You’re Not the Only OneBy: Tonisha Bates

Stress is a feeling thateveryone experiences at onepoint in time through out life.Stress is the feeling that’s cre-ated when we react to particu-lar events. It’s the body’s wayof rising to a challenge and pre-paring to meet a tough situationwith focus, strength, stamina,and heightened alertness.

Adults sometimes tellyoung people that the teenageyears are the “Best years of yourlife.” Life for many youngpeople is a painful tug of warfilled with mixed messages andconflicting demands from par-ents, teachers, coaches, employ-

ers, friends and oneself.The events that pro-

voke stress are called stressors,and they cover a whole rangeof situations. According toKidsHealth, “The human bodyresponds to stressors by acti-vating the nervous system andspecific hormones. These hor-mones speed up heart rate,breathing rate, blood pressure,and metabolism. Blood vesselsopen wider to let more bloodflow to large muscle groups,putting our muscles on alert.Pupils dilate to improve vi-

sion.”All of these physical changesprepare a person to react quicklyand effectively to handle thepressure of the moment. “Stressresponse is a natural reaction ifworking properly; the body’sstress response enhances aperson’s ability to perform wellunder pressure. The stress re-sponse can also cause problemswhen it overreacts or fails to turnoff and reset itself properly” <www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/emotions/stress>.

Although enough

stress can be a good thing,stress overload is a differentstory; too much stress isn’tgood for anyone. Pressures thatare too intense or last too long,or troubles that are shoulderedalone, can cause people to feelstress overload.

The most helpfulmethod of dealing with stressis learning how to manage thestress that comes along withany new challenge, good orbad.

There are many signsof stress overload:

* Anxiety or panic attacks* A feeling of being constantlypressured, hassled, and hurried* Irritability and moodiness* Physical symptoms, such asstomach problems, headaches,or even chest pain* Allergic reactions, such as ec-zema or asthma* Problems sleeping* Drinking too much, smoking,overeating, or doing drugs* Sadness or depression

Everyone experiencesstress a little differently. Somepeople may become angry andact out their stress or take it outon others. Growing up negoti-

The Five People You Meet In HeavenBy: Christina Catallozzi

Author MitchAlbom followed up his suc-cess with Tuesday’s WithMorrie by writing FivePeople You Meet in Heaven.Albom introduces us to Eddie,a war veteran who has workedat an amusement park his en-tire life.

He feels suffocatedby his life because everydayhe does the same thing. Oneday an amusement ride cablebreaks and when he tries tosave a little girl, Eddie tragi-

cally dies at 83. He awakensin an amusement park muchlike the one he grew up play-ing and working in.

Although Eddiethinks he is still alive, the truthis revealed that he is in “his”Heaven. He discovers Heavenis not bright lights and clouds;Heaven is a place where yourlife is explained to you.

According to Albom,in Heaven you meet fivepeople who you either know

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Beyond the Text Books Euro TripBy: Brad Vigorito

Teen pregnancy oc-curs in all parts of the world.About 860,000 teenagers be-come pregnant each year andabout 425,000 of those teensactually end up giving birth( < h t t p : / / w w w. m a r c h o fdimes.com/professionals/681_1159.asp>).

78 percent of teen preg-nancies are unintended. 43 per-cent of pregnancies are teensaged 15-19 who ended unin-tended births, while 35 percentended in abortions.

Teen mothers who dogo through the birth are moredisadvantaged than other teensand have children who may facebad health and also face bad be-havioral issues, which can lastfor their whole life, due to theinexperience of a new parent,which can shape the way he/sheacts (<http://www.childtrendsdatabank.org/indicators/14Teen Pregnancy.cfm>).

Teen pregnancy how-ever is declining each year.Among females aged 15 to 19,the rate declined from 116.3 per1,000 in 1990 to 84.5 in 2000.Girls aged 15 to 17 experienceda decline of more than thirty per-cent, from 80.3 in 1990 to 53.5per 1,000 in 2000. (<http://

w w w . c h i l d t r e n d sdatabank.org/indicators/14TeenPregnancy.cfm>).

Teen pregnancy hasthe highest rate in the UnitedStates out of all well-devel-oped countries. The preg-nancy rate in the U.S is fivetimes that of Germany andFrance and closeto double that ofthe United King-dom (<http://www.dph.state.ct.us/Pub l i ca t ions /B C H /Family%20Health/national_prevent_tee n _ p r e g n ancy_day.pdf>).41 percent ofteen motherscomplete highschool and only1.5 percent go onto get their col-lege degree( < h t t p : / /www.teen pregnancy.org/re-s o u r c e s / t e e n s / f a c t s /facts17.asp>).

Many teen mothersgo on to have a second child.One-forth of all teen mothersgo on to have a second childwithin two years of their first

child’s birth <http://www.teenpregnancy.org/re-sources/teens/facts/fact17.asp>.

One-third of all teenmothers and one-half of unmarriedteen mothers end up on welfare.Within the first year of the firstborn, almost one-half of all teenmothers and over a one-quarter of

unmarried teen mothers begin toreceive welfare(<http://www.teenpregnancy.org/resources/teens/facts/fact17.asp>).

There are many ways toprevent teen pregnancies such aseducating teens on the risks andoutcomes of teen pregnancies.

There are also sex educationclasses, which help to informteens about safe sex and therisks and outcomes about hav-ing sex (<http://www.teenadviceonline.org/articles/teenpregnancy.html>).

The risk of death dueto childbirth is two to four

times higher inteens 17 years oldand younger com-pared to mothersages 20 and older.Women under 15years have a higherrisk of premature la-bor and high bloodpressure duringtheir pregnancies( < h t t p : / /www.teenadviceonline.org/articles/teenpregnancy.html>).

M a n ypregnant teens alsodeal with depression.

Family members, peers, strang-ers, and even the father of thebaby could look down on them.Many people think teen preg-nancies are a shame and are aproduct of ignorance. Familiessometimes even disownd a u g h t e r s ( < h t t p : / /www.teenadviceonline.org/ar-

ticles/teenpregnancy.html>).“Becoming pregnant

changed my whole life, but forthe better, I felt like I grew uptoo fast but I wish I could be akid again,” said Emily Laplume(11) a teen mom atAHS.

“Having to be facedwith being a teen mom was dif-ficult for me, my family wantedme to get have an abortion but Iknew that wasn’t what I wantedso I kept my baby, although itwas hard and a lot of work I’vemade it and happy to say I am aproud mother,” says Lee Lenon,a previous teen mom.

“We get many preg-nant teens each year, but itseems to have gone down sinceI first started here,” said DoctorAndrew Brosseau of BostonMedical.

Although teen preg-nancies have declined over theyears, they have not come to acomplete stop and never will,but to prevent teen pregnancies,children need to be taught theproper way to use protectionand be educated in healthclasses dealing with sex. Theycan also talk to their religiousadvisor.

Teen Pregnancy By: Kori Tinnell

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The annual class tripwas held from April 15-24. Overfifty AHS stu-dents traveledfrom LoganAirport to Lon-don, Englandand took theEurostar trainto Paris,France. Stu-dents, teachersand chaperonesvisited land-mark sites suchas BuckinghamP a l a c e ,WestminsterAbby, Big Ben,Notre Dame Cathedral, and theEiffel Tower.

“From the London Un-derground to the streets of Paristo the turrets of a French chateaushrouded in mist. Tour theTower, see the Thames, try fishand chips. Stroll the BoulevardSt. Michel, sip coffee at a caféwhere Hemingway wrote. Thentravel through stretches of silentFrench Countryside dotted with

tiny towns capped by pointychurches. See the idyllic is-land abbey of Mont-St-

Michel and chic Chambord.Meet London. Get to knowFrance,” read the headline tothe tour itinerary.

The trip was open toall students from all grades.Students had to put their nameon a list and pay about $2,000,which included transportationfees and personal expenses.Mrs. Naomi Cordell, Mrs.Clare Kelleher, Mr. Peter

Pereira, and Cordell’s children,Ethan, Jed and Abbey all chaper-oned the trip.

“I was in Mrs. Cordell’sclass my junior year and I signedup early because I asked her aboutthe trip,” said Marilyn McNamara(12).

Students had many dif-ferent highlights from the vaca-tion.

“My favorite spot wasMont-St-Michel because it was abeautiful spot in Northern France,”said Meaghan Bayly (12).

Seniors Michelle Lyonsand Kristina Kelleher said that St.Malo Beach was a favorite spot forthem.

“My favorite memoryfrom the Europe trip was the oneevening in St. Malo, France. Ourhotel was right across from thebeach. A small group of us wentto the beach and collected shellswhile we watched the sun set. Itwas surreal,” said Lyons.

An unexpected momentin the trip came when the studentswere boarding the London Metro.Students witnessed a first handmurder.

“We saw the after ef-fects of a person who gotstabbed,” said McNamara.

Students and teacherswere able to see the corpse be-ing put in a body bag and thepolice investigating the crime.

“Some events of thetrip were far from what I ex-pected. From a dead body on aLondon subway to moldyshowers in Paris, the trip man-aged to bring out everyone’strue colors in the most unusualcircumstances.

“Memories were cre-ated that we can look back andlaugh on now; memories we willnever forget. The trip taught meto be more open and respectfultowards other cultures and mademe realize how it feels to be theminority. It’s something youcan’t get from history books.You have to live it,” said Lyons.

