BONNY EAGLE CLOTHING CLOSET

Bonny Eagle High School has a full clothing closet in LC3 for students and staff to access.

We have many formal dresses, a few dress shirts, pants for 

prom, banquet, and graduation season.

We have tons of shirts and jeans!  

Please make an appointment or ask a trusted teacher to help you set up a time to come look.

Thank you!

https://bit.ly/3LtZND6 

 A reminder to all Model UN students, there are 2 meetings this week, one on Tuesday, 4/25 and Thursday 4/27.  All members must attend ONE of these meetings in order to go on the trip.  The meetings will be held in room 222 at 2:00 pm.  Come prepared with your Ipad.

Advisor Dolan

 

The Outing Club has tickets to the Botanical Gardens in Boothbay for May 27th.  We are going to explore the gardens and visit the giant gnomes.  Have Permission Forms returned and contact Mr. Braley BY FRIDAY 5/5.  More are welcome - tell your friends, anyone can go! Thank you! https://www.mainegardens.org/

HONOR ROLL 2022-23 Tri 2 - Preliminary

Here is the preliminary Honor Roll for Trimester 2  If you have any questions or feel you were omitted in error... please email Mrs. York at dyork@bonnyeagle.org.  Thank you.

Here are the qualifications for Honor Roll:
Highest Honors:   4.0        High Honors: 3.8        Honors: 3.4 
Students are included on the Honor Roll by meeting these standards: 
1.  Must be enrolled in at least four classes. This includes all regularly scheduled academic classes, as well as the Early College Aspirations Program classes. 
2.  Students attending PATHS or WRVC must be enrolled in at least two classes in addition to their vocational school classes. 
3.  In addition to the above grade qualifications, at the time each Honor Roll is compiled a grade of I (incomplete), N/C (Not Complete), X, S, P, WP, WF in any subject will disqualify a student. However, if a student receives a “P” in tutorials, college classes, or their Advisory, then they are still eligible to be included on the Honor Roll.
4.  Honors and AP Courses will have weight added before the honor roll is determined.

HONOR ROLL    2022-23    Tri 2

FRESHMEN- Class of 2026:

Highest Honors: Timothy Brunk, Colton Flinner, Christopher Foster, Ava Gray, Naeva Groetzinger, Elizabeth Hamilton, Mason Kane, Brett Libby, Grace Palmer, Myah Raymond, Grace Rideout, Alexander Senter, Bailey Shaw, Reid Sturmer, Marina Violette, Madison Weeks

High Honors: Caitlyn Adriance, Max Bouchard, Murielle Cariddi, Jennessa Chamberlain, Caden Cooper, Liberty Davis, Noah Demanche, Grace Estes, Angelina Goroshkevich, Lilly Harris, Belle-Elise Haskell, John Havu, Sophia Marx, James Mattson, Conner Muesse, Madelyn Murray, Boston Nobile, Madison Ouellette, Lily Parker, Sienna Rhynd, Allie Ryan, Henry Sawyer, Ava Stoddard, Sarah Tompson, Ethan Triance, Lily Tripp, Mackenzie Tufts, Ali Willett

Honors: Errol Bean, Evan Bellonzi, Ahrihanna Bentley, Guardian Boedeker, Gavin Boothby, Nicholas Breton, Brodee Britland, Byron Burke, Hayden Campbell, Jasper Clark, Eliza Coldwell, Kylie Cole, Carson Crandall, Lillian Dalrymple, Susan Demeritt, Molly Duffy, Hannah Flanders, Blake Freeman, Abigail French, Alyssa Froehlich, Justin Frye, Solace Gaston, Marcel Gillespie, Bella Hanson, Ashley Harmon, Abigail Hill, Hayley Hopkins, Alexandria Horton, Erik Huntley, Autumn Hurd, Ella Johnson, Emma Karlis, Kobe Kayulu, Natasha Knox, Caroline Krunkkala, Christopher Lane, Molly Libby, Keagan Lynch, Cameron Madore, Jacoby Maines, Alaina Mathieu, Chase McDonald, Hunter Mortimer, Kamryn Mowry, Cory Nadler, Arianah Nelson, Michael Nielsen, Jack Peavey, Urijah Perry, Sophia Pinto, Caleb Pollard, Tanner Ramsdell, Kaitlyn Rioux, Sawyer Rose, Derek Ross, Brooke Rowe, Lauren Ruginski, Ava Rush, Ella Sawyer, Wyatt Sjulander, Griffin Spires, Zachary Sprague, Inger Strout, Payton Suratt, Joshua Thompson, William Tracy, Peter Turek, Abigail Urquhart, Olivia Wakefield, Jillian Welsh, Nevaeh Wheeler, Timothy Willis, Hailey Wilson, Gannon Winling  

