Pond Hockey Tournament raises $50,035 for Jablonski February 1, 2012 at 7:58 pm
Students and teachers swap outfits for Catholic Schools Week February 1, 2012 at 7:58 am
Catholic Schools Week kicks off with pjs and honors February 1, 2012 at 7:58 am
One Act play takes second place at sub-sections February 1, 2012 at 7:57 am
Youth In Goverment members lobby for government changes February 1, 2012 at 7:56 am
American Literature teacher Ms. Anne Marie Dominguez teaches The Great Gatsby to her students in the newly developed class, American Studies, alongside U.S. History teacher Ms. Megan Kern. (Chris Bell)
February 3, 2012
Nicole Sarquis, Staff Writer
History teachers tend to ramble off unrelatable facts about flappers, bootlegging, and the ease of life in the “Roaring 20s” during a typical U.S. History class, leaving their students with no real understanding of the subject. At the same time, English teachers’ enthusiasm over F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” can only be understood... Continue Reading
February 6, 2012
Matt Muenzberg, Sports Editor
“We need our Kyle Rau,” said boys’ hockey head coach Mr. Ken Pauly, referencing the former Eden Prairie Eagle who not only led the team in scoring on their way to last year’s state championship, but also consistently showed up when his team needed a goal. BSM’s Kyle Rau is junior forward Grant Besse, who has been on a roll lately, averaging over 2.8 goals a game in his last seven games. He twice found the back of the net and added an assist in a 4-3 win over section rival Wayzata on Monday, Feb. 6. With section seeding on the line, there was a playoff-like atmosphere at the packed Plymouth Ice Center. “I loved it,” said Besse. “I thrive on that stuff.” Head-to-head match-ups... Continue Reading
Junior Shannon Galvin rehearses for the upcoming Les Miserables performance wither her fellow cast members. (Giulia Imholte)
January 27, 2012
Emily Kline, Staff Writer
Blue Water Theatre Company, one of the Twin Cities’ top performing arts groups for youth, is taking on “Les Misérables,” one of musical theatre’s most famous works, for their winter production. Juniors Rachel Hogen and Shannon Galvin, along with sophomore Rachel Wallace, joined the cast in late November and are currently in rehearsals for the... Continue Reading
February 1, 2012
Nick Hillson, Staff Writer
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is a bill running through Congress in an attempt to curb the illegal uploading and downloading of copyrighted information and programs. Unfortunately, due to extremely vague wording and unclear definitions, the censorship proposed could extend to websites such as Facebook, various e-mails, and any other free forum. Not only is SOPA ineffective for all but the technologically impaired, but it violates our rights and benefits only a small handful of elites. SOPA works by requiring websites and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to search through sent information and to censor any infringing material. Not only does this ignore the privacy guaranteed in the Constitution... Continue Reading
The Mock Trial team had a succesful season at several competitions due to immense practice and help from professional lawyers. (Photo courtesy of Jim Vogl)
February 3, 2012
Mallory Hoch, Staff Writer
Beginning in October, the Mock Trial team has practiced every night from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in room 121 in preparation for upcoming competitions. Coming to a close on January 31st, the season ended on a strong note, making it to subsections before loosing their last competition. The season commenced with general practices to help initiate new members.... Continue Reading
| Sport | Date | Opponent | Result | W/L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls Basketball | Tue, Feb 07 | DeLaSalle | 54-70 | L | |
| Boys Basketball | Tue, Feb 07 | DeLaSalle | 60-59 | W | |
| Boys Hockey | Mon, Feb 06 | Wayzata | 4-3 | Read Story | W |
| Girls Hockey | Sat, Feb 04 | Totino-Grace | 9-0 | Read Story | W |
| Boys Hockey | Sat, Feb 04 | Spring Lake Park | 15-0 | W | |
| Wrestling | Sat, Feb 04 | TBA | 9th Place | ||
| Girls Basketball | Fri, Feb 03 | Spring Lake Park | 57-39 | W | |
| Boys Basketball | Fri, Feb 03 | Spring Lake Park | 67-65 | Read Story | W |
| Girls Hockey | Thu, Feb 02 | Spring Lake Park | 6-0 | Read Story | W |
