Principal Payne`s Message to Brooke Point OASIS

The
Hawkeye
Brooke Point High School • Stafford, VA • Volume XVI • Issue 1 • October 21, 2009
Principal Payne’s Message to Brooke Point
Brooke Point principal Wendy
Payne has been a Stafford County
educator for twenty-seven years.
She began her career as a teacher
and coach at North Stafford
High School. She later worked
at Stafford Senior High School
as a teacher, coach, Assistant
on Administrative Assignment
and Assistant Principal. She
was named principal of Rodney
Thompson Middle School in
2004 and appointed principal of
Brooke Point High School in June
of 2009.
Welcome back to our returning and our new Brooke Point
High School students! The 2009
-2010 school year is well upon
us. We are very excited about the
prospects and opportunities for
all of you to achieve your goals
and reach your potentials.
It is very important that you
realize the correlation between
school attendance and academic
success. Regular school attendance is necessary for maximum
academic achievement. In addition, punctuality and dependability in meeting assigned responsibilities are qualities valued in
our society. In order to assist in
developing desirable behavior
patterns, as well as to increase
the student’s classroom learning,
BPHS requires that students be
punctual and regular in school
attendance.
Brooke Point High School’s
instructional programs are
designed to empower you to be
academically competitive in a
constantly changing world. Our
school curriculum is committed
to helping our diverse student
body discover talents, increase
competence, develop imagination and expand academic and
personal horizons.
We are in the final stages of
seeking authorization for the
International Baccalaureate Program (IB). The IB program provides a comprehensive, rigorous
education emphasizing analytical thinking, reading and writing skills with an international
perspective. It is an advanced
level college preparatory program
open to highly motivated 11th
and 12th grade students who
seek academic rigor. A student
can earn a full IB diploma by
completing courses in 6 areas :
English, foreign language, social
studies, science, math, and an
arts elective.
Beyond completing the course
Brooke Point Prepares for IB
requirements, diploma students
are required to engage in community service, individual research,
and Theory of Knowledge class.
Students may also choose to earn
IB certificates for individual IB
courses. IB courses are recognized for college credit by many
universities in the United States
and abroad.
The JROTC program is going
full speed ahead. Senior Instructor Major Michael Darnell and
Master Chief Instructor Bruce
Cobb were busy long before
school began preparing uniforms
for issue, conducting drill clinics
and inventorying instructional
materials. Over 130 cadets and
parents have pledged their support and dedicated their valuable
time to help out the unit.
So welcome back! Our Black
Hawk staff is committed to
providing a safe learning environment with a focus on our four
core values of responsibility, commitment, respect, and integrity.
We believe Brooke Point High
School is a school in which the
dream for success for all students can become a reality. Take
advantages of all we have to
offer. Make this year your best
year ever at Brooke Point High
School.
www.ibo.org
By Shannon Boyle
Another step in the process to
implement IB into Brooke Point
is the authorization visits made
to our school. The IB Diploma
Programme is an internationally
recognized program available to
juniors and seniors. The full IB
diploma advances a student’s
high school experience to higher
level study.
IB courses are recognized by
universities around the globe,
while AP is recognized only in
the United States.
IB is being fitted for Brooke
Point, with visits from IB representatives who investigate the
prospective school to evaluate its
seriousness about adopting the
IB program.
IB aims to provide a more
complete education that opens
a student’s mind to cultures
Brooke Point
Mourns
Shirley Heim
around the world, leading to a
more informed student.
IB boasts a broad curriculum
that prepares its students for
optimal success in college and in
life.
To graduate with a full IB
diploma, students must complete
five core subjects in the program
and one IB elective. IB offers visual art and theater as electives,
but this may expand.
If Brooke Point is authorized
to offer the program, IB may be
offered as early as fall 2010.
The IB visiting team included
three members who met with
teachers as well as administrators during the evaluation.
The IB team visited with
Julie Stemple, Brooke Point’s IB
coordinator as well as many of
the teachers including science
teacher Rita Lysher, math teacher Theresa Thompson and social
studies teacher Laura Lacey.
The IB team concluded that
Brooke Point had done a great
job preparing for the possible
addition of the program and that
the teachers were well-informed
including those who have not yet
attended any formal IB training. The team recommends that
Brooke Point promote international-mindedness throughout
the school and to acquire a large
number of students interested in
pursuing the full diploma.
Brooke Point is expected to
hear from the International Baccalaureate Organization Director
General in Geneva, Switzerland
by February.
Stafford County Becomes an
Attention Class of 2010
OASIS
By Robbie Houk
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By Genevieve Bee
The Brooke Point Community
mourns the loss of Shirley Heim
on October 7 after battling cancer
for several years. During her 36years with the Stafford County
Public School System, Heim
served as Director of Head Start
and Assistant Superintendant
of Finance and Technology. She
was also the founder and first
director of Governor’s School
for the Gifted. As a member of
the Stafford Rotary Club, she
was the driving force behind the
formation of The Interact Club, a
staple in all of the County’s high
schools. In honor of her contributions, Stafford’s newest middle
school was named in her honor.
Mrs. Heim spent her life serving her community and living
her life in accordance with her
motto: “Don’t Think Why You
Can’t, Think How You Can!” A
blood drive is being held in her
honor on Tuesday, October 21,
2009 from 6 am -5 pm at the
Stafford County School Board office complex on Stafford Avenue.
According to the American Red
Cross, “all units collected at this
drive will honor Shirley Heim by
stocking the hospital shelves so
that blood is available whenever
and wherever it is needed.”
The IB curriculum is modeled after this hexagon with six academic
areas surrounding the three core requirements.
By Skylar Bartley
Among the many changes to
Stafford County schools this
year is OASIS (Online Access to
Student Information System),
a program designed to improve
communication between teachers and parents. OASIS displays
students’ grades on the respective schools’ website.
Freshman Anna Clemens said,
“I hate [OASIS] because my parents can lurk my grades.”
Surrounding counties in the
area have used OASIS in the
past, while Stafford County
Public Schools implemented the
program this year. OASIS is only
available for middle school and
high school students.
