Sacred Heart Academy - Clelian Yearbook (Hamden, CT)

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,.,-M- - Julie Manzi Yim Fong Mar Jennifer Masi Anna Masfroianni Sheila McHugh Maureen McKean Elizabefh McManus Laurie McQuade Pafricla Monroe Melissa Morrissey Robin Morrissey Kafe MoTf Cheryl Mulligan Kim Murphy Kim Norfham Anlrom phobizxs You remember ThaT amazing firsT year of high school. IT seemed like such an excifing Time To look forward To, buT being a fresh- man someTimes creaTed a feeling of uncer- TainTy. When freshmen were asked whaT frighTened Them abouT SHA, mosT agreed iT was The facT ThaT They didn'T know anyone. Besides sTarTing off alone, Marie DiGiuseppe commenTed, I heard They made you wear funny haTs and signs. She soon discovered These acTiviTies were all done in fun as a sign of welcome from The upperclassmen. When Jennifer AlTieri commenfed on whaf frighTened her abouT SHA she exclaimed, l'The seniors! Freshmen agreed ThaT The ThoughT of scrubbing The senior sTairs was enough reason To keep clear of Them. Some ThoughT They'd be looked down upon because They were jusT 'lfreshmenf' Ofher common fears included keeping up grades, doing well on exams, geffing Their locker open, walking inTo The righT class, and finding Their way around school. One group of freshmen agreed ThaT They feared going To a school wiThouT boys. However, lockers deco- raTed wiTh favorife idols kepT Them up To daTe on The male populafion. Before long, freshmen learned ThaT all Their fears were replaced wiTh The feeling ThaT They were an inTegraI parT of SHA. Freshmenfol

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Right: The senior lounge is strictly off-limits to underciassmen, but Shannon Skinner and Kim Tracy encourage Justine Lo- Cascio to seek admittance. Bottom right: Learning how to open a locker can be tricky, but Jean Brandolini has the knack, Dara Ferris Dawn Festa Beth Flannery Kristie Fresco Dawn Gagliardi Jackie Gagne Melanie Gailunas Kim Gajewski Aimee Gallagher Jennifer Gallagher Leslie A. Gensicki Justine Giannotti Rosemary Grillo Rachel Grubb Jennifer Grund Maryann Guida Maria Gulisano Lorene lnteglia Judith Kincn Kristin Kuziel Stephanie Landa Lisa Lau Justine LoCascio Amy Lyons Sarah Lyons 6Of Freshmen .1

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fnom dAwN Til dusk When The 2:40 bell rang, a mob of maroon- clad girls bursT ouT of Sacred HearT Academy, and ran for cars and buses buT were all sTudenTs parT of This mad rush? Why did some always remain aT SHA affer hours? And why were some always here by 7 a.m. every morn- ing? incomprehensible? ln facT, many SHA girls were forced To deal wiTh These liTTle inconven- iences. Because Sacred HearT sTudenTs came from a wide varieTy of areas spanning The sTaTe, TransporTaTion offen meanT hifching a ride wiTh mom and dad before and afTer work hours. WiThouT a TesT To make up, a meeTing To aTTend, or a deTenTion To fulfill, These girls were faced wiTh much free Time. According To junior Janyce Murphy, SHA's many faciliTies always offered someThing To capTure one's inTeresT, There was always a phone available To call my boyfriendl Chrissy Savasfano, a sophomore on The var- sify volleyball Team, generously shared her special TalenT by refereeing inframural games. Of course There were diligenT pupils, such as Ellen D'Andrea who claimed, l always used The Time To do my homework or complefe a research paper in The library. NexT Time you're rushing ouT aT dismissal and you see a girl sfanding around, don'T feel sorry for her, jusf remember: she's sure To be enjoy- ing her unoccupied Time. Melgan O'Connor Michelle O'Donnell Amy Palladino Elena Pandaru Irene PaTa Kim PaTTon Jennifer Pearce Tanya Philbrick Nan Plunkeff Damien Price Rachel Proulx Joan Pursell 62 f Freshmen ij - 555,95 fi.: