Brunswick High School Dragon News · much shorter Brunswick students, ... Saxophone: Joe Waring...

November 2012 Issue 1II

Inside this issue:

Dates to Remember 2

Senior Information 3

Principal’s Roundtable 4

Citrus Fruit Sale 4

Hamlet field trip 4

Absence Calls 5

Music Dept News 6

Holiday Craft Fair 8

Dental care info 9

Yearbook 10

Community Ser-vice Information

11

Opt Out 12

November Calendar

13

BHS Players 7

Brunswick High School Brunswick High School Dragon NewsDragon News

Principal: Art Abelmann Asst. Principal: Donna M. Borowick Athletic Director: Gene Keene

We’re on the Web! www.brunswick.k12.me.us/bhs

116 MAQUOIT RD BRUNSWICK, ME

04011

TEL:(207)319-1910 FAX:(207)798-5515

Greetings, Happy Foliage, Fall and Hurricane season.… What a strange two months it has been. I believe the school year got off to a great start. I felt wonderfully supported by the BHS faculty, staff and administration. Students adjusted well to the start of the school year and the energy in the building felt very posi-tive and upbeat. I had my first parent round table group meeting, had attended most athletic matches at least once and had spent a significant amount of time visiting classes. Then I found out just how supported I truly was by those associated with Brunswick High School. On September 11, while driving to a meeting at the central office, I was involved in a motorcycle accident. Even when one rides as often as I have, there is still the thought in the back of your mind. It’s not a matter of “if” but rather “when” will my day come. The details of the accident are not important, but my day certainly came. I ended up at Maine Medical Center where I was in critical condition. My recovery has been swift and miraculous in large part due to the great people I have come to work with here at the high school. I have been back to work for three weeks, albeit shortened days. I plan to be in full swing before Thanksgiving and am certainly looking forward to catching up. I want to thank all of the BHS community for their support and I wish to get back in touch with you, the parents. On Wednesday November 14th I invite you to join me for the second round table meeting. Hearing from parents and listening to what issues are on your minds is truly one of the most enjoyable parts to leading a school. I invite you to attend and if you are not able to be there, to feel free to connect with me anytime. I do want to share with you the two most outstanding moments I have experienced since returning to school. Naturally, I enjoy watching your children participate in any of our co-curricular programs. This story worth sharing happens to do with our athletic pro-gram. It is my true belief that the experience of participating is more important than the win/loss record. When I saw the Cheerleaders performing with younger, much younger, much shorter Brunswick students, I felt great pride in seeing BHS students being role mod-els and giving back. To those younger girls, who look up to the BHS Cheerleaders, they see them as true heroes. Then it happened again. Football game half time. Instead of rushing into the locker room, our players set up a greeting line to welcome the little, and I mean little, players to their half time game. Once again our students were being role models and heroes to these younger athletes. This is truly what it is all about. I am thankful to be healthy, to be back and to be working with such a wonderful group of faculty, staff, students, parents and community at large.

A LETTER FROM MR. ABELMANN...

