Sacred Heart Academy - Clelian Yearbook (Hamden, CT)

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55 5... is s ,N,q. N ..,,:, 1 'N ,ws-Q .ss .. Take hold, be a parl of it You couldn'T jusT siT back and daydream because hands-on experience was definiTely necessary for The fields of arT, music, and gym. Girls who parTicipaTed in These classes developed Their per- sonal TalenTs and expanded Their abiliTies. For example, music The- ory enTailed learning The Technical experTise behind The wriTing and reading of music. No experience was necessary for The class buT mosT of The girls had some Type of inTeresT in music. A varieiy of drills presenTed by Sr. lvlary Grace included ear Training and sighTread- ing. The girls applied whaT They learned To whaT They heard, and This enabled Them To appreciafe music To a greaTer exTenT. AT The oTher side of The building, arT sTudenTs gaThered in The new, fully- eauipped arT sTudios. Here, Sr. CaTherine and Sr. Jude kepT Them busy experimenfing wiTh various Techniques. The girls creaTed genuine masTerpieces wiTh The use of scraTch boards, color, per- specTive, and geomeTric designs. Two seniors improved Their film- developing skills when They Took an independenT phoTography class from Sr. Jude. OTher arT sTudenTs presenTed individual projecTs including prehisToric arT, ancienT civilizaTion, arT impressionism, and much more. lf aThleTics was your Thing, Then gym was for you. Mrs. Elaine Piazza summed up The value of physical educaTion, I feel ThaT physical developmenT is an imporTanT complemenT To academic and inTellecTual sTress. AcTive parTicipaTion in areas such as bas- keTball, Tennis, and gymnasTics enabled girls To have some fun and keep in shape. Top left PuTTing her knowledge of arT To work, BeTh Crefella works on a masTer- piece. Lefl lo rlghl: You can see TalenT all over The school anywhere you look. Marcella Cornacchia displays aihleflc ablliTy during an exciTing gym class. Andrea Colonna and Lee Gambardella play a dueT for Their classmafes. Though you may never have To use a bow and arrow, iT looks like Jane Lawlor and PaTTy O'Hagan sure find The sporf inTeresTingl ArTisTic falenT abounds wiTh Kellie Ciaburro and Cindy PeTTella working diligenTly during class. ArTsfL'l1

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Trying To make The grade STudying, Though noT The mosf welcomed chore, wos o focT of life for dll sTudenTs. By woTching The sTudy hobiis of differenf indivi- duols, o keen observer noficed ThoT They employed o wide voriefy of Techniques. Diligenf workers, defermined To geT on 'A,' could be found sTudylng in homeroom, during lunch, ond on The bus. Oihers were discovered in The nooks of The Iibrdry briefing up on TesT moTeriol. A few doring ones venTured To crom in-beTween closses for The long-owoiTed TesT. 'All-nighiers' were someTlmes held os sTudenTs consumed enormous quonTiTies of food in on unddunfed efforT To sToy owoke ond sTudy. How one sTudled for o TesT or compleTed homework olso bore o mork of individudliTy. DoTes were obsorbed inTo The minds of sTu- denfs in preporofion for o hisTory TesT. Budding biologisTs ond chem- isTs poured over mulTiTudes of grophs ond diogroms in Their quesT for knowledge ond o good grode. Hours were spenf memorizing mony Sponish verbs. To o few, reoding become on uncommon procTice since They undersfood The gisf of o book from sconning The firsT ond losT chopTers in oddifion To The opproprioTe Cliff Nofes. Some sTu- denTs overcome Their feor of Term popers by wriiing Them dll in one nighf - d hobiT ThoT would sTond Them in excellenT sTeod in col- lege, where fosT wrlTing wos o prized skill. ln The end, Those wiTh excellenT sTudy hobifs were reworded wiTh whoT They were seeking - knowledge of The mdTeriol oT hond ond self-sofisfdcfion ThoT They hod Tried Their besT. Above right Reloxing in The offer school. Vonesso Chioffi ond KoThy Loverfy moke use of Their free Time by cdfching up on Their homework. Left io Right: Wifh o puzzled look, Mory Befh Lederer works ouf her chemisfry problems. Mrs. Lomboley ossisis Jockie Gogne in undersTonding French. Wifh in- Tense concenfrofiion, KoTie Burke works diligenfly in The Typing room. The smile on Kim Voccino's foce mighf meoh she hos found whof she wos looking for. Krisfin Wolsh prepares for chemisfry closs. A2fSTudy Hobifs