When asked whethershe would recommend the tripto other students, McNamarareplied with one simple word,“Absolutely.”

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Finding NeverlandBy: Brad Vigorito

Just released on DVDis Johnny Depp’s latest acad-emy award winning hit, Find-ing Neverland. Depp stars as SirJames Matthew Barrie, the au-thor of the critically acclaimedstory, Peter Pan, in this dra-matic 2004 film.

Finding Neverland isthe true story of how Barriemeets four boys in a park andeventually writes Peter Panbased on his adventures with the

boys. Barrie, an unsuccessfulplaywright, befriends the boysand their widowed mother (KateWinslet) and ends up spendingendless afternoons with the fam-ily.

Barrie’s childlike be-havior with the Davies’ boysbegins to have an effect on hismarriage and with the towns-people. With his marriage on therocks and his reputation as aplaywright in jeopardy, Barriesets out to prove his critics, in-cluding producer CharlesFrohman (played by Dustin

Hoffman), wrong about his lat-est play that combines child-hood dreams and imagination.

Finding Neverland,directed by Marc Forster, iswell worth its 106 minutelength. Its rating of PG makesit a great family film as well.

“It’s one of my favor-ite movies. It made me laughand cry. I think it was a greatmovie,” says AmandaPalmisciano (11).

The role of Barrie isunlike any character Depp hasplayed. Winslet is convincing as

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Live StrongBy: Amanda Palmisciano

I t’s Not About theBike: My Journey Back to Life,an autobiography by LanceArmstrong with sports reporterSally Jenkins, is a story aboutovercoming obstacles and nevergiving up.

Armstrong, a world-class cyclist, is diagnosed withtesticular cancer at the age of25. He reflects upon his life be-fore the cancer, during treatmentand finally inremission. Armstrongd i s c u s s e sfeeling alien-ated from theathletes andthe popularcrowd whilegrowing up inTexas as theson of asingle teen mother.

In middle schoolArmstrong discovered his skillcompeting in triathlons, whichare races that require running,swimming and cycling. Eventu-ally he focused solely on cyclingand joined the U.S. national cy-cling team where he won theWorld Championship and astage in the Tour de France.

The Tour de France isa three-week bike race throughEurope, which teams of nine rid-ers compete in to win jerseysthat signify their places in cat-egories like “best climber” and“best young rider.” There areapproximately 20 stages thatinclude individual time trialsand a team time trial. At the endof the three weeks, it is the per-son with the best overall indi-vidual time who is given the yel-low jersey and declared the win-ner of the Tour.

When Armstrong wasdiagnosed with testicular cancerin 1996, the disease had spreadto his lungs and brain andArmstrong had less than a 40percent chance of living. He un-derwent brain surgery and rigor-ous chemotherapy from Octoberto December 1996 to emergecancer free.

His rejuvenated spiritand never-ending drive led him

to his firstTour deFrance vic-tory in1999. Fiveconsecu-tive Tourde Francewins fol-l o w e d .Armstrong’st r a i n i n gregiment is

documented and his dedicationto his sport is extraordinary. Thetext brings the reader on a ridealongside Armstrong on hisquest to win a European-domi-nated race.

The novel alsochronicles Armstrong’s interac-tion with the cancer community.Information is given about theLance Armstrong Foundation,whose manifesto “Live Strong”is sported on over 40 millionyellow wristbands around theworld.

It’s Not About the Bikecovers aspects of life that anyperson can identify with, sportsfan or not. The exploration oflife, death, illness, family, hard-ship, determination, and accom-plishment makes this autobiog-raphy a poignant and stirringadventure that readers will neverforget.

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Spirited AwayBy: Nhi Nguyen

Have you ever had adream where you go to astrange, foreign place from yourimagination? Do you want to gothere for real? The anime (an-i-may) movie Spirited Away willtake you there.

The movie is about aten year old girl named Chihiro,who is sulky because her fam-ily is moving to a new houseaway from her friends andschool. Her dadtakes a shortcutthinking it will leadthem to their newhome, but they endup in an abandonedtheme park instead.Almost like her par-ents were put into atrance from themysterious setting,they whimsicallydecide to check itout.

Chih i ro,the only reluctantvisitor was mostaware of howstrange the placewas, rather than no-ticing its beauty. Nobody couldhave guessed that once theypassed the tunnel of the en-trance, her parents would turninto pigs, and she would getstuck in a Bath House forghosts.

The artwork in thismovie is amazing, probably be-cause it is anime and was pro-duced by Studio Ghibli in To-kyo, Japan. It was also directedand written by one of the mas-ters of story telling and anime,Hayao Miyazaki.

They really spilledtheir blood, sweat and tears intothis film. You can tell because

the only similarity between Spir-ited Away and the real world arethe details. It has many rich char-acters and a great plot withtwists and a complexity that willleave you amazed every time.

Anime is the Japaneseword for animation, but the art-work is more meticulous thanthe usual Disney’s solid colored,plain cartoons. You can see ageand personal decorations on therestaurants in Spirited Away;

there arewrinkleson the oldwitch andscales ont h ed r a g o n .T h em o v i ea l s oshows alot of hu-man char-a c t e r i s -tics, suchas thelittle girlt a p p i n gher foot tomake her

shoe fit better. Things like thatare subtle, but yet distinct.

The director didn’thave to show little things likethat, but it just makes the moviemore accurate in portraying hu-mans. Spirited Away displays achild’s imagination and thoughtsvery well.

Some people who haveseen Spirited Away all havegood things to say, such asRizwan Samma (10) who said,“I loved it.”

Andrea Figaratto (10)said, “It was good. I like the littlesoot balls.”

English teacher Mr.Walton has even seen it. Hesaid he likes Chihiro as a char-acter because she solves mostof her problems much like his“favorite student.” He alsosaid, “The bouncing heads arepretty cool too.”

Melissa Campbell(10) added, “It’s creativelydone and it drew you in. JasonMarsten, the guy who did thevoice for Haku in SpiritedAway, is really talented.”

A fun fact - Miyazakiis known to animate realpeople, who he knows in reallife, into his movies. SpiritedAway is an example of that be-cause it’s really about a ten yearold girl. The person who doesChihiro’s Japanese dialogue isRumi Hiragi herself, the girlwho Chihiro is based on. Atelevision special that was alsoon the Spirited Away DVDaired a statement saying, “Any-one who comes within 10 feetof Miyazaki is likely to becomea character in one of his films.”

Spirited Away wasoriginally in Japanese, butDisney took on the job of trans-lating it for Americans. TheEnglish version is very goodand done with accuracy andconsideration of StudioGhibli’s wishes. You will notsee characters talking whentheir lips are not moving.

Spirited Away willgive you fuzzy feelings andhappy thoughts of yester-years.The movie can be found any-where such as Movie Gallery,Blockbuster and Knapp Vid-eos. I suggest you buy SpiritedAway instead, to save the rep-etitious renting fees.

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Barrie and Peter

a single parent whostruggles to balanceher boys’ lives andher health.

The moviehas great imagery andscenery, which capti-vates its audience andalso draws the view-ers in. It is worth ev-ery moment of itsrunning time.

F i n d i n gNeverland is a time-less classic that ap-peals to all ages.

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Depp as Barrie

On April 16, 2005,several AHS students, who areenrolled in the New EnglandDance Academy (N.E.D.A.),attended the All American Tal-ent Awards competition in EastProvidence, Rhode Island. Itwas the first competition thedancers competed in this year,and it turned out to be a greatone.

The students in-cluded juniors BridgetDeVincent, Aimee Gagnonand Brigitte Larmey, sopho-

CompetingBy: Jillann Gagnon

mores Heidi Shumila SarahFreddo, Jill Gagnon, AliciaPaine, RebeccaSalvas and HeidiShumila, andfreshmen AlexNeville andBrittani Rivello.

“It was agreat time tospend with all thegirls that havebeen working hardall year,” saidShumila about the

competition.N.E.D.A. competed with a total

of eight dancesand won a plati-num award withevery one ofthem. All Ameri-can TalentAwards usuallyhold competi-tions on the WestCoast. This wasthe first time inRhode Island sothey did not bring

in many competitors. Only fivestudios attended the competitionwith only thirty-four competingdances.

“We all had a lot of funat the competition, there waslittle stress or pressure, becauseit was so small,” said AimeeGagnon.

The competitionstarted promptly at 2 p.m. andlasted only three hours with theawards ceremony at 5. N.E.D.A.was granted $500 for having thegreatest number of students at-

tending the competition and an-other $500 for being the topscoring dance school. In addi-tion to this thousand dollars,N.E.D.A. won $700 for the topscoring dance in four separatecategories.

The $1,700 won at thiscompetition will go towards theAll American Talent AwardsNational competition in NewJersey this July. N.E.D.A. willalso be attending two other com-petitions this spring.

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Looking Beneath the SmileBy: Amy Caine

A serious problemthat teenagers face today isdepression. Depression can-not be simply defined as anemotion like sad or angry, butdeals a lot with the mind andpsychological aspects inone’s life.

Teenagers who arefacing this emotional disor-der do not necessarily clas-sify themselves as “de-pressed” because there aredifferent diagnoses. For ex-ample, there is clinical de-pression, which affects theimpact on and your ability todo things in one’s life. A lesssevere form of depression isan Adjustment Disorder.This type of diagnostic iscaused by stress and lasts nomore than six months.

