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Bourne High SchoolLibrary BourneHigh SchoolLibrary UfC Soundtrack for The Canal Currents 2010 Bourne HigH ScHool 75 VC/aterHouse Road Bourne, MA. 02532 508.759.0670 www.bourne.k12.ma.us Enrollment: 656 "Woke up,fell outofbed Dra^^^ed a comb across my head /ound my tvay dowustairs and drank a cup, And looking up, / noticed I was late. Ionud my coal andgrabbed my hat Made the bus in secondsflat..." - "A Day in the I ife"The Beatles A DAY THE OF BHS IN IIFE From exiting our cars and getting off thebuses to the finalbell ofthe day... Track OncI Airtumn A day in the life of Bourne High School is filled with Pa^c 5 academics,electives,extracurriculars,andsupportivefaculty andstafftoguideusthroughitall. AtimelineofatypicaldayatBHSgoessomethinglikethis: Students exit their cars and buses between 7:00 am and 7:25am.Duringthattimeperiod,studentscanalsobefound running around getting passes to the guidance office and favoritestudyhallspotssuchastheLibraryand Mrs.Cox's computerlab. Academics ensue through the rest of the day, and vary fromtheareasofmathematicsandsciencetoEnglish,history, andforeignlanguages. Electives intertwine with academics throughout the day Track Twol and range from art, theater arts, broadcast, and print journalism to woodshop, mechanical drawing, physical Seniors education, and a variety ofother electives. Lunch time is a Pa^c32 studentfavorite,atimewheretheycansitandrelaxwiththeir friendswhilerefuelingfortheremainderoftheschoolday. Asthebellringsat1:47,signalingthearrivaloftheendof the school day, students race to their buses and various afterschool activities, which include club meetings, sports practices and games, drama club rehearsals, and extra help withteachers. 6tl1 Music is a great symbol for the student body of Bourne High School, for as different as we are, we are all unified through our academics, electives, and extracurricular involvement, and can look back on this book and be remindedofthat. ewef rom e eaiior This Ljeap s theme, Soundtrach fop Life, is an apppoppiate peppesentation of the Class of2010. It is no SGCPot that there are manL| different qenres in the wide world of music, as there are manij different personalities in our class. But just as the world of music joins together to honor each other s accomplishments at various awards shows, we join together as the Bourne High School Graduating Class of2010. So as we leave Bourne High School let us remember the good times we shared with our friends and classmates throughoutthe gears, along with the teachers, facultg and famiIg that helped get us to where we are todag, and let us enter , out into the world, alwags remembering to: FGGIthG rain on gour shin Mo one else can feeI it for gou Onig gou can let it in Mo one else, no one else Can speab the words on gour lips Drench gourself in words unspoben Live gour life with arms wide open Todag is where gour boob begins... Tk e rest is still unwritten.' -Matasha Bedingfield -Ami) Bliss track one: ’’Summer has come and passed, the innocence will never last ...wake me up when September ends”- Green Day autumn At BH5 Avyai^’ds Kig-int I On September10, 2009theannual BHSawards nightwas heldtohonorthose studentswhogoaboveand beyondeverydayintheirclasses. Thenightbeganwithashortspeech by Principal Ron McCarthy,whodescribed theeveningtobe, “Anighttorecognizesomeofthebeststudentsintheschool.” The Principalthenfollowed hisspeechwiththe recognitionoftheprestigious college bookawards recipients. Followingthe bookawards, Mr. Hartykickedofftheteacher’sawardswith a humorousspeech proclaiming he“bribed Mr. McCarthyfifty, notwenty-fivedollars tobethefirsttospeak.” Hethenwentontotellastoryabouthisnominee,Tyler Fournier, anoshowto Mr. Harty’sdisappointment. While notallstudentswereon handto receivetheiraward, everyoneenjoyed listeningtothespeeches. Ahighlightofthenightwas howallthe Englishteachershonoredtheirrecipients with poetry, whichwasatremendoustreat. Mrs. McDonald, Mrs. Casey, Mr. Dow, and Ms. Maiaall hadwonderful poemsdescribingtheoutstandingstudentsthey hadchosen. Mr. Mathermadean inspirationalspeech describing his recipient, Andrew Puopolo, exclaimingthatsuccessis, “twentypercenttalentand eightypercent perseverance.” Lauren Lage-McAdamswasalso recognizedas, “havingenthusiasmforlife,”and“a joytohaveinclass,”byMr. Geist. Atouching momentoccurredwhen Mrs. Murphysanganodetoheraward winner, MichelleGilbert, wholookedquiteshocked. Mr. McNeealsogotintothe ^. spiritofcreativityand readapoem in Spanglishtohisoutstandingstudent, Matthew|" Mellin. Theteacher’sawardsendedwith Mr. Bushy’sbriefwordsabouthisnominee, Latesha Page,which hadthewhole room laughing hysterically. Principal Ron McCarthythen announcedthehighestranking person ineach class. Fortheclassof2012 MirandaKalbackwashonored, with DanielleGarceau proudly representingtheclassof2011. Theclassof2010wasatie,withtwotop seniorsthisyear, MatthewMellin and Rebecca Faria. Articlewritten byShannen Dunn, Dispatch