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From the first . day to • •
Claudette Richard, lefty shared the St. Mary's Citiieriship
Award with classmate Tom Koster (not available tor'
photograph) and Karen, Melady, right, was gidon the
General Proficiency Awardfor„her year's achievements.
(staff photo).`
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BY ERt"C'COURTNEY
Kingsbridge School
It is my pieasilre-to Speak to
you on bbhalf of the Grade
Eight students- of St.. Joseph's
School; Kingsbridge who are ,.
graduating this'evening,,
Tonight signifies the ena 'of
an important stage_ of our
education, ”in _- which we .have
been assisted, along the winding
path from Grade One to Gracie
Eight, - b? '-tlie -help -of ,- our
parentsand-teachers.
-I will always 'remember that
-very first . day 'of .school, , way
'back, in September, 1967. Our
Pri'ncipal', Mr. o Steifler and
Grade One eacher, Miss Betty
D.eBruyn welcomed the largest
class to register at . this new.
school. Our enormous group
`had, t'o tafce''the staff -room for
classes because. the new
classroom. and the gymnasium
'Were not yet completed. Boy!. It
sure was crowded;
We've come a long way since
then. With Christmas concerts;
the operettas, the' Garvey
speaking " 'competitions, • the
school ,bus • trips, the FA nch,
classes'and the 3R's as well as
the many field, day and gym-
nastic championships and
awardswe have worn in soccer,
_volleyball, • floor hockey and
'' hopefully the ',Championship in
the''softball, tournaiient1we` play
o tomorrow.- •
In 'graduating - we are
stepping forward - from 'our
etementary school level„of
learning to - a • more•
sophisticated type of un-
derstanding-L=_i•n-S-econdary
School. This. &ening, we "leave -
behind our childhood ideas aria'
values,__an.d _acquire_ more
mature, adolescent' philosophy
;arid -the larger responsibilities
attributed to highschoolers.
Of :course, there . are , some
drawbacks. We'll be classified
.as the "Little Grade Winer -s"
not the Big Grade Eights .
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Right now,..ost of uS' think
that school is .a, drag and is a
waste of time and money, • but
the .,tryth " is that, a 'good
education, is our 'most prized
possession and'will staywith us
as long as we rare willing tb use
iC It is, also, the key to'
Willing
a, goal which, everyone strives,
for. Our years' at Kiri;gsbr,idge
have played a, very important
part in the development 'of sur
personality and our n�ioi'ajs`.
Wherever we -go, we'll show
what -our "school truly
represents by our manner of
living in”' this world of
• tomorrow'.
On behalf of ” all the
graduates, T 4ould like to thank
our Principal, Mr,,Steffler, our
Grade 8Instructor; Mrs. Wilson
and all the teachers who have
helped'�us. Let's " give them a
hand. Let's also give,a hand to•
Our parents.
' We. really appreciate their
instrtictio'n, guidance, en-
couragement , and patience.
Thank you teachers and
pprents. ' -- .
I would also ,like to thank
F;ther Dentinger, and Mon-
signor"P'ha"1len° 1 their spiritual
guidance and courrel. -
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The time is drawing. toa close
whqn w , the Graduating Class
�f 1975 will be ,studying• and
working together as one group.
'Most of us will he furthering
our education at the Goddrich
District • Collegiate 'Ir1stitute
while others "will attend classes ' .
at the l~ .E. •Madill Secondary.
School in W ingharn.
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<IrI the.- Y.C'a to 'come, I'm
sure we will all look hack'fondly
to the years . we spent ;at St.
Joseph's . School
Kingsbridge.
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Scholastic award winners were honored at the St. Mary's
graduation assemblk held orr-the last, day-of-schuooLAQP,-
'science student in.the `1975 class,was Phil Lassaline, left, and
the top'mathematics student ,was Sandy Palmer. (staff
photo) ...
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• Eight Members of St Joseph's graduating class at Kingsbridge will"have their names inscribed
on this.y
roll ear or students include (first row from left)' Ann Drennan,
The hon
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Joanne Van Osch, Eric Courtney and Leofa Cfiishot ; �scTcond row:frontleft) Mark Doherty,
4 Blake Doherty, Pat Boyle' and Bill Tigert. Eric Courtney, and Pat Boyle also received?science
awards, (starf photo)
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