However, when de-pression is severe, it can reachDysthymia. Dysthymia is a verycritical formof depres-sion. Some-one who hasDysthymia isusually achild or teenwho haslittle to nohappiness inhis or herlife. Also,they have ahard time remembering the lasttime they had a fun time or caneven enjoy the positives. In-stead, they tend to withdrawfrom others, constantly criticizethemselves and are always irri-table.

Whatever the type ofdepression, causes are all verysimilar. Some include a painful

mentalor emo-t i o n a le v e n t ,constantp h y s i -c a l ,mental,or emo-t i o n a lp a i nt h a tgoes on

for a length of time, developinga disease or illness that will notget better, failing an importantexam in school, or consistentlybad eating habits.

Depression can be in-herited from family genes, or the

family may not even have a his-tory of depression.

According to Mrs.Athena Melios Sullivan, AHSpsychologist, “I feel that causesof depression can come from allover. The ability to cope withsuch tough strategies and anxi-ety is really hard, especially withsuch events like 9/11. Also, theconstant pressures in highschool. It is a lot more commonnow for depression than it wasback then.” You can reach herat 508-222-5750 ext. 389 or goto the grade 10 house office.

Anyone who suffersfrom depression has a numberof choices to deal with it. Theycan seek help through counsel-ing, therapy, medications, oreven talking to someone like anurse. If someone decides to use

medications, the AHS nursesand school psychologist canpropose recommendedchoices.

Another places toseek help is South Bay Men-tal Health located inAttleboro, MA. Their phonenumber is (508) 223- 4991.

Depression left un-treated can last for weeks,months or even years. Themain risk to not getting treat-ment is non-intended suicide.Non-intended suicide is whensomeone commits suicide be-cause their illness causes themto not think clearly.

If you or someoneyou know is feeling depressed,you should talk to them or talkto someone trustworthy. It’snever too late to get help.

ating a path between indepen-dence and reliance on others isa tough business.(<www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/emotions/stress>).

Stress and depressionare serious prob-lems for manyteenagers, as the1986 study ofMinnesota highschool students’revealed. 61 per-cent of the stu-dents are not de-pressed andseem to handletheir problems ina constructiveway, 39 percentsuffer from mildto severe depres-sion.

Stress is character-ized by feelings of tension,frustration, worry, sadness, andwithdrawal. A finding that ninepercent of high school studentsare severely depressed is im-

portant, since depression is themost important risk factor forsuicide. The Minnesota Studyfound that 88 percent of theyouth that reported making sui-cide attempts were depressed.

AHS SchoolP s y c h o l o g i s tAthena Sullivansaid, “Exercise isalso a good wayto relieve stress,also being aroundother people whoare going throughthe same stressfulsituations, and it’simportant to talkabout it, to try andease the load ofstress. Sometimesif it’s schoolwork

that’s stressing you out it mayhelp to make a list.”

These are many rea-sons why young people becomestressed. The Minnesota studypresented students with a list of47 common life events and asked

them to identify those they hadexperienced in the last sixmonths that they considered tobe “bad.”

The most commonwere:* Break up with boy/girl friend* Increased arguments withparents* Trouble with brother or sis-ter* Increased arguments betweenparents* Change in parents’ financialstatus* Serious illness or injury offamily member* Trouble with classmates* Trouble with parents

These events centeraround the two most importantdomains of a teenager’s life:home and school.

(Info. taken from<www. extension.umn.edu/distri-bution/youthdevelopment>.)

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or have never met. Each of thesepeople has influenced your lifein some way. They havechanged your path and now inHeaven they are here to explainwhy.

As Eddie meets thefive people who have most in-fluenced his life, he feels greatjoy and great sadness. However,through these people Eddielearns that he did make a differ-ence.

The Five People YouMeet in Heaven is a life-chang-ing book about how even the

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smallest things make a differ-ence.

It’s a worthwhile readfor anyone who enjoys an enter-taining and motivational book.It is available at all bookstoresand the local library.

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Whoa, Where’d They Go?By: Amy Caine

On Thursday April 14,2005 AHS held a concert calledPRISM. PRISM is not an ordinarysit-down concert. In a typical con-cert, the usual per-formers are on thestage and standthere for the wholetime.

C h o r a ldirector Mr.Hyman said, “ThePRISM concert iscompared to an ac-tual prism. Itbreaks light into itscomponent parts,and the concert breaks the music de-partment into its varied musicalcomponents.”

In a PRISM concert, the

performers are scatteredall over the auditorium. Infact, a performer could besitting right next to you

and at any moment getup to sing or a musi-cian could even be sit-ting in the hallway andstart playing their mu-sic during someoneelse’s performance.Once one person singsor plays, someone elsewill We should doconcerts like thismore often.”

Band memberAlan Friedlander added,“It went really well and itwas fun. Definitely do itmore often.”

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Love is the Best MedicineBy: Amanda Rosenblatt

As a society we arepanicked by the ideas of nuclearexplosions and terrorist attacks;we know no limitsto our gory imagina-tions. We imagine adisaster like the fa-mous apocalypsescene from Termi-nator 2; that theworld is ending as ahuge chemicalcloud overtakes usall, blowing awaythe burnt, paperytissue from ourbones in a blast offire.

T h o u g hthis scenario would seem se-verely realistic, people whohave been through a real crisiswould probably tell you thisnotion is too reminiscent ofHollywood screenplay romanti-cism. The sorrow written on thefaces of the people from Belaruscould paint a vivid picture ofwhat going through a disaster isreally like.

Belarus, a country

wedged between Russia andUkraine, has truly felt the effectsfrom Chernobyl’s nuclear blast.

This event, which occurredApril 26, 1986, was from a re-actor in the Chernobyl NuclearPlant of Ukraine that explodedas a result of overheating, caus-ing misery and destruction in itswake.

As a result of the blast,which equaled that of over tennuclear bombs, toxic chemicalswere released into the air.People within a 20-mile radiusof the blast had to be relocated

and radioactive dust still liesover the land and will remainthere for a great many years

< h t t p : / /www.chernobyl.co.uk/>.

There is little to bedone in a medical sense forthe citizens of Belarus. Thebiggest cause of death forthese people is terminal ill-ness, which a majority of thetime is Thyroid Cancer< h t t p : / /rarediseases.about.com/li-b r a r y / w e e k l y /aa073101a.htm>. However,the humanitarian citizens ofthe greater Boston area havefound a way to lend a help-

ing hand to the youth of thiscountry.

Chernobyl ChildrenProject USA is a non-profit or-ganization that helps Belarusianchildren. They help to provideyouths with respite care by tak-ing them into their homes andlives for a few months.

These notable peopletake these children, who havewitnessed a harsh life, into their

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and had not one of these luxu-ries? I’m sure that you, likemany of the other millions ofAmericans, have ignored orbeen unaware of the fact thatmany people in other countriesare in serious need of assis-tance.

Once again, AHS stu-dents have answered the uni-versal cry for help. A group ofstudents from the area, includ-ing AHS student KatelynSchoonmaker (11), gladly gaveup their February vacations totravel to the Dominican Repub-lic and offer helping hands tobuild a much needed hospitaland a hurricane safe church, sothat the people of the Domini-can can worship in a safe envi-ronment.

“The hospital’s firstfloor was already up and run-ning, we just needed to helpbuild the second and thirdfloors,” said Schoonmaker.

Besides building ahospital, the volunteers alsohelped to construct a hurricanesafe church. Due to the fact thatthe Dominican is an area ofhurricane hazards, the people

of the Dominican find it difficultto worship in a church that is un-stable. “When you first get there,you just don’t realize how bad itis until you see it with your owneyes,” Schoonmaker said.

However, it was notonly the travelling Americanswho were willing to do work to

improve the desperate country.“In every village, people beg formoney and little boys tried to

help us on thework sites justfor a little bit ofmoney to sur-vive,” she said .However, thepoverty is notthe only thingthat deeplyt o u c h e dSchoonmaker,it was thepeople affectedby the povertythat she had atrue connectionwith.

Schoonmakerrecalls a timewhen she met ayoung mother

on the street. “Here take mybaby and bring her to America,I beg you. I can’t give her the

life she deserves here.”She said that this was

one of the saddest events on hertrip. The people did not only il-lustrate emotional distress, butphysical distress as well. Whenthe students were finished build-ing they also aided the peopleby passing out food and de-worming medications.

“There were these twobrothers, they were skin andbones and they were both totallynaked. They came up to us toget de-worming medicationsand they drank it like it was theonly water they were going toget all day,” Schoonmaker said.

Besides medicationsand food, the students also gavethe children of the Dominicantoys to play with, “We gave alittle boy a basketball, he heldonto it like it was the only toy

Take Your Hat OffBy: Erin Brousseau and Tyrell BatesSome say wearing

hats in school is disrespectful,while otherssay that it isjust commoncourtesy, butthe studentsof AHSknow thatone thing isfor sure; NOHATS AREALLOWED. “Wearingthe followingarticles isconsidered distracting to theeducational process and willnot be permitted in school dur-ing the school day: coats, jack-ets, hats, outerwear, bandanas,and hoods,” says the AHSdress code regulation. If a stu-dent does not comply with thisrule, disciplinary action will betaken. Punishment could in-clude or lead up to suspension.

