I, Rich Tranfaglia, leave all my looks to the teachers. I, Steven Duffy, leave this school in remembrance that I ' ll never be back again. I, Shamas Maalouf , leave my desk and chair for the next lucky person. I, Carla Purnell, leave my spirit of the boogie to the ones left to suffer. I, Sheila Brad well, leave all my beauty and knowledge to J.P. I, Miguel Rivera, leave to Mrs. Canty a friendship card. I, Maritza Rivera, leave my friendship cards to Evelyn Leon. I, Floyd Lewis, leave a pair of red, black and green sweatsocks to Wilbur Brittle. I, Paula McGee, leave peace and quiet to Ms. Merica. I, Mary Laws, leave Mr. Caputo two boxes of doughnuts. I, Lisa Nasson, leave my headaches to next years ' yearbook editor. I, Michelle O ' Neal , leave Jema, Sonja, Jeff, Walter back a year. I, Mildred Medina, leave my lipstick to Maria Martinez. I, Monica Wright, leave to the teachers and the students a smile and will-power to go on. I, Jean Marcelin, leave my name to carry on as Mandrill. I, Bonita Lake, leave to Ms. Graham a new library. I, Miriam Girand , leave the school a dream of a new building. I, Patti Hall, leave a can of Raid to the school. I, Carlo DeBenedictis , leave Mr. Caputo N. 19 to hang up in the JPHS Hall of Fame. I, Willie Jones, leave to Mr. Richardson the hope that he will coach a championship team. I, Christiana Kapsaskis, leave peace and quiet to Mrs. Rosenheim. I, Richard Lenar, leave my cameras to anybody who wants them. I, Ileana Herrera, leave five pairs of socks to Mr. Caputo. I, Juan Rodriquez, leave a new tie to Mr. Griffith. I, Nilda Borgos, leave my Latin American History Book for next year ' s students. 54 Senior Life at J.P. 1977 55 THE SPRING FASHION SHOW The fashion show was presented by the students of lamaica Plain High School in Cooperation with the Educational Division of Simplicity Pattern Co. Inc. Twenty girls modeled the spring fashions designed by Simplicity and the program was helped by Mrs. Mor- chella and a group of Senior Citizens. One senior citizen played the piano, one modeled, and fifty others were in the audience. Everybody sparkled in their performance and participation and they all had a Grand Old Time. 56 57 Candids 58 Candids 59 Candids 60 Candids 61 7i Candids 62 1 Candids 63 Candids 64 Sponsors SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE FOR THEIR SUPPORT Mr. and Mrs. Edmundo Aguero Mr. Robert Baker Mr. and Mrs. Bienvenido Mr. and Mrs. Apolinar Capote Sara, Rafaila and Olga Casanova DeGaust Family Mr. Daniel Duggan Elizabeth Herrera Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Herrera Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Herrera, Sr. Vivian Herrera Mr. and Mrs. Argel Machado Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. McNeil Ms. Karen Merica Mrs. Maria Miro Linn Nasson Nasson Family Steve Pashko Mr. Eric Roy Mrs. Elsa Rubio Mr. C. H. Smith Frank Spinasky James Thompson ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Purdy Studio Mr. Jack Delaney - Taylor Pub. Co. Mr. John Caputo - Yearbook Advisor Richard Lenar - Photographic Contributions Yearbook Staff - J.P.H.S. 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