Getting to Know Mr. Buban
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The Bryan High School • IN-BRIEF • Volume 43,NORSEMAN Number 1 • October 2013 3450 Campus Drive • Bryan, TX 77802 www.BryanHighNoresman.com [email protected] Buban pledges longevity, stability in coming years Jesse Baxter of the teachers and administrators at Bry- “I worked at Hermann Hospital with SEE MORE Assistant editor an High. heart patients, “ Buban said. “And I did “I want this campus to be successful “A lot of times when you work with their rehab after angioplasty or bypass ONLINE across the board in all areas. That in- somebody new there’s that time where surgery or a heart attack.” BREakINg NEwS cludes academics, fine arts, and athlet- you have to establish the trust,” Luna After working in Hermann Hospital ics.” said. “The trust is there, I have no doubt ,Buban went back to school to get a mas- The ‘News’ category of The The goal of our new principal, Lane in my mind that he supports me. What- ters degree in exercise physiology. How- Norseman is the best way to Buban, is crystal clear and he has plenty ever he says, I’m behind him a hundred ever, teaching an undergraduate class stay up-to-date with the news of ideas on how to achieve it. and ten percent.” exposed Buban to teaching and he found & information at Bryan High. “Having good teachers and getting in- Buban has already started programs that it was perfect for him. FEaTURES put from students [will help us be suc- and policies to make school a better place “Part of the time I was working with a Summer baseball Nation- cessful],” Buban said. “I feel like students for everyone. professor and I ran his lab, so I taught un- al Champions grow bonds need to have a voice and a say in how de- “There’s one big thing that is kinda of dergraduate physiology lab classes, and I of friendship cisions are made on campus to some de- in the works for this year, and it’s called really enjoyed teaching,” Buban said. “I Staff writer Erin Garcia writes gree.” ‘Living a Better Story’,” Buban said. “We just kind of fell in love with it. Through about the relationships created Having a new principal creates some are going to look at doing that in the all that I didn’t want to teach at the col- through club baseball and the change and instability, but that’s nothing spring, it’s going to be affiliated with a lege level so I ended up looking at public success of one local team last compared to having four different princi- group in the core cadets. It’s about get- schools, and that’s how I got into teach- summer. pals in five years. ting students to put service above self, ing science at public school.” “I don’t think there has been a lot of meaning that getting students to under- While going through life, Buban has Sports stability and consistency in the last four stand giving back to this school and our had obstacles that he has overcome, but To stay up-to-date with years,” Buban said. “It’s not a good feel- community is important.” he never gave up. the latest sports scores for ing to have, but I’m not going anywhere; I Although Buban is coming in with new “I had a little dealing with cancer about Bryan High School athlet- hope to be here for several years.” ideas on how to make our school better, a year ago, and I had some surgery.” ic programs, be sure to visit This lack of stability has affected stu- he is continuing many of the positive Buban said. “The tumor was removed, bryanhighnorseman.com/sports. dents and teachers, mainly by raising changes that were put into effect last year and then I had chemotherapy and ra- OPINIONS questions like what Buban will expect such as the Pride program. diation. You just never know, just never from all on campus. “I’m a real big believer in positive in- give up; whatever circumstance you’re in, Zumba Fitness: dance “[Students] need to have consistency, centives,” Buban said. “Those types of never give up.” off the pounds, have fun they need to feel comfortable in the fact things are important because I think that Buban has lots of life experience and doing it that they have someone that’s going to be the kids who come to school and do the wants to try to make students life better Assistant editor Alanis King here to take care of them and help take things they need to be successful, and by offering them advice. discovers a fun and effective care of the school,” Buban said. “To some they try and they work hard, they don’t “One of my favorite quotes is from Wil- way working out through degree, I think that happens to teachers get enough recognition [for it].” liam Churchill, during World War II, Zumba. too.” Buban hopes that these positive in- ‘Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it Adjusting to a new principal can be centives help students figure out what is the courage to continue that counts,’” Community affected by hard, however associate principal JP they want to do after high school, but Buban said. “To me that’s huge, because game of century Luna said that with Buban it will be easi- understands that it’s okay to have a we’re human, we all make mistakes, I un- Staff writer Mikey Wolff dis- er since he was previously the principal at change of heart later about what they derstand that.” cusses how Aggies are good- Sam Rayburn and has worked with some want to pursue. mannered and polite, no mat- ter the challenger. 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Pictures will parking lot and make sure be available on the website you bring your photo ID, Viking Theatre (www.phototexasphotogra- registration ticket, graphing The theatre department phy.com) a few weeks after calculator, and pencils. will present “Noises Off”, pictures are taken. 2013 their third performance of If you choose to do a sit- Pre-Area Auditions the year, Nov. 22-24. ting, please bring additional Eight choir students will On Fri. and Sat., the per- outfits for casuals, includ- compete in pre-area audi- formance is scheduled at 7 ing sports memorabilia tions on Nov. 2. p.m. in the black box the- and letter jackets. Cap and Dance They earned their spots atre. gowns will be provided for Homecoming by placing at the all-region On Sun., the performance pictures. choir competition in Belton. is scheduled to begin at 2 Andrew Liner p.m. Feast of Carols 2nd chair, Tenor 1 The choir will host their James Mosqueda Senior Picture Retakes annual Feast of Carols event 4th chair, Bass 2 Senior picture retakes are on Thurs., Dec. 12-Sat., Dec. Lindsey Morehead scheduled for Nov. 25 and 14 at 7:00 p.m. each night 5th chair, Soprano 1 26 (Monday and Tuesday in the Blue Commons and Grayson McGee before Thanksgiving). Large Auditorium. 6th chair, Tenor 2 Pictures will be taken in Tickets can be purchased Douglas Edge room 6158. Sign-up sheets for $20 from any choir stu- 10th chair, Bass 2 will circulate through Eng- dent or by going by 4133. Halloween Games Word Search Features - Page 3 Following dream leads to teaching success Regina Flores she soon switched to teaching high school students. background helps her learn more about French cul- Assistant editor “When I moved to the U.S., I taught French at the ture than she would otherwise. Picture your wildest dream – a chance you might University of Houston,” Currier said. “From 1987 “Ms. Currier speaks French in a way that expresses take, a place you might go, a thing you might do. If through 1991 I was a lecturer. [I taught at] Kingwood the way that French people would speak,” Mendes you had the opportunity, would you go for it? French College and Lone Star. Then I went to public schools said. “She teaches the basics right away; she teach- teacher Michelle Currier had the dream of coming to – high school.” es everything before she goes into long paragraphs. the United States from Canada, and she followed it. German teacher Jan Krammer knows from her own Sometimes I don’t understand her, but she ends up “One of my goals was to move down south,” Cur- experiences that being familiar with the culture that translating it. She’s a good teacher.” rier said. “It was a dream of mine since 1985. I like to one is teaching about is important handy when trying Although Currier never taught high school in Cana- learn about different cultures, and the United States to share the language culture with students.