This rule has causeda lot of controversy over the

y e a r sa m o n gschool of-ficials, stu-dents andp a r e n t s .Lurking inthe back ofm a n yA H Sstudent’sminds isthe ques-t i o n :what is

the big deal?Teachers were asked

whether this rule should bechanged, and if the decidingjudgement was based upontheir vote, how would theyvote and why?

“Wearing hats inschool creates a disrespectfulatmosphere. Students wearhats, headbands, bandanas, etc.at social events. Not being al-lowed to wear them in school

helps students to establish theirsocial and academic barriers,”says English teacher Mr. KevinGorman.

History teacher Ms.Colleen Nestlen has a differentpoint of view. She feels, “Yes,it is polite for a man to take his

hat off in buildings, and yes if itis affiliated with gangs it shouldnot be permitted. However, Idon’t find it distracting if itmatches a student’s outfit.”

When Dean of Stu-dents Mr. Brian Downey wasasked his thoughts on the rulehe responded,“With me it issimply a safetyconcern. If a stu-dent is wearing ahood Iwouldn’t beable to identifythem and Ineed to be ableto identify themfrom the back,side, and front,especially ine m e r g e n c ysituations.”

“I like hats!” said Sci-ence teacher Ms. KrissyGerrior. She feels that studentsshould be able to express their

individuality and if wearing hatswill allow them to do that then,“ I have no problem with it.”

Students also had theirown opinions on this subject,

such as Valerie LaBeouf (10).She said, “There is nothingwrong with wearing a hat, itdoesn’t hurt anybody.”

Dustin French (11) re-s p o n d e d ,“What if youare having abad hairday? Youneed some-thing tocover it up.” Wearing ahat can helpr e p r e s e n tyour charac-ter. It canshow peopleyour favoritesports teamor simply

your unique style of clothing,”said Tayla Dunn (11).

It is clear that someteachers would vote in favor ofchanging the rule and others justprefer the old fashioned way.Michelle LaFratta (11) said, “Itmay be an old fashioned rule butit’s 2005.”

Disobeying studentsPhoto taken by: Ashley Gallery

Take that hat off younglady

Photo taken by: Ashley Gallery

Bad Student Amy CainePhoto taken by: Ashley Gallery

he was ever going to get,” sherecalled.

If it is possible toimagine, throughoutSchoonmaker’s experience inthe Dominican Republic, therewere also some positive aspects.Schoonmaker recalls thebeaches where she spent someof her free time, “The beachesat night are amazing, you don’tsee that beauty anywhere else.”

Next year by goingback to the Dominican,Schoonmaker hopes to accom-plish the following:”I would really like to help kidsand encourage them to gothrough school and to prove tothem that Americans are tryingto help them and that there re-ally are some good people leftout in the world.”

Katelyn SchoonmakerPhoto taken by: Erin Brousseau

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Alyson Villard said,“The concert kinda forced theaudience to pay attention andkept them guessing where tolook. “

Hannah Simmonsadded, “It was really positiveand there was good feedback.”

“Wonderful, it wasvery good. I didn’t really

Whoa where’d they go cont. from pg. 6homes and show them love,compassion and enjoyment.They give them new clothes,toys, good food, healthcare, andthe most valuable possession ofall, good memories.

Nick Buckman (12)from Ms. Adeline Bee’s EnglishHonors class wrote a paperabout a relative who tookBelarusian children into herhome.

“My grandmother tookin two (unrelated) Belarusiankids a few years ago,” Buckman

Love is the best medicine cont from pg. 6

stated, “It was fun because theywere really energetic. Theyliked to play sports, especiallysoccer.”

Buckman got to see upclose the difference this pro-gram makes in these youths’lives. “It was cool. I connectedwith them and was glad that theyfelt they found a friend in me.”

Though it is no doubtheartbreaking for the hosts, aswell as the children, to part waysand say goodbye when their stayis over, it truly makes a differ-

Spring Into FashionBy: Monique Dansby

A fter a long wearywinter, spring is finally startingto arrive. Ladies, it is now timeto get rid of the winter clothesand take out the cute shorts andfun skirts. This year it is allabout being feminine and girly.

This season, when itcomes to color, think bright.There is going to be a lot of yel-low, peach, blue (especially tur-quoise), lime green, pink, me-tallic, and silver.

Pairing bright withneutral hues is a must; and me-tallic and silver add a little shim-mer, to make any outfit amaz-ing.

Brigitte Larmey (11)agrees, “I’m really excited aboutthe bright colors that come out

during the spring.”Accessories are a must

this season. Think big and big-ger! Layering big bulky jewelryon top of ordinary tees spices upthe outfit.

Bags are a must thisyear. The bags, along with mostaccessories, should be big andbright. Coach is right on top ofthis year’s bag fashion. Theirnew Hamptons Weekend Col-lection is a great example of thisstyle. Sunglasses are 70’s in-spired. They consist of largelenses and the most retro glassesare lined in white.

This season’s shoesare funkier then ever. Wedges

are the must-have shoe. They gogreat with any outfit and arecomfortable at the same time.They are bright, patterned withbig prints, layered with sequinsand jewels, and lined in metal-lic and gold.

The more extreme andfunky, the better! Along withwedges this season’s must- haveshoes are flats. Ballerina flatsand moccasins are the mostpopular. They dress up jeansand look great with skirts.

Stores such as OldNavy are caught up in the newshort fashion. Although short

shorts are always in, Bermudashorts as Old Navy calls them,are the hottest shorts yet. Theyare a little shorter than capris,but no shorter than the knee.They are perfect for everyone,not just those with long legs.

This season freshenup pants by cuffing and roll-ing the pants up the leg a littlebelow the knee. CharlotteRusse declares these pantsspring’s most wanted item.

The hippie look isback in style. Nothing is bet-ter then free flowing materialthat can make any girl feel

feminine. When buying skirtsthink volume with ruffles andpleats.

Big floral prints aregreat as well. When wearingthese big skirts pair a tight jacketor shirt with it so you don’t overdo it with too much volume. Fit-ted jackets are in style and lookgreat with these skirts. Also pairwith sandals that have a lot ofjewels and sequins.

This year’s springstyle has brought with it manydifferent looks, something foreveryone, most of which are in-spired by clothing of the past.These style are great if you wantto feel feminine yet comfort-able, and wear colors that canbrighten anyone’s day!

Track AttackBy: Laura Urko

In January, the AHStrack team beat across town ri-vals Bishop Feehan. The girlsmore thandoubled theShamrocks scoreand the boys alsodefeated BishopFeehan by 14points.

On Feb.2, 2005 both theboys and girlsteam proved theywere the best inthe Eastern Ath-letic Conferenceby coming in firstof seven teams.

In thehurdles, CaptainAdam Austin (12) cap-tured first place with a time of8.6 seconds, a personal best forhim. On the girl’s team, AnnaKern (11) also had a personalbest time of 9.01 seconds to winthe hurdles and to break theEAC record. Also, in thehurdles, Kayla Lukin (12) hada personal record time and cap-tured second place.

Other record breakers

were Bridget DeVincent (11)who ran 5:18.67 in the mileand Kyle Spieler (12) who

threw 51 feet nine inches.Heather Tullos (10) finishedfourth in the mile and AndrewBensson (12) finished third inthe shot put.

Other noteworthyperformances included, MattBrousseau (10) winning the1000m race, Desiree Edge (9)placing fifth in the 300m race,Tyler Hathaway (11) placing

fourth in the 300m race, andKasey Buckley (11) having apersonal best in the shot put.

“It’s anexclamation point toa great season, leav-ing no doubt in ourteam’s mind of whothe best team is,”said head Coach Pe-ter Lacasse.

SprintingCoach Kelly Croninsaid, “The team re-ally wanted this. Wehad a great meet.”She also attributesthe win to seniorleadership. “We knew thismeet was going to beclose; our seniors re-

ally stepped up big for us,”continued Cronin.

Captain StevenKing (12) saw the win as “re-lieving” because the teams fi-nally beat Feehan. SusannahDiTrolio (12), KristinaLacasse (12), Lakisha Leach(12), Austin, and Benssonwere also winter track cap-tains.

AHS Track TeamPhoto taken by: Laura Urko

ence. The program is still oper-ating. Chernobyl Children hasalso set up respite care buildingsthroughout Belarus and the sur-rounding affected countries,such as the Rodni House inRogachev, Ukraine.

For information onhow to take part in this serviceor to give donations, please goto <www.ccpusa.org>.

(Additional referencematerial from <http://www.artukraine.com>.)

Awards NightBy: Brad Vigorito

The annual AwardsNight was held on Tuesday,May 3 in the Robert H. BrayAuditorium.

Starting at 6:30 p.m.,audiences were entertained withthe students of Mr. AllenMakepeace and Ms. AdelineBee’s “Student Anthology2005.” The ceremony thenkicked off at 7 p.m. with a wel-coming speech from AHS Prin-cipal Ms. Jacqueline Proulx.She congratulated the studentsand their families for their hardwork, dedication and successover the past year.

After a greeting to therecipients by SuperintendentMr. Joel Lovering, the awardswere presented.

Awards included Art,Athletic, Book, Career andTechnical Education, Commu-nity Service Learning, Drama,English, Foreign Language,Journalism, Mathematics, Mul-timedia, Music, Science, SocialStudies, and LeadershipAwards, which were handed outto students in all four grades.

