Saint Alphonsus High School - Arrow Yearbook (Dearborn, MI)

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After ten years and three promotions. Mr. James O'Donnell is our principal. He graduated from Catholic Central High School and then moved northeast to Saint John Fischer College in Rochester. New York, where he majored in English and minored in Social Studies. Upon graduation, he returned to the Detroit area and im- mediately began looking for a Catholic school in which to teach. After an interview with Sr. Agnes Charles and a look around the school, he decided St. Alphonsus was where he belonged. Now that Mr. O'Donnell has become principal, he is beginning to see things from a different perspective. To avoid being regarded as an administrative figurehead who is out of tune with the students. Mr. O'Donnell decided to teach a class this year. He hopes to see a better in- terpersonal relationship between the ad- ministration and the student body, and is constantly stressing the need for stronger communication ties. Commenting on the state of things this year, he feels that there is a good attitude among the students and I hope to see it perpetuate a spirit of cooperation in the school . 12