Magnificat High School - Magnifier Yearbook (Rocky River, OH)

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Seniors get a taste of The outside world Prior to the commencement ceremonies, seniors had one “new beginning” on which to em¬ bark. The annual three week experience called “Genesis” was continued for the Class of 84. Although the struc¬ ture of the actual weeks of Genesis re¬ mained virtually un¬ changed, a few changes were made in the procedures pre¬ ceding the experience. In December seniors filled out forms stating their fields of interest. This infor¬ mation was used to assign a student to a faculty adviser who was knowledgeable in those fields. This did not always end up to be the case. However, many teac hers had already established valuable contacts in the communi¬ ty from previous years of Genesis. Three dates were set aside for seniors to meet with their advis¬ ers before the proposals were due. On January 25, February 14, and March 15 the school was on shortened schedule. Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors were dis¬ missed at 1:55 so seniors and faculty advisers would have time to meet. Only teachers with sen¬ ior classes were asked to act as advisers. Typewritten proposals were due March 21. The Genesis Com¬ mittee reviewed all proposals and requests for special projects. A few rules were a little stricter this year than they had been in the past. One was that the project was to be located in the greater Cleveland area. While some stu¬ dents went to Appalachia and Washington, D.C., most students found projects within Cleveland. Since seniors left the school earlier than the rest of the student body, the normal modular schedule had always been maintained for the seniors’ last week of school. This meant that often students had three, four, or finals in one day. Therefore, this year a special finals schedule was constructed for the seniors. They had classes as usual on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, but Thursday and Friday were for finals. On May 7, Genesis began. Seniors were required to work 30 hours each week, as well as meet with their advisers. At the the end of the three week period, seniors turned in daily logs and evaluation forms. Then on June 5, seniors re¬ ceived faculty evaluations with their semester grades. But by then Genesis had already faded into one of the many memories of high school. 0 —Anne Sheridan It was great! If I had the chance I would do it again! May Kay Pauli ’84 A stop at Lutheran Memorial Hospi¬ tal finds seniors Patricia Shimko and Margaret Roster examining the mod¬ el of a knee. Physical therapy was one of many departments they visited. Photo by A. Embrescia. A long day at school takes its toll as seniors Nancy Baldassari and Tamara Timko try to resist sleep. Genesis appointments periodically kept sen¬ iors after school. Photo by K. Straub. n GENESIS 95

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With paint brush in hand, senior Cheri Knauss designs the plate for a party ensemble. Her creativity gave American Greetings yet another idea for a line of party goods. Photo by M. Tucek. Piles of wallpaper samples keep sen¬ ior Mary Wasmer busy as she records them. Mary did her Genesis project at Holzheimer Interior Inc., an interior design shop in Cleveland. Photo by D. Tarka. 94 GENESIS

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96 PEOPLE DIVISION 4 W lc4 d Through the leisure area windows, a blustery winter morning only hinted at daylight as girls began to head to¬ ward their first classes. Someone in the corner of the caf tapped out the Theme from Hill Street Blues on the out of tune piano. As the 8:12 bell rang, one girl tried frantically to re¬ move layers of masking tape from her lock. After announcements, a line of girls snaked out the guidance office doors. A dozen girls clustered togeth¬ er at lunch to sign a poster-size card for a classmate in the hospital. As one girl made her usual ten minutes tardy entrance into her mod 14 French class, she passed two people sitting on the center stairs. One was crying and the other offered a dry shoulder. When the hall monitor walked by them in making her rounds, she did not disturb them. Someone else walked out of class in 101, glanced to her left, and was filled with the curious fear of what lay beyond the chapel. Immediately fol¬ lowing the mass exodus at 3:07, dormant cars in the parking lot came to life. They struggled for a position in the line that moved towards Wagar Road at a snail’s pace, partially attrib¬ utable to those who refused to obey the NO LEFT TURN sign. When peace reigned again at 3:15, the only movements were two girls connecting their car batteries with jumper cables. Inside the building, sweat broke on the foreheads of ten athletes running