SOPHOMORES- Class of 2025:

Highest Honors:  Héloïse Blanc, Madisyn Boutin, Ethan Cole, Abigail Cormier, Veronica Cote, Paige Davis, Ava DeRier, Launa Dudley, Harrison Dunne, Tristyn Flinner, Sophia Gaudiano, Ashley Gray, Cayden Lauziere, Naliyah Love, Charlotte McAvoy, Reaghan McKinley, Samantha Molina, Julia Pendleton, Xochitl Pope, Eli Reiss, Dylan Sprowl, Jaxson Sprowl, Madelyn Stevens, Lauryn Walker

High Honors: Jiltanith Adams, Charlotte Austin, Todd Berry, Egan Cabading, Natalie Chick, Samuel Coldwell, Rogan Deptula, Katherine Forestiere, Riley Gorham, Logan Gregor, Hannah Hall, Hannah Johnson, Robin Koller, Mason Leblanc, Ethan Nunan, Grace Oliver, Joshuwa Pelkey, Alex Russell, Brody Taylor, Lily Tibbetts, Devon Westberry

Honors:  Fatima Al Kinani Caleb Babb, Aeryn Babson, Emily Bell, Aubrey Blake, Holly Burdick, Savannah Burton, Devin Cannon, Taylee Carrigan, Andrew Catalano, Logan Colby, Colby Cooper, John Costa, Lydia Coyle, Maxwell Creedon, Alexander Demers, Brody Donahue, Jayden Doughty, Jason Dube, Talia Dumbrocyo, Zackary Dunne, Luca Estes, Keenan Farrell, Alexis Ferrante, Kaleb Ferrante, Xavier Freebairn-Lopes, Anthony Gaudet-Benwell, McKenna Gilmore, Colin Graham, Kyle-Matthew Green, Karina Hanks, Samuel Hanson, Aiden Harriman, Tyler Haskins, Dylan Hood, Shepard Howard, Brady Jackson, Aidan Jacques, Connor Johnson, Savannah Kaylor, Clara Knowles, Wyatt Lambert, Drew Lariviere, Charles Leavitt, Peyton Lee, Bridgette Libby, Addison Maynard, Annabella McClure, Annabelle McFerren, Madison McGlinn, Brayden McKula, Zackary Metayer, Julia Michaud, Mikayla Mullen, Nolin Norris, Tyler Patriquin, Liam Peach, Mason Pellerin, Brady Pelletier, Natalia Perkins, Jordan Pierce, Mario Pineda Poveda, Jason Prescott, Rebecca Puthoff, Mya Richardson, Lily Roberts, Jaden Ruffin, Abigail Russell, Madison Sellick, Devin Senter, Emmett St. Pierre, Broderick Staples, Cedric Stoddard, Matthew Sturgis, Baleigh Ann Suratt, Kolby Sweeney, Andrew Thompson, Sephora Tshibungu, Rory Turnbull, Alyssa Ward, Isaac Ward, Brodie Warner, Shane Wildes, Mara Willey, Canaan Wood

JUNIORS- Class of 2024:

