Technical High School - Tech Tiger Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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FOREVER PRESENT, FOREVER WORKING! THE TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL: SEATED IN FRONT ROW: Debbie Berritto, Michelle Waterman, Russ Chamber- lain, Richard Soto, Marcia Vanhorn, Gina Ginsberg. KNEELING IN ROW 2: Deona Blanton, Aida Cintron, Maria Gonzalez, Lorita McNeil, Charlene Precanico, Kendra Edmonds, Barbara Brown, Sandra Gonzalez. SEATED IN ROW 3: Elizabeth Perez, Tony Barnett, Barbara Popowski, Andrea Ware, Margaret Jon es. BACK ROW: Debra Villeneuve, Mary Waterman, Sherrie McCoy, Doris Neale, Karen Eady, Chris Culhane, Chris Drzal, Pamela White, Todd Culhane, Chris Dessaso, Marla Early, Jay Bryant, Jim Dowd, Gary Lusty, Pete Rivas.

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ge ot R.0.T.C. DRILL TEAMS 1st row: Left to right: Maria Gonzalez, John McNeil, 2nd row: Dawn Kin- near, Lina Gonzalez, Millie Westmoreland, Selicia Whetstone, Jack Sera- zina. Third row: Dale Richardson, Lydia Martinez, Margarita Treadwell, Tracey Wallace, Doris Neale, Jose Morales, Joyce Bunn, Jorge Bryant. Fourth row: Tangela Covington, Debra Vielleuve, Tony Barnett, Bill Mal- denado, Greg Topolski, Jim Rosso. Back Row; Michael Jurkowski, Sargeant Palmer, Craig Holmes. On December 13, 1980 the ROTC Drill Team hosted the first New England Regional Drill Competition, which was held at the Holyoke National Guard Armory. The competi- tion, which began at 10:00 a.m., lasted until 3:30 that afternoon. Other ROTC teams came from all over Massachusetts and in- cluded Army and Navy repre- sentation, as well as other Air Force Units. The drill teams were judged on originality, dif- ficulty and precision of ove- ments. All commands are made by silent gesture or tapping. The judges for the competition were from Norwich Military a School in Vermont. The head judge was James Anderson, a 1979 graduate of Tech, now a student at Norwich. On January 17, 1981 ROTC attended a second drill compe- tition, at Tiverton, Rhode Is- land. Although Chief Palmer entered only one team, the Blue Bengals, this unit performed superbly, to take first place in the male team with rifles cata- gory. 21

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IN APPRECIATION ... The TIGER STAFF dedicates this page to those who worked so diligently with the Student Council for the Toys for Tots campaign. Students arranged for drop off centers at different places such as King’s, McCrory’s, all of the Big Y stores in the area, Sixteen Acres Garden Center, and many more. As an incentive, Tech students were given “gifts” in return for making a toy donation. An hour was dropped from an individual’s detention time for every toy brought in. A free box of popcorn was given in exchange for a toy. All overdue book charges were erased if a toy was brought in to the City Library. At the end of the drive, a scrap book of all of the things that Tech did during the campaign was submitted. Every participating school passed one in, and all of these were judged. Once again, Technical High School won first place! The school was awarded $750.00, which will be used for school activities. Aside from being financially richer, Tech students are also richer in another sense. The collection of over 5,000 toys for distribution to needy youngsters in the area makes all well aware of the Tech student body’s desire to help the less fortunate. Tech students truly understand the meaning of Christmas. 23