1989 Echoes Belen Jesuit Yearbook

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UP CLOSE

1989 the l ast year of the

80's decade, and the world saw ... George Bush elected President of the U.S Pan Am's Flight 103 go down in flames . . . riots rage for three days in Caracas . . . the Soviets leave Afghanistan students riot for democracy in China General Augusto Pinochet lose a plebiscite but in Miami, in a small Jesuit in Chile the extreme right win free High School, another whole world elections in El Salvador ... perof events took place estroika, glasnost, and demokratizatsiya bring about the first elected Congress in the U.S.S.R .... a cease-fire in the Iran-Iraq war established ... NATO unanimously vote to start disarmament in Europe frightening signs of the Earth's fragility ... Miami Vice come to an end ... the 18th anniversary of Jim Morrison's disappearance ... Congressman Claude Pepper and the Ayatollah Khomeini die but in Miami, in a small Jesuit Prep School, another whol€ world of events took place. Let's take a close look

An institution involved in the formation of eight hundred young men, a school that excels in academics, sports, and extra-curricular activities, a foundation rich in tradition, a place where boys enter and men for others leave: these are the qualities of a picture perfect school, but look closer, it gets better.

State ranked swimmers, National Merit Scholars, prized teachers, award winning clubs, and most of all a student body that cares. But look closer still.

. •. a foundation rich in tradition, a place where boys enter and men for others leave

Guillermo takes a deep breath, Marc • • • makes a profound statement, Ralph gives yet another warm hello, Edward rallies up pep, and fortysix members of this community donate blood.

A school that goes beyond teaching; a school that when seen up close is truly spectacular.

Right behind us, the Jesuit priests provide us with a solid backing for our personal, religious and academic growth. Frank Recio carries the cross in procession with Fathers Esquivel, Kidwell, Izquierdo, Coccia and Cartaya following behind.

By JUAN FANJUL

Bobby Espin relentlessly pulls for his senior class team.

UPCLOSE.o

student Life. Two words that encompass an array of people and places.

From the beaches and Biscayne Babies to Homecoming and the needy people of St. Domingo. It is a life that is demanding but simultaneously exciting. It closely focuses on what we did, where we went, and who we were but mainly it focused on the individual's achievements. It didn't matter if you were a scrawny sixth grader or a senior with your foot out the door. It was irrelevant if you were driven up to the front door by your mom or whether you had your own set of wheels. You were a special part of the school's beat in 1989. You add-

It is a life that is demanding but simultaneously exciting. It closely (focused) on what we did, where we went, and who we were

ed to its life with those private contributions dedicated to make a difference. That hard work to keep our spirit· up. The willingness to lend a hand. The willingness to get up close.

Hanging around during lunchtime provides the perfect opportunity for these juniors to enjoy a game of volleyball.

By JOSE MUNOZ

Giovanni Zapatero thinks long and hard about the detention he received He must pay the consequences for talking back to Mr Angel Aparicio Slowly, but surely; the new code of behavior began to make itself felt

Gregory Feo, a seventh grader, takes out his anger on the pink detention slip. Fits of anger like these were not uncommon this year, although students found themselves bending into the new rules anyway

Rafael Artiles, known to the students as ;;Capitan Mangera, n drives around campus making sure students park properly and are on time

he first day of school I came in as usual only to find that Fr. Izquierdo was the new principal. Fr. Izquierdo's first job was to find a new disciplinarian. This position was given to a returning "old friend" of Belen, Fr. Jose Antonio Esquivel.

Things at Belen have always changed gradually, but I have never witnessed such drastic changes as those that took place in the 1989 school year. New rules crept out of every corner. Shirts had to be tucked in, only one neck chain was allowed, students needed a pass while not in class, the bathrooms

A New Principal, and New Disciplinarian, Brought in a TE

were closed during the lunch periods, no bracelets were allowed, no haircuts that attracted attention were permitted, the senior section was done away with, and as though this wasn't enough already, detentions were now held on Saturdays. The teachers were in favor of these harsher rules. They saw Esquivel as a "renaissance man" with new, radical ideas that benefitted the learning atmosphere at the school.

The students had a much different opinion. "I can't believe the senior section was eliminated, I just can't see the reason behind this action!"

exclaimed senior Fernando Alonso. The reason, according to the administration, was that the graduating class of 1988 abused this privilege by creating excessive noise in that section.

The administration gave legitimate reasons for taking each action. The rules have indeed benefitted the school tremendously. It tightened its grip on the student body, and after a few months everyone had settled into a new, more demanding but more beneficial, code of behavior.

BY DANNYMENA

Senior Alex Prado tries to explain to Fr Esquivel why he was late to school. The penalty for being late was a Saturday morning 'detention.

Our Religious Activities Combine to Provide Us with UN

he Jesuit education has always gone beyond the field of academics. A focus is also placed on the spiritual being of the students in order to achieve our great motto, "Men for Others." In order for the students to achieve spiritual maturity, Belen offers a wide variety of religious activities to all grades. In addition to this, the PeerMinistry class offers prayer groups, encounters, retreats, counseling, and the school masses which are administered in order to form a sense

BY HUGO GARCIA

of unity in the school. The masses are offered for all wanting to participate, at 9:20. On special occasions such as the Feast of Our Lady of Belen and Ash Wednesday, mass is held in the central patio for the entire school. The heart and soul of these activities is the PeerMinistry class.

The Peer-Ministry class is headed by Miss Josefina Chirino who is assisted by Fr. Eduardo Alvarez, Ralph Ledesma, Fr. Jose Mendez, Roberto De Los Santos, and Fr. Jose Sardinias. This group comes together three times a week to conjure up a number of religious events. The masses, offered by this religious group, create the sense of unity throughout the Belen community. This brings us to the understanding of who God really is. God is becoming a more integral part of the Belen community.

Some Belen Seniors, Jorge Coronel, Ignacio Alvarez, Robert Suarez, Carlos Lima, Robert Carreras, Oscar Llerena, and Marcus Casal receive Holy Communion from Fr Jose A Esquivel and Fr William Kidwell

The offering procession is led to the altar by Louis Garcia Chacon, juan Fanjul, jaime Lopez, Charlie Calderin, Alexis Zequeira, Cesar Hernandez, and jorge Ortega for a mass celebration in the school's centra l patio

The entire Belen community comes together to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Belen, in the central patio

Fernando Alonso, Manuel Rivero, and Carlos Rivera receive communion from Fr Marcelino Garcia, Fr. William Kidwell, and Fr Jose M

as the rest of the seniors pray in silence. /

Juan Tabboas and David Celis add to the religious atmosphere while joining the entire school in a glorious hymn.

Izquierdo

Alexander Caso unburdens himself by going to confession with Fr Jose Sardinia during a school mass

Senior Jose Munoz shows off his true colors by wearing his uspirit attire" during Homecoming week.

Waldo is not the only one who can spread spirit, as student council president Eddy Bello demonstrates by leading the student body in · cheers during the Pep Rally

S.P.I.R.I.T

ho has it? What is it? Service, Pride, Involvement, Responsibility, Initiative and Teamwork. That is the true meaning and all of us, at one point or another, carry a sense of school spirit within us but only a few are noted for their continuous efforts in bringing out the spirit in all of us. These people are, in every sense of the word, true SPI RITERS.

Two Seniors, Tony and Robert Suarez, share the responsibility of being Waldo, our Wolverine mascot, during Pep Rallies. The spectacular element is

We've got spirit! Yes we do, We've got spirit!

HOW ABOUT YOU?

added to the Pep Rally as they are brought iri expensive sport cars and even helicopters. Approximately forty five minutes are spent inside a thick furry suit jumping and dancing around on an open field under the scorching sun. Both Robert and Tony agree that "It gets smelly and sweaty," but, "it is fun to see how the students go wild as we strut by."

Eddy Bello, along with the school bands, also arouse the students spirit, but we can not forget the Belen Cheerleaders, both Varsity and Jr. Varsity, who give us a moral boost with every cheer. And the continuous support of the Pep Club led by Ms. Woodward which promotes these Pep Rallies along with the Student Council. Those special spiriters that show how much they care through their involvement in the Pep Rallies prove that they definitely have spirit. How about you?

Waldo the Wolverine arrives by helicopter just in the nick of time to boost Homecoming Spirit , Back on the ground, he works his magic to get everyone in the crowd ready for the big game on Saturday against Moorehaven.

BY JOSE MUNOZ

Rowdy students show their Wolverine spirit during the Homecoming Pep Rally

When the last dance had played jj!

he pep-rally and the Homecoming Dance are the culmination of a week filled with many hours of fun games, great entertainment, and everlasting memories and this year's Homecoming Week was no exception . and everyone was The week started off successfully with the field events allowing underclassmen the opportunity to let out a little steam.

ready to go home we all exclaimed what an

Events this year included the ever popular balloon pop blow that seem to be favontes w1th everyone around. Along with the old came the new games that no one had ever heard

INCREDIBLE

WEEK

BY ARMANDO HERNANDEZ

of before, such as finding the cherry in the whip cream and searching for the hot dog in the jello. The week quickly proceeded to "College Day," where kids donned their favorite university gear, showing off where they hoped to go to one day. Wednesday was "Hoosiers" day, an inspirational movie about a hign school basketball team making it to the state finals, hoping that it would maintain that same level of enthusiasm throughout the whole week. The days remaining were left for the incredibly hilarious Senior Skit, Color Day and the pep-rally and the ever present dance. Eddie Bello, student council President told us: "This week has been great. Our hard work, the fanaticism of the kids and the unequivocal support of the faculty and administration in backing up our somewhat unorthodox ideas is what made it all possible."

The pep-rally crowd jams to the sounds of The Edge.

That Moorehaven terrier just won ' t budge!

Disgusting! The jel/o bowl dip has Robert Jimenez seeing Red. ·

The lighter side of Fr Esquivel, as he teaches everyone to do the conga

Rapt with interest, Emilio Revilla, Ms Woodward, Danny Quesada, and Mr. Pichardo look on as the teachers beat the seniors at softball

These are definitely not the glamour cars, but for Seniors Raul Herrero, Hugo Perez, and Danny Muniz these hard earned wheels spell freedom and excitement

Trans-Am

Once you get your wheels, you are accepted into this exclusive paved club of car owners made up mostly of juniors and seniors

Robert Carreras sits in his most valuable possession, a latest model bright red

Freddy Alonso and }ohny Cueto relax before basketball practice in the student parking lot

783 students and each one of them stands out. Eighth grader jose Gonzalez is one example.

Seventh grader Carlos Cepero cheers his classmates on to victory during a

hat has four wheels, an engine, front and rear spoilers, a box, looks, and is on every adolescent's mind??? A car. That's what. It's a package that insures liberty, defines our independence, and actualises the downfall of our parents' financial world.

Cars come in all shapes and sizes. From huge 4x4's, to tiny econoboxs. They come in all colors too. From sun bright red, which stands out to impress the world, to midnight blue, which is practically invisible at night.

We drive new ones, old ones, wild ones, slow ones. They're all

OUTRAGEOUS CARS

We, the youth of today, and the future of tomorrow, tend to give great importance to what we drive, usually frustrating our parents. As Carlos Salvat put it, "you are your car, and your car is you," as he pulled away in his Mustang. Mike Cardoso, a tactful driver seated behind the wheel of his Accord was quoted as saying, "I live on my wheels, they are my life."

So as parents buckle down for the financial loss, and the happy teenagers get ready for their, "party on wheels," said Mike Hernandez, who is the proud owner of the terminator, the car of the future. The world of adults, living in the shadow of how their parents never gave them anything so expensive, cringe in terror when they see a "child" behind the wheel of a flaming Vette, just waiting to race anything that 1 moves.

BY

Hircio Barrios, Robert Carreras, Wiwi Zabala, and Alfie Lurigados, show a glimpse of the autoshow, while at the Nissan Indy Challenge

According to Wiwi Zabala, his car throws the vicious bass

HIRCIO BARRIOS

As a mockery of their treatment in the care center, the jesuit s, let by Alfonso Ysada, sing togethe r the tune " This is the Life n

The performance of the tea chers was very important in adding humo r to the p lay Mr s. Miriam Camb o took h e r job very se riously, as sh e sticks her tongu e o ut to the angels acro ss the stage

The teachers did a fantastic job in po rtraying the dem o ns Among rhe most de vilish was Mr Ed uardo Blan co

Alvaro Genie -Reyes puts his hobby into action as he teaches th e deaf and mut e how t o write

t's Christmas time. The cold, chilly winds are setting themselves upon a dark night in Miami just as the lights set themselves upon a tiny stage in the school auditorium. Over a month and a half of rehearsal is coming to life as "Shepherds on a Shelf," the third annual Christmas play, begins. This, the story of five retired Jesuit priests who are to spend the rest of their lives in a care center where

N they will grow old constructively and gracefully, had sophomore Alfonso Ysada as the head priest. Apart from

WITH THE SHOW

the fact that they really don't want to be there, they are placed under the supervision of a young, overenthusiastic doctor, played by sophomore Alex Mirones.

"It was so wonderful to see the students, teachers, and parents working together for a common goal," said Mrs. Carola Calderin, one of the most involved parents in this play. Indeed, over twelve-hundred dollars were made from the two sold-out shows This topped last years' profit and was all given for charity. It couldn't have been that easy, of course not. All of the responsibility ultimately fell on the director, Mrs. Beatriz Jimenez. "She was definitely the driving force behind the whole project," said Alex Mirones. "The afternoon before the two performances, we all sat together. All of a sudden she broke out in tears. She was so proud of us, it was very touching." It now seems that the Christmas play is becoming a tradition. It is, ultimately, a special Christmas gift on its own.

By CARLOS RIVERA

The Top Brass had perferred seat i ng i n nHeaven ." Father Garcia and Mr Nunez are joined by Mr and Mrs jimenez and other P T A directors

An exciting twist of events has David jimenez doing a full flip on nshepherds " counted on the enthusiasm of large numbers of underclassmen actors.

Every year, students go to Washington D.C. to,

ow many of us wonder how real our leaders are? Our only perception of them, is what we know from T.V., newspapers and radios, but there is a break in all of this. Close-Up, an educational experience, which concentrates on young adults, is geared to helping us the Youth make the connection between what we find out from the media and the reality of our federal government, based in Washington, D.C.

MEET THE

FEDS

An incredible moment was not spared us, as 45 students were led by Mr. Pattrick Collins to witness a once in a lifetime experience. Our 41st president George Bush, was inaugurated during an unbe l ievably clear D.C. winter day. President Bush continued to thrill the multitudes after giving an invigorating speech, by breaking routine and stepping out of his limo during a parade to wave at the · crowds.

By NESTOR PORTOCARRERO

But even though this was the climax of the excursion, we were occupied with a slew of other activities, some of which included a visit to our Capitol, an educational encounter with Congressman Dante Fascell and a live speech given by Vice President Daniel Quayle, to 2000 students from around the country.

As clo se to our Federal government as you can get, Frank Guerra under the eye of Lady Liberty

Belen Seniors Danny Mena, jeff Garcia, Michael Hernandez, Ed Ziezeniss, Hugo Perez, Caco Alvarez, Frank Guerra and Borris Mil/ares, adorn the Washington Monument.

Students Billy Pitt, Ruben Rodriques, j eff Ga rcia and Gabriel Bellon stop for a moment befo re entering the Jefferson Monument

President George Bush, addresses a crowd of 2000 students

jorge Ferna n dez receives his ceremonial pin and is congratulated by the principal of the school, Fr

Fr Eddie Alvarez and Fr jose Izquierdo congratulate the 9th graders in their transition into high school

Mario Garcia receives holy communion from Fr Eddie Alvarez, during the ceremony

jose Izquierdo

The moment is finally here David Uloa receives h is ceremonial pin and certificate from Fr jose Izquierdo

he ninth graders this year had a ceremony performed for them in which they dressed up in coat and tie for the special occasion. This was the first year in which this event has been · performed. It was coordinated by the Student Activities Director, Armando Rodriguez. Parents and friends attended the ceremony with the expectation of the students to excel with high academic standards. As they gather together to receive their

The Ninth graders come together in unison to receive their

CEREMONIAL PIN

ceremonial pin, they share a feeling of unity and togetherness. This is what our school is made up of. These two factors bring the school community together. This school is offered for those students who have attended the school, the year before. The pin that is presented to each of the ninth graders, symbolizes their entrance into their first year in high school.

This moment parallels that of the Senior Ring Ceremony. It gives the ninth grade students a stepping stone, which enables them to achieve a future goal in their lives. "It was a memorable experience," "A definite boost towards my trust and faith in the school," said Johnny Calderin, from the 9/ A class

As they stride proudly down the aisle, they reflect on their past tears in the lower grades.

BY HUGO GARCIA

jose More and William Ferre deliver the offerings to the altar where Fr William Kidwel, Fr Eddie Alverez, and Fr Marcelino Garcia receive the gifts

Carlo s A rm orin Javier Cardenal Javier Argamasilla, Agustin Arrieta, Eric Cartaya, Gust.Jvo Aviles, Erne sto Avin o, Robert Barrueco, Alexdnder Blanco, ancl Oscar Corral stand t ogether happily after rece i vi ng their cerem o nial pin.

Even on school days, we can always make

oaks, notes, classes, homework, late pass, detention, hall pass, teachers, library passes. It's easy to get lost in the blur that school becomes by the second semester. However, for one day out of the year, we get to slow down, relax and catch our breaths. Our books and our notes are replaced by a basketball and sneakers, our uniforms become shorts and shirt, and our day is filled with fun. What is this strange day in which our school loses its collective mind? Field day.

BY JOSE IRIARTE

NField day is a special day in which rather than study, students participate in a variety of sports for their homerooms. Some of these are balloon throw, barqball (a scaled-down version of rugby), basketball, 400 meter relay, and tug o' war. Homerooms get points for placing in these events. The homeroom with the most points at the end of the day wins. But what makes it so much fun? Take it from the students themselves. According to Benjamin Rodriguez, "It's an opportunity to show the talents that we have in areas other than schoolwork." "Field day lets us challenge our fellow students," said Eddie Merille. For some, however, the benefits are less deep. "It's a chance to get out of school early," said Luis Salas. Whatever the reason, it is good to get a much needed break in the everyday routine. Field day is a time for healthy competition against our classmates. It is a chance for students and teachers to relate as friends, and have fun at school.

Mrs Bango and Mrs Woodward wat ch on as the ir team s take the field fo r bragging r ights for the rest of t he year.

Humberto Garcia suffers the agony of defeat as a goal is scored on his team.

j o se Solo rz ano st ru ggle s aga inst imm e asu rable forces / in a classic battle o f tug o ' wa r, with t he help o f Robe rt Carre ra s and Danny Mena , amo ng others

jason Greenwood faces Ott o Travie so in a duel fo r th e ba ll in a ga m e of barqba/1

A group of students leave the field after a day o f hard playing/ as the sprink ler sprays overhead.

jorge Camoraza watches the field activities with rapt interest

Through our community

serv1ce we g1ve the poor

s being a Christian just going to church on Sunday, studying Theology, and going to a Catholic school? Many schools in Miami call themselves a Catholic school. But which of these schools really go out into the community and put into practice jesus' teachings?

Our school does, especially through the community service program. Headed by Mr. Eddy Blanco and Mr. Gerry Garcia the community service program goes to nursing homes and children's homes all over Miami. Many people in this city are in need. Through this program students have a chance to help some of them. In the nursing homes we just go and talk to the old people for a while. Many of them are extremely intelligent and have much to share with us. Especially their stories about how much

A HELPIN G

HAN D

the times have changed since they were teenagers. Most of them are lonely and all they are really looking for is a little love and affection. In the children's home a game of catch or a game of tag will really make a kid's day. These kids come from broken homes and many of them have been abused. We provide the kids with someone older that they can trust and have fun with.

BY FERNANDO ALONSO

"I get a lot of satisfaction by visiting those kids. Seeing their faces light up when we get there really makes my day," says senior Manny Rivero. Visiting these places teaches everyone a great lesson. For example, it teaches us to be more appreciative of what we have and to not take things for granted, especially our families and health. By helping others we become more like jesus. By following jesus's example we are helping ourselves because we are getting closer to God, but more importantly we are helping those that are less fortunate than us Senior Danny Mena sums it up best when he says, "If we can't take one hour a week to help out those less fortunate than ourselves then we are not worthy of the many luxuries which we have "

Kicking back and relaxing, while chatting with his new found friends seems to be what this gentleman enjoys doing. Oh, and posing for the camera.

Jorg e Rivero, Mario Martinez, Jorge Coro nel, Ricky Perez, visit with the elderly at a nursing home

Senior Ralph Perez exemplifies the Belen motto umen for others" by giving of his time tutoring these two students

Freshman Mario Travieso helps a student comprehend the different parts of a sentence

Many of these kids have no parents who can help them with their but these youngsters are lucky to have Albert Lurigados around to assist

Everyone likes but these two seem to be getting all of it

Not

just

A sightseeing trip, It was a

e landed in the Dominican Republic, and on stepping out of the controlled climate of the modern jetliner, we were bathed in humidity and lost all hope of ever seeing civilization again. After leaving the airport, we scurried into small vans, and began our sluggish ascent up the towering mountains. Our bumpy three hour ride only helped to enhance our anxiety. This in turn evoked visions of extreme poverty. But on arriving at our destination, Los Naranjos, a small oasis in the middle of the country's greenery, and found ourselves being greeted by the entire joyful assemblage of the village, we realized that wealth is not always measured

MISSION

TOUR

materialistically.

By NESTOR PORTOCARRERO

The mission tour, the new name for this yearly experience, was composed of 21 students, Mr. and Mrs. Fernando Fonseca, Mr. Rafael Ledesma, and Father Eddie Alvarez, who has been organizing the trip for the past 8 years, and making a difference in a number of small villages of the Dominican Republic. This year he decided that our main goal would be to bury small PVC pipe, bringing water from a lake to the dwellings of the people of El Naranjo. Two obstacles that we had to overcome were the eight miles of mountain range separating us from the lake and the fact that this distance had to be traveled by foot.

"If I never see another PVC pipe, it will be too soon," said Eddie Bello , when the job was done.

On our sad flight back to Miami, as we remembered the wonderful people that we had spent the last two of our weeks with us, we realized that our conception of wealth had been rectified by these people's richness of spirit.

The steep hills of the Cordillera Central rise behind Nestor Portocarrero and Luis GarciaChacon, two of the twenty-one students who participated in the 1988 summer mission.

On arrival, the group poses for a " befo re " shot. Two weeks later everyone had become part of a bi& happy family

The American and Dominican co -workers, take a little time out from routine to take a snap shot, with the tools of their hard labor

Maybe it's not a hot shower, but it's the best the group could get, a dip in the lake eight miles from El Naranjo

Jose Ramirez wil/ingly receives the anointing fro m Bishop Dorsey as Fr Marcelino

and

Garcia

Carlos Estrada, his sponsor, look on

Fathers Sardina, Kidwell, Alvarez, Garc:ia, and Cartaya, along with Bishop D a m•y celebrate the Ninth Grade Confirmation Mass with reve rence and respe ct, as they consecrate the Body of Christ

As they waited anxiously to rt>ceive the Holy Spirit, the Ninth graders, seated next to their sponsors, pay close attention to the homily given by Bishop Dorsey

onfirmation is one of the most important stepping stones in the fulfillment of our spirituality. In the Catholic Church, it is the sacramental rite admitting baptized persons to full membership and allows boys to become men who will go out and actively proclaim to the world the faith they live. This year's ninth graders knew the responsibilities that came with such an event, and with the help of Mr. Gerry Garcia and Mr. Eduardo Blanco, were fully prepared to receive the Holy Spirit.

Confirmation is not an easy process, since it requires many hours of preparation before the ceremony can take place. Each candidate must complete ten hours of service, such as going to the nursing home or the children's home or even volunteering some hours at a local hospital. Also,

Becom i ng

Soldiers of the Church, 1n an

INSPIRING RITE

they must read, understand, and memorize passages from the Bible dealing with such events as Pentecost, where the Holy Spirit interceded, to fully grasp the magnificence of receiving the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity.

Mr. Eduardo Blanco was very happy with their performance, "They have taken it very seriously. We haven't had any problem with the kids not completing their service hours. They have learned the material well and were ready for the ceremony days in advance. As for Mr Garcia and myself, we are very proud of each and every one of them."

For one of the participants, Eddie Mena, it was a special moment. "It was a great feeling to have all my family members with m e while I received this sacrament. My brother Danny was my sponsor and th at made it extr a speci al."

Great Music, Rides, and Games

Led to a

et the festival begin! Finally the moment arrived. The coalition of hard work and strong efforts came alive. The rides began to tilt and twirl and the music began to play as we were dismissed from school early on Friday. We all went home and returned later that evening to enjoy all the foods, games, and rides the festival offered. Though the rides and games continued, Saturday was remembered for the spectacular "Bright Lights Big Cities" dance. Our auditorium was converted into an "all around the world"

FUNFILLED

WEEK

BY JOSE MUNOZ

disco. One could watch the Miami skyline from behind the bar or take a stroll along a Parisian Cafe. "New York's Hard Rock Cafe scene reminded me of my hometown and of the great times I had there. The decoration was incredible and I along with all of my friends had a great time," said Hugo Garcia who attended the dance that Saturday. We all took our last ounce of energy to return on Sunday for the second night of the dance. In all, Tombola was a tremendous success in offering food and entertainment and while still raising enough funds for student scholarships. Each person who attended Tombola '89 walked out with a smile, knowing they had contributed to the year's greatest event. What a success! We provided rides, foods, and games while still providing international entertainment.

On Saturday and Sun d ay, student s and fr iends e njoyed dan cing next t o the New Yo rk, french , and Brazilian skyline s.

While some pe o ple enjoyed the fo od and games the fair offered, Eddy Mena enjoys experiencing a moment of thrilling excitement on the Casino Amusement ride

Senior Alex Prado contributes to the con structio n o f the art deco entranceway of Saturday ' s " Bright Lights Big Cities" dance

The multiple talents of David Celis were put to work in the creation of the spectacular disco set. David along with Tony Martinez and Elloy Villasuso work on the Paris Cafe sign.

Dedicated Teachers

Receive an

f the school could be a tree, what would it be? It would surely be a palm tree, a "palma real" from Cuba, which symbolizes strength, life, and tradition.

A tradition of hard work, strong discipline, and most of all fine teaching is what has given Belen a reputation for great education.

This year's administration chose to give a Mass in honor of those teachers who have given Belen a tradition of fine teaching, that is, those teachers that have been in the school for more than 10 years. "A teacher is not just someone in a

HONORARY

MASS

BY DANNYMENA

classroom, a teacher is someone who teaches others by example. The entire Belen staff from janitors to the principal are teachers" stated Fr. Eddie Alvarez who was honored for 14 years of teaching at Belen. The Mass was • officiated by Fr. Marcelino Garcia who presented each honored teacher with a pin on which was inscribed the number of years of service to the school. The three highest honors were given to Mrs. Julia Reboredo for 27 years of service, to Rev. Luis Ripoll, S.J. for 26 years of service, and to Rev. Jose M. Izquierdo, S.J. for 21 years of service to the school. Fr. Izquierdo, the Principal, explains that "Anyone involved in education knows that this is not a business: teaching, serving, administering, guiding young people, is a vocation whose merits and sacrifices too often go unheralded. the men and women we honor are giving the best years of their lives in service." If Belen were a palm tree, the teachers would definitely be the very base of that tree.

Mrs. Sigrid Bango, who has taught at Belen for fourteen years, gives the offeratory to Fr. Sardina s and Fr Garcia. Mrs. Bango ' s English class is famous at Belen

Principa l Father j os e I zquierdo presents Fr Lu is Ripoll with a p in for his 26 years of service to Belen Frs Garcia, Mendez, Esqu i vel and Mr Carlos Barqu in pa r ticip ate in the special moment

A moving ceremony where Belen's veteran teachers were honored. Among them Fr Chisholm, Mrs. Bango and Mr Nunez

Mr Patrick Collins reads the Gospel at the teacher's mass. Mr Collins has served Belen for a total of 18 years. He teaches Government, is in charge of the Close-Up program, and coaches the Tennis team.

Each teacher went up to Mr Garcia for the pin of recognition. Mr Aurelio Baldor, also is head of the Foreign Languages Department, has been teaching Spanish in Belen for 11 years.

CLOSE TO 4,000 ALUMNI STAY IN TOUCH, IN A

he Belen Alumni Association is surely one of the most important organizations in the school. Why, you may ask? Well, for starters, it has the more members than any other club. Fr. Dorta Duque runs the association, and has presently 3800 members scattered across the states, Europe, South and Central America, and even places as far as Australia and Arabia. His oldest member is Dr. Armando Garcia-Comesona, who

TRADITIONAL

BOND

BY ANTONIO OBREGON

graduated in 1916 and is now 91 YEARS OLD. Besides having more members than any other club, the Alumni Association also unites a group of elite graduates to continue our jesuit tradition and school motto of "men for others." Some members who attended school in Cuba decided to pass their tradition to their son by enrolling them in Belen. A prime example of this would be senior Luis Garcia-Chacon, whose dad graduated in 1963. Luis says, "I am proud to follow in my father's footsteps, and I'm sure my children will be proud to follow in mine."

Fr. Duque organizes Alumni Day and various class reunions to bring old friends together so they can remember what they left so long ago, whether in Cuba, old Belen, or the new Building. I guess, though, that the greatest factor that makes this organization so important is that "powerful bond" that unites the pride and joy of Belen in our hearts even after we graduate.

Fr Dorta Doque awards Manny Diaz with the "men for others '' plaque in the 1988 Alumni Day.

Moyor Javier Suarez gives his father Manuel Suarez Carreno and his wife Eloisa Gaston a diploma for the 60th year anniversary of his

graduation

Carlos Fermagale and Francisco 1973 graduates, receive the "men for others " plaque in the 1988 Alumni Day

United in the "'new Building ' s" cafeteria, some friends reminisce the good o/' days in the 1929 class reunion

Fr Dorta Dugue awards Dr jose Ignacio Rasco, 1945 graduate, with the " Antiguo delAno" plaque

Arturo Fanjul

t is a well known fact that the academic requirements here, are notorious for being extremely demanding, stress-filled, nerve-wrecking and down right hard. Imagine, surviving six rigorous years of subjects that range from Life Science to Algebra II, with AP courses, and electives such as journalism and Physics that take up, if not all, most of the time allotted for rest and relaxation.

The students who walk these hallowed halls love to really get Close Up to those books, since it seems they are practically forced to eat, sleep and spend almost every breathing moment with them. They are

The students who walk these hallowed halls love to really get Close Up to those books.

compelled to muster all the guts and inner strength they possibly can to get the grades, never forgetting that in the end they'll receive their just recompense for their hard work.

Richard Ciarsolo and Thomas De Quesada explore the interesting world of microorganisms in one of Mr. Fernandez's many labs.

BY ARMANDO HERNANDEZ

Eighth grader Albert Acuna looks on, as Mrs. Sanchez explains a very important part of any student's life; his grades.

How are yearbook pages developed? Tony Obregon shows the way, through rough drafts, plenty of them!

Photography co-editor, Ralph Perez, gets some last minute instructions from the boss, Mrs. Marie Jean Miyar, on an important photo assignment. This demanding English elective produces the school yearbook.

Reading and writing are essentials of everyday life which must be sharpened to keep up with this growing world we live in. Under the guidance of Chairperson Mrs. Sigrid Bango, the English Department is doing something about these essentials. Reading is the main concern of the department. A recent decline in S.A.T. scores is the reason. Teachers of the lower grades are urged to assign more book reports in an effort to develop the younger student's skills. The problem with most students is a lack of effort. Many students are very creative, and do contain the skills but they just don't learn to develop them. "I wish I would have put more effort into reading as a youngster instead of having to pay for it in the future," stated senior Marcus Casal.

Although there is a problem with reading, many students enjoy it. For these students, there are special A.P. (Advanced Placement) classes offered in Junior and Senior years. There are also other electives offered in the field of English such as Journalism and Speech and Drama, which is now offered to Juniors as well as to

It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's Juan Alvarez acting as a tree in a go lf course during an inani mate object activity in speech and drama.

Seniors. In these special classes, the teacher acts as a facilitator for the student to absorb as much material as he can.

- Luis Zabala

In Mrs. Sigrid Ba ngo's Senior speech and drama class, improvs are a vital role during th e second semester. Frank Reci o a n d Javier Jimenez show the cla ss their impression of a father-son contersation.

Students ac quire info r ma tio n f rom compu ters tha t help th em becom e better all arou nd students in Ma th. O t to Travieso an d W illy Fe rnand ez take computer class as a ma t h elective

M ath teac he rs are always willing to help students with the ir questions Roo kie teache r Mr. Luis Beltran gives Carlos Salva t some h elp with Math Analysis

0ne of the major reasons for our school's good SAT scores is the Mathematics Department. Unlike public schools where the student is required to take a maximum of three Math courses, students here take Math every year. This and a number of dedicated teachers give students the best opportunity to do well in the subject.

The Math Department underwent a drastic change in personnel during the course of the year, mainly due to maternity leave. Both Mrs. Carol Vila, the Department Chairperson, and Mrs. Miriam Cambo - Martinez were forced to leave the school during the year to give birth. Mrs. Cambo had this to say about the situation "We were lucky that no two teachers were out at the same time due to maternity leave and that we were able to find a new teacher to replace us." Another of the teachers, Mrs. Hewett, also had to leave the school due to a serious operation she had to undergo.

The Math teachers are very helpful and understanding with students and their academics. Mrs. Cambo adds that, "We don ' t have a Math club that offers after school tutoring, but the

teachers are more than willing to stay after school and help students. The main problem is that most students aren't willing to stay after school for the extra help."

The Math Department and its teachers play a very important role in a student's development. They help the students blossom in the subject and prepare them for college courses. The result: Excellent SAT and Math scores.

- Georg(: Caste/Is

Carlos Rivera takes notes that he will not only benefit from in class but also when SAT time comes around.

Mrs. Cambo-Martinez offers help to one of her students, Emilio Cardenal, something she enjoys doing when an interest in learning Math is shown.

Students like Ronald Chavez, enter college with a good amount of knb" !edge in Math. It enables them to overcome any obstacle they may face in the subject.

P. A. Hernandez explains to sophomore Manuel Vasquez what was wrong with his bridge.

Sophomore Franco Barbeite examines the bottled creatures in the lab storage room.

Freshman Ariel Vega prepares his first place Science Fair project for the Youth Fair.

What is this thing we call life? Was it begun by God or simply when two atoms came together? If there is one man who knows the answer to this question it m u st be Mr. Frank Pichardo. As head of the Science department and Chemistry teacher to the juniors Mr. Pichardo is a dedicated person who devotes many hours of work to his profession.

The department branches out into many subjects and activities held throughout the year. "I love teaching students things they never knew before," says Mr. P. A. Hernandez, teacher of Modern Biology to the Sophomores.

One of the most important activities during the year is· the Science Fair. In the Science Fair students get a chance to put theory to work by presenting a project. Many of them end up with first places. Freshman Ariel Vega of 9-D was one of the lucky ones to end up with a first place on his report on snakes. "It was a great learning experience for me," he said.

Sophomore Manuel Vazquez of 10-A also received a first place in the Science Fair with a bridge he

presented which held 60 pounds. "I put much time and effort creating my bridge but it paid off for me," says Manuel Vazquez.

Like it or dislike it, science here is something that is mandatory. Science educates not only in things of nature, but also in our thinking processes and opens up a whole new dimension in our lives.

- Robert Carreras

Mr. Wa gner explains to fresh_maa Omar Lugo nes what he did wro ng in his tes t.

Sophomore Leon Cier eszko examines living fung i t hrough a microscope in the science lab

The spiritual growth of our students is considered a top priority by the teachers in the Theology Department. The Department is considered the most involved in school and afterschool activities; for this year, they were endless in number. "Anyone trying to get in touch with their spiritual side, or wishing for a closer relationship with God can attend one of our retreats or E.T.C.'s," says Father Alvarez. There have been four successful E.T.C.'s (Encounters Towards Christ) in which our juniors and Seniors, together in a joint-venture with many students from LaSalle High School, set off to find the true meaning of Christ. The incredible part of these retreats is that these Juniors and Seniors seek out the experience by themselves. (They are not "recruited," as Father Alvarez says, to participate).

The Department also organized a special retreat prepared by Mrs. Chirino's Peer Ministry class for the Senior class. 96°/o of the Senior Class attended. "I feel the retreat was a great success, for we accomplished a good feeling of unity, friendship, and closeness with God and among ourselves," says Father Alvarez. The SeniorParent Encounter on February 12th was another retreat which reached for the goal of better communication between parents and Seniors.

Service to others is the top value taught by the Theology Department. Besides our weekly trips to help the homeless and senile there is the Santo Domingo Trip in which our students are involved in road construction for the poor.

"There has always been great cooperation from the other teachers with our Campus Ministry events. As opposed to other schools, our students are allowed to miss class to attend these events, as long as they make up the work," says Father Alvarez. Great cooperation there is, because we all know the importance the spiritual growth of our students has.

- By Fermin Ferro

Seniors Fermin Ferro, Carlos Riv era, Manny Feijoo, and Enrique Serrano s tay after class to receive help fr om Father Alvarez, It is obvious they will be ready for their Theology test the next day.

David Celis, one of th e most active members in Mrs. Chi ri no ' s Peer Mi nis try class catches her after school in the hallway to discuss a special project.

The Sacrament of Penance is an integral part of our Christian faith. Father Sardinas counsels eighth grader Luis Salas during a school Mass.

Father Kidwell seems to always be there when needed. Senior Luis Fernandez receives his help with one of his theology assignments.

Seniors Tony Gonzalez and Hircio

cram during lunch for one of Father Alvarez's tough tests on the theology of marriage.

Barrios

Senior Mandy Hernandez, who's in the A.P. Spanish class studies diligently during lunch for one of Mr. Baldor's famous tests.

Mrs. Beatriz Jimenez, famous for her dedication to such after school projects as the annual Christmas play, and the ALPHA club, teaches freshmen and sophomore spanish.

French tutoring at its' best. Ralph Ledesma teaches seniors Carlos Garcia, Julio Viyella, Maurice Perkins, Bobby Espin, and Albert Alvarez.

spanish and French are two of the , fastest growing languages in the world, and we are growing along with them. In recent years, the Modern Languages Department headed by Mr. Baldor, has expanded its' horizons by adding special awards to academic overachievers. Also, this year's Spanish Advanced Placement class is one of the largest in recent years.

Spanish and other modern languages are becoming more and more important in everyday life, especially in this "melting pot" we ca ll Miami. With all the influx of immigrants from all borders, Florida has become the largest growing State in the Union. Because of this, a second and third language is helpful and sometimes needed in order to find a job.

Mr. Baldor, who is in his 11th year as Head of the Modern Languages Department has made sure that the department progresses steadily every year. He is currently trying to introduce Latin and Portuguese into Belen as new electives Besides t his, the French class has grown since its' inception in 1985. It also gives academic awards at the end of the year. The Spanish class, however, not only gives student of the month, semester,

and year awards, but also gives the prestigious Phillip Arroyo award for excellence in Spanish.

This award is the result of a "language contest" that goes on during April for all high school students in Belen. Besides the recogni t ion, the winner is also given a diploma and a $100.00 award. The front runners for this award have to be in the Senior A.P. Spanish Class. This class, which first started in Belen in 1979, has averaged 4 and 5 on the A.P test. To be precise, 85°/o have received that high a score : This year's class is led by Silver Knight nominees, Gus Ortiz and Luis Garcia-Chacon.

- Carlos Sa/vat

Mob of j uniors led by Carlos Garcia and Ton y Mu noz swarm the camera duri ng M r . Baldor's class.

Frenc h teacher Ralph Ledesma leads a French rap session with seniors in the aud itori um.

W il ber to Gonza lez ex plains a fin e point on the screen Every day Mrs. Miya r ' s class is taught with slide pre senta tion s, althou gh the d ark room right afte r lunch time is tempting for a sho rt nap , the lively discu ssio ns keep students interested

Mr. Nu nez loo ks a t th e de tails of one of Wri ght's major bu il ding s in a scale model. Rafael Bar ba a nd Da n ny Q

Humanities is a subject rich in art and flavor, dealing as it does with painting sculpture, architecture, music and ideas The curriculum, which is based on William Fleming's text ART & IDEAS, is interpreted differently by the two teachers who teach the courses. Mrs Marie jean Miyar, who teaches the junior Level Humanities Class, puts emphasis on building a basic knowledge of the techniques used in architecture, sculpture and painting. Mr Leopolda Nunez teaches the Senior level class, covering from the Baroque period to Modern times, and stresses music and philosophy. Both classes are taught with slides, musical tapes, and occasionally a visit to a local museum or art event.

This year the two classes visited the downtown Center for the Fine Arts' exhibit on Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright, a pioneer of modern architecture, is considered one of the greatest American architects of this century. He initiated many revolutionary building techniques, but also became a spokesman for a democratic approach to building. The visit

to Wright's Usonian house proved to be a great deal of fun, but mostly the teachers wanted the participants to see beyond the displays: "I expected them to grab a feeling for what he (F.L.W.) did and recognize his genius ," said Mr. Nunez. Mrs. Miyar wanted her students to understand how ideas affect the form of the art: "He wasn't just building houses, he was constructing a philosophy for a more humanistic approach to nature and to living."

- Enrique Perez

uezada take a closer look at his work also.

After viewing the exhibit that detailed Frank Lloyd Wright's ideas and techniques, students proceeded to visit the "Usonian" house erected temporarily in the parking lot on Flagler Street.

The interior of the U sonian house had students comparing their own homes and lifestyles to Wright's revolutionary design.

Charlie Calderin examines a photograph of one of Wright's "organic" houses.

Hugo Perez (Senior) and Roberto Hernandez (Junior) dominated the district division of the annual Citizen Bee contest, sponsored by the Close Up Foundation, by capturing First and Second Place. The two social studies champions, accompanied by Mr. Collins, then flew to Tampa on April 22 to compete with the other district division winners throughout the state.

Out of the thousands who originally competed in the Citizen Bee, Roberto finished Eleventh and Hugo finished Seventh in Florida. Congratulations to these accomplished scholars!

Juan Sepulveda and his parents with the Second Place Project titled "Colombia" at the Geography Fair. With them is Ms. Mercy Alonso, who organized the fair this year.

Seventh grader Jose Suarez and his parents show great interest in the projects representing the different nations at the Geography Fair.

Belen has a very innovative social studies program with an exciting future. Stretching from the seventh through twelfth grades, it carries two interrelated goals. The first being the provision of an academic foundation in social studies from Geography to American government. The second is giving the students a sense of participation in the civic part of the community. This year's government class, under the leadership of Mr. Collins, actualized these goals. Each student had a minimum of thirty hours of volunteer work in campaigns during the first semester. Ranging from the presidential campaigns to the Senate, House, Judicial, county, and State legislature campaigns, these students put over 2,700 hours of combined work in to the community.

But social studies is not only the learning of government but also Geography, which in itself took its students to a top ten finish in the Dade County Geography Bee and to a State finalist in the National Geographic Society Bee. The Civics class, which provides daily news headlines to the student body, has involved its students in our judicial system by taking the students to the courts to meet judges and have a first hand experience in one of the three branches of our government, and conducted a student mock election.

Our Social Studies program, which is gearing students into the future, by participating in activities such as Close-Up, which this year had the largest participating group ever, and other activities as Florida Close-Up, Close-Up Europe, entering competitions on the Bicentennial of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, Dade Countr Knowledge Bowl, the High Schoo Foreign Affairs Forum, and seminars on the Holocaust, and Cuban, Latin-American affairs are giving our students a base in social-civic events in government that will carry them into the future.

- Hircio Barrios

Belen ' tudents Ronald Reyna Ignacio Ortiz and Ariel Garcia-Linares wit h newly the etected Connie Mack.

The very much liked and respected Bob Hernandez takes time to answer some questions about the GNP and Per Capita income of the average American family.

In every grade, in every classroom, there is something that sets certain students apart from their classmates. What is it that makes them perform better? Are they naturally smarter? Bookworms? Supermen? Of course not; they are simply driven to go above and beyond the call of duty in all of their classes.

Perhaps, however, it is not so simple. Why are they so driven? Here is where the single difference exists between these overachievers and other students.

For these highly motivated young men, the urge to succeed goes far beyond merely passing all of their classes. They strive for academic excellence in all areas.

That, then, is what achievement is all about: striving to do more than what is necessary, to be the best in

ACADEMIC AWARDS GRADES 6, 7 & 8:

6th GRADE

ENGLISH : (Cold) Jorge Fernandez-Abril, Rene Espinosa, Carlos Aviiio; (Silver) Tony Ullivari, Daniel Llerena.