Highest Honors:  Brandt Abbott, Erin Bartram, Ryan Berry, Madison Bradley, Gregory Brunk, Gabrielle Clemons, Maggie Cook, Ella Coronite, Janessa Czachor, Keith Falkner, Taylor Farwell, Kathryn Fullerton, Malayna Hawxwell, Allie Hesler, Zoey Lailer, Abbey Laney, Xavier Lemieux, Maximilian Matthews, Kaitlyn O'Connor, Ryder Owens, Eden Pollard, Anna Rideout, Abigail Scott, Ethanael Smith, Olivia Strout, Kaden Sullivan, Addyson Thibodeau, Sara Tracy, Susie Travis, Avelyn Walker, Kallie Warner, Emily Winslow

High Honors:  Zoe Beecher, Alana Berube, Baylie Boutin, Chase Bragdon, Arianna Brawn, Aleia Childs, Lily Daigle, Brennan Demanche, Kylee Dixon, Samantha Doucette, Lucas Drinkwater, Audrey Garland, Olivia Garland, April Gaul, Carrick Gillespie, Emerson Goan, Chloe Hanscom, Adam Harmon, Kaleb Knowles, Connor Krunkkala, Alexander Levy, Tracy Lind, Declan Lynch, Connor McAvoy, Rowan McDonald, Christopher Morrow, Ava Noble, Jacob Piche, Lucy Reiss, Isabell Robichaud, Irene Ruiz Buceta, Kamrin Smith, Aiden Toy, Ryleigh Turgeon, Madelyn Violette, Brady Willett

Honors:  Mahdi Abdulmahdi, Paige Adriance, Gavin Alexander, Katlyn Allen, Jace Colin Anastacio, Gavin Andrews, Walter Burke, Valerie Chun, Connor Cormier, Michael Currier, Kaden Cyr, Margaret Descart, Lexsey Deschaine, Brayden DiDonato, Charlie Dixon, Tyler Doyer, Emily Dufresne, Terrell Edwards, Xavier Gannett, Patience Gaston, Logan Gervais, Tyler Gilbert, Tea Green, Joseph Greene, Isaac Guptill, Ryan Habeeb, Gracey Hood, Lucas Ireland-Cyr, Gia Jalbert, Ricky Libby, Natasha Marsolais, Nadia Martel, Ralph Milligan, Connor Nelson, Keegan Neptune, Lee Norris, Trinity Roberts, Tyler Russell, Brayden Saucier, Christian Spencer, Carter Sturmer, Kaiden Tillman, Cara Trask, Noah Varney, John Warren, Marshall Watson, Aliza White, Finley Whiting, Tanner Williams, Abby Wilson

SENIORS- Class of 2023:

Highest Honors:  Kaitlyn Bartash, Allie Doughty, Julianna Dyer, Sarah Ettinger, Molly Hamilton, Cadence Howard, Mariah Huntley, Maia Kane, Elora Larrivee, Kevin Lin, Lauren Manson, Amelia McAvoy, Faith Milne, Emma Revie, Carson Roberts, Nora Rouillard, Julia Ryan, Isabella Sanchez, Benjamin Savage, Sydney Tuplin, Chloe Walton

High Honors:  Jayden Bearor, Andrew Bowers, Matthew Chamberland, Finnian Collins, Elizabeth Donahue, Jacob Edwards, Julia Finn, Hayley Foster, Zoe Gaudet, Lillian Gaudiano, Austin Hopkins, Tylor Jackson, Kiara McElroy, Riley McKinley, Cassidy Metcalf, Brock Neptune, Samantha Raymond, William Travis, Hayden Triance, Molly Turnbull

Honors:  Baylie Andrews, Nathan Barth, Spencer Belanger, Logan Belanger, Cameron Bishop, Elliot Bouchard, Alexis Breault, Joseph Buzzeo, Hayden Campbell, Jacklyn Casavant, Gwendolyn Catalano, Kailey Clark, Abigail Cole, Isabelle Dalrymple, Emma Daniels, Cade Dixon, Grace Dixon, Jenna Doucette, Broderick Ernst, Nicholas Freeman, Kaleb Gagnon, Nathan Gagnon, Stacia Gagnon, Makenzie Gamarsh, Emily Gower, Brandon Graves, Makayla Halterman, Jordan Hanson, Darren Haskell, Brayden Hiltz, Zachary Hodgdon, Gabriel Holanda, Emily Johnson, Emily Jones, Ethan Kane, Jillian Leeman, Connor Macdonald, Sarah Marsico, Madisyn Metayer, Zachary Myers, Olivia Noonan, Jayden Patriquin, Benjamin Pooler, Daniel Proctor, Maja Pultke, Kaitlyn Reed, Nicholas Riker, Brady Robida, Jack Ross, Owen Russell, Jacob Schmader, Deliajordan Souliere, Madeline Stevens, Eric Walls, Joshua Warren, Kyra Worthington

