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The Falcon Chronicle
Fall 2010
Students debate how best to bust a move
By Hannah Kearns
Students in Period 5 Physics explore Newton's Laws of Motion using a Human
Hovercraft made from household components. Dillon Raboin floats across the
floor, experiencing how objects in motion stay in motion while Andrew Sackett
ensures the extension cord does not apply an unbalanced force.
Danish students experience New Hampshire
By Jessica Torres
Whether you think of their
world- famous cheese, or the virtues
of equality and punctuality that their
culture upholds, you are thinking of
Denmark.
Towns like Bornholm and
Funen feature everything from sandy
beaches and fishing villages to
Aldershvile Palace and the
Brundlund Castle. The capital city
of Denmark is Copenhagen, which is
home to the Tivoli Garden,
Kronborg Castle, Dyrehave Park and
the Louisiana Museum of Modern
Art.
This year, art was
specifically requested to be
incorporated into the trip by the
chaperones, Dr. Freije and Mr.
Hedrick. This will be Dr. Freije’s
first year as a chaperone and she is
most excited to see all of Denmark.
“I’m excited to see the
countryside, the city side, and the
layout of the land,” Freije said.
Bow High School will be
seeing some Denmark- inspired
artwork in late spring.
Sophomore Mary and Senior
Julie Lipscomb recently hosted Ida
Hammer, a Danish student who
loved South Korean music, watching
charlieissocoollike on YouTube, and
photography.
Ida thought that our
American flag was everywhere and
that we saluted it very often.
“She did not know what
cranberries were,” said Mary
Lipscomb.
Some
other
interesting facts are that the driving
age in Denmark is 18, and students
are paid to go to school, although the
amount of money depends on their
age.
Frikadeller is the national
dish, which is an assortment of meat
balls that are sided with cabbage in
white sauce.
Popular sports in
Denmark are football (soccer),
handball, cycling, sailing,
badminton, ice hockey, and
swimming.
What’s Inside?
Bow High to Bohai: The China Trip...
Welcoming Mrs. Ariel...
Glam-shots of Granite State Challenge...
Back to the Future Celebrates 25 Years…
Fall Sports Wrap-up…
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Dancing and the way in
which students dance has been the
topic of countless discussions since
t he Homecomi ng Dance i n
September.
According to principal John
House Myers, “we didn’t get to this
point overnight.”
House -Myer s sai d he
recognizes the issue, but also
understands students’ point of view.
He said he is trying to figure out a
way to reach students, and have
administration and students come to
a solution.
House-Myers said he is
looking for a way to let students
know that this “overtly sexual
dancing is not acceptable.”
On Wednesday, December
1st, and Thursday, December 2nd,
student representatives from various
clubs met to see if they could come
up with some sort of understanding
so that school dances can continue to
be held. They brought up many
solutions that will bring
administration, students, and
parents’ peace of mind.
Some of these solutions
include having a pre-approved
playlist and defining appropriate
behavior.
According to Freshman
Hannah Weckstein, who is part of
the student committee, the students
have brainstormed a lot of ideas that
would be effective. She said students
have also talked about guidelines for
self-respect.
“The administration is
giving us a good opportunity to
prove that having dances is up to
us,” Weckstein said.
Junior Nathalie Lavoie said
“The meetings have been going
really well. Right now we’ve come
to the understanding that dances just
need to be toned down.”
Lavoie said students should
keep an eye out for upcoming class
meetings and a dance in the near
future.
Another way that the school
is trying to address this issue is by
holding dance lessons for all of the
B.E.S.T. classes. Student teacher
Danielle O’Leary helped set up the
activity and thought that the, “kids
would have fun and learn something
new.” The dance instructor, Megan
Davis, teaches at Concord Dance
Academy, and was suggested to
O’Leary by Mrs. Bean. O’Leary
thought that the lessons were a
success.
Mr. House-Myers is
optimistic the issue can be resolved.
“If there’s any school that
can pull this off, ours can,” HouseMyers said.
