Winter 2013 Rambler - Shawsheen Valley Technical High School

A Newsletter About Shawsheen Valley Technical High School
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EIGHTY-EIGHT EARN ADAMS
SCHOLARSHIPS
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Eighty-Eight Earn
Adams Scholarships
Shawsheen Welcomes
12 New Teachers
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Focus on Students
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Find Your Dream School
Shawsheen Tech Hosts CIA Chefs
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Learning Financial Sense
Almost 90 Shawsheen Tech students
were honored as John and Abigail Adams
Scholarship recipients recently.
“We applaud our senior scholars for
their tremendous success in securing
these scholarships,” said Superintendent/
Director Charles Lyons. “The incredible
success of the seniors has saved hundreds
of thousands of dollars in tuition to state
universities.”
The distinction awards non-need-based
state-supported undergraduate tuition
waivers to students who are awarded
John and Abigail Adams Scholarship by
the Department of Education. In other
words, seniors receiving these awards get
full tuition to state universities.
Eligible students score in the Advanced
category in either the Mathematics or the
English language arts section of the Grade
10 MCAS test and score in the Proficient or
Advanced category on the second subject
(Mathematics or English language arts).
These students also have a combined
MCAS score on these assessments that
ranks in the top 25 percent in their school
district.
Of this year’s 88 winners, 38 of them
are from Billerica including Sarah Allgaier,
Joseph Boczenowski, Joseph Bumbaca,
Brianna Cassidy, Nicholas Clapp, Verne
Conant, Kirby Corcoran, Cameron Crusco,
Michael Curran, Rachel Fahey, Kerri
Field, Remy Fletcher, Charles Foster,
Amy Gibson, Brianna Gomes, Zachary
Gonsalves, Lars-Erik Hanson, Danielle Hein,
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ACF Praises Culinary Department
at Shawsheen
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Former Shawsheen Tech Graduate
Chasing His Sports Dream
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Project Explore
2013 Shawsheen Tech
Homecoming Court
~ You Should Know ~
SHAWSHEEN WELCOMES
12 NEW TEACHERS
Shawsheen Valley Technical High School
welcomed 12 new teachers into its family
recently as the school year got underway.
Holly St. Peter is the new school
psychologist and comes to Shawsheen
from a similar position in the Norwell
School System.
“I’m excited by the vocational piece,”
said Holly, a native of Portland, Maine.
“They recognize different strength in
students and that there are other options
than four-year colleges.”
Holly did her undergraduate work
at the University of Maine, majoring in
education and minoring in psychology
before earning her Masters and CAGS
(Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies)
from Northeastern University with a major
in School Psychology.
In the winter, Holly enjoys hitting the ski
slopes.
Amanda Doherty is a new teacher in
dental assisting, coming to Shawsheen
from teaching stints at Nashoba Tech in
Westford and a post-secondary college.
Prior to teaching, Amanda worked in
the field as a clinical dental assistant for 17
years.
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Amanda said teaching has always been
in her blood.
“I’ve always taught with my mother
growing up since she had a gymnastics
and dance studio,” she said. “It was actually
my husband that said ‘I actually think you
should try teaching.’ I’m glad he pushed
me toward this avenue because I love it.”
A native of Worcester, Amanda now lives
in Northborough with her husband and
two sons.
Amanda attended Quinsigamond
Community College in Worcester and
Charter Oak State College in Connecticut
and received her Associates degree in
science.
Elizabeth Smith is Shawsheen’s newest
teacher in computer programming and
web development. Elizabeth enters her
new position after a 13-year career at
Greater Lowell Technical High School.
A resident of Lowell, Elizabeth attended Franklin Pierce University, earning
her Bachelor’s degree in business and
computer science before attending
Rivier College and earning a Master’s in
secondary education and business.
Elizabeth and her husband have a
daughter and two grandchildren. Her
daughter is a lawyer in Washington, D.C.
Elizabeth Garniss is a new teacher at
Shawsheen Tech in support services.
Elizabeth is an experienced teacher of
more than 30 years that has worked all over
the country including Hawaii and Texas.
“Lots of places,” she said. “Hawaii was a
fantastic experience.”
Elizabeth grew up in Melrose and
attended Salem State University.
Traveling runs in her family as her son
currently lives in Australia and works as a
graphic designer. Her son has also lived in
India, Turkey, Italy and Spain.
“He travels like me,” she joked.