 CALLING ALL STUDENTS WHO LIKE TO PRODUCE VIDEOS AND BE PART OF A CLASS A VARSITY TEAM

VARSITY BOYS LACROSSE TEAM MANAGER WANTED:  

This person would earn their varsity letter being part of a Class A Varsity team and include that position on their college resume.  If two students would like to do this together, even better - 

ROLE INCLUDES - 

• travel with the varsity team home and away

• video all matches - prepare video clips to be shared

• assist with water for the team

• assist with equipment 

The right candidate or candidates should see Shelley Barrows in the Athletic Office right away.  They will also be required to be eligible the same as the student athletes.

 Congratulations to the Bonny Eagle Robotics Team – B.E.R.T. 133!

They had a very exciting and successful weekend competing  at the NE FIRST District Championship Robotics Competition at the Big E Arena in Springfield MA. There were 90 teams separated into two 45 team divisions, WILSON and MEIR. They competed in the MIER division finishing 2^nd in qualification matches moving into playoffs with alliance partners Team 7404 Wired Boars from Wallingford CT and Team 238 Crusaders from Manchester NH. They  were the winners of the MEIR division moving into the final round of playoff matches against the winners of the WILSON division. The best of three final matches resulted in a loss by two points in match 1, 180 to 182, a win in match 2, 190 to 159, and a loss in match 3 by two points 183 to 185. Team 133 ended with a finalist finish. Our Team achieved the record high score in the world of 191 points, Highest losing score in the world of 180 points then broke this record with a Highest losing score of 183 points. They finished the weekend as #1 team in Maine, #3 team in New England, and #16 team in the world  (3300 teams worldwide). Congratulations once again to B.E.R.T.!

 

Are your looking for volunteer opportunities?  Are you interested in helping the incoming freshman class learn more about high school?  Then you are in luck!

Student Services is looking for students who are interested in being on an "All About High School" Student Panel.  The Student Panel will go to Bonny Eagle Middle School and speak to the incoming freshman class!

If you are interested, you should make an appointment with your counselor to sign up!

BE Idol is back! Our popular talent show fundraiser, BE Idol, is back! Since it has been on hiatus for a few years due to the pandemic, we have fewer participants than usual so have decided to keep it to one night only on Saturday, April 8, 7:00 PM. $5 admission for all to raise funds for the Drama Club. We would also love your help in providing concession items (snacks, baked goods and water) to sell to the audience as part of our fundraising. Thanks to Heidi Lynch who has put together this SignUp Genius where you can sign up to bring an item: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0F48AAAF2DA7F58-beidol