A noteworthy momentcame when Ms. Barbara Sennapresented the Science Award toMorgan Fox (12). Senna alsoannounced that Fox had beennamed Honorable Mention forthe NASA Student Involvement

Program for Science and Tech-nology.

The end of the eveningwas devoted to receiving theLeadership Awards presentedby Proulx. The Daugthers of theAmerican Revolution (DAR)Good Citizen Award wasawarded to Elizabeth Duclose(11). Duclose was selected be-cause of her “having demon-strated the qualities of depend-ability, service, leadership andpatriotism.”

Christopher Gelinaswas named Class Essayist forthe Class of 2005. He receivedthe highest number of votes outof the 100 highest achieving se-niors. Gelinas will address thegraduating class during the 136Commencement Ceremony onJune 5. He will be attendingMichigan State in September.

With a grade point av-erage of 102.80, Molly Byrnesis the Salutatorian. Byrnes, amember of the AHS soccer andgymnastics team, also receivedthe Howard O’Hare Award forExcellence in Athletics. Byrneswill attend West Point in Sep-tember.

Closing the eveningwas the announcement of Vale-dictorian for the Class of 2005.Ray DiCiaccio was given astanding ovation for his efforts

in achieving a gradepoint average of103.63.

D iC iacc i owill also address thecrowd during gradu-ation, along withByrnes andGelinas.Di- Ciaccio will at-tend Cornell Univ. inIthaca, NY in Sept.

The Next StepBy: Tonisha Bates

The next step for se-niors graduating in June of 2005varies from taking a year off, toworking full time, and/or attend-ing college in September.*Julio Alcantara is going toJohnson and Wales in Septemberto study criminal justice.*Kori Cardoza is going to RhodeIsland College in September tobecome a teacher.*Shamika Whitfield said her nextstep is going to be at BridgewaterState College to become a specialeducation teacher.

*Alison Piatelli is going toFramingham College to studyearly childhood development.*Chris Palermo is going toBryant College in Septemberto study accounting.*Heather Smith is attendingJohnson and Wales to studyhotel management.*Meghan Barishian is goingto Bristol Community Collegein September to study earlychildhood development.*Kate Figueiredo is attend-ing Boston University in Sep-tember to major in engineer-ing.*Mike Lexner is going to

Bentley College in Septemberto play football and to majorin accounting.*Amanda Rosenblatt is go-ing to Columbia College ofChicago in the last week ofAugust to move in and to studyjournalism.*Brad Vigorito is enteringWheaton College in Septem-ber and is undecided about hismajor field of study.*Portia Holley is planing onattending college so that shecan graduate and own her ownbusiness.*Molly Byrnes is attendingWest Point in September and

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know what to expect seeing asit was our first time attemptingthis type of concert,” said Mu-sic Director Mr. Munroe.

Next time you are in-terested in seeing a really sur-prising concert, look out forPRISM.

Yeah Seniors!

will become an Army officer.*Ray DiCiaccio will be attend-ing Cornell University inIthaca, New York in Septem-ber.*Amanda Eng is going to CCRIin September and is undecidedbut wants to do something withthe medical field.*Katrina Jacobs is going toBryman Institute to become amedical assistant and plans tobecome a registered nurse.*L’Oreal Jenkins is going toLeMoyne-Owen College tomajor in English to become ateacher.*Chris Gelinas will attendMichigan State.*Venessa Fontaine will be at-

tending Arthur Angelo’s Schoolof Cosmetology in October fortwo years.*Fabian Ruano is planing on go-ing to Northeastern in Septemberto become an architect.*Christina Catallozzi is attendingUMass Dartmouth and is not surewhat major to pursue.*Ashley Gallery is taking a yearoff to work before attending col-lege the following year.*Audrey Greene will be attendingcollege part time to study crimi-nal justice classes.*Paul Zanowski really does notknow what his plans are for nextyear.*Andrew Mueller is going toCCRI to major in criminal justice.

*Melanie Pestana is going toattend New England DentalAssistant School.*Thoa Nguyen is going toUMass Amherst to major inbusiness management.*Matt Shepperson is attendingCCRI but says he really hasno path in life.*Mark Gasper is going to at-tend New England Tech/Au-tomotive Tech.*Dylan Sulham is going toCCRI to major in criminal jus-tice.*Laura Urko is attending St.Anselem and is undecided onwhat career to pursue.*Michele Gonzalez is takinga semester off and taking nurs-ing courses.

I have so many good ideas for articles, concepts for pieces that I would love to read aboutif I were just a student reading the paper. With so many “good ideas,” it’s hard to believe that noneof them got past the opening paragraph.

Why is it that in the past four weeks, I have only been able to write one mediocre article?It could be partially due to writer’s block, or that I’m just apathetic. Maybe my ideas weren’t asgood as I thought. No matter what the reason for my less than par performance is, I feel like I havea story to write but can’t express it.

It’s amazing. Before this course, writing never seemed to be a challenge for me. Injournalism there’s a saying that states “write what you know.” So what happens when you’vealready written about everything you know…what then? Then you write about what you don’tknow (obviously) and you learn about something new.

The fact of the matter is, journalism and writing in general can be hard. Sometimes, it isso hard to get started because I don’t know where to begin. It can be overwhelming. Writer’s blockis a journalist’s arch enemy.

The deadline for the last newspaper is this Friday, May 13. It is the Tuesday of that weekand I am writing this article in hopes that by some miracle it will get into the last newspaper. It’svery ironic and extremely cliché that my writer’s block has been broken.

The Best Idea about NothingBy: Troy Pepicelli

Way Too OverprotectiveBy: Tonisha Bates

W hen is enough,

enough? When it comes to parentsbeing way too overprotective doesit ever go away? Not letting yourchildren do things isn’t always thebest way to parent. In order for achild to develop a strong sense ofindependence, parents need to backoff and let their child/children growup.A c c o r d i n g t o<www.eklavya,org/overprotectiveparents.htm>, parents feelresponsible forthese tiny creatureswho they havebrought into the big,bad world and in-tend to be theirguardian angels forthe rest of theirlives. Parents haveto keep in mind thattheir children willgrow up eventually.

Parents who constantlyrun interference between their chil-dren and the real world are actu-ally doing more harm than good.Parents who view every physicalactivity that their children take partin as potentially dangerous; thosewho only feel reassured when theirchildren are under their watchfuleyes; those who are more anxiousthan their children that somethingthat will go wrong; those who hoverover their children constantly giv-ing instructions; those who rule outall activities that have even a re-mote possibility of resulting in anaccident; those who feel that theirchildren cannot cross a road with-out being run over or go out alone

without being abducted are parentswho could be said to have inappro-priate fears.

Parent’s fears for theirchildren’s safety if it’s extreme, canhave an adverse affect on theirchildren’s confidence and self-es-teem. According to OverprotectiveParents, “A parent is only makingtheir child more dependent and in-

hibiting their at-tempts to learnto do things bythemselves. ”

Overprotectivep a r e n t sunitenional lyhave the abilityto send theirchildren themessage thatthey are inca-pable of han-dling things ontheir own.“Some children

may react with resistance becausethey believe that their parents per-ceive them as being accident-proneand having poor judgment.

Overprotective parentsshould change their attitude if theywant their children to grow up asindependent, confident adults.

What is safe and accept-able will always be a bone of con-tention between parents and chil-dren, but the important thing is forparents to realize that sometimesthey just need to let go.

All information camefrom <www.eklavya,org/over protectiveparents.htm>.

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Urban LegendsBy: LeAnne O’Regan

For teens, the highschool experience is the first en-counter with urban legends.Teen years are filled with leg-endary tales of pranks and cor-ruption. In urban legends, stu-dents are always trying to comeup with new ways to outsmartteachers and parents, new waysto cheat, and new ways to havefun.

Throughout theschool’s halls, students hear sto-ries being muttered—some trueand some not. True or false, buteither way, they are entertaining,horrifying and sometimes hilari-ous.

Most teens can spoutoff urban legends on becausethey are such a huge part oftoday’s society. The most fa-mous tales include kidneys be-ing harvested by organ thieves,bathrooms of old schools beinghaunted, and suggestive sub-liminal messages in popularmovies and songs.

There is a terrifyingurban legend associated withthe common teenage girls’ rou-tine of tanning. According to thetale, there is a young bride-to-be who wants to be tan for herwedding night. For safety rea-sons, tanning saloons have ahalf hour limit, but 30 minutesisn’t good enough for her, so shegoes to all the tanning boothsin town,and then the surround-ing towns.

By the end of the dayshe has been tanning for 16hours. Content with her skin

tone, she goes home to get rest be-fore her wedding night. She isn’tfeeling well, and right before shefalls asleep she smells somethingburning, but ignores it.

The next day, her fiancécomes in and finds her dead inbed. When he gets his girlfriend’s

autopsy, he finds out that due totoo much tanning, she was cookedfrom the inside out. She literallymicrowaved her insides. “Whichis totally illogical because tanningbooths use UV rays, not micro-waves,” says Melissa Campbell(10), who describes herself as be-ing “obsessed with urban leg-ends.”

Kevin Levesque (9) re-members a friend telling him astory about rock group 311’sname. “Supposedly, they callthemselves 311 because ‘K’ is theeleventh letter of the alphabet and3 times ‘K’ equals KKK. But Idon’t think that’s true.”

However, the most inter-esting urban legends are ones thattake place in the same state, town

or even high school of the lis-tener. AHS sophomore TroyPepicelli explains, “Allegedly,there’s a ghost in the audito-rium at AHS named Scooter,and he doesn’t like it whenyou whistle.”

