Good Afternoon Students, Parents, and Community Members:
This week’s HIGH 5 CLUB Senior of Week- MAISIE CUNNINGHAM
Black History Month
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2022 THEME
2022- Black Health and Wellness
https://asalh.org/black-history-themes/
The theme for 2022 focuses on the importance of Black Health and Wellness. This theme acknowledges the legacy of not only Black scholars and medical practitioners in Western medicine, but also other ways of knowing (e.g., birthworkers, doulas, midwives, naturopaths, herbalists, etc.) throughout the African Diaspora. The 2022 theme considers activities, rituals and initiatives that Black communities have done to be well(ASALH.org).
https://blackhistorymonth.gov/about/
About Black History Month
See the collaborative website for more detailed information.
The celebration was expanded to a month in 1976, the nation's bicentennial. President Gerald R. Ford urged Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” That year, fifty years after the first celebration, the association held the first Black History Month. By this time, the entire nation had come to recognize the importance of Black history in the drama of the American story. Since then each American president has issued Black History Month proclamations. And the association—now the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)—continues to promote the study of Black history all year.
(Excerpt from an essay by Daryl Michael Scott, Howard University, for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History)
Other Dedicated Web Sites and Resources
National Endowment for the Humanities – African American History and Culture in the United States
National Park Service – Black History Month
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum – Black History Month
Black History Month Resource Guide For Educators And Families
Smithsonian Institution – National Museum of African American History and Culture
PBS - What to Watch: Black History Month 2022
Black History in Massachusetts
Boston Public Library:(Any Mass.resident can get an eCard for the Boston Public Library ask Mrs. Noel for details) Booklists for adults, teens, and children.
Patrons can explore previous Black Is… Booklists at bit.ly/BPL-BlackIs.
GSA
Black History Month
BCAHS GSA highlights Queer Black Icons
This week, the spotlight falls on Marsha P. Johnson.
Updated School Calendar 2.1.22
Attention Students, Parents, and Community Members:
Greetings Bristol Aggie Community,
Since the pandemic, we have not been meeting with our School Council. Over the last two years we have held Virtual Town Halls to inform our community of any updates in our building project, scheduling, and updates on the pandemic. We are going to shift back to having REMOTE meetings with our School Council meetings. If you are interested in joining our School Council to discuss policies, procedures, handbooks, etc, please sign up here. T
Class of 2020 Flori Student has blooming business- Click here for the full story in SouthCoast Today
DARTMOUTH — It's only a coincidence that the owner of Little Fern Florals is named after a flower.
Lily Berube, 20, discovered her love for flowers later in life.
"I do like a lot of flowers. I feel like they're all really unique," she said. "And some can look so nice in an arrangement, but also look awful in another one."
Berube said although the trending style is rustic, she prefers to make arrangements that are unusual and something you'd think wouldn't go together. "I like doing things that are funky," she added.
Born in Westport, Berube said her mother would take her and her sister on hikes. "I wasn't a huge 'in the dirt' type of person," she said. "But I do enjoy nature."
A star at New Bedford's Kilburn Mills:Star Garden Studio opens to the public
Berube said it was during her time at Bristol County Agricultural High School in Dighton, that she fell in love with horticulture after designing arrangements for the fall flower show.
“Usually, I just say horticultural is plant science," she said. “Horticulture goes from landscaping to arboriculture. It's like anything in the agriculture field.”
Berube said it's about learning about the environment in which plants can thrive, the soil that they need and how big a plant can grow.
She said she struggled academically, but felt the program prepared her for the real world and was partly the inspiration for starting her own business. "I just owe everything to my teachers," she said. "They really care for you and shaped me into the person I am today."
She says she wants to become a vocational educator in the future.
Now, Berube is a junior at UMass Amherst getting a bachelor's degree in horticultural science with a business focus and a minor in natural resource conservation.