Parents can access their stu-
dents’ grades and attendance
through SchoolFusion by logging
into their personal accounts.
Once signed in, a parent can view
upcoming assignments, grades
and files uploaded by their child’s
teachers.
While many parents check
Fushion everyday for updates,
some parents haven’t yet bought
into OASIS. “I’m not concerned
enough about my son’s grades to
use [OASIS],” said parent Tonya
Lynn Denault.
Parents are also able to email teachers faster than in the
past. Students or parents who
have questions must contact the
teacher first.
English teacher Cindy Lar-
This is going to be our best
year ever. But in order for that
to happen, everyone must pull
their weight. Keep your priorities straight. Stay on top of
homework and put school first.
Participate in school activities.
Those who partake in activities
make new friends, have a good
time and come together as a
class. Secondly, support BPHS
and its activities. Every Friday,
a sports team has a game and
every student should be there
to show their support, home or
away.
Spirit Week has already flown
by. Hopefully everyone participated and lived it to the fullest. There are many who didn’t
participate in Spirit Week. They
missed out on a really good time.
Thank you to everyone who
helped with the homecoming
float.
Now is the time to buy senior
shirts. The earlier the better!
T-shirts. long sleeved shirts, and
hoodies will be sold through the
month of October in Room 206.
Senior dues should to be paid as
soon as possible. They are $115
which includes the senior dinner
cruise, senior picnic, prom, and
graduation. Don’t forget all other
debts must also be paid (library
books, textbooks, previous class
dues, etc.)
- Robbie Houk is the 2010 Senior
class president.
son said, “I think [OASIS] is a
wonderful resource. It’s very
beneficial because students and
parents can check grades on a
daily basis. If there’s a problem,
they can remediate immediately.”
OASIS assists students, as well
as parents. Students can access
their grades by logging on to
SchoolFusion. On this page, students can see a summary of their
grades, as well as reports from
individual classes. The reports
include task name, task type,
due date, score/out of, and grade.
Grades are posted on Fushion
nightly; however, teachers are
only required to update their
grades weekly.
Business teacher Rosemary
Storaska stated, “I updated my
grade book, but they haven’t
updated on OASIS yet. So, [updating] once a week isn’t enough.
These kids want to see [updates]
everyday, which is impossible.
[OASIS] needs better communication.”
Brooke Point students have
conflicting opinions about this
addition to the site. Sophomore
Joshua Elsmo said, “[OASIS] is
better than bugging the teacher
for grade updates.”
Parent and English teacher at
Brooke Point, Hope Kline said,
“[OASIS] benefits both the parent
and child as far as keeping an
open line of communication.”
News 2
October 21, 2009
So what are the issues anyway?
By Joanna Newcome
The 2009 Virginia gubernatorial race is quickly coming to
a close. With the November 3rd
election approaching, Democrat
Creigh Deeds and Republican
Bob McDonnell are virtually tiedneck and neck. The airways have
been flooded with commercials attacking McDonnell’s 1989 thesis’
discriminative stands taken on
women in the workplace, gays and
contraception for married couples.
The drama surrounding the election has pushed the real issues
to the side. So where do Deeds
and McDonnell stand on the issues most affecting young voters:
transportation and education?
According to the Washington
Post, Virginia has cut almost $3.5
billion from its highway transportation budget over the last
16 months. With the constant
stream of commuting traffic,
transportation costs are estimated to reach $100 billion by 2025.
Taxes imposed on fuel and automobile purchases provide twothirds of the state highway fund,
but the slowing economy has increasingly hurt sales. As prices
for asphalt and steel continually rise and first priority funding
goes to maintenance, new projects
have been put on the back burner.
A lack of new projects has also
meant fewer new jobs in Virginia.
According to his campaign site,
Photo by The 28th Amendment
McDonnell plans to tackle transportation funding with a rerouting
of sales tax collected in Northern
Virginia, about $105 million annually, to projects in that region.
He plans to build more toll roads
along the North Carolina border
and immediately dedicate the first
percentage of all new state revenue to transportation. He also
plans to use ABC liquor stores as
a source of revenue. Deeds takes
a more alternative approach in
his plan published on his website. He hopes to take traffic off
the roads by bringing high-speed
railway to Virginia and expanding freight and passenger rails.
He has stated that he will sign a
bipartisan bill addressing the is-
available in early October. Nearly
all of the doses are in the form
of a nasal spray, which contains
a weakened version of the virus
as opposed to the injection which
contains the dead virus. The vaccine is available in 90,000 schools
and other sites across the country.
The epidemic has now reached
up to 21 states although, there
is only a marginal increase in
the number of flu cases that require
hospitalization.
Swine
flu is mild compared with national epidemics of the past with
the national death count only
landing in the double digits.
In addition to the large tubs of
hand sanitizer that have become
staples among college classrooms,
administrators are suggesting
their students isolate themselves
upon developing cold-like symptoms. Many students are ignoring the constant warnings about
the spread of the flu despite the
statistics emulating flulike activity in more than 250 colleges.
Colleges have forever been a
cesspool for germs where their
daily lives include “packing hundreds of young people into poorly
ventilated party rooms and sharing glasses, smoking materials,
playing beer pong and kissing,”
said Dr. James Turner, president of the American College
Health Association and executive director of student health
at the University of Virginia.
There have only been two college fatalities due to the virus but
that number is expected to grow
as the virus combats with other
health problems in students.
“It seems like it’s over; we
haven’t heard too much about
it or been warned to stay inside lately, but I don’t know if
it will come back as the weather cools down,” added Boyle.
sues of Virginian infrastructure
“even if it includes more taxes.”
Deeds stresses the importance
of not taking money away from
education to fund transportation.
With unemployment at its
highest levels in decades, both
Deeds and McDonnell address
the need to bring high paying
jobs into the state through educa-
tion and job training on their
campaign websites. McDonnell
promises to prepare Virginia’s
colleges and universities for
the high tech demands of 21st
century jobs. He plans to set up
college led community workforce
training and target the high
demand, high paying scientific,
engineering and mathematic
career sectors. Deeds believes
the key to bringing high-wage
jobs to Virginia is to make higher
education and job training more
accessible. His education plan
includes a loan guarantee to community college students ensuring
that every student has the opportunity to gain worker training
vital to their communities. He
promises to increase need based
tuition by $40 million and create
a “Virginia Promise Fund” to
help control the rising costs of
tuitions in tough economic times.