Granite State Challenge team does phenomenally
By Jessica Torres and Sophia Paslaski
This year’s Granite State
Challenge team made it to the
quarter finals, the first time in
history the team has gone so far in
the competition.
Granite State Challenge
began in 1984 when the host was
Tom Bergeron, now of Dancing
with the Stars fame.
The show operates on a
percentage system that combines
classes like chemistry, mathematics,
geography, and etc to ask the four
students from each opposing school
questions.
According to Granite State
Challenge Team Captain Will
Sheffer, being on the team was an
amazing experience.
“[It] builds incredible
teamwork because you rely on one
another to answer questions in
different fields, “ Sheffer said. “It’s
a way to show your intellectual
might.”
When asked what subjects
were the weaknesses, Sheffer and
teammate Olivia Bergen replied,
“the Civl War. We were so bad at
the Civil War.”
Sheffer and Bergen said the
team was good at abbreviations.
They said they practiced during the
spring, summer, and fall. The team
competes in the competition every
two years on
New Hampshire
Public Television’s airwaves.
“We had incredible stage
presence that all of the workers and
producers acknowledged,” Sheffer
said jokingly.
Bergen added that “we were
very charismatic. Also, we
intimidated the other teams with our
rambunctiousness. Bergen quipped
that “our team had the best hair of
any team.”
The team’s coach, Mrs.
Miller, said, “As a whole they are a
well-rounded group of kids who
worked extremely well together and
that is why they were so successful.”
Miller said that Clayton
Caron and Liz Rogers stepped in as
alternates for the alternates when
three team member traveled to Spain
during the quarter finals. The team
came within 10 points of winning
against Portsmouth Christian
Academy.
“It was an amazing group of
kids that I truly enjoyed spending
time with,” she said. “I couldn’t
have asked for a better group.”
In addition to captain
Sheffer and Bergen, the team also
included Junior Aaron Forrest,
Senior Stephanie Strong, Senior Eric
Chase, Senior Rachel Gottlieb, and
alternates to the alternates Caron and
Rogers.
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Fall 2010
On The Spot
“If you could have
dinner with any
person, dead or
alive, who would it
be?”
Freshman Joe Sell said that he
would have dinner with celebrity
Kim Kardashian.
Dr. Naimie and the rest of the students wait their turn to experience the thrilling ride.
Bow High to Bohai: an unforgettable journey
By: Kylie Iasillo
Sophomore Jenn Gaboriault would
share a meal with musician Max
Bemis.
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Junior Chris St.Onge would have
dinner with his grandparents.
Imagine yourself leaving
your home country for the first time
and comi ng t o Bow, New
Hampshire. That’s exactly what a
group of Chinese students did in
September. For many “just being
able to come to the states is a big
achievement,” said Junior Kevin
Barker. Junior Jocelyn Swenson,
opened her home to these Chinese
exchange students.
During their stay in Bow,
according to Barker they went “to
Boston then through Massachusetts,
then up to North Conway and
finished through Concord and
Manchester. While at their houses
they were also brought to other
Ariel brings
experience to BHS
By Jessica Torres
Senior Lindsay Kipperman would
have dinner with The Doors lead
singer Jim Morrison.
Science teacher Mr. Calder would
have dinner with famous physicist
Richard Feynman.
Teaching five business
classes, Mrs. Ariel is one of Bow
High School’s newest additions to
the faculty. Having grown up in
Keene, and attended college at
Southern New Hampshire
University, she has always known
that she wanted to be a teacher. Ariel
majored in Business, but found that
her favorite subject was Art History.
When asked about her first
impression of Bow High School, she
responded that “it’s amazing--a
beautiful school.” She went on to
say that there is a “nice layout; it is
very clean.”
“She has a lot of business
experience,” Mrs. Hudak said of
Ariel. “This gives a great
perspective in the classroom, and it’s
clear that students are benefitting
from that.”
Ariel is distributing this
experience between five classes:
International Business, Accounting,
Computer Applications, Marketing,
and Internships.
places that their home stay people
thought they would enjoy.”
