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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of F~n River::::.:Frl., Mar. 24, 1989
Bishop Connolly
St. Anne's School Jay Hoyle, author of "Mark," the story of his hemophiliac son's battle against AIDS, recently spoke to students at St. Anne's School, Fall River, in conjunction with the Human Sexuality Proschool's \ gram. Hoyle discussed his family's experiences during his son's illness. Third graders participated in"Children and Hospital Week" activities at St. Anne's Hospital, Fall - River. Second graders were recently visited by a representative of the Association ofthe Blind. Sightlessness was discussed, and there was a question period. Physical education teacher Jeff Lepage has coordinated special activities for first and eighth graders. The younger students are participating in a swimming and water safety program at Durfee High School. Grade eight students are involved in Project Adventure, which boosts self-esteem through indoor activities skills tests. "Slim Goodbody," aka Bill Strong, will appear in a Home and School Association-sponsored musical health show to be presented Monday to kindergarten through grade three students. Also on Mon-
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day, grade six students will attend "Freedom Trail" at the Zeiterion Theatre, New Bedford. School guidance counselor Sister Christopher O'Rourke, RSM, will conclude a series oflectures on parenting with presentations March 27 and April 10. Students Christopher Kochanski, Bonnie-Lee Saccucci and Stephen Mello will participate in a March 31 to April2 regional Science Fair at Bristol Community College, Fall River. Their projects were standouts among 104 projects at recent science fair. Seventh grader Christopher was awarded a perfect first place score for "The Effects of Disinfectant on Bacteria." David Melancon and Scott Cabral won grade four competition with Volcanoes. "Crystals" by Jennifer Leatherwood and Magan Ratte took fifth grade honors. A plants project by Scott Charette and Mark Camara won the sixth grade contest. William Cox tOQk eighth grade first place with his project on diabetes, which earned a perfect score of 100.
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Bishop Stang High School The boys' track team at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, finished the 1988-89 season with a 5-4"-1 record. Jamie Santos, Kevin Dakin and John Ford earned S MC All-Star honors. The girls' team finished 3-7. Katie Rivet, undefeated in her specialty, the 50-yard hurdles, was named to the SMC All-Star squad along with An~e Flaherty and Cathy Baptiste.
• • • • Boy basketbailers finished I i and 9, their first winning season in four years. Ted Sisson and Russell Ford were selected SMC All-Stars. JV hoopers had a fantastic 15-3 season. Freshmen finished 6 and
10. The girls' team also finished II and 9, ending their season with a four-game winning streak and taking the Coyle Holiday Tourney crown. Nikki Cloutier had a record-setting senior year. With a 29-point outburst against Falmouth, she set a new scoring record for the girls' program, breaking Denise Higgins' nine-year record and becoming Stang's fourth 1,000point scorer. Nikki, who finished her fouryear career with 1,029 points, was selected a SMC All-Star. JV girls had an 8-8 record, frosh were 8 and 6.
• • • • The school's Winter Sports Award Banquet was held March 16. A weight training competition is scheduled for March 30. Spring Sports Night is on tap for April 4. Members of spring' sports teams will attend with their
parents and see a presentation on alcohol.
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Stang seeks records of students who have received sports awards. Names of Lynch Award winners from 1978 to 1985 are needed, as are those of 1979 to 1984 Dougall Award recipients. Information can be sent to the school, 500 Slocum Road, North Dartmouth 02747, care of William Hart.
JEFFREY Perry, a fifth grader at St. Anne's School, Fall River, dressed as an American Indian of the northeast during a presentation on native Americans by staff ofthe Haffenreffer Museum of Bristol, R.I. (Almeida photo)
ANTHONY NUNES as Archbishop Romero.
Archbishop Romero honored at Coyle and Cassidy High The Drama Club at Coyle and Cassidy High School, Taunton, recently presented "The Fifth Sun," a play about assassinated EI Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero. The presentation, dedicated to the memory of recently-deceased CC academic principal and Spanish teacher Norma Mulryan, focused on the archbishop from his 1977 installation to his death. The play marked the first time that CC faculty joined students as actors in a school production. Foreign languages department head Anthony Nunes took the role of Archbishop Romero. Spanish teacher Bill Breen and Portuguese and religion teacher Victor Augusto also were in the cast. Student participants included Lori Correia, Julie Cayon, Maureen O'Shea, Jennifer Moniz, Melanie Roderique, Heather Hopkins, David Melanson, Mike McCarthy, Tim Booker, David Lima and Melissa Battaglia. The play, directed by faculty members Carol Caulfield and Elizabeth Figlock, was performed in conjunction with the CC's Peace and Justice Day, which included a keynote address and presentations and displays by. local persons involved with peace and justice issues. Coyle-Cassidy is the only secondary school in the country to honor Archbishop Romero's memory by
establishing a Spanish Honor Society chapter in his name.
