St Thomas Aquinas High School - Insight Yearbook (Edison, NJ)

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STA MARCHIN UNITS COLOR GUARD-Kneeling-L To R-K. Sacripanti, A. Richmond Standing- C. Docktor, A. Pellegrino, J. Viafora, S. Farawell Get off my back, will ya? Hey Mister, take our picture! l E .K -. 5 ai E.. 1 x f t-V -- GUN SQUAD L To R-J. Lampart, D. McEvoy, D. Burns, M. Campbell, D. Pyne, T. Rodgers-Co-Capt, K. Visco-Capt, I. Petty, S. Farawell, L. Kopcko, M. Higgins, R. Kelly 4 Miss Podgorski-Drill Team, Gun Squad, and Color Guard Moderator with Miss Czajkowski-Twirling and Flag Twirling Moderator ' 119

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AMI DLE STATES REPCRT On Tuesday morning November 4 1975 the Middle States evaluating committee descended upon Saint Thomas Aquinas for the first time For the next three days they would be evaluating St Thomas not accord ing to their own criteria but according to the philosophy and objectives we had set for ourselves The committee com posed of nineteen individuals was chosen by the Middle States Associ ation of Colleges and Secondary Schools which IS headquartered in Washington D C The members were all from relatively local schools Each member had filed an application with the association which looked at their credentials to see if they were qualified to serve mately once every two years for an evaluation Each individual school is scheduled for evaluation every ten years The evaluating committee is composed of at least one person with background in each subject area While v1s1t1ng a school the committee mem bers sit in on classes ask questions of students and staff members and de termine all they can about the school A great deal of preparation went into this v1s1tat1on Long hours after school conferences on school holidays and exhausting trial and error meet ings cannot truly depict the scene be- fore the arrival of the committee. Fac- ulty and staff members were organized into committees that could investi- gate every facet of the school from academic departments to physical facilities. A steering committee coordinated the work of these groups and a phi- losophy and objectives committee was organized to define the purpose behind STA as a Christian educational insti- tution. These committees investigated the work of each department using past years and accomplishments as guidelines. Each departmental report contained a philosophy a set of ob- jectives commendations and recom- mendations as proposed by the com- read to the faculty as a check to see if it coordinated with the philosophy and objectives of the entire school. At the close of the three day visit the Middle States group presented an over- all view of their findings to the faculty. A detailed report is sent three months Hier. Their purpose here was to see how well the school conformed to the phi- losophy and objectives we have estab- lished and how successfully we pre- serve the high quality of a Christian education. 9 3 7 5 7 , ,. 3 , . . a 5 1 A member is called out approxi- S mittee. As a final step, the report was - 3 , l , - . . . . . n , 9 7

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DRILL TEAM Ist Row L To R-J. Assuncao, C. Hoey, J. Zirpola, D. McKigney, C. Callahan, G. Leva, L. Coy, C. Mehegan 2nd Row-A. Dunn, J. Kalanta, M. Nerney, J. Heaning, C. Welsh, J. Leahy, T. Perenyi, M. Maglione 3rd Row-D. Sergi, K. Yaguseski, J. Witt, M. Burt, H. Smer- icki, C. Triglia, D. Brooks, L. Barletta, J. Quinn, E. O'Donnell 4th Row-M. Keane, K. Molloy, L. Comollo, C. McGovern, S. Downing, J. Lucas, J. Schneider, Y. Montecalvo, N. Mclsaac, C. Docktor, S. Mannion, J. Barberie, M. Sherman, K. Sacripanti, A. Okerson Back Row-M. Kisling, Much of the spirit at STA comes from our marching red and white. The Drill Team, Twirlers, Flag Twirlers, and Color Guard are willing to do their thing, their way in rain, sleet, or dark of night. Each week a new halftime show is prepared and suc- cessfully performed. Aside from their P. Rusavage, J. Schneider, J. Codella-co-capt, J. Grompone-capt, J. Haney, M. Kelleman, D. Bauman 1 Moderators Miss Podgorski and Miss Czajkowski with captains K. Visco, J. Grompone, K. Keenan and L. Vlkovic display trophies from Metuchen and Woodbridge Christmas Parades 120 halftime performances, they have also participated in parades in the area. Among these are the Metuchen and Woodbridge Christmas parades and the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Woodbridge. In each parade they have received trophies for their out- standing performances. Much of their success is due to the devoted leader- ship of their moderators, Ms. Terri Podgorski and Ms. Linda Czajkow- ski, fbetter known as Pod and Miss CJ TWIRLERS lst Row L To R-K. Naughton, K. Bothwell, M. O'Donnell, J. Perry, D. Haas, P. Simone, R. Calello, P. Meszaros. Back Row-L. Vlkovic-capt, M. Dowd -co-capt. M issing-K. Nemes