Kate Marshall is a Billerica native and a
new English teacher at Shawsheen Tech.
A graduate of Austin Prep in Reading
and Roger Williams University in Rhode
Island. Kate initially majored in journalism
before turning to teaching.
“I always wanted to be a teacher,” she
said. “I was the kid that had a chalkboard in
my bedroom at the age of six teaching my
stuffed animals.”
As a teenager, Kate started working
with the Billerica Boys and Girls Club and
now directs the seventh and eighth grade
summer camp program for the Club.
Kate was a standout athlete at Austin
Prep, playing both basketball and softball.
She admits she’d love to help with the
basketball program at Shawsheen.
Dan Nihan is a new automotive teacher
at Shawsheen and comes from a two-year
stint at Keefe Tech.
A resident of Groveland with his wife
and their three children, Dan graduated
from Essex Agricultural High School in
1993 and went into the work force. Nihan
was employed by Volvo for 12 years and
managed an independent shop for three
years before discovering his passion for
teaching.
Along with teaching at Keefe Tech, Dan
also taught for a year at Universal Technical
College in Norwood.
“I discovered that passion at about 31
years old when I started training kids in the
shop,” he said.
Alison Ouellette will teach design and
visual communication. Her husband Scott
is the school’s internet technology director.
A native of Burlington, Alison needed
no introduction to Shawsheen. In 2002,
she graduated from Shawsheen’s design
and visual department as the Class
Valedictorian. She was also a gold medal
winner at the national finals for SkillsUSA
as a senior.
Alison’s first teaching job was last year at
Greater Lowell Technical High School, but
she jumped at a chance to return to her
alma mater.
“I was very happy there, but Shawsheen
is home to me,” said Alison, who has
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been a member of the school’s Advisory
Committee for the past six years. “It’s
always been my dream to come back.”
Prior to teaching, Alison was the Director
of Marketing for Sofft Shoe Company out
of Andover.
“I started out as an entry-level graphic
designer and worked my way up to the
head of the department by the time I
left,” she said. “I was managing a team of
designers in the fashion industry. It was a
lot of fun, but it was very demanding.”
The mother of two, Alison decided to
turn to a field that was easier on her family
life.
“I always wanted to get into teaching,”
she said.
Alison graduated from the University
of Massachusetts at Dartmouth with a
degree in graphic design. The couple lives
in Litchfield, N.H.
Brian Considine isn’t new to Shawsheen
by any stretch of the imagination, but the
2001 graduate of the school has been
promoted from his position as an aide in
the culinary arts department to an official
teacher.
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Shawsheen Valley Regional School
District School Committee
Bedford
Deborah Kostas
Glenn McIntyre
Billerica
Kenneth L. Buffum, Vice Chairman
Paula McShane-Lambert, Treasurer
Burlington
Robert Gallagher, Secretary
Paul V. Gedick
Tewksbury
Patricia W. Meuse, Esq.
Michael Kelley
Wilmington
James M. Gillis
Robert G. Peterson, Esq., Chairman
Shawsheen Valley Technical High School admits students
and makes available to them its advantages, privileges and
courses of study without regard to race, color, sex, religion,
national origin, sexual orientation or disability.
“This year I am going into the related
classroom,” said Brian, a Wilmington
resident who previously helped manage
the school’s student-run restaurant, the
Ram’s Head.
Brian was an aide in culinary arts for five
years.
“Five years there was great,” he said. “The
dining room was a party every day.”
Jessica and Joel Brierley come to
Shawsheen Tech as a husband and wife
team; Jessica as an English teacher and
Joel as a mathematics teacher.
Jessica grew up in Shirley before
attending Worcester State University,
where she actually met her husband.
Jessica had prior teaching stops at Ayer
High and Keefe Technical High School,
where Joel also taught.
In all, Jessica has taught for four years.
“After high school, I knew I wanted to be
a teacher,” she said. “I had some really great
writing teachers and English teachers.”
Joel taught in Fairhaven, MA before his
job at Keefe Tech.
Joel was a business major in college,
where he also played four years of baseball.
He was a two-sport standout growing
up at New Bedford High, playing baseball
and football.
Joel has coached baseball at several
schools and didn’t waste any time joining
the coaching fraternity at Shawsheen as he
will be the school’s new assistant freshman
football coach.
Jessica and Joel currently live in Medford.
Max Reich is a new math teacher at
Shawsheen Tech, coming from Cape Cod
Tech.
