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 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 |
| Girls Hockey | Sat, Jan 28 | Hill-Murray | 1-3 | Read Story | L |
| Boys Basketball | Sat, Jan 28 | North Branch | 82-21 | Read Story | W |
| Girls Basketball | Sat, Jan 28 | North Branch | 66-40 | 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 |
The math department chose the most recent Common Basket beneficiary to be Kiva, a non-profit microfinancing institution.
Morgan Rogers
October 22, 2009
Filed under News
The BSM math department is going global and displaying this in their choice of the latest Common Basket beneficiary: Kiva, a microfinancing site that tracks money lent to poor entrepreneurs all over the world. Kiva will allow BSM students to directly affect small businesses worldwide.
Working in 182 countries, Kiva is an Internet-based organization that works with local lending agencies to match donors with poor entrepreneurs. “Volunteers live in these countries and go out and find people that normally wouldn’t have access to financial aid and write up their story and post it on [Kiva],” said Mr. Dan Bowler, head of the math department.
The next step in the lending process is for other organizations or people to set up their own Kiva account. The person or organization can add a certain amount of money to their account and then start looking at the write-ups and decide who to donate to. “People with financial resources make an account and can search and decide who to lend money to. Let’s say Jose in Guatemala wants $200, so I decide to contribute $25 to his cause,” said Mr. Bowler.
Kiva uniquely allows all the money that is lent out will be returned to lenders over a certain time period. “With Jose In Guatemala, you will eventually be able to get your $25 back and lend it out to someone else in the world,” said Mr. Bowler.
The money that is collected, which should be around $2000, will equally be distributed amongst the six different grade levels. Each grade will then make a committee which will decide who to donate the money to and how much. “We don’t really know how the committees will work yet,” said Mr. Bowler, “a huge number of kids have expressed an interest, so we will post a date and time for each grade and see who shows up.”
Theo Merriam, a sophomore, is excited to be a part of the committee and already has a potential entrepreneur in mind. “I would like to be on the committee and get my class to donate to Chichi from Brazil because I like her business where she collects and sells antiques,” said Merriam.
Other students and faculty, like Ms. Jean Nightingale, already had Kiva accounts even before the idea was suggested. “We had a workshop last year, where Ms. Lenhart-Murphy suggested it to the math department. Ms. Nightingale already had a Kiva account so she taught us about it,” said Mr. Bowler, “We thought this [was] perfect, we can teach about finance and credit and it is appropriate for grades 7-12.”
Jane Huber, a junior, has had a Kiva account for over two years now. “My church group leader, a guy named Tom Okonek, found out about it and [my youth group] started bake sales and stuff to raise money,” said Huber.
Although Huber is already involved in organizing and lending out her youth group’s money, she is looking forward to being on the BSM junior class committee as well. “Benilde has a lot of money to work with, and I really have a good time looking over the profiles,” said Huber.
Overall, students and faculty alike are excited to start working with the Kiva accounts. “We as a department are very excited and hope it will catch on with the kids. We hope to get more and more money until we have a substantial amount,” said Mr. Bowler.
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