Swenson and her foreign exchange
student went apple picking around
Concord,.
“They really seemed to dig
the apple picking,” Swenson said.
Due to their non-familiarity
to the English language, much of
what their host families said was non
-comprehendible but Swenson said,
“It was good learning how to
communicate with someone who
cannot speak your own language.”
The down side to that is not being
able to find out what their home life
is like.
Swenson found out that her
exchange student “had a really big
family; she is one of four kids,”
which she found interesting.
Barker found out that in
China they start school later than us
but don’t have free period and
breaks like we do.
Barker said
that “his family just taught them
about Halloween and Christmas.”
During intersession these
students who opened their homes to
others will get the chance to travel to
China as well. Barker said “what [he
is] looking forward to most is the
home stay, where he [will] stay with
a host family for 5 days. It is really
fun to just immerse yourself in the
culture.”
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This is heavy: Back to the Future turns 25
By Sophia Paslaski
October 25th, 1985: 17-year
-old Marty McFly, intrigued by his
eccentric neighbor's scientific
experiments, accepts Dr. Emmett
Brown's invitation to meet him at the
Twin Pines Mall at 1:15 a.m. that
night for his latest and greatest
invention yet.
October 26th, 1985, 1:15
a.m.: Marty cruises into the mall's
parking lot on his skateboard,
watching as Doc Brown unveils a
brand-new, completely decked-out
DeLorean amidst an eerie twilight
mist.
1:20 a.m.: “When this baby
hits 88 miles per hour...you're gonna
see some serious shit!”
1:21 a.m.: Doc Brown's
sheepdog Einstein becomes the
world's first time-traveler—there is
much rejoicing.
1:30 a.m.: Marty McFly
becomes the world's second. Oops.
This year, 25 years later,
Back to the Future celebrates its
silver anniversary with the blu-ray
release of the trilogy and much
excitement among fans. October
26th marked the official anniversary
of Marty's accidental journey back
in time, but the fun continues with
fan conventions and open auctions
of authentic Back to the Future
props, including the fading
photograph of Marty and his
siblings, Marty's future jacket, and a
number of fake “Hill Valley
Telegraph” newspapers.
All
proceeds from this auction go to the
Michael J. Fox Foundation for
Parkinson's Research, so named for
the star of the 1985 sci-fi comedy,
the famously petite Michael J. Fox.
Back to the Future is a
staple in the film industry, nabbing
three nominations and one win at the
1986 Academy Awards for Part I.
Over the years the film has
captivated audiences with its
moderately impressive special
effects (come on, it's pretty good for
the '80s), a rocking soundtrack,
featuring a delightful plethora of
Huey Lewis And The News, and an
overload of quotable lines that have
become famous in pop culture. In
fact, the incredibly witty screenplay
by Robert Zemeckis (who also
directed the film) and Bob Gale
(producer) is the core part of what
makes this film so drop dead
awesome.
Rarely is a screenplay
consistently funny and dramatic at
the same time.
The combined
talents of Zemeckis and Gale,
however, successfully resulted in a
film that follows a solid plot line
with Marty's crisis, being stuck in
1955, and packs on the
entertainment with constant comedy.
The movie's leads lend themselves
particularly well to frequent witty
banter, exchanging such generationspecific expressions as “Man, this is
heavy,” a phrase repeated often by
Marty that quickly confuses the Doc
Brown of 1955, who ruminates,
“There's that word again: 'heavy.'
Why are things so heavy in the
future, is there a problem with the
earth's gravitational pull?”
Of course, a writer can
compose as many comedic bits of
dialogue as he or she wants, but it
takes a special selection of actors to
make it really come alive.
Christopher Lloyd, who plays quirky
inventor Doc Brown, does an
especially good job fulfilling the role
of “mad scientist,” possibly drawing
inspiration from his early days
playing a patient on Nurse Ratched's
ward in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's
Nest. His ideal pairing with the
effortless charisma of Michael J.