Deeds also plans to create
“Virginia Forward Scholarships.”
The scholarships would qualify
exceptional high school students
for up to 50% of in state tuition if
they maintain at least a “B” average and commit to two years of
service to the state upon graduation. Like McDonnell, Deeds
recognizes the importance of
expanding the science and mathematics fields. He aims to create
over 70,000 additional associate,
bachelor, and graduate degrees
in Virginia’s colleges.
Swine Flu Spreads Through College Campuses
By Shannon Boyle
Swine flu has been spreading
like wildfire in the closed spaces of America’s colleges. Campuses have been ridden with
the virus, also known as H1N1,
since its appearance this year.
“For a few weeks in September
it seemed like everyone I knew
had the flu, or their roommates
did,” said Katie Boyle, a junior
at the University of Georgia.
Once infected, the virus will
likely be passed on in three days.
The primary danger of swine flu
is that it passes so quickly, making it nearly impossible to quarantine the infected in time to
prevent spreading. Commonly,
students do not know they have
the virus until after they have
infected their family members.
There is a one-in-four chance that
the flu will be passed from one infected family member to another.
More than 3 millions doses of
the swine flu vaccine were made
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News Briefs
And the Nobel Iran Continues
Prize Goes To... Nuclear Testing
Obama
BPHS STAT
Team Recognized
On October 9, 2009 President
Barack Obama became the fourth
U.S. President to win the Nobel
Peace Prize and the only one to
receive it during his first year
in office. Although Obama has
not yet had time to see the results of his peacekeeping efforts,
The Norwegian Nobel Committee selected him for the “vision”
and “hope” that characterizes
his presidency. In a speech at
the White House, the President
humbly remarked that he did not
view the award “as a recognition
of my own accomplishments, but
rather as an affirmation of American leadership. ... I will accept
this award as a call to action.”
The Brooke Point STAT (Stafford Academy for Technology)
team has been awarded the Professional Learning Team VSDC
Award. STAT is a state-approved
Governor’s Career and Technical
Academy. They were chosen from
a number of outstanding nominees. The team will be recognized
during the 8:30 opening at the
6th Annual Virginia Staff Development Council Conference at the
Omni Richmond Hotel on Friday,
October 23, 2009. The committee consists of business teacher
Kim Whitehouse, science teacher
Terri Baca, English teacher Mary
Southall, and math teachers Samantha Soukup and Robin Hayes.
According to news.yahoo.com,
Iran continues to develop its
nuclear facilities while the rest
of the world continues to count
ominously to three. Iran defiantly refuses to stop its nuclear
R&D, saying they intend to use
it to generate electricity despite
repeated harsh criticism from
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton and U.N. sanctions. In
response to Iran’s failure to obey,
Britain has frozen business transactions with an Iranian bank and
a state run shipping country, a
move that may not have the desired effectiveness since Iran does
not do a great deal of business
with the UK in the first place.
Photo by The NY Times
By Brittany Webster
Several celebrities died during the summer of 2009. Actress Farrah Fawcett died on
June 25, 2009 after a three year
battle with cancer.
Fawcett
was primarily known for her
role as Jill in “Charlie’s Angels.”
“I was deeply moved by her tragic
death and wish her family the best,”
said sophomore Presha Merritt.
“King of Pop,” Michael Jackson, also died on June 25, 2009
from cardiac arrest due to an
excessive amount of drugs.
“I felt bad for his kids because
they’re so young when they lost him
and how hard he had worked for his
comeback,” said senior Susie Islas.
Officials detected Propofol, Lorazepam, Midazolam, Diazepam
and Ephedrine in his system.
Guitarist Les Paul died on August 12, 2009 of complications
from pneumonia. He had made
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a name for himself when he invented the first solid-body electric
guitar. Ford and his wife Mary
produced music and sold millions of albums. Artists like BB
King, U2 guitarist The Edge and
Slash paid tribute to his work.
“He had great guitar skills and I’ll
remember him when I play guitar
hero,” said senior Ashleigh Krick.
Career Night To Be Held At BP
By Yvonne Eber
Stafford County Public Schools’
second annual Career Night
will be held on Thursday Nov,
14 at Brooke Point High School.
The event is open to students in
grades seven through ten. The
event is designed to give students
the opportunity to learn about
job fields and careers of interest.
Twenty five speakers will be
featured. Upon registering, students will be asked to provide information on their interests and
job preferences. Based on that
information, each student will
be given a schedule for the evening with the opportunity to hear
three of their chosen speakers for
three twenty five minute sessions.
Career Night is not a job fair. It
is a structured event and requires
prior registration for participation. Interested students can sign
up at any Stafford County high
school or middle school office or
online at www.tiny.cc/careernight.
Sports 3
October 21, 2009
Athlete of the
Month
Katelyn Brown
Meet This Year’s
Top Fall Athletes
Caitlin Flinn
Name: Caitlin Flinn
Grade: Freshman
Sport:: Field Hockey
Favorite qoute: “No pain no gain”
Favorite pre-game food: Pasta
Favorite thing about Field Hockey:
It’s Intense!
Valeria Giberti
QA-
Grade: Junior
Sport: Volleyball
Favorite Quote: “No pain, no gain”
Favorite pre-game food:
Favorite thing about volleyball: Playing
a team sport and being able to relate with
my mom because she played for eleven
years.
How long have you been on cross
country?
4 years
Q - what’s your favorite part of running?
AGoofing off after practice with my teammates
Q - Biggest athletic idol?
A-
Shaquille O’Neal because he’s beautiful and excellent!
Q - Typical pre-race meal?
A-
Katherine Walker
Grade: Senior
Sport: Cross Country
Favorite Quote: “ Work hard and everything else will fall into place.”
Favorite pre-race food: Chicken and
potatoes
Favorite thing about XC: “I love running!”
