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Vocations classes host speakers from the Archdiocese

Our Lady of Grace couple Dan and Sheryl Moran spoke to BSM seniors about marriage. (Emma Eldred)

Vocations classes host speakers from the Archdiocese

May 11, 2012

Giulia Imholte and Katie Sisk

The hype turned out to be more than the actual event. In November the Archdiocese announced plans to have speakers on marriage visit all of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Catholic Schools, and what students expected to be a controversial discussion––after reading about the heated question and answer session at DeLaSalle––ended up being an uneventful,... Continue Reading

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BSM hockey players weigh options for their future in the sport

Ryan Collins is one of two sophomores that have recently made the decision to play for the U.S. NTDP next school year. (Emily Kruse)

BSM hockey players weigh options for their future in the sport

May 9, 2012

David Nelson and Peter Best, Staff Writers

Hockey is a fast-paced sport that lives off choices that need to be made in milliseconds. It’s a sport where one wrong choice can be the difference between success and failure. Sophomores Jack Glover and Ryan Collins were given the opportunity to play in the USA National Team Development Program (NTDP), based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This decision... Continue Reading

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Shannon Stroh

(Emily Kruse)

Shannon Stroh

May 21, 2012

Leila Aboussir, Online Photography Editor

Lights come up, voices start ringing, and the band starts playing their instruments. Shannon Stroh has been an avid member of the BSM theater department since her entrance into the school, but is rarely seen on the actual stage. Yet, Shannon’s dedication alongside her sarcastic, witty personality has made her an extraordinary member of the tremendous... Continue Reading

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Fun. releases ‘Some Nights’ album

The band experimented heavily with hip-hop inspired beats and auto-tune––though Ruess’s crystalline voice doesn’t need it. (Vinyl Records)

Fun. releases ‘Some Nights’ album

May 2, 2012

Lauren Effertz, Staff Writer

Three years after dropping their first album, “Aim and Ignite,” the New York-based indie pop band fun. released “Some Nights.” fun. is a supergroup of sorts; lead vocalist Nate Ruess formed the band after the break-up of The Format, guitarist Jack Antonoff also serves as the frontman for Steel Train, and keyboardist Andrew Dost is from Anathallo. Overall,... Continue Reading

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Four speech members place at State tournament

Anna Landis, Juliet Beckstrand, Rachel Hogen, and Sian Last represented BSM at the State Speech tournament where they all placed in the top eight. (Maura Brew)

Four speech members place at State tournament

April 30, 2012

Shannon Galvin, Staff Writer

On Saturday, April 21, BSM speech team members headed to Chanhassen High School to participate in the Minnesota State Speech tournament. At the end of the day, four students, seniors Anna Landis, Juliet Beckstrand, Sian Last, and junior Rachel Hogen, all placed in the finals. Landis placed third in Poetry, Beckstrand placed second in Great Speeches,... Continue Reading

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Valedictorian Griffin Muckley

Griffin Muckley, one of two valedictorians, shares the story of his high school success.

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Meredith Gallagher
June 3, 2009
Filed under Student Life

After four years of high school, few students can boast of a perfect GPA, but Griffin Muckley is one of two students from the class of 2009 to do just that. Not only did Griffin achieve straight A’s, but he challenged himself with AP classes and participated in a wide range of extracurriculars. Now, the valedictorian speech is all that’s standing in his way. 
 
Griffin never had any intention of becoming valedictorian when he entered BSM his freshman year. “I thought, why not just do as good as I could do?” he said. By time he reached his junior year and still had a 4.0, he became determined to keep his straight A’s. “I was like, ‘I’m not gonna lose it now;” he said.
 
Despite his flawless GPA, Griffin faced many challenging classes throughout his high-school career. He took numerous advanced classes, including AP Composition, AP Calculus, AP Literature, AP Government, and AP Biology. “It took a lot of hard work and a lot of late nights,” said Griffin. “In some ways it made getting A’s a lot harder, but when I think about it if I hadn’t taken the advanced classes I probably wouldn’t have gotten A’s because I always do my best work when I’m pushed to do it.”
 
Griffin came close to losing his 4.0 in many of his classes. “I felt like every year there was one of those,” he said. Freshman year, his biggest challenge was Intro to Art with Ms. Main; junior year he came close with Ms. Leider’s American Literature class. 
 
But Griffin overcame his challenges all while balancing an impressive list of extracurriculars. Along with having a job at the Edina Country Club, he is also a speech captain, a member of the bowling team, and the Student Life editor of the newspaper. An active member in the drama department, he has also acted in many of the fall plays and spring musicals. Most recently he starred as Riff, the leader of the Jets, in the spring production of West Side Story.
 
Next year, Griffin is off to college. Though he considered attending University of Wisconsin Madison or DePaul, ultimately he decided to go to Loyola University where plans on majoring in journalism. “I’m really excited to be on my own and having the freedom to make my own choices,” he said. “It will be nice to have more time in between classes…I’m not going to miss having class all day, then extracurriculars till late, then only having a few hours to do homework late at night.”
 
Though admittedly a little nervous about how hard his college classes will be, Griffin feels that he is prepared for something new. “I think I’m ready for college-style classes with a lot of reading and only a few lectures,” he said, “[but] I’m not the best test-taker, and we are just expected to learn more.”
 
Before he can worry about college, Griffin first has to figure out his valedictorian speech. “I’m not nervous to give it, I’m more nervous to write it,” he said. “I still don’t know what it’s supposed to be about, and I’ve never seen a graduation speech before so I don’t know what to do.”
 
Ultimately though, Griffin is happy with his straight A’s. “My dad once asked me if I knew that B’s were alright because he was afraid I was going to get too stressed,” he said. “[But] the sense of accomplishment is what made it worth it.” 
 
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