McKinley Junior High School - McKinleyan Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST The most exciting moment for me at McKinley was participating and winning second place in McKinley' s annual public speaking contest. I prepared for weeks, learning my lines, repeating them over and over until my eight-year- old brother knew every word as well as I did. When the day of the contest came my stomach was filled with butterflies and my heart was skipping beats. The announcer said, Joseph Cafiero will now interpret the Sam Houston's plea for help. After performing with all the vitality and energy in my heart, I then anxiously waited for all the other contestants to finish. It seemed like a million years until I heard my name announced as second place winner. I knew then that my long hours of work had not been in vain! I was anxious to participate again, striving now for lst Place. Joseph Cafiero 9A1 'Miss Jones, meet Mr. Smith Senior Difamatics Presentation

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Mrs. Angelina Bozzaft, Mr. Michael .Burkett, Mrs. Maureen Cashman, Mr. Ben Cimzno, Miss Paulette DeFina, Mr. Sidney Held, Mr. Jack Ingebrethsen, Mr. Jack Kramer, Mr. Thomas Norstrand, Mr. Russell Norman, Mrs. Ruth Schlesinger, Mr. Howard Gissinger W ' 1. X . i if nw,- ei i Q O W' 2 Y. 571 What is poetry, if it is not the silent singing each man 'L S hears within his own heart? N 200l' Q The age of Aquarius affects us and everything around l -I us. A new change is taking place which is seen in English. ' 'With a little help from our friend Mrs. Schlesinger, during: an English class. 20 English expresses the ideas of the age of Aquarius in poems, stories, books, and plays. It is sometimes easier to express our feelings in writing. In our English class we were asked to write short stories. Many short stories expressed our own new ideas or how we felt about what was going on around us. We weren't afraid to write what we felt. We could create a character that felt the way we did and in that way convey our feelings without actually saying they were ours. We also performed skits and acted out parts of char- acters according to our own interpretations and reactions. English will help us as long as we have new ideas to express, and new ideas make up the age of Aquarius. Camille De Lasky 9H1 Prepare for the futureg you will spend the rest of your lace in it. 'kchairman

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DRAMATICSI The Best Qff-Off-Broadway Musical - Mr. Held's Annabelle 's Academy Now that makes sense, especially when it comes from our Senior Dramatics play, Annabelle 's Academy. I was Ginger, a 16-year-old would-be actress with all the passion of Marie Antoinette before she got guillotined. Sad, crying, willing to give my life for the benefit of the others - as long as I got an oscar in return. The first words of advice that Mr. Held four playwright, producer-director, and actor! gave me were, Ham it up - you'Ve got to be all over the stage at once. I' m a ham at heart, so I was perfect for the part. The dancing, the sing- ing - it was all so exciting - I guess I got too carried away. The play was perfect and it gave every member of the cast a feeling of satisfaction, especially yours truly. I had the most fun that I'Ve had in a long time! Even some of our own teachers, Mrs. Serrano, Mr. Checkett, Miss DeFina and Mr. Held, surprised us with guest appearances!! Camille De Lasky 9H1 'A'The closer wevget the better we look. ' 22 Girls: Boys: Teachers: Mothers: Mr. Checkette Miss DeFina Mr. Garbo' Miss Hart Mr. Held Mrs. Serrano AN,NMBELLE'S ACADEMY Cast Camille DeLasky Calliope Dontas Ann Gabriel Donna Kennedy Connie Li Carol Logie Joanne Manos Adria Silverman Roseanne Steo Laura Tashji Donna Thurston Steven Athanail Joseph Cafiero George Garwood Peter Harisiades Douglas Hedges James Sargianis Michael Hicks David Johnson Chris Kouretsos Paul Tallaksen Robert Terpenny Joe Vassilatos Robin Maloney Donna Thurston Theresa Urcenoli and: ' Characters Ginger Re be cca Sandy Jane L ill Olivia Elsa Irma Trixie Consuella Minerva Frank Hal Ken Paul George Stanley ICI fF2 KD! 041 IB! KE! 642 fC! IB! Mr. Smith Miss Jones fsetsj faccompanistl Mr. Klotzmier Miss Anabelle 4' The People Behind The Scenes: Sal Callibrisotto RiChl1'I'd GVQEOW' Vincent Fracchiole - Steven Manzse Vinnie Fracchiole Robert Pzerino