Brunswick High School Dragon News

SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 2012-2013 First Quarter Ends........................................................November 2, 2012 SAT Testing .................................................................November 3, 2012 Election Day (no school) ..............................................November 6, 2012 Veterans' Day (no school) ............................................November 12, 2012 Fall Athletic Awards Night ............................................November 13, 2012 Fall Play Production .....................................................November 15-17, 2012 Professional Development Day (No Classes) ..............November 21, 2012 Thanksgiving Break......................................................November 22-23, 2012 SAT Testing .................................................................December 1, 2012 Winter Band Concert....................................................December 5, 2012 Progress Reports .........................................................December 7, 2012 Early Release Day .......................................................December 12, 2012 Jazz Concert ................................................................December 14, 2012 Winter Chorus Concert.................................................December 19, 2012 Holiday Vacation ..........................................................December 24-January 1, 2013 Second Quarter Ends...................................................January 18, 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no school).........................January 21, 2013 Mid-Year Exams ..........................................................January 22-25, 2013 SAT Testing .................................................................January 26, 2013 Early Release Day .......................................................January 30, 2013 President’s Day (no school) .........................................February 18, 2013 Winter Vacation............................................................February 19-22, 2013 Winter Athletic Banquet................................................February 26, 2013 Early Release Day .......................................................February 27, 2013 Progress Reports .........................................................March 1, 2013 Professional Development Day (No Classes) ..............March 15, 2013 Spring Musical .............................................................March 18-23, 2013 Third Quarter Ends ......................................................March 29, 2013 Chorus Concert ............................................................April 2, 2013 Hot Country Nights.......................................................April 5-6, 2013 Professional Development Day (No Classes) ..............April 12, 2013 Patriot’s Day (no school) ..............................................April 15, 2013 Spring Vacation............................................................April 16-19, 2013 SAT Testing .................................................................May 4, 2013 Progress Reports .........................................................May 10, 2013 All City Band Concert ...................................................May 14, 2013 Jazz Residency Concert ..............................................May 15, 2013 Early Release Day .......................................................May 15, 2013 Talent Show.................................................................May 24, 2013 Memorial Day (no school) ............................................May 27, 2013 Spring Band Concert....................................................May 29, 2013 Spring Choral Concert..................................................May 30, 2013 SAT Testing .................................................................June 1, 2013 Spring Athletic Banquet................................................June 4, 2013 Music Department Awards Night..................................June 5, 2013 Graduation ...................................................................June 7, 2013 Final Exams, grades 9-11 (Tentative) ..........................June 17-20, 2013 Fourth Quarter Ends (Tentative) ..................................June 20, 2013

Plan Vacations Only During Periods of School Vacation

The 2012-2013 School Calendar can be accessed on the Brunswick School Department website.


DATE EVENT TIME LOCATION

1/4/13 Senior Class Meeting for Cap & Gown Orders 8:45 am Crooker Theater

1/10/13 Jostens's Graduation Orders due

3/15/13 AP Exam sign up & deposit due Mrs. Kennett, Counseling Office

3/15/13 Brunswick Area Student Aid Fund applications are due - No late applications are taken

Counseling Office

4/1/13 Prom tickets go on sale

5/1/13 Lewis P. Gallagher Scholarship applications are due Counseling Office

5/4/13 2013 Senior Prom 8pm - 12am Hilton Garden, Freeport

May 6-10 and May 13-17

AP Exams

5/28/13 Senior Night for ALL BHS Seniors 6pm Crooker Theater

6/5/13 Mandatory Marching Practice for ALL BHS Seniors 9-11am BHS Gym

6/6/13 Mandatory Marching Practice for ALL BHS Seniors 9-11am Watson Arena, Bowdoin College

6/7/13 Mandatory Marching Practice for ALL BHS Seniors in am, Graduation in pm

9am-12pm / 7pm

Watson Arena, Bowdoin College

IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE SENIOR CLASS OF 2013...

COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVES TO VISIT... The following colleges will be visiting Brunswick High School. Seniors must request a pass in advance from the Counseling Office to visit with these representatives. Passes must additionally be approved and signed by the appropriate teacher. For more information, go to the senior section under “Counseling/Guidance” on our website. Updates are posted there as they are received.

Date College Time Date College Time

10/5/12 Springfield College 8:00 am 10/25/12 Vanderbilt 8:00 am

10/5/12 Roger Williams University 10:00 am 10/29/12 Lyndon State College 11:30 am

10/5/12 NYU 12:00 pm 10/29/12 Nichols College 1:30 pm

10/10/12 University of Maine @ Farm-ington

8:30 am 10/31/12 Southern New Hampshire Univer-sity

8:00 am

10/10/12 High Point University 11:00 am 11/1/12 Hampshire College 8:00 am

10/23/12 Bryant University 11:00 am 11/1/12 Lasell College 9:00 am


PRINCIPAL’S ROUNDTABLE...

FRESHMEN CLASS FUNDRAISER...

Members of the class of 2016 will be conducting their annual Fresh Florida Citrus Sale beginning November 1st through November 16, 2012. Orders will be taken for Fresh Florida navel oranges, ruby red grapefruit or a mixture of grapefruit and or-anges, available in 10 lb or 20 lb cartons. The cost of the 10 lb carton is $18 and is a nice choice for small households yielding approximately 16-18 oranges, 8-10 grapefruit, or a mix of 6-8 oranges and 5 grapefruit. If you prefer the larger 20 lb carton, the cost is a reasonable $24 and it yields approximately 24-40 navel or-anges, 16-24 ruby red grapefruit, or a mixture of 16 oranges and 9 grapefruit.