Thursday – March 9 Today’s storyteller is Martha Ballard. Martha was a midwife and healer. What we know of her today comes from the diary that she kept for over three decades and it has provided historians with invaluable insight into frontier-women’s lives. In 1990, A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard based on her diary 1785-1812 was published. Little is known about Martha’s childhood other than she was born in Massachusetts and married Ephraim Ballard, a land surveyor, in 1754. They had nine children but lost three of them in the diphtheria epidemic in 1769. Martha moved to the Kennebec Valley in Maine in 1777 and served as the midwife and healer for women and families in the surrounding area. She delivered 816 babies in the 27 years that she kept her diary. In all, she was present at over 1,000 births, was a witness at 85 autopsies, and weighed in on paternity cases. She wrote in her diary until the year of her death, 1812. Her diary was passed down to her decedents and was eventually donated to the Maine State Library in Augusta. Tomorrow we will learn about Sarah Orne Jewett, a writer from Maine. Friday – March 10 Today’s storyteller is Sarah Orne Jewett. She was born in South Berwick, Maine, and spent most of her life there. She developed rheumatoid arthritis as a young girl and the treatment at the time was long walks in nature. Through these walks she came to love nature and used her knowledge in her later writings. She often visited Boston, but always returned home. She was educated at Miss Olive Rayne’s school and then Berwick Academy graduating in 1866. Sarah loved reading and writing. At the age of 19, her first short story, “Jenny Garrow’s Lovers”, was published in the Atlantic Monthly. Her reputation grew throughout the 1870s and 1880s and she used the pen name “Alice Eliot” or “A.C. Eliot”. She went on to write novellas, short stories, novels, poetry, and children’s books. She often wrote about women and their lives. In 1901, she received an honorary Doctor of Literature from Bowdoin College, the first time a woman had been granted an honorary degree. In 1881 Sarah moved to Manchester-by-the-Sea in Massachusetts and spent the rest of her life living with her dear friend Annie Adams Fields. Sarah was injured in a carriage accident in 1902 and it ended her writing career. She died in South Berwick in June of 1909 after suffering a second stroke. Her South Berwick home is now a historic house museum and can be visited in the summer months. On Monday we will learn about Gloria Steinem. Monday - March 13 Today’s historic woman is Gloria Steinem. Gloria was just a girl from Toledo, Ohio, until she rose to recognition through her writing and lectures as a political activist and feminist organizer in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She was a columnist for New York Magazine and a cofounder of Ms. magazine. In 1963, Gloria went undercover as a Playboy Bunny in Hugh Hefner’s PlayBoy Club in New York for 11 days and she wrote about it in an essay called “A Bunny’s Tale” for Show magazine. Over her life, she has made a huge effort to fight for women’s liberation and equality. She is actually still alive today, and at 88 she is still sharing her story with the world. Tomorrow we will learn about Maine’s own Jessica Meir. Tuesday – March 14 Remote day Wednesday – March 15 Jessica U. Meir, a first generation American born to Swedish and Israeli immigrants, was born and raised in Caribou, Maine. In 2013, she was selected by NASA to be a part of a space expedition. Meir enjoyed growing up doing the regular Maine activities including skiing, running, and hiking. She graduated from Caribou High School and attended Brown University and received a bachelor’s degree in biology. She eventually went to the International Space University and received a Master in Space Sciences. Lastly, she received a doctorate from Scripps Institution of Oceanography in Marine Biology. From 2000 to 2003, she worked as Dr. Meir at Lockheed Martin’s Human Research Facility, taking part in human physiology research. During that time she also spent time researching NASA’s low gravity flights and served as a teammate in an underwater habitat in NASA’s Extreme Environment Mission Operations. Most recently in 2019, Meir was a part of an all-women’s team and served as an engineer on a trip to the International Space Station, Flight 61 and Flight 62, which lasted over 3 months. When Dr. Meir returned to Earth, she took a trip back to her hometown, Caribou and is now known as our state’s very own first woman to be a member of a full astronaut team. We can’t wait to see what she does next! Thursday – March 16 Our famous woman today is Maria Mitchell, an American astronomer, librarian, naturalist, and educator who was the first female astronomer in the United States, and the first American scientist to discover a comet. She discovered the comet 1847 VI, which was later named “Miss Mitchell’s Comet” after her. In 1848, she was awarded a gold medal from King Frederick VI of Denmark and became the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Later, she was elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Philosophical Society. She became involved anti-slavery suffrage movements. Mitchell later became a leader of the American Association for the Advancement of Women, which later became the American Association of University Women. She served as AAW’s 1873 president and was even