READING: (Cold) Jorge Fernandez-Abril, Francisco Sanchez, Daniel Llerena; (Silver) Alexander Raton, Eric Basterrechea

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: (Cold) Tony Ullivari, Francisco Sanchez, Carlos Aviiio; (Silver) Jose Varona , Omar Riaz

MATHEMATICS: (Cold) jorge Fernandez-Abril, Manuel Pose; (Silver) Alexander Raton

PHYSICAL EDUCATION: (Cold) Leonidas Abaunza, Guillermo Mascaro, Javier Cantens; (Silver) Jose Valdes, Omar Riaz, Manuel Pose.

THEOLOGY: (Cold) · Leonidas Abaunza, Omar Riaz, Javier Cantens; (Silver) Tony Ullivari, Guillermo Mascaro, Eric Santa-Cruz

SCIENCE: (Cold) jorge Fernandez-Abril , Omar Riaz, Manuel Pose ; (Silver) Alexander Raton Guillermo Mascaro, Javier Cantens

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: jorge FernandezAbril, Alexander Raton, Tony Ullivari, Carlos Aviiio, Daniel Llerena

LEADERSHIP: Alex Raton.

SERVICE: Orlando Cicilia

CITIZENSHIP: Jose Ferrer. 7th GRADE

ENGLISH : (Cold) Benjamin Rodriguez, Antonio Garcia-M., Humberto Reboredo, David Jimenez; (Silver) Jorge A. Calleja, Claudio Basterrechea, jack Tiranasar, Rodolfo Lopez.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE : (Cold) Benjamin Rodriguez and Alexis Lobaina, joaquin Aviii6,

Jack Tiranasar, David jimenez; (Silver) Thomas De Quesada, Francisco Vicens, Humberto Reboredo, Marcelo Llorente

MATHEMATICS : (Cold) Benjamin Rodriguez, Humberto Vanegas Jack Tiranasar, David Jimenez; (Silver) Jorge Fernandez-Silva Claudio Basterrechea, Humberto M Reboredo , juan C. Serna

PHYSICAL EDUCA T/ON : (Cold) Eduardo Cruz Richard Sanders, Daniel Alvarez, Marcelo Llorente; (Silver) Benjamin Rodriguez, Alexander Izquierdo, David Jimenez

SOCIAL STUDIES : (Cold) Benjamin Rodriguez, joaquin Aviii6, jack Tiranasar, David Jimenez; (Silver) Thomas De Quesada, Antonio Garcia, Humberto Reboredo, Gregory Feo

THEOLOGY: (Cold) Benjamin Rodriguez, Joaquin Aviii6, Jack Tiranasar, David jimenez ; (Silver) Thomas De Quesada, Eduardo Alleyn, Humberto Reboredo, Gregory Feo.

SCIENCE : (Cold) Benjamin Rodriguez, Antonio Garcia-M ., Jack Tiranasar, David Jimenez; (Sil ver) Jorge Calleja, Eduardo Alleyn, Barney Vaughan, Gregory Feo

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT : jorge Calleja Eduardo Alleyn, Peter Martell, jack Tiranasar, Rodolfo Lopez, Thomas de Quesada, joaquin Aviii6, Javier Carreno, Javier Gonzalez, Gregory Feo, Benjamin Rodriguez, Antonio Garcia, Humberto Reboredo, David Jimenez.

LEADERSHIP: Marcelo Llorente

SERVICE : Javier Herran

CITIZENSHIP: David Jimenez 8th GRADE

ENGLISH: (Cold) Lisandro Perez, Gabriel Morales; Julio Valdes, Luis Otero; (Silver) Ernesto Erdmann, Daniel Suniga, Carlos Zumarraga, Michael Garcia

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: (Cold) Efrain Morales (Mrs. Aspuru), Ernesto Erdmann (Fr. Lemus), Gabriel Morales , Jul io Valdes, Luis Otero (Mrs. Aspuru), Rodrigo Mantica (Fr Lemus); (Silver) Lisandro Perez , Alberto Rodriguez

MATHEMATICS : (Cold) Ernesto Erdmann, Gabriel Morales , Julio Valdes , Michael Garcia; (Silver) Leonardo Caraballo, Alberto Rodriguez , Eduardo Wolffe, Rodrigo Mantica

PHYSICAL EDUCA T/ON : (Cold) Efrain Morales David Valdes, Oscar Osorio, Rodrigo Mantica; (Silver) Andres De Angulo, Francisco Paredes, jose Elizondo

SOCIAL STUDIES : (Cold) Lisandro Perez, Adrian Sainz, Eduardo Wolffe, Michael Garcia; (Silver) Marcos Cornillot, Tommy Chang, Jorge Fernandez, Luis Otero

THEOLOGY : (Cold) Manuel Lauredo , Alberto Rodriguez, julio Valdes, Rodrigo Man t ica ; (Silver) Lisandro Perez, Gabriel Morales, Patrick Kokorian, Luis Otero

SCIENCE: (Cold) Lisandro Perez, Jorge De Mena, Julio Valdes, Luis Otero ; (Silver) Carlos Azaret, Alberto Rodriguez, Eduardo Wolffe, Manuel Rodriguez

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: Ernesto Erdmann, Manuel Lauredo, Lisandro Perez, Gabriel Morales, Julio Valdes, Michael Garcia, Rodrigo Mantica, Luis Otero.

LEADERSHIP: Adrian Sainz

SERVICE: Efrain Morales.

CITIZENSHIP: Lisandro Perez.

one particular area, be it math, English, or citizenship.

Such a student pushes himself simply for the satisfaction of knowing he has achieved something lasting. award or grade is his · motivation.

However, as the second semester nears its end each school year, these students are honored in the academic awards ceremony. In this ceremony, those students are honored for achievement in one or more areas. While only a small token, these awards are a symbol of that special ch?.racteristic in these students that sets them apart: the dedication to success.

- jose lriarte

Daniel Llerema stands proudly by his parents as he shows off the medals he received at the Awards ceremony for the sixth grade.

With seven medals ranging from academic subjects to citizenship Lisandro Perez made a clean sweep at graduation.

Academic Achievement winners in the eighth grade: Ernie Erdmann, Manuel Lauredo, Lisandro Perez, Gaby Morales, Julio Valdes, Michael Garcia, Rodrigo Mantica, and Luis Otero.

Seventh Grade Award recipients: jorge Calleja, Eduardo Alleyn, Peter Martell, jack Tiranasar, Rodolfo Lopez, Thomas de Quesada, joaquin Avina, Javier Carreno, Javier Gonzalez, Gregory Feo, Benjamin Rodriguez, Antonio Garcia, Humberto Reboredo, David jimenez.

Panoramic view of the Guiteras Library with Father Sardinas giving the valediction before the ninth grade awards assembly

Eleventh grader Robert Hernandez received no fewer than fourteen awards including the Harvard Book Award.

Academic achievement winners in the eleventh grade: Robert Hernandez, Dagoberto Cabrera, Eduardo Gonzalez, jose juara, Raimundo Castellanos, Eduardo Martinez-Dubouchet, Donal Luna, Carlos Aspillaga.

Tenth grade Academic Achievement recipients: Vicente Pedre, Micheal Covert, Roberto jimenez, Carlos (ardelle, Carlos Diaz, Carlos Mesa,

Ninth grade Academic Achievement Award

jose Gutierrez, Daniel Garcia.

winners: Felipe Aguel, jaime Alleyn, Carlos lncera, David Ulloa, Carlos Dange, Vincent Roger, Ignacio Segurola, jorge Serret, Carlos Amorin, Alan Garcia, Mark Hernandez, Ricardo Romagosa, Fernando Font, Alejandro Hoyos, Miguel Vidal, Ricardo Souto.

To be given the title of overachiever is a great honor in Belen. An overachiever sets goals higher than those which he can immediately reach, and never rests until his dream becomes a reality. The quality most admired in successful people is that the performance always exceeds their potential. At Belen an overachiever takes full advantage of the excellent education the school has to offer. Yet they also participate in an influx of athletic activities and are involved in different clubs within the school. This is what makes them stand out - their commitment to excellence in all areas. Being an overachiever at Belen is no easy task for the school places high demands on all students. Overachievers must not only reach these standards but raise them. They must be meticulous, hardworking, dedicated and studious, though this is the ideal way to spend an evening, the overachiever is rewarded by being accepted to prestigious colleges and

ACADEMIC AWARDS GRADES

9th GRADE

ENGLISH: (Gold) Eduardo Masferrer, Carlos R. Danger, Hiram Rodriguez, Ricardo Souto, George Gonzalez; (Silver) David Ulloa, Vincent A Roger, Carlos Amorin.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: (Gold) Alfredo Hernandez and jaime Alleyn, Ernesto Aviiio, Raul Planas, and Carlos Danger, Javier Cardenal and Hiram Rodriguez, Nelson Tarke, Fernando Font; (Silver) Luis M. Puello and Carlos lncera, Ricardo Carmona, Miguel Vidal.

MATHEMATICS: (Gold) Felipe Aguel, Raul Planas, Mark Hernandez, Gaston Macau, Ricardo Souto, Florentino Mas; (Silver) Alex Villasuso, jorge Serre!, Christopher Lopez, Juan Carlos Pintado, Miguel Vidal, Vincent Vigna.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION: (Gold) Agustin Arr ieta, Otto Ortega, Ronald Chavez, Javier Lopez, Ricardo Souto, George Gonzalez; (Silver) David Ulloa, Hiram Rodriguez, Gaston Macau, Victor Sitlick, William Alberni.

SOCIAL STUDIES: (Gold) Carlos lncera, Vincent Roger, Hiram Rodriguez, Gaston Macau, Miguel Vidal, Alexis Gonzalez; (Silver) Jaime Alleyn, Ignacio Segurola, Alan Garcia, Fernando Font, Francisco Robles

THEOLOGY: (Gold) Alfredo Hernandez, Angel Chardiet, Ricardo Romagosa, Gaston Macau, Alejandro Hoyos, George Gonzalez; (Silver) Carlos lncera, Vincent Roger, Alan Garcia, Ricardo Carmona, Fernando Font, Vincent Vigna.

SCIENCE: (Gold) Carlos lncera, Angel Chardiet, Hiram Rodriguez, Alberto Sosa, Miguel Vidal, Alexis Gonzalez; (Silver) David Ulloa, Rafael de Arazoza, Mark Hernandez, Alejandro Hoyos, Alvaro Genie-Reyes.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: Felipe Aguel, jaime

Alleyn, Carlos lncera, David Ulloa, Carlos Danger, Vincent Roger, Ignacio Segurola, Jorge Serre!, Carlos Amori h, Alan Garcia, Mark Hernandez,

Ricardo Romagosa, Fernando Font , Alejandro Hoyos, Miguel Vidal, Ricardo Souto

LEADERSHIP: David Ulloa.

SERVICE : Daniel Suarez.

CITIZENSHIP: Mark Hernandez.

10th GRADE

ENGLISH: (Gold) Carlos Diaz, Vicente Pedre, Carlos Mesa; (Silver) jose Gutierrez, Javier Fernandez, Roberto Jimenez.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: (Gold) Vicente Pedre, jose Gonzalez, Alain Padron, Alberto Morales, Giraldo Leyva, Michael Covert, Carlos Mesa, Carlos Diaz, Israel Alfonso; (Silver) Alberto Calienes, Ricardo Leon, Christopher Smatt, Daniel Garcia, Carlos Cardelle, Alfonso Ysada

MATHEMATICS: (Geometry) (Gold) Raul Chao, Leon Ciereszko, Carlos Diaz, Vicente Pedre; (Silver) juan Carlos Daire, jorge Fraga, Marcos Mestre, Rolando Molina.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION: (Gold) Robert Caragol, Rolando Molina, Gabriel Jimenez, Fraga; (Silver) Cesar Molina, Michael Covert, Cesar Conde, Juan Daire

HEALTH: (Gold) Vicente Pedre, Roberto Jimenez; (Silver) Alberto Calienes, Cesar Conde.

SOCIAL STUDIES : (American History) (Gold) Carlos Cardelle, Vicente Pedre, Michael Covert, Daniel Garcia; (Silver) Marcos Mestre, Carlos Diaz.

THEOLOGY: (Gold) Carlos Diaz, Vicente Pedre, Carlos Cardelle, Daniel Garcia; Silver) Javier Fernandez, Albert Kredi, Carlos Mesa, Albert Lazo.

SCIENCE : (Biology) (Gold) Javier Fernandez, Michael Covert, Vicente Pedre, Rolando Molina; (Silver) Leon Ciereszko, Carlos Cardelle, Carlos Diaz, jose A. Gutierrez.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: Vicente Pedre, Michael Covert, Roberto jimenez, Carlos Cardelle, Carlos Diaz, Carlos Mesa, jose Gutierrez, Daniel Garcia

universities; therefore gaining the admiration and respect of his peers.

Belen has precisely that reputation of producing men of high morals and strong religious principles with a strong sense of responsibility. Ninth grader Felipe Aguel said: "Sure Belen is hard but it makes it all the more special when you hear them call your name and tell you that you are being awarded a medal for your academic achievements at one of the most respected institutions in Dade County."

Answers like these make anyone proud to be a student at Belen although it does get somewhat difficult but hopefully their long standing record will remain the same for some time to come.

-ARMANDO

9, 10, 11:

LEADERSHIP: Rolando Molina.

SERVICE: Cesar Conde.

CITIZENSHIP: Alfonso Ysada.

11th GRADE

ENGLISH: (Gold) jose juara, Dagoberto Cabrera, Eduardo Martinez - Dubouchet, Roberto Hernandez; (Silver) Ce:.1r Hernandez-Canton, Eduardo Gonzalez, john Sarduy, Rafael Rosado.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: (Gold) Roberto Hernandez, Julian Sevillano

MATHEMATICS: (Algebra) (Gold) Ralph Rosado, juan Piiieyro; (Silver) Roberto Hernandez; Albert Valdes, Dagoberto Cabrera, Albert Ramudo.

COMPUTER SCIENCE: (Gold) Donal Luna; (Silver) German Delgado.

GOVERNMENT: (Gold) Roberto Hernandez; (Silver) Eduardo Gonzalez

ECONOMICS : (Gold) Donal Luna, Gustavo Lom, Roberto Hernandez; (Silver) Eduardo Gonzalez, Alessandro Tonarelli, Jorge Dones

SOCIOLOGY: (Gold) Eduardo Gonzalez, Raimundo Castellanos, Roberto Hernandez; (Silver) Donal Luna, Gustavo Lom, Jose Juara.

THEOLOGY: (Gold) Carlos Garcia, Albert Ramudo; (Silver) Luis A. Fortun, Donal Luna.

PEER MINISTRY: (Gold) Roberto Hernandez; (Silver) Luis Suarez.

CHEMISTRY: (Gold) Roberto Hernandez, Daniel de Aguiar, Donal Luna, Dagoberto Cabrera; (Silver) Raul Mesa, jason Greenwood, Eduardo MartinezDubouchet.

PHYSICS: (Gold) Dagoberto Cabrera; (Silver) Eduardo Gonzalez

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS : Carlos j. Aspillaga, Roberto Hernandez, Dagoberto Cabrera, Eduardo W. Gonzalez, Jose R. juara, Donal A. Luna, Eduardo Martinez-Dubouchet, Raimundo Castellanos.

LEADERSHIP: Alexis Zequeira.

SERVICE: Charlie Calderin.

CITIZENSHIP: Roberto Hernandez.

DOnal Luna recipient of the Award andi harlie Calderin who won the Service Award in the eie v.enth grade.

After endless hours of studying one would expect that when the final bell rang the school would be emptied. Instead, thanks to the array of clubs offered to the students, one can find many people participating together. Clubs can be viewed as interest groups formed by people with similar pursuits, such as politics, science, and service. One of such clubs is Key Club. It sponsors many food, toy, and medicine drives for the community. This is only one of the many clubs that participates in such services, carrying our school slogan "Men For Others" with distinction. Our overachievers also have several clubs that recognize their academic

Clubs are ... carrying our school slogan ''Men For Others'' with distinction. interests. If you take a CLOSE look at the clubs this year you'll find a cohesive unit of seniors, underclassmen, and teachers working together.

BY JULIO GRANDA

jose lriarte, Computer Club moderator, heads an after school meeting of underclassmen. This club meets regularly and exchanges ideas on computer programming.

ART, LITERATURE, & PHOTOGRAPHY,

EAMWORK

Cooperation and teamwork from teachers and students were the center of this year's ALPHA club success. Under the guidance of Mrs. Beatrice Jimenez, the young club has continued to flourish. The reason for this growth is in the responsibility handed to the chairman of each branch, plus the involvement of the teachers and parents, such as Mr. DelosSantos, and Charlie Calderino's parents, who donated musical equipment to start the first ever Belen band. Mr. Tony Abella, has been a great help in the expansion of the club's photography branch. In the near future, Belen will be able to develop their own film, at no expense, thanks to the new darkroom.

In order to develop, the club has put more emphasis on its branches, while still turning out excellent performances

on plays such as the annual Christmas play. "When ALPHA club comes together in a project such as the Christmas play, it draws from all their talents: art, literature, music, photography, and acting. And all three aspects of man, the spiritual, academic, and physical, come together to produce an entertaining experience that results in profits not just for the needy, but for our entire community," says club moderator Mr. Jimenez. The 1,300 dollars that the play made was donated to the Bread Fund, an organization which provides food for the poor on the weekends.

With the newly finished darkroom, and art classes being provided, members develop their skills, and have fun at the same time.

Belen's first band playing in its first gig, the Homecoming football game. Robert deloSantos leads his crew of merry men which includes Javi de

- Luiz Zabala

Ia Vega, Pedro Perez, Johnny Calderine, and Tony Roca.

Johnny

and Javier

work in one of screen printing workshops held at school. Younger members, such as these are what make ALPHA grow.

ALPHA was fortUnate to be able to work in a professional production of Swan Lake, which was directed by Mikhail Baryshnikov Here, Gabby Jimenez, Gus Lopez, and Juan Taboas show off their costumes backstage.

Calderine,

Lopez

Fr John, of Cammilus house, shows clothing that has been donated to the home by the Alpha Club.

BASES BOARD : Leon Cieresko, Chris Hammon, Edward Zieseniss, Raul Chao, Mark Hernandez, Sergio Bello, Mike Grandchamp, Jorge Escala, Miguel Lopez-Santos, Joese lriarte, David Flor, Richard Blanco, Pablo Lafuente, Lorenzo Toro, Alberto Lazo, Carlos Moreyra and Fr. Tey ,

FUN CAN GO HAND IN HAND

now ledge

Out of the myriad of clubs in which a Radio and Electronics Club. They purstudent may participate, one in partie- chased a significant amount of new ular stands apart. This is the club de- equipment, and made contact several voted to scientific knowledge and learn- times with people in various different ing. B.A.S.E.S., or the Belen Academy for countries. They also gave a free course the Sciences of Earth and Space. This in the use of short wave radios. large club is divided into many smaller clubs which concentrate in more specialized areas. Among them are the Radio and Electronics Club and the Computer Club. They allow a student to explore an interest in any particular area, and gain useful knowledge beyond that taught in classes.

The entire club is governed by the B.A.S.E.S. board. The group meets the first Wednesday of every month and makes decisions regarding the operation of each club. The board controls the budget of each club and plans activities.

This year was a prosperous one for the

The computer club had the best year in its history this year. As seventh grader Luis Salas explained, "It was really great; the officers really cared and took the time to teach the BASIC class and help us whenever we ran into problems." This year, which was seen as a rebuilding year, was marked by a more serious attitude, implemented by a new staff headed by moderators David Flor and jose lriarte, and president jorge Escala. Activities included classes in BASIC, crash courses in the general operation of computers, and a pizza sale to raise funds.

- Jose lriarte

Computer Club: (top row) Robert Hanshu, Chris Hammon, Alex Trinchet, Luis Otero, Carlos Pernas, Julio Gondar, Phil Mato, Eddie Merrille, Ricardo Herran, Chris Lopez, Jorge Marrerro, Eddie Masferrer, Jose Sepulveda, Paul Lobeck; (second row) Robert Valenti, Mike Grandchamp, Fernando Rivas, Rafael Abela, Alex Danger, Carlos Danger, Felipe Aguel, Julio Granda, Andy Stolk, Sergio Guzman, Alex Ullivari, Michael Lessassier, Jimmy Piedrahita; (bottom row) Alex San-Roman, David Flor (moderator), Jose Iriarte (moderator), Jorge Escala (president), Miguel Lopez-Santos (vice-president), David Ulloa (secretary), Luis Salas (treasurer).

Luis Salas, Jimmy Piedrahita and David Ulloa learn about computers on a Mcintosh.

Through the use of the club's radio students are able to communicate with much of the world. Carlos Danger and Christopher Hammon, members of the Radio and Electronics club utilize the radio to communicate with a Latin American radio operator

Radio and Electronics (top row) wrenzo de Torre, Lee Cieresko, David Flor, Robert Hanshu; (second row) Chris Hammon, Ricky Acosta, Julio Gonzalez, Nestor Machado, Fr Cartaya

(advisor); (bottom row) Joaquin Alemany, Andrew Baldyga. Carlos Danger, Jorge Escala, Hugo Perez (moderator).

Marine Biologr: Top row Robert Valenti, Ernesto Galai, J J Rodriguez, Jose Paret, Raul Meja, Marc Casal, Sergio Bello, Rafael Tapanas, Fernando Cantens; Second row Manny Escobio, Lisandro Perez, Alex Robl s, Humberto Prieto, Tony Munos, Third row Fr Tey, Danny Jimenez, Fernando Aguado, Stephan GonzalesLlanes, Tony Alemani, Steven J Angeles, Ranier Leon, David Tejeda, Reniel Coli, Patrie Ordetx, Fourth row : Manuel Monteiro, Mike Grandchamp, Eddy Wolffe, Carlos Danger, J C. Bellon, J C. Lopez, Alfredo Hernandez, Fifth row Marco Alonso, Richard Azan, Juan Carlos Pernas, Julio De Castro, Gabriel Miranda, Cesar Vasquez, Manuel Monteiro.

AOUT TO FIND

EW Frontier

B.A.S.E S. has turned out to be one of our school's most important organizations. Through its various clubs, it has given students the opportunity to experience what they learned in class and go beyond a simple day's lecture.

The Marine Biology Club, moderated by the instructors of Diver's Paradise, allows its members to study the World's underwater and all its life forms. The club has made a point to teach the students the basic rules and techniques of diving, by taking them on many expeditions and night dives to the Florida Keys. So not only do the students learn about underwater animal and plant life and diving, but they also get to "sea" it in the dark.

The Meteorology Club, definitely the most popular club in B.A.S.E.S., is moderated by the ninth grade Earth Science teacher, Mr. William Wagner. The students study the Earth's atmosphere and

environment, and every morning the club gets together to give a daily weather report. The club got approval by the administration to build a weather station and observatory on the school grounds. Another interesting club is the Astronomy Club, in which students learn about the planet, stars, moons, and everything else that gleams in our night sky. Every week the students visit the Planetarium to watCh presentations or observe stars and planets through their giant telescope. They also take trips to the keys and go on many night watches, under the direction of Mr. Leopolda Nunez, the group's moderator.

B.A.S.E.S. not only allows students to learn a little extra than what they learn in class, but gives them a hands-on experience in what may turn out to be a very promising career.

-Tony Obnegan

Members of the Astronomy Club delight in taking pictures of the stars Sophomore Richard Blanco, President of the club took this fantastic photo of the moon going through its phases.

Daniel Jimenez and Orestes Guas use the skills learned from Diver's Paradise to explore coral underwater

Chris Hammon takes much pleasure in predicting the daily weather report for Mr Wagner and the Meteorology Club.

Meteorology: Top Alberto Lozo, Jason Greenwood, David Flor, Javier .Jeminez, Alexis Abril, Second row : Jorge Scrret, David Ulloa, Joseph Sendra, Third rn" ; Edward Ziesnes, Emilia Revilla, Carlos Moreyra, Frnie Avi no, Front row : Agustin Arrietta, Marc lll'rnandez.• Claudio Mena, Fl'rnando Rivas, Juan Carlos Lopez

Astronomy : lop row : Mr Leopoldo Nuiie:t, Lorenzo DeToro, Richard Blanco, Paul Lobeck, Jason Greenwood, Carlos Monena. Second ro" : Pablo Lafuente, Rkkardo R.amagosa, Patrie Kokorian. Arcido l\lartincz, Christian Antonio Garda, Albert Garcia, Front row : Carlos Amor, Eddy Selva, .Jorgt> Auino, Ll'o Abanza, Fernando Diaz Cruz, Jorge Caridad

Senior Beta Club: Top Row ; David Celis, Juan Cueto, Freddie Alonso, Gabby Vidal, Maurice Perkins, Juan LukA Alvarez, Oscar l.lerena, Jorge Coronel, Jose Solarzano, Alex Prado, Carlos Rivera and George Castells, Danny Grandal. Israel Alfonso, Arturo Caraballo, Domingo Moreira. Frank Recio, Henry Triana, Robert Marquez, Robert Alvarez; Second Row - Jorge Mestre, Andres de Cardenas, Cesar Molina. Gabriel Jimenez, Danny Baldor, Jarier Jimenez, Jose Martinez, Manny Mejido, Tony Gonzalez, Emilio Revilla, Fermin Ferro, Oscar Detuya, Alan Acosta, Alex Zequelra, Michael Marquez, Robert Suarez; Third Row - Michael Cardoso, Enrique Serrano; Fourth Row - Eduardo Serrano, Albert Ramudo, Oscar Echegaray, Jose Ortiz, Orlando Llorenta, Gustavo Ortiz, Mandy Hernandez, Luis Suarez, Antonio Hernandez, Boris Millarcs, Alex Cardona; Fifth row - Secretary Carlos Moreyra, Treasurer Peter Freyre, Sponsor Rafael Ledesma, President Carlos Garcia. Vice-President Aristidcs Fernandez-Abril.

ALL THIS INVOLVEMENT AND rades 2!

"This was the year in which we made our mark. We became more involved in community interests than ever before," said Senior Beta Club President Carlos Garcia. The Club is divided into two organizations, the Junior Beta Club and the Senior Beta Club To be a member, you must have a cumulative school G.P.A. of 3.0 or higher. Under the leadership of president Carlos Garcia and vice-president Aristides Fernandez the club started off the year with a promising schedule.

It has served the Children's Home Society of Florida through drives for clothes and school materials, apart from

having members go and spend some time with the children themselves. Junior Luis Suarez had this to say, "It's a very gratifying feeling when you know that by spending time with the children a difference is made." The club collaborated with the Spanish Honor Society in the Christmas Toy drive. It also helped out the Santo Domingo Trip by having a medicine drive and donating money from the treasury. This just goes to show that grades are definitely not what this club is all about.

- Ca rlos Rivera

Mrs. Ana Sanchez, Junior Beta Club Sponsor, works overtime with students and the homeless children.

Frank Ortega, Junior Beta Club President, gave an encouraging speech at the induction ceremony.

Junior Beta Club: Top Row - Christopher Blanco, Carlos Lacasa, Julio Gondar, William Rodriguez, J avir Lopez, Secretary Alex Cordero, Second RowPresident Francisco Ortega, Ernesto Avino, Eric Garcia, Frank Digon, Emesto Moran, Victor Garcia, Jose Gonzales, Kevin Crew, Sponsor Ana Maria Sanchez, Third RowRicardo Carmona, Leonardo Caraballo, Ronald Chavez, Joshua Caballero, Jose Leon, Jorge Serret

New and old members swear the induction oath.

Big Brothers: Front row: Juan Fanjul. Nestor Portocarrero, Albert All'arez, Ralph Perez, Hugo Garcia; second row : J ulian Carlos Lame-· Ia. Carlos Alvarez, Jose Solorzano, Bobby Espin; third row : Armando Hernandez, Gaby Vidal, Eloy Villasuso, Alex Prado, Lawrence Negret, Javier Jimenez. Frank Guerra, Manny Feijoo, Eduard Bello; fourth row: Joseph Sendra, :\1anny Rivero, Juan Alvarez. Fernando Alonso, Gustavo Ortiz, Danny Mena; fifth row : Alex Espino, Alex Brito, Fausto Borges, Carlos Garcia, David Celis. Julio Viyella; back row : Luis Garcia Chacon. Armando Rodriguez. Juan Cueto, and Otto Travieso.

LIVING UP TO THEIR MOTTO, ARE!

This year's Big Brother program began with newly found organization. Comprising of 32 seniors under the leadership of Luis Garcia-Chacon and the moderator, Mr. Rodriguez, this group embarked on a year-long commitment to help in school fundraisers

The job of the big brother this year was greatly enlarged. His main concern has always been to increase Tambala ticket sales and to handle collecting any money received from these sales, but this year he became more than that. Students would come to him for advice with teachers, with friends, and with studies. Many big brothers were admired by their classes. In the sixth grade a second big brother was introduced to especially aid in their adjusting to their new school. Although the big brothers emphasized building a close friendship with their homeroom, they still had to

increase ticket sales.

Big brothers became famous for their techniques to increase raffle ticket sales. Everything from sugary sweets to Domino pizza parties were used. Unfortunately, the school failed to reach its ticket sale goals in both of its major fundraisers, but the big brothers still managed to keep their chins up.

Being a big brother is extremely time consuming and involves the loss of that ever necessary last minute homework period known as homeroom. For Big Brother Luis Garcia-Chacon if meant " a lot of hard work and sacrifice." The responsibility becomes increasingly frustrating as the age of the students increases, but the satisfaction that a big brother receives when he has motivated his class a little closer to its goal is well worth all the sacrifices he goes through.

-JUAN FAN}UL

Intimidation was sometimes used to increase raffie ticket sales, as Manny Feijoo tries to influence Gabriel Moran into bring in one more book.

The first annual plant sale proved to be a great success. Albert Alvarez explains to seventh grader Jorge Garcia how the complicated system works.

Bobby Espin aids sixth graders, Alex Castellanos, Michael Barrera, and Gabriel Moran. with a difficult math problem.

There may be a great difference in height among these three, Alex Gutierrez, Juan Cueto, and Fernando Vargas, but their dedication to the school is the same.

Representing the school at different athletic activities is just part of the responsibility of being a Big Brother Big Brothers, Jose Solorzano, Albert Alvarez, Luis GarciaChacon, Tony Suarez, and Mario Solorzano cheer on the Wolverines at a basketball game.

Chess Club: Back: Mr. Eugene Zoller (Faculty Advisor), Miguel Lopez-Santos, Hugo BasSecond Row: Carlos Amorin, Felipe Aguel, Raul Planas; Third Row: Dal'id Flor (Team Captain and President), George Caso, Julio Gondar (Vice President), Alan Garcia; Front: Michael Garcia, Jose LopezSantos

THIS YOUNG TEAM HAS SHOWN IT'S

HE RISE

The Chess Club was originally formed as a small club, intended for the entertainment of the lower grades. Since then, the club has expanded their horizons to include team competitions at county, state, and national level. The team, consisting mostly of underclassmen astonished their opponents to end up with two undefeated seasons. Also, the team entered ten players in the Florida Junior High School Championships in Cainsville, in which the team won six individual and a first place team trophies.

Their outstanding achievement in competition cannot be attributed to the players alone, but to their school moderators, Mr. Eugene Zoller, their coach,

Mr. Henry Garcia and their captain, Senior David Flor. Mr. Zoller had these comments, "Senior David Flor ably led the team as captain and elected president of the club, even though his troops were entirely ninth and bellow."

The team, though highly involved in out of school activities, has time to hold in school competition The "Best of Belen" tournament, now a yearly tournament, was open to the entire school to find the overall best player. This year the tournament was won undisputedly by Senior David Flor. A plaque has been erected in the library with his name and his successors for years to come.

-julio Granda

Julio Condor, Felipe Ague), Raul Planas, David Flor, and Alan Garcia preparing for competition. Here one sees why the team has done so well. Some meditate, others concentrate and some ponder the next move.

Julio Gondor shows perfect concentration in a practice. This demonstrates the dedication which has won the chess team so many titles.

Henry Garcia shows David Flor, Felipe Ague), Alan Garda and J olio Gondar some outrageous moves to impress their competitors.

Coach

Officers of the Civics Club: Alberto Delgado, Marcos Ortega, Jorge Fernandez, Jose Gonzalez, Enrique Lopez, Alberto Rodriguez, Mr. Zoller, Luis Martinez, and Michael Garcia.

CIVICS PARTICIPATION GAVE THEM THE HOICE

And the new President of the United States is Well we all know who the President is, but it sure was a mystery at the civics club mock election on November 8th. The intention of the election was to help students appreciate the challenge and frustration faced by voters who attempt to prepare for the responsibility of election choices. "People get the idea an election is simply a question of two or three choices, when in fact there were thirty-two separate selections on the Dade County ballot that day," stated club moderator Mr. Eugene Zoller. Early returns in the mock election showed a very strong turn-out of voters. Nearly 60°/o of all students made the extra effort to come to the central polling location and cast their votes.

Civic club members participated in another government process by attending a court session. The 8th graders were

eager to go on this trip and because of it many joined the club. But before any member goes he must put in twelve hours of volunteer service in order to participate in the clubs monthly visits to the Dade County Criminal Court sessions. Mr. Zollers expectation of a high turn out was right with 65°/o of the 8th grade class going to the trips.

Club members also provide an invaluable service to the school by keeping up the current events bulletin in the central patio hallway. Daily they posted news articles from local newspapers to, help keep the school informed and interested in political affairs. "It is the only club in which 8th graders rule, in other clubs the underclassmen have practically no say," stated the Civics Club President Enrique Lopez.

- Enrique Perez

Seniors Julio Granda and Carlos Rivera help to supervise the election. Meanwhile, eighth grader Many Rodriguez aids in the electoral process by voting for a President and Vice President for next years Student Council.

Brea, Marcus Cornillot, Daniel Abril, Jaime Sanchez, Juan Pardo, Oscar Vazquez, Fernando Zacarias, Mr. Zoller, and Carlos Aza.ret attended a court session in the Justice Building. Kids gain invaluable first hand knowledge of our judicial system.

Members pose for a picture after a talk with State Attorney, Janet Reno: Victor Fernando Zacarias, Daniel Abril, Jaime Sanchez, Oscar Vazquez, Janet Reno, Carlos Azaret, Juan Pardo, Marcus Cornillot, and Mr. Zoller.

Victor

Christian Life Communih': Alex Vasquez, Ignacio Ortiz, Raul Herrero. Maurice Perkins. Mike Cardoso, 1\lanny Rhero. Juan Aharez. Otto Travirso, Dany l\luniz, Danny Quesada. George Castells, Mike Hernandez, Jose Varona, Tony Hernandl'z, Luis Zuniga, Dario Guerra, Ceasar Hernandez, Alex Tonarl"li, Bobby Espin, Gus Luis. J J Miranda, Raul Mesa, Aldo Cardona, Tony Munoz, Lawrence Nl"gret, Oscar Llereno, Caco Alurez, Tony Martinez, Wiwi Zabala, Ralph Perez, Alex Hernandez, Jose Solorzano, Juan Fanjul, Arturo Fanjul, Robert Carreras, Ruben Chavez, !\lanny Feijoo, Carlos Lamela, Gille Fernandez, Julio Viyella, Fermin Ferro, Enrique Serrano, AI Ah'arez, Alex Prado, Tony Gonzaleaz, Jose Munoz, David Celis, Frank Recio, Nestor Portocarrero.

INVO LVEMENT TO SHOW OTHERS THE AY

CLC, the Christian Life Community, is a growing youth organization led by Fr. Kidwell. It is diversified into many aspects of a youth's Christian upbringing. Being co-ed, with many students from Loyola to Lourdes, it stretches its boundaries from everyday social life, to the most pressing political controversies of our day, taking part in the yearly Right to Life march in our nation's Capital.

Each CLC meeting is engineered to scope on a particular aspect of our lives. From how we look at ourselves and others, to helping handicapped people, it helps us to find a clear path in a very trying time. As Michel Garcia from

Lourdes put it, "it's a really nice experience, you make new friends, and get closer to people. It's like being on a long retreat."

"This year we were more involved than ever, there was something for everyone to do," said third year member Wiwi Zabala. This year the CLC not only went to Washington, D.C., but met with a group of young Vietnamese immigrants in Philadelphia as well as attending the National Convention in San jose , California.

- H/RC/ 0 BARRI OS

Raul Herrero socializes with a couple of girls from Lourdes Academy during a break in the retreat.

Arturo Fanjul, Ralph Perez, Mandy Hernandez, Big AI Alvarez, Juan Luka Alvarez, Alex Prado, Tony Martinez, and Tony Gonzalez take a break during a meeting.

Frank Recio, Many Mejido, Aldo Enrique Serrano, take a bus ride to the nearby churches on the night of the Holy Thursday retreat.

Father Kidwell celebrates Mass with a C.L.C. group.

Forensics Club: Top; Robert De Los Santos; 2nd: Jeff Garcia, Jose Jimenez, Alex Zequeira, Alex Mirones, Javi Reroardet; 3rd : Carlos Cardelle, Alfonso Ysada, Alex Lehmann, Paul Lobeck; Bottom; Eric Tunon, Juan San Martin, Gus Lopez.

FORENSICS TEAM SPEAKS

OUD

This club achieved the most victorious season ever in the history of Forensics at Belen. Club moderator Robert De Los Santos, armed with Belen's top debaters, won District and State titles and sent two separate teams to the National competitions. Mr. De Los Santos is a Belen graduate and he himself went to Nationals in his Senior year, with this caliber of coaching it is no wonder the team attained such goals.

The club flourished under the talent of such dynamic duos as Jose Jimenez and Eric Tunon, who won at the District, State, and competed at the National level. "I feel as though I've really accomplished something" stated Eric Tunon. Sophomores Alex Layman and Alfonso Ysada also won at the District, State, and competed at the National level. The

club had much success in the group interpretation category which placed third at the State level. "Group interpretation is the most difficult category because of the intensity" stated sophomore Juan San Martin. In retrospect, the Forens ics team won titles at the District and State levels, and sent three teams to the national Competit i ons i n two separate categories. The team's victories were results of hard work, much talent, and very fine coaching. Juan San Martin summed it up best, "I don't think we could have gone half as far i f it weren't for the dedication and hard work of Mr. De Los Santos. I think we proved something to Belen, but more importantly to ourselves."

- Daniel Mena

A proud group of Sophomores : Gus Lopez, Jose Jimenez, Eric Tunon, Javi Reruardet, Alex Mirones, Alfonso Ysad a and Alex Lehman shortly alter winning their District Titles.

Half of the fun was in getting there! Club Moderator Robert De Los Santos takes a quick peek at the camera while driving the team to the National competitions. The team logged in thousands of miles in Mr de los Santos odometer

Sophomores Jose Jimenez and Alfonso Ysada celebrate their victory at the State Championship with a dramatic interpretation at the dinner table.

French Club Moderator: Rafael Ledesma. First Row : Alex Brito, Maurice Perkins, Alex Hernandez, Albert Alvarez. Second Row: Alex TornareUi, Julian Sevillano, Manuel Coroalles, Jose Munoz, Jose Sanchez, Cesar Hernandez-Canton . Third Row: Bobby Espin, Julio Viyella, Carlos Garcia, Jorge Hernandez, Jorge Gonzalez.

A CLOSE EXPERIENCE WITH THE ULTURE

I was proud to see that this year's French Club extended its work outside the previous limitations of the classroom. I was elected to the executive board of the Congress of French Culture in Florida (Le Congres de Ia Culture Franc;:aise en Floride) which meant that our school was recognized along with the club throughout the entire State. As Publicity Secretary I served as acting chairman of the scholarship committee and headed the Casse-Tete competition, a sort of "brain bowl" type trivia game. "With Mr. Ledesma as my sponsor I knew I could handle the job, although I must say it requires a lot of hard work."

Back in school, Alex Brito was elected president of the French Club, Maurice Perkins: Vice-President, Alex Alvarez: Secretary, and Alex Hernandez: Treasurer. A variety of events was organized, one of which was an excursion to a local

French restaurant, Chez Nous (Our House). "We had an excellent dinner, 'but also we had the perfect opportunity to practice our French," said Maurice Perkins.

The culminating event came with the participation in the many competitions offered in the French Convention of 1989, sponsored by the Congress of French Culture in Florida. We returned with three second place winners: Jose Munoz (Reading Comprehension), Julian Sevillano (Conversation), and Maurice Perkins (Civilization); one third place winner: Albert Alvarez (Recitation of Poetry); and two honorable mentions.

Overall, the year was a great success for the members of the French Club, both students and sponsors.

-lESE MUNOZ

French teacher Rafeal Ledesma intensively watches over his class of seniors as they work on an in cJass assignment. His patience diminishes as the frustration of the student increases.

Treasurer Albert Alvarez and active member Jose Munoz concentrate together as they think about this year's French Club activities.

Jorge Gonzalez does his daily action of looking over at Jose Munoz's paper while Jose Sanchez casually glances over . Carlos Garcia casually laughs at the entire spectacle.

lith, 12th Key Club: 11 - A: R Ahare1., C. Aspillaga. D. Cabrera. M Coroalles, .J Garcia, E Gonzalel, J Greenwood, R. Hernandez, J Juara. D. I una, F..MurtinezDobouchet, G Pedroso. J. Pineiro, R. Ruimundez, A. Ramudo. R. Re}na, F Sanchez. E. Serrano, M. Vazquez J 1-8· C. Barquin. A Cardona. R. de P A. Garcia-Linares, W J. Granda, D. Guerra.. T Hernandez. G Herrero. G. Kates, A. Luis, M. Mcjido, R. Mesa. T A. , turgia. ,J. R. Padron, J Marin S<'lillano. 11-C: A. R. A. Bustillo, ('h. Calderin, E. Cardcnal, A. R. Castellanos. F de Zarraga, .J. Donl"s, A. Jo'crnandez Abril, L. Forton, C. Hernandez. 1-. Mestre, C. Moreira, J Ortiz. D. Prats, L. Suarc.z, J Varona. A. Zequeira. 12-A : J. , ·\lonso, M Casal, D. Hor, C. Garcia, D Granda!, A. Hernande.z, l\1. Hernandez. J Jimenel., 0 Llcr('na, 0. Llorente, G. Ortiz. E Revilla, J E. Serrano, J [aboas. J \illalba. E Villasuso, L. Zabala. 12-8: E. Bello, A. Brito. R Carreras, II. Garcia. ,J. Gonzalez. H. Handshu, R !\Iarquez, J Martine.z, R Perez, M. PerL.ins•.J. Solorzano, R. Suarez. 12-C: A Abril, C. Aharez, D Celis, 0. de Tuya, J Fanjul. A. Fernandez. L Fernandez, F Ferro. R. Herruo. J Iriartc, J Lopt>z, J Mestrt', H Perez, A. Prado, f Recio, E Ziesenias.

A SERVICE CLUB WITH EADERSHIP

As head of Key Club, Mrs. Hewett, or better known as Mrs. H, certainly does a good job of moderating the club's activities. With the help of Robert Suarez as president, Aldo Cardona as vice president, and Mr. Ralph Ledesma as assistant moderator, Key Club has a lot to back it up. Throughout the year many fund raising activities are held like the Horses and Handicapped, Walk for Mankind, March of Dimes, Haunted House, all for raising money for the poor, sick, and handicapped.

An event which took place this year at Belen which raised a lot of money was the Haunted House. "The money raised at the Haunted House was given to UNICEF, an organization to help poor kids all over the world" says senior

Roberto Marquez.

"I was nervous at first, but after I finished I was relaxed and felt good about myself." says senior Alex Brito after donating blood in the blood drive.

Key Club is very serious when it comes to being an active member of our community. "In order to receive your certificate of membership at the end of the year you must reach the requirements of 50 man hours of service" says junior Aldo Cardona. "Our main goal is to help others that need our help." says Robert Suarez, club president.

A club for some, for all, Key Club certainly is the most popular, and populous, club in the school.

- Robert Carreras

Alex Brito donates blood at the Belen auditorium

Robert Suarez helps a handicapped on his horse

Ricky Raimundez gives instructicn at the Coconut Grove arts festival.

Key leade ·s , Javter Jimenez, Aldo Cardona, Charlie Calderin, Alexis Zequeira, and Robert Suarez

91b, lOib grade Key Club: 9-. : .,.. Agut'. J .\lle}n. A. Arrieta. J Calderin, A. Danger, J Est"ala. M. Gomez, \.Hernandez, C. Incer \ , l..ec1 ) .ugone . P Pt"re:r, J Roca. W RodriguN., A. Villa uso.

9-B: I. Avmo, A Charliet, C. ge, 1 Riesgo, S. E ralun, 0. Hernan, R. J. Pujol, E. Roger, Ignacio Segurola, R. \ alcnti.

