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by Meglin Bodner Events Editor Marine Biology and Anatomy classes filed onto two buses headed for Mystic. Anticipation grew stronger as the buses neared the aquarium. And finally, we arrived.
Many students are now conflicted between the resent change in Spirit week attire for Thursday November 17th. The posters all say Jersey SHORE, but the announcements are saying JERSEYS. And what seemed like just a typo, is now the new truth. According to a Facebook Post by Student Council member Kailey Hassan-Wolff in the group SPIRIT WEEK!!, she says,”dress up day tomorrow has been CHANGED from jersey shore
By Jacquelin Salg Events Editor Spirit Week at BHS is underway. It all begins Wednesday and lasts until Friday, when it will be capped off by the annual BHS Homecoming Dance. at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5. When asked about the dance, junior Pompeo Mazzella said, “I’m looking forward to the first dance of the year and I think everyone should go and have a
Trying to find school spirit at BHS is like trying to figure out the ending to the final season of LOST; right near impossible! But fortunately for us we now have a whole week dedicated to trying to bring back some pep to this school. Spirit week starts on Wednesday November 16th and ends on the 23rd and consists of the following: Wednesday November 16th:
Friday, Nov. 18 Homecoming Dance 7pm -10pm $5.00 Admission Bring Your Student ID Wednesday, Nov. 23 12:06 School Dismissal 12:06 Booths Open For Business East Entrance to school 12:30 Powder Puff Football 25 min halves On Turf (Over By 1:15 pm) 1:30 Student Faculty Volleyball New Gym Rally Scoring to 25
by Meglin Bodner That’s right! BHS proudly presents “The Phantom of The Opera” as the spring musical. It was first performed at Her Majesty’s Theatre, London in 1986 and is the longest running show in Broadway history, having had its 9,000th performance in September 2009. “The Phantom of the Opera” was taken from the book “Le Fantome de L’Opera by Gaston Leroux. The music was written
by Meglin Bodner Growing up on a farm with two brothers and sisters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Thomas Steitz didn’t expect to be a Nobel Prize winner later in life. Well, as it turns out, that is exactly what happened. He won the prize for studying the structure and function of the ribosome. His work helped others to create drugs that helped cure diseases. Professor
by Meglin Bodner Once again BHS students are going to take part in The Man Who Came to Dinner. It’s the fall play for 2010. Moss Hart and George Kaufman were the brains behind this marvelous play. It was written in the time of war, when there was tension all over the world and people needed something to lift their spirits. In 1939, the play
by Alyssa Mason On October 9th, the AP art students and sculpture students showed off their incredible skills on the town green by making a giant wave out of recycled water bottles and other recyclable materials. Something unique about the sculpture, other than being completely recyclable, is that they built the sculpture on site. The art students had to make the different sections of the
by Marisa Kaplita The new school year has begun and we kicked it off great; our new freshmen came in, we started all our new fall sports, and we even dedicated our student center to Dr. Higgins. However, we also started the year off with another uneventful pep-rally. A few of the teams actually did do a good job, but most of them just did