Urban legends usu-ally have little or no basis inreality, or can’t be completelyconfirmed one way or another.Whether we know it or not,we’ve all heard them, usuallyas something that happened toa “friend of a friend.”

AHS sophomore JillGagnon claims to know many“friend of a friend” tales.“OK, so my friend has thisfriend, who knew this guy whoskipped an auto mechanicsclass to smoke a cigarette. Hesaid he was going to the bath-room, but he was going out-side. Turns out, he had gaso-line all over his pants fromclass, and when he lit hiswind-proof lighter, he set him-self on fire.”

Even though manyunderstand that these tales arenot real, they are told and re-told as true anyway. In someways, people feel a sense offame in saying they know“that guy.” The speaker feelsas though he or she is cool byassociation.

To learn more abouturban legends visit<www.snopes.com> or watch‘Mythbusters’ on the Discov-ery Channel Wednesdays at 9p.m.

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Electives for Next YearBy: Laura Urko

A s the end of theschool year approaches, stu-dents at AHS are going to haveto start choosing classes to takenext year. To make the processa little easier, here are a fewelective classes that some se-niors enjoyed.

A number of studentshave enjoyed taking the historyclass Art and Culture with Mr.Tobey Reed. Kayla Lukin said,“It opened up my eyes to newideas and made me look at whatis really going on.”

“It was taught in a dif-ferent manner. After we didprojects, we would then receivean individualized letter back onwhat we got and why,” saidJackie Tomasso.

Another history elec-tive that caught student’s eyesis psychology with Mr. MarkFerruccio. Melissa Kelley al-ways looks forward to going toit and says, “It’s very interactive

and we do interesting activitiesthat make you think about whypeople act the way they do.”

Nicole Dragun thoughtthat Ferruccio was a greatteacher and also commented onhow much fun the class was.

Christina Catallozziliked her science electiveanatomy and Physiology taughtby Ms. Karen Johnson, becauseof dissecting the cats.

Creative writing is an-other praised class. LeahHochler said, “This was a reallygood class because we learnedthe different ways of approach-ing writing. It was a lot of funto see how other students ex-pressed themselves throughwriting.”

Epistemology is a phi-losophy class that Mr. DavidSawyer teaches. It is made upof interesting subjects that mostclasses don’t talk about.“It makes you look at the worldaround you differently. Theclass is enjoyable and he teachesit well,” said Brad Vigorito.

Another great electiveis journalism taught by Ms.Adeline Bee. The students inthis class write articles for theEagle’s Eye.

Fun TeacherPicture courtesy of:

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Mr. Larry StackBy: Caroline Costello

M r. Larry Stack has been a dedicated teacher at AHSfor the last 36 years. He spent his first year working as a part-timeteacher but moved on to become a full time teacher in his secondyear.

Stack has spent much of his career teaching Earth Sci-ence. He received a bachelor’s degree in history and geographywith a minor in earth science from East Carolina University. Hewent on to receive a master’s degree from Bridgewater State Col-lege in earth science.

Stack said he became a teacher because, “I always wantedto become a teacher and a coach.” Aside from his contributions inthe classroom, Stack spent 18 years coaching both softball andtennis at AHS.

With many memories obtained throughout his career,some of his most memorable moments include the Class of 1980’sdecision to have their yearbookdedicated to him and having thechildren of past students as hisstudents as well.

Stack has had severalaccomplishments throughouthis career. He was selected asone of four science teachers torepresent New England in theNational Science Symposium.Stack also had two former stu-dents choose him for Who’sWho Among American Teach-ers.

Despite his retirement,he still wishes to continue teach-ing part time if he can. “There’shigh demand for science teach-ers,” said Stack.

He does however, lookforward to an ideal day in retire-ment when he can wake up atthe crack of dawn to go fishing, then play tennis and an afternoonround of golf.

Stack says that the one thing he would miss about teach-ing is the students. He also said he will not miss the disdain of thepublic towards public education.

For new teachers, the veteran teacher advises them to,“Just remember the three F’s: firm, fair, and friendly, and that willget you through your teaching career.”

Many students have had Mr. Stack as a teacher and havebenefited from his influence. “He was a good teacher and I learneda lot from him” said Kori Tinnell (11).

With his final year of teaching coming to a close, Stackwill be missed by both students and teachers alike.

Mr. StackPhoto taken by: Caroline

Costello

A “Breit” FutureBy: Jillann GagnonA fter 20 years of

teaching at AHS, Englishteacher Mrs. Gail Breit is retir-ing. Breit has taught English I,English II and Sports Literature.

Looking back on herexperience at AHS, Breit saysthat her time here was enjoy-able. “I have made some friendsthat I expect will last a lifetime.The memories of my studentsare never-ending,” she said.

Breit recalled her fa-vorite teaching memory. “Sev-eral years ago I had a class thatI assigned a memorization pas-sage. It was Antony’s funeraloration from Julius Caesar. Thestudents did the most wonder-ful job reciting this passage. Iwas impressed beyond words

Ms. Mary GalliganBy: Angela Fontneau

After 35 years of ser-vice in the Attleboro area,Freshman Guidance CounselorMary Galligan is retiring.Galligan worked at the elemen-tary and middle school level asan adjustment counselor beforecoming to AHS this year.

Also, before switchinginto a counseling career,Galligan worked as a Title Iteacher teaching remedial math,and has also taught middleschool English to fifth and sixthgrade classes.

Galligan began hercounseling career in 1988,when Brennan Middle SchoolPrincipal Edward McCarthygave her the opportunity towork as a counselor after re-ceiving her masters degree.

After retiring, she isplanning on spending six

months of the year in Bethel,Maine, so she will be able to ski.The other half of the year willbe spent at Cape Cod on thebeach. She also will get to spendmore time with her mother,brother, three nieces, and her

Mrs. BreitPhoto taken by: Angela

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nephew.Galligan’s colleagues

at Brennan Middle School(BMS) say that she was a won-derful person to work with; shewas always making themlaugh.

Paula Haag, secretaryat BMS said, “During the holi-days she was always coming indressed up. On Easter she’dcome in with bunny ears on.We miss her here this year, andthe school system will be lostwithout her.”

Overall, Galligansays she enjoyed her timeworking in Attleboro becauseshe was given the chance to doa lot of different things. Fromteaching to counseling, herwork here has been a great ex-perience.

Ms. GalliganPhoto taken by: Angela Fontneau

with their preparation. Then Idiscovered their secret. They

had taped the words of the ora-tion on the backs of studentswho sat in the front of the class.It really was pretty funny.”

When asked what shewould say to any students study-ing to become teachers, Breitsays that keeping a sense of hu-mor is key.

“Mrs. Breit teaches insuch a way that it is easy to un-derstand the concepts. She is alot of fun too, ” said KevinBassett (10) a former student ofhers.

After retirement, Breitplans on traveling, skiing, gar-dening, and golfing. She alsoplans on spending time with herfamily and her four (almost five)grandchildren.

Librarian Mrs. JudyHebert describes Breit as “ahard working teacher who hasher students’ best interests atheart.”

The students and fac-ulty at AHS will miss Breit’sfriendliness as well as her won-derful teaching ability.

Mrs. Jane PetermanBy: Amanda Palmisciano

Mrs. PetermanPhoto taken by: Amanda

Palmisciano

Mrs. Clare KelleherBy: Megan Lenhart

M rs. Clare Kelleher is

a math teacher at Attleboro HighSchool who has been teachingmath for about thirty years.

During Kelleher’s careershe has taught everything fromPreCalculus to Alternative Math.This year Kelleher is teaching Al-gebra I, Geometry and Basic Col-lege Math.

Kelleher attended RegisCollege, where she earned her A.B.in Mathematics. She also got herM. Ed. from UMass Boston.

Kelleher’s favorite sportis baseball and, of course, her fa-vorite baseball team is the BostonRed Sox. “I grew up three milesfrom Fenway Park and my cousinis the former president of the RedSox,” she said.

She also enjoys attend-ing and supporting the AHS boys’and girls’ basketball teams. Sheloves high school and collegesports. “I also get to enjoy ouraward winning beautiful and ath-letic cheerleaders,” she said.

Kelleher says that teach-ing high school kids usually turnsinto an adventure and can be fun.“Once in a while you can reallymake a positive impact insomeone’s life,” she said.

Kelleher really admiresretired Vice Principal Mr. MauriceCamire. “Mr. Camire always wascalm and seemed to be able tohandle any situation in a mannerthat was very professional, kind,

and fair to all. His manner of speak-ing was a joy to hear. I will alwaysremember when he used to say,‘The length and depth of your dress…’”

Kelleher also admires themany students who come to schooleveryday against terrible odds.Homelessness, hunger, severe ill-nesses are among the few “odds”some students experience. “Thesekids are heroes in our midst and weare usually unaware of their pain,”she said.

Kelleher’s proudest mo-ments in teaching are when shepositively influences a student.

During her careerKelleher has had very memorablestudents. “I remem-ber a student namedMaria. She was myfirst student to be-come a doctor. I alsoremember this boynamed Tim; he wasa special kind of kid.I remember tons ofothers also,” saidKelleher.

If shecould do anythingelse besides being amother, grand-mother and a teachershe says that shewould probably be agood cook becauseshe burns every-thing!