9..('· ( .-\ orin, R. Caballero, G. Fscudero, A. Garcia. J Gondar, M. llernandt'z, C 1\'leniL B. RadCliff

9-D: Ag edo, R. Carmona, A. Garcia, G. Macau. E. '\-lena, J. Pil'drahila, .1. Pintad 1 as. Sosa, A. Vega.

9-E: A. Dinkins. \1. Grandt"ha p \. as, J Rodriguez, R Romagosa, R Souto. !\.1 \ ·

9-F: A. Genie, F Mas, .I l\1or 1ega, D. Soarez-Comesana.

10-A: A. \lmazan. D Baldor, ui , R. Chao, J , Costa. S. Fakon. A. Garci ez F. Rodrigut•z, R , Tapanes.

10-B: D. Aharado, J. Espin. J femandc1., ( •. .fi n., A. La:r.o, I.. I •on, .up Santos, M. Marquez, D. Nunl.'z·Menocal, A. Padron, A. Pcre , l luqui.

10..(': I Alfonso, I< Cantens, F•. Facuseh, J , hag , A C uu.ale:r• .J JimenC7., .\ Lehmann. G. Lopu. Mat·hudo, M Mestre, D. 1oreira, A. Oli-n•r, \ Y aa

l().f): R. Blunco, P Carreno, E. ( epcro, \I.. Cover., de Cardenas, C Diaz, C. Erdmann, J Gon1.alez, R Jimenez, J l.opez, ( \lartinl'l, \. Rocu.

National Honor Society members - Top Row: Moderator Carol Vila, Jaime Lopez, Juan Fanjul, Alexander Caso, Hugo Perez, Adolfo Fernandez. Eloy Villasuso, Alex Espino, IJuis Garcia-Chacon, Edward Bello, Michael Hernandez, Luis Fernandez, Edward Zieseniss Second Row: Dogaberto Cabrera, Gabriel Cabrera, Alejandro Ulivi, Jose Sepulveda, Jose Gutierrez, Donal Luna, Eduardo Martinez-Do Bouchet, Juan Pine)To, Charlie Calderin. Roberto Hernandez. Carlos Aspillaga, Fernando De Zarraga, Andres Bustillo, Anthony Roca, Albert Lazo, Jorge Lopez, Luis Zuniga, Roberto Jimenez, Eduardo Gonzalez. Third Row: Javier Fernandez, Jesus Rodriguez, Hector Buigas, Alex Lehmann, Alfonso Ysada, Cesar Molina, Juan Daire, Michael Covert, Cesar Conde.

THE SCHOOL'S BEST STRIVING

"Even though people think the National Honor Society is just a recognition club, we try a lot to help out our school and community by participating in many activities," says club president juan Taboas juan is proud because the club stood out for the number and quality of activities they prepared, even though their club moderator, Carol Vila, was out for most of the second semester. The highly respected club consists of Belen's best students, all achieving at least a 3.5 G.P.A. Many of its members participated in the tutoring program in which they stayed after school to assist students interested in extra help with their math. The National Honor Society also prepared a faculty appreciation breakfast in the faculty lounge on a December morning. In this breakfast they served the teachers a delightful breakfast and spent time taking with them. The faculty liked it so much, they asked if it could be done on a monthly basis.

The most exciting event of the year was the Brain Brawl. It consisted of a general knowledge competition in which schools like Columbus, Miami Sunset, Lourdes, Killian, Palmetto, North Miami Beach, South Miami, and Miami Beach participated. Belen was the First Place team in these competitions and junior Robert Hernandez was the First Place winner in Dade County. Robert's score was double the second place winners, which made him eligible for the State Competition.

Also, every member of the Club attended at least one District meeting. Belen was honored to host one of these meetings in November. In these District meetings exciting projects like walkathons, charity drives, and the Special Olympics were planned, events in which our school's academic best, put their books aside to help others.

- Fermin Ferro

National Honor Society Modt:rator, Carol Vila, discusses the club's future events with President Juan Taboas, Vice-president Jaime Lopez, and Treasurer Alex Caso.

Secretary Robert Hernandez takes care of all the club's records and official papers. He keeps track of the dub's future and past events for history purposes. Robert represented N .H.S. at the county and District Brain Brawl, taking First Place in both competitions.

Junior National Honor Society - Front Row: Moderator Carolyn Holtman. Jorge Femandez-Silva, Felipe Aguel, Alejandro Hoyos, Ricardo Romagosa., Roger Vincent. Ignacio Segurola. Hiram Rodriguez, Carlos Danger, Carlos Amorin, Jaime Alleyn, Christopher Lopez, Francisco Borbolla. Second R Alan Garcia, Francisco Robles, Carlos Zarraluqui, Jorge Caso, Jorge De Mena. Javier Herran, Marcos Ortega. Erick Bradford, Carlos Zumarraga. Third Row: Thomas De Quesada, Rodolfo Lopez, Glenn Prieto, Grego11 Feo, Agustin Arrieta, Manuel Lciurado, Otto Ortega. Manuel Vega, Adrian

Sainz, Reburedo Humberto, Javier Gonzalez, Mark Hernandez. Miguel Vidal, Victor Sallick. Fourth Row: Antonio Garcia-Martinez, Eduardo Alleyn. Michael Garcia. Carlos Incera, Raphael De Arazoza, Tommy Chang, Javier Carreno, Ernesto Erdmann, Carlos Incera, Lisandro Perez, Rodrigo Mantiga, Gabriel l\:forales. Fifth Row: Javier Carreno, Benjamin Rodriguez, Ricardo Vadia. Marcelo Llorente, Kevin Cre"', C'laudio Basterrechea. Joaquin Avino, Marcos Cornillot, Phil Mato, Jorge Calleja.

Pep Club, led by moderator Ms. Woodward. president Carlos Barquin, and club members Julio Granda, Weegie Gonzalez, Aldo Cardona. Alex Cardona, Tony Munoz, Albert Valdez. Jose Juara, and senior David Celis, pose with team mascot Waldo.

PEP CLUB GROWS PIRIT

This year's Pep club was led by junior Carlos Barquin senior David Celis, and junior Aldo Cardona. Ms. Woodward in her first year as club moderator put an incredible amount of time and effort in leading this year's squad. The pep club managed to put out innovative posters and interesting information on upcoming Belen sporting events on a weekly basis. They also produced Belen flags and caps which were worn by many fans this year.

The club focused mainly on the major or traditional sports such as football, basketball, and baseball. Even though

the squad is overlooked by many as a club that will always be there, it is cherished by those who are close to the sporting events. Senior Mario Martinez, who plays football, says, "The pep club really helps out in our games and really gets our emotions up high."

The pep club was most evident in the raucous basketball games. Reinforced by a crowd willing to exert itself to the limit for their team, the pep club will be a continuing part of the body that is "The Belen Spirit."

Ca rlos Sa/vat

Waldo with Lawrence Negret and Charlie Calderin, and during a break in the annual field day. Waldo was the ever present symbol of school spirit during such events.

Waldo, dressed in topsiders, takes a break after arousing a group of sixth and seventh graders at the first pep rally, among them.

Young pep club members Pedro Jimenez and Eddy Espino get the fans into the flow of the Belen vs. LaSaale basketball game.

Spani h Honor Society: Top: Ignacio Ortiz, Eddie Bello, Marcos Mestre. Domingo Moreira, Cesar Conde, Enrique Cepero. Anthony Roca, Carlos Diaz; Third: Alejandro Carreno, Carlos Cardelle, Carlos Moriera, Jorge Mestre, Ruben Padron, Mejido, Adalberto Rocha, Aurelio Baldor; Second: Enrique Fortun, Roberto Hernandez, Carlos Garcia, Jal'ier Fernandez, Jose Martinez, Emilio Rel'illa, German Delgado, Jose Sepulveda; First: Armando Hernandez, Luis Garcia-Chacon, Gustavo Ortiz, Marcus Casal, Carlos Rivera.

A CLUB OF PRESTIGE AND OF ERVICE

This prestigious club was founded in 1983 as the jose Rubinos Chapter of the Spanish National Honor Society. Its club moderator is the dedicated Mr. Aurelio Baldor who also heads the Modern Language Department. The club members, from the tenth grade and up, must meet various qualifications, such as having an A average in Spanish and receiving a special teacher recommendation, before they may enter the organization.

The most worthwhile activity the club is involved in is the Christmas Toy Drive. Every year in December Mr. Baldor organizes a drive to collect toys for the children of the Dade County migrant workers who receive none on that special day. This year hundreds were collected school wide and delivered to the children. Mr. Baldor plans to have the members deliver them personally next year.

The other main function served by the club is the tutoring sessions it holds on ·wednesdays. Club members stay after school to tutor anyone having problems with Spanish. Undoubtedly, this activity does a great service for our school and provides someone to turn to in case of academic deficiency.

Personally, as Vice President of the Spanish Honor Society, I believe being part of this club helps me more than those we help. I really like to tutor others and gu•de them to better understand my native language.

The prestigious Spanish National Honor Society is not only a club one should feel proud to belong to but is also an organization which prides itself in the humble service it provides toothers.

- Luis Garcia-Chacon

As an example of dedication, Gustavo Avillez shows improvement after Spanish Honor Society members Luis Garcia-Chacon and Carlos Rivera aid the ninth grader through a typical Spanish "cram session.''

Another example of the Spanish Honor Society's dedication to service is the yearly Christmas gift drive Seniors Mandy Hernandez. Marcus Casal, Gustavo Ortiz, Luis Garcia-Chacon and Emilio Revilla arrange those gifts wbicb will be given to poor children.

Student Council: First row: Rolando Molina, Juan Dalre, Robert Hernandez, EIO) Villasuso, Alex Brito, Armando Hernandez, Mr Armando Rodriguez, Eddie Bello, Alex Espino, Frank Guerra, Bobby Espin. Juan Fanjul, David Ulloa; (Second row): Manny :Fernandez, Alex Cardona, Aldo Cardona, Carlos Martinez, Cesar Conde, Manny Rhero, Javier Argamasilla, Danny Baldor, Cesar Molina., Gaby Bellon, Juan Pinyeiro, Tony Hernandez, Jose Espin; (Third row): Mario Travieso, Carlos

Hernandez. Jose Rodriguez. Albert Acuna, Lisandro Perez, Rodolfo Manny Lobaina, Rodolfo Barrcno: (Fourth row): Carlos Danger, Carlos Zumarraaa, 1\:licheal Garcia, Emesto Erdman, Julio Fernandez, Ramon Falcro. Adrian Sainz. An!Jel Garay, Eddie Wolfie. Joaqum Avino, Carlos La Casa; (Fifth row): Ricky Soto. Eddie Silva. Tony Vribarri, Guille Ma.'icaro. f'ernando Diaz-Cruz, Alex DeArmendi, Marcelo Llorente. Ralph Robayna. Benjamin Rodriguez. Jose Ferrer

CALLING THE SCHOOL rder

Incredible dances, I.D.'s, student day, and State Presidents. These were but a few of the many accomplishments of this years Student Council. The school was not only full of spirit and enthusiasm but the council was jam packed with innovative ideas such as College Day, Sweat shorts, and radical Homecoming shirts. The other successful events included the pep-rallies which could be characterized as "extravaganzas" with expensive sports cars, jeeps, and even a helicopter, but none of this would have been possible without the close knit executive board which provided the leadership for the year's exciting programs

"The great thing about this year's board was that we were all very close to each other. Of course we had our disagreements but because of that friendship we were able to stick together and fortunately make the right decisions,"

sa id Eddy Bello of the brand which was comprised of Armando Hernandez, as Vice President, Alex Espino, Treasurer,

Alex Brito, Secretary, Eloy Villasuso, Parliamentarian, and Francisco Guerra, as Sergeant -at -Arms.

Adviser Armando Rodriguez helped to guide the young leaders through the course of the year, adding helpfu l words of wisdom which always lead to bigger and brighter ideas. Despite being Assistant Principal of Student Activities and the many hours that position requires, he made it a rule to be present at all functions and always seemed to be the last to leave, regardless of the time. "The work Eddy and Mandy and the rest of the council have put in to making this year memorable, can be summed up in one word: Awesome! They've had many obstacles along the way but they have been able to overcome them with much ease and have displayed to me and everyone an extraordinary amount of leadersh ip and d iscipline tha t qu ite frankly, has impressed me," said Mr. Rodriguez of t his year's team - Armando Hernandez

Vice- President Mandy ponders what band to get for one of the many successful dances that were held at Belen this year.

Executive Board goes to Tennessee for the S.A.S.C. convention. where they meet many people from different parts of the U.S. Here they stand next to two girls from Louisville. Kentucky.

Field Day activities and the many hassles that come with such an event don't stop Juan Alvarez, Bornbillo Gonzalez, Mandy Hernandez, Pillo Borges, Eddie Bello, Mr. Rodriguez, and Micheal Cardoso from having a good time.

Junior Guilla DeAngulo swims towards the finish of the 100 breaststroke against Gulliver. Guilla came in first and led the Wolverines to yet another victory.

oise, power, discipline, hard work,

Pand competition; these are the norms by which an athlete lives. It takes many hours of hard work for an athlete to develop the kind of poise and power it takes to compete. The competition isn't just the other team but lies within one's inner self. The inner integrity of an athlete to strive forward, to succeed, to swim that extra lap or run that extra mile is admired by all.

The year in sports reflected a combined effort between coaches and players to succeed. The varsity football team soared to a winning season, the cross country team captured a conference title, the swim team

It takes many hours of hard work for an athlete to develop the kind of poise and power it takes to compete.

produced an All-American candidate and the sports program in general took a giant step up, closer to perfection.

The varsity cross country team strides to victory against La Salle.

Seniors Carlos Sa/vat and juan Taboas lead the pack.

BY DANNY MENA

A Young Team Experiences

Joys and Frustrations, all in a Season of

PS& DOWNS

This past football season had many bright points. The Wolverine football team was following in the footsteps of an 8-2 record set by last year's team. The 1988 Varsity football team started with very few lettermen returning for two-a-days practices in the summer. The young team was made up of mostly Sophomores and juniors who practiced hard and became a cohesive unit. When the season began, this team was ready to face their opponents on the field. The first two weeks, the Wolverines won with ease, thinking they were unbeatable. The next week the Wolverines went on the road to face the always tough Marathon. This game appeared to be a mismatch, but with six seconds remaining the Wolverines' prayers were answered with a Hail Mary pass, that was caught for the winning touchdown. At this point, the Wolverines were riding on a three game

V arsity

First Row : AI Alvarez, jose

Luis Zuniga, German Del-

Carlos Alvarez, Ruben Chavez, jorge Lopez, jaime Lopez, Frank Guerra; Second Row: Jorge Rivero, jose Ortiz, Danny Mena, Mario Solorzano,

Dan Baldor, Bobby Perez, Juan Alvarez, Alex Trinchet, Manny Feijoo; Third Row : Hircio Barrios, Jose Varona, Mario Martinez, Arty Perez, Dario Guerra, Jorge Zagalez, Otto Travieso, Ralph Perez, Manny Mejido.

Quarterback German Delgado (12), on his way to passing for over 1,000 yards, releases a first down pass against the aggressive rush of linebacker Tommy Battle (35) of Naples' Estero.

S trong Safety Carlos Alvarez (15) performs a gymnastic leap for an interception against St. Andrews' David Sullon (54). This and many other plays won him a Miami Herald All-Dade Honorable Mention.

winning streak, and began to think they were invincible. An increasingly tougher schedule and overconfidence helped to beat this young, once invincible, Wolverine team. Manny Mejido, wide receiver, had this input, "The only games I accept losing were Coral Shores and Naples Estero because they were better than us. But the rest we lost to costly mistakes, and not playing to our full potential because we were overconfident." The Wolverines faced their downfall at the hands of Westminister. Now the team knew how it felt to lose. And lose they did, with the hard schedule that followed towards the end of the season. However, the season ended on a positive note as the Wolverines won their homecoming game against Moore Haven. The hard fought season ended with a 6-4 record.

- julio Granda

Football

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unning Back Frank Guerra (22) stands on the sideline cheering his team on after an injury in a tough practice. Being in crutches, wishing to help his team, and not being able to is a Running Back's worst nightmare.

W ide Receiver Manny Mejido (88) catches pass, showing the poise and air of determination, which won him All-Dade.

D efensive Back Danny Mena (42) sits on the bench with fellow cornerback jorge Rivero (32). After being ejected from the Homecoming game against Moore Haven for fighting, apparently releasing much frustration over a 6-4 season

C oach Aparicio, Coach Mendez, and Coach Wagner give the team last minute instructions before their big game against Curley.

J uan Daire comes up with another key catch. This one keeps the drive alive, and sets up the Wolverine's second touchdown against Pace.

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romising Freshman Eddie Mena takes a quick peek at the camera during a time out on the field.

For This Winning team

The name of the game was ... efense!!

The J.V. football season could be summed up in one word - DEFENSE. A 5 and 1 record was great, but the impressive trait that this team possessed was to not allow the opposing team to cross the goal line.

Having allowed only one touchdown in the entire season and with its offense's ability to score quickly, this team was unbeatable. The defense was led by linebackers Jose Espin and Alexis Gonzalez, safety Leo Leon, and noseguard Juan San Martin. The only touchdown this squad allowed was a long 80-yard bomb by St. Thomas Aquinas, which was the only team to beat them.

All the rest of the games were shutouts, including the highlight of the season a 21-0 victory over arch rival Pace. However, no game could be won by defense alone. The offense was also exceptional. Led by quarterback Mar-

cos Mestre and his favorite target Juan Daire, the team put on quite a show. When Marcos wasn't passing for a touchdown or scrambling for a first down, he was handing off the ball to the team's top running back Gaby Jimenez. "This was a great year. I think we have to be one of the best J.V. teams ever," said Leo Leon. This whole cast of characters was held together by their coach, Angel Aparicio.

In his third year, "Coach A" has amassed a 14 and 6 record. Just like the players, he seems to be improving year by year. "Coach A was a great coach. He did an incredible job," said co-captain Jose Espin. Coach Aparicio and his assistants pushed their players to the limit, the players responded by turning out a near perfect record and allowing only seven points all year.

- Fernando Alonso

JV. Football: Front : Hector .Gonzalez, Marcos Mestre, juan Daire, Miguel Vidal, Javier Argamasilla, Eddie Delgado, jose Iglesias, Thomas Mauri, Victor Lugo, Javier Lopez, Albert Acuna, Andres de Cardenas, Alexei jorge, Coach Wagner. Second : Gabriel jimenez, Javier Gonzalez, jose Espin, Franscisco Aixala, Eduardo

G ang tackling the Pace running back for no gain, the defense shows why it allowed only seven points all year.

Garcia, Gustavo Lopez, Luis Navarro, Oscar Celorio, Alain Padron, Alex Oliver. Third: Coach Aparicio, Ruben Nunez , Alexis Gonzalez, Israel Alfonso, Enrique Saldarriaga, Pablo Carreno, Eddie Mena, Alejandro Hoyos, Leo Leon, Albert Lazo, Eddy Martinez, Ivan Ortiz, Coach Mendez.

Alone up front: a

A Group of Dedicate-d Athletes Found Themselves on the Run to

ICTORY

For most student athletes, the athletic year begins with the academic year in September. For a select few, however, who call themselves Belen Cross Country runners, the season begins with training in july. Training is an integral part of running where the runner finally decides to get off the sofa, put on his NIKES and lose some of the added weight.

In August, the team really begins to bear down as Coach Carlos Barquin first puts them through his workouts. It is at this point that he realizes that the summer is over and school is rapidly approaching. After about a month, the heat, the humidity, and Coach Barquin's jokes slowly begin to erode the once sane mind of the runner.

The first series of races proved to be disappointing as Belen finished 6th out of ten teams in the annual Green-

tree Invitational, and failed to win an invitational until the month of November. The team, however, did come to finish 5th at the Dade County race and extended its undefeated dual meet record to well over 40 with impressive wins over Palmer, La Salle and Pace.

This year's squad was led by seniors juan Taboas, who finished 2nd in Conference and 16th in State; Carlos Salvat, who made the All-District Team as well as finishing 1Oth in State; and sophomore javi Riera, who became the youngest conference champion in 7 years. Following close behind were varsity members Luis Suarez, Robert jimenez, Oscar Celorio, and Eddy Dieppa. Belen had its first trio of runners under the 17:00 minute mark in over a decade and continued the tradition that is Belen Cross Country.

common characteristic of a Belen Cross Country runner. This time Carlos Salvat leads Belen vs. La Salle and Westminster at Tropical Park.

- Carlos Sa/vat

T he Belen top 5, led by javi Riera, Carlos Salvat, and Juan Taboas surge past Palmer's Camillo Echeverria and Robert Bonkenberg, and into the lead.

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V arsity Cross Country: Top: Robert Suarez, Luis Suarez, juan Taboas, Carlos Salvat, javi Riera, Robert Hernandez, Eddy Dieppa. Bottom: Tony Sevillano, Orlando Debesa, Oscar Celorio, Robert Jiminez, jose Sepulveda, Luis Guttierez, Coach Carlos Barquin.

ired, but triumphant, Carlos Salvat quietly celebrates his finish in the Dade County Youth Fair race.

S ophomore Gabby Jimenez consults with his brother, 7th grader David Jimenez, just before the mile at the St. Brenden Invitational.

rian Real, Ricky Martinez-Cid, Martin Powers and David Jimenez cheer on their team at the Epiphany Invitational.

Top runner David jimenez strides to pass an Epiphany runner at the Epiphany Invitational. David placed third in this mile-and-a-half race.

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If awards were given to each individual sport the J.H. and a half Cross-Country team would certainly win Most lmprov- "This year is really felt like a team" stated 7th grader ed. The young, inexperienced team, comprised totally of Joaquin Balaguar. Joaquin is probably the most improved sixth and seventh graders, took the third place trophy at runner finishing the year with a 10 8 in the mile and a the Epiphany Invitational. Under the coaching of Brother half. However, Joaquin plays a much more important Pusa, the team went on to place in two other dual meets. role, he is the team's moral booster when the going gets "This is the best standing the team has achieved since tough. I arrived at Belen. One must realize what a grueling sport Although Brother Pusa was satisfied with the year he Cross Country is in order to understand what we have has his goals set on next year. All the runners are reaccomplished here" commented Brother Pusa. Indeed it turning and the team just might prove to be unbeatable. is a grueling sport and no one understands this better Brother Pusa probably sums it up best when he said, than Brother Pusa except the team's top runner, seventh "The year for our team was a stepping stone in which grader David Jimenez. David led the team with a per- players and coaches alike learned and improved beyond sonal best time of 9.12 min. in the mile and a half. belief "

Following David was 6th grader Billy Mascaro who had an astonishing personal best time of 9.9 min. in the mile

J oaquin Balaguer leads the team in quiet prayer before th e Palmer Invitational.

-Danny Mena

T H. Cross Country: Top : J • Pedro jimen e z, Javier Herran, Philipe Aranza, joaquin Balaguar, juan D e Quesada, jose Abunze. Bottom; Pedro Borges, David Jimenez, Martin Powers , Brian Real , Luis de Mendoza

Ranked 7th in State, Holding Di strict

Title, these Swimmers

Sure were

Belen Mermen! No! Belen varsity swimmers jason Greenwood, Guilla DeAngulo, Artie Fanjul, and Alejandro Vazquez show off their all inspiring, clean, under water backstroke start.

aking waves

The Belen Wolverine swim team splashed its way into a District title, an 8-1 season, and a ranking of seventh in the state. Among their many accomplishments they broke the record in the 400 freestyle team relay, and boast four all county swimmers, Arturo Fanjul, Guillermo De Angulo, Mike Covert, and Robert CaragaL

"I'm thrilled about the season's outcome and very pleased to coach such high caliber swimmers. They really pulled through!" says head coach of the swimming team, Kirk Peppas, with great/ride.

The team's only senior an captain juan Fanjul says this, "I'm very honored to be a part of this year's team, we've all worked hard to achieve our goals. All our hard

work really paid off."

Individually and as a whole, the Wolverine swimming team went far beyond expectations, to become one, if not the best, swim team in Belen's history. Dedicating long hours a day of practice in order to accomplish both personal and team goals.

As a team they were champions, and as individuals up close they are ordinary guys, who have dreams and are making them come true. No matter how you put it, wherever the Belen swim team went they were sure to cause waves.

- Rafael Perez

S wimming Team: Front Row: Ricardo Vadio, Luis Salas, Pablo A. Tirado, Alejandro Danjer, Jorge A. Fernandez, Alejandro Cordero, Daniel Suarez, Guillermo Aleman, Albert Calienes, Andres Stalk. Middle Row: Mike Covert, Walter Lista, Oscar Corral, Michel E. Costa, Mark Hernandez, Delio Nunez, George Escala, Gabi Prado, Ricky Romagaso, William Rodriguez, Richard Leon.

Back Row: Coach Kirk Peppas, Donal Luna, Andy DeAngulo, Alejandro Vazquez, Jason Greenwood, Ricky Celorio, Guilla DeAngulo, Artie Fanjul, Miguel Lopez Santo, jorge A. Pernas, Silvio R. Morales, juan Fanjul.

Without a ripple, Artie Fanjul glides easily through the water.

M ike Covert demonstrates his medal winning butterfly, in a home swim meet.

lejandro Vazquez and Artie Fanjul hold hands up high after winning a freestyle relay.

D anny Palacio, Oscar Vazquez, Albert Delgado, Ernie Erdman, Andy Miyares, jose Lopez, Victor Salic and Victor Garcia relax and joke around after a victory over Epiphany.

hat a save by Albert Acuna, Oscar Vazquez, Ernie Erdman and Danny Palacio are right behind them for support.

Albert Acuna shows his AllStar talent by saving the point against Epiphany.

The Volleyball team was absolutely ncredible

If there is one word that can describe the Belen Junior High Volleyball team, "awesome" would fit the team best. For the first time since Belen started it' s volleyball program the team had an undefeated season. Coach Miriam Martinez Cambo was surprised the team did so well due to the fact that the team had no height, and in volleyball, height is necessary to win. With the help of the two returning starters Albert Acuna (co-captain) and Oscar Vazquez the team was able to defeat archrivals like Epiphany and St. Timothy. Contributing to the team's success were All-Stars Ernie Erdmenn (cocaptain), Leo Caraballo, Frankie Paredes, Jose LopezSantos, Danny Palacios, Albert Acuna and Oscar Vazquez. The team was also helped strongly by the contribution of a deep and well-rounded bench that per-

formed to their utmost when the team was in desperate need of relief.

The baby Wolverines faced the two so-called powerhouses of the conference and defeated both in extraordinary victories. The team defeated Epiphany 15-13 and 15-2 and also St. Timothy 15-10 and 15-6. Their greatest accomplishment was winning the All-Dade Tournament by defeating nine schools back to back. "This team deserved a well earned applause because of their hard effort and sportsmanship, having gone all the way to the top!", stated Coach Martinez Cambo. This is prime example of anxious players rising to the occasion and contributing to the great name Belen has in sports.

-Tony Suarez

Volleyball Team: Top ; Victor Salic, Albert Acuna , Victor Garcia , Danny Palacio, Oscar Vazquez, Ernie Erdman , Ariel Cariel , jose Lopez, and Mrs

Jose Lopez sets the ball for Albert Acuna to execute the killer shot against the opposing team.

Cambo Bottom ; Andy Miyares, Frankie Pared e s, Adrian Sainz, Leo Caraballo, Rudy Perez , and Albert Delgado

A rthur Wells (23) does nothing, except watch in amazement as Johnny drives past him and scores

High expectations made the team realize the meaning of the word res sure!

The expectations and the pressure mounting on the varsity basketball team were incredible. Especially, after they were picked preseason favorites to capture the District title. After having been playing together since seventh grade, these seniors finally got their chance to prove themselves. The team was led by Alex Espino and Juan Cueto Alex was selected First Team All-Dade and Juan made the All-Conference team. Although both are great players, they had an enormous amount of help from the rest of the team. Tremendous contributions were turned in by Alex Brito, Raul Herrero and Alexis Abril who dominated the rebounding all year. The offense was quarterbacked by point guard Julian Yang. Freddy Alonso's free throw shooting was near perfect. While, Juan Alvarez and Carlos Lamela contributed quality minutes off the bench all year long.

The season got under way on a bad note as the team lost their second game of the year to eventual state runners-up lnteramerican. The Wolverines were plagued with inconsistent performances for the next couple of weeks until the trip to New York, in midDecember. Even though they lost 3 of 4 games, the team

came back knowing a more physical style of play. Cocaptain Alex Espino explains, "After the New York trip, we played with higher intensity and more aggressiveness. We became more unified as a team." This was evident as the team went on a tear by winning 9 of their next 11 games. As the season wore on, fatigue became a factor and the team ended up losing their last 3 games of the year, which included the season ending loss to Pace.

Although the District title was not won, there were many highlights throughout the season. They included last second wins against Marathon and Westminster, capturing the Palmer Tournament championship, and two wins apiece over archrivals Gulliver and LaSalle. After finishing the year 18-10 the team had many things to be thankful for. Co-captain Alex Brito summed up the season best when he said, "The things I learned from my teammates will carry me beyond just the Basketball Court. The Friendships gained between us were more important than anything we ever did on the court."

- Fernando Alonso

A lex Espino, Weggie Gonzalez, Freddy Alonso, Julian Yong, and Alex Brito walk back to the bench, during yet another victory over La Salle for some last second instructions.

ansom ' s Adam Wolfberg has nowhere to go, as Alex Espino shows him that tenacious man-to-man defense.

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Salle.

The J.V. Basketball team takes the season with a

WOOSH

The junior Varsity team continued the winning tradition by accumulating an outstanding 22-3 season record. "We have the most aggressive and confident team the j.V. has had for quite some time," said seventh and eighth grade mathematics teacher and j.V. Basketball coach, Mr. Jorge Roca. Composed of one junior, five sophomores, and five freshmen, the team achieve-d a seventeen game winning streak while loosing only one game to Gulliver in a four overtime draw throughout the regular season.

The team also managed to win all home games at FlU as well as the Gulliver Thanksgiving Tournament. With

the leadership of Co-Captains jose juara and Luis Zuniga, the team had a unique team spirit that led them to a miraculous season. But as jose Zuniga will agree, it was a lot more than a miracle that allowed them to be so spectacular. "Sometimes I worked so hard that I wonder if it was worth it, but I look at the season now and I'll do it all over again." It is more than obvious that our J.V. Basketball team had a great season but what else can we expect when a team puts so much effort and hard work to be the best that they can be.

- Tony Osregan

J V. Basketball: Top: Mario •Traviesso, Albert Lozo, George Rodriguez, Carlos Martel, Alex joyos; Bottom: Alexis Gonzalez, juan juara,

jorge Lopez, jorge Gonzalez, Luis Zuniga. Not pictured: Sergio Bello, juan Tierre. Coach: jorge Roca.

eorge Rodriguez adds the points to the Belen score board in their rival match with Columbus

Eric Diaz shoots a clutch-free throw helping the Wolverines to another of their many impressive victories. The sixth grade team went on to finish a winning season with a 64 record.

The youngest Wolverines Shoot for

irst Place

"It was a question mark year, but the leadership on our team pulled us through," stated Junior High Basketball Coach Humberto Adan after an incredible 22-3 season. With only one returning starter this year, the team had its doubts about the season ahead of them. Despite their doubts, the team won the All-Catholic Conference title for the third year in a row with a startling 12-0 record in their division. The baby Wolverines' only 3 losses came to nonconference teams, including two of them in overtime to Gulliver Prep, and losing the other by a point to Ransom Everglades. Impressive victories, though, came against St. Brendan, St. Thomas, and Epiphany, the team's three greatest worries.

Coach Adan, in only his second year of coaching the Junior High team, has led them to an unbelievable combined record of 36-5. This season, though, is "the best I've had" according to Coach Adan. He added that the key point to the season was a core of returning seventh graders

who knew the system well and were able to apply it on the court.

The team mainly counted on Albert Acuna for scoring. He was the key to many victories, playing shooting guard and center on defense. Albert received help from two other All-Stars, Frank and J. C. Digon. The two forwards helped the team with great defense and outside shooting. Good performances by Cesar Vazquez, Michael Quijano, and Carlos Cepero contributed to the great success of the Junior High Basketball team in earning yet another ACC title.

The sixth grade Basketball team also fell prey to close losses. The team finished the season with a 6-4 record, losing 3 of them by a couple of points in the final minutes, and earning 3rd place in the ACC Southern Division. Strong playing time came from MVP Omar Travieso and All-Stars Manny Pose, and Billy Mascaro.

- George Caste/Is

S

ixth grade Basketball: Back Row: Coach Adan, Eric Diaz, Andres Castro, Antonio Ullivarri, jose Valdes, Daniel Brea, Alex De Armendi, Omar Travieso, and Raul Rodriguez.

Front Row: Manuel Pose, Rene Espinosa, Francis Suarez, Billy Mascaro and Eduardo Silva.

oach Adan has led both, the sixth grade and junior High Basketball teams, to backto-back winning season's in only two years of coachil)g.

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J H. Basketball

• team: Top Row: Cesar Vazquez, Daniel Palacio, Alfonso Cueto, and Michael Quijano. Middle Row: Daniel Alvarez, Francisco Digon, Alberto Acuna, j. C. Digon, Erick Bradford, and Coach Adan. Bottom Row: jorge Pelegrin, Angel Garay, Alexei jorge, Marcelo Llorente, and Carlos Cepero.

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he ball takes a good bounce and Carlos Garcia manages to avoid an opponent, while Ricky Perez watches in the background.

lex Murguia trips up opponents with his excellent dribbling skills.

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arlos Garcia takes the ball down field, while keeping it all to himself

Lack of,

spirit,

and • • • IDJUfieS, kept this team

ICKEDUNDER

We had it all. The talent, skill, performance, and individual players. We had it all except for a team. A reason for this was the attitude the players had on the field. An attitude "it doesn't matter, we can do it next year."

The team had plenty of talent, but many young players. In their mentality they left the task of playing for next year, in which some wanted to play and some didn't. "The team had a bad attitude. If they would have changed, they could have been the best team ever in Belen history," stated head coach Tony Abella.

Many of the players came on and off the field because of injuries. This also did not help the team's unity. The first to go down on the disabled list was senior Ricky Perez. He twisted his ankle in practice and tried to come back in the middle of the season but to no avail since he could not play at peak performance. Others followed, such as senior leader jaime Lopez, all-star and team leader Alex Murguia, and the heart of the defense Rollie Molina. All but one, jaime Lopez, dared to return to the field, but the team had all

ready seen a surplus of substitutes who could not perform the task of leading.

In spite of everything individual performances helped the team perform well. Carlos Garcia's dazzling skills mesmerized opponents as he dribbled down field and scored one of his team's leading 12 goals. Rollie Molina stands tall as defensive sweeper and stops a number of offensive opponents from scoring. Finally there was Alex Murguia He was a team plar.er. He knew when to dribble on and when to pass the bal His heart did not strive for himself but for the team. This reflected in his team leading 11 assists.

Still the soccer team managed to hold its head high. Although we could not say this with our record, we did work hard. With the help from three coaches, Robin Fraser, Nick Wyss, and Tony Abella, the Belen soccer team used their talents on the field and had fun throughout the season.

- Enrique Perez

ollie Molina gets ready to strike through the ball and give it to his teammates.

V arsity Soccer: Eddie Mena, Ricky Soto, Jose Suarez, Victor Sallick, Danny De Aguiar, Rollie and Cesar Molina, Ralph Abreu, Oscar Echegaray, Carlos Garcia, Jaime Lopez, Hector "Coco" Buigas, Jose Sanchez, Alex "Fish" Gonzalez, Javi Riera, Jesus Ayo, and Ricky Perez.

After a tough, but winning season, these teams proved they were more than

oung Blood

spite of its winning season. However, led by the astuteness of coach Nick Wyss, the Junior High team performed remarkably well. Forward Kevin Crew and Gaby Moran opened the team's way to a nine-six season, not including one tie, in which they played such outstanding teams as Gulliver, Pinecrest, and St. Kevin. Halfback Felipe Arteaga <>aid, "I'm sure that our actual performance on the field was not at its best. However, we did put a lot of effort and are convinced that next year we'll be unstoppable."

- Carlos Rivera

There has been no year like the one this Junior Varsity Things didn't go as well for the Junior High team, in team has had. Coach Robin Fraeser, member of the U.S. National Soccer team, let all the cats loose as he guided his team towards an impressive undefeated season. Out of the seven games in which they played, the team won six and allowed only one goal to be scored on them. That one goal resulted in a tie against Pinecrest. Forward Oscar Echegaray led the way with six goals and three assists becoming the Most Valuable Player. Halfback Hector Buigas, a very important part of the team, said, "What a season! Undefeated. What's important now is that we look forward to next year. And by looking around me I know we'll do just as good Maybe even better."

oach Nick Wyss reflects along with the team after another victory. The j.V players were undefeated all season.

elen wins the coin toss as they prepare to play St. Timothy.

G aby Moran gets ready to receive the ball.

Not even great Senior leadership could prevent this youthful team's:

S ophomore ace, Isreal Alfonso, watches yet another batter look his way back to the dugout, after a strike-out.

ARDKNOCKS

It was the bottom of the seventh, leading eight to five, against Gullive in the District semifinals at Dade North. Two outs, two strikes, and two balls on Dade's leading hitter, and two men on base. The pitch, the swing, a home run, and the end to a doubtful season. With only four returning starting seniors, All-Conference outfielder, Juan Alvarez, Second team All - Dade second baseman, Carlos Segredo, Micheal Cardoso, and Luis Zabala, three Starting Sophomore pitchers, and one freshman, the season was an uncertainty. Sophomore jorge Lopez provided the power, and the one-two pitching combination was in the hands of two sophomores, Isreal Alfonso, and Marcus Mestre. Top newcomer, junior Albert Valdez provided the spark the team needed, as the first batter. When the pitching was there, the bats were asleep, and

vice-versa. During the middle of the season, it all seemed to be coming together, when the team defeated 4-A Auberndale in a 9-8 twelve inning victory, the longest game in Belen history. But it was not to be. As freshman sensation Javier De La Vega put it, "We lost four important games in the seventh inning, and that hurts any team, but a record of 16-11 was no small fete." Despite these close losses, the team enjoyed an exciting season, and was extremely close. Maybe juniors, juan Pinyero, and jorge Dones put it best, "This team took a lik'in, but kept on tickin. We always fought till the end, no matter what." All this youth foreshadows many winning seasons to come, and makes Belen a greater force to be reckoned with in 2-A baseball.

- Luis Zabala

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arsity Baseball: Top: HEAD COACH Ed Fraga, Luis Zabala (Co-Captain), john Villalba, jorge Lopez, Juan Alvarez, jorge Dones, Isreal Alfonso, jose juara, juan Pinyero, Mark Mestre, COACH

Oscar Celorio. Bottom; jorge Hernandez, Freddy Lopez, Albert Valdez, jorge Ortega, Chris Segredo (Captain), Javier De La Vega, Ralph Tapanes, Michael Cardoso, Boris Millares.

baseman Luis "WIWI" Zabala provided the Senior Leadership which was extremely important in the success of this young team.

Three Ba seball Team s were

Inexperienced and Inconsistent as they Faced

mar Benitez practices his batting skill s shortly before the St. Brendan game. Omar has the team's leading average.

ARDTIMES

Inexperience at the pitching position plagued the sixth grade baseball team. With no one true "Ace" in the rotation, the team got off to a horrible 0-6 start. With only three games left · in the season, Alex Raton joined the team. He proved to be the final piece missing for a solid ball club. In his very first at-bat, Alex ripped a two run homerun. This prov i ded the team with the spark it needed as they blew out their final three opponents. Top performers included Manny Pose, Rene Espinosa, Javier Cantens, Nelson Ruiz Maya, and of course Alex Raton.

Outstanding is a word that could describe the Junior High baseball team. Finishing the year with a 15-3 record and taking second place in the division proved to be very satisfying to Coach Adan. With only a 5-3 record at the start of the season, the team managed to put it all together and win their remaining nine games. Albert Acuna was the team's best pitcher and best player.

Albert had plenty of help though, especially from fellow all - stars, Emicel Ana, julio Cardoso, and Efrain Morales.

Posting an 8-6 record, the JV baseball team accomplished more than anyone thought they would. The highlight of the season was a 5-1 victory over powerful Pace. Even though it was supposed to be a "Rebuilding year," many players turned in outstanding seasons: such as catcher Pablo Carreno, shortstop Charlie Erdmann, centerfielder jorge Lopez, and top pitcher Alex Oliver. One big surprise for Coach Martinez was the outstanding pitching of first year player Ralph Barba. Co-Captain jorge Lopez summed up the season by saying, "It was a tough, hard fought season filled with its share of ups and downs, but we still played to the best of our abilities."

- Fernando Alonso

J V. Baseball: Top ; Benito • Carmona, Frankie Fernandez, Omar Benitez, Efrain Morales, Emicel Ana, Albert Acuna, Ricky Sanchez, David Tejada, Alex Alfonso, Coach Humberto Adan. Bottom; Michael Quijana, Adrian Sainz, Ale x Sepero , Carlos Azaret , juan Bellon , Alexi jorge, Mike Cruz, and Carlos Garcia.

frain Morales releases his fast ball and adds another strike out to his great E R A.

Coach Adan instructs Alex Raton where it would be best for him to hit the ball.

N ot only is he an extremely talented catcher, but Nelson Ruiz-Moya can also hit for power.

C enter fielder Carlos Amor fires the ball in, after making a spectacular catch of a long fly ball.

W ith his team down by one point, Aldo Cardona attempts to pin his opponent and get his team back on the lead.

Hunger, hard work and determination is what kept this young and inexperienced team from being

INNED DOWN

Young, determined and inexperienced were the adjectives that characterized this wrestling team. Finding themselves with only one senior, and give new wrestlers out of a team of nine, they struggled all year to do their best.

The season started at the Florida Christian Tournament where the team walked out with two champions and one runner-up. Considering that the team would start every match with at least thirty points behind their opponents, they performed extremely well. Even though they never had a full team to fill up all weight categories, the team did better than expected of them, ending the season with a record of 6-5.

By maintaining such a high record, the team managed to

make it to Districts. In Districts the team didn't do as well as expected of them, but still came out winning fourth place.

"Considering our position throughout the season, I did not expect us to perform as well as we did. By being a part of this team I felt like a part of a unified and determined team that wouldn't give up for anything," said Danny Granda!, the only senior on the team. Head coach Carlos Barquin said, "I train my wrestlers to the best of my knowledge, and this year's team was one of the youngest that I have had, but one of the toughest. It was a pleasure and like usual an experience to do so, and I'm looking forward to seeing most of them in the years to come."

ony Munoz, Alex Cardona and Aldo Cardona say a final prayer before their big match in which they will each try to defend their undefeated individual records.

- RAFAEL PEREZ

W ith the match tied, Tony Munoz takes control early, knowing that if he gives up or lets go of his man, the whole team will be let down.

The Varsity Tennis Team had a year of ictory

Victory! That was the name of this year's tennis game. Under the expert coaching of Mr. Patrick Collins the Tennis Team achieved such goals as Second Place standings in the Gulfstream Atlantic Conference and in the Dade County District Class 8M. The team soared to such heights with the talent and leadership of sophomore Cesar Conde and senior Jorge Mestre.

Jorge Mestre led the team with a personal record of 14 wins and only 1 loss. He reached the finals at the Conference Tournament in both singles and doubles and was the only player on the team to reach the finals of the District Tournament. After finishing his senior year ranked second in singles and on the All-Conference team, Jorge had these comments "I'm glad I was able to end my high school career with the best year I've ever had."

Cesar Conde is just as talented as Jorge Mestre with one exception, he's only a sophomore! Cesar finished with a personal record of 11 wins and 2 losses. Cesar was the Conference Singles Champion and got to the doubles finals with Mestre. "This year we had what will be remembered as one of Belen's great 1-2 combinations," stated Cesar.

Every member of the Tennis Team reached the District Semi - finals. Sophomore Nestor Machado finished 3rd on the team, David Font 4th, Jose Ortiz 5th, and Alex Almazan 6th. They took the County by surprise, but nobody was more surprised than the team itself. Junior Jose Ortiz explains, "I can't believe we did so well especially at the District level. We were just awesome!"

-DannyMena

V arsity Tennis: Pat Collins, Cesar Conde, jorge Mestre, David Font, jose Ortiz, Alex Almazan, Albert De Cardenas, Mark Hernandez, and Silvio Morales.

S enior jorge Mestre rushes the net and waits for the return shot so he can score the winning point. jorge was the only senior on the team and the only member to make it to the District Finals.

S ophomore Cesar Conde hits the winning shot against his opponent in the Belen Tournament.

N estor Machado uses his powerful backhand shot to defeat his opponent.

J orge Mestre serves over the head of his doubles partner, Cesar Conde.