Gushers, Haribo Gummy bears (They have to be
Haribo!), Wawa muffins, orange Vitamine Water
and Dr. Pepper!
QA-
Alex Williams
What song would be found playing on
your iPod right before you race?
Grade: Senior:
Sport: Boys Cross Country
Favorite Qoute: “ I run a race to see
who has the most guts” -Prefontaine
Favorite pre-race food: Garlic bread
Favorite thing about XC: Hanging with
the boys
iPods are for losers. I keep it old school with my
CD player! But, “Go Getta” by Lil Wayne and
Blink-182!
the main thing you’ve gotten
Q - What’s
out of running cross country?
ABest friends!
Q - Funniest cross country moment?
A-
Sophomore year at Regional’s, Rianna Wilhelm
was hopping around pretending to be a leprechaun. Oh, and when Kellie Hall and I proposed to
Thomas Porter
Q - Favorite course and why?
A-
Great Meadows because it’s beast and there’s a
cool convenience store near by!
pieces of advice for prospective
Q - Two
runners.
AStay hydrated and run hard!
Just
Joshin
By Josh Herron
The other day I was kicking it
with Lanford Collins former BPHS
defensive end, who signed with
Virginia Tech back in the spring.
We were talking about how things
were going for him so far this year.
During our conversation, Collins
described his college life. “College
is going well. It took me two weeks
to finally get the flow of classes
and how they are run. Right now,
I’m taking Math, Introduction
to Psychology, University Studies and Introduction to Theatre.”
All students must make a transition from high school to college.
Collins’s transition was “getting
used to the lecture classes. There
is no homework, so you have to
basically quiz yourself on the material to get prepared. The biggest transition, football-wise, is
getting used to all the plays we
have to learn. The players are
bigger in college, but I learned
you just have to play faster and
that will make up for your size.”
Collins has been red shirted this
year. He will not play his freshman year, but trains with the
team in preparation for the following seasons. This gives him time
to bulk up, gain weight and learn
the plays. He told me what he gets
to do at practice. “Since I’m redshirting, the scout team defense
goes against the starting offense.
This gets me good experience because I’m practicing against the
starters. I’ve been doing well in
practice and sometimes the defensive coach puts me in getting
reps with the starting defense.
Collins always started and
played like a beast at Brooke
Point so I wanted to know what
he does since he doesn’t get to
play for the Hokies. “Since I’m
not dressing, I get to watch the
games from the stands,” he said.
After chilling with Collins I
realized he’s having a blast in
college and can’t wait to play
for the Hokies in seasons to
come. Lanford Collins is one of
many former Brooke Point athletes I will be interviewing this
year. Look for “Just Joshin” in
the next issue of the Hawkeye.
Student Life 4
October 21, 2009
Spirit
It’s
not
Week
easy
2009
being
GREEN
October 12 - 16
Monday
Brand of the Free
By Krysten Marshall
With the growing interest in
switching to organic or natural
products, it won’t be long before
everyone starts seeing green.
Based out of Northern Virginia, the
“Brand of the Free” clothing company designs and produces environmentally-friendly men’s and women’s graphic t-shirts and tote bags.
“Brand of the Free” products have
been created to be a more socially
responsible alternative to clothing production than the typical use
of foreign services. The cotton is
grown primarily in Texas. All production of the apparel is Americanmade and sweatshop free. In doing
so, this creates more American jobs
and eliminates the exploitation
No School
tuesday
Superhero Day
wednesday
Crayola Day
Freshmen: Yellow
Sophomores: Blue
Juniors: Green
Seniors: Purple
thursday
Biodegradable Balloons
By CJ Ballesteros
The Florida State University Seminoles are now reinstating the old
tradition of releasing thousands of
garnet and gold colored balloons at
the beginning of each football game.
The Seminoles disbanded this practice several years ago due to the harm
on marine wildlife the environmentally unsafe balloons had caused.
The term “biodegradable” may
be a confusing one for most people
in thinking about balloons. Biodegradable, as far as balloons go,
are simply run-of-the-mill latex
balloons. Latex is made from tree
sap and it therefore may be broken down as fast as oak leaves.
After researching this topic, scientists have found that regular
helium filled latex balloons will
float five miles up into the atmosphere, freeze and shatter into multiple shards before falling back to
the earth and biodegrade normally.
There are no repercussions in
the environment from this phenomenon. It is when strings or
plastic attachments are added
that latex balloons become environmental hazards. It is these nonbiodegradable amenities that can
land in aquatic environments and
choke fish or other form or sea-life.
Certain metallic balloons such
as Mylar balloons are not biodegradable and their release is
discouraged by environmentalists.
Apple Federal
Credit Union
Customer Appreciation Day!!!
Cupcakes for new and
returning customers
Hippie Day
Friday
Spirit Day
*More information on
Spirit Week and
Homecoming 2009
in the November issue!
of foreign workers. Each item is
made of 100% Certified Organic
cotton that remains free of harsh
chemicals and pesticides while
using natural color dyes. In addition to the green nature of these
products, each available design
contains a thought-provoking image intended to inspire others to be
more environmentally conscious.
“Brand of the Free” clothing
can be found in individual boutiques throughout the country
such as The Eastern Market flea
market at 7th and C Street in
Washington, D.C. Products may
also be found on the company’s
website,
brandofthefree.net.
Friday, Oct. 23rd
Kickoff to Ipod
Nano Deposit Draw-
Name entered in
drawing for every
deposit of at least
Created by: Kayla Smith $5.00
Drawing held end of
1st semester
go home, styrofoam
By Krysten Marshall
The cries of science teacher Ginger Beach and her hoard of ecofriendly students have finally been
heard by administration. Brooke
Point has made the switch to plastic trays, replacing their non-biodeg
radable counterpart, Styrofoam.
Other than their lack of natural
decomposition, Styrofoam manufacturing is the fifth largest creator of
hazardous waste (http://www.highcountryconservation.org). In addition, Styrofoam has been known to
transfer toxic chemicals to the food
they touch, taking a toll on human
health and reproductive systems.