St. William's wins prep hoop title The Diocesan CYO prep basketball title was captured last week by St. William's parish, Fall River, which defeated the squad from St. Paul's, Taunton, in two straight games. The Fall Riverites took the Tauntonians down 65 to 57 in the first game, which was played in Fall River. St. Paul's had a IO-point lead (37-27) at halftime but only dunked 20 in the second half, to St. William's 38. T.J. Rebello of St. William's was the game's high scorer, with 41 points. St. Paul's best shooters were Chris Grundy, Brian Ferris, Marc Furtado and Sean Levesque, with 18, 13, 12 and 10 points. Even play on their home turf couldn't save the Silver City team. St. Paul's lost the second game 76 to 67. At the end of the first half the teams were tied at 32. Rebello, with 29 points, agaIn took top scoring honors. His teammates John Cabral, Mark Correia and Jay Bombeck dunked 19, 13 and 10 points. Taunton's Grundy shot 31 points in the second game, and Furtado and Ferris lent, respectively, 13' and 12 points to St. Paul's score.
SSe Peter and Paul School At a recent Science Night at SS. Peter and Paul School, Fall River, students in grades one through four submitted inventions, fifth through seventh graders shared their 'investigations and eighth graders conducted demonstrations. Fifth-graders Joshua Jorge and Elizabeth Levesque, sixth-grader .I oseph Raposa and seventh-grader Stacy Primo were awarded certificates for their choice of original questions to investigate; fifth-graders Kerri Schoonover and Alyssa Niewola and sixth-graders Tiffany Meagher and Kelly Gorman received awards for good use of the scientific method .. Fifth-graders Marc Pimentel, Louis Vieira, Andrew Javier, Matthew Featherstone, Paul Medeiros and Gary Miguel and sixth-grader Korey Doyle received awards for effective displays. Fifth-graders David McCaughey, Scott Pacheco
and Matthew Furtado and sixthgraders Stacy Santos and Michael Perry were cited for effective oral presentations. Awards for scientific potential went to seventh-graders Amy Pereira, Jason Carreiro and Jason Williams. Third-grader John Dias and fourth-grader Maegan Carvalho were awarded certificates for creative use of materials in their inventions. Third-graders Christopher and Shelley Medeiros and fourth-graders Heather Rocha and Adam Iveson received certificates for inventing useful items. Certificates for original ideas were awarded to fourth-graders Jessica Williams, Jodi Perreira and Stephanie Richard. Third-graders Joseph Dacey, Bethany Strojny and Kathryn McCaughey received awards for inventions with clever names.
James Agar, a senior at Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River, has been named the, Rhode Island Jaycees representative for the United States Jaycees War Memorial Fund Scholarship competition. Seven finalists will be selected from the 50 state nominees. Agar is vice-president of his class, a coeditor of the Connolly newspaper and a member of the National Honor Society and Forc;ign Language Club. He will be a student member of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts at Massachusetts Student Govern-' ment Day on April 7. He is also involved in Junior Achievement and is an Eagle Scout.' In round two of the 1989 Massachusetts Mock Trial competition, the Bishop Connolly Law Team defeatd Mansfield Middle School. The case was heard in the Second District Court of Fall River, with Judge Milton Silva presiding. Jake Talbot led Connolly's winning defense team of Jason Brum, Henri Lapointe, Beth Morrissette and Diane Rego. Team members Peter Raymond, Paula DaSouza and Helena Pacheco served as defense witnesses. The Connolly barristers now hold a I-I record. Connolly seniors Craig Aumann, Scott Storey, Skip Langton and Bob Dufault were members of the Area High School Seniors AllStar Team which played the Bristol County CYO· All-Stars in the recent Annual Rev. Charles Donovan Scholarship Award game in Fall River. The CYO team prevailed, but Aumann scored the final goal for the Senior All-Stars. Connolly seniors Stephanie Ciosek and Glen Chretien have been selected Teenagers of the Month for February by the Greater Fall River Elks. Stephanie is coeditor of the yearbook. cheerleader captain, a National Honor Society member, a peer ministry participant, a member of the ski club and the school chorus. She has also been active in Junior Achievement and was recently a guest disc jockey during JA Day at Fall River's WSAR radio station. Chretien is captain of the Speech and Debate Team, coeditor of the newspaper and a member of Connolly's National Honor Society chapter Chess Club and Foreign Language Club. Donations were accepted from students and faculty for the school's annual Easter food drive. Faculty member John Leidecker organized the campaign with the assistance of religious education classes and members of the National Honor Society. Last year over 50 local families were assisted.
TV violence SAN DIEGO (NC) - While violence on television wouldn't cause most children to commit violent acts, overexposure can lessen their sensitivity to violence, says Mercy Sister Camille D'Arienzo. The nun, who teaches at Ilrooklyn College in New York, spoke at a Catholic Residential ~are for Children Conference re~ently held in San Diego. Television violence can cause people to "become desensitized and view the world as a dangerous, predatory environment,'" Sister P' Arienzo said. Children who bring weapons to school or join gangs do so thinking they need to protect themselves from that dangerous world, she said.