Fox makes it hard to believe that the
role of Marty McFly actually
belonged to a different actor, Eric
Stoltz, when they first started
filming. Michael J. Fox, originally
unable to participate in the film due
to his involvement in the popular
sitcom Family Ties, took the part
after producers decided Stoltz was
taking the role of Marty too
seriously. His performance as Marty
propelled him further into stardom
and made him famous for his ability
to deliver his character's frequent
wisecracks with a laid-back
confidence.
A quarter decade after the
release of Back to the Future, many
teens today have had the horrible
misfortune to have never viewed this
stunning conglomerate of science
fiction, comedy, and '80s teen flick
genres.
Considering the film's
lasting impact on society that has
given rise to thousands of references
and frequent quoting in daily life, it's
not only a really, incredibly good
use of one's time to watch this
movie, but also rather necessary—
indeed, there is seldom a greater
pleasure than exclaiming aghast,
“One point twenty-one gigawatts!”
The BHS Granite State Challenge Team (top row) waits eagerly for the start of a
competition against Farmington. From left to right, Team Captain Will Sheffer
dances in his seat as teammates Olivia Bergen, Aaron Forrest, and Stephanie
Strong react.
A hardy bunch of bright students. Top row, from left to right: Eric Chase, Team
Captain Will Sheffer, Aaron Forrest, and Clayton Caron. Bottom row: Liz
Rogers, Olivia Bergen, Rachel Gottlieb, and Stephanie Strong.
Teen Nights ~ Winter 2011
Baker Free Library
509 South Street, Bow
Bow Students in Grades 7 to 12 are invited to participate in the
following kick-a events. Seriously. They’re awesome. And contrary
to popular belief, hanging out at the library is really cool.
Wii Night
Friday, Jan. 7, 7 to 9 p.m. Challenge your friends to a rousing round
of Super Smash Bros. and then get by with a little help from your
friends playing Beatle’s Rock Band! Food and fun provided. And
who doesn’t like food? We’re talking serious noms. So be there.
Survivor Night
Friday, Feb. 4, 7 to 9 p.m. Do you think you have what it takes to
survive BFLs version of Survivor? Challenges include relay games,
trivia, shelter building, and cookie stacking. Come on guys, cookie
stacking. That’s pretty much as hardcore as it gets.
Mardi Gras Night
Friday, March 4, 7 to 9 p.m. Gumbo anyone? Create your own
festive mask, play games, and party with live music (courtesy of the
BFL Teen Advisory Board) and good food. And we’re not talking
glitter, hopscotch, Kids Bop, and Animal Crackers here.
RSVP to Teen Nights on the library Facebook event page or by
calling 224-7113.
“Wait a minute, Doc, ah...are you telling me you built a time machine...out of a
DeLorean?”
Warning: this is not your grandmother’s library.
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Fall Sports Wrap-Up
By: Kylie Iasillo and Hannah Kearns
Football
Boys’ Soccer
The JV boys’ soccer team
finished their season undefeated
with an outstanding record of 14-0.
Elias Hatem, a sophomore at Bow
High School reflected that the
beginning of the season as slow with
lots of conditioning and few games
but as the season picked up and the
games become frequent, Hatem said,
“We got into a groove and really
started enjoying ourselves”. Hatem
explained that the one moment
during the season that really stood
out was their 1-0 win over
Kearsarge.
“We spoiled their
homecoming win…in a close, wellfought game,” he said. Hatem
expresses that he is going to miss
“the camaraderie the team developed
throughout the season,” and how
familiar he became with each of his
teammate’s different style of play.
Junior Michael Malanga, a
player on the boys’ Varsity Soccer
team said the season went very well,
taking into consideration their
incredible record of 18-2, with one
loss against Kearsarge early in the
season, and one against Gilford in
the championship game.
Malanga attributes a lot of
the success to team captain Eddie
Berke, who “was the guy that got us
pumped up for every game.”