PINECREST . W

GULLIVER ............ W

BISHOP VEROT L

RANSOM ............. W

WESTMINSTER W

LASALLE ............. W

PACE ................. W

CURLEY .............. W

CORAL SHORES W

LOYOLA .............. W

PALMER ............. W

T he mile relay team rejoices at Districts after breaking the oldest record in Belen. The team consists of Carlos Salvat, Luis Zuniga, Manny Mejido, and juan Taboas

Manny Mejido, one of the team's best athletes shows his rare form in the long jump. This is the second year in a row that Manny made it to the State finals in the mile relay.

Newcomer Alex Espino

contributed greatly to the team's success by becoming its best high jumper in one year. Alex was 7th in points earned on the team, and had a personal best jump of 5'1 0"

Awesome Training and Talented Athletes get I I ROKENRECORDS

Records are meant to be broken, and this is exactly what the Track and Field team set out to do this year. The experience of the returning mainstays from last year's District Championship team and the dedication of head coach Richard Stuart and assistant coach Angel Aparicio helped to defeat the team's main enemy, the stopwatch. After a slow start in a few class 4A meets, the team came to life and won an astonishing nine straight dual meets. This included victories over every team in the Gulfstream Athletic Conference as well as a major victory over class 1A champions Palmer.

Along the way many records were beginning to become reachable. Alexis Abril was the first athlete to set a record by breaking Emiliano Herran's 5 year old record in the 120 hurdles. His time of 15.5 was reached in a losing effort against Bishop Verot. After that close loss Belen

regrouped to defeat archrival Ransom Everglades, with captain and MVP juan Taboas leading the way.

The team went on to lose the Conference Championship because of a late disqualification in the mile relay. Because of this they were readier than ever to win Districts for a second time in a row. They did this by tieing Ransom. The team took eight athletes to the State meets, including two weight men, Gabby Cabrera and Manny Feijoo. Other outstanding qualifiers were Alexis Abril, Carlos Garcia, juan Taboas, and Manny Mejido The mile relay team also broke a school record with a time 3:31:01. juan Taboas had these words on the season, "We had a rough start but when we came out of that slump there was no stopping us!" Records WERE meant to be broken.

- DannyMena

The team and District's best discus thrower, Manny Feijoo, warms up with a throw surpassing many others' best throws. Manny made it to State in two events this year.

School record holder, Alexis Abril goes over the last hurdle with nothing in sight but another Belen victory. Alexis' only loss came in the State qualifying round

JShot by shot, the Golf Team began to get a feel for their

Who would imagine:

orne Turf

Only four years ago coach Richard Stuart helped, what was then called the "Golf Club," to play their first couple of matches. This year the Golf Team had their home course at Fontainebleau and went up against highly respectable teams such as Gulliver and Curley. The season had a great start with two incentive victories over Palmer, but never seemed to catch up with itself afterwards. As Coach Mrs. Cartaya Urves put it, "This being my first year as coach, I really didn't know what to

expect. I guess all of us learned from the experience."

The most outstanding player was ninth grader Javier Antuna who had a season average of 43 points. "To me, this is what you would call a building season. We all had a great time at every match. We all played our best and I think that is the most important aspect of all," said senior Carlos Garcia.

- Carlos Rivera

Practice and dedication are what makes Tom Orozco

potentially dangerous Golf player i'l the coming years.

avier Antuna leads the pack with Luis Fernandez and Carlos Garcia following close behind. Antuna won the Most Valuable Player award

G olf team: Left to right: Coach Maria Elena Cartaya Urves, Jesus A yo (1Oth) , Tom Orozco (8th), Javier Antuna (9th), Luis Fernandez (12th), Carlos Garcia

(12th).

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enior Carlos Garcia observes as his ball is about to fall through in order to help the team in their second game

victory

J avier Antuna, jesus A yo, and Tom Orozco practice their shots at the driving

match.

T echnique is what characterizes this man. jesus Ayo is a newcomer but has managed to learn rapidly the tricks of the trade.

oach Adan presents Marcos Olaniel with his swimming award. Marcos is aiming for MVP next year.

arlos Salvat proudly accepts his Cross Country MVP award from Coach Adan. Carlos was Belen's top distance runner this year.

J

uan Taboas is congratulated , for his 2nd outstanding aJ..,ard ; Sportsman of the Year.

Juan also received the U S. Army Scholar Award, Belen's first of its kind

All the athletes in the school felt the joy of being HAMPIONS

At the end of the year an athlete feels the accomplishment of a goal. Some are rewarded for this because they went beyond the call of duty. They had the desire to win and to overcome any obstacle as large as it seemed. This is what truly gave them a sense of wellbeing and satisfaction. This satisfaction payed off even more for the achievers because they were presented with awards.

At the Sports Banquet in the Airport Hilton on May 19 all of Belen's athletes gathered for a special ceremony. The evening invoked the Scholar Award which was presented to Senior Juan Taboas by a representative from the army. It was the first time that the award was given to a Belen student. Juan was also presented with the Sportsman of the Year award.

The evening's awards were composed of individual

achievements in each sport, but the highlight of the evening was the Athlete of the Year. This award was given to a Senior who had endured three sports; Football, Basketball, and Baseball. This Senior was Juan Alvarez who was admired for successfully handling sports and a rigorous academic life.

To come to an end of a year in sports and not acknowledge fan support would be a great tragedy. Who can forget the heckling of opponents at basketball games, or the roar of the crowds at the football games. This was all led by our courageous cheerleaders who endured the good and bad times We respectively thank them and our rowdy fans, see you next year!

- Rick

Perez

M

ike Covert accepts his Most Improved swimmer award from Coach Adan.

A thlete of the Year Juan Alvarez is surrounded by Filete Rivero, Fr. Kidwell, Coach Bucky Martinez, and Mike Cardoso.

For

these

girls, hours of tiring practice pay off when they manage to get their crowds all

FIRED UP

"Hey fans!", "Ya!" , is a phrase that will never be forgotten thanks to the Varsity and Junior Varsity Cheerleaders. Those pretty-fine looking girls that we see on the field and on the courts are the "soul" of our spirit and inspiration at football and basketball games. These are the girls that never have a frown on their faces even after a loss. Basketball starter Alex Espino had the following to say about the cheerleaders, "They are the cause of the inspiration at games. In times of needed motivation the girls help get the crowd 'fired-up' which in turn gets us 'fired-up' and helps us win!"

The two squads are moderated by Mrs. MartinezCambo in her spare time. The Varsity squad is led by Ana Aries (captain) and Patty Mendoza (co-captain). The J.V. squad is led by Cyanne Senra (captain) and Yvette Alvarez (captain). Adding a cute touch is Yvonne Alvarez, the mascot for the J.V. squad who is grader at Epiphany school.

MJlga De La Masa and lvette Alv a rez show us how to get down during a J V c heerle a ders ro utine

Jennie Seoanes and lvette Gonzalez, both varsity cheerleaders were asked why they enjoyed cheering? Jennie responded "I like to represent Belen and I know I'm counted on for support." lvette replied, "That football game at Marathon when we were losing, but deep in our hearts we knew we could win then seeing it happen in the last few seconds of the game, it just gave me 'goose - bumps ' and that is what cheerleading is all about!" J.V. cheerleader Manena Ortiz was asked why Belen and not some other school she replied that her brother Jose played Varsity football and it was the only way to get involved with Belen . It is not only fact, but it is also obvious that these girls do make the difference. So much hard work and dedication, these cheerleaders are truly the 'soul' inspiration at the games and pep-rallies.

V. Cheerleaders: Maria • Garcia , Cristy Cruz , Marietta Galindez, Olga De La Maza, Arnie Cabrera , Karla Alvarez, Yvette Alvarez , Magda Ortiz , Cyane Senra

arianne Murry, Ana Arias and Karen Kennedy firing up the football team at the peprally.

TONY SUAREZ

etty Consuegra, varsity cheerleader walking like an Egyptian

arsity Cheerleaders: Rose Alvarez , Maria Fernandez, Mercy Perez, Maryanne Murry, Debbie Planas, Ana Arias , Jennifer Seoanes, Betty Consuegra, lvette Gonzalez, Karen Kennedy , Cristina Maria Romano , Cyane Senra

JFor four hundred years or more, the jesuit order has been engaged in producing so called "Men for Others." These groups of men, scattered worldwide, have been called the elite of the church and with good reason. They are selfless, dedicated, innovative, and extremely intelligent. Curiously enough, the

jesuits of Belen have managed to establish a faculty with these exact char- These men and women treat acteristics. us as persons of individual Teaching through example is certainly worth and not just numbers something they believe in. These men ••• and women treat us as persons of individual worth and not just numbers. They go beyond the mandates of their individual jobs to get close to the students and show us how to relate to one another in a Christian way.

BY TONY OBREGON

No one is more involved than Mr. Ralph Ledesma. Besides teaching French and Theology, he practically lives at the school moderating three of our largest clubs. His enthusiasm for plays, skits, field day or whatever is going on, is his trademark.

A WINNING COMBINATION

Tho are these silent onlookers? Why don't they teach? Do they work for the school? These two men that you occasionally see around school are the administrative hierarchy. Their often heard /'-' names are Father jose Maria Izquierdo and Father Marcelino Garcia.

Father Marcelino Garcia is the school's President. He is responsible for dealing with parents and the finances of the school. He chairs the Parent's Club which sponsors many activities to increase parent involvement in school functions. Tombola, the main fundraiser of the year, and Alumni Field Day, another important fundraiser are personal responsibilities of Father Marcelino. The incredible success of these two events is a measure of how hard this essential part of our school works. Although he is not seen outside in the halls like other members of the faculty, in his office he is constantly working. In regards to Father Marcelino, Senior Frank Guerra says, "He does a lot. He is behind the scenes worker."

The man in the scenes, at least for the students, is Father Izquierdo. Three adjectives that describe him are austere, quiet, and omniscient. He seems to know what is going on among the students all the time As disciplinarian of the students, he was a man of integrity, order, and, above all, understanding. This quality of understanding Miss Chirino attributes to, "his ability to remain down to earth and human."

As Principal, he carries with him all his previous qualities. His ability to relate to people through listening has helped him greatly in his dealings with the faculty When asked of the way Father Izquierdo deals with the faculty, Miss Chirino says, "He is personable. When he wants something from you, he will ask you to do it." He not only stresses communication with his faculty, but also with the student body.

He is always there for students. At the beginning of the year he met informally with a group of students to ask them of their feelings about the reforms in the school. He showed a true respect for their concerns and offered explanations for the changes within the school.

Some of the changes produced by this administration are new classes like A.P. English and Speech and Drama I, and a renewed discipline. Due to the efforts of these two jesuits, teachers are happier and our community continues to mature. They truly exemplify, when seen up close, our school motto of MEN FOR OTHERS.

-Juan Fanjul

AN EFFECTIVE BLEND OF TALENTS

he Assistant Principals of Belen share some common characteristics - commitment, understanding, and caring Yet, they are all very different. The blend of leadership which they provide keeps this school running smoothly toward its goal in shaping "Men for Others."

Mr. Leopolda Nunez, Executive Assistant Principal, is in charge of all matters dealing with academics. He holds one of the highest posts in the administration but believes it's important to keep in touch with the students. In order to do this he teaches Humanities to the seniors. "Above all," he says, "I'm a teacher."

The Jesuits have had a profound impact on Mr. Nunez in- the spiritual sense and he says he's learned that "Life is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be lived."

Another of these men shows a contrast between theory - Assistant Principal for Activities and Latin American History teacher, and practiceprobably the most involved teacher in Belen

Mr. Armando Rodriguez chose teaching because he simply loves it. Those who are close to Mr. Rodriguez know that he is a profoundly caring person who listens so intently to students that he gains their respect right away. What's a teacher to him? "A teacher is a person always willing to help as an instrument of God but not expecting much in return." It's all sacrifice an.d love - and Mr. Armando Rodriguez is just the man for the job.

Finally we ask: who is that new priest? You know, the big guy that's always giving out passes and Dt's to us. I mean, who is he as more than just another tough disciplinarian? Like, what did he do before he came here?

Well, back in 1960, at age 17, Jose Antonio Esquivel arrived alone in New York from Cuba, his homeland, where he had attended Belen. It was a difficult start for him and, years later, while engaged to be married, he received his calling to the priesthood. He left for the Dominican Republic and entered the Santo Domingo Manresa Noviciate in 1967 to be ordained as a priest seven years later. Since then, and throughout his Jesuit training, he has taught at Santiago de los Caballeros University, Belen, Loyola School in Santo Domingo, and participated in the Seattle University Master of Religious Education program. One of his most interesting jobs has been as assistant rector of the Gregorian University, the first Catholic university in the world, and of the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome from 1980 to 1984.

Although on the outside he may appear tough in the way he handles his job, Father Esquivel has proved to be a friend who's always there for us He says about his life that, "The past I leave to the mercy of God, the future to the providence of God, and the present is God's gift to me - to live it full."

- Luis Garcia-Chacon

Alonso, Mercy 7th Geography

Alvarez, S. J ., Eduardo 11th and 12th Theology

Aparicio, Angel 6th and 7th Disciplinarian }. V Football, }r High Soccer

Arteaga, Lourdes 6th, 7th, 8th Spanish

Grade English

Artecona, Teresita 7th

Aspuru, Maura 6th, 8th, 1Oth Spanish

Baldor, Aurelio 9th, 1Oth and AP Spanish Foreign Language Chairperson

Bango, Sigrid 12th World Lit., Creative Writing, and Drama English Chairperson

Barquin, Carlos 1Oth Physical Ed. Varsity Wrestling and Cross Country

Blanco, Eduardo 6th and 7th Theology Community Service Coordinator

Adan, Hu mberto 6th Math 6th grade and ]r. High Basketball

BEING A FRIEND

an a person teach three math classes, coach two basketball teams, be actively involved in the community, and still be around to be a good friend?

Well Mr. Humberto Adan has managed to do just that. He is Belen's sixth grade math teacher. He takes his teaching very seriously, and tries to do the best job he knows how. " I believe," said Mr. Adan, "that I challenge my students only because I like to see them succeed " For the first time in Belen's history the sixth grade

received an average of a nine-stanine on their achievement test. That's more than the top six percent of the nation. He is concerned with not only the math classes he teaches this year, but his previous students as well by keeping in touch on their progress of higher level math classes.

His coaching is a whole new different ball game. He coaches the sixth grade and jr. high basketball teams, and is Athletic Director of all Jr. High sports at Belen. Beyond his coaching, he is also a high school official for basketball and an umpire for baseball.

In April he finished his master's degree on which he has been working on for five years under the Educational Administrative Provision. He is also the Executive Secretary of the Catholic Conference of Parochial Schools, and Baseball Commissioner for the County. Mr. Adan follows a pretty busy schedule, but that does not stop him from being a friend to both his students and the players he coaches.

- Tony Obregon

ne of Mr. Adan's accomplishments is to the highest level with stanines of nine bringing the sixth grade math percentile

NEW WORLD MAN ''

t's organized chaos," replies Robert de los Santos, 9th grade English teacher, after being asked how he organizes his time between teaching and playing keyboards for such events as the senior skit, the Christmas play, and school masses. Particularly his involvement in the senior skit was one thing the seniors never overlooked. Carlos Rivera had ths to say about Mr. De los Santos' involvement in the skit, "The addition of his keyboard playing was vital in creating the sense of continuity between the scenes."

Mr. De los Santos holds a Bachelor's degree in English and Spanish Literature from Columbia University. And his favorite hobby, if you haven't guessed, is to play the synthesizer. Mr. De los Santos enjoys teaching his 9th grade classes very much and the feelings his students have for him are mutual, even though most of them will admit his class is very tough. "He's really a funny and nice guy, but his class is super hard, even though he makes it interesting," claims 9th grader Ale/·andro Barrios.

Mr. De los Santos himself was once a Be en student. Asked how Belen has changed since he was a student, he replied, "The spirit and integrity of the Belen student remail"ls intact. However, I would like to see the academic and intellectual curiosity increase." Mr. De Los Santos wants to see his students go an interest in their grades to being excited with the process of learn mg.

I t's his involvement in extra-curricular activities, combined with his excellent teaching that makes Mr. de los Santos special.

- George Caste/Is

He led the Forensics team to a National Title , and recognition at the District and State levels

De los Santos, Robert 9th English Forensics

Blanco, Isidro 9th Algebra I, 11th Algebra II, 12th Math 4

Cambo-Martinez, Miriam 11th, 12th Computer I, 11th Algebra II Junior High Volleyball

Cartaya, S.J ., Pedro 9th, 1Oth Spanish, 11th

Cartaya-Wrves, Maria Elena 9th grade, 1Oth Spanish

Chirino, J osefina 8th, 11th, 12th Theology Peer Ministry

Collins, Patrick 1Oth U.S. History, 11th American Government Tennis, Close Up Foundation

Donohue, Carolyn 6th Reading, 7th English

Fernandez, Rafael 7th Life Science, 9th Earth Science

Fraga, Eduardo 6th, 8th, 9th Physical Education Football, Baseball

Garcia, Gerardo 9th Theology Community Service

Garcia, Mercedes 8th Science

Haibi, Dora 7th Spanish

Hernandez, Pedro 1Oth Biology, 11th and 12th Physics

Hernandez, Roberto 11th Sociology and Economics

Hernandez, Sylvia 9th and 12th English

Hewett, Maria 8th Mathematics Key Club Moderator

Icaza, Charmaine College Counselor

Jimenez, Beatriz 7th, 9th , 11th Spanish Alpha Club Moderator

Jimenez, Mirna 9th Spanish, 8th Spanish

Fr. Bill Kidwell S.J. 1Oth Moral Theology Christian Life Community (CLC) Moderator

Ledesma, Ralph 7th Spanish, 8th Theology, 11th and 12th French Senior Beta Club Moderator, Assistant to Key Club, Peer Ministry, Senior Encounter and Senior Skit

WE ALL LOVE HIM

orn in Havana, Cuba, Mr. Ledesma is one of the teachers most loved and talked about by the Belenites. With a BA in language from Manhattan College, a minor in Theology from the Bronx, an MA in Spanish from Middlebury College in Vermont, and a Masters in guidance from Jersey City State College, Mr.

Ledesma is one smart teacher.

He comes to Belen from St. Joseph's High School in West New York, New jersey where he taught for 19 years. When asked what he feels about God and Belen, Mr. Ledesma says "I have worked for Catholic schools before but they cannot be compared to the facilities and atmosphere offered to us at Belen" he says, "The spiritual growth of the students is at a very high level throughout the school."

When asking senior jose Martinez what he thinks of Mr. Ledesma, he says "He's the type of person who feels everyone has good in their heart, and, who is always there when you need him. We all love him," says Jose.

Presently in his second year at Belen, Mr. Ledesma teaches Spanish in the seventh grade, Theology in the eight grade, and French to the eleventh and twelfth grades . "I love it," Mr. Ledesma says when asked what he thinks about Belen.

r. Ledesma always has a smile on his face. After two decades of teaching he

- Robert Carreras

GENTLE BEAR

ho would imagine that such a silent man -could be so influential among the Junior and Senior students. When Father Oscar Mendez speaks, he speaks wisdom.

Maybe this is due to the fact that he is fluent in over ten languages. At any rate, he is so enriched with culture, due to his living in over half of the world, that he expresses it in his lectures and shares it with his students.

As a teacher he is firm. As counselor, he's a best friend. Senior George Castells had this to say: "When you ever have a problem, he is the man to talk to. He seems to understand everything one says, as if he were living the experience himself." Quick with a story, he makes it relate to one and gives his advice in a nonreserved fashion. He is the kind of person everyone can identify with.

Carlos Lamela seemed to have his own view on Father Mendez by saying: "Warm hearted, peaceful. I can really relate to this guy." " This guy?" How can one possibly refer to a PRIEST in this manner? It's because of the relationship which has been built between him and us students, an ever growing process.

It's every characteristic of him which makes him an ideal role model for the students. He's the person to look up to, because he has all the answers.

A teacher, a priest, a philosopher, and a counselor; Father Oscar Mendez is a true blessing among our Family.

- Carlos Rivera

F r. Mendez takes his time to be a friend to many juniors and Seniors in times of distress.

Mendez, S. J ., Oscar 11th-12th Theology 12th Grade Counselor

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American

Lemus, S.J ., Francisco 8th Spanish

Marrero, Ruben Varsity Basketball Asst. Coach

Martinez, Jorge 9th World History, 1Oth

History

V Baseball Coach , Varsity Basketball Head Coach

Miyar, Marie-Jean 11th Humanities, 12th Journalism Yearbook Advisor

Morrell, Celia 8th Math, 9th World History

Murphy, Elizabeth 1Oth American Literature

Orta, Benigno

Perez, Jimmy 9th Algebra Disciplinarian

Pichardo, Frank 11th Chemistry, 1Oth Biology

Prado, Marta 1Oth Geometry

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Puza, S.J ., John 6th Grade Science

High Cross Country Coach

Roca, Jose 7th-8th Grade Math

V Basketball Head Coach

Sanchez, Ana Maria 8th Grade English Moderator ]r. Beta Club

Sardini, S.J., Jorge junior High Counselor

Stuart, Richard 9th-1Oth Grade P E Varsity Football Head Coach

Tey, S.J., Jose Theology Moderator B.A.S.E S

Vila, Carol 12th Grade Computers, 12th Grade Calculus

Wagener, William 9th Grade Science

Wentzel, Brian 12th Grade Psychology Guidance Counselor

Zoller, Eugene 8th Grade Civics Moderator - Chess, Moderator - Civics Club

Woodward, Patricia English 10

Pep Club Advisor

A SENSE OF COMMITMENT

ho are her favorite author and literary character?

William Buder Yates and Isabel, the main character in Henry james's Portrait of a Lady. Why are these Ms. Patricia Woodward's favorite people in literature, although she teaches Shakespeare? Because they both portray some aspects of her life. They both had courage, bravery and a sense of commitment. Yates also loved to learn new things and go through different phases and periods in literature, which she admires greatly.

During the past three summers, she has been working on her second masters at Middlebury College in Vermont, a joint program with Oxford University in England. By doing this, she goes beyond what she already knows, to give her students a better understanding in English. She will be graduating this summer. She admits that in her five years at Belen, she has not noticed a downward trend in her students, but she has witnessed a wide variation which depends on the student's own motivation to learn. This year she has seen a much different side of her students, because of her newest commitment to Belen.

With the resignation of Mrs. Urves as moderator of the Pep Club, she was asked to take on the job. "I really enjoy being involved in what the students do out of school because it gives the student-teacher relationship a whole new meaning and dimension which is more fun." She always attended the games before she was moderator, and now that she has made this commitment, she attends them even more. Although she is stuck in school until late, she does find some free time to do some swimming, reading, and a lot of writing, which is her favorite after school hobby.

p atricia Woodward, 11th grade English teacher and pep club moderator does an

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adequate job preparing Juniors for the Senior year term paper.

SEEDS FOR THE FUTURE

e all look forward to events such as the Belen Tombola and Fiesta Latina that the school offers for us and our community. How often do we stop to think though, while we're having so much fun, about the people who dedicate their time and effort for the preparation of these and other wonderful events.

These and other fund raising events are made possible by the Office of Development. The main producers of the Office are Fr. Richard Chisholm, S.j., the Director, Dr. jose Ignacio Rasco, the Financial Director and the Secretary, Mrs. Marina Hernandez.

The Office of Development not only handles matters dealing with fund raising, but also those towards the future construction of our school. The Office is always trying to make the school bigger and better, by facilitating the students and community in any way possible. The department also handles more important matters concerning scholarships for deserving students.

In 1988-89 the Office of Development has provided 80-plus scholarships, maintaining those students with the greatest need.

When asked how he feels about the progress of the Office of Development, Fr. Chisholm, S.J. said, "till this day we have been doing our best to provide the students and the community with the best possible facilities and education. Thanks to the great efforts of the entire community we have been able to make our school a leading influence in the future lives of our students."

- Rafael Perez

F r. Richard Chisholm, S.J. Director of the Office of Development

Marina Hernandez Secretary to the Office of Development

Jose

Rasco Financial Director of the Office of Development

Dr.

Ignacio

Mercy M. Arcay

Secretary to the Principal

George Busse Business Manager

Aurora Corona

Secretary

Maria Eugenia Eireos Assistant Librarian

Teresita E. Garcia

Registrar

Guillermo Jorge Head Librarian

Brother Leonel Lopez

Book Store Manager

Renee Malgarat Secretary to the President

Marion Mendizabal Receptionist

Julia Reboredo Bookstore Assistant

Maria Antonia Celeya

Maria Teresa Cou

Carmela Garcia

Gonzalez Ramirez

Maria Gonzalez

Esther Suarez

Alicia Rodriguez

Zoraida Valinas Cafeteria Staff

Eva Reyes

Secretary

Rafael Artiles

Mario Parra

Ramon Sierra

Ivan Roa

Maintenance Staff

What is it that makes our junior and senior high school years so important to us? Why will we spend so much time remembering these magic days and the people that made them special?

It isn't the classes that we will remember. It is not even the building or the teachers. What makes the difference in these times is our intimate, close friendships with other students. Things will change. People will come and go. Nothing is static. We will never again make friends as easily or relate as intimately with others as during these, our formative years. But we will never forget these people who made

these school days so special.

Things will change. People will come and go. Nothing is static. We will never again make friends as easily or relate as intimately with others.

See their faces, and take an up close look at those people who made this year so memorable.

Lunchtime for Eric Bradford and Andres Mil/ares. Moments such as these with our friends are the ones which we will treasure forever.

BY JOSE IRIARTE

Abaunza, Leonidas

Abril, George

Alonso, Marco

Amor, Carlos

Aspuro, Rolando

Avi no, Carlos

Avino, Jorge Barrera, Michael

Bas terrec h ea, Eric Bonafonte, Rafael Brea, Daniel Can tens, Javier

Caridad, Jorge Castellanos , Alexander Castro, Andres

Chacon, Randolph CicHia, Orlando

De Armendi, Alex

De Castro, Julio De Cespedes, Carlos Diaz, Eric Diaz-Cruz, Fernando Espinosa, H Robert Espinosa, Rene

Fernandez, Ivan Ferrer, Jose Fiallo, Taphael Garcia, Alberto Garcia, Ariel Go nzales, J olio

Guitian, Orlando

Guitierrez, Alexander Jimenez, Pedro Jorajuria, Anthony La Fuente, Pablo Le-Bert. George

ESENTENCE

he sentence was handed down: seven years to life in an all boys school. A terrible fate of imposed rules and regulations, required dress codes, and mandatory hall and parking passes awaited them. Why then was the decision greeted with such relief?

Relief? Who are these masochists? Why are they so eager to come to this school?

Take two of the prison's new inmates, Danny Brea and Billy Mascaro, which were found guilty of passing the sixth grade entrance exam. "I was nervous, but glad I was accepted," said Billy. Danny, who was joining an older

brother and a bunch of good friends, knew he wanted to get accepted but was afraid of the school's prison image. As the year began the prison image was replaced with a friendly feeling of community. Billy says, "I would not leave here, I like it," while Danny likes the people and the family atmosphere. It is always scary to take the first step into a new environment but as you can see, this is not a prison but a home in which education, love, and unity are provided. Being sentenced to seven years to life in this prison is well worth it.

-jose Munoz

An barred up and sentenced to a full year in sixth grade. As the sentence was handed down Billy Mascaro, Danny Brea, Rene Ruesga, and Nelson Ruiz-Moya accept it with eager excitement.

hat do sixth graders do on Saturday mornings? Do they study? Do they go outside and play? Do they sleep? The answer to these questions, except the last, is no. Surprisingly enough these future scholars find the time to lay back and enjoy prime animation time.

Saturday morning television is anything but mundane. Before one's eyes an array of colors is presented, and imaginary characters, many with fur, come to life

For some these cartoons relieve stress, for others they create laughs and anxiety, but for all they offer a change of pace from the realistic television programs of prime time. Cartoons offer students a chance to let their minds run wild during that short lapse from

studying called the weekend.

This year forty-three sixth graders participated in a survey concerning their Saturday morning viewing habits. Favorite programs among them were Slimer and the Real Ghostbusters, The Chipmunks, Alf, and The Flintstone Kids. Cartoons liked the least were Raggedy Ann and Andy and Heathcliff. Surely, Alvin, Simon, Theodore, Freddy, and Gordon would be pleased with these findings.

Cartoons are not only for sixth graders. Upperclassmen enjoy them also. Teachers are not excluded from this relaxing therapy either. The sixth graders' disciplinarian, Angel Aparicio, tries to catch Winnie the Pooh before he leaves the house on Saturdays.

- juan Fanju/

lex Castellanos, sixth grader, lays back and receives some therapeutic television. Saturday morning cartoon watching is an activity shared among many students.

Leon, Raineir Lesassier, Michael Llerena, Daniel Martinez, Alcides · Mascaro, Guillermo Mesa, Joseph Miranda, Gabriel Moran, Gabriel Moreno, Luis O rdety , P atrick Padilla, Alexander Pose, M a nuel

Powers, Martin Rabilero, Rodrigo Raill, Brian Raton, Alexan der Ri az, Omar '

Rod riguez, D an iel R odriguez, Raul Rues ga, Rene Ruiz -M oya, Nel son S aenz, Ch ristian Sanchez, Francisco Santa-Cmz, Eric Silva, E ddie S uarez, Francis T ravieso, Omaf

Ullivar ri, Tony Valdes, F ernando Val des, Jos e Va rg as, Fern a ndo Varona, J ose

Abela, Rafael ,Acosta, R.amiro

Aixala, Eduardo Aleman , Guillermo Alleyn, Eduardo Alvarez, Daniel

Arreola, Alexis

Aspillaga, Felipe

Avi no, Joaquin Aycart, Alfredo Balaguer, Joaquin Barrios, Christopher

Basterrechea, Claudio

Bertrand, Joseph

Dienes, Alejandro

Boucugnani, Arturo Bradford, Erick Bustinduy, Iker

Cabal, P edro

Calleja, J orge

Calo, Armando Calonje, German Camaraza, Jorge Carre no, Javier

Carrizosa, Antonio Carro, Jose

Cendoya, Carlos

Cepero, Carlos Ciarsolo, Richard Concepcion, Alfredo

Conde, J orge

Costa, Eduardo

C ruz, Eduardo Cruz, Maximo

C ue, Ramon Cues ta, Danny

UTINFRONT

Leading the pack among the seventh graders this year was none other than David Jimenez, the son of Spanish teacher Beatrice Jimenez. For the second year in a row, he is excelling in junior high cross country, track and field, and also academics.

While running cross country, David impressed people with his dedication to improving and always doing his best. While others were content to merely jog next to their friends in practice, he made it a point to always go for his best time in every practice. This dedication is what made him able, as a junior high runner, to place fifth in a junior varsity meet in the three mile race.

His dedication is also apparent in his schoolwork. David maintains a lofty 4.0 grade point average in his courses. One might wonder how he can find time to study and keep his grades high, while practicing until 4:30 each day. His dedication really shows through when he explains, "I manage. I have to make time to study, by waking up earlier or by making sacrifices to study at night."

His dedication has won him the respect of his coaches and his fellow students. He has shown himself to be a winner, not only in cross country, but in life as well.

-jose lriarte

Jimenez: ahead of the pack. With his involvement in cross country, track, and a 4.0 GPA , he is on the inside road to success

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eventh grade is a time in which the seeds of manhood are firmly planted and will soon blossom into a praiseworthy specimen. Although the maturation seems like a long time, it goes by like a flash leaving one with only brief but fond memories of the process. One of the most memorable steps in this lengthy course is the first dance which is usually attended, precisely, in the seventh grade. My first dance was some years ago and from what I hear not much has changed since that ill-fated night, as Peter Martell, a seventh grader was telling me. When I went to my first dance, I remember seeing all the girls in one group, probably comparing who the cutest guy in the other group was. The guys on the other side would dare each other to be the first to cross into the girls' side, open themselves to rejection, and be the first to pop the question. Then if things didn't go

the way you hoped, you found yourself having to face a crowd of giggling creatures, the same ones who just a moment before were praising you for being the first to accept the challenge, and then, the night would go on as before, because borrowing on previous experience nobody would dare to go through what the guy before them had encountered.

My whole nostalgic flashback made me curious as to whether things had changed at all for the better, stayed the same or had taken a plunge into the depths of immaturity. Peter said: "Thank God things have changed and gotten a little better. Kids, nowadays, aren't as shy to go up to a girl and just ask them to dance because if she says no it's her loss not ours."

eventh graders mixing it up to the sounds of The Basics. Seventh grade dances take place about twice a year and attract large crowds of kids from different schools all over the city.

Cunningham, Kenneth DeQuesada, Thomas Duran, Alfonso Du ran, Jos eph Escardo, Daniel

Eques, Randy Fa lero, Ramon Feo, Gregory Fernandez, Felipe Fernandez, Javi er

Fernandez, Julio F ernandez-Quincoces,_ Guillermo Fern an dez-Silv a, Jorg e Gara y, Angel Garcia, Faustino

Garcia, Jorge Garcia-Martine z, Antoni o Garcia-Menocal, Carlos Gomez, Alann Gonzalez, Anthony Gonzalez, J avier Gonzalez, Jose Gutierrez, Raul Guzman, Leo G uzman, Sergio

Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez, J ose Herran, Javi er Izquierdo, Al exander Jimenez, David

Jordan, Alejandro Korosi, Stephen Li nares, Roberto Llorente, Marcelo Lobaina, Alexi s

Lopez, Carlos Lopez, Jason Lopez, Rodolpho Magdaleno, Juan Martell, Peter

Martinez-Cid, Ricardo Menendez, Nesto r Miranda, Guillermo Miyares, Andres Monteagudo, Fabricio

he bell rings and school lets out. The typical seventh grader awaits his journey home. Upon arrival he rushes to the kitchen, grabs a snack, and sits in front of the television to watch cartoons. When he finishes his meal, he strives for a stress relieving activity. In order to achieve this goal he grabs 1-.is Nintendo Entertainment System, plugs it into the television, sits, and commences to play video games.

There are a variety of games, including Super Mario Brothers, in which the player must save the princess by challenging a number of levels and mazes. Then there's Town and Country Surf Design, in which the player is either a monkey or a human being who challenges the waves by surfing, and the sidewalk by skating. The best, yet certainly not the newest

of the games, is Zelda. This video game is the one most seventh graders prefer to tackle. It consists of an elf who is to complete a mission. This mission is to collect a number of items which enable him to rescue a princess, who has been captured by an evil dragon. These and other such games provide for hours of entertainment.

Sometimes these games are played by a group of kids, the so called, "grupito." It just takes a phone call, and all these Nintendo fanatics come together to play a round or two. They may play anywhere between half an hour, to four hours, depending on the quality of the games. By playing for prolonged periods of time, they escape from the hustle and bustle of a tension filled day.

-Hugo Garcia

Moreton, Cesar

Pena, Orlando

Perera, Daniel Perez, Armando Perez, Demetrio

Pe rez, Ricardo A. Perez, Ricardo L.

P ernas, Juan Pozo, Jaim e Pozo, Will iam

Prieto, Gl enn

Puentes, Loren zo

Pujol, Francisco Rasco, Ray

Armando Calo tries once again to break the high score in Kong Fu, on his Nintendo System.

ALMOST HOME

know it gets tougher, but I'm glad that I already have one year at Belen under my belt," said 7th grader Ramiro Acosta. Already being welcomed and accepted by the Belen community, seventh grade is an anticipated change from the trials and tribulations of being the youngest members of the school. Knowing how to get around and already having established solid friendships made the year much more pleasant. "I feel much more at home now," said Alex Izquierdo. As their confidence grew so did their participation in athletics, social affairs, and service clubs. Exclaimed Julio Rojas, "We are now an active part of the Belen school life and it feels great."

The academic challenge also grew and here the seventh graders discovered the "Temple of Science." Also, new aspects of Math and Social Studies began to appear. It does get harder, but as Cesar Moreton put it, "You can bet we're learning more than at any other school."

The feeling that truly develops in seventh grade is their love for the school. At this point in time the student develops a special kind of pride in Belen. Stated simply by one seventh grader, "I love this school." With their first year behind them, and their last too far ahead, seventh grade is one of the most enjoyable at Belen.

- Fernando Alonso

aking a Spanish test is excruciating work; even if Mr. Ledesma is there to help you out.

Reb ored o, H umberto Robayna, Rafael Rodriguez, Jlenja min Rodriguez, Oscar

Rojas, Julio Ruiz, Carlos Salas, Juan Salas, Luis

Vanegas, Roberto Vaughan, Barney Vasqu ez, Juan Vicens, Franc isco

Abril, Danie l

Acuna, Alberto

Ahumada, Celso

Alemany, Joaquin

Alonso, Jorge Ana, Emicel

Angles, Michael

Angles, S teven

Aragon, Fred

Azaret, Carlos

Baldyga, Andre w Basterrechea, Hugo

Bello, Roger

Bellon, Juan

Benitez, Omar

Bestard, Jos e

Boronat, Ricardo Brea, Victor

Caballero, Joshua

Cabrera, Ariel

Capablanca, Hernando

Caraballo, Leonardo

Cardenal, Javier Cardoso, Julio

Carmona, Benito

Caso, Jorge

Celorio, Ricardo

Chang, Tommy

Chaves, Ronald

Cbomat, Christian

Cordero, Alex

Cornillot, Marcos

Costa, Michael

Crew, Kevin

Cueto, Alfonso

De Angul o, Andres

BOMBS AWAY

ooking into the not-so-distant future of Belen, you can see the Wolverine football team being led to victory by quarterback Albert Acuna. Although only an eighth grader this year, Albert played on the junior varsity football team, and appears to have a bright future ahead of him.

Acuna is not a total neophite at organized football. He played tight end for the Tamiami Colts before coming to Belen. However, it was in Physical Education class that he played quarterback for the first time. There, Coach Aparicio saw him, and the rest is history in the making.

This season, Acuna looked good playing against Gulliver and Curley, and seems so promising that Coach Aparicio has gone as far as saying that he is basically the future of the team. "He is a great athlete," says the coach, "but what makes him so good is when

he gets on the field, he is a real leader out there."

For Acuna, the true advantage of playing football was the camaraderie that he developed with his fellow players. As he puts it, "The friendships were great. Everyone treated me like family. It didn't matter to them that I was an eighth grader, I was a teammate. The coaches were also very good. They helped me develop as a quarterback and as a part of the tea,m."

The unique aspect of this player is that he is not just a one-dimensional athlete, he is also a good student. With a 3.0 grade point average, he shows his aptitude for learning, and also his intelligence. This enables him to do well on the field.

With all of his talents, Albert Acuna stands out as a leader among the eighth graders in any field.

- jose lriarte

ombs away : Albert Acuna prepares to lead the aerial attack for the Wolverines in 1989

FRIENDS 4EVER

he class of 9 3 brought with them a renewed spirit of friendship and unity to the school year. A prime example of this spirit of friendship is Alexei Jorge. "Alexei is a kid with a big heart full of spirit and kindness and when it comes to lending a hand to help others or being a friend, he's first in line," says Mr. Angel Aparicio, head coach of the J.V. football team and disciplinarian of junior high. Other friends of Alexei say

the same of him. Albert Acuna, one of his classmates says, "Alexei is always willing to lend a hand without any hesitation, and when people are sad he always finds a way to cheer them up."

With class numbers in the hundreds, this group of kids is lucky to have not just someone like Alexei but a bunch of well-rounded friendly guys in its ranks.

- Rafael Perez

s another school day commences Alexei lends a hand to a fellow Jorge Pelegrin, before a major geography test on the World map.

De Mena, Jorge Del Saito, Carlos Delgado, Albert Diaz, Eduardo Digon, Francis co Digon, Juan Carlos Elizondo, Jose Erdman, Ernesto Fernandez, Francisco F Jorge Fernandez, Luis Garcia, Alan Garcia, Alex Garcia, Ignacio G arcia,._ Michael Garcia, Oscar Garcia, Victor .Giraldo, John Gondar, Julio Gonzalez, Alex Gonzalez, Aurelio Gonzalez, Jose Guas, Orestes Hernandez, Rudy

Herran, Ricardo Hofseth, Kristian Jane, Juan M. Jilani, Fariq Jimenez, Daniel Jorge, Alexei Kokorian, Patrick Lacasa, Carlos Lauredo, Manuel Leeder, Thomas Leon, Jose Llovet, J o,Jm

Lopez, Enrique

Lopez-Sa ntos, Jose Luna, Otto Rodrigo

Martine z, Eduardo Martinez, Luis

Martinez, Steve

Marol anda, Mauricio

Mascaro, Sergio

Mato, Phil

Melo, Manuel Menendez, Osvaldo

Merille, Eduardo

Meruelo, Hector Mock, Lien

Monteiro , Manny Morales, Efraln Morales, Gabriel

Muelle, Alejandro

Muni z, Alain

Orozco, Thomas

Ortega, Marcos

Osorio, Oscar

Otero, Luis

Palacio, Danny

Pardo, J uan

Paredes, Francisco

Pedroso, Victor

Pelagrin, Jorge Perez, Lisandro

Pernas, Jorge

Pinchs, Michael

Prado, Antonio

Prieto, Humberto

Q uijano, John

Rodriguez, Albert

TOUGH TIMES

unior high students are open, aggressive, willing to try new methods and explore new ideas. I've taught older and younger students but I prefer eighth grade because it's an age of transition, full of challenges," says English teacher, Ana Sanchez.

Aggressive they must be, for here the eighth grade is the year in which students either adapt to the tough classes or leave the school. These students are thrown into classes covering History from the stone age to computer, a very advanced Mathematics and an English course in which, for the first time, constant reading is an essential. "I am having a tough time," says eighth grader Albert Delgado. The aggressive and willing students who take a little extra time every day though, are usually the ones who maintain the high standards. They

are one step ahead in conquering the tough challenges of Belen. Albert who keeps a good B overall average gives some good advice when he says, ."To keep up with all my classes, whenever I misunderstand something I go see my teachers on my own time, whether it is my History teacher Celia Morrel or my Science teacher Mrs. Garcia."

Coach Benigno Orta also informs us how the eighth grade shines on the field as well as in class when he says that, "The eighth grade is a leader in participation of after-school sports." "I love wrestling," says Leo Caraballo, "I try hard but when the bell rings I throw down my books and hit the sports field." This year is a year of challenges but this eighth grade sure seemed to be on top of it all.

- Fermin Ferro

eo Caraballo studies hard for Mrs. Sanchez' English test. He is certainly prepared, since he has been reviewing for it every day during his lunch period.

TH AT'S MY BOY!

t's the first time I really got a chance to play with my dad in a while," said 8th grader Albert Delgado after the conclusion of Father and Son Day, which took place on the 5th of November. Father and Son Day has been going on for five years and this one proved to be very successful due to the turnout of participants.

The event is organized by Mrs. Hewett, 8th grade Math teacher, and Mr. Zoller, 8th grade Civics teacher, who put a lot of time and hard work into organizing the activities of this day. Among these are football, basketball, volleyball, tennis, swimming, arm wrestling, trivial pursuit, and many more. Both, Mrs. Hewett and Mr. Zoller, receive a tremendous amount of help from Key Club members, who

judge, decide and referee the sports and games of Father and Son Day. just before lunch Father Sardinia offered a Mass for all the participants. For lunch, ladies of the Belen Faculty and Administration helped prepare "media naches" for the men to enjoy. Following the lunch break came the introduction of the guest speaker. junior Manny Mejido's father gave an eloquent discussion on the importance of the father and son relationship and how fathers should share time with their children. Manny Mejido, Sr. said this about the topic: "The relationship between a father and his son at this period in the child's life is crucial to the growth and development of a young and responsible man for others." - George Caste/Is

te 8th graders and their fathers enjoy a friendly game of volleyball during Father and Son Day.

Rodriguez, Jorge Rodriguez, Man uel Roger, Arthur Sainz, Adrian

Saladrigas, Luis Sanchez, Enrique Sanchez, Jaime Sosa, j\lbe rt

Suniga, Daniel Tejeda, David Torres d e N avarra, Felipe Trujillo, David

Valdes, Da vid Valdes, Julio Vazquez, Cesar

Vazquez, Oscar Vega, Manuel Wolffe, Eduardo

Yazji, Jorge Zapatero, Giovanni Zumarraga, Carlos

Abreu, Ralph

Acosta, Enrique

Acosta, Raul

Aguado, Fernando

Aguel, Felipe

Alberni, William

Alleyn, Jaime

Alvarez, N estor

Amorin, Carlos

Antuna, Javier

Argamasilla, Javier

Arrieta, Gus

Aviles, Gus

Avino, Ernie

Barrios, Alej andro

Barrueco, Robert

Blanco, Alex

Blanco, Chri s

Borbella, Frank

Boronat, Manny

Busquets, Carlos

Caballero, Robert

Calderin, Johnny

Calderon, Alfredo

Calva, Santiago

Capote, Nibald o Carmona, Ricardo

Carrillo, Miguel

Cartaya, Eric

Ceide, Javier

Chardiet, Angel

Colina, Rene

Comas, Alfred

Corral, Oscar

Danger, Alejandro

Danger, Carlos

GIANT LEAP

very year

thousands of eighth graders take that giant leap forward into high school. The leap into ninth grade is a drastic one everywhere, but it is certainly least drastic at Belen.

