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

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Mathletes Mathletes is a team of students that competes with teams from other schools for points that are acquired by solving mathematical problems without a calculator. At a meet, each student works on three problems from three of the six categories: Arithmatic, Algebra |, Algebra Il, Geometry, Trigonometry, and Analytic Geometry. Students are awarded points for solving problems correctly. At the end of the year, the students with the most points will be awarded at the Senior Awards ceremony. This year’s team is small but talented, and it expects to do very well. The team’s Coach and Advisor, Mr. Follet, is very pleased with the work his club is doing, and he thinks that it will be a very successful team. Stephen Wyman MATHLETES: Seated: Mr. Follett, Advisor; Brian Boulay, Standing: Stephen Wyman, Jim Haberern, Donald Young, Patricia Wilkerson, Todd Culhane. A.V.A. plays a major part in our school. It is run by Mr. Melikian, and it involves getting films and projectors to the teachers who need them. Mr. Melikian is also in charge of the CHO- RUS. Due to the fact that students do not have a free period to take an elective, the chorus is almost non-existant. The chorus at one time played at assemblies, different schools, and occasionally played downtown. They also played at graduations. As for this year, because of the chorus is so small, Mr. Melikian does not know if the chorus will be participating in any of these events.

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They Come To The Aide Of The School ee ne PAUSE See | av BAR ee: | gah 3 7 The Tech lunch room is a busy part of the school. The staff work from early morning until the end of the school day. It would even be harder if it were not for the students who gave up their study periods to help the staff in its busy chores. The staff is very happy that students are helping and would like to thank all of them for a job well done this year. Richard Switzer CAFETERIA AIDES: FRONT: Thor Augustus, Gloria Santiago, Kevin Wakefield, Joan Sabourin. BACK: Willie Spears, Theresa Hardrick, Michelle Jones, Cynthia Poole, Ana Melendez. The Office Aides play a very important part as student members of the office staff. Mrs. Branchesi is very happy about the student interest this year compared to last year. Last year the office only had six students. This year Mrs. B. has twenty students. The way to be an office aide is to see one’s counselor about giving up a study and be interviewed by Mrs. Branchesi. If a student is not accepted, he remains in study. Aides jobs include answering the intercom, delivering mail to the office, filing, locating people and collecting blue slips. Mrs. B. has been working at Tech for eight years, and she has enjoyed every minute. She also wishes the CLASS OF ’84 THE BEST OF LUCK. Richard Switzer OFFICE AIDES: Front: Betsy Ortiz, Jeannette Douglas, Michelle Jewell, Anna Stellato, Wanda White, Robert Shays. Row 2: Raymond Charest, Yvonne Arrington, Betsy Mercado, Unidentified, unidentified, Jackie Ortiz, Lourdes Rios, Marianna Cabrera. Back: Cornell Stevens, Paul Salvan, Wanda Diaz, Gina Lavender, Mike Kuschka, Chris Cutts.

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10 Junior National Honor Society Seated: Scott Thompson, Nancy Roque, Wanda Roque. Standing: Kevin Carpenter, Carlos Ramos, Alfred Colonna, Michael Maldonado, Brian Boulay. Absent: Stephen Wyman This year Mr. Hough, our electronics teacher, has renamed the Electrocean Club. It now is known as the Robot Club, to honor the new robot, built by the Class of 1983. The robot has a movable arm and even can talk! The Class of 1984 has the job of learning to program and operate the robot. Mr. Hough has changed the name of his club due to lack of enthusiasm in the field of Oceanography, which he taught. As we know, last year the Whale Watch was cancelled. The membership of the Electrocean Club, last year, was a strong forty. This year, the Robot Club has a slightly low- er membership of twenty-five, who meet every Thursday afternoon in room 328. At these meetings, the club discusses various aspects of electron- ics. Scott Thompson Seated: Classical Students. Standing: Jorge Merced, Mark Spruell, Donald Young, Craig Mannix, Jim Haberern, Stephen Wyman, Scott Dyer, Mr. Hough.