Sacred Heart Academy - Clelian Yearbook (Hamden, CT)

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lAfAl1erarions 7. , Above: Changes in the school become evidenl as Sr. Ellen replaces bells with clocks. Andrea Colonna opls To conllnue To wear her pin, and sludenls display their Taste in shoes.

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STAT ! N K lmdgine: shimmering blue sed under ci whiTe hoT sun... sofT sdnd drifTs beTween your Toes os The scenf of sunfdn oil invddes your senses... buT did dll of us spend our summer ThoT woy? Vdcdfioning wds noT The only Thing on everyone's mind losT summer. Mony girls hdd oTher prioriTies such ds dondf- ing Their services in hospiTdls ond convdlescenT homes. For some, The scene Took on on educdfiondl look-d closs- room filled wiTh edger fdces. ChrisTine Chordds remorked, Working wiTh kids is gredf. Their enfhusidsm is overwhelm- ing. K Volunfeers shdred Their TolenT skaring ond Time in mdny woys. Junior Cindy Mdger worked dT Ydle New Hoven Hospifol in DidgnosTic lmoging. She helped prepdre x- roy conferences for docTors ond Typed on The hospifol compuTers. Mdny girls found hospifol service especidlly rewdrding. As fresh- mdn Irene Pdfd enThusicisTicolly puT iT, I loved meeTing new peo- ple... poTienTs ond sTdff were so helpful. lT wos d gredT exper- ience! This service gdve Those conTempldTing o fuTure in medi- cine o foreTdsTe of whof wos in- volved in hospifol work. OTher dcTiviTies during The school yeor were Teaching CCD dT locol grdmmor schools ond en- couroging reTdrded ond hdndicopped children QT ST. Talenf and Time ColeTTd's CenTer. Some of The work wos difficulT dnd emo- Tiondly demdnding, buT os sen- ior Ann Florenzdno confirmed, Ulf you ore serious dbouT spending Time wiTh reTdrTed ond hondicopped children, you hove To leorn To hdndle ond dccepf dll ospecTs. The girls dgreed ThdT Their summer wouldn'T hove been compleTe wiThouT The exper- iences in which They shdred. Their volunfeering noT only gdve Them Time To help oThers, buf dlso provided Them wiTh d specidl feeling of sdTisfdcTion in Their ciccomplishmenTs. Mony looked forword To nexT sum- mer when They could dgoin lend o hond. J F Above: Heoding for Their respective ds- signmenTs, juniors Lduro Moron ond Jdckie AnTos leove The Volunfeer Services Office df Ydle-New Hoven HospiTol. Left: Seeking for ci woy To benefif ofhers, Sdndy LlsTro joins in The WELI blood drive in on efforf Thdf moy sove lives. Top lofi: Willing To shore her musicdl Tol- enf, senior Ann Florenzono ocfively pdf- Tlcipofes every Sundoy in The choir of ST. lviichoels Church. Communiry Servicef'l3

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Jllferarion f Psych! one sTudenT ex- claimed as she saw The laTesT fashion in foofwear coming down The hall. Where's every- one going? Taking a quick glance aT her feeT before heading To her nexf class, con- fused CaThi Cname has been changed To proTecT The inno- cenfj realized uniform shoes had become obsoleTe. She made a menfal noTe To run To lVlacy's afTer school To gef a pair of Docksiders. As iT Turned ouT, They were having The big- gesT sale of Docksiders ever and They were all sold ouT by The Time she goT There! Trying To adjusT on The wrong fooT, CaThi had To K from adapT To The no bells sysTem. For Three years bells had run her schedule and she wasn'T used To operafing on her own. Though every once in a while she sTill heard The echo of bells from pasf years, all was quief on The hill now. Luckily, clocks were in- sfalled, so afTer awhile iT became roufine for Cafhi To find herself frequenTly caTching a glimpse of The Time. Teachers' nervous glances aT The new clocks and popular sTdTemenTs such as, For TonighT, girls ,... replaced lasT year's bells. AlThough There were changes, she did noT have a difficulf Time finding her locker. As freshmen gof acquainTed wiTh Their acces- Top To boffom sible lockers, upperclassmen faced Their old lockers wiTh memories of sTale lunches, dirTy gym cloThes, and unused books. AT leasT These Things weren'T Ieff over from lasT year! One Thing Thaf Iasf year lefT behind was The requiremenf of wearing The SHA pin, which al- leviaTed her fear of being caughT wiThouT iT. Nof feeling pinned down herself, CaThi suddenly spoTTed The old, fa- miliar Trademark. AlThough wearing The pin became op- Tional, many sTudenTs chose To display Their SHA sTaTus. WiTh or wiThouT The pin, The feeling of belonging sTill remained. Q lr Y: .4 W l. . T- V AM Above: The junior class finds a greaT lead- er in Their class presidenf, Meg Kiely, who Takes advanTage of no longer having To wear her pin. Left: Relaxing in The compuTer room. Michelle Germe passes her offer school hours in comforfable shoes afTer Three years of wearing official SHA foofwear. Top lefl: Docksiders and open collars have replaced Dexfers and pins for This group of juniors who are signing in wiTh senior Paula Reynolds aT a Pro-life meeT- ing. AlTeraTionsf 15