A native of Portland, Oregon, Max came
to Massachusetts when he attended the
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
and Northeastern University.
Max taught for three years at Cape
Cod Tech and was named the school’s
Innovative Teacher of the Year.
Max, a business major in college, is an
avid basketball fan that at one time had
visions of coaching the sport. He managed
the UMass men’s team for four years before
eventually turning to teaching.
Max now lives in Waltham.
Anthony Bagni is Shawsheen’s other
new recruit and will teach in the electrical
department.
A Burlington resident with his wife and
two young boys, Anthony graduated from
Shawsheen in 1994 as an electrical student.
Prior to teaching, he worked for his
brother Richard at Bagni Electrical in
Billerica ever since graduating high school.
A former wrestling captain for the Rams,
Anthony said his work with young athletes
prompted him to give teaching a try.
“I’ve been coaching youth wrestling
in Burlington since 1994 and I really like
working with kids,” said Anthony “I figured
I’d give it a try.”
Anthony’s older brother John is also a
teacher at Shawsheen.
Eighty-Eight Earn Adams Scholarships
Emily Knoops, Miranda Lynch, Nicholas
McLaughlin, Elizabeth Medeiros, Frederick
Pendleton, AnneMarie Porreca, Alyssa
Post, William Ramsey, Paul Rice Jr., Danielle
Sawicki, Bethany Scott, Miranda Searles,
Mitchell Szmyt, Madeleine Thompson and
Alexander Viens.
Sixteen Wilmington winners were
Brianna Anderson, Amelia Arbeely, Jason
Baldwin, Nicholas Brown, Jillian Davidson,
Thomas Feindel, Justyce GalowayMacCormack, Brandon Gentile, James
Gibb, Michaela Herra, Sarah McSheehy,
Scott Mellen, Zachary Patz, Tyler Peters,
Nicole Rose and Zachary Tingdahl.
Thomas Barriss and Robert Liang were
award winners from Bedford while Sean
Duggan and Joseph Maguire represented
Burlington.
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Madeline Henderson, Ryan Hill, Dylan
King, Sean Lamont, Arianna Leary-Noe,
Ian MacAfee, Erin MacEachern, Shannon
Maguire, Jennifer Malone, Trevor McIntyre,
Alexander Mosca, Kaitlyn Papsedero, Jesse
Petrino, Jared Pinette, Mikayla Quinlan,
Chase Rebidue, Riley Robar, Ashley Rossi,
Devin Simard and Nicole Woodward.
Thirty Tewksbury residents earned the
scholarships included Brian Anderson,
Ian Anderson, Coral Azevedo, Sarah
Barnes, Danielle Barry, Bryant Bonaiuto,
Peter Capone, Christopher Catizone,
John Daughenbaugh, Katherine Elwell,
Kyle Fleury, Hayley Frost, Matthew
Gaman, Timothy Hurley, Devon King,
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Shawsheen Welcomes 12 New Teachers
Four students at Shawsheen Valley Tech were recognized for their citizenship and their accomplishments as October and November,
“Seniors of the Month.” Criteria for the award, presented by the Billerica Elks, included scholastic achievement, vocational technical
ability, character, leadership and community service.
Frederick Pendleton and Danielle Barry, both of Tewksbury,
were named the Seniors of the Month for October at
Shawsheen Valley Technical High School in Billerica.
Danielle Barry is an internet technology student and is ranked
No. 1 her class academically.
She’s also well-rounded out of the classroom with interests including martial arts and various forms of dance.
An honor roll student throughout her career at Shawsheen
Tech, Danielle is a member of the National Honor Society and has
received multiple Citizenship Awards. As a junior, she was honored with the Brown Book Award.
Danielle stays busy with school activities as well.
She’s been involved with the school’s literary magazine for
three years and is also an active competitor in the annual SkillsUSA
event. She has also participated in the Art Club, the Robotics Club
and has been a Freshman Orientation Mentor.
While Danielle has taken advantage of Shawsheen’s cooperative education program, she has also spent time volunteering at
the Tewksbury Public Library and at the Self Defense Institute in
Tewksbury.
Danielle plans to attend a four-year college after graduating
from Shawsheen.
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Frederick Pendleton is one of the school’s top drafting students, is ranked second academically in the senior class and also
has college aspirations.
