Freestyle skier attends Junior Olympics

Amelia Raether
April 6, 2009
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Half-pipes, ski tricks, and aerial flips––all in a day’s work for freshman Mitchell Forsythe, who competed in the Junior Olympics in freestyle skiing March 10 through March 14 in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire. Forsythe participated in half-pipe, slope style (which features rails and jumps),... Read more »

Senior high actors return to roots

Rachel Kaplan
March 3, 2009
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A Brief History Four years ago, Benilde-St. Margaret’s revolutionized its junior high theater program by performing an original debut, “Junior High: the Musical,” written by choir teacher Ms. Nancy Stockhaus along with her nephew Dylan Lamb. In 2005, the same year, the theater department added... Read more »

One Act team earns spot in sections

Aimee Brown
February 13, 2009
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After spending first semester together building their acting skills and techniques, Mrs. Maura Brew’s Acting class decided to take their final performance to the real stage. Complete with props, costumes, and a full cast of 19 students, the Acting class put together a piece from “Bury the Dead”... Read more »

Students promote fair labor

Maria Cass
December 16, 2008
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Here is a practical way students our age can vote with our dollars: make thoughtful decisions about where we buy our clothes. This is the message the Students for Fair Labors club is trying to get across. Students for Fair Labor is a club focused on social justice issues, primarily the dignity of... Read more »

Ping-Pong players get serious

Katie McKeever
December 2, 2008
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Those who have long felt a passionate calling towards the art of table tennis are now facilitated now have an opportunity to show off their skills. Table tennis has finally made its way into BSM community's extensive after-school activity index. Credited for the creation of BSM's very first ping-pong,... Read more »

New club creates new opportunities

Chloe Quinn
November 21, 2008
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Juniors Rebecca Zabezhinsky and Seoyoung Choi are adding a unique language to BSM’s repertoire with the up and coming sign language club. Zabezhinsky and Choi created the club after doing research and discovering that there were very few local options for students who wanted to learn how to sign.... Read more »

Female group revived

Jasmine Mcfarlane
November 20, 2008
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As soon as the school bell rings, a variety of students either rush to their cars so they can get home or they rush to the locker rooms to put sweats on for practice. However, while everyone else is doing their own thing, a group of girls led by Ms. Abigail Baker and Mrs. Amanda Anderson get together... Read more »

80s rock lives on in new Guys Band

Sara Schlueter
November 19, 2008
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After school, a group of seven BSM students head down to the band room for guys band practice. They begin their practice by tuning their instruments that range from electric guitars and bass to trumpets and saxophones. Focusing on 80s music, such as from the band Chicago, the guys band is hoping... Read more »

Photo club snaps into action

Mira Friedlander
November 18, 2008
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With sophomore Irena Cich leading this new group, Photo Club is added to the long lists of extracurriculars BSM offers. Cich came to the first meeting bringing lots of different ideas. Unlike a normal photo club that just uses the time to share pictures and rank the photos, she wants to use the club... Read more »

New team answers same questions

Mira Friedlander
October 28, 2008
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With a loss of many seniors this past year, the knowledge bowl team enters this season with a re-building year approach. “The returning juniors are good,” said Mr. Tom Backen, the new coach, but the team had groomed the graduated seniors for three to four years, so this puts the team at a loss. Mr.... Read more »