Brooke Azevedo
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
Dean College, Franklin, MA
Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA
Gabrielle Boisclair
Fitchburg State University - Fitchburg, MA
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
Salem State University, Salem, MA
Maisie Cunningham
Otterbein University, Westerville, OH
Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY
Elana DeAlmeida
SUNY Cobleskill, Cobleskill, NY
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
UMaine, Orono, ME
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Makayla Dupe
Johnson and Wales University, Providence, RI
Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
Sharon Erickson
Westfield State University, Westfield, MA
Ashley Goodrich
Delaware Valley University, Doylestown, PA
University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Platteville, WI
University of Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, WI
SUNY Cobleskill, Cobleskill, NY
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Kaylyn Gutierrez
SUNY Cobleskill, Cobleskill, NY
New England Institute of Technology, East Greenwich, RI
Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, HI
Framingham State University, Framingham, MA
Noah Hanson
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Paul Smith’s College, Paul Smiths, NY
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Ocean Isherwood
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston, MA
Salem State University, Salem, MA
Grace Jackson
Paul Smith’s College, Paul Smiths, NY
University of Maine , Orono, ME
Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
Alyssa Jaglowski
Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
SUNY Cobleskill, Cobleskill, NY
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Destiney Latimore
SUNY Cobleskill, Cobleskill, NY
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA
University of Maine , Orono, ME
Valerie Lamanuzzi
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater OK
Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK
University of Maine , Orono, ME
Hope Lownds
Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
Springfield College, Springfield, MA
Keene State College, Keene, NH
SUNY Cobleskill, Cobleskill, NY
Angela Macdonald
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Delaware Valley University, Doylestown, PA
Shanna McCarty
Paul Smith’s College, Paul Smiths, NY
Haven Moran
SUNY Cobleskill, Cobleskill, NY
Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, NH
University of Maine , Orono, ME
Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
Merrimack College, North Andover, MA
University of New England, Biddeford, ME
Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
Kendra Morrissey
Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
Merrimack College, North Andover, MA
University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA
Mia Oliveira
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
Ella Olmez
University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
Ellie O’Toole
University of Maine , Orono, ME
Delaware Valley University, Doylestown, PA
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
SUNY Cobleskill, Cobleskill, NY
Juliana Price
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston, MA
St. John’s University, Queens, NY
Regis College, Weston, MA
Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ
Carolyn Robbins
SUNY Cobleskill, Cobleskill, NY
Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
University of Maine , Orono, ME
University of New Haven, West Haven, CT
Gabrielle Schwenk
SUNY Cobleskill, Cobleskill, NY
Johnson and Wales University, Charlotte, NC
Assumption University, Worcester, MA
Althea Vedro
SUNY Cobleskill, Cobleskill, NY
Kyler West
Mitchell College, New London, CT
Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
Julia Workman
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA
Keely Zuber
SUNY Cobleskill, Cobleskill, NY
Thursday’s Professional Development: On Thursday, students had an early release so our faculty could receive professional development. Typically, we are involved in curriculum development, where our teachers are fine tuning their craft to ensure that we are meeting the needs of our students. This week, we worked on developing our school culture. Due to our expansion and the pandemic, it has made it a little difficult to build a school culture with our staff, so we had a Teachers Teaching Teachers segment, where our staff taught each other topics that were not directly related to their subject area, but rather we got a deeper understanding of who we are as a school community. As you can see from the photos below, activities included the following topics:
Many of our colleagues were able to share some of their hobbies (bird feeder, felting, nail art) outside of school and we were also able to learn some of the activities (tree climbing, radio telemetry, sum of the parts, Ikebana, uncommon trees) that our students experience on a daily basis. We are fortunate to have the ability to experience all of these amazing topics without bringing in outsiders or traveling beyond our borders.