The school’s main concern in
making this change, other than
the additional benefit of saving
money, is to reduce Brooke Point’s
environmental footprint on the
earth. The cafeteria serves three
lunch shifts to the school’s available 1,647 students per day for
185 days throughout the year.
“When you think about the
amount of Styrofoam generated
in a day and consider the fact
that Styrofoam isn’t biodegradable, it’s incredible!” said Assistant Principal Scott McClellan.
Recycling bins have been provided in all classrooms for student
and teacher use, but “we, as a staff,
need to be sure to set an example
to students about the importance
of recycling,” McClellan said.
Hawk-N-Lotta Turkey 2009
By Krysten Marshall
For the past five years, Learn and
Serve has collected turkeys to help
the Region 16 Fredericksburg Area
Food Bank. This year, students will
be collecting turkeys on November
17, from 6:45-7:30 am in front of the
school. The turkeys will go to those
less fortunate living in the City of
Fredericksburg and the counties of
Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania and Stafford. The Fredericksburg Area Food Bank distributes
more than 2.5 million pounds of
food and grocery products every
year to more than 90 food pantries
and other food assistance organizations in the Fredericksburg area.
Last year, Brooke Point collected
approximately 1,100 lbs of turkey. However, Colonial Forge beat
Brooke Point in a competition to
collect the most. This year, Learn
and Serve is hoping to surpass their
previous collection achievements this
year. “This is always a feel-good project because you know you’re doing
so much good and it’s so easy,” says
Learn and Serve teacher Laura Lacey.
The Learn and Serve turkey helps to spread the spirit of giving to Brooke Point students and staff.
Entertainment 5
October 21, 2009
BP Players Present
The Importance of Being Earnest
On The Radar,
A Place To Bury
Strangers
By Genevieve Bee
“The Importance of Being Earnest” follows the exploits of Jack
Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff
in their quest to escape from the
obligations of high class London
society. To achieve this end, both
friends invent fictitious relatives
that call them away whenever it’s
convenient. Algernon often has
to leave town to assist his sickly
friend Bunbury, who lives in the
country. Jack has a house in the
country where his adopted daughter Cecily and her governess Miss
Prism live with him. When Jack
wishes to leave for London, he tells
them his younger brother Earnest
has gotten into trouble and must
be rescued. In town he goes by the
name Earnest to lend credibility
to his story. The mayhem begins
when Jack, nee Earnest, proposes
to Algernon’s cousin Gwendolyn,
who tells him she believes she was
meant to marry a man named Earnest. Meanwhile Algernon goes to
Jack’s country house, pretending
to be his wayward brother Earnest.
Cecily also dreams of marrying an
Earnest and they become engaged
just as Jack returns to announce
his brother’s death. While the matter of just who is dead or alive is being sorted out, Gwendolyn arrives
at the house. Confusion ensures
when the women realize they are
both engaged to a man named to
Earnest, and the futures of both
marriages are called into question.
John Worthing, JP
Gwendoline Fairfax
Algernon Moncrieff
Cecily Cardew
Lady Bracknel
Rev. Cannon Chausible
Miss Prism
Lane
Merriman
Servant
Female Understudy
Male Understudy
.Jonathan Litalien
Carley Winiesdorffer
Bob Edelman
Laine Korn
Emily Mansfield
Bryan Lambe
Jessica Carrington
Colleen Parker
Shannon Parker
Mali Parker
.Kristian Tice
Joe Butler
Director
Technical Director
Assistant Director
Assistant Technical Director/
Running Crew Head
Stage Manager/Props Crew Head
Assistant Stage Manager
Costume Crew Head
Costume Crew
Lisa M. Cover-Tucci
Eva D. Wehrle
Travis Cole
Bri Williams
Cast
Brooke Point Players Presents
The Importance of Being Earnest
By Oscar Wilde
Production Staff
Props/Running Crew
Makeup Crew Head
Makeup Crew
Publicity Crew Head
Publicity Crew
Lights
Sound
House Manager
Ushers
November 12, 13, 14
7:30 PM
$5 at the door
Christian Erevia
Marta Waris
Courtney Carr
Rachel Rauenhorst, Shelli Bond,
Brittney Shaw
Meg Robinson, Ryan Artze
Troy McDonald, Jessica Alonso,
Joshua White, Rachel Ryan
Rachel Ryan
Sohane Stills, Krystal Sprouse
Alex Binkley
Sohane Stills, Emily Thompson,
Amanda Burr, Ibraham Neberai,
Meg Robinson, Bota Ilyas
Josh Newman
Alex Binkley
Joelle Tatter
Frederick Rogers,
Brendan Sweeny, Botal Ilyas,
Amanda Burr
“Wilde Man”- The Life of Oscar Wilde
By Genevieve Bee
Though he was born in 1854,
Oscar Wilde flagrantly flaunted
the conventions of the repressive
Victorian Era. He was raised in
Dublin, Ireland but after going to
Oxford he immersed himself the
midst of fashionable London society. There he became acquainted
with many of the most influential writers of the day, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
He quickly gained acclaim as an
author and playwright himself.
Unfortunately, no amount of
popularity could protect him from
scandal. When it came to light
that Wilde was involved in a relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas, he was tried and imprisoned
for homosexuality. He was eventually released from prison, but
died in 1900 from complications
resulting from his incarceration.
(http://www.cmgww.com/
historic/wilde/bio4.htm)
Oscar Wilde enjoyed poking
fun at society throughout his
life and even a century after his
death his quotes still have relevance. Women are meant to
be loved, not to be understood.”
“My dear young lady, there was
a great deal of truth, I dare say,
in what you said, and you looked
very pretty while you said it,
which is much more important.”
“It is perfectly monstrous the
way people go about, nowadays, saying things against
one behind one’s back that are
absolutely and entirely true.”
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“The world is a stage, but
the
play
is
badly
cast.”
“To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.”
“I am not young enough
to
know
everything.”
“A true friend stabs you in the front.”
