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

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Toys For Tots Although Technical High School was one of the co-winners in the ‘‘Toys for Tots’’ competition last year, Tech did not participate in the competition this year. However, the school still collected toys for over 6,000 needy people of the Springfield community. To enter the competition, a high s chool must put together a book about its ‘Toys for Tots’’ campaign. Tech cannot put together a book, therefore Tech did not enter the competition. Tech has won the competition two years previous of last year, when it tied with Cathedral and Westfield for first place. Rick Sotiropoulos ’ a

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Student Council The Student Council is one of the most important organizations in Technical High School. It organized many functions during the course of the 1983-84 school year. Toys for Tots and the Salvation Army’s canned food drive were major drives for the Student Council this year. The senior class gave a Halloween dance that turned out well, and also had a very successful Christmas dance. The Student Council is headed by President Peter Couture, Vice President James Doherty, Secretary Evelyn Serrano, Treasurer Rick Sotiropoulos, and Assistant Secretary Todd Culhane. Rick Sotiropoulos First Row: Pete Couture, Jim Doherty, Gerald Smith, Greg Dyson. Second Row: Evelyn Ser- rano, Naomi Wilkerson, Todd Culhane, Hayden Lawerence. Third Row: Lequita Brown, Michelle Smith, Michelle Miliefsky, Terry Gray. Fourth Row: Idalia Cintron, Nancy Roque, Michael Mal- donado, Richard Switzer, Danita Hardgrove, Bri- an Boulay. Fifth Row: Rick Sotiropoulos, Carol Bateman, Stephanie Myles. Sixth Row: Trina Bright, Donald Young, Tangie Jackson.

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AFJROTC: A Great Way To Go! In September of 1983, 137 ca- dets and 72 upperclassmen began the school year. This year there are a total of 55 students from Classical High School and The High School of Commerce as part of the ROTC Program. Lt. Col. William Potter stated that there is a high number of potential college bound students in the Corps, which is a good sign. The school’s unit was selected by the Air Force as a Meritorious Unit for the school year 1982-1983. The AFJROTC participates in a Christmas program in conjunction with the Salvation Army, to sing and deliver presents to the elderly at the Springfield Municipal Hospital. The Corps also participates in the Toys For Tots campaign. This is the second year that the ROTC program has had cadets from other schools participating. Once again the enrollment makes our unit one of the top ranking programs in the nation. This year’s new cadet leaders are Cadet Group Commander Hayden Lawrence and Cadet Deputy Com- mander Christine Nadeau. These leaders are doing their best for an active and exciting year of a learn- ing experience. The ROTC Corps held its annual Family Night on October 20, 1983. There were many families and friends present at this event. PARADES Each year the Technical High School AFJROTC Corps marches in several major parades, such as Westover Day Parade, Columbus Day Parade, Chicopee Vietnam Commemoration Parade, Veteran’s Day Parade, and the Peach Basket Parade. The whole corps marches in all of them. In most of the parades that the corp marches, it is the lar- gest group. It was once said that a parade in Springfield is not a parade without the proud marching cadets. arte vesne nal 5 PAD ix AMBER DS 0 HOARE 8 wi a ; 44 t DRUM CORPS: FRONT: Carlos Mendez, Rafael Feliciano, Charles Covington, Leon Rossweiss. ROW 2: Joseph Williams, Bill Brown, Jesus Rios. ROW 3: Kyle Bartos, Robert Paskins, Gregory Thomas, Sanders Ross. JUNIOR SQUADRON-5th PERIOD: FRONT: Col. Potter, Angie Nesmith, Nancy Vicente, Zulma Morales, Wilma Perez, Sgt. Palmer. ROW 2: Burnis Baldwin, Orestes Martori, Orlando Medina, Steve Wilde, Michael Kushcka. ROW 3: David Jandzinski, Alfred Colonna, Willie Pope, Roger Abbott. ROW 4: Rossie Williams, John Gibbs, Kenny Lasseter, Steve Barnes, Travon Mayfield, Robbin Jones, Jerome Hill.