Kelleher lives by theword “peace.” “If there were peacein all the world, then all the otherproblems could get the attentionthat they deserve.”

Kelleher has four chil-dren, two sons and two daughters.She is also a proud grandmother.

When all is said anddone, Kelleher plans to retire andspend her winters in Hawaii andsummers on the Cape. The rest ofthe time she will spend with herchildren. She plans to travel withand without her grandchildren. “Iplan to continue to show my grand-children the world with at least onetrip a year,” said Kelleher.

M rs. Jane Peterman has

been in the Attleboro Public Schoolsystem for 35 years. After this year,she will be retiring.

A sher time inAHS windsdown, bothstaff and stu-dents reflecton her inspi-rational dedi-cation toeducation. AmandaBeauregard(9) said,“She is a re-ally greatteacher.” Petermanhas spent hertime teachingspecializedhistory, studyand organizational skills, and En-glish.

Her warmth and kind na-ture have touched many of her col-leagues. English Department HeadMr. Kevin Gorman said, “My firstyear teaching, she made me feel athome by giving me roasted pecansin nice little tin for the holidays.”

Journalism teacher Ms.Adeline Bee said, “Jane is one ofthe nicest people I know. Her heartis as big as all outdoors.”

Throughout her years,

Peterman has acquired many fondmemories of AHS and people whohave touched her life. She looksback with particular nostalgia at the

interactivetime shespent withs t u d e n t s .She said, “Iloved theprojects thatwe did. Wehad a Colo-nial Day andI made a Co-lonial mealwith my stu-dents.”

A l -though Pe-terman willmiss her timeat AHS, sheis alreadylooking for-

ward to the future.She said, “Iplan on taking some courses forfun, like ceramics and other artclasses.”

Whatever lies ahead,Peterman’s time here will not soonbe forgotten.

Liz Duclos (11) said,“Even though Ms. Peterman is re-tiring, everything she gave theschool will never fade. Workingwith her on the school council, Igot a chance to see what a wonder-ful person she is. She will bemissed.”

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As seniors we have gone through a lot in the last four years. In September 2001, we stepped over the threshold and now we are on ourway out. From the scared and timid freshmen to the mature and wise seniors, the class of 2005 is now ready to embark on a world without

AHS. As graduation day grows nearer, seniors reflect on the past high school years.Brad Vigorito

“One thing I will neverforget is going to Ms. Rosa’s TLS(Thinking Learning Skills) classwatching the twin towers collapseon September 11. It wasn’t my fa-vorite memory but it’s something Iwill never forget and will alwaysappreciate. My favorite memorywas Ms. Neveu’s Spanish classsophomore year. We had a lot oflaughs. We still talk about it today.”

Laura Urko“The memory that

most sticks out in my mindabout high school, is hearingabout September 11 from Ms.Rosa. She was really helpful inhelping me understand what wasgoing on and what it all meant.My favorite memory is playingfield hockey and throwing intrack. I really enjoyed workingwith my captains during fieldhockey, we had a lot of goodtimes.”

Hannah Clark“My favorite memory is

cross country and track. It was somuch fun to meet all new people.”

Leah Hochler“Senior Prom”

Saira Chaudary“Being elected as

President of the Leo Club for thepast two years.”

Danielle Gaboury“My favorite high school

memory is being a senior. Just be-ing able to look back at all the funtimes. My friends are awesome.” Janice Churchill

“I likedthe swim busrides.”

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Roselle Arpino“Watching the senior

count down diminish.”

Richelle Mallett“Showing up to prom

with my friends in a Hummerlimo.”

Tim Walsh“Tailgating before the

Attleboro vs. Feehan basketballgame.”

Michelle Lyons“My fondest senior

memory is becoming friendswith the two most importantpeople in my life: AshleyMurphy and John Hopkins. Ilove you guys.”

Michaela Sousa“Freshmen basket-

ball team.”

Josh Seidlitz“Learning the dance to

Mr. AHS and watching BenKelly pee his pants for a dollar.”

Amanda Rosenblatt

“In freshman year for theGSA we went on a field trip toProvincetown. We walked allaround the town and we went shop-ping and had pizza. The weatherwas great. We walked along abridge of rocks and we found a hid-den beach and hung out there. Eventhough I got a bad sun burn, it wasstill a good time.”

Kevin Darnell“At the spirit rally

when I was in the pie eatingcontest and I thought I lost but Iactually won!”

Molly Byrnes“Use of the phone bell.”

Meghan Barishian“My cheerleading

sisters.”

Pam Mansfield“Senior prom was my

favorite memory.”

Drew Legare“Taking easy classes.”

Anna Sullivan and KatherineFournier

“Hanging out withfriends.”

David Silveira ( Cheeks)“Playing football with

all my friends.”

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Mike Bamford“Playing at the

Worcester Paladium.”

Michele Gonzalez

“My favoritememory involved chocolatemilk, a white outfit and a twoday suspension.”

Kayla Bessette

“Seeing the senior girlsdance at the pep rally. That waspriceless”

Shamika Whitfield

“The day my inhalercap got stuck in my bellybutton.”

Jackie Lamb

Allison Haskell

“Meeting Chris Stott.”

“ The day the lightswent out.”

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Editor Amanda Ros-enblatt said, “Journalism is agood experience because itsharpens your English skills andteaches you to write better.”There is a lot of independentwork and opportunities to see

how to be a real journalist.Greg Bassett has fond

memories of multimedia. Hesaid, “Multimedia was fun be-cause we got to work with in-teresting programs and 3-Dart.”

Electives cont. from pg. 8

Fun at the 2005Special Olympics

Melissa Campbell (10)I signed up for journal-

ism be-cause it’smy goal inlife to be-come edi-t o r - i n -chief ofB l e n d e rMagazine,w h i c hmeans Ineed towork myway up thejournalistic

ranks. I’ve enjoyed this classand I will definitely be taking itnext year. Hopefully then I willknow more about the innerworkings of the class and willbe able to get even more in-volved.

Amy Caine (10)When I started Jour-

nalism, I’d write few creative ar-ticles. I somehowgot the idea thatyou could haveyour own column.At first I really de-spised this class. Icould not get intouch with thefacts; my first ar-ticle was terrible. Ihated the class; Ithought it stunkand I hated myselffor joining it. Ihave really growninto liking this class and I knowit has only been one semester,but I definitely would like tocome back next year to pass onthe knowledge I’ve gained.

Amy and MelissaPhoto taken by: Amanda

Rosenblatt

Monique Dansby (11)This is my second year taking

journalism and I love how we areable to just work on our own and comeup with creative ideas. It reallygave me a sense of what a field injournalism would be all about. Studentsare given the chance to interact andshare ideas with each other, whichcan be very helpful. I love to write andthis class definitely gives you thechance to express your style of writ-ing in any creative way you wish. I re-ally enjoy this class and would recom-mend it to anyone.

Mo and NhiPhoto taken by:

AmandaRosenblatt

Christina Catallozzi, Reporter(12)

I took journalism be-cause I enjoyed the class in pastyears. I like how you can workindependently and express yourown ideas. I will be attending theUniversity of Massachusetts atDartmouth.

Nhi Nguyen (10)I took Journalism because it was the closest thing to En-

glish. I like the freedom to choose what subject I want to writeabout and the writing itself in Journalism, but the editing gets tir-ing.

Amanda Palmisciano (11)I have been a member

of the journalism staff for a fewyears now and I love it. Takingthe class allows you the freedomto grow as both a writer and aperson. Also, it’s a lot of funworking with everyone to get anewspaper out. I plan on takingjournalism again next year!

LauraUrko(12)

Ilike howthe classis reallyindepen-dent andthe stu-dents are allowed do stories onwhatever they want. Journalismis a good class to take becauseit helps with responsibility sincestudents have to keep up on ar-

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ticles andbeats.

Be-ing aneditor wasan inter-esting jobbecause Igot to see

the progress of stories that fel-low students were writing. I amgoing to attend Saint AnselmCollege in Manchester, NH withan undecided major.

Farewell, My Helpful Friend!Contributions from Eagle’s Eye Staff

As the Eagle’s Eye closes shop for another semester and for the summer, staff members look back on this class. Also, seniors reflect andsay goodbye as they log off their computers and push in their chairs one last time.

Kori Tinnel (11)I took journalism be-

cause I enjoy writing. I also aminterested in going to school forjournalism or for some type ofcreative writing and this classhelped me to decide that.

KoriPhoto taken by: Amanda

Rosenblatt

Troy Pepicelli (10)Ever since middle

school, I have loved writing.My parents, knowing this, andme having a vacant spot in myschedule, made me take thisclass. Now at the end of the yearI find myself enjoying the classand maybe even wanting to be-come a journalist someday.

TroyPhoto taken by: Amanda

Rosenblatt

Jillann Gagnon (10)When I signed up for

journalism, I had no idea whatit was going to be like. I wasexcited for it because I reallyenjoy writing. Now, at the endof the year I am really gratefulthat I got to experience it. Jour-nalism isn’t like any other classyou will ever take.

JillPhoto taken by: Amanda

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LeAnnePhoto taken by: Amanda

Rosenblatt

Krystina Renzi (10)I took journalism be-

cause I was considering it as acareer. It was a great experi-ence being a part of the news-paper and I learned a lot aboutthis field of work.