Frederick is active athletically, having been a member of the
spring track team for four years and Shawsheen’s outstanding
cross country team for three seasons. As a freshman, he was also
on the ski club.
In the classroom, Frederick has an impressive list of accomplishments including four years on the honor roll and two years as a
member of the National Honor Society. He’s also a part of the cooperative education program at Shawsheen.
Frederick is a two-year participant in SkillsUSA and also attended the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RLYA) earlier this year.
RYLA rewards deserving 11th grade students who are chosen to
attend RYLA as an “award” for their past and present leadership
and service activities.
Frederick has been an active volunteer, working with Tewksbury
Youth Hockey, the Tewksbury Public Library and also giving his
time for the Walk to End Alzheimers.
Jillian Davidson of Wilmington and Devon King of
Tewksbury were named Shawsheen Valley Technical High
School’s Seniors of the Month for November.
Jillian Davidson is studying health assisting at Shawsheen and
is one of the student body’s most well-rounded students.
Along with being ranked in the top 10 academically, Jillian has a
variety of interests.
She has volunteered at the Wilmington Senior Center and assisted with the Kristen Corbett 5K Run/Walk to End Alzheimers in
Billerica. The event is in memory of a former Shawsheen studentathlete.
Jillian has also been a day camp counselor during the summer.
At Shawsheen, she’s a lot more than an honor-roll student and
a National Honor Society member.
Jillian has been active in SkillsUSA for the past three years, winning a silver medal at the state competition last year as a junior.
She’s also a member of Shawsheen’s Outdoor Club and the Teen
Dating Violence Awareness group.
Jillian is planning on attending a four-year college to further her
education.
Devon King is a drafting student and is ranked sixth academically in the senior class.
Devon is no stranger to success in the class. He is a National
Honor Society member and an honor-roll student that has
earned multiple citizenship awards. He plans to continue his
education in college next fall.
When he’s not in class, Devon can be found in a variety of
places.
He has been a member of the Science Club at Shawsheen and
the school’s Teen Dating Violence Awareness group. He is also a
past member of the Ram track and field program.
When school is out, Devon has volunteered for the Tewksbury
Public Library and is also a Boy Scout. He’s currently a candidate
for the prestigious title of Eagle Scout.
Devon has a few interesting hobbies as well such as collecting
record albums and antiques.
FIND YOUR DREAM SCHOOL
Looking for a strong program in math or English? A diverse student body, or a lot of college-bound kids? A
new tool lets parents locate the best system for their children.
As reported by Matt Carroll | Globe Staff
There are some obvious ways to
see how Shawsheen Valley Technical
High School students are excelling and
preparing for the future.
Graduation rates, attendance rates,
MCAS scores, SkillsUSA results and a look
on the athletic fields and courts are all
good measuring sticks for the success
that seems to pervade Shawsheen.
A recent program developed by the
Boston Globe and two professors at the
College of the Holy Cross in Worcester
provided more proof.
The program, called Find Your Dream
School (www.boston.com/dreamschool)
was designed to help parents find a
public school system that best suits their
particular student.
The study takes into account student
growth and improvement, college
readiness, a school’s resources, diversity,
climate and its growth in math and
English.
Shawsheen scored high in several of
the categories including a No. 1 ranking
in English growth, a No. 4 ranking in math
growth and a fifth-place performance in
school resources.
SHAWSHEEN TECH HOSTS CIA CHEFS
Expanding Career Horizons
As reported by Jon Bishop | Town Crier Correspondent
Culinary students at Shawsheen Tech receive a lesson from a chef from the
Culinary Institute of America, a prestigious non-profit college for culinary arts.
Danielle Palmerino (Wilmington), Brittany Bicknell, Joanne Foster, Mikayla
Porcaro, Brenna Ferreira (Tewksbury), David Marcos (Tewksbury) Back Row:
Visiting students from Cambridge Rindge & Latin School.
Photo Courtesy of JoeBrownPhotos.com
ing culinary colleges, often pursue nutrition, bakery, restaurant management,
and also farming. A former student owns
and operates an organic farm in New
Hampshire.
“We’ve had kids graduate in every
aspect of the field,” said Joe Williams, the
head of the department.
But regardless of what they end up doing and studying, all students get to see
what it’s like to run a restaurant.
“They see the whole gamut of what
it takes to get their food to the table,”
Williams said.
He said that they have about seventy
full-time students. They spend time working in the kitchen and bakery, both of
which offer gourmet meals and desserts.
