Minnechaug Regional High School - Falcon Yearbook (Wilbraham, MA)

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Mr. James Matroni, junior Eva Haraty and senior John Misterka await the bell to officiate the mid-winter vacation. Mrs. Mary Lou Sitnik decorates her Home Economics classroom in the holiday tradition. Freshman Laura White reflects the Christmas spirit as she works in her Spanish class. HOLIDAY SPIRIT

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Mr. James Girotti relishes in the spirit of Christmas. John Bel castro, freshman, studies his music as m,ammi he rehearses for the Winter Concert. ViS, - r HOLIDAY SPIRIT Preparation for the holiday season is fun for all Probably our most favorite time of the year (besides summer vacation, of course) are those days of December when everyone starts getting ready for Christmas. If you had rather a late start at Christ- mas shopping, you had to battle it out for a parking place at the mobbed malls. In the homes of Wil- braham and Hampden residents, Christmas trees were set up early. Red and green wrapping paper lay all over the floor as gift-givers scis- sored and taped away. While all of this was going on, sea- sonal music floated from stereos and we heard songs such as Springsteen ' s Santa Claus is Coming to Town and Band-Aid ' s Do They Know It ' s Christmas? again. The holiday spirit prevailed not only at home and in stores, but at school also. Naturally there were the Christmas One-Acts and the Merry Messages in the Smoke Signal. Many teachers decided to incorporate the Christmas spirit as well. For instance, Miss Mary Lou Brewer ' s classes sang The Twelve Days of Current Events and made a list of Christmas gifts they would have given to his- torical people. Dr. Joyce Sager taught her students how to say Merry Christmas correctly in Spanish and what customs the Span- ish people practice regarding the holiday. Mr. Jay Deely simply let his students have a free day from typing — a nice Christmas gift! And, of course, many friends exchanged gifts with each other during lunch and study halls. Unfortunately, the holiday season disappeared as quickly as it had snuck up upon us. Librarians Mrs. Patricia Osmond and Mrs. Jo- hanna Desautelle along with senior Laura En- gle enjoy the holiday spirit. HOLIDAY SPIRIT

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WHAT A RALLY! Spirit overwhelms students The name of the game was spir- it! During the G-Block Octo- ber 3rd pep rally each class cheered in a contest which, of course, was won by the Class of 1987. Following a march of all who played team sports, and a pep ses- sion put on by the cheerleaders, many courageous team members joined to make fun as they took part in an obstacle course rally, obviously pleasing the crowds. Senior Brian Halloran served as emcee for the pep rally which the student body looks forward to as a means of showing class and school spirit. AS junior Melissa Garafolo stated, pep rallies are a great exam- ple of school spirit. Ours was no exception as all team members en- thusiastically built up the spirit of the crowd, while onlookers joyfully covered them and the floor with a shower of paper! Varsity cheerleaders put up a tough pyramid with tense smiles. Senior Heather Congo shows her spirit by competing in the obstacle course. WHAT A RALLY!