elected vice president. On Monday we will learn about Nellie Bly. Friday – March 17 Teacher Workshop Day Monday – March 20 Today’s famous woman writer is Nellie Bly. She was born Elizabeth Jane Cochran on May 5, 1864, in Pennsylvania. She is most famous for her journey around the world in 72 days, but she was also a very successful journalist. As a “muckraker,” a type of journalist that exposed corruption, Bly went undercover as a mentally ill patient and was admitted to an insane asylum, which she then reported on the horrible conditions of. She entered the industry in 1885 where she wrote to the editor of a paper that included an article criticizing the role of women in the workplace. The editor liked her writing so much that he offered her a job at the paper, the Pittsburgh Dispatch, where she first began using her pen name, Nellie Bly. She died on January 27, 1922, of pneumonia while still working as a writer. Today, she is considered one of the best journalists of all time. March 21 – Tuesday Today’s historic woman is Malala Yousafzai. She was born in Pakistan on July 12, 1997. Her father was a teacher and ran an all-girls school in her village. However, the Taliban took over her town and enforced a ban on all girls going to school. At 15 years old, Malala publicly spoke out on women’s rights to education. As a result, she was targeted by the Taliban and shot in the head. She survived and moved to the UK in 2014 where she continued her activism for women’s rights. She became the youngest-ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, for her education advocacy. She was only 17 years old. In 2020, she graduated from Oxford University with a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics, and she is a best-selling author of three books. Malala has also created the Malala fund to help girls from other countries. March 22 – Wednesday Today’s historic woman is Oprah Winfrey. She was born into poverty to a single teenage mother. Her childhood was spent in inner city Milwaukee. Early on she endured many hardships including losing a son when she was just 14. She landed a job in radio while in high school and then worked as a local news anchor. Having turned her life around from her early years, she has become one of the most influential women in America. Oprah is known famously for her daytime talk shows where she inspires and informs her viewers and she has her own television network, the Oprah Winfrey Network. She has earned many awards including being inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1994. Oprah continues to be an activist and advocate for all. She fought especially hard for the National Child Protection Act of 1993 which created a national database of convicted child abusers and other felons. Oprah has co-authored five books and is known for her television shows, celebrity interviews, and movies. March 23 – Thursday Michelle Obama is today’s historic woman. She was the first African American First Lady in the United States. She advocated for military service members and their families, created the ‘Reach Higher’ initiative, which encouraged students to seek education after high school, and the ‘Let’s Move!’ campaign, which educated families across the country on healthy lifestyle habits. She has published three inspirational books, Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America (2012), Becoming (2018), and The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times (2022). In 2020, Michelle also hosted The Michelle Obama Podcast. In addition to all her accomplishments, Michelle Obama is admired for her style. March 24 – Friday Today’s historic woman, Kylie Jenner, has impacted many young women over the past few years. Kylie was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1997 and is the youngest of ten children (one sister and eight older half siblings) and a mother of two. Her daughter, Stormi, was born in February of 2018 and then her son, Aire, was born in February of 2022. Kylie shot to fame after making her first appearance on Keeping Up with the Kardashians. She was on the show from 2007 to 2021. The reality TV star is the founder and owner of Kylie Cosmetics and has worked with her half-sister Kim, sister Kendall, and mother Kris on various makeup and skincare products. Kylie has also had a singing career and most recently launched a new swimwear line and skincare and hair product care for babies. She is a major influencer in the world of fashion and is the fourth-most-followed person on Instagram. In 2019, Forbes magazine reported that she was the youngest self-made billionaire at the age of 21. March 27 – Monday Today’s historic woman is Hedy Lamarr. She was born in 1914 in Vienna, Austria and had a brief movie career in Czechoslovakia before leaving her wealthy husband and fleeing to Paris. She met the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio head in London and he offered her a movie contract in Hollywood. From there she went on to star in numerous films and has been described as one of the greatest movie actresses of all time. In addition to acting, Hedy was an inventor. In 1942, she was granted a patent with composer George Antheil for a “frequency hopping, spread-spectrum communication system” designed to make radio-guided torpedoes harder to detect or jam. The Allies used this technology to thwart jamming of these weapons by the Axis powers. This technology eventually became the basis for wireless phones, Global positioning systems and Wi-Fi. During her lifetime Hedy was married and divorced six times. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 and passed away in 2000. March 28 – Tuesday Today’s historic woman is Oprah Winfrey. She was born into poverty to a single teenage mother. Her childhood was spent in inner city Milwaukee. Early on she endured many hardships including losing a son when she was just 14. She landed a job in radio while in high school and then worked as a local news anchor. Having turned her life around from her early years, she has become one of the most influential women in America. Oprah is known famously for her daytime talk shows where she inspires and informs her viewers and she has her own television network, the Oprah Winfrey Network. She has earned many awards including being inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1994. Oprah continues to be an activist and advocate for all. She fought especially hard for the National Child Protection Act of 1993 which created a national database of convicted child abusers and other felons. Oprah has co-authored five books and is known for her television shows, celebrity interviews, and movies. March 29 – Wednesday Lillian Norton was born in Farmington, Maine, in 1857. She had a fondness for music and moved with her family to Boston when she was eight years old. Her sister, Wilhelmina, studied music, but died before her 18 th birthday. The focus was then turned to Lillian and she began her music career and graduated from the New England Conservatory in Boston at the age of 18. She then traveled to Italy and continued her training. She was given the name Nordica because European opera goers would not tolerate a diva with a plain sounding name. Madame Nordica, performing in Western Europe and Russia, established herself as one of the foremost dramatic sopranos of the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries. She had a powerful yet flexible voice and the ability to perform an unusually wide range of roles in German, French, and Italian. She was a vocal supporter of women’s rights and spoke out against the pay gap. Lillian had three unhappy marriages and one final tour in Australia. Her ship ran aground for three days and she suffered hypothermia. She never recovered from this and died of pneumonia in Indonesia in 1914. Her childhood home, Nordica Homestead, is a museum and historic site that can be visited in Farmington between June and October. March 30 – Thursday Marguerite “Maya” Johnson Angelou was born in Missouri in 1928. When she was three years old, she and her four-year-old brother were sent to Arkansas to live with their grandmother. Four years later they were returned to their mother. While living with their mother, there were several traumatic events which resulted in Maya becoming mute for almost five years and she and her brother were sent back to live with their grandmother. At the age of fourteen, Maya went to live with her mother in California and became the first black female streetcar conductor in San Francisco. Maya had a son shortly after graduation, married, and went on to study dance. She danced and sang in clubs in the US and Europe. She then moved to Egypt and worked at an English-language newspaper and later became an administrator at the University of Ghana. After moving back to the US, Maya became involved in the Civil Rights movement. While working for equal rights for people of color, writing became her passion. In 1993 she recited a poem at the presidential inauguration of Bill Clinton. Maya went on to publish seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She also received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. March 31 - Friday As Women’s History Month draws to a close, it is important to remember that we have only touched upon only a few of the women who have told stories. There are so many women who have been active in all forms of media and storytelling and not all of these women’s stories have been in print, on the radio, on TV, in movies, on the news, or on social media. Many women tell stories at home to their children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and other family members. As we celebrate the Easter season and gather with family and friends, please pay special attention to the women you celebrate with and listen to their stories so that someday you may pass them on to generations to come.

 

Have you ever wanted to meet new friends, make people laugh, and be in a theater production?  Try Unified Theatre!

Actors, artists, stage builders, and many other roles are needed!  Our goal is to be inclusive and have fun!  Our first meeting was Thursday, March 30.  If you are interested, see Ms. Pillsbury in the Auditorium for more information!

We can't wait to see you there!

 Time is running out to PRE order your 2023 yearbook.  A limited amount of extra books will be available to purchase at the end of the year, so please PRE order.

Not sure if you already ordered one?  Check the listing on the main office wall for your name.  Order forms are in the main office.

Underclassmen...order your yearbook before April 14th and your name will be entered into a drawing for an Aroma Joes Gift Card.  Two Gift Cards will be rewarded for each Junior, Sophomore, and Freshmen class.

Seniors...your yearbook is still available at a discounted cost.  Please see Mrs. York or Mr. Price if finances are are issue or with any questions.