New Administrators Take Office KIM HARMON Was Huge
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New Administrators Take Office KIM HARMON was huge. He has assumed has also held many positions. many duties, he is in charge of As Dean of Students, she Co-Editor-In-Chief many new duties, including He has been a 6th grade ge- junior and senior discipline, handles freshman and sopho- As students and faculty overseeing the work flow and ography teacher,reassignment maintenance requests, facility more discipline, morning and walk the halls of BHS this academic status of the school. room supervisor, dean of stu- usage, and observing teachers afternoon bus duty, transpor- year, they will be answering He has been hard at work dents at the middle school, as- and their classroom strate- tation management, P.S.S.A. to the faces of three famil- observing and evaluat- sistant principal at the middle gies. coordination, and oversees iar faculty members who ing classroom activity to school, principal at Norce is actively ensur- student senior projects. have assumed administra- analyze and deduce what the mid- dle school, ing that the high school is She enjoys working in tive roles. can be done to improve and dis- trict grant a productive and positive her new position as she These three roles will be the academics here writer. Among his learning environment. He is able to walk the filled by Mr. Robert at the high school. said he aims to “kick halls and interact Croop, Principal, Aside from up the curriculum, with students Mr. RJ Norce, the authorita- meet state standards, and teachers on a Principal of tive positions and make sure that whole new level. Operations, and he holds, Croop our school is as great She also loves the Ms. Jill Shipman, gets to spend as it can be.” freedom of not Dean of Students. some of his time Norce said that he being confined Croop has held interacting with loves working in the to one room, but an amplitude of students. high school so far, as said that she misses positions during He said he was he gets to be around having her own his thirteen years most excited to mature and intelligent classroom. in education. He “see kids prepare kids. He advises the Shipman advises has worked as an for their future, students to do their students to avoid elementary teacher, to see how they’ve best, realize that they trouble and to strive 6th grade science matured over the years, will never be perfect, and to to reach and achieve teacher, assistant and to see the direction remember that family is most their goals. principal at the middle they are headed in,” as important. These three are school, principal at well as to be able to attend The last new administrator, working hard to make Nescopeck Elementary, school dances and functions Shipman, was already familiar this school year great. and principal at Salem for the first time. with the high school. She has They are all learning Elementary. Even with In addition to Croop, Norce been teaching for 7-1/2 years, the ropes and enjoy- all of this prior experi- also helps to direct matters primarily in the high school. In ing the new experi- ence, Croop noted here at the high school. Norce the past she has taught algebra ence. Wish them luck that the transition has been involved in educa- 1, algebra 2, geometry, and math and try to stay out of to the high school tion for the past 18 years, and P.S.S.A. remediation here. their offices! INSIDE News................................2-3 Clubs and Events...........4-5 Reviews...........................6-7 Feature.............................8-9 Spotlight...........................10 Sports...........................11-13 Caffeine Xanadu Olivia Seely New Track and Field Editorials..........................14 Caffeinated drinks have Xanadu staff works to pre- Freshman kicker is first fe- Salem field was renovated to Activities..........................15 harmful effects on teens. pare for their 50th issue. male to play Berwick football. a new athletic area. At a Glance......................16 (Pg. 3) (Pg. 5) (Pg. 10) (Pg. 11) 2 October 2011 News · Student Times Crash at IndyCar Race kills one BHS brings green ERICA ROBBINS Thus causing him to crash into following year, to be on Mario Co-Editor-In-Chief another car, getting him se- Andretti’s IndyCar Racing A fifteen car pile-up at the verely injured, and then killed. team. On Sunday, Wheldon IndyCar 500 ended up killing He was airlifted to the local was in the running for a $5 into students’ lives one and hospital where they then million dollar bonus offered XIOMARA SALAZAR of this Recycling Program discontin- pronounced him dead. to only part-time drivers, if he Clubs & Events Editor along with Job Coaches, Cathy ued the Wheldon had won had won the