LeAnne O’Regan (10)I signed up for journal-

ism because I want to be awriter. The journalism courseprovides real life experienceswith writing for a paper.

KrystinaPhoto taken by: Amanda

Rosenblatt

Erin Brousseau (11)I took the journalism

class because I wish to become awriter someday. Whether I will bea journalist, an author or an alikecareer, I wish to have a career inwriting. Taking the journalism classhas helped me learn more aboutwriting and itgave me moreinsight intomaking mydecision. Ienjoyed thisclass because

it was a new experience and I lovedthe feeling of being on my own, towrite what I want to write, and toget the information I needed at myown pace. I am glad that I tookjournalism this year and I am look-ing forward to my senior year as a

member of theEagle’s Eyestaff.

Tyrell Bates(10)

Ienjoyed thisclass because it was a new experi-ence. I was interested in taking thisclass because I wanted to be a jour-nalist or something in that field.However I later came to find outthat I could not keep a constant flowof ideas for articles, so I started todislike this class. I would not takethis class simply because journal-

ism is not forme. However I

liked the class because the teacherwas cool and the students werefriendly. I would recommend thisclass to anybody who is interestedin becoming a journalist or reporter.

Ty and ErinPhoto taken by: Amanda

Rosenblatt

Brittany Fiske (10)

By entering journal-ism this year, I feel that I havegrown as both a person and awriter. This class has definitelyopened new doors to me as awriter. I would definitely con-sider taking Journalism againnext year as a junior. I look for-ward to being sculpted into abetter writer and being able towrite about things that I thinkare important in the world atthat current time. I can’t wait tobecome a better journalist!

Everado Martinez (11)In this class I have

learned more than just writingskills necessary in today’s jour-nalism world, but the emphasishas been made on proper jour-nalism ethics. This class has alsoshown me the prominence ofstaying on top of news makingevents that are not in my imme-diate surroundings.

EvPhoto taken by: Amanda

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BritPhoto taken by: Amanda

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Awards NightTuesday, May 3Senior PromFriday, May 6Valedictorian/SalutatorianCeremonyTuesday, May 10Yearbook Dedication andDistributionTuesday, May 17Scholarship NightTuesday, May 17Last Day of Classes forSeniors & PicnicFriday, May 27Boat CruiseFriday, June 3GraduationSunday, June 5

A n g e l aCipol lo(10)Journal-ism wasan en-lighten-ing class.I learnedthat writ-ing as ajournalistis very different than how Ithought, in that it is formattedin a very specific way and theform of writing must be appeal-ing but cannot include any com-plex grammar. This is impera-tive to my career because I ei-ther want to be a journalist or apolitician. If I were to be a poli-tician, I would need to knowhow to persuade my audiencein an interesting way and alsospeak so that they understand.I’m not sure yet of whether ornot I intend on taking journal-ism again, but I can honestly saythat this class has helped me togrow into a stronger writer.

Angela Fontneau (10) My first year in thejournalism class was a greatexperience because through-out the semester I learned howto work independently andmeet specific deadlines. Ilearned how much pressurethere can be in a journalisticwork environment whendeadlines need to be met. Iliked this class because it was

such a different atmospherethan a regular academic class.

AngelaPhoto taken by: Amanda

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AngelaPhoto taken by:

Amanda Rosenblatt

JeanineMar t in ,E d i t o r(11) Il i k e dt a k i n gJournal-

ism this semester.There is a bit of annoyance notbeing able to control every-thing, but you get so much con-trol and freedom in this class.I guess you just have to“G.A.G.” (get a grip). Being aneditor was cool but I wouldn’tdo it again. There is too muchresponsibility I think; I can’thandle the pressure. I do lovewriting and will definitely takethis class again next year.

JeaninePhoto taken by:

Amanda Rosenblatt

Brad Vigorito (12)I took Journalism Ap-

prentice my fresh-man year and signedup for journalismmy sophomore andjunior year. How-ever, due to an over-loaded class andscheduling conflicts,I was not able to takethe class until my se-nior year. It wasdefinitely worth thewait. I have neverbeen in a class wherewe are treated like adults and ableto be put in real life situations. Be-ing in this class has made me feelmore prepared for the real worldthan any other because it is set up

like a job. I learned balance andtime management inthis class more thanany other.Next year I will be at-tending Wheaton Col-lege. Being an editorhas also improved mywriting; it has made memore aware of writingmistakes and has alsoopened my eyes to dif-ferent styles of writing.Journalism has defi-nitely prepared me for

next year and I am grateful fortaking this class. I look forwardto applying the techniques learnedin this class to college next Sep-tember.

BradPhoto taken by: Amanda

Rosenblatt

Amanda Rosenblatt, Editor (12)Even though the im-

p e n d i n ggraduation ismaking megiddy, I amsad that I willnot have thisclass any-more. I havebeen takingjourna l i smclasses here atAHS for fouryears andhave donework for TheS u nChronicle foralmost two ofthem; highschool jour-nalism hasbecome aconstant in my life that I dependupon. Even though I am melan-choly about leaving, I can’t wait totake what I learned here out intothe world to pursue a career in jour-nalism. I hope I still have the op-

portunity to come back and sharemy knowledge and lessons with

future stu-dents.I will eitherbe joiningthe Class of2009 atE m e r s o nCollege inBoston orCo lumbiaCollege ofC h i c a g o .Wherever Iend up go-ing, I willwork on ajournalismmajor. Iwould liketo be em-ployed forthe Advo-

cate, Curve Magazine, the VillageVoice, or RollingStone Magazine.If the journalism career fallsthrough, I would like to pursue ad-vocacy work for an organizationlike the Human Rights Campaignand maybe move out West.

MandiPhoto taken by: Amanda

Rosenblatt

Tonisha Bates, Editor (12)I’ve had the pleasure to

work with the Eagle’s Eye staffsince my sophomore year. It’s beenthe one of the best experiences thatI’ve been able to be a part of hereat AHS. Showing myself that therearen’t any limits to what I want towrite about just doesn’t get anybetter. I was able to experience be-ing an editor for the first time lastsemester, which was so overwhelm-ing.

It was something differ-ent, which I enjoyed, but the down-side being I really didn’t have anytime to do what I needed to getdone. My group had to come first;it was something I thought it would

be something totally different.Overall my experience in

this journalism class with Ms. Beeand her classroom environment hasalways been a very positive one forme. Having so much freedom andindependence to come and go as weplease, to get all of our work doneis something that I wish I could ex-perience in all of my classrooms.The dedication and expectationsthat Ms. Bee puts into all of her stu-dents from the very beginning ispriceless. You can’t get it anywhereelse.

TonishaPhoto taken by: Amanda

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Jim Schultz - Webmaster (12) I’ve been doing theschool website since the end ofsophmore year I feel I have abetter knowledge of HTML andweb design. My jobs includedupdating web pages, workingwith OIT, and running errandsfor Ms. Bee. Next year I will beattending Full Sail entertain-ment arts school in OrlandoFlorida.

Greg and JimPhoto taken by: Amanda

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Greg Bassett - Webmaster (12) I was the residentwebmaster, it was my job toslack as much as possible thisyear, unfortunately I was inter-rupted at times with all theseupdates for the website, butonly a couple times. Well, I hadfun, but it is off to College nextyear.

Ashley Gallery, Editor (12)I have been in this class

since my freshman year and I loveit!!! I love to joke around with ev-eryone when times are tense toease the moment. I decided to joinjournalism because writing wasthe only thing I was good at. I wasbad at math, science and history,but when I wrote I could capturepeople’s hearts. I thought thatjournalism would help mebroaden my horizons and makeme a better writer.Since my freshman year, I havehonestly improved in several ar-eas but my homonyms have notand Ms. Bee’s hair becomes alittle grayer every time she readsmy articles. (Just kidding, she stilllooks 29 every time I see her.)Overall, this is a really great classand I would not have changed itfor the world.

Michele Gonzalez, Reporter (12)After being in Chemistry

for no more than two days, I knewthat I wouldn’t be able to “handle”that class, so I switched into ceram-ics. Then my asthma began to actup so this was my last chance, so Iswitched into Ms. Bee’s journalismclass. At first the amount of workshe gave us was overwhelming, butafter getting started I realized thatit was not that bad. I enjoyed everyday that I was in class and I am gladthat my last chance was my bestone. Thanks for helping me, Ms.Bee!

Ash and MeechePhoto taken by: Amanda

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Editorial StaffAshley GalleryJeanine Martin

Amanda RosenblattLaura Urko

Brad Vigorito

Layout Amy Caine

Ashley Gallery

FacultyAdvisor

Ms. Adeline Bee

Printing Graphic

CommunicationsDepartment

Eagle� sEye

Staff

Tonisha BatesTyrell Bates

Erin BrousseauAmy Caine

Melissa CampbellChristina Cantalozzi

Angela CipolloCaroline CostelloMonique Dansby

Brittany FiskeAngela FontneauJillann GagnonAshley Gallery

Michelle GonzalesJeanine Martin

Everado MartinezNhi Nguyen

LeAnne O’ReaganAmanda Palmisciano

Troy PepicelliKrystina Renzi

Amanda RosenblattKori TinnellLaura Urko

Brad Vigorito

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To the Two Best Staffs Any-where!

You are the greatest and I love work-ing with you. I am so very proud ofeach and every one of you! Followthose dreams and reach for yourown star! “Bee” your own person!

-Ms. Bee

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