Most freshmen at Belen have already been in the school a few years. They have already developed a feel for the school and already have many close friends in their grade. "This makes high school a little easier." stated freshman Raul Acosta.

Ninth grade may be " a little easier " but it is still not easy. To be a freshman in Belen is to have more identity, excitement, responsibility, and most of all a lot more competition. Competition for grades, sports, clubs, student council , and many other things

" There's competition everywhere I turn , from classes to sports! " exclaimed freshman Eddie Mena.

The competition comes from other members of the ninth grade and from the upper grades. "The competition is not all bad, it pushes me to do better. I made the J.V football team and the varsity soccer team," admitted Eddie. The competition pushes freshmen to work harder and most freshmen agree it is a positive aspect here.

Freshmen feel as though they can conquer the world. They are into everything. They enjoy experimenting, seeing what they like, and what they are good at. They love the thrill of high school and the advantage of their youth

-Danny Mena

reshman Eddie Mena takes a breather during practice

WEEKEND BLUES

ey,

what are you doing Friday night?"it's a common phrase, but, for ninth graders also? "Of course" says Claudio Mena when asked if ninth graders go out a lot. The fact is they do, but the problem is deciding what to do.

Let's see, some of them ask a girl out, although this can be pretty embarrassing, others would rather get their "grupito" together and just hang out. "We like to hang around malls, like Town and Country, International, and The Falls, with our friends and just walk around or maybe catch a movie," says Claudio. But, apparently, there are many possibilities as to what to do.

Some hit the beach, some go out and do a sport, and still others just stay at home and get some rest and relaxation. As to girlfriends, not too many ninth graders are going out with someone but some are. It seems many of them would rather just spend time with their friends and get into a romantic relationship later.

One thing is for sure, these guys don't waste their time on weekendsafter a tough week of Belen studies they want to get out there and have as much fun as possible. If they could only make up their minds as to what to do before Monday creeps up on them!

-

Luis Garcia-Chacon

harge! 2:35 p.m. Friday and the weekend has just begun. Now to decide what's on tonight's agenda.

De Arazoza, Raphael De Varona, Sergio De La Iglesia, Gonzalo De La Vega, Javier Del Riesgo, Bernardo

Debesa, Orlando Diaz, Rey Diaz-Bergnes, Gabriel Dieppa, Andy Dinkins, Andy

Escala, Jorge Escalon, SalvadorEscudero, Gilbert Fernandez, Daniel Fernandez, Gustavo

Fernandez, J orge Fernandez, Ralph Font, Fernando Garcia, Daniel Garcia, Mario Garcia, Pedro Garcia, Rene Garcia-Rivera, Ed uardo Garcia-Tun on, Eric Genie, Alvaro

Gom ez, Carlos Gonzalez, Alex Gonzalez, Alexis Gonzalez, George Gonzalez, Hector

Gonzalez, J olio

Gonzalez, Serafin

Gonzalez, Stephan Grandchamp, Mike

Ham mon , Chris Hernandez, Alfredo Hernandez, Emilio Hernand ez, Mark

Herran, Danny H errera, Raul

Hoyos, Alejandro Incera, Carlos

Lage, George

Lamar, Mario

Laure ncio, Tony Lemus, Peter

Leon, Alex

Lobeck, Paul

Lopez, Christopher Lopez, Javier

Lopez, Juan

Lugones, Omar

Macau, Gaston

Marcos, Laza ro

SMASH SUCCESS

ne of the highlights of ninth grade is bridge building. Is this as in making friends? No, not really. It's just the last Science Fair Project one can participate in and is the most difficult and time consuming of them all. In this mad experiment little bits and pieces of wood and glue must be arranged in just the right way. Then, after hours of dareful construction, what happens to be ironic is that in order to test the bridge design it must be crushed in a vice which measures its weight. All those days of hard work spent in building end up in just a pile of sticks with no specific shape or form.

Peter Lemus, a bridge builder for a

number of years, had this to say about his project: "This year, being the last one in which I could actually build a bridge, I played around with the design a little to see if I could set a record."

Mike Grandchamp, a first timer to this venture said: "This looked to be like a huge project. All those sticks and glue. I couldn't have been more excited than I was about this. I did a great job because it was so much fun."

Every year, the excitement seems to grow about this project. Mr. Rafael Fernandez, the ninth grade science teacher, encourages these kids to give their best, and what's more important, to have lots of fun while they're at it.

- Carlos Rivera

hat it comes down to. Mr. Rafael Fernandez gets ready to put another bridge to the test. Only success will defeat this destructive vice .

AIR BO U RN E

here's a new thing in town. It's not so new, but it ' s been reborn. Our fathers before us did it, only in a smaller version.

What could this be? Well it's skateboarding. Twenty years ago when skateboarding became popular, as was portrayed in the movie, "Back to the Future," those who attempted the reckless sport rode up and down their town sidewalks striking fear into the hearts of innocent grocery carrying women.

Today the new generation of this rare breed, who's face can barely be seen through long bangs of sun-bleached hair, blind you with a colorful display of designs and stripes , is seen flying high off half-pipe ramps, and doing inverted wheelies while in mid air. "Things are different today , it's not just for fun

anymore, " said Danny Garcia , a freshman who's been skating since he was eight years old , is part of the new generation which has elevated the adventurous pastime of long ago from a hobby into the ranks of a professional competition for huge sums of money and recognition. Dare-devils keep spectators on the edge of their seats , with their show of skill and aerial acrobatics

The sport which faded out for a few years, has come back with full force and steam, as an invasion of new skaters has hit the unsuspecting streets. As Alex Barrios, another of many freshman skaters , puts it, "We're here now, and we're going to excite you in a way that you'll know we're here to stay!"

- Hircio Barrios

reshman skater Mark Hernandez, shows off his idea of riding a skateboard

Mas, Alel Mas, Florentin() Masferrer, Eduard() Mauri, Mena, ClaudiCl Mena, Eddie Moran, Ernie More, Jose Monserrat, Leonardo Navarro, Luis Oliva, Alfredo

Ortega, Frank Ortega, Otto P elaez, Pedro Peres, Jose Perez, Carlos

Perez, Manny P erez, Pedro Pernas, Carlos Piedrahito, Jimmey Pintado, Juan

Planas, Raul Poello, Luis Pujol, Juan Radcliff, Brian Rivas, Fernando

Robles, Alex Robles, Francisco Roca, Jorge Rodriguez, Efrem Rodriguez, Hiram

Rodriguez, Juli o J.

Rodrig uez, Julio Rodriguez, William

Roger, Vincent Romagosa, Rickardo

Salazar, Javier

Sallie, Victor

San Martin, Jose Serret, Jorge

Suarez, DarJiel

Segurola, Ignacio

Souto, Rickardo

Taracido, Nelson

Tarke, Nel so n

Travieso, Mario

Ulfe, Manuel

Ulloa, David

Valenti, Robert

Va.zquez, Juan

Vega, Ariel

Vidal, Miguel

Vigna, Vincent

Villasuso, Alexander

Wallace, Charles

Zarraluqui, Carlos

LET'S PARTY

igh school

weekends are full of possibilities. Whether surfer or bro, students start their freshman year with a kick. The majority of the crowd spends their weekends at parties dancing to disco and bass with an incredibly hot disc jockey turning tables live for many hours.

Those who have girlfriends look forward to weekends so they can take them out to a movie or a quiet restaurant. Peter Lemus, one of the more popular freshman bros, mostly takes his girlfriend to Bayside or to the beach, and occasionally takes her to

parties and clubs like Biscayne Baby. "I live for weekends/ ' Peter says, "because I love to party."

On the other side of the spectrum, you've got the ever so popular surfer Danny Garcia He decides to spend his weekei1ds at the beach surfing with his friends and at sundown, they all head for club Cameo. "Weekends are great dude, they were made to surf." Even though weekends might differ in the freshman class , they still find ways to relieve all of our high school pressure and stress.

- Tony Obregon

reshman Peter Lemus shows off the spoils of being a bro: his girlfriend and his car. That same car will later be used to take them both to Bayside

his year's sophomore class is one of the finest in many years but still one student stands out for his ability in the classrooms and on the courts. He is Cesar Conde and he has showed many that organization is the key to success. Amazingly, Cesar began playing tennis at the age of ten with his father for fun, then noticing that he had a natural talent at the sport. At age eleven after many tournaments he was ranked fifty in the state of Florida progressing at a rapid pace to be ranked tenth in state in less than one year. It wasn't until he started at Belen that he became serious at the sport. With the motivation of Mr. Pat Collins and the coaching of Raul Cedeno from Ecuador and Francisco from Spain he was able to become fourth in state and tenth in the U.S.A. in the boys fourteen and under category. His greatest achievement in tennis was representing the U.S.A. in a tournament in El Salvador (Ill annual TACA International tennis championships) and winning that

SWING

tournament.

To Cesar tennis is not everything. Academics means a lot. He has managed to keep a 4.0 grade point average since seventh grade and has been class president every year except in eighth grade. Cesar believes that organization is the most important thing. He wakes up every morning to run two miles, goes to school, returns home and studies until five o'clock then plays tennis until seven-thirty every afternoon. When asked what his greatest accomplishment in high school has been he replies, "awards and all that stuff are fine but just being able to keep it all up is an accomplishment and that is good enough."

Cesar knows what's in store for his future. He would like to receive a scholarship to an Ivy league school and study medicine. When asked about turning professional in tennis he answered that he wouldn't mind, but he'd rather finish medical school, then he would decide about turning pro.

-Tony Suarez

esar Corde displays his poise during a tennis match.

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Buigas, Hector Cabrera, G abriel Calienes, Robert Calle, Nelson Calonje, Ronald Cantens, Fernando

Caragol, Roberto Cardelle, Carlos De Cardenas, Andres Carreno, Pablo Castro, Manuel· Celorio, Oscar

Cepero, Enrique Chao, Raul Ciereszko, Lee Coil, Reniel Conde, Cesar Costa, Jose

Covert, Michael Daire., Juan De Toro, Lorenzo De La Torre, Mark Delgado, Eduardo Diaz, Carlos

Eduardo

Echegaray, Oscar

Erdmann, Carlos Escobio, Manny Espin, Jose Facoseh, Edgar

Falcon, Pety Fer nande z, Javier Fernandez, Manuel Ferro, Carlos Carllos Galan, Emesto

Allan Daniel Gonz a lez, Alejanrdo Gonzalez, Jose Gonzalez, Juan Gonzalez, Raymo nd

Guttierez, Jos e

Guttierez, Luis

lgliesa, Jose Jiminez, Gabriel

Jiminez, Jose Jiminez, Robert

Kredi, Albert Lazo, Albert Lehman, Alex Leon, Leo

Leon, Ricardo Leyva, Girald o

Lista, Walter Lobaina, Eugenio

Lom bard, Eddie Lopez, Enrique Lopez, Gus tavo Lopez, Jorge

Wj\ S HED UP!

urfing. What is it? Who does it? And, why do they do it?

When you're bored and have nothing to do on a weekday afternoon, you go to the beach where you see lots of little Frankie Avalon's hitting the waves. Well here most of the surfers are found in the tenth grade. Tenth grade is the first year where one really gets a taste of what is expected out in the real world. Most people separate into little peer groups such as "bros" and gangs. But unlike other groups, surfers put up less of a front and act more like themselves.

An advantage to this sport is the fact that it is performed at the beach. As sophomore javi Riera says, "What more can you ask for of a sport than sand, sun, and girls in bikinis. "One of the interesting side effects of surfing is the language that comes along with it.

Words such as "dude" and "totally radical" were easily recognized even by us non-surfers. But with the coming of the movie North Shore, more interest was thrust on the surfing scene. As sophomore Robert jimenez described it, "The movie really brought a lot of people out of their holes and into surfing." The movie also did one more important thing for established surfers, "It really gave us a good image, instead of the usual high school dropout look." says javi.

Indeed other movies such as "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," portrayed the surfer as a modern day Neanderthal man. A select group of sophomores feel their evolution is complete and surfing is here to stay. As you can see surfing is just another piece of the puzzle that makes the sophomore a breed apart.

- Carlos Sa/vat

urfs up as Javier Riera rides the waves on an early Saturday morning. Surfing is a popular sport among many of the students including Sophomores and Juniors and even many of the Freshmen.

ophomore year seems to be going great, but don't forget that pretty soon you'll turn fifteen. Time for mom and dad to pull the Pepto down from the medicine cabinet, because, surprise, it's time to drive.

Today's the day, you tell yourself, as you gingerly step outside to inspect your vehicle one more time. Everything is ready, now all you have to do is get mom out of bed and head for the test.

Finally, it's time. Let's drive. You ease in behind the wheel, allowing the seat to hug you. On the other side, your mother enters the car mechanically, and straps her seatbelt in fear. You turn the radio on, your mother turns it off. "Drive," she

directs. You laugh inside and blow it off, you are finally getting to drive. As you hit the pedal, you can't help but say, "Guess who's behind the wheel, mom."

When that fateful first drive is over, after being hit with a barrage of instructions from your parents, you feel a rush of joy and relief. joy at finishing your first drive, and relief at not having crashed. As sophomore jose Gonzalez puts it, "I felt nervous the first time behind the wheel, but at the same time, there was a chill of excitement in my body." It is that excitement, and the responsibilities and freedoms that come with it, that make learning to drive an experience to be savored and treasured.

-Nestor lriart

ever leave home without it. Sophomore Richard Azan proudly displays the document he got up at the crack of dawn to obtain. For lucky tenth graders the restricted drivers license is one key to freedom.

Lopez, J orge Lopez, Enrique Lopez-Santos, Miguel Machado, Nestor Mantiva, Luis

Marquez, Michael Martell, Carlos Martinez, Carlos Martinez, Cesar Mesa, Carlos

Mestre, Marcos Minosa, Adolfo Mirones, Alex Mognan, Alfredo Molina, Cesar

Molina, Rolando Monteagudo, Rene Morales, Alberto Morales, Silvio Moreira, Domingo

Navarrete, David Nearing, Alex Nunez, Ruben Nunez-Menocal, Delio Oliver, Alex

Ortiz, Chris Padilla, Mauricio Padron, Alain Paret, Jose Pedre, Vincent

Perez, Alejandro

P erez, Arturo J

Perez, Robert

Prado, Ga briel

Rier a, Javier

Roca, Antho ny Rodriguez, Ernie Rodriguez, Jesus

S alazar, Ronald

resently in his fourth year at Belen, Manny Fernandez is a dedicated person who is always ready to work or play when the time is right.

Manny is involved in after school activities such as wrestling and track and field. In wrestling he wrestles in the 119 weight division and in track and field his favorite event is the pole vault. When asked where he finds the time to participate in after school sports and maintain a good grade point average he says, "There is always plenty of time as long as you manage it correctly."

Although sophomore year is a burn, Manny says, "Belen might be hard and

tough but the teachers have always been there when I needed them, we are all like one big family," he adds, "struggling and fighting together to get through the rough times."

Weight lifting and getting in shape are Manny's favorite hobbies which he does every day after school before practices and also on the weekends. Planning to be a lawyer after he graduates, Manny says, "Life is a constant struggle with many good times and bad times ahead of us but we have to make the most of those good times, our lives, and ourselves."

- Robert Carreras

S a ldarr iaga, Enrique

San Martin, J uan

Sep ulveda, Jose

Sevillan(}, Artu ro

Smatt, Chris

Tapanes, Rafael

Toyos, Naldo

Ulivi, Alex

Valle, Armando

Vazquez, J or ge

Vazquez, Manny

Ysada, Alfonso

Zabaleta, Anthony

Zagalas, Jorge

Zarraluqui, Jose Zuniga, Luis

uch to Manny Fernandez's surprise, Johny Calderin lifts him in the air in a sudden boost of strength. Juan Gonzalez watches in amazement this spectacle while Coach Barquin continues his wrestling practice.

SET, GO!

uniors are trying to get ahead of the game of college admission. Although this is a year which is plagued with hard classes, such as Chemistry, U.S Government, and Social Science, many juniors have found the time to study even more, preparing for the Standard Achievement Test. The test is better known in the student world as the S.A.T. Yes, the test that is dreaded by so many high school students, which consists of Math and English sections , with the highest possible score being a 1600 The S.A.T is one of the most important, if not the most important parameter which good colleges use to judge potential students. No wonder there's so much emphasis on preparing for it. The facilities at Belen are geared at helping the students improve their scores in many different ways.

Miss Charmain lcaza, the college

counselor at Belen, spends endless hours trying to make the students aware of the importance of high S A T. scores. With her help and that of several school programs, a better foundation has been built for the students. Katz & Elkin , educational consultants, are one of the many facilities. They come twice a year for a modest fee compared to other S.A.T. classes offered elsewhere, and with the comfort of being taught at Belen after school. According to Rafael Barba , "Increa sed reading, Math Analysis , PSA T's, the Baron 's S.A.T. Guide, and preparation computer programs are a big help for getting higher scores, an entrance requirement for the Ivy League colleges." This is the attitude going around the majority of the junior class.

-julio Granda

t's a burn! Rafael Barba , German Delgado , Gabriel Bellon , and Arturo Fanjul hang around the library at lunch with last minute cramming Juniors put hundreds of hours preparing for the S A.T. , knowing that a good score is a golden key to college admission.

Aceituno, Luis Acosta, Alan Alberni, Jorge Alvarez, Roberto Angulo, Ralph Arti gues, Henry Aspillaga, Carlos Bar ba, Rafael Barguin, Carlos Bellon, Gabriel Bustill o, Andy Cabrera, Dagoberto

Calderin, Charlie Cardenal, Emilio Cardona, Aldo Cardona, Alex Castellanos, Ray Chavez, Ruben

Coroall es, Manuel De Aguiar, Daniel De Angulo, Guillermo De Moy a, Rene De Zarraga, Fernando Del C ampo, Richard

Delgad o, German Dones, J <Orge Fanjul, Arturo Fern andez, Pedro Fernandez-Abril, Aristides Fortun, Luis Freyre, Pedro Garcia, Carlos Garcia, Jeff Garda-Linares, Ariel Granda, Julio Greenw ood, Jason

Gonzalez, Eddie Gonzalez, Wilgberto Dario

Hernandez. Alex H ernandez, Cesar

Hernandez, Jorge Hernandez, Roberto Hernandez, Tony Herrero, Gabriel Jose

Kates, Gian Lorn, Gus Lombard, Ramon

Lopez, Alfred Luis, Agustin

Luna, Donald Martinez, Eduardo

Mejido, Manuel

Menocal, Alfredo Raul

Mestre, Francisco

MiUares, Boris

Moreyra, Carlos

Munoz, Jos e

Murguia, Alejandro

Orozco, Noel

Ortega, Jorge Ortiz, Ignacio Ortiz, Jose Padron, Ruben

LUCKY MOVE

eclusion was the best word that Ray Castellanos could think of, in regards to his former school. Last year Ray transferred to Belen, having gone to one of our rivals, La Salle. The choice was not his but his parents, who made the decision because of certain circumstances His family was moving, and his parents felt the move should also include schools, but being the spunky kid that he is, Ray decided to make the bes t of his situation. What Ray did not realize, was that this situation which was a hinder to him, w9uld soon change for the better.

The first move in that direction was him joining the wrestling team. This he

thought would help him get into the mainstream, and it did.

"Joining the team, made me feel like a part of something," he said. That something was Belen, a school where it's not too hard to fit in. This was one of the things that made him feel like he was in touch with other people. "After only a year, I know almost everyone," he exclaimed, "And if I don't, I'm sure I will before I leave."

"What do you think, made all this happen," I asked. "Just a Lucky move I guess," he said with a smile, "just a lucky move!" I smiled back.

- Nestor Portocarrero

ay Castellanos, looks into his future.

T.G.I. LUNCH

unior year is very hectic. Teachers, coaches , and parents ask a lot of their juniors, and sometimes, there's just not enough time to fulfill their expectations For this reason, the period of the day most cherished by juniors is lunchtime.

The lower grades have P.E., and seniors have a free period but juniors , all they have is lunchtime. "I've realized how important lunchtime is, and I' ve looked forward for this time to take a break from the action," said junior Albert Valdez. Many juniors use this time to take a break and just hang out, but other juniors just don't stop ticking.

They are not allowed to be in the center patio, and they certainly are not allowed in the senior lounge, so what do they do? They play football to pass

the time. For a moment they can just forget about schoolwork and enter a world of action and excitement.

Along with school comes after-school activities, and clubs are a main component of this time. juniors with positions in clubs tend to some of their business during lunchtime to take the burden of time off their backs. It's really important to budget your time as a junior because you don't have too much of it. As junior jorge Ortega, secretary of Key Club and member of the varsity basketball team, put it, "I like to use this time to munch on something and catch up on my studies." This is a feeling most juniors live with and learn to cope with throughout the year.

- Luis Zabala

uniors Weggie Gonzalez , Alberti co Valdez , Manny Mejido, and Gus Luis talk about the weekend , while eating lunch.

Paret, Henry Pedroso, Gabriel Pelegrin, Pedro Perez, Jesus Perez, Roberto

Pineyro, Juan Pitt, William Prats, Dario Rarnundo, Albert

Ferro , Tany Gonzalez, Mario Martinez , and Carlos Sa/vat as they study in front of Father Esquivel's office

corne with us. Come share our laughter and our tears in 1989, our last year at Belen. Come and experience the largest Senior Encounter ever and that beautiful feeling of unity and friendship, and God. Come watch Kirk, Spack, and Waldo in one of the best Senior Skits which ever helped top off a victorious Homecoming Week. Come be a part of our Ring Ceremony as we receive

our rings - symbolic of all that Belen h · · 1 · · means to us. Come join us as we celebrate • • • t IS specla time In our our Graduation, our Prom. Come cheer as lives when our dreams seem as we catch the TD pass, move to checkmate, close to us as is the end of our and cross the finish line first - all for Belen, innocence ... and all for each other.

Come and share with us this special time in our lives when our dreams seem as close to us as is the end of our innocence, when all we can do is look up to the future.

In the school's central patio, Danny Muniz, Carlos Rivera, and Lawrence Negret aid Ralph Perez in solving one of those "impossible" Analysis problems. During senior year, the students unite to help each other out in many things and academics is no exception.

BY LUIS GARCIACHACON

The best of the Parent-Senior Encounter Day was the number of students and parents who walked out having shared a great experience. Manny Rivero ponders on what this experience has done for him.

Sharing time and incredible activities together, Mrs. Alvarez, Mrs. Solorzano, and Lawrence Negret laugh during one of the icebreakers, designed to break down barriers among the participants.

During one of those enthusiastic icebreakers, Mrs. Garcia and Tony Suarez joyfully participate.

Four-winds are blowing for Mrs. Taboas as she makes a mad dash for a vacant chair at the Parent-Senior Encounter Day.

W e laughed, cried and pr a yed togethers at the sr. retreats and encounter s. Then, somehow, the class of '89 b eca me on e

This year the Senior class shared two incredible religious experiences. One occurred during the second month of the school year. The goals of this first religious experience, the Encounter, were to increase unity among the participants and to have them grow closer to God. The Encounter succeeded in attracting eighty-nine out of a class of ninety-six, an unprecedented number of participants in a retreat.

The Encounter was conducted by members of the Peer Ministry class. The backbone of the retreat was the co-directorship of Juan Taboas and Luis GarciaChacon. Together these two students, with the help of teachers like Mr. Ledesma and Miss Chirino and other peer ministers, successfully organized the largest retreat in the school's history. Freddy Alonso had this to say about the Encounter, "The Senior Encounter created a sort of unity I have never be-

fore experienced." Sentiments like these were abundant among the Senior class, so much so that it was decided to establish these feelings again during second semester with the first SeniorParent Encounter Day during February.

The Senior-Parent Encounter Day involved the work of a large team consisting of parents and students. The daylong affair stressed the topics of communication, expectations, and fears Talks were given by both students and their parents on these topics. Again Miss Chirino and Mr. Ledesma were instrumental in organizing all 150 people into a meaningful event. Together with Fr. Eddy Alvarez who chaired preparation meetings and was in charge of the whole project, these three people received a unique medal of honor, a penny. The day sparked communication among families and was a great success.

-juan Fanju/

Juan Taboas, co-director of the Senior Encounter, gives an impressive talk on Jesus as our friend.

La Motoneta, a Dominican dance that is a school tradition, is expertly performed by Carlos Rivera at the Senior Encounter.

Captain James T. Kirk, played by Nestor Portocarrero, maintains his cool as the bridge of the Enterprise is boarded by the warlike Moorehavens. This breach in his ship's security, as well as his pride, leads him to decide that "Belen must not become a dying planet," as the Moorehavens wish.

What's the only show on this entire planet in which you can see Captain Kirk, Spock, Bones, and Chekov, part of the crew of the Intergalactic Starship USS Enterprise, go back in time and beam down to the heart of Calle Ocho to help save a high school from the threat of the dreaded Moorehavens who have, or, as the plot unravels, will in the future, take over the school? Why, in the 1989 Belen Senior Skit of course.

"You have met your goal successfully;" Father Jose M. Izquierdo, school principal, addressed the seniors in a thank you letter, "In spite of your academic duties, of football and other sport practices, of extracurriculars, you pulled your resources together and met with success. You must feel proud."

The show was indeed a success, but also very difficult to come up with and execute. It had everything from a central stage in the middle of the auditorium, used as the bridge for the Enterprise and

dance floor in the final scene, to a scene in which you may witness the liberation of Waldo from the Hall of Mascots, an intricate scenery of mascots from different schools which also served as the Moorehaven's fun house.

The seniors pulled together and came up with a beautifully conceived plot and added to it hilarious costumes, some of the funniest teacher impersonations ever, great dance scenes, and a spirit that only this senioi· class could muster. For senior "Big AI" Alvarez the production was "Affirmatively pintatious."

The only thing the seniors regretted about the skit is that it had to end. It was an unforgettable experience, both for the audience, and definitely for the actors, crew, and dedicated teachers like Mrs. Bango, Mr. Ledesma, and Mr. de los Santos who helped the seniors in one of the best skits ever.

- Luis Garcia-Chacon

Welcome to Planet Moorehaven, a zoo of zany characters whose sole purpose in life is to have fun. Here we see the harlequin of Moorehaven, played by Juan Taboas, show Tony Suarez, as one of the guards, a bit of Moorehaven philosophy as they prepare to watch the Wheel of Misfortune, hosted by Mr. Pat Collins (Carlos Rivera).

Science Officer Spock (Luis E. Garcia-Chacon) meets Assistant Principal Armando Rodriguez (Adalberto Rocha) - a match made in heaven. Rodriguez's size, full beard, Spanish accent and overall appearance, as well as his speech on raffle ticket sales, bewilders even the unbewilderable Spock.

"No need to fear, I have come as a warning, " the Moorehaven commander, played by Marc Casal, having boarded the Enterpise, eloquently addresses the stupefied Captain James T. Kirk. He explains to the captain the dreadful fate of Belenium and this consequently prompts Kirk to take his crew back in time to 1988 to save the Belenites.

Most of the seniors had been waiting five years to receive their rings and their waiting was about to come to an end. They had come this far and their hard work was about to pay off

The nervousness which is present in the ceremonial preparation diminishes as the ceremony gets under way. This nervousness changes into great expectations of the future. Receiving the ring, to the seniors, did not just signify their graduation, but the achievement of high standards It meant that they had reached the top of the ladder, they had finished their last year of high school in gruelingly, demanding Belen.

As the Seniors come together in the school's central

patio to enjoy one of the most memorable experiences of their school years, mixed feelings hover throughout the senior class.

After the ceremony has been performed and the clos + ing of the mass is coming to an end, a sad fact dawns on them. The Senior Ring emony is the beginning of the end of their senior year. '

For a few days after the emony, seniors linger in the hall ways, of the school ; showing off their brand nevv rings to each other. In wha t seems like an "ancient" custom, friends roll each other's rings around their fingers, eighty-nine times, and yes, : they save best friends for last.

-Hugo Garcia

The wait is over for Hugo Garcia, as he receives his senior ring from Principal Fthr. Jose Maria Izquierdo.

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Sr. Ring ceremony

Father Eddy Alvarez, jose Ma. Izquierdo and Pedro Caitaya.

Father jose Izquierdo and Father Eddie Alvarez bless the senior rings with holy water.

Lawrence Negret, Tony Obregon, and Ralph Perez receive communion from Father jose Esquivel.

Eddie Bello introduces the priests and the readers of the ceremony.

Some

After much discussion, this year's Senior Class decided to participate in Walt Disney World's Grad Nite. Although many members of the class are yearly visitors of this world famous theme park, this visit was going to prove itself to be different.

· The park, in honor of all the graduating seniors of the state, opened its doors after hours for an all night party. The Seniors' party, however, began five hours earlier on board two Gray Line buses. After the five hour pre-party, the class arrived in Orlando, only to find that they were to continue celebrating for seven more hours. The class gladly accepted the challenge and proceeded to enter the

Magic Kingdom. On entering, the class was left in awe at the sight of the pop star Samantha Fox. She again reiterated the challenge with her song, "I wanna have some fun." Aiding Samantha Fox with the entertaining of more than twenty thousand graduates were New Kids on The Block, Will to Power, and Information Society.

The night was almost over when we left the park, and so was our energy level. The bus ride home did not feature a post-party, but instead resembled a slumber party. The class had met the challenge and "nited" by Mickey Mouse.

ragged members of the Senior class who have just had a night of festivities. Seniors Alfred Lurigados, Oscar Llerena, Alex Caso, Albert "Tippy" Alvarez, and Julian Yong prepare to embark on the trip home.

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Under Cinderella's Castle stand Ricky Perez, Jorge Corronel, Enrique Serrano, Danny Muniz, Wiwi Zabala, Carlos Salvat, El Guille Fernandez, Carlos Lima, Frank Guerra, and Juan Fanjul.

Juan Alvarez, Albert Alvarez, Danny Mena, Tony Suarez, Alex Prado, and Mandy Hernandez make friends with other members of the class of '89.

Juan "The Pirate" Alvarez is taken prisoner.

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break from the mad pace of rides, concerts and fun. Robert Handshu, Alex Tunon, and Jose Sanchez take a fast-food break.

A proud moment for Belen at the Silver Knight ceremony finds Mrs. Beatriz Jimenez, Silver Knight Coordinator, Javier Jimenez, Silver Knight Nominee in Business, Gus Ortiz, Silver Knight winner in Vocational-Technical, Jose Maria Izquierdo, Principal; Mrs. Maria Hewett, Silver Knight Coordinator, Robert Suarez, Silver Knight Nominee in Art.

Outstanding seniors in leadership, ministry, and service: Juan Taboas, Peer Minister (CoDirector of Senior Encounter); Eddie Bello, Peer Minister, Student Council President; Juan Fanjul, Peer Minister and Yearbook Editor in Chief; Gus Ortiz, Peer Minister, Silver Knight; Luis Garcia-Chacon; Armando Hernandez, Student Council Vice-President, Academics Editor for Yearbook; Robert Marquez, Peer Minister, Key Club member.

Outstanding Athletes: Ralph Perez, photo editor; Carlos Garcia, M.V.P. in soccer; Alex Espino, M.V.P. in basketball, Media Recognition Award; Jorge Mestre, M.V.P. in tennis; Mario Solorzano, M.V.P. in football (defense); Jose Solorzano, All-Conference running back; Jorge Rivero, Most Improved In football; Juan Luka Alvarez, M.V.P. in baseball, Athlete of the Year; Carlos Salvat, M.V.P. in cross country; not pictured: Juan Taboas, Most Improved in cross country, Sportsman of the Year, M.V.P. in track; Alexis Abril, Effort in basketball, M.V.P. in track; Daniel Grandal, M.V.P. in wrestling; Manny Feijoo, Best Field Events in track.

I.t is known that senior year brings about various extra activities for the students to participate in. And the reality is that senior year is a difficult year, not because of the intensity or difficulty of the classes, but mainly due to the dilemma every senior has of trying to fit so many things into such a small amount of time.

;However, some manage this well and some seniors, a proud few, manage even more. They are students who obviously know how to plan their time but who also show achievement in athletics, academics, leadership, peer ministry, and service.

Upon viewing the course of this year, people like Juan Fanjul, editor in chief of the yearbook, director and leader of various encounters, and top student in academics, stand out. Others include Armando Hernandez and Eddie Bello, a versatile student council team whose leadership helped bring the State Presidency to Belen. Among our athletes, Alex Espino, re-

cipient of the Media Award, and juan Luka Alvarez, Athlete of the Year, have made the sports department proud. And in service, students like Robert Suarez, Key Club president, and javi jimenez, adviser to Key Club, make all the difference. But when speaking of we can't overlook Gus Ortiz, whose involvement with AIDS patients brought him the highly prestigious Silver Knight Award, only the second in Belen's history. And finally, Juan Taboas seems to have excelled in all areas as Sportsman of the Year, outstanding peer minister, and bearer of one of the highest averages in the class.

In truth, many others belong here. Probably the whole class should be included because almost every graduating senor has something to be proud of besides having made it through six tough years of Belen. Congratulations to all.

- Luis Garcia-Chacon

Leading students in academics: Marcus Casal, Juan Fanjul, Luis Fernandez, Eloy Villasuso, Hugo Perez, Luis Garcia-Chacon, Juan Taboas; not pictured: AdoHo Fernandez, Alex Caso, Jaime Lopez.

dates the time of their life.

Fermin Ferro and date are ready to enter the Fountaine Room for dinner after chatting for a while. After insisting Fermin to hold his appetite, Kerie finally convinces him for a mug shot.

Tony Suarez and date walk into the

after a classy ride in their limousine.

Robert Giro and Arturo Caraballo dance the night away, showing their

Julio Granda fixes Tony Obregon's tie as they show off their moves on the Fountainebleau dance floor.

Fountainebleau

Limousines, a gorgeous ocean-front room in the Fontainebleau Hilton, a gourmet dish of London Broil, tuxedoes, and the excellent sounds of E-B-Dah were just some of the many things which made the night very classy, romantic and unforgettable. "Prom was the highlight of the second semester. It was the party of a lifetime, and a time to have fun with all my close high school friends for the last time," said Julio Granda. "It was simply awesome, something I've been waiting for all through high school, and it was worth the wait," said Tony Suarez. It turned out to be what everyone expected it to be.

Ninety-four seniors attended the occasion at the Fontainebleau in Miami Beach. The night of April 21st was tiresome as well as exciting for the dinner and dancing lasted from 8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. and the breakfast at Javier Jimenez's house lasted until sunrise. "It was the best organized Prom I have ever attended. The senior behavior was just excellent," said Mr. Armando Rodriguez, who is in charge of all senior activities. The administration as well as the seniors were very pleased for it was truly the event of the year, and a night many Seniors will cherish for the rest of their life.

- Fermin Ferro

Fausto Borges and date take a break from their dinner for a mug shot. The smiles on their faces are just small proof of the night's success.

David Celis was honored by Principal, Jose Ma. Izquierdo, Msgr. Otto L. Garcia and Fr. Edwardo Alvarez for his dedication to the Christian Life Community.

Eloy Villasuso was honored by receiving a plaque for hJs dedication in planning retreats. The plaque was awarded to him by Msgr. Otto L. Garcia and Fr. Edwardo Alvarez.

Tlhe Homily on remembering delivered by Monsignor Otto Garcia, Cha 'ncellor of the Brooklyn Diocese, challenged the Senior Class of '89 to face their futures with the strength of their traditions to guide them. Msgr. Garcia, uncle of one of the graduatesHugo, delivered this homily from the bottom of heart. In the audience sat the ninetyplus young men who minutes before had walked down the aisle of St. Dominies Church in the arms of the person who had most encouraged them throughout their years of study at Belen, their mothers.

It was a special evening for lots of people. Parents, teachers, grandparents, friends filled the church-in-theround. Looking up and down the rows of benches one could catch glimpses of special friends - smiles of recognition of so many moments shared together. But mostly

the appreciation of individual courage as demonstrated by Mike Cardoso in the front row, in his wheelchair, gave everyone the feeling that this class could overcome any trial, any set back, that it would make it, no matter what. At the conclusion of the Mass three graduates were given special awards for their efforts in Peer Ministry. Gustavo Ortiz received the Service Award for his work with AIDS patients. For his extraordinary efforts in organizing, planning and conducting retreats, Eloy Villasuso received an award and the resounding applause of his fellow graduates And finally, for his involvement with the CLC, March for Life on the local and National levels, David Celis received a third award and the cheers of the entire congregation.

julio Granda

Mike Cardoso, Fernando Alonso and Hircio Barrios, along with their mothers, reflect over the past years at Belen, which have come to an end.

Manny Feijoo receives communion from Fr. Izquierdo, knowing it will be the last time all the graduates of the Class of '89 will be together at a school mass.

David Flor, Arturo Caraballo, Fausto Borges, Bobby Espin and Luis Garcia-Chacon sing in praise of God thanking the Lord for all He's done throughout the years.

Jose Iriarte closely examines Adolfo Fernandez' Vale dictorian medal. Adolfo's address to his fellow graduates (center frame) took them back through the last six years.

Salutatorian Juan Taboas amused his audience with anecdotes of high school life.

Juan Fanjul receives Archdiocesan award from Fr. Alvarez. Juan was also presented with a plaque by a representative of the U.S. Naval Academy.

Father Izquierdo prepares to give Michael Cardoso his diploma. Arturo Caraballo, Mark Casal, Alex Caso and George Castells joined the standing ovation Mike received for his strength and determination.

Wait! Wait a moment! This really isn't happening. I mean, it better not be happening. It isn't fair. Why must time fly? Why can't I go back and do it all over again? I wasn't thinking about all this when I strode in proudly that Saturday night, june 3rd into the U.M.'s Gusman Hall with my cap and gown. I was thinking "just another ceremony and a party afterwards." And then Robert Giro at my left said, "Luis, look around, you know this is the last time we'll ever see some of these guys." And then it hit me. Sometime after juan Taboas' Salutatory address, it hit me, and all the good and bad times at Belen flashed before me as · I sat there, for the last time, in the midst of my 96 - four of them in spirit - fellow graduates. I remembered my teachers, my counselors, the plays I acted in, the encounters I led, the races I won, or lost, and the friends I won, or lost. I saw before me the halls of Belen, the smiles of those who are Belen, and I saw six years of hard work, of learn-

ing the books and learning what's not written in them, and I saw the people - the teachers who challenged me, the friends I'll never forget, and the jesuits I admire so much who made it all possible.

And no matter what you think or what you are told, you can't do away with the sadness you feel as you leave Belen.

But then I looked at what Belen has given me, and I felt proud. The formation I have received from these "Soldiers of Christ" is, for me, the best. Now, as it ends, it's really just beginning, for we will now go out and Belenize all we touch - what a task! And then, as my friends were being recognized as Senior of the Year Eddie Bello, and other outstanding seniors such as juan Taboas, juan Fanjul, and Robert Suarez, I was about to ask myself if we were truly ready for tomorrow - for what lies ahead. I never asked the question. Instead, I prayed to jesus Christ that tomorrow might be ready for us.

- Luis Garcia-Chacon

Minutes before the procession, Mr. Aurelio Baldor adjusts the Spanish National Honor Society band on Jose Martinez.

The commencement address, delivered by F.I.U. President Modesto "Mitch" Maidique, challenged the graduates to followup on their city's successes.

Abril, Alexis Augusto

UUGHH Yo homz waz up SD88,, Presidente #I Even with a fly Stay conscious Homecoming 88 Cops85 NY B-ba1188 Grand & Douglas Yo JP #5 #30 El JP Hey Andy, look at this MOAB Party at Jp's La Rubita-La Salle Aren't you glad I drive a Volvo Hey tio how bout this car It was a 2 on 3 Raul Sophomore lawyer Alexis for three Jubilee88 No Chiqui Hey Coachismo The Hwatz-up Play OLLA Formal88 Porsche 924 Tampa Jesuit/Busch Gardens Waldo/Senior Skit Junior Prom That was a good one Puerto Plata/Sosua Hey AI, watch out for that- SCREECH Sheraton at Tampa WHOA. What a rush Tri-meet-WC85 That's pint Thru the teelh round the gums look out gullet here it comes - BLAMO Wreck.less Driving Hey Maritere, look out f.Jr that- SLAP NY Eve87 The Turbo II BABYM Hey Niki, guess who I saw last r.ite Hey CX - Thanx What did you do with the beard A Luigi A Hey Abucla, great desayuno Peru 87-88 112/88- Blanco y Negro 12:30 am (111/89)- NA Kup-check Hey, how bout cheerleading some of our games Ana - calm down Seniors of 89 Rule Thanx Coach Stu & Coach A Thanx Coach D for pushing me at the start Thanx Mom & Dad - YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST See ya round

Love is the answer. But while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty

Alonso, Fernando

Freddy #24 Howdy U2 rules Junior Caravan Pompano- Manny's heavy Regal Beagle Buttonwood ETC# I 7 The Zayre Incident B-Ball Trips : Marathon. Coral Shores. Tampa. FSU , New York Stiff. Alf. Derf The Salazer Baj Britter , This is crazy The Sack Senior Encounter Tony ' s Party Buick Squad (Ed & Me) Reeker, Please Britter's Party (D. D.) Halloween '87 GTHB Danny Care a little Tombola '87Busted by Gen. Bertha 64 & Kendall 3 tries for liscensc New Year's at Epcot '86. '87, '88 UM Cheerleading Camp Zun, make me a tape Chemistry final at Tony's (Nikki) July 4 weekends ' 87 , '88 Rocky Road kidnapping (sorry Patty) J.J .• hurry up Caco's party Earring (F A.F.) Holiday Inn '87 - What a note Destruction Nite Quick Pik Operation Mullet Tracy, Nikki, Alexandra I didn't crack a book 'night Bert. 'night Ernie Pine Crest B-Ball incident New York trip (The Tunnel, PSSST) The Butterknifc Boys (Johnny , Alex , Britter. Me) FOBSC Chisme talks w/Jenny Bucky, get a life Mandy. I think it's time Frank shutup Burned Out - we were robbed Thanks & later guys ; Frank. Alex , Mandy. Tony, Britter, Johnny, Otto. Caco. Luka, Sammy Danny G. and M Spec1al thanks to Mami. Papi, Ginny; love you all

Ya.

' rve conquered my past, the future is here at last I stand at the entrance, a new world I can see The ruins to my right, will soon have lost sight ofme. '

See

Belen

Award (II) ; Xavier Suarez Campaign {I I): Letterman

II. 12): Big Brother Program ( 12): Echoes ( 12)

Alvarez, Alberto J.

Herb#9. Big AI the ant-eater. To all the girls I've loved before. Saca Ia Tortuga. Poison concert. Fallen Angel. Standard position is the best. The Love list , 67+eounting. Soixante Neuf. The Love Machine. Affirmative Pint. MRC parking lot. French Convention .Stanley is ex cited Lamster the Hamster. Observe the Herb potential. I love the straw. Que Curda Happy hour at Quik Pick. Big AI's mud ordeal at the key. Lou has the affirmative Curds. Washington '89 - (Dorm 321 , P.J.'s , Baltimore nights with Ed, Romano the rookie, Winston's, Jack Cousteau). Madrid=Pint. Wicho, let's play some golf. Aiejandrits es guapo. OttO+the axle. Elaine+Martha are studdsters I'm not a sucio Brito's hook-up with Shelby was b/c of me. Mena is a caring guy. Bob's postjunior prom bash She's the perfect stromboli The Walking Hormone. The Vantage Advantage. Cheaters usually never prosper Filete, round up the possi Manolo is my papo The Producers: AI, Manny, and Luka are gomg filming again. B1g Dan throw that D Bonjour. Rafelits. Manolin the slickster The Luka mobile. Ralph is wearing brown again. Big Sig I'll miss you. Wazzup sweet thing. Mami , Papi , Big Jos, Muffin , and Chacha, I love you See ya! \ "For a moment he stands undecided, Looking back on the days of his youth, As two worlds collide in a moment of truth, HE'S A REBEL."

- Bryan Adams -

Alvarez, Carlos A.