Climbing Trees w/ Mr. Cook and Mrs. Duffy
Climbing Trees w/ Mr. Cook and Mrs. Duffy
Climbing Trees w/ Mr. Cook and Mrs. Duffy
Climbing Trees w/ Mr. Cook and Mrs. Duffy
Climbing Trees w/ Mr. Cook and Mrs. Duffy
Climbing Trees w/ Mr. Cook and Mrs. Duffy
Climbing Trees w/ Mr. Cook and Mrs. Duffy
Climbing Trees w/ Mr. Cook and Mrs. Duffy
Climbing Trees w/ Mr. Cook and Mrs. Duffy
Climbing Trees w/ Mr. Cook and Mrs. Duffy
Climbing Trees w/ Mr. Cook and Mrs. Duffy
Climbing Trees w/ Mr. Cook and Mrs. Duffy
Climbing Trees w/ Mr. Cook and Mrs. Duffy
Climbing Trees w/ Mr. Cook and Mrs. Duffy
Climbing Trees w/ Mr. Cook and Mrs. Duffy
Climbing Trees w/ Mr. Cook and Mrs. Duffy
Climbing Trees w/ Mr. Cook and Mrs. Duffy
Ikebana Design w/ Mrs. Fornari and Mrs. Chevalier
Ikebana Design w/ Mrs. Fornari and Mrs. Chevalier
Ikebana Design w/ Mrs. Fornari and Mrs. Chevalier
Felting w/ Mrs. Bosworth
Felting w/ Mrs. Bosworth
Building an Electrical Musical Instrument w/ Mr. Johnson
Building an Electrical Musical Instrument w/ Mr. Johnson
Sum of the parts w/ Ms. Canuel- Environmental Engineering (Impact of pollution)
Radio Telemetry w/ Ms. Bouley and Mr. Bastarache
Radio Telemetry w/ Ms. Bouley and Mr. Bastarache
Radio Telemetry w/ Ms. Bouley and Mr. Bastarache
Radio Telemetry w/ Ms. Bouley and Mr. Bastarache
Radio Telemetry w/ Ms. Bouley and Mr. Bastarache
Radio Telemetry w/ Ms. Bouley and Mr. Bastarache
Radio Telemetry w/ Ms. Bouley and Mr. Bastarache
NRM Juniors hiding the devices for the teachers to find
NRM Juniors hiding the devices for the teachers to find
Bird Feeders w/ Ms. Gagne
Bird Feeders w/ Ms. Gagne
Bird Feeders w/ Ms. Gagne
Student Services:
National School Counseling Week 2022, “School Counseling: Better Together,” sponsored by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), will be celebrated from Feb. 7–11, 2022, to focus public attention on the unique contribution of school counselors within U.S. school systems and how students are different as a result of what school counselors do. National School Counseling Week highlights the tremendous impact school counselors can have in helping students achieve school success and plan for a career.
In the Classroom:
Landscape Design and Contracting: Sophomore students were involved in snow removal, so of course, we had to make a snowman (submitted via Katherine Veenstra)
Senior Flori: Senior flori students worked on building new Ebb and Flood benching for the greenhouse.
PTO Meeting
Activities and Athletics:
Class of 2023 Valentine’s Fundraiser
Get a Valentine Card and 2 Hershey Kisses for $2. Sales will start February 7th at all lunches until we sell out! All proceeds will go to the Junior Class fund.
The Week Ahead-A Week
Monday, February 7
Morning Assembly 8:10 (In-person-report to the gym)
EXTENDS: CSE RM 2206 from 2:45-4:30
Late Bus at 5:00 pm (Student Commons Circle)
Tuesday, February 8
JV Boys Basketball vs Rising Tide @ 3:30
Varsity Boys Basketball vs Rising Tide @ 5:00
Late Bus at 5:00 pm (Student Commons Circle)
Wednesday, February 9
JV Girls Basketball vs Old Colony @ 3:30
Varsity Girls Basketball vs Old Colony @ 5:00
Late Bus at 5:00 pm (Student Commons Circle)
PTO Meeting @ 7:00 pm (Student Commons)
Thursday, February 10
Late Bus at 5:00 pm (Student Commons Circle)
Friday, February 11
Movie Night w/ the Drama Club @ 3:00 pm (Student Commons)
JV Boys Basketball vs Norfolk Aggie @ 3:30
Varsity Boys Basketball vs Norfolk Aggie @ 5:00
Late Bus at 5:00 pm (Student Commons Circle)
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