| Wrestling | Thu, Feb 02 | Dassel-Cokato | 21-58 | L | |
| Girls Basketball | Tue, Jan 31 | Minneapolis Southwest | 70-38 | W | |
| Boys Hockey | Tue, Jan 31 | Jefferson | 7-1 | Read Story | W |
| Sport | Date | Time | Opponent | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys Hockey | Wed, Feb 08 | 7:30 | Shattuck-St. Mary's | Shattuck-St. Mary's |
| Girls Basketball | Fri, Feb 10 | 7:15 | St. Louis Park | St. Louis Park |
| Wrestling | Fri, Feb 10 | 6:00 | Chisago Lakes | Home |
| Boys Hockey | Sat, Feb 11 | 2:30 | Totino-Grace | St. Louis Park |
| Dance Team | Sat, Feb 11 | 1:00 | Sections | Austin |
| Boys Hockey | Tue, Feb 14 | 7:00 | Chisago Lakes | Chisago Lakes |
| Girls Basketball | Tue, Feb 14 | 7:15 | Columbia Heights | Home |
| Girls Basketball | Thu, Feb 16 | 7:15 | Waconia | Home |
| Girls Basketball | Fri, Feb 17 | 7:15 | Irondale | Home |
| Boys Hockey | Sat, Feb 18 | 2:30 | Stillwater | St. Louis Park |
| Wrestling | Sat, Feb 18 | 8:00 | Section Opponents | Totino-Grace |
| Girls Basketball | Tue, Feb 21 | 7:15 | St. Francis | Home |
Aimee Brown
May 8, 2009
Filed under News
To help prevent the spread of the H1N1 (swine) flu, a potentially deadly disease, a change to the skip-a-final policy was issued and put into effect May 4.
To decrease the likelihood of people spreading this influenza, the skip-a-final policy has been altered for students dealing with illness. “If your student shows signs of the flu, keep them from coming to school,” said Mrs. Mary Andersen, the high school’s assistant principal.
If the student is able to follow the new guidelines, then that student will be exempt from missing the skip-a-final whether the student had the swine flu or not. “In order for skip-a-final to remain, you have to provide confirmation that you went to the doctor and then that you’re following your doctor’s recommendations,” said Mrs. Andersen.
The change to the skip-a-final policy will remain as long as the Level V alert regarding the swine flu is still active, definitely lasting through the end of the school year. “When the National Center for Disease Control put a level five on it and said we could have a pandemic, people are dying, it was time to look at what we could do to help and prevent,” said Mrs. Andersen.
Last week, the administration held a meeting to discuss what changes would be made and what the best course of action would be to prevent an outbreak of the swine flu. “We talked about what our crisis plan says for a pandemic, what does that mean for BSM, what about teams that are playing that might be shut down,” said Mrs. Andersen.
There is a lot of controversy surrounding this skip-a-final policy where the main goal is good attendance from the student body. The dispute revolves around the fact that the skip-a-final encourages students to come to school sick. “I had pneumonia and then I had the flu four times after pneumonia within a two month period and I still came to school. I’ve come to school with a dislocated rib, all because I need the skip-a-final,” said junior Caitie Van Sloun.
Taking into account the spread of the whooping cough and the dangers of students coming to school in order to skip-a-final last year, the current decision for the skip-a-final change was relatively easy for the administration to make, said Mrs. Andersen.
If a student misses one period past the limit or becomes ill, their chance to skip a final is eliminated, a policy that many students deem unfair. Still the administration wants to avoid the cases where students take advantage of the opportunity. “The extreme cases are really obvious to me, but it’s the average, ordinary, everyday cases that makes it hard to decide what’s right to do about this policy,” said Mrs. Andersen.
Despite the hesitation to make a change, a revision of this policy is on it way. “The policy is ten years old, for anything that’s ten years old, it’s about time for renewing,” said Mrs. Andersen.
May 9th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
I have to laugh a little bit. In the US roughly 36,000 people a year die from the normal Flu. And yet I remember coming to school with a fever and normal flu symptoms so that i could skip my finals sr. year. And now with 2 people dead in the US with Swine flu, now the school has decided to be careful. If they really cared about student health the skip-a-final system would be re-vamped.
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