Edition 1 Fall 2012
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Eagle’s Eye Fall 2012 Edition 1 Index Page 2: *PFLAG Rocks the House at AHS *New Swim Coach Page 3: *From Trainer To Teacher *Good News for the Medical Assisting Class Page 4: *Trimesters: How the Students Feel *What Do You Think About Trimesters? -Man On The Street Page 5: *Man On The Street cont. Page 6: *The Final Season Principal Bill Runey Page 7: Photo by: Giovanni Carcamo *Battle of Blue Pride *Juniors Back In Black Journey from Feehan Page 8: *Eating Out for Thanks- to Attleboro giving By: Emily Lacourse and Allie Gamache *Halloween History *The Price of the Holidays idol would be the Celtics AHS heard that the Feehan Phil Case (12). It’s no secret that player John Havlicek a.k.a principal would be the next Agreeing with Case Page 9: Attleboro High and Bishop ‘Hondo.’ I looked up to him principal, they were skepti- was Amy Cadle (9). She *Thirteen Reasons Why Feehan are rivals. When it because he and my father cal and many thought a lot said, “Since I’m a freshman, *House at the End of the comes to every sport com- were the same type of per- of things would change.” I had no idea what to think Street petition, each team does son.” I heard that he wanted to about the new principal. Af- *Seventeen Magazine their best to always come Runey’s father make us wear uniforms,” ter being in the school for a Does It Again out on top. passed away when he was said Erin Woodhead (12). few days I know he will help After Jeff Newman only 14, and that hard ex- That was just a ru- us have a successful school Page 10: retired as principal from perience helped him fi gure mor. Runey said he isn’t year. I also liked how he ex- *Interview with Mr. Copel Attleboro in 2012, former out that he wanted to be a planning on making drastic plained Blue Pride to us.” Bishop Feehan High School teacher and coach teams just changes to the school be- To Runey, Blue principal, Bill Runey, put the like his father. He began by cause he thinks the school Pride is what ties everything Page 11: rivalry aside and decided to teaching math and coaching doesn’t have much to fi x. in the school together. “It’s *Reviving a Dying take the challenge to him to basketball for 18 years and He has a 60-day plan where the tolerance, work ethic Game:Treayarch Recre- replace Newman. He is now football for 12. he just wants to meet every- and understanding for one ates Call of Duty leading AHS to another suc- His favorite sport is one and be as approachable another, and the daily effort cessful academic and sports football. He said, “I was a as possible to the faculty to increase personal respon- year. football coach for 12 years and students. sibility.” Runey grew up in and my father was a football This school year ex- Along with Runey’s South Carolina and graduat- coach, so it would have to cites Runey and a big rea- respect for Blue Pride, he ed from Clemson Universi- be my favorite.” son is the students. “There’s also likes the diversity of ty with a Bachelors Degree Later in life, Runey a drive here. People look at the students at AHS. “Since in Secondary Education in became the Bishop Fee- every day as an opportunity working here and getting to 100 Rathburn Williard Mathematics and a Masters han principal but the trag- to be better than yesterday,” know Attleboro High School Drive Attleboro, MA 02703 in Secondary School of Ad- edy of his father’s untimely he said. students, I have a better ap- Phone: 508-222-5150 ministration at The Citadel. death ultimately helped him After meeting the preciation for diversity and Fax: 508-223-1579 After graduating, he went choose AHS as his next new principal, students were that was one thing I never Web Address: http://www. back to teach at his high school. “Attleboro is more excited as well. “I know got to see at Feehan,” he attleboroschools.com school, Bishop England. like the school I attended I had a different opinion said. Principal: As a little boy Runey with my dad… I wanted to coming into the new school Bill Runey had two idols, “My father follow in his footsteps,” he year, but after I met him at Also contributing to Superintendant: was always my idol but died said. the assembly, I realized he article: Giovanni Carcano. Dr. Pia Durkin when I was 14. My second Once the students at seems like a nice guy,” said Fall 2012 School News Edition 1 