McCann Technical School - Artisan Yearbook (North Adams, MA)

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Theae comeb a time in Zi6e... when Lx Aeemp that we have encoanxeaed all the paoblemb that thin woald haau to o56ea5 when we have congaonted all the Aitaationb that Ki5e hae paeaenied ab withg when we have accomplibhed all thai we have hoped to accomplibhp when peahapa we iiae a Little moae eadilg, and aae abauaedly a Little olden, we ceaiainiy debeave a baeah-- To Ma. webtall the McCann Clabo o6 '77 wiaheb io commend you gon goaa gigteen geann og concean gon oaa 63 iiw N v I S..-Q, 1 Achool and wibheb goa the veag bept in the 6uIuAe. To MAA. waieahoube the McCann Clabb o5 '77 wibheb you a happy aeiiaement. GOODBYE s. I N-. U I nga? V S.,-, -X lwffzj 'x h ' go inf: -, if f Wo? .affix 'T' S

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'ch 18, I976 '-wwf 11.3-1,5 -. , :s.' v., 'rwv Q1 any-nn m.vn.mu Bicentennial technology This large window mural at McCann School and features techrmluencnl advances rather was fingerpainted by students at the school than the usual blcc-ntl-mnal tht-nu achnology theme McCann students fingerpoinl mural w0RfH .-XDAMD - -11003 till lun! lrlow mural departing 300 xt-.urs nl hnnlngy has bel-n fmicrpnlntr-n by dents nl Nh-funn nth-,wt llhrzurg 'he lden vlra rnntenred by Xln-han-I la, .1 yunmr ln the drafting clvpnrt -nt, and uns nnflrrlaken to vm- asm- tcchnnlnxtlral adunres, smru 'farm ls a lerhmcal school, rnlhvr lnthe-usuall7lrt'rllvnnlaltt1eme wtartmu mth Paul Knorr. n xrrsmlth, ll dt-vlcts Ben l-'mnklln d elertmtly Kuttv llavlk .md llllnllnn. lhv lnrnl tn. .md mu prndurllnll nhl l:.lvulnnllnrul,ll rmwlrtml Xlt llnslmwrl- tht' wvnf putt-r, tell-phnvw plmnw:l',lDh, Salk sncllrn' .lnvf XKNX .und spar:- lecllrwloll lhu -vnu-r tvultllww ,un :turn-rllnn ll.xu nlth .z ltllulnlmn.lru snlduer llnnkvn on 1-llhtfr -mv hx .ln eagle- .md lrbl-:tx lil-ll tr the mp nl the wmrlnu Xnwrun ls shrill-rl out ne.nnsl,uunruc Ihr- ll.llnm. mr. 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I 'A' 71 A f' I- r. 1 ' Vi 'QV 0 l -L o F' Y 5 R' rr ' V ' S .. 1 ,, 1 I 1 I6 -The Tronscrlpt luesdoy September Zl, I976 S for , B'-naffff Y.- v .., This McCann School vvrsmn of a Charley Brown Fhrxslmas was made- by Fhrlstins- Fhoquettc. left. and Mlchvllrf Lame of the school's rlxstributxve educatlnrl departnm,-nl The ln' slructor IS Mxrlwar-I Naughton Vfranscrlpt photo-Tra bold: McCann board should not dismiss teachers tonight I :lm a student at f lf Mcl.ann Terhmcal School lt us my belnrf that the prnposed r'llmln.1tmn uf valuable tenured tenths-rs wlll only help sup port the dr-prerratmn of the srhuol and further derrcase ns clflcrvnft Mcfann ls wr-ll known as an mute standung technical srhnnl The faculty. adrnmzstralilm. student body, and vhc school tummnwo all help to malntann mls hreh rrrfdentlals lf these teachers are rt-nwled from lhexr phsllmns ll may advrraely alfr-vfl the farulty uho wall be forced tn ln' struct more courses These dwlgmns wall also have a dt-flmle lnfluenf-e on future Students belng turned away I base thus premlse on the l-agncal assumption that fewer teachers can not possxbly educate more students and relam peak efflclf-ncy Yfrrjann should not close nts doors on future students Seekmg an educarlan and Mopedesfrion trade Mrfann ls a ualuable part nf Lhls commumly and the doors should Marllyn Less of 31 Overlook Ter. drives her new Moped to McCann School where she IS chalrman of the English department Stroke viclim's recovery 0 family affair fill By JOSEPH C. DAX NORTH ADAMS - The scene was mm the busy hubbub at McCann rhool The leadlng character was a 'zzclwr of students with learning lsnbxlltles. Suddenly. stroke! Within mmutes cbert D Colby, 29, was sufferlng the Herts of nearly romplclc ebrlitalmn The teacher had become rsl llkv hrs students. That was in September. when actors. famlly, and fnends gave Mr olby lutle chance for substantial and urck recovery They still don't know hat caused it. Three months were spent under rrct care at Berkshxre Medical enter in Prttsficld and later at North dams Regmnal Hospital Then, the mg, frustrating task of reacqtnrrnpz oeech and movement skills began Every week, he spends sessions :th speech and physical therapy nrkers at the hospital. He must learn nw to lift his arms, how ta make a 'erlain sound. Even his handshake. enk as it now is, ts a struggle to nordlnate a movement few people 'ver consider. l A slim, towsele-haired young man. l on Colby seems to accept his lsabnlity and plans to work to change He has secured approval from the ' :Cahn school committee to take a :bbatiral leave next year. And the ave rs not just a ploy to get more frowery time Instead. Mr Colby has l l l - -2--he 12- I sl? ,A-an 'VHA ' ll f JV., I 'VM' x X L, l D108 arranged fur .1 rrles of md--npr-ndvnt study nrojr-rts an spvclal nerds Irducatmn