Quotes
from:
http://www.brainyquote.
com/quotes/authors/
o / o s c a r _ w i l d e . h t m l
http://www.quotationspage.
com/quotes/Oscar_Wilde/
“Jennifer’s Body” Bites Big Time at the Box Office
By Skylar Bartley
“Jennifer’s Body” was released
into theaters on September 18,
2009. Unlike most movies associated with flesh eating, there
wasn’t a lot of hype for the release
of this movie. The only real excitement came from fans of Megan
Fox who wondered why she chose
to take the role of the boy-eating hottie, Jennifer Check while
Amanda Seyfried played Check’s
nerdy best friend, Needy Lesnicky.
The film begins with Needy in
an asylum, talking about her former best friend, Jennifer Check.
Jennifer is the typical high school
popular girl. She’s beautiful, a
cheerleader, funny and knows
where all the good parties are.
Needy is just lucky that Jennifer
still talks to her, a plain-Jane at
heart and a book worm to the core.
One night, Jennifer wants to go
see a band at the local bar and
drags Needy along with her. The
bar catches on fire in the middle
of the show, killing several people. The band members, dark and
mysterious, steal Jennifer away
from Needy as they run for their
lives. Jennifer doesn’t fight back.
She just stares blankly into the
night. Needy hurries home, worrying about her best friend.
When she gets home, she calls her
boyfriend to tell him what happened. Then she hears a noise.
Searching the entire house,
she finds nothing. As she turns
around, she sees Jennifer standing before her. Covered in blood
from head to foot, Jennifer gazes
at Needy hungrily with a wicked
smirk on her face. Needy starts
crying and asks her friend what
happened. Jennifer then throws
up all over Needy and walks out.
The next day, Jennifer is perfectly
fine. Needy suspects nothing until
male students turn up dead with
their insides eaten out after Jennifer was the last seen with them.
She begins to wonder about what
happened that night at the bar.
“Jennifer’s Body” was, to put
it bluntly, atrocious. It had its
funny parts, but other than that
it was an hour and a half that
can never be gotten back. The
graphics were terrible, the dialogue cliché and the plot predictable. The movie wasn’t scary in
the least bit and very childish in
a way. However, the acting was
good for a cliché flesh eating succubus movie, though, that isn’t
saying much. It was like any other horror “oh no my best friend
is a monster! I must stop her
and save all the males!” movie.
I give “Jennifer’s Body” one
star for the witty comedy. My
recommendation:
save
$9.50
and wait until it comes out
on DVD if you must see it.
By Aidan Stewart
Shoegaze is a genre of alternative music that features melodramatic vocals, heavy use of guitar
effects, and a melancholy sound.
The name shoegaze came from
the way the musicians stared
at their feet throughout their
entire
onstage
performance.
Oliver Ackermann, son of
BPHS math teacher Lynn Ackermann, was one of the founding
members of the band “Skywave”
which played a major part in the
American shoegaze scene of the
1990’s. He is now lead singer/guitarist of the New York based rock
band ”A Place to Bury Strangers” which released its second full
length album on October 6, 2009.
Ackermann was born in Fredericksburg and and graduated
from James Monroe High School.
He later went on to the Rhode Island School of Design where he
studied industrial design. After
graduating in 1999, he returned
to Fredericksburg to continue
playing in Skywave. As guitarist, he relied on effect pedals to
achieve the sound he wanted. He
became frustrated with the limitations of pre-made effects and
took matters into his own hands.
After his first pedal, the “Total Sonic Annihilation” became
a hit among guitarists in 2003,
Ackermann founded the effect
pedal company Death by Audio.
Today Death by Audio sells a collection of nine different effects.
Clients include Trent Reznor of
Nine Inch Nails, The Edge of U2,
Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, and Brian
Chippendale of Lightning Bolt.
Ackermann’s band “A Place to Bury
Strangers” is a chaotic ensemble
of distortion, feedback, and noisy
guitar riffs. Their new album “Exploding Head” is a noise rock masterpiece. Be sure to check it out.
Upcoming Concerts
Concerts will be in full swing this
season with many only going to The
NorVa. Here are a list of dates to get
things started.
October 31
Mayday Parade
Featuring the Academy Is…, Set
Your Goals, the Secret Handshake,
and You Me at Six
At the NorVa in Norfolk, Virginia
November 3, 2009
Miley Cyrus
Featuring Metro Station
Verizon Center inWashington, D.C.
November 3, 2009
Wolfmother
Featuring thenewno2 and
Hearthless Bastards
9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
November 7
Say Anything
Featuring Eisley, Moneen,
and Miniature Tigers
At the NorVa in Norfolk, Virginia
November 11
Boys Like Girls and Cobra Starship
Featuring The Maine, Rocket to the
Moon, and Versa Emerge
At the NorVa in Norfolk, Virginia
December 5
Saosin
Featuring Innerpartysystem
and Eye Alaska
At the NorVa in Norfolk, Virginia
December 9
LMFAO and Shwayze
Featuring a special guest
At the NorVa in Norfolk, Virginia
December 20
Devil Wears Prada
At the NorVa in Norfolk, Virginia
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compiled by Molly McNulty
Feature 6
October 21, 2009
Spotlight On:
Health Assistant Students
What the Health?
By Bailey Sergent
Health Assistant is a year long
class that places an emphasis on
medical skills and the mental
health care industry and consists
of placement in clinical settings.
“This class gives students the
opportunity to explore interests in the medical field other
than just nursing,” said nursing student director and Health
Assistant teacher Susan Baitis.
Students can be placed in hospital units including pediatrics, surgery and pharmacy, as
well as clinical settings outside
the hospital such as the SPCA.
They are usually re-certified in
American Red Cross Professional Rescuer CPR and First Aid.
“The students are evaluated
by their clinical site advisor.
I also make frequent visits to
grade them on visual preparedness and to make sure they are
proactive in the clinical site.
Students also keep journals of
what they have learned in the
clinical settings,” added Baitis.
Senior Kimberly Langford is a
student in the class. “I am currently learning vision and hearing. We’re practicing skills such
as height and weight, taking temperatures, blood pressure, pulse
and moving patients,” she said.
Langford hasn’t finalized her
future plans but is interested
in working in sonography and
medical imaging for women. She
may become an echo sonographer. This involves taking images of the heart. She might
also like to work in pediatrics.
