St Bernards High School - Bernardian Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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bp row: Anthony Amico, Joan Sweeney, Lana LaQuire, Joanna puis, Gary Lemay. Row 2: Michael Roy, Mary Krauss, Mildred homas, Pauline Melanson, Gregory Sango. Row 1: William Guil- l, Susan Goguen,. Jo-Anne Thibault, Victoria Croteau, Joseph rmier. Top vow: Paul Vaillancourt, Denise LeBlanc, Sheila Beauchemin, Catherine Pierce, John Killelea. Row 2: Richard Dolan, Sylvia Romano, Virginia Civita, Pamela Gastonguay, John DeLisle. Row 1: Dennis Brassard, Brenda Smith, Claire Janelle, Frances Crow- ley, Rene Basque. Freshman Basketball teams: Michael Morrissey, Kenneth Morand, Michael Piro, William Sangster, Dennis Brassard, William Ledger, Thomas Mammone, Patrick Sweeney, Joseph Cormier, James Chartrand. David Pikkarainen with ball. Also Anthony Amico, Paul Keating.

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Our first steps at SBHS The class of '66 entered SBHS at an exciting period in its history when the school was being enlarged. As we passed the Summer Street side of the school campus on this first day of school, we saw the almost completed annex between the two conven ts, which would soon be used as classrooms until the addition was completed. On this September day in ’62, one hundred and ninety-eight of us entered as freshmen and were as - signed to four portable classrooms and to the Home Freshman portables 47 and 48 had a fine view of the construction work spread out Economics lab of former years. before them, until seats were rearranged and attention focused on blackboards. Because of construction work going on about us, we did not have the thrilling experience of moving from classroom to classroom every period. Gone were the days when upper classmen looked out the windows upon the freshmen down below in the portable yard, for now every window on this side had been removed and a solid brick wall substituted. Freshman debaters: Sylvia Romano, Donna Harding, Joan Sweeney, Ronald Jngemie, and Frank Bambarola. We were enthusiastic about the Diocesan Decla- mation contest, eighty-one of us taking part. In the final class elimination, these four were on top: Donna Fitzgerald James Chartrand Marilyn Poitras James Craigen Three of us made the all-school play: David Blanchette Katherine O'Connell Gregory Sango In the Christmas play were: Deanne Courtemanche Katherine O’Connell Donna Zuchowski Our five freshman class- rooms were on the quiet side of the school on Good- rich Street. 18

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It did not take us long to become acquainted with our headmaster, Reverend Robert T. Donahue, even though most of us never had to report to his office. Busy as he was attending to all the construction work going on all around us, Father never seemed hurried nor preoccupied but cheerfully and patiently gave himself whole- heartedly to doing all he could for each of us. Just before the Christmas vacation, we watched the sophomores of ’65 leave portables 45 and 46 with their books and all their belongings to move into their new classrooms in the annex between the two convents. “ — = wo ol At the end of the freshman year, these pupils were leading the class scholastically: Roxanne Giambrocco, Carol Belliveau, Giuliana Cossi, Joanna Dupuis, Laura McColl, Ellen Trinque, Mary Krauss, Janet Blouin, Deanne Courtemanche, Maureen Grier, Pauline Melanson, Michael Morrissey. Other high achievers were Katherine O'Connell, Margaret Reilly, Mildred Thomas, Frances Crowley, Susan Goguen, Mary Jane Greenstreet, Claire Janelle, Sandra LeBlanc, Marilyn Poit- ras, JoAnn Thibault. Ul = — os | wv : Mary Krauss, Carol Belli- THE MERCHANT OF VENICE!) Qe wean Roxanne Giambrocco, - ’ Laura McColl. DON'T wo OU FWA AVP E ARAN THE QUALITY OF MERCY IS NOT STRAIN’): I'v DROPPETH AS THE G RAIN FROM HEAVEN VU THE PLACE HENEAT Agee After a study of the Merchant of Venice, out- standing scenes, incidents, and lines were depicted by way of posters, shadow box- es, dolls with Elizabethan ruffs, caskets with scrolls and inscriptions, and a typ- ical Shakespearean theater. Rit tase AND SEE MY WEALTHY ANDREW DOCK'D IN SAND ; ' Nancy Burns, Judy Pelletier, James Craigen, Ronald In- gemie, Joseph Atkinson, Rob- ert Rice, Donna Fitzgerald, and Alice Rufiange. a NO JO’ OF BLOOD