ENGLISH STUDENTS GO ON FIELD TRIP...

The next Principal’s Roundtable Discussion will be held on Wednesday, November 14th at 7pm in the BHS Li-brary.

“The Play’s the Thing” (Hamlet) Senior Academic English students in Ms.Shields’, Ms.Mutty’s, and Ms.Kelley’s classes attended a perform-ance of Hamlet by The Theater at Monmouth’s Shakespeare Company on November 1, 2012. This 90-minute production was designed for high school audiences and used contemporary costumes suggesting a modern interpretation of a classic play. These seniors will be reading and studying the play in English class following the live performance. We appreciate the school department’s and parental support of this aca-demic field trip.

Orders can be taken by any 9th grade student or by calling the class president, Will Bessey, at 729-9678 after 6pm. For further information or to place an order, call Mike Halmo at the high school Counseling Office, 319-1912. Orders are scheduled to be delivered before the Holiday break. All funds go toward senior year project graduation class activities.


CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MUSIC DEPARTMENT... The band and chorus directors received the results of the District 3 Honors Festival auditions that were held on Monday, October 22nd. The following students were accepted into one of three honors ensembles; The Honors Band, The Mixed Choir, or The Treble Choir. In one instance we have a student who was accepted into BOTH the band and the choir. We are the largest sending school for band and the second highest sending school chorally. We would like to congratulate the following students: MIXED CHOIR: Soprano: Ariel Bouchard Alto: Evelyn Atwood Tenor: Lane Couture Sarah Gauthier Callie Crawford Patrick Donovan Nancy Madarasz Erin Duguay Caleb Doyon Maya Manzanero-Lopez Gillian Ford Sarah Perreault Alexis Gillis Bass: Colin Arnold Soli Rhodes Sarah Judd Jimmy Kenyon Mary Sasso Corrinne Latti Jack Labrecque Helen Sturm Teresa Murphy Jack Murphy Hope Wright Dan Stadden TREBLE CHOIR: Soprano: Caroline Nickerson Alto: Mikayla Bouchard Chloe Teboe Kelly Patel Olivia Schafer Mikaelyn Teel HONORS BAND: Flute: Brooke Escoe Clarinet: Madeline Cowan Trumpet: Andrew Bobker Chanel Sturniolo Sarah Gauthier (who Kathryn Eldridge was accepted into both Bassoon: Nathaniel Vilas band and choir) French Horn: Anna Cowan Andrew Kapocius Lena Martin Alto Ally Ring Saxophone: Joe Waring Mark Stinson Trombone: Walter Martin Anna Turner Kyle Milbourn Baritone Hannah Vilas (who scored Saxophone: Bridget Horan a perfect 100) Tuba: Adam Casey Zach Miller Nicole Powers Percussion: Lindsey Allard BHS music directors also took students on October 12th to the University of Maine in Augusta to audition for the Maine All State Jazz Festival. To qualify, students had to prepare an audition for a panel of adjudicators. We are pleased to announce that 12 BHS students were accepted into the festival. The following students were ac-cepted and will travel to Bangor High School on January 3-5, 2013 to work with other outstanding musicians from the state. HONORS JAZZ CHOIR: HONORS JAZZ ENSEMBLE: JAZZ BAND: Teresa Murphy Nathaniel Vilas, piano Joe Waring, alto sax Erin Duguay Hannah Vilas, tenor saxophone Tessa Hauptman, lead trombone Patrick Brown, guitar Kathryn Eldridge, trumpet Kyle Milbourn, trombone Andrew Bobker, trumpet Hannah Judd, bass Walter Martin, lead trombone As you can see, this is a HUGE number of students from BHS. We are proud of our directors and the accom-plishments of these fine musicians. This is a huge milestone for the music department and it is a testament to the dedication and support of our faculty and parents. Thank you for continuing to support our students.


