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Newspaper January 2016 Vol Berlin High School Newspaper January 2016 Vol. 2, No. 2 Composed and assembled by and for the Berlin High community. Be a part of this: meetings every Tuesday afternoon in the library. Talk with Mr. Scannell or Ms. Larsen “Avoid fried foods. They anger the blood.” Satchel Paige Interact & Italian Heritage Club Join for a CCARC Dinner Dance By Anne Ruwett There was much excitement all week long as the individuals supported C anticipated the Annual Dinner Dance being held at St. Jerome’s Church hall on October 22nd. Each year, the Italian Heritage Foundation makes this wonderful evening of food, fun, music and dancing a reality for people facing intellectual and physical disabilities. Berlin Interact Club students also gave of their time to assist with the set-up, serving dinner and dancing along with individuals from CCARC. CCARC’s CEO Anne Ruwet joined in the Berlin High School Interact has festivities that evening saying, “This is a very special gift to the people we support. They truly Success at Fair enjoy dressing up, having dinner and dancing By Michaela Dehm together. We are very grateful that our friends from the Italian Heritage Foundation, St. Jerome’s The Berlin High School Interact Club had a Church and the Berlin Interact Club collaborated to very successful weekend at the Berlin make this possible.” Fair. The club collected multiple bags of recyclables from the fairgrounds, and the Tony Lazzaro of the Italian Heritage Foundation proceeds will be donated to the Clean understands just how important a social event such Water Project, the Friends of T. Cop, and as this can be for everyone involved. “Being able the Ryan Lee Foundation. Also, a new to brighten the lives of people who face task that the club took on this year was tremendous struggles is an incredible blessing for volunteering at the Lions Club mini donut our members,” he said. “These men and woman booth. are so appreciative and really have a great time. Caitlee McNamara and Claudia Zovich Plus, the Berlin High School students have the were two among many volunteers at the opportunity to give back to the community and booth. Recyclable collectors at the have fun at the same time.” Fairgrounds included Meagan Varley, Tarrah Carey, Kamryn Sokolowski, Lucia Founded in 1952, CCARC is Central Connecticut’s Addamo and Zach Philippon. leading nonprofit dedicated to providing personalized services to people with disabilities to help make their dreams happen. Waldrop encourages the student body to get BHS Chorus Heads to “The involved and support the chorus by Happiest Place on Earth” participating in these various fundraisers. There are many activities to help pay for this By Nicole Foertsch trip. Lanyard sales will help, and car magnets are a solid fundraiser that is going on. You The BHS chorus will be flying to Disney can come to any BHS chorus member to World at the end of March for their major field purchase a car magnet. Berlin Night at the trip that they get to go on every two years. Wolfpack game was Saturday, November With all the hype and a countdown in the 7th. Get involved and support BHS chorus! bottom corner of the board in the chorus room, everyone is greatly anticipating it. Mrs. Scherer herself said, “I’m very excited about Inside the BHS Cafeteria it! It’s going to be a lot of fun!” when asked By Nicole Zieba how she felt about the trip. Lunchtime at the Berlin High School The chorus goes on these exciting trips with a cafeteria is an hour and a half filled with purpose in mind. “One of the reasons [we socializing, laughter and a variety of travel] is to have more community in the food provided by the cafeteria chorus, and, hopefully, to attract more people staff. During this period of time every to join chorus. And so that students can really day, the students are welcome to feel a sense of belonging in being a part of this anything imaginable ranging from pizza trip,” Scherer said. The trip is a beneficial to customized sandwiches to hot experience for all of the students involved. The lunches of the day. chorus has a packed agenda while in Florida. Scherer continued that, the chorus will be enjoying time in the parks, seeing a performance of the opera The Magic Flute and attending a workshop where the chorus will learn background music to a classic Disney movie and record it for judges to use in an individualized lesson. There is plenty of preparation going on for the trip. According to Scherer, in class, the chorus is learning more about The Magic Flute and practicing their sight-singing since that