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American Studies class formed to combine American history and literature

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)

American Studies class formed to combine American history and literature

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

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Besse stays hot with two more goals against Wayzata

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

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Rising actors partake in Les Miserables performance

Junior Shannon Galvin rehearses for the upcoming Les Miserables performance wither her fellow cast members. (Giulia Imholte)

Rising actors partake in Les Miserables performance

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

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SOPA bill is ineffective, inefficient, and infringing

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

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Mock Trial season testifies the team’s talent

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)

Mock Trial season testifies the team’s talent

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

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WrestlingFri, Feb 10 6:00Chisago LakesHome
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Dance TeamSat, Feb 11 1:00SectionsAustin
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Valedictorian Griffin Muckley

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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