BHS PLAYERS PRESENT...

The BHS Players will present their fall production, You Can’t Take It With You, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, November 15, 16, and 17 at 7PM in Crooker Theater, with an additional afternoon performance on Saturday the 17th at 2:00PM. This hilarious, classic comedy set in the 1930’s tells the story of the de-lightfully eccentric Sycamore family. When their daughter Alice falls in love with her boss’s son, Tony Kirby, she fears that his con-servative, stuffy parents will never understand her crazy family who amuse themselves with such things as snake collecting, ballet dancing, fireworks, and playing the xylophone. When the Kirbys arrive unexpectedly on the wrong night for dinner, the result is

pure comedy. Don’t miss this one!! Tickets are $10.00 for adults and $8.00 for students and senior citizens and can be purchased at the door.

ATTENTION CLASS OF 2016...

In addition to our annual citrus fruit sale, the Class of 2016 will host a BAKE SALE table at the Hockey Boosters annual craft fair. Located right at BHS, this HUGE craft fair has many visitors from all over the state. Dates are November 17 and 18 (with set up on November 16). We will need volunteers to donate bake goods, help with set up, and work the table. Parents are encouraged to contact Jennifer Hinkley at 837-7404 to sign up for baking and/or volunteering. Students, please contact your class Vice President, Shelby Cash, for any further information. Student volun-teers are eligible for community service hours.

Do you like to build things? Are you pretty confident with a hammer, saw, or drill? Then BHS Players has an opportunity for you! The theater group at BHS is in great need of a few adults to help us with set construction for the next production in the spring. We will have the design and the materials, but we need help to realize our vi-sion. If you would like the opportunity to put your skills to work to help our theater program, please contact Pam Mutty at [email protected], or Carla Selberg at [email protected]. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO HELP BHS PLAYERS SET CONSTRUCTION…


Local Community Service Opportunities Posted On Line

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead You have three options… 1) Visit the BHS Main Page http://www.brunswick.k12.me.us/bhs

Click on the "Community Service" link and search the site or click on the "Current Events" category for the most up to date opportunities or "List of Organizations" to search a community partner of choice.

2) Follow Volunteer Maine Website Directions: (It takes just twenty seconds to start making a differ-

ence…) Go to www.volunteermaine.org Click on the "Red Button" Type in your zip code in the yellow box * Note the box to the right gives you the opportunity to search "zip only" or for ser-

vice opportunities within a particular number of miles - even just five miles within zip code area produces significantly more opportunities.

Hit the search button below the "Zip Code" yellow box 3) Visit Mr. Wilson in Room 203

________________________________ A reminder to please verify that the hourly amount under the community connections category on your report card is correct. Any questions may be directed to Mr. Wilson at 319-1910 ext. 2203.

A review of the policy is as follows:

• Students must complete a minimum of thirty (30) hours of community service as a graduation re-quirement. • Students need to earn five hours before their 11th grade year and fifteen before their 12th grade year to obtain off campus privileges.

• It should be noted, in 2008 the Brunswick School Board amended the policy to allow 8th graders to earn up to 10 hours towards their thirty hour requirement for graduation at Brunswick High School.

Certain job shadow opportunities may compliment the spirit of this requirement while also directly satisfying career objectives suggested by the Maine Learning Results. To the extent that these opportu-nities exist, pre-arranged and approved job shadow experiences may be used to fulfill up to ten hours of the thirty hour requirement.

COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES...

Brunswick High School

116 MAQUOIT RD BRUNSWICK, ME

04011

TEL:(207)319-1910 FAX:(207)798-5515


For additional information, please visit our student handbook, daily an-nouncements, athletics, etc., all located on our website, www.brunswick.k12.me.us/bhs

• November 6 – No School, Election Day

• November 12 – No School, Veteran’s Day Observed

• November 21 – No School, Teacher Workshop

• November 22 & 23 – No School, Thanksgiving Break

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• SEE PAGE 2-4 FOR ADDITIONAL DATES.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3

4 5 6 NO SCHOOL

7 8 9 10

11 12 NO SCHOOL

13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 NO SCHOOL

22 NO SCHOOL

23 NO SCHOOL

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