It’s why the American Culinary Federation
placed the program in the top two percent in Massachusetts.
“Everything’s homemade,” said Dan
Campanale, another member of the
faculty. “We don’t buy a single thing here.
We make everything.”
And local residents are encouraged to
order pastries or foods. Give them a call at
978-671-3668.
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No, the Tech didn’t bring in cooking secret agents.
The CIA, or the Culinary Institute of
America, came to Shawsheen Tech on
Monday in order to offer cooking demonstrations to students and present them
with admissions information.
One demo featured Paul Prosperi, a renowned pastry chef. Another taught students how to make “truffled egg custard
in shell with candied bacon and red eye
gravy,” which the recipe describes as “a
modern twist on bacon and eggs.”
Brian Considine, a culinary arts teacher,
said that students, in addition to attend-
LEARNING FINANCIAL SENSE
As reported by Brenda Buote | Globe Staff
For decades, Shawsheen Valley Technical High School has been preparing its
students for the real world through its
outstanding academic courses and its vocational and technical offerings.
Earlier this school year, Shawsheen
added a new chapter to assisting its
graduates when the school combined
with Cambridge Savings Bank to offer all
323 of its seniors a course called CSBsmart.
Sponsored by Cambridge Savings
Bank, CSBsmart provided Shawsheen’s
students four different courses including
budgeting and saving, managing a
checking account, credit smarts and fraud
smarts.
At Shawsheen, the students likely could
use the courses more than traditional
high schools as 54 percent of the seniors
at Shawsheen participate in the valuable
cooperative education program, using
the skills they’ve learned in the classroom
and shops to make money every other
week through a paid internship in their
respective field of study.
Both the students and faculty at
Shawsheen reported that the teachings
about personal finance were valuable as
the seniors prepare for the next step in
their lives.
Shawsheen Valley Tech students
wave red flags to signal a warning of
fraud during an exercise in CSBsmart,
a financial literacy course.
Photo by Joanne Rathe, Globe Staff
Cambridge Savings Bank vice
president Evan Diamond with
students (from left) Meaghan Teehen,
Jake Henson, and Tom Welch as
they perform a skit about borrowing
money.
Photo by Joanne Rathe, Globe Staff
ACF PRAISES CULINARY DEPARTMENT AT SHAWSHEEN
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The culinary arts department at
Shawsheen Valley Technical High School
is used to serving treats. At the end of the
2012-2013 school year, it received one.
The American Culinary Federation (ACF)
visited Shawsheen Tech and performed
an evaluation on the school.
“They come in and they look at your
program,” said Joe Williams, the head
of culinary at Shawsheen. “They see if
you are teaching standards that can
be employable for the students when
they graduate. They want to see if we’re
teaching what the trade basically wants in
a chef or baker.”
The answer from the ACF was a
resounding yes.
In fact, Shawsheen was placed in the
top 2 percent of the state after the ACF’s
testing and evaluations were complete.
“They evaluate our equipment, our
curriculum, our board of health records,
what we test on, our menu, the restaurant,
the hours it’s open, everything from
soup to nuts,” Williams said. “If we meet
certain criteria, they put their stamp of
approval that our graduates have enough
knowledge when they leave to get a job
in the field. When [students] go for a job
interview, they can say they were part
of an ACF certified program, that has a
little bit of weight when they interview
at a restaurant, a hotel or a bakery. The
industry knows what [the ACF] is.”
The ACF testing also included touring
the facility as well as speaking to past
graduates of the program and members
of the faculty.
“They really loved that we had a lot
of resources available to the students,”
Williams added.
The ACF does certification exams every
five years, but the high standards the
organization looks for don’t stop after
the testing is over. The ACF requires selfstudies to be mailed in annually by schools
and the organization also monitors who
schools hire to teach, the amount of
students involved in the program and any
changes in curriculum or equipment.
FORMER SHAWSHEEN TECH GRADUATE
CHASING HIS SPORTS DREAM
“It’s always nice when the phone starts
ringing,” Brian said.
A native of Watertown, Connecticut,
Brian and Steve originally worked
together at the Apple Store and had
plenty in common as avid players in
fantasy leagues.
“We would always talk about fantasy
sports,” Brian said. “He called me out of
the blue [earlier this year] and said ‘Do you
want to be on a show?’ I said yes.”
