Class of 2019 honors 7 valedictorians & 1 salutatorian

Walker Mullin is the only guy from BSM who has managed to maintain a 4.0 GPA throughout all four years of high school this year. Mullin credits most of his academic success throughout high school to his work ethic. “I would get my homework done no matter the cost. I used to have a lot of late nights until this semester. My motto used to be ‘grind first, have fun later,’” Mullin said. ...

From varsity dance team, a capella,  and volunteering with her church, senior Grace Knoer’s high school experience has covered a lot of ground involving clubs, sports, extracurriculars, and AP classes. Through the thick and thin of it all Knoer has been able to do what many people might see as impossible: maintain a 4.0 throughout all of her years at BSM. In the beginning, Knoer found it relatively ...

Sydney Johnson, a  BSM senior, will be graduating with a 4.0 GPA. This task is definitely challenging, and requires a tremendous amount of dedication to schoolwork. Johnson was not only able to achieve this GPA but achieved it through taking rigorous classes––her most challenging one being AP Calculus BC. Her favorite classes included difficulty as well. “My favorite class was either AP Comp o...

As one of the seven valedictorians of the class of 2019, Sara Ben has kept busy these past four years of high school maintaining a perfect GPA of 4.0. She has made her impression at BSM by participating in theater, link crew, RKVC, the vice president of the business club, and going to Girls State. Maintaining a 4.0 isn’t an easy thing to do, especially when balance school and extracurriculars....

One of this year’s valedictorians, Estelle Beutz, will complete her journey here at BSM with a 4.0 as she heads off to Notre Dame College next year. Beutz has participated in several activities and will be forever changed by her time here at BSM. Beutz started her BSM experience in ninth grade. Entering high school, she tried to get good grades, but being a valedictorian was not at the forefront...

Not only is she the captain of two very successful sports teams at BSM, a part of many time-consuming clubs, and enrolled in some of the most rigorous classes offered at BSM, Sally Calengor has been able to keep a 4.0 and a positive attitude through it all. “Academics have always been my main priority, they’ve always been something I’ve strived to excel in,” Calengor said. Being valedi...

Besides her perfect GPA, Maddie Marusich has been active in various BSM activities through her years at BSM. She’s managed to hone studying and time-management skills that will help her through her college experience at the University of Minnesota. Marusich is a captain of the speech team, a Link Crew commissioner, an orchestra concertmaster, a varsity member of the track and soccer teams, and a m...

Sarah Kinney is the only salutatorian this year––managing to only earn one A- her whole high school experience. Kinney’s success came from studying really hard for classes and doing sher work. “I stressed myself out a lot basically really bad, I just studied, there were a couple close calls, but I just studied and did my homework,” Kinney said. Throughout the years, Kinney took som...