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In April the following group of BHS visual and performing arts students wererecognized at the State House for their outstanding work by the Maine ArtsCommission: Shelby Plourde, Cameron Godbout, Grayson Jones, ShaunteJulien, Leah Kepler, Olivia Crooker, Samuel Maldonado, Jazz Burns, LukeEstabrook, Caitlyn Wells, Taylore Worthington, Dina Murphy, Timothy St.Pierre, Gianna Barnhart, Lily Gaffney, Brin Stricklet, Lorna Moore, JabbarBelin, Adam Thacker and Siona Henze. These students received a certificate ofachievement and have their work hanging in the State House where it will beon display through May 31st. Congratulations to these talented young artists.

I would also like to recognize our students and staff for their ongoing commit-ment to their community. Just a couple examples of their recent generosityinclude their donation of profits from Hot Country Nights and Stuff the Busto the Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program. They helped to raise $2,000and 1,000lbs of food. We also had over eighty students participate in a BigBrothers Big Sisters event where they helped to raise $2,800. Thank you to thestudents and staff for their efforts and to the community. It is because of yoursupport that we are able to raise so much for these great organizations.

As we look ahead, there are many events at BHS to look forward to, so pleasevisit BHS’s website (http://www.brunswick.k12.me.us/bhs) to stay up-to-date.

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As we look ahead, there are many events at BHS to look

forward to, so please visit BHS’s website

(http://www.brunswick.k12.me.us/bhs) to stay up-to-date.

BHS Students and Faculty recently raised $2,000 for Mid Coast Hunger PreventionProgram and collected almost 1,000 pounds of food. Our “Stuff the Bus” event at Shaw’s(THANK YOU SHAW’S!) and the Hot Country Nights shows were a huge success.

BHS Bowls For BBBSOver 80 BHS Bowlers and 20 teams raised$2,809 for Big Brothers Big Sisters recently.

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Service AboveSelf Award

BHS juniorsCordelia Horch andHannah Day recent-ly received the “Ser-vice Above SelfAward” at theBrunswick Rotaryweekly lunch meet-ing. Cordelia andHannah are bothInteract Club officersand have demon-strated acts of exem-plary humanitarianservice throughouttheir high schoolcareers includingrecent events with

Big Brothers Big Sisters and Mid Coast HungerPrevention Program that raised approximately$5,000 for their programs.

Brunswick High and ChinaSister School Partnership

International Programs Coordinator: Julie Mason jmason@brunswick.k12.me.usCommunity Outreach Coordinator: Rick Wilson rwilson@brunswick.k12.me.us

Opportunity for you and your family to enrichyour lives and help the Brunswick School Dis-trict and community build enduring interna-tional relationships. Chinese students from ourtwo sister schools in Hunan Province will bevisiting over two separate weeks in July. Weneed families to serve as homestays for thesestudents. The Brunswick School District will beproviding activities during the day from approxi-mately 8:30-5:30 each day for our visitors, butwe need families to help with overnight accom-modations, dinner, breakfast, and travel to andfrom BHS each day. This is an exciting opportu-nity with minimal commitment. This is a

chance to play a key role in jump-starting our new sister school partnership.

July 9-15 - Week One - Students from Wangcheng District #1– Arriving Sunday afternoon, July 9th andleaving Saturday morning, July 15th.

orJuly 16-21 - Week Two - Students from Changsha, #21– Arriving Sunday afternoon, July 16th and leavingFriday morning, July 21st.

Summer Host Families Needed(one week or two)

Homestay Dates(choose one or both weeks)

BHS ROTC Scholarship StudentsHannah Escoe and Jackson Gordon have applied forand been awarded ROTC scholarships. Hannah hasaccepted her Navy ROTC scholarship at Florida StateUniversity where she will study International Relationsand Language. Jackson has accepted his Army ROTCscholarship at Providence College where he will studyPolitical Science. Selected applicants for the ROTC Scholarship Pro-gram are awarded scholarships through a highly com-petitive national selection process, and receive fulltuition, books stipend, educational fees, monthly liv-ing allowance, and other financial benefits at many ofthe country's leading colleges and universities. Upongraduation, Hannah and Jackson will be commis-sioned as Naval and Army Officers respectively.

Lincoln As StorytellerIn March, Mr. Flanagan (BHS AP US HistoryTeacher), along with five students, were able to gatherand participate in a second Civil War Roundtable pre-sentation. This time the topic was Lincoln TheHumorist, Storyteller, and Poet. This was anotherexciting opportunity to extend learning beyond theclassroom.

From left to right: MaxBurtis, Wyatt Slocum,Charles Plummer (asLincoln), Siona Henze,Cesar Fortin and EmilyCoffin. Emily andCesar are holding upthe books they won at

the auction. Traveller is the story of the Civil War toldfrom the point-of-view of General Lee’s horse.Charles Plummer delivered an anecdote-filled discus-sion of Lincoln as a storyteller. The students learnedthat Lincoln’s skill at telling a story most likely camefrom Lincoln’s interactions with his father, with whomLincoln had a very strained relationship, but that hisability to meet the vicissitudes of life with humor was agift from his mother. Mr. Plummer capped his presen-tation by reading one of Lincoln’s poems.

Jazz ResidencyBHS has been asked to hostinternationally known JazzSaxophonist Dave Pietro fora three-day residency in May.Dave is an internationallyknown clinician, performer,and teacher. He currently ison staff at NYU and toursthroughout the globe. Thereis a concert with our studentsFriday, May 12th at 7:00p.m in Crooker. This is anINCREDIBLE opportunityfor our kids. Thanks formaking this happen Mr.Scarpone!