Caco/Cok SS #15 Football.Track #6 Soccer? Wuz up homeslice Curley TD/int 4 Breckenridge Que mala pinta Master Ella Roll 'em Salazar's Jungle CEscape Close-up MPQ says Pas in prude Mena's PUJOS UM cheerleading camp Beba l235=Grounded Poly Gumbattitz Berlin Jr Prorn/Jr Caravan Where are my glasses? Has anyone seen my Car? The Green Goblin Mejido you'll never bum me Ms. Rhode Island 7/l/88 What a weekend Hollywood "Moo Moo" Wicho's Pose Pompano - Mandy's heavy Quik Pik clientele Operation Mullet The 3 A's Homecoming game=Get out Fuera A 6 Pleez I don't feel like practicing today What a Note?? Spearfishing & Lobsters don't mix Was that a party I heard? Don't mess w/Texas Burned out- we were robbed Big Brother w/Jonny Herbalanius Luka, We are studs Buttonwood - quarters by moonlight B-A-S-S The Keghandle incident Mena/Caco; The SEE-SAW Lui is Morrison's ghost SIMONE?? Thanx God, Mami, Papi, Yve, Eb, Bella, Papa, Abu, Annette & Seniors. I Love You All Rip it up Jrs. "Life itself

-Mark Twain

Alvarez, Ignacio M.

The Three C's: Cool, Calm, and Co llected

Alvarez, Juan Lucas

1/28 "Surprise Luka!" B-Ball at Tampa Fashion Show 88 FSU Camp . Baseball

West Ring Ceremony Homecoming Beach CLC Trip w/Van Rm.714 PACMY Caravan Sr. Encounter Pompano Hollywood Marathon:06 Jr. Prom at Bob's Close-Up (Pay 3) Spleen Badge at Jackson No skit Salazar went to the Navy Mu!Mu! Don't call him Wicho Al's at MRC

entry , thanx Vic Coachisimo , thanx 4 ur effort Quick Pik Sr Lounge Authority Winstons Cheers cast Biophysics I.D Late night at Alx Flowerpower Thanx Orta U2 Concert Alx & Bg. Apple I 0/12/88 oops TheBanditos Arnold wants Film The Squeeze is On Aliette, Bomba , Bango , I need advice Pat lend me ur car OT I couldn't stop Dan where's the Fiat Man there's the monument MADJYMSK I think I hear a party COK's get together 1/29 1st time

Jules Belen is history but one thing will last 4ever, FRIENDS: AJx , Alb , ManR. , Ella, OT, Cok, Rafits, Lu , Sam , Brt, Espi, ManF., Solars, Pio, Ed, Mandy, Lawr, John Juani Best Friend: Julie , thanx for the memories Mom , Ros, Pat , Pad, Mad, Mama, God you've made me who I am ,

hope u' re proud , I LUV U ALL!!!

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Barrios, Hircio J.

Bello, Edward

Borge s , Fausto A.

Pillo Que Pinta Preludes #I La Caja de Fosforos Fafo let's do it! Willie Calm Down Botalo La Bomba Rusa ''Pah, I need Money" "The Mikesters" Canada Kicks Let's Go Flash!! Me Pin -!! The Showcase Manny's Apt. Memorial Weekend '87/The Twins, Feijoo & Mike El B.A Y.O.U Whas Up? The Yuks "Pah, Como Caballo En Establo" BAJATE Studying, At P A.'s House, Thanks Mom, Don't Worry!!! Luka; Cok; Manny Senior C lass of '89 Pah, "American Express" I'm Not Driving MP, MM, OR Pier 555 Otto, La C'aja de Huevos But, Father I'm DIFFERENT! Mandy, Eddy, Let's Go To Our Office Firedrills With Ms. Cambo La Garsa I'm Going to work Marco Is land '88 Ardilla Oliver-N-Deb Tuti LOVE YOU ROXY Love Otton, Clarita Thank You Yoly & Jose and I love You The Best For Last!!! Mom and Dad, Thank You For Everything, You're The BEST PARENTS a Kid can have, I LOVE YOU!!!

"Sometimes the low road can take you where the high road can't."

Miami. FL 3/11171 Pep Club; Big Brother Program; 2nd Place in Youth Fair Competition; Community Service

Brito, Alejandro

AI #34 Britter Capote Boy Wonder Black Hole The Classic ETC # 18 The Posse (Johnny, Danny, Sasha) Butterknife Boys July 4 "Comfortably numb" NY , FSU, & TAMPA TRIPS French Convention I & II Moon Lake Yale Pompano Trips Late nite at Sasha's tent & Miami Hero's U2 & Springsteen concerts Stir it up All nite finals at Goober's Look out, Johnny it's the goon squad What up crazy Danny, it's time to pound Boyangets & Pechangets Fred, this is crazy Don't worry Frank I can sleep anywhere Eddie, it's APA time preview Coach Pena Coachismo, you lost it The funbunch Gaby, I need a ride Puffin the woolab SASC Rastaman Vibration Kristi's boat Good nite Bert Coral Shores & Marathon trips I'm a tree Alex , you & Patty are going to get married Cueto residence (second home) Caco's Party (social) Te quiero feo Mr. Wentzel, that wasn't me Reeker please I don't remember I slept through junior year It's time to tell her "see ya" Alex's surprise party at my house Swahili Close call at Miller Lake Dogman, Lizard, & McGruff Sasha it wasn't the same without you Johnny, Danny, Alex, Eddie, Frank, Fred, Gaby, Juan, Otto, Lams, Mena, Art, Gtro, Manny , Luts, and the rest of the class of'89- I'll miss you Special Thanks to Mom, Dad, Albert, Hpe you're proud

"Some people cry & some people die by the wicked ways of love, but I'll just keep on rolling along with the grace from the Lord above."

- Led Zeppelin

FL 12/2/71 6 Years at Belen

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of Microbiology Club Who's Who Among American High School Students ( 12) Lake Yale Summer Workshop

Caraballo, Arturo

Bart Royal Palm Incident Cid Barry with Carlos, Eugene, Todd , Mario, Art ... Thursday Nights at Giro's ... 7th Period= Gimme a reeker ... Big Kid ... Hey Pulga Ron Matusalem Road Trip Daytona Beach little Chinese guy Another one? Projectile vomit at Carlos' the Rowdies BC '88 Marco Island '87 Alarde V the hookup Dominiqui How you doin' Poindexter? The Fat Boys What's that you're hitting Turkey point fishing el Bugero Wuz up, crazy Hangin' low Drop the Vernacular party the buds data disk little Sackster Rob, I'm taking the day off We promise, Aurora Thanks everyone. I love you all! Fat Bittle. Bogey. Mom. Dad. CM. RG. EP. CR. JC. JC. AG. OT. OR. LC. NP. MF.

Cardoso, Michael D.

Carreras, Robert

Casal, Marcus

Harvard summer School My Box ( 1980 Volvo) Comrade That is true I hate blue vans George, It's Malboro I'm from Colorado B's Dark Javier, floor it I'm not a hick let's shoot some pool (at Javi's house) Calc kills I hate Thomas Senior Skit: Moorehaven Commander Yeah, right Funny boy Swedish Chef I got the Colonel Lefty told me a joke Vila , Bango and Baldor: I'm gonna scream I'm going to be a writer Boston rules proud Democrat Eleven in one night Haulover Beach Car surfing Starving artist so was the Trojan Horse Em, put on WVUM earring Fr Eddy rags on me Climb to the top of the Scaffolding I worry about you sometimes F.H I HAVE to get the condo back What's an Eloy? Tirate de arbol en arbol The Beatles never wrote anything bad I should have been born in the sixties Make love not war It's almost time to go I love you mom, Dad, Suzie and everybody else Thanx for everything

"I get by with a little help from my friends/! get high with a little help/from my friends/going to try with a little help from my friends." - Beatles Denver, CO 11/1171

J.V Swimming (9); Key Club (9, 10); Key Club Staff (II, 12); HOBY Ambassador (10); Marine Biology (9); V P. (10); PREZ (I I); Special Award, English Creative Wnting; Youth Fair (I 0) ; Lar;ry Thompson Award ; Spanish Creative Writmg; Y.F. (9, 10); N.J.H S, Treasurer, (9); N H.S., (10, I I , 12); Spanish Honor Society , (10 , II); Teasurer ( 12); Close-Up 1988; Microbiology Club (9, 10, II); ALPHA Club ( 12); English and Theology Achievement Awards (I I)

Caso, Alexander

NEW ORLEANS

Castells, George A.

Cas Pepe Garcia lckey UUUGGGHHH! T.G I. Fridays #I Busboy La rompiste brode! Senior skit 89, the best No way! Your face GNR Parties Wargames Junior caravan, what a day I'm sleepmg, call me back Who saw David Letterman last night? General Hospital kicks I want a mixing tin Backroads Castells The Trickery Still/move Wilt/revive Canes and Tar Heels #I Notre Dade Welcome to the Jungle The muscle move! Showtime! Get off my court! 360• dunk La teja I care Metallica rules Bass sucks You got 'em Que embarque men Oh! A wiseguy Slash Obey your Master Pintamaster Sell-out! Tercel GT . I hate that little kid But I don't feel like going out Nah , just kiddin ' But Mrs. Miyar! ETC 15 Senior Encounter 89 The Castleman, The Slickster , The Jokester Casiliopia I know I'm edgy and moody Do you have I.D son? The Terror Twins Champion Oscar you're missing a pedal Cathuacho Cuz, did you do your homework? Dance Tiny! Fermin, suelta un bleeyo Charlie stole my joke again Go run Salvat (the rookie) J.J., go look for some pinecones It's been sentimental It's all over, Thank God! Thanx Mom and Dad , I love you! Later gang!

"Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years. Face up Make your stand. And realize you're living in the golden years."

Celis, David

"Hay Cuba" es que vaya SKIPPY "x'cuse me, are you going to eat that?" Poki Dots Vegi Yuppies of the World Unite Plaid brothers E.T.C. #15, #18 (Jamonero) Rtta; mi munequita, La Menina Alyse; "Buz, Buz!" Sylvia; don't worry, you look fine Anna (Karen ina); Beach Bum Buddy Lourdes; strange, but nice! Diana; SKIP Short People Hug Milly; "Mental Power" lngy; "peachy, Peachy" D.C. 87, 88, and 89; Tony, one forM Din DaDa Dan; "House of Pain" New Year's '89; "Oscar, Green Caviar? Rita, No Rum? Oh Well The Vomit Colored Pontiac/The Almond Colored Pty. Arc someday I'll have my Mercedez! CLC group #2 (Tania and Aly Thanks for putting up with me) Fr. K, Fefita, Ralph, Sigrid, Ms. H., Thanks for making Belen what it is Special thanks to the big "o" , Robertico, Tony (all of you), and my little sister, La Menina Mari and Rosi, Thanks for being you, lots oflove from your little (big) brother Abueli, Te quiero!" Mami, Papi, Thanks. I LOVE YOU!! Class of'89; Gosh guys, that is it It's been Awesome (closing statement) Obsession, is it a sin to be Guilty or not Guilty? unitl we meet again Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Amen.

"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived!"

Miami, FL

8/30171

Six Years at Belen; Christian Life Community; Peer Ministry; Senior Encounter Gp Leader; E.T.C fillS Cook; Key Club (4 Years); Swimming (4 Years) ; National Beta Club (4 Years); March for Life ; Washington D.C. (3 Years)

Coro.nel , Jorge A.

The Colonel ccordination (cag shots) Jidad 87 Ughhh! botalo 10-a bayou closeup (let's have fun, don't worry you won't get busted) how ya'll all doing senior retreat Danny who you takins to morp? Crocket turning prep Danny and me, relieving tensions in the keys (paradise city) stink bombs 86 Is the king still alive Hijo de perra Hatuey beer #1 el twichi el tornillo beating Filete in b-ball and f-ball keep on trying Filete ohy my god bimbado in the Grove Muff diving with Chevy (mike) Brother Marquis Fort Meade (the little Blazer that couldn't) Mantecs go eat popcorn with Rivero Key Largo (tiki bar) ly and Mike in the red love machine silly rabbit B.S. stories of Santo Domingo (J.P.) Thanks for being a great girlfriend Mari lyn BIG Hersh firewagon hircio's senior skit strip Thanks to God, mom, dad, Beba, John, Vicky, Fufi, Patty, and Jenny. I love you all

"For every action, there is an equal and opposite satisfaction"

FL 10/14171

Years at Belen

Miami,

4

National Honor Society (10)

SR Beta Club (11-12)

Computer Oub (9)

Class Sectretary ( 11)

Close-Up (12) Biology Award (10)

Theolotn' Award (11) Attendmg Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama

Cueto, Juan Carlos

Johnny #21 Just call me Dogman, Ardilla, Elmer Pompano trips (comfortably numb) Norway cruise '88 Hey Carlos, is the boat rocking, or is it me? The Posse (ME, Danny, britter, Sacb) Butterknife Boys New York (the Tunnel) & Tampa trip FSU camp Sach, it wasn't the same without you allnighters at Carlos' Enter the woolah world "Fred, it's time for a reeker" Goodnite Bert, Goodnite Ernie "Brito, this is crazy, crazy, crazy" Sanibel Trips (Carlos & Manny) Pounding before Kristi's boat Hangmg with Shmitty, Capote, McGruff "Otto, let's double" Charlie Sexton in the morning Flea, let's shoot some pool ''Wilbur, can you drive" Camp and the J.C. connection Coach Pena "Britto, do we run or do we fight?" "Espino, you bad the dunk" Bro, don't badtrip Junior Prom at Bob's "Yes, I'm going out with Kristi again" "Jochi, stop hitting me" Me & Luka, analysis tutors Raul & me dump partners "Have you met Mitch?" Football with Gaby at I am Fishing trips with Arturo Big Brothers wtth Caco Senior Encounter, Thanks Danny Mena "did you have to get so ugly" South Point surfing Stir it up Thanx Coachismo Thanx Clammy, Brit, Dan, Sacb, OT, Luk, Christy A. , Camp, Eric, Lams, Fred Especially Mom, Dad, Jochi , for putting up with me Kristi, thanx, and I love you ..• Later on

"Life isn't a problem to be solved, it's a reality to be t:xperienced." Miami, FL 9/26171

e Tuya, O sc ar

EXCUSE ME!! Hey, I live in Coco! Psychedelic Chill out! Megalithic Get up and do it yourselfl Massive grossarama! Vegetable rights and peace! The Reggaemobile Why do people like that exist? Don't touch the hair! I've got a VW GTI 16valve, how 'bout you! Look, just shut-up, ALLRIGHT! What AP English essay? James Joyce was abused as a child Chuck has a bubble-butt! David - You're so Sacreligious! [YSA!] Hey, Denise, I'm gonna git you sucka! Luis- Grow up! Amy - Dye your hair! Jorge- Leave Mr. Bertram alone! Danny- You shaved! Tony- What a bro! Tony Benetton lives! Tonr- Shut up! Alex- I like your hair! Julio- pervert! Danny- What can I say! Demse, Stop it! Seriously folks, I love you all, don't forget these times, they can never be relived :Special love goes to my family- You either LOVE them or HATE them! Special to MAMY, PAPY, Tio, Tia, Tio, Tia, ABUELA, Denise (Why not!), and God! Super especial to YARA, my companion for over 12 years- Rest in Peace, the Lord has accepted you into heaven!

"Live life in the present, not in the past. It may seem complicated at first, but it's only as complicated as you make it."

Miami, FL 4/21171

Horses for Handicapped; Coconut Grove Arts Festival; Burdine's Teen Board Model; Top Hits '89 Video; The New Vincam, Our Lady of the Lalces Catholic Church; 4th Grade CCD Teacher :-- Lector - Choir; Rescue Scuba Diver; Pep Club; Key Club; Beta Club; National Junior Honors Society (9); Junior Beta Club (7-8); Astronomy Club (7-10); Meteorology Club (7-10); Life Science Club (7-8); Computer Club (7-8); Belen Choir (12); Track. and Field (7-8); Swimming (10); Honor Roll (7-9); English Award 8; Captain Pat Cother Award; Who's Who Among American High School Students; National Hispanic Scholar Award

Espin, Roberto A.

Good Times with "Reckless" Junior Prom Memoirs AI, I beat you to her Rob I ain't lying this time l hate math No; Cops are great human beings . I thing I'm in love again Ocean Reef'86 Record-breaking night Spring Break at the Reef '87 Sophomore year rules New Year's brawl at Vail; absolutely pintatious 3-day weekends are better than 3-a-day practices How 'bout them CANES! ... l only see Orange and Green ... #33 ... I hate Gulliver but their girls are alright There is no bigger need than the need for speed Sunny came by last night again (We just talked) happy trails to you too Tiki bar is in Key Largo, not the Grove OK Jose Sports Trivia anyone? Pardon me, but did you say Lourdes girls are going? Lunch-time moke with D'Fellas "Ron-Ron" (Johnny) take care, lots of love and my best wishes Joche, my "little"stud don't abuse on the girls, good luck through the rest of high school Mom+Dad thanks for all the love and support, couldn't have done w/out you guys thanks for teaching this wild and crazy bird to fly

Espino, Alejandro

#23 B-Ball Liza Student Council Treasurer Clammy? Pope's Mass Tracy, Nikki, Alexandra FSU Camp- New York Trip Tampa Trip SASC Convention Metrobus Quarters at my house Chemistry Final Rocky Road Kidnapping Tony's open house Mardi Gras - Shut up, Frank - I'm Dru, That's my bed, constant curda Butterknife Boys - Clammy, Ardilla, Boy Wonder, Stiff July 4 at Tony's Buttonwood/Pompano Jr. Prom Bunny, bunny, bunny Coral Shores/Marathon Trips Hiddeen Lake/Hobie Jr. Caravan Miller Lake CLC Nite Chase ETC 15, 17, 19 Georgette/The Snake Student encl. room for working only Senior Ccremony/Houlihan's Coachismo Destruction nites Application Certification Fnends in Ft. Lauderdale New Year's '88-'89 Belen- Plantation connection (long schlongs) Candlelite Service at SASC (Tenn.)- Friends are forever 64 and Kendall Wat Up, Cok Earrings? Summer Camp & late nites with Barq Midterms at Fred's park Surprise Party Thanx Mom, Dad, Gig, Nacho, Ed, Liza, Patty, and all my friends Nite Bert

"Freedom is doing what you like, happiness is liking what you do."

Miami, FL 8/9/71

6 Years at Belen Basketball (I 0, II, 12); II - MVP; All· County Third Team; All-Conference; Student Council (8 , 9 , 10, II, 12Treasurer; Peer Ministry I & II ; Life Science Club ; Microbiology Club ; omputer Club; NHS; Jr NHS (VP); Achievement Awards ; Geometry , Theology, Biology, Phys Ed

Fanjul, Juan

Speed Bump Lumpy Happy Joe Marti Fangio Fany Blockhead Uhhh! Sap Fany for Pres. '89 Bakery Center Biscayne Baby I believe you Nestor Uust kidding) I'm not an Mbreaker Trig B.K. dash the mighty Tercel weekend doghnut stop M.R.C. Summer Camp '88 Marco Island '87 Adirondack Mountain climber Swtmming rules Class of '89 best ever Anchors Away Thanks Mom, Dad. Arturo, Cecilia , Spencer, L.C., M.H., N.P., E.B F.R., O.T., and the rest of the class of'89

Mom, What are speed bumps for?

Nolo #77 #62 8-2 6-4 I Lov e Football Track Star Florida Relays State Track Parties Coach Diaz is crazy Camp's un poco de ambiente Danny's defensive pujos Practice Badge Mornings with AI Diana- Tobacco Place Vamos al Grove Sanibel '87 , ' 88 Beach parties Debbie does Sanibel No of course not Planas El carro usado Hot Matches Betty's apartment Passion punch drinks Revenge of the nerds Nerds in paradise Rowdy buds Pack of horsekillers please Nobody packs 'urn on my head Black Barney Puff om that woolah 976- Y.E.A.H Mike please drive My apartment Pillo , Jose, Mario, Mike Pu lga - showcase Otto tirado Washington tnp Georgetown tour with Romano Winstons Let's get Eddy Gross PJ's Mooshead AI, you struck out again? Rejects I still love you 7th period crew Friends, Girlfriends thank you Mom, Dad, Melissa I love You Goodbye all

There's no time to lose I heard her say. Catch your dreams before they slip away. Dying all the time, lose your dreams and you will lose your mind; I n life unkind

2/25nt 6 Years at Belen Football 8, 9, 10, II , 12 Track 9, 10, II , 12

Miami, Fla.

Fernandez, Adolfo

Fernand ez , Guill e rmo

Fernandez, L uis G

-Mark Twain

F e rro , F e rmin M .

Fermine Ferm 4 play the Huus : the German, the Mush. antennae, gonzo. and the greaser bleejo! Diga! South Beach hey , Fermin when is your surlboard gonna touch the water? Midnight Adventures who's taking the bird out tonight? the book of lies you don't bother, you don t dump! I don't pay and I don't drive tonite Hey weasel, where ' s the wife ? the beach house Ft. Lauderdale in Chevelle Delray in Maxima Lake-Park Center Dude, let's do a little workout let's jam at Rudy's Ginger's private party follow meee. baaby! flashing the fat chicks New York , 85- San Francisco , 86- Montreal, Boston, L.A 87 the studio is closed you break my guitar. you pay Jimmy don't wrap Flea's got a crush on Gloria is this the land of the enanos? O K. Mr. Excitement the problem isn't the chicks , the problem is inspector Alex, when are you going to invite us for dinner? the chase (Wags) the Formula has no reverse -let's push You w1sh! the Jamaican drumset the Plane ! nice louvers home at 5 a m on Strider with the cops baad party! my dream! the turtle ' s from 1902 the sheepskin in Fox The Rivera gym Journey , Boston. Rush My Cordia Turbo a the Alpha Romeo, the Carayan race Flea ' s trial Jan '89 How decrepit! 1d10ms the floating ha1ry Jamtor the wnchmg hour Hey dudes. let ' s go for the massive dip! Jimmy , Flea , Alex. Rudy , my cuz Larry and the rest of my good friends- Thanx for the best times of my life Mom, Papi Mimi , Vane , thanks for never giving up on me I love you guys

"Those crazy nights, I do remember, in my youth; I do recall, those were the best times most of all !

-71

Flor , David

FortOn, Enrique M.

"Caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar"

Machado

Garcia, Carlos

Wuzupmynigger Hidden Lake '85-'87 The Busts Eh! Ju know what I mean? 7th period crew- Manny, Juan, & Artie Trig Class- Doughnut runs with Danny The little Sach Ralph, leave me alone! J.K. Cambo Wobble FlU communication breakdownWhere's Danny? 4/8/88 Sanibel '88 Marco '88 "I don't want to be tied down anymore" I 0/29/88 Lunchtime w/Fred & Mo B.K. w/Danoy & Caco. All nighters w/Juan, Danny , Manny, Brito, Sach Puffing on the horsekillers SuperBowl Sunday ' 89 w/Dao Curda Mont St. Anne ' 85-'89 Breckenridge '87 & '89 Oft, get ofP. Butch Sunset Billiards Fishin w/Sach SOCCER Key West UgHHH Hey Fool His car goes bip , bip French Convention '88 , '89 Kristi. Patty, Becky Alina. Tats. Olga, Teresa, Arney. The Solores, Little Alex , El J ., Carlos R., Wilbur Danny slate again The Key Mamao 1114/89-? Patty , I love you Junior Encounter Senior Encounter Patty , que te pasa? Get out fuera Pompano Senior Skit Ya, sure buddy Wuz up dog Hey Homebody MIAMI DADE on Sunday w/Sach Christy W What , why didn't you tell me before Caco Thanx Mom, Dad, Oft , Patty for everything Later

- Led Zeppelin

Miami, FL 9/28171 6YearsatBelen:Socce

Garcia, Hugo R.

You Sure did get 'em I don't think so Calm down Chiefy. Chiefy Go Home! Give me A break! Oh God! STP Tira Pinta Pinta Lights Life's a Beach! OfT Limits My New House Casquito Batterying Carlito Action Homecoming The Norway #75 Donald Duck I Love Vacations Weekends. and Fridays Scuba Diving L.A History? ?? The Big After Senior Skit and Ring Ceremony Right Dad Slapstick JTC RUMA Dude Be len '89 Forever Jebitz. Deditz El Supra 200SX TURBO My Condo at the beach Collins and 27th Dain Bramage Junior Caravan Blue Angels Junior & Senior Prom E.T.C. 16. 19, 22 My Vuarnets I think it is APPROPRIATE I get my car next week! New Years ' 89 BMW M3 Awesome!! Gradnight '89 Senior Encounter I got to call Christie! I LOVE CHRISTIE!!! Bubie 111/89 Guitchr, Senior-Parent Encou nter Dad, Mom , Elena, Alfred, Christie, and Lourdes: I Love you ALL!.! Bye!! , Bye!! "Don't

Many have I loved

Many times been bitten

Many times I've gazed

Along the open road

Many times I've lied

Many times I've listened

Many times I've wondered

How much there is to know

Many dreams come true

And some have silver linings I live for my dreams

And a pocketful of- Gold

Garcia-Chacon, Luis E.

With an ol' beatupJetta and 3$ buzz livin ' Iovin Jim LIVES The Nectar ofthe GodS=QuickPik (Wekeep'em in business)/Panies with- Mouse/Pablo/Nicks, andMr America (EI Salvador# I ,U.S.=inferior)/Mariano, did you see a keg running down this beach?/"But officer, I didn't realize my lights were ofT"/JuniorANDsenior Prom - Thanks , BigAl/Brito , relax , I swear her house is somewhere around here/Freddy, we ' reNOTcrazy , by the way, isTonight - Marine StadiumNight or ThiefNight?/Caco, my only earthly and lustful desire/Cristy, Lili , Lisa, Patty- hbcrew (Beware of: HB2, Ali, Jen)/MRC#I -"A Shangri-La beneath a winter moon, I will return again"/Sanibel '86withStilleto/Summer '88 -awesome (Thanks, Spazz)/MM encounte atTiki - LaborDay/SeniorEncounter experience with Frank/"Most interesting, Captain " /Eddie - gi'me half/lookin' Ravisant/Bro' SeleneBigPerk=theBigTipper/Lams- you are biggest quapo/BigDan#IO- a Gallant Knight/Grav (ElvisTyson), Mr.Mojo,me=thelmmonals I'llnever4getYou- Jose, Mario, Alx, Luka, Caco, Big AI, Frankie, Eddie, Perks. Brito, Dan G. , Larry, Nestor, Dan M., Lams, Grav BelenyouWereTheBest!Gracias Papi, Mami , y Fernando/y Gracias Senor take a long holiday let your children play

The back door opens, light comes shining in Jim Morrison playing in the background as I take my

Tonight the whole world is bustin' open

And we've got a ticket to the show

We ain't getting old, we're just not getting any

It doesn ' t matter what we do tonight

As long as we've got each other

There's an open house on Bird

There's a brawl at Duffy's

We all have our duty to perform

Whether it ' s being wasted or getting lucky

Promises will be made tonight

As boys and girls turn out their bedroom light

And the lonely will sleep with their left and their right

The Mojo Man still hasn't finished singing his song

Our ride around the Grove seems a little long

Behind the pool hall the "J" crusade has its last meet

And you and I run out on empty behind my front seat

The night seems to last like never before

But tell me Mr. Mojo, If nothing lasts forever , what's forever for?

- Alex Gravier- Robert PlantGot no time to spend

It ' s time to ramble

Giro, Robert

Giro I'm awake Srturo did you write that down? Bob why do you lie? do you have mokes? I love my school The ski team the coaxers Majos hook up Fort Lauderdale/scrap at Tugboat Annies/? Alex U. shut up and sit back ... Chez you're a big time susio ... Quirch stop fighting walls ... Gene the postalita Shutup Maui! IUZ oh really? J.J.'s California Chicken breast Irene, I could never watch sports with you Don't worry dad I'll get in somewhere my knees hurt everywhere Hey, Phil, my garage= my playground Adde's bathroom Arturo let's study It's happy our I hooked up Summer of sophomore year -I lost It Bob you're a monster Perdomo you're the Devil Mom I'm not an alcoholic Fredog, Yoyo, Nick, Eddy, Brad, Diego- wus up! Bob are you going out IUZ=the best of times Thanks mom, DAD, MAsiloly, Annette for putting up with me LOVE you all!

There is no real genius without a touch of madness!

San Juan, P.R. 6/3171

Junior Beta Club Tennis Team (7) GolfTeam (12)

Gonzalez, Antonio S.

Hua-Hua-Hua What's up dude? small badge let's bail Polo and Tommy I finallY. got my car! Junior Caravan Que pasa Robertin? Flying Lincolns Perky man Sliver Sands '87 Donna and Danny's roll of quarters ·Manny say "Vi-ye-lla" Danny Moo Moo It .throws t_he pint dude La cur,da Paellus TLM Note m D.C. 89 M-a-r-1-o big parlet get away mailbox the little friend Super Dave:Skippy Patti "ay wow!" Marms Junior Prom The Pit Ali Go home, twice! LCF:the chicle game Purple pen The Python man The Cr the hookup Senior Skit tension release STP Call me Ralph wuz up chiefy Sophomore year with Salazar UHHH! Because I like it Julio, OK! my gringo bunch the bookie Shadow BariJoche/Monica David, eso es para las chickens! "Ay, guys pleez:·. ·;Mary: "Til<} Queen" Susi, cab SBXJX OB 88- 89 Rawhide Kampala. The Beast hume appd sant1 Thank you, Mami and Papi , I love you aU! Thanks Belen for everything and to the Class of'89, the greatest ever!! Goodbye!!

Students of America; Foreign Language Award (9); DCYF Awards; Honor Roll (9, 12); National Junior Beta Club (9, 10); National Senior Beta Club (II, 12); University of Miami

Gonzalez, Jorge V.

Granda, J olio 0.

Hey What's Up I'm starved So what's for lunch? Cheat cheat Yearbook Deadline #I or #2 Nunez uniqueness Bach Phantom of the Opera TAMPA! Warning: Surgeon General says: Don't jump without a parachute! Tony reeks twice Summer loves Disney excursion '88 Trust me Siggy! Sand ditched! Saved by Sanch Panza Low rates Motel Buick Florida Q 700 miles Alex the road profit 4 tickets in 20 minutes I crashed '88 smash in Ft. Myers Jetskies Keys '89 Key West Fog Lights Killer Mom's with knives Junior Caravan Suspended We Care! Rearranged Celica S.T. '87 Woodward skipdays Siggy let's go shopping Bal Harbor Rome ' 86 Unforgettable Cameo Theater Culture Shock! Kitchen Club Pussycats on Biscayne Samantha FoXXX Alex '88 Humanities Kiss Tony , Alex , Siggy it's been good. See you around "And so my friends we'll say goodnight, For time

Grandal, Daniel J.

Dan McGruff Wrestling 12-l Record Senior Encounter

E.T.C. 7, 18 , 20 Port Au

Prince Talk with Kiki What was the question My Jesus talk Buying U2 tickets with Carmen U2 concert Boston experience with Art Burning out A.P. Calculus- "I want a S" Trig-Donut runs with Carlos Kika Martha remember the Holiday Cruise The Posse (Alex , Juan , and Sasha) Stir it up pufunthatwoolah Sasha's Tent " It smells like lagarto " Pompano '86 ,' 87, '88 "Alex, those are t rees"

Communication breakdown at F I.U Late night talks with Martha Pa rt y at Briter's house Christy's Aunt's house with Ed and AI M E. , you are nympho Fred, those guy s are loosing it . Social hour with Frank Learning to fly night with O rly, Rob, Juan Charlie Sexto n in the morning with Johnny Life is a pool game and we are the balls . I hate L.A Seniorit is is d eadly El Chibirico I wish you were here Sach Rush- "Nothing can s u rvive in a vaccum , and I'd like to t hank all those people who have enriched my atmosphere": Johny, Alex, Sasha, Carlos , Martha , Kika, Luis , Art, Christy L. , Carmen and Fred A Tata , Abuela , Robert, Freddy, Mom , Dad - Thanks for always being there for me " Time to Go"

"As I look, back, over my life, I am struck by postcards, ruined snap shots, faded posters of a time, I can't recall"

Jim D. Morrison

Spain 7-2 7-1971

Madrid,

6 Yean; at Belen Wrestl i ng (9 , 10, II, 12); Beta Club (9 , II , 12); Key C lub (10 , II, 12); Microbiology (10); Big Brother Program ; English Award (10); Mathemati cs Award (10) ; Most Improved Wrestler Awa rd ( 10 II).

Guerra, Francisco A.

#22 6-4 R-Stu Rigo Miracle at Marathon Buttonwood Breckenridge w/Jen Jen mi prima Senior Skit=Get out Fuera+Nos Fuimos Senior Encounter+Belen Talk Tony's House=PARTY+Pre-Chem Final Ed's House=Tracy+PARTY(FIGHT) Jen's House=Fred+I 24 down +Trampoline Lake Yale+Ciose Up=Gringas Pompan0=Trashcan Salazar: I'm in CHARGE Wich<>=eomm testing=Main Man Gulf Breeze Tulane=Mardi Gras I HATE Finals, Shaving, Waking UP+Flying Las TerrenaS=Paradise Nintendo:That Makes Me Mad "BAYOU, CURDA , RIPPED, SAP , LA DECADENCIA+CLAM" Jr. Caravan LuiS+I=Philosophers DANNY=BRITO "I need a ride" Late Night BS Led Zep 320i The Classic Yes I'm 21 26 catfish As a matter of fact I DO KNOW EVERYTHING The Coj Del Condado Ed Nice PantS+No flashlight Caco Tira EL Ancla AI, I got a math, test : flashlight Tira El AI, I got a math test ELLA 7-27-87 Bobs Soctal Hour Ntkki It Wasn t Me

Anahuac Pinta Destruction Night fishing, diving, skiing, hydro-sliding+golf Track Hoyas, Yankees, Rockets, Dolphins, Oilers+Canes Coral ShoreS+Moore Haven: Best Games I'm a tree Get Up Early? 3 AM MTV The Meak Shall Perish While The Strong Overcome I Love You Mom Dad+Jen Thanx FriendS+Family+Belen For The MEMORIES

"Long after the roar of the crowd has ended, your desire to succeed and desire to will carry you through life."

- Vince Lombardi

H a nd s hu , Rob e rt H.

Let the war games begin Rock and Rule Make war not Love it's safer Sold my soul for rock and roll Hit it Rocha Rock and Roll soothes my soul Let's jam Pay back time The mob rules Armegedon Black Sabbath Booger There's only one way to rock! Heavy Metal Master of Kung Fu Hit me, whip me , make me write bad checks Come on you guys The badge Go ahead , make my day Actions not words WE CARE! What dat means? Funky like a monkey Wast'em What's an Eloy? The Dogs of War Calc ium Permanganese To hell with Buss Death to disco Rock'n with Dokken Weekend Warriors Mess with the best , die like the rest OUCH! ME, Smith and Wesson Your mother wears combat boots The Zone Stairway To Heaven Time to play Hanshupa wars Rebel yell Don ' t mess wtth the dragon Answer to the master The rumble IRON MAN Death Wish Warlord Beast from the east Wshe's only rock and roll but I like it Have a 1 • Jggy talk Sqaush yo u like a Guys please Get real Chawugala Hit em Pthta Manteca Tmy the mnJa

Neiirenberg, Germany 817/81 S Years at Belen Key Club Rad io and Electronics Computer Oub Chess Club Childrens' Home Haunted House Coconut Grove An Festival

Hernandez, Armando E.

Mandy V.P La Rubia Checkov #7 Soccer's better than B-ball Buttonwood Marco Island Pompano (Bunny, Bunny) How'd Tony get up there? Mr. Procrastinator The Jetta Fred, It's time Manny , the mailbox! Frankie, I'll do it straight Caco's world AI. I can dunk it Quik-Pik-Drive Carefully L.Y, B.S, F.A, S.C - Have been good to me Pack a Reds, Please Junior Prom at Bo 's Top Gun Joz Whassup, Sparky It ' s ridiculous MJ Al's surprise party Belen - Plantation Connection (Long Schlongs) Tracy, Niki I swear it was a cat Quarters at Al's house Miller Lake Let's have a party at Jenny's CIC Night Chase (I drove) Senior ringHoulihans ClifT Note incident Hidden and Hobie Eddie loves Olga Turding Hey, Craazy S.C. office for working only Destruction Nite Pillo, phones broken Generai=Bertica Operation:Mullet I Love KAALMI AIVY Thanx Guys I love you Mom, Dad, Aliette, and Abuelita Me Fui! (Fuera) Oh, I forgot let's do Susie's mailbox again. before we graduate! "On the eve of their graduation, 96 men dreamed what the next

A. E. Hernandez

Hernandez, Michael A.

Herrero, Raul F., II

Bball #52 Ral Roland?, no!; read my lips , Raul gameday Raul "air" Herrero rationalizing with Coach Carlos, stop me Bueller Audimotor oil? Alexis, are you O.K.! playing basketball wtth Marcel & Pedro armwrestling with Frank Pirates snack bar Bball trips: FSU'88, N.Y.'88 Coach it was a 3 on l ... Hercio, do you have any firecrackers left? ... 1980 Grand Prix- Scarsky & Hutch Hey Marcel, I don't feel so good dunking at Julian's house GaterGrawl '88 Me & Johnny- dump partners Jokes on the bus pilita on the bus Presidiente late night at Wag's Carlos, when is your band doing Belen? ... Mom and her pastelitos ... thanks Mom, Dad, Pedro, Marcel thanks Coach and guys on the team & everyone at Belen goodbye Belen, I'll miss you (P.S.) Pedro you owe me 100 bucks!!!

Iriart e , Jo s e

Uri Uri #73 I'm not lazy , whatever gives you that impression Wicho Albert(negro) are you still watching MTV? I consider myself a liberal {right) Calc Kills Hugo , my voice does not tremble Bass sucks We have an English test today? Quick, Hugo, what's the book called? LX stinks Calculus causes drain bamage David, get a real car James Joyce sucks Bomb Iran Jorge E., Luis S. , surprise! Thanks Jose M Hector Gasca, Oscar, John, Hugo , and David, for putting up with me. Mom , Dad, thanks for bringing me up.

"Slow down, you crazy child, and take the phone off the hook and disappear for a while. It's all right, you can afford to miss a day or two. When will you realize, Vienna waits for you."

Billy Joel

Jimenez, Javier E.

Lamela, Carlos

Lams, Sammy, Lamster, AirLams #10- BBall Whuz up Dude, whatever THAT CHICK'S ON FIRE I got the sniffies Talkin' about the meaning of life with Luis That girl has a serious attitude problem Tiki Bar, K.awama with Alex P Senior skit Scotty tongue twister mess up- did it on purpose New Year's Eve '89 with AI, Luis on a fence Who is that character? The slickster James Dean AI=Turtle, Sam=The Edge Alii know is that I'm not driving SHUTUP BUELLER! $85 gift in Key Biscayne bathroom Luis, Gray, Caco, me=Fore! Licker! Hanchupa Wars Giro and me sick all first semester Ralph, stop calling my house! K.awama Encounter with Alex, Nestor till 6 a m Cheers, Magnum LedZep , Stones, Doors, VHalen, The Boss, U2 12 month Chemistry Nightmare stud ying for Enlgish with Alex, Luka and AI So what's the story Pine Crest wrestling with Juan, Brits, Fred, Raul, RB NOBODY PACKS, 'EM ON MY HEAD! Thanx Armando I'm sooo worried My little Petunia Get-together with Luka, Caco, Alex , AI, Solars, Nestor Filetepinhead Quik Pik - WHERE SHOPPING IS A PLEASURE Tampa '87 - Barq we were watching T.V No way! J. Shewantsit Gambetits La Guapa It's like that time at the key Master Que Pacho? Page by J D.M Pictures by Alliete Life by Mom and Dad Thanx Mom, Titi, Made, kids , friends Luv you Pops See Ya!

"Someday girl I don't know when, we're gonna get to that place, Where we really wanna go, and we'll walk in the sun, But till then tramps like us, Baby we were BORN TO RUN" - Bruce Springsteen -

Lima, Carlos M.

Gu-chi

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Mario's Cut the hair Rivero Zen (the Hog) Buff Buff Buff Pichardo, Bicho, Bango Did you read? Love my Babe Marii Heat Ball JTC RUMA Get lggy's Bag! Bye, Bye Belen Hello M.D C.C.

Freya Stark

Ll e rena, O scar F.

Bucky! (Loves MutTy) Lucifer Offroad Oscar Rebel Corvette ('nutT said) Badass Blazer 2 wheel drive is for sissies el guillao the accident prone guy Iron Maiden/Aces High Metallica concert Metal rules with Bass rights 10-C Bacardi Booth Scavenger Hunts Terminating The Missions Grove Nights Wargames Dade- Car Pool U 2000 Palmetto Girls Hircio- When are you $etting your car? Cas -I'm dropping Vila "Are we doing Algebra II yet, Miss Cambo?' ' Ftrecrackers. I swear He hit the front brakes , we flew Caravans Senior Encounter ETC 16 Jr. Prom at Bobby ' s the Wicho Posse Celebration '88 Key's #I Hatuey Drinker Singing Daytona CLOSE UP 88/89 Texas Girls Ft Meade I hate SAND DUNES! Why? "What's the point?" You don't understand Girls make my life impossible! BK bust Thanks Cas , Cuz, Charlie , Hersch. Rob, JJ. Mike, Kiki , Danny, Filete. Coronel , Johnny. Wiwi , Bucky, and the rest of the posse I Love You Mom. Dad , Danny. Vicky , Tessie and all of my friends!!! Welcome to the JUNGLE. gang!

"Dive in, do or die, and make a splash. Then watch all the water run over the sides."

-Berlin

Llorente, Orl a ndo

Lopez, Jaime C.

Lorenzo, Alberto J.

Zen Yankees, Bulls, and Chicago Bears 8-2 in 1987 What dat means? Big JR #61 Conference Champs in '87 Carlos let's play hoops at Joe Hall Pennies for De Salazar 6th period Handshupa wars Hoops at Mario's house after school Computers with Wicho Junior Caravan Dominant factor see you at Miami-Dade, Armando Alfie did you do your program? Saturday Football League Twin Towers Lima learn how to play basketball Hey, Armando let's skip practice and play Nintendo Thanks Mami, Papi, Carlos, I love you all GOOD LUCK SENIORS '89!

"The true profession of man is to find his way to find himself."

-

Herman Hesse

Lurigado s, A lfred

What's up? STP I love Lourdes I need gas SUPRA 0 to 60 Oh my good I have to call Lourdes Always Be Together Carlito Action Get the Momos 9-29-86 Take the Olds Pulsar-gold tips Rambo Danny My alarm Wugie Saturday night at the movies I need to get tints Big Huug 200SX Turbo Leemah My niece Robertico-Bird meet me JTC RUMA Slapstick Dude Be Ready Celi- are you going to the Heat? Off Limits Marty Sure did get him Troca Jebitz, deditz My brights are on! pinta lights Batterying Your Dads Jag Belen '89 Forever Chris, make Lasagna Apartment at the Beach Operation Basket STOP Johnny GN SUPRAMAN Shakes at 120 Blue Angels Did you study? Crank the BASS! Two tickets Mall on Friday BMW M3 Awesome!! Conceited? All nighter Zeus No more Accord Walking Rey and Cindy's Wedding AAAHHH! Hurst Escuelita Don't worry I'll keep Lourdes quiet Hircio, even out the clutch Mom, Dad, Lourdes, Abuelos, Hugo, Christie, Celi, Martha and Alexandra, I Love You All! Bueno Bye!!! "What you are is God's gift to you. What you become is your gift to God."

FL 5/31171

Marquez, Roberto J.

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody"

-Bill Cosby

Martinez, Antonio

Clairol Bros Plaid Bros Dr Murphy Patty: Oscar for best actress Fo Peste Lu AFU Naturall y Wired Thanx for the mac and cheese Elena. stop touching my lens PM stop crying My God, the bed's on fire Lucciano. Tommy, and Ralph Oscar's Green Caviar Tony 0 'stop' not 'pause ' DC '89 Donna Salazar. we love you Julio , I didn't do my math homework Guaru Sarasota fruit punch Hilarious the fire man Skippy Shuffie l 0/ 16/87 Sex (I'm a ) . Tiber Creek 2 Yards+ 2 Bushwackers = l good note New Years '89 I'm calling from the bathtub Suicidal Dive My Pink Dress The choch patrol Tony where's the Polo underwear Sucia , I want shotgun Scavenger Hunt '88 Milly and Billy the fun bunch Omelette '87 Henrietta Alex she weighs too much Moo Mah Moo Mills. thanx for all the good times Danny how many CD's is that? Ecstacy in Wag's room MoMaDaTeAnluVaAxAxa- Love Ya Mom Dad. Mama- Thanx for everything God thanx for listening Class of '89 - Jt' s been real

". it is not miracles that generate faith, but faith that generates miracles." - Dostoevsky

Martinez, Jose M.