race. Green is the new black and Belles, Jolene Hueholt, and last race two Indianapolis 500s Fifteen cars were damaged BHS is going green by recy- Terri Yost. The collection of the of the with one of or ruined, cling. recycling goods happens every season. them being leaving Day 2 during 8th Period. On Oc- as recent as only nine- Mrs. Bartholomew encourag- tober 17, this past May. teen drivers es students to recycle plastic in 2011, Dan Wheldon is to do a five- the recycling bins in the cafete- Wheldon, only the sec- lap tribute ria and paper in the recycling (Kansas City Star/MCT) a 33-year- ond person to to the fel- bin in all the classrooms. “Not old race car driver was killed ever die during an low fallen only is it going to help in our at the IZOD IndyCar 500 IndyCar race. The driver. efforts to go green, but it will World Championships at the last one was Paul (Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT) During the also save our district money by Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Dana who was killed during tribute, members of all the pit cutting down our waste,” said He and fourteen others were a warm-up session before a crews lined the pit lane, while (Photo by Mrs. Christian) Mrs. Bartholomew. Currently, involved in a fiery fifteen car race five years ago. Recently, Wheldon’s pit crew took stance Above: Students recycle paper recycling is only happen- pile-up that happened only Dan Wheldon, switched to along the track. Wheldon had BHS is recycling plastic ing in the High School and eleven laps into the race. part-time racing to become won 16 races in the duration of bottles and any type of paper, Middle School but their goal Wheldon was far behind the more dedicated to his two his career. He was also work- including newspaper, Xerox is to include all the elemen- crash in the 34-car-field, but sons. Sources are saying that ing on a new equipment pack- paper, magazines, books and tary schools in the recycling ended up hitting debris that Wheldon had already signed age for the IndyCars of 2012 many other types in the hopes program. slowed him down drastically. a multiyear contract for the that was going to be safer. of helping the school go green, Recycling is a win-win situ- saving the district money ation by helping the environ- and helping students gain ment and helping the district job skills. Mrs. Heather Bar- save some money. Go green Occupy Wall Street Protests arise tholomew, Transition Coordi- and help by putting all un- SARA JARRETT political systems. have been arrested with that nator and Business Education wanted paper and plastic in Sophomore Many people simply became number rising every day. A Teacher, is the Co-coordinator recycling bins. A group of protesters marched caught up in the demonstra- vast majority of the protestors on Wall St. for the past eight tion and started to protest are people under the age of 34. days protesting the wasteful themselves. They began On October 1st police arrested spending within the govern- chanting and have even started many people on the Brooklyn ment. Bridge after they blocked traf- For the past eight days many fic from entering the city for Rockin’ Ice people have been on Wall St. hours. in New York City, NY protest- Protestors are trying to The newest and coolest way to design ing the wasteful spending that obtain a lawsuit against the the government is doing. This NYPD and Mayor Michael your own dish of tropical shaved ice! is being called the “Occupy Bloomberg for their physical Book us for your next Wall Street” Protests. Violent actions against the protestors. prosecutions were being made These actions include using a party or event now for the as protestors were becoming (Tish Wells/MCT) large net to push the protestors SUMMER OF 2012! violent as the NYPD tried to printing their own newspaper. to a different area, tasers, and gain crowd control. The pur- The more the police try to take mace to try and control the Dhalas Robbins pose of this protest is to show control the more dedicated the crowd. All of these were un- (570) 204-0761 Americans the radical change protestors are becoming. So successful and are now being Berwick, PA 18603 in America’s financial and far approximately 80 people called against them. Student Times · News October 2011 3 Caffine becomes popular with High School Teens ELINOR ASEVEDO vedo graduated from Tulane Jill Shipman, the Dean of High School. She feels that most. They find themselves Freshman Medical School in 1992, and Students states that currently the current way teenagers are to be restricted to only be- Caffine drinks are becoming has been in practice for over 20 there are no issues in the drinking caffeine is a prob- ing able to consume caffeine more common amongst teens.