gay, I don’t mean it in a bad way to hurt other people, it just kind of slips out,” said Erin Woodhead (12). Someone who has the same problem as Woodhead is Ben Chomyszak (10). “After going to this assembly, I’m going to try to refrain from saying hurtful words like that,” he said. The PFLAG assembly was a success for AHS and the students. If anyone has questions about the PFLAG, contact Julia Bergh at GSA meetings Thursdays after school in Ms. Wells-scott’s room. PFLAG members (left to right): Chaya Radie, Michelle Figueire- do, June Connors, Ali Brathwait and Pam Garramone. Photo by: Allie Gamache PFLAG Rocks the House at AHS By: Emily Lacourse and Allie Gamache The Gay Straight ent. She decided to write came around and accepted Alliance, led by Ms. Mer- an anonymous letter to her him. “I’m not embarrassed edith Silva and Ms. Deena principal telling her she was that I’m a mother of a gay Wells-Scott is a club at AHS a lesbian and was being bul- son; I’m proud,” she said. that allows students, gay or lied for being different. Connors stresses the straight, to come together Her principal was so fact that people need to stop to learn to be friends with upset about this anonymous naming calling. People are one another. On Sept. 29, letter that she had an assem- ignorant about the topic and 2012, GSA brought in fi ve bly about it. During the as- need to learn to accept these Coby Koehler members of PFLAG to talk sembly, Radie stood up and people because they’re the Photo by: Haley Koehler to AHS students about their told the whole school that same as anyone else. lives and how to treat others she was the one who wrote Figueiredo has a dif- in society during an assem- the letter and at that mo- ferent story than everyone: bly. ment, her secret was out. she’s transgender, male to New Swim Coach PFLAG stands “Life gets easier. Al- female. A transgender is By: Haley Koehler for Parents, Families and though when you come out someone who might physi- Friends of Lesbians and it may be hard, but no one cally be a certain gender but Coby Koehler, an AHS 2009 alumni, was on the Gays. It is a national non- should have to wait until believes they are another varsity swim team during his freshman and sophomore profi t organization with they leave high school to be gender. years. When he became a junior, he was promoted to cap- over 200,000 members and who they are,” said Radie. Coming out was tain and kept that position his senior year. After four full supporters and over 350 af- Another member of very hard for her. “99 per- years of dedication to the school’s swim team, he is return- fi liates in the United States. PFLAG, Brathwait, is a gay cent of people accepted me, ing this season as the team’s assistant coach. The assembly had man who kept his secret un- but one percent didn’t and Koehler wanted this job for one main reason. “I had one main focus and it was til one debate rubbed him that included my closest such an amazing swim coach when I was in high school; he that using words like “gay, the wrong way. Brathwait friends,” she said. truly impacted my life so much. I really wanted to feel that queer or faggot” to mean and his friend would debate Each member of important to somebody else,” said Koehler. stupid are degrading toward every morning before school PFLAG told their story with After graduating, Koehler continued having jobs gays and hurtful. To stress and one time his friend took confi dence and stressed how related with water. He has been a life guard at the YMCA this point, each guest told it too far by saying, “Gay important it is not to use de- ever since he graduated, and he also enlisted in the Coast their own story of how they people shouldn’t be alive.” rogatory language against Guard in 2010 and is now a 3rd class petty offi cer. came out, and the reactions No one knew Brath- anyone. His love for the water wasn’t always known though. of those they loved. wait was gay, but that com- GSA President, Julia Bergh “Coming into my freshmen year, I didn’t even want to do Garramone, a wom- ment really hurt him. He de- thought that bringing these swim; my dad made me sign up, and thank god he did, be- an who always knew she cided to come clean. “That people in was a good idea cause I immediately fell in love with the sport,” said Koe- was a lesbian, was afraid to comment really hurt me and because people at AHS can hler.