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anything come to mind when recalling your school days at Cabrini? An
event you took part in, a funny moment, a friend who helped you in some
way, perhaps even a prank played on someone! Use the form below to
submit your story. Teachers comments also welcome!
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Cabrini Crier note: A stranger
reading these stories might think Mr. D was a little harsh!
But truth is we thought him to be a gentlemen and held him in high
regard. ...Mr. D., here's hoping we haven't scared you away! |
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"Sugar",
it was short! |
I remember having the
best years of my younger life while I was at Cabrini and not even
realizing it. Now that I do here's a few I remember: Cursing
in Mr.Bolands gym class and him yelling back "sugar" at
us, eating ice cream sandwiches every recess, lifting up the back
of our skirts on the heaters to keep warm and hearing the words
save me a draw which I've since quit. I'm sure there's alot more
but it has been 17 years and it's hard to remember them all, all I
know is we had fun.
~submitted by Dianne
Dominie (Myles) |
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How
Far Is It? |
Whenever someone asks me
"how far is it?" I always picture Mr. Penny saying
"oh about 10 Domans lanes long!"
~submitted by Shirley
Elford (Taylor) |
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The Nutty
Professor? |
I have a lot of great memories from my time at Cabrini. One thing that always comes to mind, aside from the parties at Denny B's and having a huge crush on Eddy Hall is Stephen Rowsell doing his impression of some character he made up. I think he was a professor. Can anyone else remember this? He used to walk backwards in front of the class banging into everything pretending to teach. Steve you were memorable that's for sure!!!!
~submitted by Cindy Noseworthy
(Gabriel) |
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Sister
O'Gorman in Chaulk |
Oh yes Donnie, I remember that basketball hitting me in the head!
I was sitting on the stage, I believe that we just got in the gym and it happened.
OUCH!! Another story that I'd like to share is the one that I remember from Grade 9....Sister O'Gorman!!
I remember one lunch time someone, maybe Sandy Colson, put chaulk on her seat.
When she got up it was all over the back of her skirt. The class cracked up laughing!
She was furious...as she was many times. I don't know how she didn't crack up after that year.
Those were the days.......
~submitted by Trudy Chafe
(Rowe) |
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Oh
The Memories |
I remember just having to sit down and shut-up in Mr.
Dalisay's class and you automatically passed.
I remember Dave Neilson hanging a moon in grade seven just as Mr. Moore popped his head in the classroom....wasn't pretty.
....Mr. Matthews famous ties
....Mr. Penney's cod jigging demonstrations through the window.
.... the rock behind Mr. Jones house where we would sneak to smoke.
Sorry Mr. Jones there's a few butts there to clean up.
....the time I got called to the office for having a hickey....I would freak at my kids now...
The time Elaine Walsh, Tammy Perrett and I skipped school and thought we wouldn't get
caught. (duh)
.... Joey Preshon... enough said I could laugh for hours.
And Mr. Frank Hepdtich... he taught math what a great teacher he is. Just a few memories.
Keep them coming folks!!
~submitted
by Kelly O'Dell (Hann) |
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Mr.
D's Worst Class |
I remember spending a lot
of time by Mrs. Walsh's Fire Place in the hall. I was however,
nice enough to wave to my friends through the crack in the door so
they'd know I was ok.
I also remember a group of WWF wrestlers who tore the
computer room partition away from the wall in what was Mr.
D's home room.
Jose always said we were the worst class he ever had. Far too
many times he threatened to "put the blood on our faces".
Holy smokes, I remember a lot. I bet that surprises a lot of my
classmates.
~submitted
by Pat Higgins
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...And In The End He Stayed |
The "graduating" class of 1971 would often gather under the
stairwell at the back of the school and play a friendly game of
cards(during a free, of course!). So we were privy to a lot of
funny little incidents.
One day just as classes were breaking for lunch, Judy McCarthy and
her sister began to fight. Judy was screaming at her sister
for supposedly taking her lunch money, and of course, her sister was
denying it and screaming back. Mr. Dalisay (who must have been
having a particularly hard day) came upon them; by this time they
had drawn quite a crowd. He tried to intervene and get them to quiet
down, but they simply were too immersed in each other, cussing and
vowing to kill one another.
He tried and tried, all
the while becoming more and more frustrated with them; they may have
even sent a cuss or two his way. When things began to get
physical, he'd finally had it. He barged between them and yelled,
"Shut up, shut up, you silly girls. I kill you, I kill you if
you no shut up. I kill you, I go back to Philippines, I be
happy!"
Hey, good point, Mr. Dalisay. And it worked ---momentarily.
It must have been really hard to be the only male teacher in a
school full of girls.
~submitted by
Sandy Miles (Blaxland) |
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Udder
Kaos |
I was the guy that walked all around our school with a box on me
head cause we were losing our extra crickler activities... We had a
walk out!!!
~submitted by
Peter Cochrane |
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Hidden Intuition |
I remember a certain guy who graduated in 1989 and hid in the closet
at the back of the classroom for a full double math period and Mr.
Moore came in, walked to the back and opened the door. There
he was, sitting on the floor in the closet. I had to tell it
Steve, just so everyone would know.
Does anyone else remember from grade 8 HEY CODFADDER, YOU LIVE IN
THE WADDER!!!!!!