Jose , Pip, Hose , Hoser Junior Proms, Homecoming ' 89 , Lourdes X-Max Formal, Sen ior Proms E.T.C. #17, Senior Encounter Senior Skit 4-16-88 Chipi I tried playing guitar Emi, do you know how to get to the Rad . I hate JJ's Jorge you're an M&M Happy B-day Marc-n-Mich I want REAL food La cadenita Ooh no you don' t Voodoo Esto es un zoologico Senores Chipi , help me with math What are we doing after school today Pool at Javs That's not how you spell Chipi Whose driving tomorrow What the hell is that Nica Mario Jav , lead us to Pace Hey C uz , what's up StilVMove , Wilt/Revive Do you think they'll close the gate New Year' s at Ay Cuba I like little schools Hey Ralph , quit You can't do that You don't like tt, so what, I don't care Celica GT So, whatcha in the mood for Did you read for Baldor Who let that dog in here M. et Mme. Scrabble You're a BAD boy Jorge , where did you stick your finger Was that a joke Father My ring is awesome Marc , a

-Neil Peart

Martinez, Mario A.

Uuughh! Belen football #I #71 Darth Vader Herman what's the count Tombola update- Salazar's class 22 dive- 8 call We Care Jose let's go do weights Guille you're a lifeless Let's play basketball at my house The pinta mobile What a nerd Otto, botalo Belen 11, Curley 6 Get out, Fuera! Seg let's stop at Econo Coronel give me back my notes Junior caravan "88" Sabado Gigante "89" What that means Hircio let's go nail some mailboxes Jorge, stop eating and let's do weights It's time to get curda Let' s go to B.K. after the Lasalle game Gullle do you have any parties tonight BMW-M3 I care Lima you're a sap All-World Football Player Sapsonite Mamento Saturday d.t Lickers Lifeless Mamifero I got plastered this weekend Wicho's class first period Thanks to all my friends who helped me cheat throughout the years Good luck to the 1989-90 Varsity team To Jessica, I told you that I would remember to put your name in the yearbook Thanks to my coaches, especially Coach Stuart and Coach Angel Thanks Mom , Dad , and Anne!.

"If you don't stop and look around once in a while, life might pass you by."

Ferris Beuller

Mena, Daniel

Danny/Dan/Poptart I Care FootbalJ #42 125yds Penalities Homecoming Game=Fuera RStu=Meant 2B Practice? Mejido Care Pujos Manteca=Nutrisystem Frank quit the lick Cok-Simone? Mandy=Wipe It Tony=Son 38 Special Siggy/Fire Extinguisher Homecoming '87=1nvisible Man Jr Prom/Caravan Fred the door won't close Destruction Night Good Behavior Pompana=Bunny, Bunny Luis; JDM is DEAD 42-10 Maite=Cuse Marco Is Willy+Wanda MTV Night w/Cok+Ive Z24 Chicago Breckenridge Close-Up=SeeSaw Buttonwood Do You Hate Me? Beach OOPS the Back of Go Faster I'm Late! Sabado Gigante Good Mood ETC 17 No Badge The Sack Salazar come back! US1 Chase Senior Encounter Ludlum Roll 'em Patty got any Aspirin? Sparky Honda=Christine 4/30/88 Thanx God, Mom , Dad, Ed , Mikie , Family, Friends, Maite, and Belen I Love You ALL Later Days.

Miami, FL 10/26171 4 Years at Belen

(9, 10, II, 12)

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"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."

- Robert Frost

Mestre, Jorge A.

Beltn f, Kendall Academy 0 - Jorge Mestre (8) won No.1 singles, 6-0 ""'; Cesar Conde-Juan Carlos Gomez (8) won No. 1 doubles, 8-0; Belen

Belen 7, Pace 0 Jorge Mestre won No.1 singles, 6-0, 6-0; Pablo Montana won No. 3 singles, 6-0, 6-0.

Miranda , Jo s e J.

Jay M.R.C. TAMA Willi, Willi, Willi Close Up 89 Cami buster Carlos you alchi It's better in the Bahamas Wuz up New Years at Kristies No I.D.+Quick Pik Breckenridge 89 with Joe Where the hell does Alex live The party after Prom Drummers rule The Little Blazer that couldn't Your boat is sinking Party at Jays Stab it Hircio Yes Cris you look fine Waterskiing The Lost Boys Wally, the musician of the family Caravan 88 Mike loves Shelli Led Zep "let's get some rays" Rickets and the automotive sandwich machine Yea, Yea whatever Pay the toll next time Hanging out at UM This time I'm really lost Party Where?? Relax No I didn't forget you Tony SAP Life goes on Thanks Mom, Dad, Joe, and Mike for your support I'll miss you Belen

"The leaves are falling all around, it' s time I was on my way, but still I'm much obliged s uch a pleasant stay" - Led Zepplin

Miami Beacb, FL 6/IS/71

5 Years at Belen; National Beta Club (8, 9, 10); Close Up 89; Computer Club (Advanced Pro$ram) (10); Oceanography lub (10); Chnstian Life Community ; Science Fa1r (8, 9); Pep Club; Xavier Suarez Campaign; Tombola Crew (12)

Mufiiz, Daniel

CROCKET Don THE BEARDED No I won't shave kiefer BLOB Dan the Man I won on WVUM Sabado Gigante Crocket Mobile hit it! take off Mark what's up for tonight "feel the bass"- no way "zo50" Zepp Set great pillow wars 6pr Guat dat minz? You $Ot them Busted Beeper FILETE, empamzado? Kernal, you can't beat Rivero, so g1ve it up! What are you , stupid or something Sylvia, English is a living hell EL "COCO" Dragonflys in Salazar's Donde esta Ia Rooochaaa! where's my P.F. wall Elimari Reg the Wedge The Hoe wilt Kernallet's discuss the symbolism of the WALL Drama Kicks A.A. Boo-Boo Love you Thanks Belen, FR. Mendez, Mr Ledesma, and Big Hersh (for doing this page) Love you Class of '89 Mom, Dad , Lily, Eddy, love you always, Thanks for Everything

"Life is a waste of time, and time is a waste of life, so let's get wasted together, and have the time of our life." unknown

Calif. 4/26171 CLC(l2)

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Club (10-11)

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Cartoonist ( 12)

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Malibu.

Muno z, Jose A.

You Know? "Happiness" Get Over lt.SNAP Oh My God , Aimee Cucco (you're not the only one Oscar ) 21 Montana if you only knew , "N" Escort GT DrumDrum maybe someday GIVE IT UP Thanks: DB, JD, NF, LA, LV, GA, LR, AA , SS, KK. AT, SC, MF, and the rest of the group MAKE UP YOU MIND ADMIT ONE Mellissa Don't worry Ralph Too bad it did not work out, Syl Prom 88 Homecoming with Karen; U2 and George Micheal Biscayne Babies Special thanks and lots oflove always to Karen K What about me, Jossie? Aimes = R&B HEART'S ON FIRE 12 DANCE# I Sr. Frog with Nelson & Siggy Though I gave you a lot of trouble I really love you Mom & Dad. Thanks for everything you have given and done for me, especially the support in everything I do. Love Ya!

"Don't live your life by pleasing others, but instead live it to please yourself and make others proud of you."

N egret, Lawrence

Just call me Bond Larry or Max Luis you are not R. Plant, Ralph you killed me Junior (crash) Prom Senior encounter, skit, and Prom Bimini 87, 88 Everglades Lumber Lams, whatz uup You Wish! Alina, I am not the devil Study/PARTY at Alex's with: Juan, Lams, Ralph Washington 89 A.R. what do you have against girlfriends? Key Biscayne Villas let there be sun Miami Beach Morey Boogie Boards K.awama with Alex , Julian, Nest, Lams, Ralph Lams, W G. got traded you think I need a haircut trust me Luis you are not going to fit -I told you My wife is fine thanx poor fish and clammy Does anybody else want my homework? I love my durms I mean drums BISCAYNE BABY My famous sneezes and laughs Is there a Party Tonight? L sevol ali DO YOU KNOW HOW TO KEEP SOMEONE IN SUSPENSE? I'LL TELL YOU LATER Thanx' to alex, lu, al, juan, nest, ralph, ferrn, caco, lams, charlie, and the sol bros Thanx class of 89 thanx' Alina, Mom, Dad, Rich, Alexandra, Jesus and BELEN

Miami, FL 7/29171

Christian Life Community (II, 12) Big Brother Program Right to Life March Washington Who's Who Among Ameican High School Students Xavier Suarez Campaign Perect Attendance Award (10, II, 12) Theology Award ( 10)

Obregon, Antonio R.

Que pasa bro? Clairol Brothes Pinta Hey, it had a good radio Use her and toss her Miami, FL 3/30171 aside I used to have a good car I like cuban females like my girlfriend Traci Believe in the road prophet Danny Q, you have big ears DannyM, you are a hick ToTODaJuFr, if you only knew what we were going to do to you Julio don't tum there Watch out for female cops I couldn't find the stop so I pressed pause Tony went out the back door We have to wait for Emy, we can't leave the princess Do you know how many records I could buy with that? Hey Alex, I know a guy with 56 million who I can't go Tone, I have to work Julio, you're so stubom Danny, If you don't shut up, you'llloose a star I'll write Pravda this time "The tables might wobble but they won't fall down" I was in Sardinas Office Thanx for being there Laura I made it and I love you Mom, Dad Thanx for all the hard times I couldn't have made it without them I love you May God bless the class of'89 chiiJ

"Our

little lives get complicated. Such a simple thing. Simple as a flower, and that a complicated thing."

- Love and Rockets /

Ortiz, Gustavo A.

Yeah, Right! It was awesome What a Riot! Che, Querido Note preocupes, Que Mas Turbado estoy yo Hilarious Bunch of M&M's PLA YO Otto's and Head & Shoulders' discipline Are you O.K? Party at my House Thanks God it's Friday What are you doing this weekend? No Aguardiente Baldor, el mundo es un zool6gio Europe '88 De Ia Suiza Centroamericana Who's the Boss? Marc, not on my mom's plants Wentzel, You owe me $1 No soy mono The Doll Papito Call Me Genesis - this weekend White Russians & Presidente Beer Hola! Como estas? Are you sure you can drive Sure Nestor, you can sleep over Derby Suaves are the best I owe tt to Mrs. H, Jimenez, Ledesma, Eddie, Chirino Las Tapas on 8th Street Rafael Cigarro Chirino, Salieron de abajo de una piedra Are you serious? Eddie, son dos cejas! J am not an illegal alien Joe, help me out I am late for work Mission completed Thanx Ale, Emi, Javi, Joe, Mark, Pip, Jorge, Alfred & Class of '89 Love ya lots Papi , Mami, Tita , Carmen, and Mari (Agneris) Thanks for the memories!!!

"True happiness does not consist in the multitude of friends but in their worth of value."

San Jose, Costa Rica 6/23170

National Junior Honor Society (8-9); National Honor Society (10); National Beta Club ( 11 - 12); Spanish Honor Society ( 1112) (President); Key Club (9-12); A.I.D.S. Mmtstry; Jackson Memorial Hospital Volunteer. Spanish Award (9, II); Science Award (9); J .V. (10); Who's Who Among American High Students; Outstanding High School S'tudents of America; E. T C. Ill 15-16; Senior Encounter; Senior Skit; Felipe Arroyo I st Place Poetry II; D.C.Y.F. Spanish Poetry Special Award and 1st Place (II); Santo Domingo Mission Trip(ll-12)

Perez, Enrique J.

They call me Rick Scirocco kicks Uhhh Nice life buddy The best Senior Skit EVER SuJu It's a definite triumph captain It can out speed us- their right on our tails Honking the space horn Seniro Encounter B.K. raid 89 : We got to pass by Quick Pik first Oook Soccer is the worlds most popular sport Salazar 87 - The Badge Wut dat minz J.J. your Cherokee will never beat my car Penrods volleyball team, allstars ' Rick, Abel, Frank, and Mike What a savage! Lifeless Bumperless for a time Running for office in the debate Tony didn't you see us stop Where are the movies Hircio You need some driving lessons Thank you officer Gort Oh no! It's a helicopter with a spotlight! No New Years Son knows best Let's bail Oh well You got shafted Sunset billiards Night time basketball at Calusa Abel , face your problems I need gas money Yea right Sure That's not good The good time group A.B., T.V., A.M., F.C., M.D., and sometimes Tom Mrs. Miyar your class has been hell Thanks Belen for 6 great years Mom, Dad, Mindy, and Yita, I love you; thanks for the memories Latter guys

"And the men who hold high places must be the ones who start, to mold a new reality closer to the heart."

Rush

Jersey City, N.J. 8/6171

6 Years at Belen; Soccer (8, 9, 10 , II, 12); Letterman (10, 11, 12); Junior Beta Oub (8); Close Up- Central American Relations; Echoes

P e rez, Hugo E.

Calc Kills Jim Morrisson lives use your head, vote for David, that could be dangerMr. Beltran: deSalazar the sequel I saw Elvis at K-Mart McDonalds Massacre Destroy all sofas help Mrs Bango, I've had an epiphany Einstein's a fraud Billy and the Boingers World Tour Jose, your voice trembles Senior Encounter Pink Floyd Rulez Ice skating in D.C - Why Dan Quayle? Calc causes pemature baldness the M&M catapult Thank you Mom, Dad, friends, teachers, God, Belen, For making me who I am, teaching me what you know, and most of all caring. "Ever drifting down the streamLingering in the golden gleamLife, what is it but a dream?"

- Lewis Carroll

Perez, Rafael

Rafits All Conference Punter Wow! Alex Let's do the sidewalk talk Alfred and F.U.M.F Off Limits #1 Yeah Right Patty let's take pictures Oh No not agam Just Kidding Ha Ha! Loli-Jose Tengo hambre Quando no! Bert you -head Wash that turtle will you! It smells! Alex Note me hagas el guapo! Nestor let's go fishing But don't talk too much B.S Julio Are you #I again1 Tony How's your car? Ha Junior You ligator Pillo Burro Julio What's next? Luis Once again Your not J. M. Carlos You Bro Tiny Say Hye to Bruce for me Nestor Swan Lake Never again!!! Lukie You never did your Jukie Larry Better find a name for the no name band Fermin You J.O Mercy and what page is that on? Toby you smelly -! Maricusa Portatebien Papo Ahora tenemos 3! Pedro How's the roof! Getting hotter uh!!! Julio Let the bird out Larry Psycho We'll get to that later!! Mom will all three cars ever work at once!? Who Knows! Alex Juani Bert Mannys Toto Larry and the rest of my friends. : . The Class of 89 that is Good Luck Take Care or just don't care right Dan! Atiawaiia To all of you What's that Don't know myself! Finally UHHH!? To everyone!!! Mercy Mari Mom-Dad and family including abuela postza and familys postizos LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH PATTY BABE LOVE YOU!!! MORE!!!

"I Know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." -Unknown

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Big Brother (I 2); Meteorology Service Award (I 0); J.V. Football (10); Varsity Football (12) ; C.L.C. (II, 12); Community Service Award (10); All Conference Punter (12); P.E. Presidential Award (9, 10); Beta Club (10); B.A S E S. (9-12); Echoes co-photo Editor ( 12).

Perkins , Maurice A.

Pass the Paul And from there let nature take its place that's what she said last night Give me Rossi$!,101 or give me Head American School of Paris European Sports Trips Skiing is a way ofhfe Let's hang at the Seine Ile Saint Louise Rosco ' s The House of Beers, Paris 89 Chicago's in Paris The Bulldog in The Hague Innsbruck 87 Auoriaz 85 Val D'lsere Gouts can put restrictions on your speed, but not on your spirit Va te faire en coule Cuzzino, sut mi pick Penrods The killer note The Hookup Whassup Brooo Let's do it Ralphy style Thanks for the help , Ralph Hey Babes It's full moon on the beach You never forget your first girl She wants that thing Mo, the cops are after us I only drank two officer Bobby let's go out on the boat Gable's chicks know best Let' s go to the Key V-Ball at the Pier Sonesta Valet Did I ever get Selene? Shall we spark up? them horsekillers 5th period mokes w/Carlos & Bobby Teri, I've heard enough You did what? Vanna Black Chvy Chase Dona Marina Moco Feo = Claude Ofie - Nerda Giro stop drueling Hanchupa Wars Alex P. Mr. Walker came to town Esquivel, thanks Aliette Aimee Nina Ali A PACT Beach Parties 87 , 88 KC, FT , PA, MC, MH, CH, AP , PX, CG, TJ, AP, CL, CG, RG, CR, LC, BIG AL,

Portocarr e ro , Nes tor

What next Spock? it's shrimp season, RalP. Ocean Reef Goose , Bobby, Lawrence he's a pig Jose , would 'ya'? who framed Tipi Turtle! Mario , how ' s Becky? he should be shot! Fr Esquivel. just when you thought it was safe only change for yourself: unless she's worth it Juan believe me don't worry I wash the cap I'm going to be a fashion designer Love , lust , same thing, right AI! Jose hardware turns you on! Claudia will make the brownies Phillip , I know we 've never been close as long as we're on the same side Ms Chirino My parents , they love you Bob Lame, Samy, close enough Hi. nestorremmember me? Mom, Dad, and the whole family, yes I do love you Belen works , try it on your kids

The two most important things in life are, passion and compassion. Managua, Nicaraqua

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( ll, 12): C L.C Leader ( 12): Close Up '89: Ke y Club (9 10): Big Brother Senior Encounter Leader ( 12); Peer Ministry. Yearbook Photo Editor: J F Spanish Poetry : C.E.L.A.C., Fascell Campaign Picnic: Santo Domingo '88 : Life Science Club (9, I 0); Sen ior Skit.

Prado, Alejandro

Botalo Jim's house Vina Albina Kawama Point The Savage U2 UB40 George Michael Poison Biltmore Golf Course Junior , Senior Prom Tiki Bar Junior Caravan Cheers Crew Norm (Juan) , Sammy (Carlos) , Coach (Lawre nce), Wood y (Alex) , ClifT (Alben) Pier 555 Rambo Rooms 773 , 710 All nighter's at Al's My mom's coffee Dammit J im! Doctor McCoy Senior Skit mug shots DANJER Clothe s Los Gallegos Keep swimming Alejandro Carrollton C hristmas Formal TCBY Washington 88-89 Spain Summers North Carolina Snap of a finger Sunsets in Sanibel ' 88 Monica's IS ' s 3 Amigas The Tombs rojo vino Honda Oviedo 10 21 move something Get up on this Father Esquivel , muumuu Wicho that wasn ' t my bag! Thanks Woodward! Fashion Shows Maurice' s beach parties Albert's good tolerance Luis Plant Morrison Nov I 5, J 987 Secret Admir Note Basketball not games, Belen Dances D'pizza Sabado Gi$ante Me enamore

N.H.O Junior retreat Sr Encounter Skorfing and Hydroshding Let's mak e a movie Kawama retreat No, what ' s my name Luki, Rafa Lams , Nolo , Cok, Larry ,

, Bi$ AI, Roy , Nest, Solors, Oneman , Otto go we're late Mom, Dad , th

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Quezada, Daniel E.

Yo Big Dan from Miami What's Up Jeans & T -shirt Donna Pink Floyd are GENIUSES Quick Pik pit stop 616/88 the Getaway Get the LED out!! Need a ride. Tony? Bless you Julio Marmaduke Tony the Prophet New Year's at Frank's Badge in progress Weech Analysis Posse Wise Guy Crotch Group Test Bundy did it!! Botalo Fuera!! Pass the Pauli Beach Parties '87 The CheeseWagon Super Acid Comfortably Numb Just toothpaste sir My nervous twitch the Skjpster the Little Friend JR. Caravan ' 88 Nd sucks! It wasn ' t a fumble Pig Slop OB ' 88-'89 This and that Slight Buzz The Spick Uhhh! ' Badge at Close-Up Banquet- Hersh. J.J Oscar. Carlos. Corny 10-C Wad-Fest Alex. Louisiana isn't that bad after all! Oui Kathy! S@!tkickers Is ther e anything I can do to change that? My Rubber Ducky Shirt Schwarzenegger Rules Jerry s Jerokee Kill the Enemy The Communist Party Drawing in class My LA. notebook Perky The Ultimate Hot -shot Green Alex the Road Prophe t Worm! Frank ' s Volvo Frank's new hom Go Home Twice! DLS TLM TML? Khomeini Ni xonLiddy '88 Penrod's Mom. Dad. Nini. Patti. my friends. famil y. Jesus- I Love You All Forever Later!!!

"Mellow is the man who knows what he's been missing; Many many men _can't see the open road." -

Recio, Francisco

Revilla, Emilio

No Jorge, over 300Jbs Accord LXi Little man sign Baaa M&M McD and Colonel flags Pinochet and Chile Bush '88 TripleD K Retiramelo Cleo the Goldfish Zambo hook shot Worthy Oh, Yeah! EGO trip Baldor wannabe Ooh yes Master yes! Collision Buddies Joe, we don't look alike It's too big Future Firemen 7 in 1 night X's house No Comas 9 for $1 You can't do that Gilligan Rap BASES Badge "but you actually didn't see them flying" Orlando, we're alive , we're Aquanauts! Complejo de- thank you, I was merely acting Marc, you hippie, I'm not a bro Never mind tole-tole Jav's Pool Bar Silvia the barber ANI+ Me Good Luck You Guys: Jav , Joe, Marc, Jorge, Pip, Orlando, Gus, Adolfo, Eloy, Z, Luis, Bombillo, and you too Gaby Thank you Mami, Papi, and Aby for making me who I am today Tania and Vivi, you are the greatest I'll miss you all!

"No young man believes he shall ever die. To be young is to be as one of the Immortals " - William Hazlitt

Coral Gables, FL 6/4171 Key Club (9-12); (Public Relations); Meteorology Club (7-12) (President); Astronomy (9-12) (V.P., President), Close Up (II); National Junior Honor Society (8-9); National HOnor Society (I 0); National Beta Club (11-12); Spanish National Honor Society (12); George Bush Campaign (12); Pan American Hospital Volunteer (9); Senior Encounter; Senior Skit; Geography Award (7); Math Award (7); Science Award (7); Who's Who Among Amen can High School Students; Outstanding High School Students of America; United States Achievement Academy; D.C.Y.F. Spanish Creative Writing 1st Place (9-11); Felipe Arroyo 2nd Place Short Story (II).

Rivera, Carlos

Charlie Just Kiddjng Say hi to your sister for me (305) FUN-GUYS It's the Castleman The Terror Twins What a rag El Turista It's cool Jose Garcia (The Real Wicho) I'm not into cars 0-60 in .5 minutes I think it's Trial Week My eye problem Senioritis City I'll admit it, I'm not always on time Hit it C .R The Destiny - RPM conflict (Who cares) E.T.C. #15 Senior Encounter, it was worth it I hate Tony Suarez (J.K.) Mr. Beytrou, when is Mrs. Vila coming back? Senior Skit (Whoah , Nellie) Gt off my court Home Movies Lams, the Scammer I'm a nice guy Thanks for the smokes , Carlos G Larry plays bller drums What would life be without music? Lilly , thanks for being there Thanks Jose (I missed you senior year) Garcia, Cassie, all friends I love you Mom, Dad , Maria and Mity Take care, it was an experience.

"Do you choose what I choose more alternatives, energy derives from both the plus and negative."

- James Hetfield

Rivero, Jorge

Filete I can't be beat and I won't be beat. I want Balboa #32 #40 D.B .' s #I 82 conference champs 6-4 not so bad huttle up Jose (the chieO is a biter 3-A-days at Marios Uri-Uri-hipoint I'm gonna kill Smiley "The Posse" Halloween Massacre Salazar's destruction Que Bayou! tombola update This is a jungle guat dat means? Gimme a break C'mon ref I got a hundred What beach? south beach Marathon' Miracle Homecoming Rumble Junior Caravan suspended senior encounter Sabado Gigante wargames Hanchupa wars pilita La Teja The Pins Let's hit the Grove Gabriel Li, go back to Japan twist and shout Lourdes The Kernel and M.G Coronel is uncordianted Coronel gives up at Football (scab) El Crokett, Oye-Oye spring love El Beeper twichi "2" (Oscar) El Mafioso La Anaconda I Care!!! Ughhh!? xxx BIG HERSH Thanks Mom, Dad , and Carlos for everything, I love you aU

The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power to tell when the hands will stop. At late or early hour. Now is the only time we own. Love, laugh, toil with a will. Do not wait until tomorrow, for the clock may then be still.

Miami, FL 10/15171

4 Years at Belen J.V. Football (10) Varsity Football (11-12) Ju nior. Senior Retreat Community Service All-Dade Cornerback

Rivero, Manuel

Thanks for everything Mom, Dad, and Jessie Big Dan Vertible Vette Salazar MooMoo CJ Sale Licking Fitti's Alex study Physics CLC Washington Authority Juan Marco Island+ Pompano Thanx for the quote Dan Willard Luka Brake Free Sale at Zayres Riot Games Ring Ceremony Orta has control Oh No! Not my antenna The Filmer Page by Mandy There's a black guy at suzie's house Dan, let's go get a bottle opener Bimmer rag That's right Mandy, $50 Alex let's go visit Jim Too much pressure 1235 Where's the Camaro Dan? Great Late Night Talks Cheerleading Camp The Cok Destruction is his motto Big AI Papo Don't worry mom there's always next semester Smildo Big Baby Otto don't hit the brakes Joy Joh Intersection at Deel Ford Juan put on pay 3 Brighto Let's go to the "Y" John Don't throw another party please Mandy there are free flowers on 57th Ave ELLA Alex is Ferris Bueller's brother Y or J A=Nutcracker Thanx for everything COEY!

"The greatest pleasure in life is in doing what people say you can't do."

Rocha, Adalb e rto

Roach Hit it! CM Detector Oooh my goat! MDCC Guat dat minz? Cady's V-8 power The shining star : Julian Wolverines# I Donde esta Ia Rochaaa'? : Danny Senior Encounter Pirates, Steelers, Pengums, Gladiators , Panthers #I Sabado Gigante and Don F FlU Senior Skit Bitcho El bote Van Halen U2 InXS Sedanos Mosquita muerta For your own knowledge Reds# I, you wish Seg Since I already forgot my childhood Math IV Otto ' s diarrhea at Manresa Summer school Blues Let's do the wild thing How about Mrs. Woodward's classroom, Manny? Fr Eddy's chalkboard was always clean Tachuela Tunon, I'm getting married Licker f and eggs Supra takeover Senior Lounge: War Zone Procrastination Rules! Handchopa Wars Ring Ceremony '88 I'll make a chichi Alex , I'm not crossing I 07 Tiny. I'll pick you up Thanks Fr. Mendez and Fr. Cartaya for caring so much I Jove you Lizy and Leti Tere, you ' re really someone special to me Juani , you are a great leader Thanks Alex , for being the first one to approach me and help me when I got here Thanks Mom and Dad Bye Uhhh! "Sometimes

Salvat, Carlos

Kiki CLOSE-UP 89 - THE ROOIUE ugh h h Masters of the scavenger hunt Hircio put down the bat Mustang. 50 the Accord is your moms Mike My spectrum will take the Jetta turnover- Heat ball! the bit you because he wanted to Menningitis saved me from 24 440's Pink Floyd was worth 1t Journey did not break up and they are still together Steve Perry' s not a rat Barq is a sadist Naldo Flies I beat Jav at pool and ping-pong Dunking contest at Marios that is not a universal sign Mike play can't play wiffie ball Larry penny wenny jenny NO MORE CHOKE potential means nothing run like a real man Jav Taby comes alive on a track your car steers to the right Juan 103 train cars sand dunes Sorry I had to Oscar Ferms nails Church chat with Fr. Eddy closet BASSERS 16:30 Barq will win state- someday put out the fire, not that way cross country #J que clase sap Free throws with Rony centipede behind Gina Mike's periods so I missed one little hurdle I'm using the bathroom for a couple of hours : at least 11 wasn't on the hood yes his mom was there what theology final? Thanx Gabnel, Jorge, TITI , MOMand DAD

ecall those were the best times most of all."

Sanchez, Jose

"The

Arnold H. Glasow

Segredo, Carlos R.

Sendra, Joseph

9-1215225-1351291441 -guess what that means 9never0 Parquite time perplexing complex bud dirty rotten scoundrels connotation (hmmmh) living color i wish Maserati Biturbo convertible red yeah buddy ofra haza Eg vilridi life the universe and everything the story of my life blonde giraffes (hmmh) complejo pool at Javs (when he's not there , hah hah bah) the Housemartins plana is a plajo (he understands) Iceland '88, they. actually pronounce e z.'s (frustration): Lassaiz Strata- heeere 3 3535 Mtamt ExecutiVe motel chem1stry ktcks Xema E.D , the only guy who can mess up a picture with an autofocus camera by the way , what's an Elloy try just try, bet you can't 42 69 jolly Basis (mmmh) sweet potatoe pie all pujos owned to Mestre Jay- floor it- it is floored Em twice the plan Acid rock - never could go for that stuff thrashers, surfers, rockers, bros skaters who can understand why (who wants to) feel the BASS get it girl Thanks to everyone who has ever helped me in my life (mom , dad , Patti bye)

" I tal k to understand, I teach to learn." Robert Frost

Serrano, Enrique A.

Winston Churchill

Solorzano , Jo s e Benito

Belen Football #I #10 Practice 3-6 3 a days

Filete you're a Biter Herm what's the count Fejitin see ya in Ohio Conf. champs lith grd 6-4 12th grd Where are they going Defense?- No where!! Thanks R-Stu and other coaches Yes, I already did my H W Papi Teca let me copy your notes Adv. Physics with P.A. that's Holy! Thanks teachers and priests Speech & Drama Fth. Mendez K.I.T Sr & Jr Enct Senior Skit

Class of'89 You're just a bunch of animals Gentlemen shut the?!//@[&@ up! See ya at Sat. D.T The Brew Crew - Fern, Ed, Moe , Mike Mom, it's just one Beer!! Who's driving cause I'm not Oye Nica Bob let's go out on the boat Luis let's shotgun I got the Genuine Draft The econo-box And Nestor's cap Where was soph. prom? Penrod's at South Good luck Pillo Night's at Lam's, Luk's & T's house Would You? Na, just head El Chiefy Marco lsi Summer Lovers U2, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Rock n ' Roll Slumber at Liz's house Hey, you look like Tom Cruise Pero sigo siendo El Rey and just be you're self John 3:16 Who ever thought I would settle down - 9/10/88 Right Cristi I am what I am Thanks to God, Dad, Mom, Bea, Mire, Claud, Mars And all the girls I loved before. "Lord, if I fall pick me up, and if I leave, You bring me back, but if I choose You, never let me go."

Solorzano, Mario

UHhhh! you got 'em! Jose it's your tum to take notes I'm going to Becky's house We're going to be late again Father my car broke down 3 a days at Mario's house Noo Way!! Mr Hamond I wasn't cheating Marlboro Man See ya in Ohio Giro, wake up man Junior Caravan 87 econobox Otto, can I put my car in your trunk:? FlU 87 library

Don't do that Ben, Cuqui, Ben

Let's go clam digging Big 5 Debs 85 Junior Prom at Bob's house Nestor , let's go to Franco's pizza tombola update at Salazar slumber at Liz ' s house Roughshod the Bandidos Negret is James Bond J unior and Senior Encounter Marco Island- 4 out 5 the same night Jose, get in the huddle man, Coach, can I blitz? Would you? of course, without a doubt Rumble at Biscayne Babies You're a wuz Sabado Gigante 89 Pan Am stewardess are very friendly Thanks Mom, Dad, Beatriz, Mireya, Claudia, and Jose I love you guys

"All the world's indeed a stage and we are merely players, performers and portrayers. Each another's audience outside the guilded cage."

-Neil Peart

Suarez, Antonio

Tony=Big T, Recio, Captain Caveman, El Bobo Alex=AI, Clammy Eddie =fufu Mandy=long Fred=stifT Lui=lucy Danny=dad Frank=mom J.J.=Big J

Julian=Julcs The Party The July 4 sleepover Chemistry final sleepover slumber party at Lissette ' s Pompano 87, 88 Ocean Reed and JJ Junior Prom at Bob's house Hidden and Miller Lake Rocky Road Kidnap (sorry Patty) Maurice and our talks

Georgette u got c.p Quarters at Al's Hey, Jimmy we're studs ETC #20, Chucky , Ella, Maria, Sylvia Miriam, Rosa Jnr. & Snr Enct curda FSU Bask. baiJ camp The Sapster I'm sorry mom what can I do Ledesma finger around face Tony estudia, si papi AI I need a ride, is Mandy driving? Wat's up Ya wright AI we're being followed The sac quick pick Senior skit cover up nota I always get busted, I'm always punished Betty you're always in my heart 12/31/88 4 ever Betty I LOVE you MOM , DAD, LUI, PIA & FATHER SARDINA- THANKS FOR ALL THE LOVE, HELP AND MEMORIES You'll see, I'll make it Later

Ideals are like the stars - we never r each them, but like mariners of the sea we chart our course by them.

- Carl Schurz

Suarez, Roberto Manue l

BELEN J es uit Prep School Key Club

Taboas, Juan

Travieso, Otto L.

O.T. - #85 - La Flaca - La Rubia - La Gorda - Bro it's Mean Gcne+Luch - The Peanut Gang (C.M L.C.O.R.)- Flea the Showcase - Campa let's get curda - Las Ycguas - The Recke r - Kuki- Mirna- Mayi- Joy Job - Manny R. move ovl'r - C.J Sale - Pet that Bush- Los Barba ros- Destruction in Washington- Surf trips- Erik+ Pud' ·Beaver- Ortcncia loves You - Elmer's awesome- Jose two of a kind - Book on wipe-outs- Pompano- Marco IslandNolo+ the Probe- Pillo Botalo - Whcn··s Mike ' s car - Juan stop - watch the car - Big AI (turtle) is sick- El Dominiqui - Hook- Bccfcr- The Hook up- Yo Miriam- Kristi's for New Years·- Brito knows Periquito- The Captapatalatics - Fanny loosen up- Smilie sec a doctor- What"a ya want now Mandy -R-Stu - Danny ' s a slob - Art old unreliable - Mandy thanx for the page- Mom, Dad. Lili I lo ve you - Julio hop in- Friends Art John. Jose, Camps. Flea Mandy. Manny R Pillo. Mike. Nolo. Lucas. Brito. Danny + all others thank s - The worst made history- See Ya- Later Days and Better

"I raise a toast to all of us who've been breaking our backs everyday, if only the good life is such a crime then lock me up and throw me away."

Miami, FL. 6/10171

5 Years at Belen National Beta Club Key Club Varsity Football C L.C

Tufion , A l exa nd e r V.

UUUGGGHHH!!! AI Tune Ojura "Lima. distract lggy while I get his bag'' " But Hey!" "Just a tad " My Dog Ate It Wicho & Bicho. the icho Family Crying horses never lay eggs PUJO The Who. Pink Floyd, I.N.X S., The Boss, ect La Rocha "ZEN" Bob Tiny Lima Bean SEGREGATION "Hey Bob. What are you doing now?" " Handshu, buddy. you're a nut!!" Hey Rocha want to play ball? If you want to fight me you have to go through Tiny first Loosen Up Already!! My Dodge Colt , imported by Mitsubishi, can beat any Corvette . I hit my car again " Beltran : Defender of the Universe" ''David you have my disks yet?" Roger Rabbit #I Robert. Albert R . Albert L. Jose, lggy, and all others. thanks for the friendship. Love you all.

K.I.T Thanks Fr Sardinas Thanks Mom. Dad. Joe (EEEREEAAUUUREEE), Aleman. Michelle , Fifi , & Sonia I Love You All Lizy. Thanks for being the best and pushing me through bad times Luv Ya Forever Special Thanks To Fr. Mendez for taking me a boy and turning me into a man Goodbye Class '89 Remember we're #l !!!

-Joel:l

"Walk not under the big red table in the sky and ye shall not be judged."

Vidal , Gabri e l

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home SanibeiAmericanito incident Brito start studying- it's 4 a.m Mom

I'm sleeping at Brito's Bio final- John (Creme de Menthe) Jr. Caravan Robespierre Miller Lake last day II th Hyundai - fast enough Brit, John. Dan -I a.m Football Hello

is Garganchua there? Hobie Hidden Lake Shut-up Vidal Jr. Prom -limo Mike lower the bass Belen BBall FANS #I Lunch b-ball I never sleep in L.A Curda U 2 concert Frankie - top 81 Payo let's play I tore down the garage door Senioritis B-ball at Mario's Stop with the pillows Senior lounge Wait till Vila gets back Brit , John , Dan , Carlos, Cassie , Mike. Sammy, and friends. thank you Ana, Mike, Susi. Mom, and Dad , thanks for everything. Love you all

Miami, FL 10/26/71

6 Years at Belen; Student Counc il; Microbiology; Key Club; National Honor Society; NatiOnal Beta Club: Big Brother Program ; Santo Dom i ngo Mission Trip ; Spanish Award.

Villalba, John

(II, 12);

Council (9) ; Junior Varsity Baseball (10, II) ; Varsity Baseball (12); Perfect Attendance Award (9, 10); Senior Encounter; ETC #16 , 19; Attendmg University of Florida.

Villa s uso, Elo y

Eloy '89 Disney 84, '85 Blue Springs '87 Ialae Bionic Knee Soccer# l A, LC Marek How's Michelle Lake Yale '88 FASC Convention '88 Crash Club UF #I I'm not crippled Eloy? ETC's 15, 17, 18, 20, I (NYC) Senior Skit cheerleader Sorry Jorge U2 '87 Thunderbird I live by What's up? Student Council Another Retreat Genesis '87 my car? I don't know where I'm going! Police, Rush , P.F. , Led Zep, U.F., G & R B.K. Lounge Seniors Senior Lounge Mornings Uniqueness Playing Pool The Grove Summer of'86 (B.R.) & '88 Senioritis in October Calc Kills Marco Is '88 Life is Pensacola 80's Ski Beech my junior year in shorts Beatles Guys, never forget all the crazy things we've done That's a wrap and I'm outta here for the BST of Times Thanks friends AEOLMJ I love you Mom, Dad, Alex, and Kristin

Viyella, J olio A.

Gentlemen Marmaduke Donna 16 yr. old Christie Brinkley My Hard Rock jacket Addicted to Coke Tony, let me have your math homework My hands have a mind of their own Time to perform miracles D C. '89 Timber Creek Quick Pik Flying hamburger meat My Timberlands Frank, laugh like a man Sophomore year My I CARE boots Ah, yeah right Another fight. Jerry? Any parties tonight? Dan, how many CO's do you have? I had no idea she was pregnant! I'm the birdie Tony G .' s Polo cloths Bobby. I want to eat my sandwich, not sell it to you My Yankee cap Monsters of Rock Beach parties, winter '87 TG: El Mafioso FR: El Paraguero . I want that 97GTR billboard Not the Accurso's house again! Drain the Dragon My hiccups I'm tired Hey, big guy, thanks for the macaroni and cheese I can't, I have rowing practice Dress code: Army-Navy The U2 sing-a-long tape The Note The Choch Patrol I don't know what I want to be I'm joining the Armed Forces Penrod's i.._Que pasa, Guillon? My morning Coke and pastelttos High School Graduation Cruise uan's nervous twitch Frank ' s chicken scratch ZAHID Russell & Dwayne Belen 's official bouncer She wonders why my lips are chapped VH - Live Without A Net Burbujita Her Mysterious stares I'm always the last to find out! Thanks. guys. I couldn't have done it without you! "Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most." - Fyodor Dostoevski

Yong, Julian A.

#33 P. Guard 3 pointer Tampa trip 87 New York trip '88 Ricebowl

Blijo Mr. Beltran, where's Carol Jay Jay Data Disk David, what's wrong with my program? 12 months of chemistry Homecoming Dance '88 Junior Prom w/chicken pox "State Champs" Coachismo (thanx for the memories) No Badge ETC # 17 Mamao Free period Math Senior Encounter '87 Summer at Kawama Ezakly Gwat Oat Meenz Mr. DeSalazar, I lost my tooth playing softball! Annette 6th period Handchupa Wars August I, 1988 We'd beat Colombus Little Red Chevette We love Annie Page by Mandy Mr. Wentzel it wasn't me BufTy Basketball trip s (Marathon, Coral Shores 87-89) C'mon Hit 'em Junior Caravan Munch, Andre, Betty U2 concert Belen Summer Camp Biscayne Babies Hawks B-Ball at Concorde, Stirrup, Greenglades Jimmy Buffet (Margaritaville) Bob Marley Miller Lake Sleepovers at beach Sa Yong '88 Harlequin Houlihans Thanx for the memories Belen. Thanx JefT and Jeremy, especially Mami and Papi, I love you!

"You

have to learn to lose and lose to learn."

Zabala, Luis J.

Wiwi #10 U.F. #I 7-A: In the beginning there was badge According 2 Me feel the Bass Baseball rules De "real" Belen D.J All Westchester Dade carpool Senior Encounter Showtime! Guille y La Troca Gwat dat Meenz? kid Turbo treble Junior caravan ' 88 the Grove Guille, tu Puedes MDCC - Harvard Branch Mailboxing after Senior Skit Air Jordan Eric the Red Strictly Coolers (tropical) Nelski, Where's the Bass coming from? B-Ball at Mario's Meet at my house Gimme street and ave GuiJie, get the blower SAAB 9008 Turbo Convertible=PINTA Sir Squeekyness go home Trues & Volts The Keys & Tiki The Duck Quick Pik pitstop 1.65 The Mission(s) Mike you stud La La La Barque 8-ball Badge Bust at BK Ughhh!*(ii) Hey sweet thang I Hate Pace! Thanx God , Mom&Dad, Jay , and Nelski Class of'89 Remember: "We Care!" 12-A: In the end there was badge! Later Days

"There are three types of baseball players: those who make it happen, Those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happens."

-Tom Lasorda

Zieseniss, Edward J.

Mike, we are all the way,

behind you The Class of '89

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Congratulations, Carlos Salvat, Juan Taboas, Luis Zufiiga and Manny Mejido for breaking the Belen 1975 Mile- Relay record, We are so proud of you! Your Parents

AAbaunza, Leonidas F. 65, 151

Abela, Rafael J. 62

Abella, Antonio 60, 111

Abella, Ignacio Javier 180

Abreu, Ralph 111, 171

Abril, Alexis 65, 104, 122, 123, 204, 212

Abril, DanielL. 73, 163

Abril, George 151

Abunze, Jose 99

Aceituno, Luis Javier 188

Acosta, Alan D. 66, 80, 188

Acosta, Enrique 63, 171

Acosta, Ramiro J. 160

Acosta, Raul Michael 171

Acuna, Alberto E. 86, 95, 102, 103, 108, 109, 116,155, 163 , 164

Adan, Humberto 108, 109, 116, 117, 126, 137

Aguado, Fernando F. 64, 171

Ague!, Felipe, 56, 62, 70, 71, 83, 171

Ahumada, Celso Alberto 163

Aixala, Eduardo M.

Aixala, Francisco Rene 95, 180

Alberni, Jorge Guillermo 188

Alberni, William J. 171

Alcides, Juaquin 31

Aleman, Guillermo J. 100

Alemany, Joaquin J. 63, 64, 163

Aifonso, Alex 116

Alfonso, Israel Lazaro 66, 95, 114, 115, 180

Alfonso, Jose Angel 180

Alleyn, Eduardo 55

Alleyn, Jaime 56

Almazan, Alexander P. 120, 180

Alonso, Fernando Jose 7, 9, 14, 66, 68, 80, 104, 197,213, 343

Alonso, Jorge J. 160

Alonso, Marco Javier 64, 151 Alonso, Mercy 136

Alpha 60, 61

Alumni 36, 3 7

Alvarado, David Erik 180

Alvarez, Alberto J. 68, 69, 75, 92, 202, 203, 214, 343

Alvarez, Bertica 196

Alvarez, Carlos Alberto 20, 68, 74, 92, 215

Alvarez, Daniel Vern on 109

Alvarez, S J. Eduardo 8, 22, 23, 30, 34, 46, 136, 197,200,201,208,210

Alvarez, Ignacio Miguel 216

Alvarez, Juan Lucas 66, 68, 74, 75, 87, 92, 104, 114, 115, 203, 204, 217

Alvarez, Nestor J 171

Alvarez, Roberto 66, 80, 188 Alvarez, Rose 129

Alvarez, Yvette 128

Alvarez, Yvonne 128

Amaya, Alex 105

Amor, Carlos M. 65, 117, 151

Amorin, Carlos Eduardo 23, 56, 70, 83, 171

Ana, Emicel 116, 163

Angles, Michael A. 163

Angles, Steven J. 64, 163

Angulo, Ralph 188

Antuna, Javier I. 124, 125, 171

Aparicio, Angel6, 94, 95, 123, 136, 152, 163, 164

Aragon, Fred 163

Aranza, Philipe 99

Arcay, Mercy 147

Argamasilla, Javier Emilio 23, 86, 95 , 171

Aries, Ana 128, 129

Arreola, Alexis V.

