Saint Pius X High School - Chi Rho Yearbook (Piscataway, NJ)

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ExhibiTing Musica The Music deparTmenT involves iTselT in many acTiyiTies. Mrs. Burns, deparTmenT chairman, is The music direcTor Tor boTh The Senior and Spring plays, and The school chorus has increasingly provided music Tor assemblies. AnoTher piano has been acquired, and The TormaTion oT a band, long an ideal oT The school, has come close To realizaTion. The mem- bership oT The band has increased To ThirTy members and These sTudenTs have been pracTicing diligenTly dur- l OualiTies ing The homeroom period in The morning. We expecT ThaT Their hard work will be rewarded when They TirsT sTep ouT on The TooTball Tield in order To accompany The Twirlers, Tlag Twir- lers, and marching uniTs, and when They TirsT perTorm in a parade. WiTh Their TirsT perTormance They will bring more honor To The school, and iT is TiT- Ting ThaT in our counTry's BicenTennial year, we are Tounding a new Tradi- Tion. pzfb7lf5161C7 Mrs. Suzanne Burns awaiTs The arrival oT her chorus class ITOPT. The band class during a Time oT serious playing TABOVEJ. Reward will come To Mark Dirado when he demonsTraTes his musical TalenTs aTTer hard work lRlGl-lTl. Mrs. O'Shea Tries To explain To her sTudenTs The imporTance OT The color wheel TOP. PAGE. TOP l.EETl. WhaT do I do now? wonders Jill Slagada, as Carol Mclxleely diligenTly worlcs on her masTerpiece IOP. PAGE, TOP RIGT-lTl. Denise Womack Tries To recall eyeryThing she's learned as she aTTempTs To do her draw- ing assignmenT TOP. PAGE. BOTTOM LEPTl. Pull oT inTense concenTraTion, Timmy l'lurley worlcs on his mechane ical drawing TOP. PAGE, BOTTOM RIGHTI. X .Ji N r i

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in fx Mike Szesko exhibiTs his sTrengTh ITOP, LEFTJ. Greg Tobias works ouT on The new universal gym TTOP, RlQl'lTl. Mr. Parlapiano keeps smiling Through his scheduling duTies KABOVE. LEFU. Mr. Boszko becomes involved in his work IABOVE, RIGT-lTl. Mrs. Josephine Polhernus emphasizes The irnporTance oT good healTh lOP. PAGE, TOP LEFTl. Mrs. PaT Goias enjoys a laugh wiTh her sTuclenTs lOP. PAGE. TOP MIDDLEJ. Sue BaxTer geTs inTo The swing of Things KOP. PAGE, TOP RIGHU. STudenTs pick up The beaT KCENTERJ. GeTTing ouT of This wresTling posiTion isn'T as easy as iT looks lOP. PAGE, MIDDLEJ.

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.QQ STudenTs' ldeas Talce Shape The ArT deparTmenT's mosT ouT- sTanding TeaTure is The emphasis iT places on The sTudenT. For The inTer- esTed sTudenT unable To sTrucTure himselT inTo a regular class, educa- Tion-by-appoinTmenT is available. The number oT sTudenT aides has increased Trom one To Tour, and Their presence in assisTing Mrs. Elise O'Shea, deparTmenT chairman, Teach classes means greaTer aTTenTion is paid To each sTudenT. The sTudenT aides Themselves, seniors Mary Cyr, Jessica Edwards, Susan Selenko and KaThy Swearingen, have Tound ThaT They learn more by really absorbing whaT They Teach. STudenT achievemenT is TurTher boosTed by The accessibiliTy oT The arT supplies and The increased supply oT audio visual maTerials To The sTu- denTs because oT The TacT ThaT The arT room is open ThroughouT The day. ln addiTion, The greaTer number oT sTu- denTs Taking upper-level courses causes us To expecT ThaT even greaTer TalenT will come Trom The deparTmenT in TuTure years.