While fantasy junkies should certainly
tune in, Steve said the program doesn’t
shy away from general sports chatter. In
fact, Boston Bruins TV announcer Jack
Steve has enjoyed a few pieces of
positive feedback since the show started.
Someone reported on the show’s
Facebook page that his team went from
last place to third place after listening to
the show.
Of course, running a program about
fantasy sports comes with some unexpected drawbacks too.
Some of the players that competed
against Steve in a private fantasy baseball
league started listening to the show
and taking some of the advice that was
offered, before Steve had a chance to.
“I started to make my roster moves
Edwards was a guest on the show during
the Stanley Cup playoffs while former
major league baseball player Gabe Kapler
and professional wrestler Diamond Dallas
Page also made appearances.
Steve said the show consists of a regular
segment with a fantasy football expert.
“There are so many moving parts,” he
admitted.
Steve was an electrical student at
Shawsheen, but dove into the world
of media and communications upon
graduating.
“He does a great job,” Brian said. “He is
definitely enthusiastic and it’s easy to feed
off of that enthusiasm.”
Steve said Edwards’ appearance on the
show has been the highlight so far.
“He was a blast,” Steve said.
“It was a thrill,” Brian added.
before the show after that,” Steve laughed.
The good news?
Listeners don’t have to live in the
Merrimack Valley area to hear the show.
Brian said there is an application on cell
phones and the ability to stream the
broadcast on the internet.
Brian learned this the hard way.
“I said on one of the shows that the
Pittsburgh Pirates weren’t going to do
much after the all-star break,” he said. “I
have received a lot of messages from a
friend back home that is a big Pirates fan.
I’ll never hear the end of it.”
Sounds like that crazy idea is getting
less and less crazy these days.
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Way back when, a cable television
station called ESPN opened its doors.
It’s plan?
To have programming all day, every day
based solely around sports.
Crazy?
Maybe it seemed that way at the time,
but these days, ESPN is one of the most
popular networks in the world.
Steve Buchanan of Billerica has a crazy
idea of his own that he’s crafting these
days.
A Billerica resident and 2005 graduate
of Shawsheen Valley Technical High
School in Billerica, Steve started an
exciting project in April. It’s called the
Fantasy Scorecard.
The 26-year-old, along with co-host
Brian Cloney of North Reading, started a
show on WCAP radio in Lowell devoted
solely to sports, specifically fantasy sports.
The 90-minute program runs every
Saturday from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. on AM
980 and featured Steve and Brian talking
about all things sports. But for owners of
fantasy baseball, football, basketball or
even hockey teams, it’s the place to go for
trading advice, waiver-wire pickups and
drafting help.
“There’s no real fantasy sports show out
there,” Steve said. “We were very fortunate
to get that time slot on Saturdays and the
show is just getting bigger and bigger.”
“After just about every show, we say
‘That was our best show,’” said Brian, who
works in the information technology
department at Tufts Health Plan. “We’re
really excited for football season. I think
we’re in a really nice position to do even
more big things.”
Steve is an account executive at WCAP,
but has occasionally pitched in as a fill-in
when on-air talent isn’t available or goes
on vacation.
“I’m like the super utility guy,” he joked.
But Steve was eventually able to earn
a regular trip to the batter’s box when he
came up with his idea for the show. Steve
admits, while the show started slowly, it
has gained momentum, since the football
season has started.
“We brought in another audience,”
Steve said. “We get about eight to 10 calls
per show right now.”
~ You Should Know ~
PROJECT EXPLORE
Shawsheen Tech will once again offer the Project Explore program to middle school 7th
graders. Project Explore is a quality after-school program offered to 7th grade students
who reside in the Shawsheen Tech Regional School District. It provides a great opportunity
for students to visit the school and explore eight different vocational-technical shops/labs
for a four-week period. School busses are provided to transport students from their middle
school to Shawsheen Tech as well as to a bus stop near their home upon completion of the
program each day.
Two separate four-week sessions are offered every January and March on Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 2:15-4:45.
DECEMBER
23 - 1/5 Winter Break
JANUARY
9 Financial Aid Night
20 No School (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
22 8th Grade Open House (6:00PM-8:00PM)
FEBRUARY
6 Parent /Teacher Night
17 - 21 February Vacation
2013 SHAWSHEEN TECH HOMECOMING COURT
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Lauren Beachy
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James Carroll
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Shawsheen Valley Technical High School
100 Cook Street
Billerica, MA 01821
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Wilmington
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