Arrieta, Agustin J. 23, 65, 83, 171

Arteaga, Lourdes 136

Artecona, Teresita 136

Artigues, Henry 188

Artiles, Rafael 6, 14 7

Aspillaga, Carlos Jose 56, 80, 82, 188

Aspillaga, Felipe X. 148

Aspuru, Maura 136

Aspuru, Rolando 151

Aviles, Gustavo Alexis 23, 85, 171

Avino, Carlos A. 151

Avino, Ernesto L. 23, 65, 67, 171

Avino, Joaquin A. 55, 83, 86

Avino, Jorge Ramon 65, 151

Aycart, Alfredo J.

Ayo,JesusA 111, 124,125,180

Azan, Richard James 64, 180, 184

Azaret, Carlos R. 73, 116, 163

BBalaguer, Joaquin R. 99

Baldor, Aurelio 35, 48, 49, 84, 136, 211

Baldor, Daniel Eduardo 66, 86, 180

Baldyga, Andrew M. 63, 163

Bango, Sigrid 24, 34, 35, 41, 136, 198

Barba, Rafael 116

Barquin, Jr. Carlos E. 80, 119, 188

Barquin, Sr. Carlos 34, 96, 136, 187

Barrera , Michael Amed 69, 151

Barrero, Rodolfo 86

Barrios, Alejandro 171, 176

Barrios, Christopher S.

Barrios, Hircio 15, 23, 117, 218

Barrueco, Robert

Baseball 114, 115

Baseball J.V. 116, 117

Basketball 104, 105

Basketball J.V. 106, 107

Basketball J .H. 108, 109

Bases 62, 63, 64, 65

Basterrechea, Claudio 83

Basterrechea, Hugo R. 163

Bello, Edward 12, 68, 82, 84, 86, 87, 201, 204, 205,219

Bello, Rogelio A. 163

Bello, Sergio 62, 106

Bellon, Gabriel 21, 86, 188

Bellon, Juan C. 64, 116, 163

Beltran, Luis "Wicho" 42

Benitez, OmarA. 116, 163

Bertrand, Joseph J.

Bestard, Jose F. 163

Beta 66, 67

Bienes, Alejandro A.

Big Brothers 68, 69

Blanco, Alexander 25, 171

Blanco, Christopher J. 6 7, 171

Blanco, Eduardo 26, 31, 136

Blanco, Isidrio 139

Blanco, Richard 62, 65, 180

Bonafonte, Rafael III 151

Bonges, Pedro 99

Borbolla, Francisco Javier 83, 171

Borges, Fausto Alfredo 68, 207, 220

Boucugnani, Arturo A.

Bradford, Erick 83, 109, 149

Brea, Daniel A. 108, 151

Brea, Victor L. 73, 163

Brito, Alejandro 68, 78, 80, 86, 104, 105, 221

Buigas, Hector Ramon 82 , 111, 180

Buse, George 14 7

Busquets, Carlos Raul 171

Bustillo, Andres 80, 82, 188

Bustinduy, Iker A.

cCabal, Pedro Pablo

Caballero, Joshua 67, 163

Caballero, Mike 86

Caballero, Roberto Carlos 171

Cabrera , Ariel 163

Cabrera, Dagoberto 56, 80, 82, 188

Cabrera, Gabriel P. 82, 123, 180 Calderin, Carola 19, 23, 60 Calderin, Charlie 51, 57, 80, 82, 188

Calderin, Johnny 23, 60, 61, 171, 187

Calderon, Alfredo Jose 171

Calienes, Alberto Javier 100

Calienes, Roberto 180

Calle, Nelson David 180

Calleja , Jorge Alejandro 55, 83 Calo, Armando J. 159

Calonje, German D. Calonje, Ronaldo A. 180 Calva, Santiago 171

Cambo-Martinez, Miriam 18, 42, 43, 103, 128, 139

Campo, Andres F.

Cantens, Fernando Guillermo 64, 180

Cantens, Javier Emilio 116, 151

Capablanca, Fernando A. 163

Capote, Nibaldo J. 171

Caraballo, Arturo 66, 206, 21 0, 222

Caraballo, Leonardo J. 67, 103, 163, 167

Caragol, Roberto Manuel 180

Cardelle, Carlos I. 56, 76, 180

Cardenal, Emilio 43, 80, 188

Cardenal, Javier E. 23, 163

Cardona, Aldo 74, 75, 80, 86, 119, 188

Cardona, Alex 66, 80, 86, 119, 188

Cardoso, Julio L. 116, 163

Cardoso, Michael D. 15, 66, 74, 87, 114, 115, 127,209,210,223,308,309,343

Caridad, Jorge L. 65, 151

Carie!, Ariel 103 -

Carmona, Benito F 116, 163

Carmona, Ricardo L. 6 7, 171

Carreno , Javier F. 55, 83

Carreras, Roberto 8, 14, 15, 16, 25, 74, 224

Carrillo, Miguel Benigno 171

Carrizosa, Antonio Jose

Carro, Jose Raul

Cars 14, 15

Cartaya, Eric J. 23, 171

Cartaya, S. J. Pedro 30, 63,139,145,200,201

Cartaya, Maria Wrves 124, 139, 145

Casal, Marcus Alexander 3, 8, 41, 64, 80, 85, 199,205,210,225

Caso, Alexander Angel 9, 70, 82, 202, 205, 210, 226

Caso, Jorge R. 83, 163

Castellanos, Alexander 69, 151, 152

Castellanos, Raimundo 56, 80, 188, 191

Castells, George A. 16, 66, 74, 210, 227

Castro, Andres 108, 151

Castro, Manuel Alberto 180

Cedeno, Raul 180

Ceide, Javier 171

Celaya, Maria 14 7

Celis, David Tomas 9, 33, 66, 68, 74, 208, 209, 228

Celorio, Oscar Enrique 95, 96, 97, 114, 180

Celorio, Ricardo J. 100, 163

Cendoya, Carlos D.

Cepero, Alex 116

Cepero, Carlos M. 2, 108, 109

Cepero, Enrique 180

Chacon, Randolph 151

Chang, Tommy T. 83, 163

Chao, Raul 0. 62, 180

Chardiet, Angel E. 171

Chavez, Jr., Ruben Victor 74, 92, 188 Chavez, Ronald 67, 86, 163

Cheerleaders 11, 128, 129 Chess 70, 71

Chirino, Josephina 8, 46, 133, 139, 197

Chisholm, S. J. Richard 35, 149

Chomat, Christian Gustavo 163

Christian Life Community 74, 75 Christmas Play 18, 19

Ciarsolo, Richard 39

Cicilia, Orlando R. 151

Ciereszko, Leon Stanley 45, 62, 63, 180 Civics 72, 73

Colina, Rene Luis 171

Coli, Reniel 64, 180 Collins, Patrick 20, 35, 53, 120, 139, 180 Comas, Alfredo Eduardo 171 Community Service 26, 27

Concepcion, Alfredo

Conde, Cesar Rene 82, 84, 86, 120, 180 Conde, Jorge Condor, Julio 71

Confirmation 30, 31

Consuegra, Betty 12 9

Cordero, Alejandro 67, 100, 163 Cornillot, Marcos Andres 73, 83, 163 Coroalles, Manuel A. 78, 80, 188 Corona, Arrora 14 7

Coronel, Jorge A. 8, 66, 203, 229 Corral, Oscar J. 23, 100, 171 Costa, Eduardo Carlos Costa, Jose A. 180 Costa, Michael E. 100, 163 Cou, Maria 14 7

Covert, Michael J. 56, 82, 100, 101, 180 Crew, Kevin 67, 83, 163

Cross Country 96, 97

Cross Country J .H. 98, 99 Cruz, Eduardo Cruz, Maximo L. 116

Cue, Ramon A. Cuesta, Danny

Cueto, Alfonso C. 109, 163

Cueto, Juan Carlos 14, 66, 68, 69, 104, 230

Cunningham, Kenneth J. 156

DDaire, Juan Carlos 82, 86, 95, 180

Danger, Alejandro I. 62, 100, 171

Danger, Carlos Ricardo 56, 62, 63, 64, 83, 86, 171

De Aguiar, Daniel 100, 111, 188

De Angulo, Andres F. 163

De Angulo, Guillermo Roberto 3, 90, 100, 188

De Arozoza, Raphael 83, 172

De Armendi, Alex Fernando 86, 108, 151

De Cardenas, Albert 120

De Cardenas, Andres Javier 66, 95, 180

De Castro, Julio I. 64, 151

De Cespedes, Carlos M. 151

De La Iglesia, Gonzalo Ignacio 172

De La Torre, Mark 180

De La Vega, Javier 60, 114, 172

De Los Santos, Robert 8, 60, 77, 78, 198

De Mena, Jorge A. 83, 164

De Mendoza, Luis 99

De Moya, Rene 80, 188

De Quesada, Thomas R. 39, 55, 83, 99, 156

De Toro, Lorenzo Luis 62, 63, 65, 180

De Tuya, Oscar Constantino 66, 231

De Varona, Sergio E. 172

De Zarraga, Fernando I. 80, 82, 188

Debesa, Orlando 97, 172

Del Campo, Richard A. 188

Del Riesgo, Bernardo Jesus 172

Del Saito, Carlos A. 164

Delgado, Alberto J. 72, 102, 103, 164, 167, 168

Delgado, Eduardo Antonio 95, 180

Delgado, German Antonio 92, 188

Diare, Juan 94, 95

Diaz, Carlos Enrique 56, 180

Diaz, Eduardo Manuel 36, 164

Diaz, Eric A. 108, 151

Diaz, Reinaldo 172

Diaz-Bergnes, Gabriel Alejandro 172

Diaz-Cruz, Fernando C. 65, 86, 151

Dieppa, Andres Ignacio 96, 97, 17 2

Dieppa, Eduardo E. 183

Digon, Francisco Javier 67, 108, 109, 164

Digon, Juan Carlos 108, 109, 164

Dinkins, Andres L. 172

Dones, Jorge Luis 80, 114, 188

Donohue, Carolyn 139

Duque, S. J. Dorta 36, 3 7

Duran, Alfonso Manuel 156

Duran, Josaeph K. 156

EEchegaray, Oscar 66, 111, 183

Egues, Randy A. 157

Eireos, Maria 14 7

Elizondo, Jose 164

English 40, 41

Eques, Randy 156

Erdmann, Carlos Joseph 116, 183

Erdmann, Ernesto E. 55, 83, 86, 102, 103, 164

Escala, Jorge Luis 62, 63, 100, 172

Escalon, Salvador 172

Escardo, Daniel 156

Escobio, Manuel Jesus 64, 183

Escudero, Gilbert 172

Espin, Jose Ignacio 86, 95, 183

Espin, Roberto Alejandro 4, 68, 69, 74, 86, 232, 343

Espino, Alejandro 68, 78, 82, 86, 104, 122, 128, 204,205,233

Espinosa, H. Robert 151, 344

Espinosa, Rene J. 108, 116, 151

Esquivel, S. J. Jose 7, 8, 34, 134, 135, 194,201, 343

Estrada, Carlos 30

FFacuseh, Edgar 183

Falcon, Serafin De Jesus 183

Falero, Ramon Alfredo 86, 156

Fanjul, Arturo Gaston 38, 74, 75, 100, 188

Fanjul, Juan A. 8, 68, 74, 82, 86, 100, 101, 203, 204,205,210,234,343

Feijoo, Manuel Ignacio 68, 69, 92, 122, 123 204 235 ' '

Feo, Gregory Carlos 6, 55, 83, 156

Fermagale, Carlos 37

Fernandez, Adolfo Zacarias 82, 205, 210 211 236 ' '

Fernandez, Carlos 86

Fernandez, Daniel R. 172

Fernandez, Felipe 156

Fernandez, Frank 116 Fernandez, Guillermo 42, 74, 203, 237 Fernandez, Gustavo A. 172 Fernandez, Ivan Jorge 151 Fernandez, Javier A. 82, 156

Fernandez, Javier Angel 82, 183 Fernandez, Jorge A. 72, 100, 164 Fernandez, Jorge Luis 22, 172

Fernandez, Julio 0. 86, 156

Fernandez, Luis G. 82, 124, 205, 264, 238 Fernandez, Luis I.

Fernandez, Manuel Mauricio 86, 183, 187 Fernandez, Maria 129

Fernandez, Pedro 80, 188

Fernandez, Mr. Rafael39, 139, 175

Fernandez, Rafael A. 172, 175 Fernandez, Rodolfo 17 Fernandez-Abril, Aristides F. 66, 80, 188 Fernandez-Abril, Jorge C.

Fernandez-Quincoces, Guillermo 156

Fernandez-Silva, Jorge 83, 156

Ferre, William 23

Ferrer, Jose Porfirio 86, 151

Ferro, Carlos Alberto 183

Ferro, Fermin Manuel 7 46 66 74 194 206 239 ' ' ' ' ' '

Fiallo, Rafael A. 151

Flor, David, 62, 63, 65, 70, 71, 80, 240 Fonseca , Mr. Fernando 28

Font Navarrete, David 120

Font, Fernando M. 56, 172

Football, 92, 93

Football J.V. 94, 95

Forensics 76, 77

Fortun, Enrique Mario 241

Fortun, Luis Antonio 80, 188 Fraga , Eduardo 115, 139 Fraga , Jorge Daniel French Club 78, 79

Freyre, Pedro Manuel 188 Freyre, Peter 66

GGalan, Ernesto I. 64, 183

Garay, Angel Javier 86, 109, 156

Garcia, Alan Norberta 56, 70, 71, 83, 164

Garcia, Alberto 65, 151

Garcia, Alejandro Guillermo 164

Garcia, Allen 183

Garcia, Antonio 55 , 65

Garcia , Ariel 151

Garcia, Carlos A. 111, 188

Garcia, Carlos Francisco 66, 68, 78, 80, 110, 111, 116, 123, 124 , 125, 204, 242

Garcia, Carmela 14 7

Garcia, Daniel A. 172

Garcia, Daniel Ignacio 56, 176, 183

Garcia, Eduardo 95

Garcia , Enrique 6 7

Garcia, Faustino 156

Garcia, Gerardo 26, 31, 35 , 139 Garcia, Henry 70, 71

Garcia, Hugo R. 32, 68, 243 Garcia, Humberto 24 Garcia , Ignacio 164

Garcia, Jeffrey M. 20, 21, 76, 80, 188 Garcia, Jorge Luis 69, 156

Garcia, Marcelino 9, 19, 23, 30, 34, 132, 133

Garcia , Mario M 22, 172 Garcia , Mercedes 140, 167

Garcia , Michael E. 55, 70, 72, 83, 86, 164

Garcia, Ofelia 196

Garcia, Oscar A. 164

Garcia , Otto, Msgr. 208 Garcia, Pedro 172

Garcia , Rene Javier 172

Garcia, Teresita 14 7

Garcia, Victor 67, 102, 103, 164

Garcia-Carrillo, Pedro Pablo 172

Garcia-Chacon, Luis Ernesto 28 , 36, 48, 68, 69, 82 , 85 , 197, 199, 204, 205, 244, 343

Garcia-Comesona, Dr. Armando 36

Garcia-Linares, Ariel A. 80, 188

Garcia-Martinez , Antonio 83, 156 Garcia-Menocal, Alfredo 191 Garcia-Menocal, Carlos A. 156

Garcia-Rivera, Eduardo Alberto 172

Garcia- Tunon, Eric Antonio 172

Gaston , Eloisa 36

Genie-Reyes, Alvaro E. 172 Giraldo , John D. 164

Giro, Roberto Antonio 203 , 206, 211, 245

Golf 126, 127

Gomez, Alan A. 156

Gomez, Carlos Jorge 172

Gondar, Julio Alejandro 62, 67, 70, 164

Gonzalez, Alejandro 172, 183

Gonzalez, Alex P. 111, 164

Gonzalez, Alexis 95, 106, 172 Gonzalez, Anthony 156

Gonzalez, Antonio S 66, 74, 75, 194, 246 Gonzalez, Aurelio Mario 164

Gonzalez, Eduardo William 56, 80, 82, 191 Gonzalez, George Andrew 106 , 172 Gonzalez, Hector A. 95, 172

Gonzalez, Javier G. 55, 95, 156, 183 Gonzalez, Jorge V 78, 87, 247 Gonzalez, Jose M. 1, 156

Gonzalez, Jose Manuel 183, 184 Gonzalez, Juan Antonio 183

Gonzalez, Juan Carlos 187

Gonzalez, Julio 63, 151 Gonzalez, Julio C. 175

Gonzalez , Raymond 183 Gonzalez , Serafin M 175

Gonzalez, Wilgberto E. 50 , 80, 104, 191, 192

Gonzalez, Yvette 128, 129

Gonzalez-Llanes, Stephan George 64, 175

Granda, Julio Cesar 62, 80, 188 , 206 Granda, Julio Omar 207, 248

Grandal, Daniel Jorge 66, 80, 118, 119, 204 , 249, 343

Grandchamp, Michael E. 62, 64, 175

Gravier, Alex 244

Greenwood, Jason A. Mario 25 , 64, 80, 100 , 188 Guas, Orestes 65, 164

Guerra, Dario Antonio 74, 80 , 92 , 191

Guerra, Francisco A. 20, 68, 86, 92, 93, 133, 203,250

Guitian, Orlando Fermin 151

Gutierrez, Alexander J. 69, 151

Gutierrez, Jose Antonio 56, 82, 183 Gutierrez, Luis Enrique 97, 183

Gutierrez, Raul Jose 156

Guzman, Leo Eugene 156

Guzman, Sergio 62, 156

HHaibi , Dora 140

Hammon , Christopher P 62, 63, 65 , 175

Handshu, Robert H. 62, 63, 251 Hernandez, Alex 74, 78, 191 Hernandez, Alfredo J. 64, 175

Hernandez, Antonio Gabriel 66, 74 , 80, 86, 188 Hernandez, Armando E. 48 , 68, 74, 75, 203, 204 , 205

Hernandez, Ceasar 8, 80, 191 Hernandez, Emilio 175 Hernandez, Gilbert 156

Hernandez, Jorge 78, 114 Hernandez, Marina 146

Hernandez, Mark A. 56, 62, 64, 83, 86, 100, 120, 175 , 176

Hernandez , Michael Anthony 15, 20, 74, 82, 191, 253 Hernandez, Pedro 2, 44, 45 , 140

Hernandez, Roberto 82, 140

Hernandez, Roberto P. 52, 56 , 82 , 86, 191 , 197

Hernandez, Rodolfo 80, 164

Hernandez, Sylvia 140

Hernandez-Canton , Cesar A 78 , 191

Hernandez-Chapel , Jorge 191

Herran , Daniel 175

Herran, Javier 83, 99, 156

Herran, Ricardo 62 , 164

Herrera, Raul E. 175

Herrero, Gabriel 80, 191

Herrero, Raul F. 14, 74, 75, 104, 254

Herrero-Sanchez, Luis

Hewett , Maria 80, 140, 168, 204

Hofseth, Kristian 164

Holtman, Carolyn 83

Homecoming 12, 13

Hoyos, Alejandro 43, 56, 95, 175

Humanities 50, 51

IIIlcaza, Charmain 140, 188

Iglesias, Jose Luis 9 5, 18 3

lncera , Carlos E. 56, 83, 175 lriarte, Jose Pablo 59, 62, 210, 255

Izquierdo, Alexander 156, 160

Izquierdo, S. J. Jose 7, 9, 22, 34, 132, 133, 134, 198,200,201 , 204,208,210

JJane, Juan M. 164

J ilani, Fario M. 164

Jimenez, Beatrice 19, 23, 60, 140 , 204

Jimenez, Daniel F. 64, 65 , 164

Jimenez, David A. 19, 23, 55, 98, 99, 156

Jimenez, Gabriel Fernando 61, 66, 98, 183, 195

Jimenez, Javier Eduardo 41 , 65, 66, 68, 204, 205,207,256

Jimenez, Jose Manuel 76 , 77 , 183

Jimenez, Mirna 140

Jimenez, Pedro R. 99, 151

Jimenez, Roberto P. 56, 82, 96, 97, 183

Jobs 16,17

Jorajuria, Anthony 151

Jordan, Alejandro E. 159

Jorge , Alexei 95, 109, 116, 164

Jorge, Guillermo 14 7

J oyos , Alex 106

Juara, Jose Raul 56, 80, 106, 114, 191

KKates, Gian 80, 191

Kelly, Max

Kennedy, Karen 129

Key Club 80, 81

Kidwell, S. J. William 8, 9, 23, 30, 47, 74, 75, 127, 140

Kokorian, Patrick 65, 164

Korosi, Stephen 159

Kredi, Albert 183

Lacasa, Carlos 67, 86, 164

La Fuente, Pablo 62, 65, 151

Lage, George 86, 175

Lamar, Mario, 68, 175

Lamboy, Steve 115

Lamela, Carlos 74, 104, 257, 343

Lauredo, Manuel 55, 83 , 164 Laurencio, Anthony 175

Lazo, Albert 62 , 82, 95, 183

Le-Bert, George 151

Ledesma, Mr. Rafael 3, 8, 28, 49, 66, 78, 80, 131, 141, 197, 198

Leeder, Thomas 164

Lehmann, Alex 76, 77, 82, 183

Lemus, S. J. Francisco 142

Lemus, Peter 175

Leon, Alejandro 17 5 Leon, Jose 67, 164

Leon, Leovigildo 95, 183

Leon, Rainier 64, 152

Leon, Ricardo 100, 183

Lesassier, Michael 62, 152 Leyva Jr., Giraldo 183

Linares , Roberto 159

Lista, Walter 183, 200

Llerena, Daniel 152

Llerena, Oscar 8, 74, 202, 259

Llorente, Marcelo 83, 86, 109, 159

Llorente, Orlando 66, 260 Llovet, John 164

Lobaina, Alexis 159

Lobaina, Eugenio 183

Lobaina, Manny 86

Lobeck, Paul 62, 65, 76, 175

Lorn, Gustavo 191 Lombard, Eduardo 183 Lombard, Ramon 191

Lopez, Alfredo 114, 115, 191 Lopez, Carlos 83, 159

Lopez, Christopher 62, 17 5

Lopez, Enrique 72, 167, 184

Lopez, Enrique Andre 183 Lopez, Gustavo 61, 76, 95, 183

Lopez, Jaime 8, 82, 92, 111, 205, 260 Lopez, Jason 159

Lopez, Javier 61, 67, 95, 175

Lopez, Jorge 82, 92, 183

Lopez, Jorge Rafael82, 106, 114, 116, 184

Lopez, Juan 64, 65, 175

Lopez, Leone I 14 7

Lopez, Rodolfo 55

Lopez-Santos,Jose70, 102,103,167

Lopez-Santos, Miguel 62, 70, 100, 184 Lorenzo, Albert 262

Lozo, Albert 65, 106 Lubo, Victor 95

Lugones, Omar 45, 175 Luis, Agustin 74, 80, 191, 192

Luna, Donal 56, 80, 82, 100, 191

Luna, Otto 16 7

Lurigados, Alfred 15, 202, 263

Macau, Gaston 17 5

Machado, Nestor 63, 120, 121, 184

Magdaleno, Juan 159

Magnan, Alfredo

Maidique, Modesto 211

Malgarat, Renee 14

Mantica, Luis 184

Mantica, Rodrigo 55, 83, 167

Marcos, Lazaro 17 5

Marquez, Michael 66, 184

Marquez, Roberto 66, 80, 204, 264

Marrero, Ruben 62, 142

Martell, Carlos 106, 184

Martell, Peter 55, 156, 159, 342

Martinez, Alcides 65, 152

Martinez, Antonio 33, 74, 75, 265

Martinez, Carlos 184

Martinez, Cesar 184

Martinez, Eduardo 95, 167, 191

Martinez, Jorge 116, 127, 142

Martinez, Jose 66, 141, 211, 266

Martinez, Luis 72, 16 7

Martinez, Mario 92, 194, 267 Martinez, Steve 167

Martinez-Cid, Ricardo 98, 159

Martinez-Dubouchet, Eduardo 56, 80, 82, 191

Marulanda, Mauricio 167

Mas, Alexander 176

Mas, Florentino 176

Mascaro, Billy 99, 108, 151

Mascaro, Guillermo 86, 152

Mascaro, Sergio 16 7

Masferrer, Eduardo 62, 176

Mathematics 42, 43

Mato, Phil 62, 83, 167

Mauri, Thomas 95, 176

Mejido, Manuel Jesus 66, 75, 80, 92, 93, 122, 123, 168, 191, 192

Melo, Manuel 167

Mena, Claudio 65, 172, 176

Mena, Daniel 20, 25, 26, 68, 92, 93, 203, 268, 343

Mena, Eduardo 33, 95, 111, 171, 176

Mendez, S. J. Jose 8, 34

Mendizabal, Marion 14 7

Mendoza, Ernesto

Mendoza, Patty 128

Menendez, Nestor 159

Menendez, Osvaldo 16 7

Merille, Eduardo 24, 62, 167

Meruelo, Hector 167

Mesa , Carlos 56 , 184

Mesa, Joseph 152

Mesa, Raul 64, 74, 80, 191

Mestre, Francisco 80, 181

Mestre, Jorge 66, 120, 121, 204, 269

Mestre, Marcos 84, 95, 114, 184

Millares, Boris 20, 66, 114, 115, 191

Minoso, Adolfo 184

Miranda, Gabriel 64, 74, 152

Miranda , Guillermo 159

Miranda, Jose 270

Mirones, Alex 19, 23 , 76, 77, 184

Miyar, Marie-Jean 40, 142

Miyares, Andres 50, 102, 103 , 149, 159 Mock, Lien 167 Modern Languages 48, 49 Mognan, Alfredo 184 Molina, Cesar 66, 82, 86, 111, 184 Molina, Rolando 86, 111, 184

Monserrat, Leonardo 176

Monteagudo, Fabricio 159

Monteagudo, Rene 184

Monteiro, Manuel64, 167 Morales, Alberto 184

Morales, Efrain 116, 16 7

Morales, Gabriel 55, 83, 167

Morales, Silvio 100, 120, 184

Moran, Ernesto 67, 176

Moran, Gabriel 69, 113, 152

More, Jose 23, 176

Moreira, Domingo 66 , 84, 184 Moreno, Luis 152

Moreton, Cesar 159, 160

Moreyra, Carlos 62, 64, 66, 80, 191

Morrei, Celia 142, 167

Muelle, Alejandro 167

Muniz, Alain 16 7

Muniz, Daniel 14, 74, 195, 203, 271

Munoz, Jose 10, 74, 78, 191,272

Munoz, Tony 80, 119

Munox-Suarez, Jose 64

Murguia, Alejandro 10, 110, 111, 191

Murphy, Elizabeth 130, 142 Murry, Maryanna 129

NNational Honor Society 82, 83

Navarrete, David 184

Navarro, Luis 95, 176

Nearing, Alexander 184

Negret, Lawrence 69, 74, 195, 196,201,273

Ninth Grade Pin Ceremony 22, 23

Noseda, Sandro

Nunez, Leopoldo 19, 23, 50, 64, 65, 134, 135

Nunez, Ruben 184, 195

Nunez-Menocal, Delio 100, 184

Obregon, Antonio 40, 201, 206, 274

Olaniel, Marcos 126

Oliva, Alfredo 176

Oliver, Alejandro 95, 116, 184

Opening 2, 3

Ordetx, Patrick 64, 152

Orozco, Noel 191

Orozco, Tomas 124, 125, 167

Orta, Benigno 142, 167

Ortega, Francisco 67, 176

Oretega, Ignacio 191

Ortega, Jorge 8, 80, 114, 191, 192

Ortega, Marcos 72, 83, 167

Ortega, Otto 176, 183

Ortiz, Christopher 184

Ortiz, Gustavo 66, 68, 85, 204, 205, 208, 275

Ortiz, Ignacio 74, 84, 191

Ortiz, I van 9 5

Ortiz, Jose 66, 80, 92, 120, 128, 191 Ortiz, Manena 128

Osorio, Oscar 167

Otero, Luis 55, 62, 167

pPadilla, Alexander 152

Padilla, Mauricio 184

Padron, Alain 95, 184

Padron, Ruben 80, 191

Palacio, Daniel 102, 103, 109, 167

Pardo, Juan 73, 167

Paredes, Francisco 103, 167

Paret, Henry 64, 192

Paret, Jose 184

Parra, Mario 14 7

Pedre, Vincente 56, 184 Pedroso, Gabriel 80, 192

Pedroso, Victor 167

Pelaez, Pedro l 76

Pelegrin, Jorge 164, 167

Pelegrin, Pedro 192

Pena, Orlando 159

Pep Club 84, 85

Peppas, Mr. Kirk 100

Perera, Daniel 159

Peres, Jose 176

Perez, Alejandro 187

Perez, Armando 159

Perez, Arturo 92, 187 Perez, Carlos l 76

Perez, Demetrio 159

Perez, Enrique ll 0, Ill, 203, 2 76

Perez, Hugo 14, 20, 52, 63, 82, 205, 277

Perez, Jesus 192

Perez, Mr. Jimmy 142

Perez, Lisandro 55, 64, 68, 83, 167

Perez, Manuel 176

Perez, Mercy 129

Perez, Pedro 60, 92, 176

Perez, Rafael27, 40, 68, 74, 75, 92, 201, 204, 278

Perez, Ricardo A. 111, 159

Perez, Ricardo L. Ill, 159

Perez, Robert 187

Perez, Roberto 192

Perez, Rudy 103

Perez-Febles, Tomas

Perkins, Maurice 66, 74, 78, 279

Pernas, Carlos 62, 64, 176

Pernas, Jorge 100, 167

Pernas, Juan 159

Pichardo, Mr. Frank 38, 45, 142

Pichs, Michael 167

Piedrahita, Jimmy 62, 63, 176

Pineyro, Juan 68, 80, 82, 114, 115, 192

Pintado, Juan 176

Pitt, William 21, 192

Planas, Debbie 129

Planas, Raul 70, 71, 17 6

Portocarrero, Nestor 28, 68, 74, 198, 280 Pose, Manuel 108, 116, 152

Powers, Martin 98, 99, 152

Pozo, Jaime 159

Pozo, William 159

Prado, Alejandro 7, 33, 66, 68, 74, 75, 203, 281

Prado, Antonio 167

Prado, Gabriel 100, 187

Prado , Martha 142

Prats, Dario 180, 192

Prieto, Glenn 83, 159

Prieto, Humberto 64, 167

Puello, Luis 176

Puentes, Lorenzo 159

Pujol, Francisco 159

Pujol, Juan 176

Puza, S. J. John 99, 144

QQuesada, Daniel 50, 74, 282

Quijana, Micheal 116

Quijano, John 108, 109, 167

RRabilero, Rodrigo 152

Rad-Cliff, Brian 176

Raill, Brian 152

Raimundes, Ricardo 80, 192

Ramagosa, Richard 65

Ramirez, Gonzales 14 7

Ramirez, Jose 30

Ramudo, Albert 66, 80, 192

Rasco, Jorge 37, 146

Rasco , Ramon 159

Raton, Alexander 116, 117, 152

Real, Brian 98, 99

Reboredo, Humberto 55, 83, 160

Reboredo, Julia 34, 147

Recio, Francisco 41, 66, 74, 75, 283

Reno, Janet 73

Reruardet, Javier 76, 77

Revilla, Emilio 65, 66, 85, 284

Reyes, Eva 14 7

Reyna, Ronald 80, 192

Riaz, Omar 152

Riera, Javier 96, 97, 111, 183, 187

Ripoll, Luis S. J. 34

Rivas, Fernando 62, 165, 176

Rivera, Carlos 9, 43, 46, 66, 85, 195, 197, 199, 285

Rivero, Jorge 92, 127, 204, 286

Rivero, Manuel 9, 26, 68, 86, 196, 287

Roa, Ivan 147

Robayna, Rafael 68, 160

Robles, Alejandro 64, 176

Robles, Francisco 83, 176

Roca, Antonio 60, 82, 187

Roca, Jorge 106, 176

Roca, Jose 144

Rocha, Adalberto 199, 288

Rodriguez, Alberto 72, 16 7, 168

Rodriguez, Alicia 14 7

Rodriguez, Mr. Armando 23, 68, 86, 87, 134, 135, 207

Rodriguez, Benjamin 24, 55, 68, 83, 160

Rodriguez, Daniel 152

Rodriguez, Efrem l 76

Rodriguez, Ernie 187

Rodriguez, Hiram 83, 176 Rodriguez, Jesus 82, 187 Rodriguez, Jorge I. 168

Rodriguez, Jorge J. 64, 68, 106 Rodriguez, Julio 179

Rodriguez, Manuel Rodriguez, Oscar 160

Rodriguez, Raul l 08, 152 Rodriguez, William 67, 100, 179

Roger, Arthur 168

Roger, Vicente 56, 179

Rojas, Julio 160

Romagosa, Ricardo 56, 83, 100, 179

Romano, Cristina 129

Rosado, Ralph 192

Ruesga, Rene 151, 152

Ruiz, Carlos 160

Ruiz, Francisco 30

Ruiz-Moya, Nelson 116,117,151,152

Rules 6, 7

sSaenz, Christian 6 5, 15 2

Sainz, Adrian 68, 103, 116, 168, 183

Saladrigas, Luis 24, 168

Salas, Juan 160

Salas, Luis 47, 62, 63, 100, 160

Salazar, Javier 179

Salazar, Ronald 187

Saldarriaga, Enrique 95, 187

Sallick, Victor 83, 102, 103, 111, 179

Salvat, Carlos 15, 42, 91, 96, 97, 122, 126, 194,

203,204,289

San Martin, Jose 179

San Martin, Juan 76, 95, 187

Sanchez, Amaury

Sanchez, Ana 40, 67, 144, 167

Sanchez, Enrique 116, 168

Sanchez, Francisco 80, 152

Sanchez, Francisco Oscar 192

Sanchez, Jaime 73, 168

Sanchez, Jose 78, 111, 290

Sanders, Richard 160

Santa-Cruz, Eric 152

Santo Domingo 28, 29

Sardinia, S J. Jose 8, 9, 30, 56, 144, 168

Sarduy, John 192

Science 44, 45

Segredo,Carlos 114,115,291

Segurola, Ignacio 56, 83, 179

Selva, Eduardo 65

Sendra, Joseph 68, 292

Senra, Cyanne 128, 129

Seoanes, Jennie 128, 129

Sepulveda, Jose 62, 82, 87

Sepulveda, Juan 97, 160

Serna, Juan 160

Serrano, Eduardo 66, 80, 192

Serrano, Enrique 66, 75, 203, 293

Serret, Jorge 56, 65, 67, 179

Sevillano, Antonio 97, 18 7

Sevillano, Julian 78, 80, 192

Sierra, Ramon 14 7

Silva, Eddie 68, 108, 152

Smatt, Christopher 187 Soccer 110, 111

Soccer J.V. 112, 113

Social Studies 52, 53

Solorzano, Beatrice 196

Solorzano, Jose 25, 66, 68, 69, 74, 92, 204, 294

Solorzano, Mario 69, 92, 204, 295

Sosa, Alberto 168

Souto, Ricardo 56, 179

Spanish National Honor Society 84, 85 Spirit 10, 11

Stolk, Andres 62, 100, 160

Stuart, Mr. Richard 144

Student Council 88, 89

Student Day 24, 25

Suarez, Antonio 11, 69, 196, 199, 203, 206, 207, 296 Suarez, Daniel 100

Suarez, Esther 147

Suarez, Javier 36

Suarez, Jose 111, 192

Suarez, Luis 66, 80, 96, 97, 192

Suarez, Roberto 8, 11, 58, 66, 80, 97, 204, 205, 211, 297

Suarez-Carreno, S. J. Manuel 36

Suarez-Comesana, Daniel 179

Suniga, Daniel 168

Swimming 100, 101

TTaboas, Juan 9, 61, 82, 91, 96, 97, 122, 123, 197, 204,205,210,211,298

Tapanes, Rafael 64, 114, 18 7

Taracido, Nelson 179

Tarke, Nelson 179

Tejeda, David 64, 116, 168

Tennis 120, 121

Tey, S. J. Jose 62, 64, 144

Theology 46, 4 7

Tierre, Juan 106

Tirado, Pablo l 00, 160

Tiranasar, Jack 55, 160

Tombola 32, 33

Tonarelli, Alessandro 74, 78, 192

Torres de Navarra, Felipe 168

Toyos, Waldo 187

Track 122, 123, 124, 25

Travieso, Mario 27, 68, 106, 179

Travieso, Omar 108, 152

Travieso, Otto 25, 42, 68, 92, 299

Treto, Robert 160

Triana, Henry 66, 192

Trinchet, Alex 62, 92, 192

Trujillo, David 168

Tunon, Alexander 76, 77, 203, 300

uUlfe, Manuel de Jesus 179

Ulivi, Alejandro 82, 187

Ullivarri, Tony 62, 68, 108, 152

Ulloa, David 22, 56, 62, 63, 65, 86, 179

vVadia, Ricardo 83, 100, 160

Valdes, Alberto 115, 192

Valdes, David 168

Valdes, Fernando 152

Valdes, Jose 152

Valdes, Julio 55, 168

Valenti, Roberto 62, 64, 179

Valinas, Zoraida 14 7

Valle, Armando 187

Vanegas, Humberto 160

Vargas, Fernando 69, 152

Varona, Jose Antonio 74, 80, 92, 192

Varona, Jose Manuel 152

Vaughan, Barney 160

Vazquez, Alejandro 74, 100, 101, 192

Vazquez, Cesar 68, 108, 109, 168

Vazquez, Jorge 187

Vazquez, Juan 160

Vazquez, Juan C. 179

Vazquez, Manny 187

Vazquez,Manuel44,45, 80,192

Vazquez, Oscar 73, 102, 103, 168

Vega, Ariel 44, 45, 179

Vega, Manuel83, 168

Vicens, Francisco 160

Vich, Roberto 160

Vidal, Gabriel 66, 68, 301, 343

Vidal, Miguel 56, 83, 86, 95, 179

Vigna, Vicente 179

Vigo, Luis 160

Vila, Mrs. Carol 42, 82, 144

Villalba, David 160

Villalba, John 114, 302

Villasuso, Alexander l 79

Villasuso, Elloy 33, 68, 82, 86, 205, 208, 303

Vincent, Roger 83

Viyella, Julio 68, 74, 78, 304

Volleyball 102, 103

wWagner, Mr. William 45, 64, 65, 94, 95, 144

Waldo 10

Wallace, Charles 179

Wells, Arthur 104

Wentzel, Bryan 144

Wolfburg, Adam 104

Wolffe, Eduardo 64, 68, 168

Woodward, Patricia 11, 24, 144, 145

Wrestling 118, 119

Yazji, Jorge 168

Yong, Julian 68, 104, 202, 303, 343

Ysada, Alfonso 18, 19, 82, 187

Zabala, Luis 15, 74, 76, 77, 114, 203, 306

Zabaleta, Anthony 187

Zacarias, Fernando 73

Zagales, Jorge 92, 187

Zapatero, Giovanni 6, 168

Zarraluqui, Carlos 83, 179

Zarraluqui, Jose 187

Zequeira, Alexis 8, 66, 192

Zieseniss, Edward 20, 62, 65, 76, 80, 82, 307

Zoller, Mr. Eugene 70, 72, 73, 144, 168

Zumarraga, Carlos 68, 83, 168

Zuniga, Jose 106

Zuniga, Luis 82, 92, 106, 122, 187

Zurita, Ricardo 160

Seventh grader Peter Martel takes a last

minute make-up test. Studying hard is an intricate part of making it here.

Atruly great year in our lives. It was the beginning of a new and improved community. The introduction of disciplinarian who walked the halls of the school as a powerful entity was a welcome addition to the community. Father Esqivel was ever vigilant and always asking that question, "What are you doing here?"

Here we were excelling. We attained the presidency of the -Florida Association of Student Councils, a Silver Knight Award, a National Merit Scholarship, a Sandy Nininger Award, a first place in Duo Interpretation at the State Forensic Tournament and four National Hispanic Scholarships. But more than the prizes the school de-

are you doing here?'' Here, we were excelling.

veloped an incredible sense of community. We became a community that shared special times together. We grew into a group that was up close.

Big Brothers were a uniting force this year. They served to integrate the school community.

Seniors and Big Brothes Danny Granda/, Fernando Alonso, Danny Mena, juan Fanjul, Luis GarciaChacon, Julian Yang, Carlos Lame/a, Albert Alvarez, Bobby Espin, Gaby Vidal, and Mike Cardoso get ready to visit underclassmen classrooms during Homecoming Week.

BY JUAN FANJUL

Sixth Crader Bobby Espinosa struggles to keep his sacred lair of knowledge, his book bag, from falling down the central stairs.

Rivera, this is not a rock concert

Where are the grease· pencils?

Technicroppers are not machine guns, , Guys! ... Robert, rest assured, you are the arm wrestling champion Coup d'etat Where's number one Granda? Nestor, do you have J.V. Basketball pictures What are you doing here? Just visiting ... Juan, can I borrow the keys? I didn't drive today ask Nestor Yearbook's own Pat Sajak Don't spin "no life" ... There are no sacks in yearbook class, Danny ... Child of the month club ... The three stooges Championship garbage-can-

basketball Leave Baldor's room alone

... trying our best to give the outside world a close look at an incredible school.

Mandy, only one quad-pak at home at a time ... Where's Luis? I don't know, but Jim is here Hugo, Vanna is jealous ... Who took the green monster? ... Glimps-

Yearbook Staff: e S 0 f a

Top - Mrs. Marie jean Miyaradvisor, julio Granda, Robert Carreras, Nestor Portocarrero, Carlos Rivera, jorge Caste/Is, Hugo Garcia, Fernando Alonso; Second row: Luis GarciaChacon, Ricky Perez, Luis Zabala, Hircio Barrios, Carlos Sa/vat, Fermin Ferro, Tony ObrPgon; Last row: Ralph Perez, Tony Suarez, Armando Hernandez, juan Fanjul, jose Munoz, Danny Mena, and jose lriarte.

BY JUAN FANJUL

year's worth of h a r d work and yes, fun. It started out with

quizzes, croppers, and copy-fitting formulas. But after a while our real tools became our creativity and imaginations. It became our chance to work as a unified team, twenty-:-one staffers aiming to excel, trying our best to give the outside world a close look at an incredible school.

juan Fanjul Editor

Nestor Portocarrero and Ralf Perez Photo Editors

Antonio Suarez Managing Editor

jose Munoz Student Life Editor

Armando Hernandez Academics Editor

julio Granda Clubs Editor

Daniel Mena Sports Editor

Antonio Obregon Faculty

jose lriarte Underclassmen

Luis Garcia-Chacon Seniors

Robert Carreras, George Castells

Fermin Ferro, Hugo Garcia

Luis Zabala Photographers

Fernando Alonzo, Hircio Barrios

Enrique Perez, Carlos Rivera

Carlos Salvat · Staff Reporters

Marie jean Miyar Adviser

Up Close Volume 27 of the ECHOES was produced by the yearbook Prep. The 1989 Echoes consists of 344 pages printed on 80 lb. matte press run of 900 copies. The 9x12 book has twenty-four pages prin ed process, with spot color used throughout the Student life section and in ECHOES is printed by Taylor Publishing Company of Dallas, Texas, reEJ1res1er1ltecJ .... Thornberry of Fort lauderdale.

All body copy is set in Athena at 10 pts., with captions in 8 pts. Headlines are prtfilllt:!IU,_,.rt, Times Roman and Times Roman Bold, ranging in size from 30 to 86 pts. Headhne n $. range from five to eleven picas in height. Division page copy varies from 16 to 714 Athena, with captions in 10 and 12 pt. Athena Italics and Times Roman Bold. By-lines are in Athena Italics Bold in 8 pts.

The cover uses 160 pt. binder's board, smyth sewn, rounded and backed and printed on four-color lithocote material covered with plastic lamina on concept was created by Nestor Portocarrero, and the cover designed by M\'/ar. Cover photograph'/ was taken by \uan fan\u\.

Senior and underclassmen portraits were taken by the staff of Bryn-Alan assisted with candid photography at a number of special events. All were taken by the Echoes photography staff

The Echoes is a. member of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, and l.ltilttes annual critiquing services. The 1988 Echoes "There's No limit" receiv.ed a 1 Honor Rating with All-Columbian distinction in concept and design. It is- the ,.., .._;, consecutive year that the 'ECHOES receives First Place rating from the CSPA.

The Echoes staff wishes to thank the many people who helped in the Of volume: Ken Thornberry for his technical assistance and know-how; Flo ton careful and timely handling of our materials; Marcia Meskiel for her talk o.n co,py_w'•lli:\ Mike, lily and Jim, from Bryn-Alan, for their constant help, enlargements; Mr. and Mrs. Oswaldo Mena for their help with parent lzquaerdo for his encouragement and support; and of behavior for all to follow