through North Adams Slate Follege. Speclal needs deals wlth those' uhh are retarded. emntlonaln dlsturbed. or have Iearnlne, or physical handicaps For my part I am delurmlned not only to return to my prufessmn, hut to return even more rumpetont than when l lefl xl, wrote Mr Colby tn the schoolboard He adds. I tanzhl students wlth learning dlsnbllltxes Nnvl l am lxvrng L through the vxpvrn-me of rlflearnlne the most baslc mnmr nctr.mes My underslandxm: of thi' lenrnlnxi Process has been fleepended tn an rncredlble degree ' Mr Colbys famlly llfr as probably the area where hu dlsabllxtp lntrudes the most llc c1n't shauz harm-sell. for exurnnnr, requlrulg the help of his mfe 'The kxda try tn hr-lp says mfe Susan, but l usually do moslofltf' Thcy've really been great trying to understand tht-lr father. not gellmg rmpatlent lt ther Cant Mrs Colby Mlchael H. Soha. left, and Terry-Lee Davis McCann announces Boy's Slate selections NORTH ADAMS-Howard E. Brookner. director of Pupil Personnnel Services for the McCann School. has announced that thls years nominees for Massachusetts Boy's State are Terry-Lee Davls, the primary delegate. and Michael H, Soha. alternate delegate. to the American Legxon-sponsored program. Davis, son of Mr, and Mrs Ronald Davrs of Mohawk Trail. Florrda, is a jumor in the Electromrzs department. He I5 a member uf me Nauonal Honor Society and plaw f 'arsity baseball and basketball. Soha. san nl' M and Mrs Henry Soha of -l Pl-nlaflr tene, Adams, is a junior tn tw llretongrdipartment. A Nauonal Honor Socxety member. he is Northem Berkshire Connell of the Arts representauve and conceived the xdea and lmplemented Lhe Bicentennial mural at the school library He ls a jumor class repmsentauve and a member of the St Stamslaus Kostka Parrsh folk group, Celebrate Boy's State is a study conference whxch provides young leaders an opportumty for pracucal trarmng ln cruzenshlp and In the funcuon and operation of clty, county, state and national government lt wlll be held June 19-26 fl' .lxsumption College. Wr-r:-r:-P-r fhey wnll represent the Frank R Sules Post, American Legion. NorLh Adams. adds -'Qften Bob must wrxte out hrs messaze Meals. famrly Eames, travel-all need to bn- adyusted when a lamlly lnrluclr-5 a Stroke uctxm l-Ispcrlally troublesome ls the problem of rncome When the breadwmner becomes the vrctrm. some families Suffer For the Cnlbys, the vncatmnal full suck leaxe pay untrl enrher thls month When hrs ellgrbxlxty for that ran out, the cnmmlttee extended payless srrk leaxe for the rest nf the year On sabbatrcal, Mr Colby gets a porunn of his salary Meanwhile hrs wrfe has taken a pub at Carroll's Restaurant ln Wxlllamstmvn I had been a manager mere. then left, Mrs Colby sald. Now l'm back as a ua1tress,Sol m tree to leaxe when I need tn go Frlends have helped, they say Boh's Kappa Delta Phl fralernlty at North Adams mate Cnlleze gate the famxly a check for 31,500 One Lhmg's tor sure Recovery. vuhxle on the shoulder of the stroke vlrtxm, becomes very much a famlly alfaxr We used to go our separate wap s, sand Mrs Colby. Bob wllh school me wlth the klds. but now we dn almost everythxng together The exerclses rontxnue, the fruslratmu comes and mes, slowly Robert Colby plans tn bulld a normal lrfe mu.. 'N Q.- 4-,tx , .- f -.xy ',,,,'u,', 7 be opemnz. not clnsmg tonsequenuy l7fl77ori!5 l Q -rg . Robert D. Colby surldr'nl5 . stroke' 5 -f - - the prr-posed dlsmrssals ln my oplnmn, wxll lr-au' 2 nt-zetne altvtude wxth the teachers futon students .md the student body when the studrntr :lt WI ann w-re mfnrmed that lhret vJllVlelVt1,Zlth::F s jobs were threatened, many wffmvd very concerned I.:-rausv they dont want ln lose three qualmnrl and respectedfffarheri Tomlrhl. the P-fcfann School Vummuttee' will me:-1 vu dump nn our teachers futures lt .i my smlwn hope that those people who are mn, cerned wrlh Mf'Cann S luturp mul .lllend thu mel-tmg through th:-lr presume they fan shun thmr dlsapproval altheserhrlsldl-ratlons Mf'Cann 5 v-dur allnndl process ls not only my funwrn hut snmld ronrorn exfrynnf- m 'he .lrf-a lf 'hose prnpbsals are lullrncfl mm- an: rv- no freedom and nf, :rl urltp ln Ameruran rdur ltnln In the future lf-Hill UQLINSKI H Huh:-rl Nl adams Marie DePauli DAR honors McConn's Miss DePooli NYQRTH All-1'-Ee-if J fl Dr-Paflr 'feueh'-gr f V' me VM ol,-mph, iw fr lr uw V- f sf na-nt.-Q ewpfff.. - ll N ' rmluwn' nf 'M ' ' Amcrwnr. 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.1 SVLCIAL THANKS... h To Mae. Lewb and Ma. Canedy Aoa making at woak on oaa own. we betteoe that the saeeeaw og oaa etaaa depended taagety on the eneoaaagment they gave ao to be tndependent. we make oaa own deetbtono, that Eeaantng the taae meantng og Aetg-aettanee. They atwaga o5Aeaed theta optntonb and total Aappoat. Foa thtb we thank them... AMA. LeAA and Ma. Canedg, we dedicate oaa geaabook to you. clam o5 1977