Langford attends classes at
Brooke Point in the morning
and then travels to her clinicals. “We get out of our third
block early, change into uniform and head out,” she said.
Ms. Cole and health assistant students prepare for class.
Student Intern Goes Behind the Scenes
By Bailey Sergent
Over the summer, several Brooke Point students took part in the Stafford Hospital Junior Volunteer Program. Students helped out in several departments including administration, the emergency room and surgery. The students had the opportunity to serve their community as well as shadow health career professionals.
Junior Volunteer Colleen Parker shared some firsthand insight of the experience.
Q: Why did you decide to become a part of the Junior Volunteer Program?
A: I decided to become a part of the junior volunteer program because I was in Intro to Health and Medical and I was just interested in the medical field.
Q: Do you have any plans on entering the health field when you’re older?
A: I want to be a zoologist when I get older so when I take health assistant I want
to try and work at the SPCA.
Q: Did you see anything interesting while working at the hospital?
A: I saw a gallbladder surgery, a thyroid surgery, and kidney stone removal which
was the coolest!
Q: Did anything make you sick while volunteering at the hospital?
A: I didn’t get sick while watching the surgeries but the abdominal surgery was
pretty gross. There were guts everywhere.
Q. Do you think you could ever pursue a hospital career?
A: I don’t think I want to have a career in the hospital but it is an interest of mine.
It’s just more of a hobby right now.
Opportunities for Brooke Point Students to Donate
Donate Tonight in
Honor of
Shirley Heim
Donate anytime through the
American Red Cross
by calling
1-800-GIVE-LIFE
Location:
Stafford County
School Board Office
29 Stafford Ave.
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October 21, 2009
Beware Obama Care
The Hawkeye
Staff
Brooke Point High School
1700 Courthouse Rd. Stafford,
VA 22554
Devin Kolb
Editor-In-Chief
Chris Baire
Asst. Editor-In-Chief
Joanna Newcome
News Editor
Brittany Webster
Senior Editor
Bailey Sergent
Feature Editor
By Genevieve Bee
In his recent healthcare address, President Obama promised a plan for healthcare reform
that would lower the costs for
Americans who already have insurance and provide it to everyone who doesn’t. The President
promised his plan would manage to achieve these goals without increasing federal spending.
Unfortunately, though his plan
for reform sounds good, it really
has very little substance. Obama
himself has not authored any
healthcare bills, and the two bills
currently in Congress are not the
same as the one he has proposed.
Although the new healthcare re-
Aidan Stewart
Entertainment Editor
Yvonne Eber
Sports Editor
Skylar Bartley
Opinion Editor
Shannon Boyle
Layout Editor
Nicci Mickles
Photography Editors
Ciara Berg
Business Manager
Princess Massey
Cartoonist
CJ Ballesteros
X-Page Editor
Staff Writers
Genevieve Bee
Josh Herron
Molly McNulty
Mary Catherine Hornung
Adviser
The Hawkeye is a cross-section of the
news and opinions of the student body of
Brooke Point High School. It is a forum
of student expression published seven
times a year by the Free Lance-Star.
Editorials represent the views of the
writers and are not necessarily the
opinions of Brooke Point High School,
its administration, or staff. Unsigned
editorials represent the majority of the
Editorial Board.
projected that only five percent of
Americans would be utilizing government run healthcare. Eventually the government will run the
private sector completely out of
business and most Americans will
be forced to use the public option.
Like all other government run
programs, public healthcare will
have to be financed by the public. The president announced his
plans to fund his plan by cutting
spending in Medicare which already has a huge deficit. With no
money to pay for healthcare, the
government will have to start rationing it. Rationing means that
the government will have to tell
mean. Many rear end collisions
occur because teens are in a tremendous hurry and get too close
to someone’s bumper. They slam
on their brakes and time is lost.
Then what? A car is totaled because someone decided not to follow the simple courtesy of driving.
It is extremely irritating when
someone is too close to my car and
I must constantly worry if they
are going to ram into me.
The speed limit on Route 1 between Bells Hill Road and Hope
Road is forty five miles per hour.
Right after school, everyone seems
to think it’s sixty. If I go less than
sixty, I am passed then rudely
honked at by the other driver.
Speed limits were created to ensure every driver’s safety, but
when someone threatens me by
speeding by or getting a little too
close, safety is forgotten. Allowing
myself to become overcome with
road rage is not a habit I want to
acquire.
Lastly, turn signals are the
most important function of a car
besides headlights. Without turn
signals, there would be more
crashes a year. Otherwise how
would we know where the other
driver was trying to go? There are
many crashes related to the lack
of turn signal use. Think about it.
How would we know if someone
was going to slow down and turn
if the lane wasn’t a specified turning lane? How could we anticipate
someone changing lanes on the
highway? Sadly, many teen drivers fail to use their turn signals
for important actions.
Drivers, just use your common
sense and do what you think is
right. Living is worth more than
getting to a boyfriend or girlfriend’s house on time. Buckle
up, be conscientious and use your
rolled around and our representatives actually began making decisions. It started off as mumbles
and grumbles about preliminary
senior sweatshirt designs and
continued to gather momentum
as more and more information
about spirit week was released.
What really stirred the student
frenzy were the rumors surrounding senior privileges.
All seniors had to go by was
what they heard in the halls and
classrooms spoken by people who
didn’t know what was going on. At
the senior assembly, the administration announced there might
be a change in senior privileges
but gave few details. This left
seniors wildly speculating about
what the administration had
planned. Eventually, the hysteria
this incited moved seniors into a
cornered animal mentality. With
spirit week decisions looming on
the horizon, it was only a matter
of time before the built up anger
was redirected at the SCA.
doctors what tests to give and
medicine to administer, based on
what’s less expensive. When government bureaucrats start telling
doctors how to do their jobs, the
quality of care is going to go down.
It is important that Americans without coverage get it and
those who already have healthcare are able to hold their insurance providers accountable for
actually caring for their health.
Major healthcare reform is going to be needed within the next
few years. However, like all good
things, healthcare is worth waiting for. We need make sure that
when we do this, we do it right.