will be a major part of the workshop they will be attending. There is also plenty of fundraising going on to help the chorus fund the trip. Megan Waldrop, one of the members of the chorus fundraising Besides the cafeteria staff preparing committee said, “We’ll be selling lanyards, for the lunch time rush every day, a doing a trivia night and also doing dine-out popular addition to the BHS cafeteria fundraisers.” Sammi Whitehill, a member of is Timothy Prosinski. More commonly the BHS chorus, also added, “We are selling known as “Chef Tim,” Prosinski comes car magnets for BHS chorus. We are also in frequently and prepares a variety of singing at a Wolfpack game and selling tickets. different lunches for the students each time. “I wanted to show the students that food can be good and good for you just by using simple products with fresh herbs Pentatonix Scores Their First and sauces,” Prosinski said. Prosinski has Chart-Topping Album been professionally cooking for twenty by Sammi Whitehill years and still enjoys all of the cooking he does. When asked what his favorite dish to A cappella group Pentatonix has had a prepare at Berlin High is, Prosinski stated, very successful career since its 2011 win “Pasta with Fresh Pesto is surely the most on NBC’s The Sing Off. However, nothing popular with the students, but I enjoy all of compares to their more recent album, the cooking I do and am always looking for which has set an all time high point in their new ideas.” career, becoming their first #1 chart- topping album. The album features a high Although some students tend to bring their variety of songs, mostly originals, with a own lunch from home, there are many few covers added in. The most popular students who buy lunch on a daily basis as songs include the singles Can’t Sleep well and enjoy it. “I feel as though Love, Light in the Hallway, Sing, and everyone hates the food because they Water. All of the songs are sung a grew up so privileged so they have no cappella, meaning that all of the sounds interest in the food they provide, but I think heard are made with their voices, with no some of them are fantastic,” said senior instruments or electronic music added in. student Dan Perez. The five band members: Kirstin People who rarely buy lunch even had a Maldonado (soprano), Mitch Grassi say in what they thought of the cafeteria (tenor/soprano), Scott Hoying food. Junior Danielle D’Angelone stated. (tenor/baritone), Avi Kaplan (bass), and “I don’t usually buy lunch but when I Kevin Olusola (beatboxer), have worked sometimes see other people around me together with a song writing team to create eating it, I notice they have such small an album of original songs that they can portions.” connect to and that they have had a part in producing. Berlin High provides students with a different choice of a main lunch everyday, In a recent interview with Time, tenor giving everyone the chance to have Mitch Grassi explained why they had something they enjoy. “My favorite waited so long to come out with an original cafeteria meal would have to be pasta with album. “An original album was always a meatballs,” Perez also stated. goal for us...” Grassi told Time, “...but I An assortment of different snacks are also think we just wanted to garner a fan base provided for anyone who might not be and work up to it slowly, because it’s not interested in purchasing a full meal, an easy thing to tackle.” including options from the counter as well as from two vending machines. Nicole Foertsch, who is partial to the band, listened to the album for the first Prosinski as well as the cafeteria staff are time, and was asked about her reaction to always looking for new food ideas, so if you it. “From the songs that I listened to, the have any that you think students might album sounds like it’s one of their best enjoy, feel free to contact Prosinski in yet!” Foertsch said regarding the album, “I person or by email. love how they perform a bunch of different genres of songs on the album and it’s clear that everyone’s talent really shines. Nicole is not the only one excited about this album. The members of the band are very $2178 million over seven years that the enthusiastic about the great press and Red Sox finally offered the stalwart reviews they have received since the pitcher. album’s release date of October 16, OF Yoenis Cespedes- Los Angeles 2015. In an interview with fuse TV prior to Angels the announcement, bass Avi Kaplan stated Cespedes is viewed as the outfielder on that a number one album “...would probably the market this winter.
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