BSM Announces Class of 2023 Valedictorians and Salutatorians

Plans for next year? I’m going to Washington University in St. Louis and running track and field.  Study hacks? Watch extra videos on Youtube to learn any concepts you don’t understand.  Advice to underclassmen? Don’t be afraid to take hard classes! ...

Hardest class you've taken? Definitely AP Calc BC because it’s a higher level of math and the tests are really difficult. Our whole class became closer as we conquered the new struggle of a different math class… except the snapchat group left me on open right now, so I’m a little frustrated. Favorite class you've taken? My favorite classes have been AP Human Geography because it was really relevan...

Hardest class you’ve taken? The hardest class I’ve taken was AP Chemistry last year. Most of it was really new to me and super complex. However, this still ended up being one of my favorite classes and [Chemistry Teacher Lisa Bargas] is an awesome teacher. Plans for next year? Right now, I’m planning on attending Washington University in St. Louis and studying Biochemistry and Anthro...

Favorite BSM memory? This is more of an extended memory, but I'm very grateful that throughout the past four years BSM has supported me in pursuing my interest in foreign languages. I speak five languages and am currently learning ten, so when I was choosing where I wanted to attend high school, I definitely wanted a school that would encourage me to pursue my academic interests. I've been able ...

Favorite BSM memory? I would say probably  homecoming of this year, it was just really fun to be with people and it's our last homecoming so there was a lot more  pride and then we also got to wear our senior overalls for the first time. So that was fun. Favorite Class? My favorite class is probably physics right now. I like math a lot, so I like that. Then we also just do a lot of fun proj...

Favorite class you've taken?  I really liked AP Human Geography. Just because I thought it was super interesting. All the topics we covered were not really covered in any other classes. We did a lot of fun activities. Advice to underclassmen?  If you put in the work, if you really do care about it, like getting a good grade or caring about the class, even just doing your homework will hel...

Favorite class you've taken ? I would say my favorite class has been AP Chemistry. We get to learn a lot of cool new concepts, and we get to do fun labs.  Hardest class you’ve taken? Definitely AP Calculus BC. It’s quite challenging, and we move really quickly. Study hacks? I would recommend that you start early, and don’t do everything the night before. ...

Favorite class you've taken? I think my favorite classes have been Honors Chemistry and AP Chemistry. While they're both really difficult, the people in those classes have been a lot of fun to work with and the classes themselves are really interesting.  Hardest class you've taken? AP Chemistry and AP Calculus are probably my hardest classes because there's a lot of fundamental concepts ...

Hardest class you’ve taken and why? AP chem is a class where you have to learn things but then you have to apply in different ways. So it was just more thinking outside the box, which made it hard. Study hacks? I think I remember things more when I say them out loud instead of just reading things. S0, that's what I do. Advice to underclassmen? I would just say don't be afraid to c...

Study hacks? I would say for any math class, I would always do the review twice. Like I always did it one time through; I did problems I knew. But then I'd look at the key and then learn kind of backtracking how to do it and then you would do the second review without any help. And if you could do that pretty well, then you've probably set to go for the test. Advice to underclassmen? Take hard classes. Even tho...

Hardest class? AP Chemistry because as much as I enjoy it the information can be difficult to understand right away so I definitely have to put in extra work. Plans for next year? I’m going to UW-Madison next year as an animal science major. After that, I want to go on to vet school.  Study hacks? Don’t cram. It helps you retain information better if you spread your studying out throughout the week, eve...

Hardest class you've taken? World Religions with Mr. Brounstein. Advice to underclassmen? Your grades freshman year are important and matter, so don’t throw that away. Favorite class you've taken? Engineering III this year.

Favorite class: My favorite class, content-wise, was probably film studies. Making my movie at the end of the semester was a very unique experience and I had a ton of fun with it. Another one of my favorite classes was Calc AB because I really liked the class, I had a lot of my friends in my class, and I had some good teachers. Study hack: I like to make a sheet. Some teachers let kids use a cheat sheet on ...

Hardest class you’ve taken: AP English Language and Composition is the hardest class I have taken because I feel like the content was difficult and hard to understand. On top of that there was a lot of writing that I had to do outside of class and we had some pretty difficult semester long projects.  Plans for next year: I plan on going to the University of Wisconsin Madison and studying Aerospace ...

Favorite Class: Chemistry with Ms. Baker because of all the hands-on activities and labs we did and doing collaborative work with the people in that class.  Hardest class: Calculus was the hardest class I have taken because it didn’t come to me naturally and I really had to work at it so that I could get a good grade.  Advice to lowerclassmen: Don’t be afraid to ask for help and...

Plans for next year: I am going to Lake Forest college next year. I will be playing hockey and golf, and I’m going to major in finance.  Study hacks: People should not take study advice from me. My preferred study method for math tests this year has been the following: the night before the test, go through all the material and take a nap. If you’re meant to continue studying, you’ll j...

Favorite BSM memory: My favorite BSM memory is winning state with the dance team my junior year. We were the 2022 AA jazz state champions. And it was just something that we had worked so hard on as a team, and it was really nice to see all our hard work pay off that year. We actually had the best performances ever historically, because we got second in kick which we had never done before. It was t...

Favorite BSM memory:   My favorite BSM memory is performing in Red Knotes in front of the school.  Study hacks: I try explaining things to my friends to see how well I know the material. Plans for next year: I plan to go to college somewhere warm....

Favorite BSM memory: Road Tripping to Port Washington, Wisconsin in April 2022 with the BSM Red Knotes for "Acapocalypse" was so much fun. I made so many memories with some of my favorite people at BSM, we really are a family. It was also great to spend time with the seniors graduating that year before we had to say goodbye.  Study hacks: There's a lot of nights where I'm sleepy, not working v...

Favorite BSM memory? Probably eighth grade, Wolf Ridge, it was just funny being all packed together with everyone and it was more just like an experience between friends and getting to know people since it was only the second year of being at BSM. Favorite class? Probably Latin because it was the same teacher every single year so we got to know each other very well. It started off with bi...

Favorite class? My favorite class this year is Ecology. Mr. Porisch is an awesome teacher and I like learning about lakes and fish because I spend a lot of time on the lake.  Hardest class? My freshman year Honors Geometry was pretty challenging. I don't remember the specifics of it but it's the only class I got an A- in. Study hacks? Put your phone away!...

Favorite BSM memory? My favorite BSM memories. I had a lot of fun at our freshman orientation because I met all my good friends there. I met Avery and all my friends there. That was really fun. Also, my swim team and the memories I have from swim team.  Plans for next year? Next year I'm going to Creighton University and I'm going to study biochemistry. I'm also going to be in their honors ...

Favorite class you've taken? The first biomed class that I took my sophomore year because I've wanted to go into nursing for a while and so getting to learn about anatomy and getting to do a lot of dissections that year which was a lot of fun. Study hacks? One thing that I've learned over the four years is that if you make your notes look interesting you're more inclined to go back and look ...

Favorite BSM Memory: I honestly have to say my favorite memory was Megan Cornell carrying a bucket around for ‘anything but a backpack day’ because it was bigger than her and she was falling over. Favorite class: My favorite class was Biomed because I met a lot of friends in the class and I’ve learned a lot. It helped me solidify that I wanted to go into the medical field. Advice to...

What was your favorite class and why? Ceramics. It's a fun creative outlet and I like making bowls. Hardest class you’ve taken and why? AP Calculus BC. It's the first class I've taken that requires consistent effort to understand. Advice to underclassmen? Don't get any grades below an A. ...