Teen Drivers: A Public Menace
Krysten Marshall
Student Life Editor
forms sound good in theory, experts
have several reasons why they
worry it won’t work in practice.
The President promised that
people who wanted to keep their
current healthcare plans could do
so, but the truth is many people
with plans paid for by their employers will lose their private
coverage. Since the government
doesn’t have a profit motive,
it will be able to offer cheaper
healthcare plans, businesses will
drop their private plans in favor
and use the public option instead.
The proposed plan is not designed
to provide healthcare for so many
people. In his speech the President
Opinion 7
By Skylar Bartley
The junior parking lot is now
overrun by teens who received
their tickets to freedom over the
summer, their drivers’ licenses.
Though still inexperienced, they
drive their hand-me-down cars
with pride. Why must the majority of teens abuse this privilege?
Sixteen year-olds can be seen
laughing, teasing and joking as
they drive three to four other kids
in their car. This is unacceptable
and against the law. Most crashes
occur when there are more than
two people in a car. No one seems
to notice or care for that matter,
even though one day we could
be the ones facing a collision.
Laws are made and enforced for
a reason. Why do teens risk their
licenses and in turn, their freedom?
Another problem with teen drivers, including seniors, is they
don’t understand what the words
“don’t ride someone’s bumper”
mirrors!
Photo by i.ehow.com
Outrage Over Spirit Week Uncalled For
By Devin Kolb
Late last spring the student
body voted on their SCA representatives. Some people got involved
and
spearheaded
passionate
campaigns supporting their candidates. Others were less enthusiastic and voted for names they
liked or people they barely knew.
Some students didn’t even bother
to vote.
Despite the seeming lack of interest in the process last spring,
people were eager to jump on the
‘I hate SCA’ bandwagon when fall
Members of the SCA were forced
to defend themselves against ridiculous accusations and claims
that were circulated quickly
through the internet. Facebook
was flooded with complaints.
The actions of the students in
response to the way spirit week
played out were, for the most part,
completely uncalled for. I’m disappointed in my class for allowing
itself to be worked into such a furor over hearsay and rumors.
X-Page 8
October 21, 2009
The X-Page
Welcome to the X-Page!
The purpose of this page is simply to defy the normal news and present you the reader with
something interesting and new every month the Hawkeye is distributed.
I, CJ Ballesteros, am the editor of this page and enjoy sunsets, Dr. Pepper, extraneous hardcore, and heated debates.
Now that I’ve introduced myself here is the 2009-2010 Hawkeye Staff.
X-posed: The 2009-2010 Hawkeye Staff
Molly McNulty (Right)
Devin Kolb
Years on staff:1
Years on staff: 1
Position: Staff Writer
Position: Editor-in-Chief
Grade: Senior
Grade: Senior
Journalistic alias: Fearless Leader
Journalistic alias: Pacific
Sloth
Gimme a quote: “Is that your
sister!?”
Gimme a quote: “Stop your
nonsense.”
Brittany Webster (Left) Journalistic alias: Bwebb
Years on staff: 2
Gimme a quote: “The news
paper is like an animal if
you treat it well (make
dead lines) it is rewarding. If you treat it bad…
It bites you in the…”
Position: Senior Editor
Shannon Boyle (Left) Grade: Senior
Grade: Senior
Years on staff: 3
Journalistic alias: Bob Dole
Position: Layout Editor
Gimme a quote: “A piece of my soul is lost when
my words are quoted.”
Ciara Berg (Left)
Years on staff: 1
Nicci Mickles
(Center)
Position: Business
Manager
Years on staff: 1
Grade: Senior
Position: Photography
Editor
Journalistic alias:
Bite Sized
Grade: Junior
Gimme a quote:
“I’m gonna flip a
table!”
Journalistic alias: Nicci
Gimme a quote: “Life
is like a box of chocolates.”
Years on staff: 2
Journalistic alias: Miss BET
Position: Cartoonist
Gimme a quote: “I rock.”
Yvonne Eber (Left)
Josh Herron (Right)
Years on staff: 2
Years on staff: 4
Position: Sports Editor
Position: Sports Writer
Grade: Senior
Journalistic alias: J-pop
Gimme a quote: “Hola, hola,
hola.”
Grade: Senior
Journalistic alias: (French accent) Yvonne
Gimme a quote: “Can I get yo
numbah?”
Bailey Sergent (Right)
Chris Baire (Left)
Journalistic alias: Captain Awesome
Gimme a quote: “No ads, no paper…
so cough up the dough.”
Years on staff: 1
Gimme a quote:
“Don’t cry because
it’s over. Smile because it happened.”
Aidan Stewart(Left)
Joanna Newcome
(Right)
Years on staff: 2
Position: Entertainment Editor
Years on staff: 1
Grade: Junior
Position: News Editor
Journalistic alias: Pretentious Music
Snob
Grade: Junior
Journalistic alias: Mrs.
Anderson Cooper
Gimme a quote: “I just
wanna be successful.”
Krysten Marshall (Left)
Journalistic alias: K-marsh
Years on staff: 1
Gimme a quote: “You must live in
the present. Launch yourself on
every wave. Find your eternity in
each moment.”
Grade: Junior
Grade: Senior
Journalistic alias:
Position: Feature Editor The Baby
Grade: Senior
Position: Student Life Editor
Gimme a quote: “Gingers
don’t tan.”
Grade: Junior
Grade: Senior
Position: Assistant Editor and Chief
Journalistic alias: Tall Ging
Position: Opinion Editor
Princess Massey (Right)
Years on staff: 2
Skylar Bartley (Right)
Years on staff: 1
Gimme a quote: “If you develop an
ear for sounds that are musical it is
like developing an ego. You begin
to refuse sounds that are not musical and that way cut yourself off
from a good deal of experience.”
(John Cage)
Genevieve Bee (Right)
Years on staff: 1
Position: Staff Writer
Grade: Junior
Journalistic alias: Trailmix
Enthusiast
Gimme a quote: “To love one’s
self is the beginning of a life
long romance.” (Oscar Wilde)
PHOTOGRAPHY BY NICCI MICKLES