Malanga spoke on behalf of his
team, saying, “We did a lot of good
things right; although we did make a
few mistakes here and there, our
determination really paid off in the
end.” This fortitude to win was
apparent during their 2nd game
against Kearsarge, who was the only
team to beat them in the regular
season.
Of the team’s win over
Somersworth in the semi-final game,
Malanga said, “It was such a good
game. We played our hearts out, and
in the end it showed that. We won in
overtime. It was such a good victory,
and we were so pumped to get the
chance to play Gilford.” Malanga
concluded that this past season will
be missed. “We really bonded this
season, and it showed on the pitch. I
can't wait till next year.”
Cross Country
Boys Cross Country finished
their season with a win at states.
Captain Jono Vinnenberg led the
team to a championship title, and
later went on to compete in New
Englands.
Vinnenberg said that, “As a
team we had a great year; we started
off the season winning the first
invite which got us pumped up for
the rest of the year.”
At the State Meet, 6 out of
the boy’s top 7 runners had season
best times, and the boys clenched the
title in a landslide.
Girls Cross Country placed
2nd in the State Meet. Captain Gena
Kalampalikis placed in the top 25 in
the Manchester Invitational and
State Meet. She said that overall,
“the end of our season was pretty
strong.”
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D yl a n H u d d l e s t o n , a
sophomore on the JV football team,
said he was happy with the progress
the team made from last year. The
team enhanced their record from 5-4
last season to 6-3 this season. One of
their highlights was the win against
Fall Mountain.
“They had the ball on our 42
yard line with 45 seconds on the
clock,” Huddleston said, describing
the play-by-play action. “We were
winning by 3 points because of a
Christian Robinson Field goal. It
was 4th down. They ran a screen
pass and gained 35 yards. There was
28 seconds left on the clock and they
took their last time out. Our coaches
huddled us up and told us to watch
the pass. They tried 4 straight
passes. One was a bad throw, one
their receiver dropped, one we
deflected and one we sacked the
Q.B. We won 11-8. It was an
awesome win and one we deserved.”
Senior Tanner Rathbone
summed up the Varsity Football
season as a success. According to
Rathbone, the team’s tight bond this
season helped them grow as a whole.
“We fought against criticism
and won key games in our division,”
Rathbone said, referring to both the
Friday night home games, which
were the first in team history, and
the team’s win over their rivals,
Bishop Brady. In addition to these
accomplishment they won the
homecoming game, “which showed
the Bow crowd we meant business,”
said Rathbone. The Varsity Football
team’s final record was 4-5.
Golf
The boys’ golf team finished
their season with a 14-7 record. The
boys placed 9th in states, “which
was a disappointment” according to
captain Peter Cummings. He said,
“overall it was a fun season.”
Girls’ Soccer
G i r l s V ar s i t y S o c c e r
finished off a great season going to
the championship game and losing a
close game in overtime. The girls
entered a new division, and were
surprised at how well they did, as
they ended up with a 14-4 record.
Captain Taylor Grip was
proud to be a part of this year’s
team, and is sad that this is her last
season playing for the Falcons. Grip
said that, “We started off the season
with a lot of new faces, but we really
merged together well.”
The JV girls’ soccer team
ended t he season wi t h an
outstanding record of 15-0. Kelsey
Mumford, a sophomore and team
member, said that the season went
really well. Mumford said, “As a
team we were full of energy and
were really close, so we worked
together really well,” which shows
through with their undefeated
record.
Field Hockey
JV field hockey finished off
their season with a 3-3-5 record. The
team bonded very well, and had a
terrific season together. Captain
Gloria Bibbo summed up their
season with, “talons of fury, CACAW, CA-CAW!”
Varsity field hockey had a
fantastic season. They went
undefeated in the regular season, but
lost in an upset to Kennett in the
championship game. Offensive
standout Lindsey Nerbonne said
that, “this season was so much fun
and the team bonded so well
together. We worked hard and had a
great season.” Captains were
Lindsay Bucknam, Rachel Roberts,
and Kristen Chulada.