~submitted by
Bob Canning |
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A
Lesson In History We Won't Forget |
In 1986, our grade 9 class were gonna make the biggest map of Nfld
ever, on the gym floor. It was a history class project with Mr.
Colin Penney. We went in to gym the first day, after all the
students had a section of map to draw...but there was a basketball
on the floor which Joey Basha kicked the length of the gym and got
one of the girls in the head.(I believe Trudy or Tracy Chafe) Mr.
Penney freaked and kicked us all out of the gym and the map which we
spent weeks preparing for, never evn got started...Just a funny
moment I remember from my unforgetable days at Cabrini.
~submitted by
Donnie Pennell |
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25
Things I Remember About Cabrini |
(1)
Mrs. Quigley (Gr 7 - 1982-3). Girl, you made me work hard
for that English mark.
(2) Serenading the Grade 12 ladies with my guitar (egged on
by Fabian O'Brien, of course, 1982-3)
(3) A very red music teacher, Mr. Carswell. Ob-la-di, ob-la-da,
life goes on-bra, fa-la how the life goes on.
(4) Cutting my hand with a chisel in industrial arts. I
still have the scar, Mr. Jones.
(5) Thanks for the acetic acid, Jose! I made a career with
it!
(6) Missing David (his locker was next to mine).
(7) Going in early with my dad, who helped build the
science lab/industrial arts/home ec extensions.
(8) Joey B., you know you aren't supposed to throw girly
magazines in through the window during World geography!
(9) The grass near the smoking section.
(10) Gym class tee-pee. I told you to face the other way, Shelly,
when doing sit-ups!
(11) Irreverence for Life and Family (hosted by Brian D.
and Ron B.)
(12) Spitballs!
(13) Tin Foil Hockey Rules!
(14) Orange Peel Guns!
(15) Coin basketball.
(16) Omitted!
(17) Debbie and Mary Anne.
(18) Michelle-ba-doop-ba-doop-ba-doop
(19) Samms, sorry about that black eye on your
nephew. Eternally grateful you didn't return the
favour.
(20) Spook Bellows from Tattoo-ine.
(21) Winning the odd-sock day in Grade 7. I forgot about
it, so I marked some designs on my white socks and tied my
sneakers to the side of them.
(22) 25 cent sock hop.
(23) Chocolate coated almonds? Oh, not again....
(24) Omitted!
(25) Charmaine Lynch's chili parties.
~submitted by
Cory Pye
Note:
Sorry Cory, but I had to omit a couple! |
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More
Time To Talk |
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One thing that I remember was
getting kicked off the school bus by Sister Rosealeta
Furey. It was around 1971, the school choir were
coming back from the Music Festival. Marilyn Quigley and I were talking about racial strife in Africia.
Sister Rosealeta thought we were talking about her. Never could figure out why she thought that, but she kicked us off the bus. For us it just gave us more time to talk on the way home.
~submitted by
Mary Park (Russell) |
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Sssssssssssssttt!
- 1986 |
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One funny
moment I remember is sitting in Mr. Dalisay's geography class with
Sherry Gregory sitting behind me, first row nearest the door. One
particular day Sherry and I were in the spirit for some good ole
Newfoundland Christmas music! It couldn't have been better even if
we had planned it. Mr. Dalisay came in and shut the door as he
always did and started writing long notes on the blackboard. I
never knew why we weren't taught shorthand in school but that's another
story! ...As class had gotten underway I knocked three times on
the underneath of my desk. Mr. Dalisay, lo and behold, stops
writing on the blackboard and makes his way to the door to answer
it! And at the same time he opens the door, Sherry and I, in
unison sing out "Any mummers 'lowed in"!!! First came
the stare, then the pointing finger, always accompanied with that
familiar sound he made when class got out of hand!
...Mr. Dalisay, we would love to hear from you.
~submitted by
Martha Collier |
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The
Flying Nun! |
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Most of you won't remember me because I graduated in 1991.
But I do have a great story. Back then I wasn't such a scholar by no means and trouble seemed to follow me.
One day Sister O'Gorman was teaching us in grade 9, she was in for a huge surprise. Cory Basha and a few others pulled the bookcase across the door to block her out of the class.
Of course she was a small woman and couldn't push the door open. Well up came Principle Moore who gave the door a giant push after warning the class of the consequences.
The book case tumbled over and Sister O'Gorman fell on top of it as the door flew open. God that was the hardest moment I laughed in all of high school. Well hope you enjoy it.
Take care everyone.
~submitted by
Bram Russell |
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What's The Hold-Up
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There are several pictures on the site, taken
of the French Club's trip to St. Pierre, in 1984. I was on that trip too.
And the funniest memory of that was, not long after we started our 13 hour bus ride, in a mini bus at that, we got a flat tire, on the passenger side. We had to pull over, and the shoulder
of the road must have been quite soft. We were also very close to a small bank.
Well, what should happen, but the bus started to lean!!!! In towards
the bank!!! And I have pictures of all the guys and Mr Noonan, standing, keeping that bus from tipping on its side into
the ditch we were by!!
~submitted by Allison Taylor |
Cabrini High School
Curling, Corner Brook, Newfoundland
"They
can because they think they can"
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