SPORTSBaseball and tennis teams start seasons.PAGE 6-7

BY MATT DOIRONLayout Editor

Social media was flooded with com-ments about the Lake View Pavillion burning down. Although a tragedy for

all involved, the students here at BMR were shocked and horrified to realize that the

SADDGroup sets up Mock Accident and other events.PAGE 3

BAND-AIDLocal bands participate in school event. PAGE 4

BMR IN WONDERLANDAPRIL 2014

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Pony ExpressThe Student Newspaper of Blackstone-Millville Regional High School

BY SPENCER KOSIORReporter

After a successful production of Disney’s Aladdin, the BMR Drama Club is hard at work with their spring

production: Alice in Wonderland. “We all decided on this play because it is a great story and also because it is a play with a lot of big parts,” comments Brenna Hull, direc-tor of the production. The drama club is a rather large group, and as such there is much talent to be shown.

n Drama club to put on a great spring performance.

See PLAY - Page 3Above are Alice and the White Rabbit in Wonderland.

Students on local newscast

The 17th Annual Career Fair was a huge success. To the left is Kenneth Berthelette speaking to assembled Juniors. To the right is Lisa Trottier speaking to Matt Doiron. For the article and more pictures, TURN TO PAGE 2.

n Channel 6 and 10 among those that put BMR on TV.

Above is the Senior class president.

Staff includes: David Ariel, Faith Gudaitis, Spencer Kosior, Amanda Landry, Valerie Nietsche, Heather Tremblay

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Career Fair a giant successBY MARK JUBAFaculty Advisor

On April 10, Blackstone-Millville Regional High School juniors and sophomores participated in the 17th

annual Career Awareness Day. The school’s cafeteria was filled with more than thirty career presenters and the juniors about the keys to achieving your career goals.

The day began for the junior class as they listened to keynote speaker, Mark Campopiano, the former School-to-Career coordinator at BMR who retired after 35 years of teaching last year. He advised the students that hard work and dedication was the path to the success in any career.

The sophomore class had an opportunity to visit the various booths in the cafeteria while the juniors were listening to Campopiano in the auditorium. After the speech, the juniors went to the cafeteria and spent some quality time with presenters.

The School to Career Program, coordinated by BMR faculty member Mark Juba, is aimed at providing students in grades 9-through-12 the opportunity to do extensive career explo-ration in order to enable them to be better informed when making decisions regarding their post-graduation plans. In addition to coordinating a Career Awareness Day in the spring each year, Juba also searches out opportunities for juniors and seniors to par-ticipate in semester-long internships on and off campus.

Careers and organizations represented in the BMR Career Fair included: Paul Jacobs, TV Cable Operator; Stacy Juba, Author/Marketing Writer; Lisa Trottier, Elementary Teacher; Michael Sweeney, Kenny Cotnoir and Paul Frede, Blackstone Fire Chief and Paramedic; Eric Atstupenas and Michael Swain, Lawyers; Lisa Cheever, Blackstone Library Director; Kathleen Lindvall, Lincoln Tech; Megan Rodriguez, Euphoria Salon Instructor; Chelsea Hebert, Martial Arts; Tina

Broulliette-Smith, Mental Health Counseling; Aaron Phillips, National Guard; Michael Gittleson, Nurse; Lori Cillino, Occupational Therapy; Kristie Aicardi, Quality Control Analyst - Pharmaceuticals; Rick Pace, Photography; Karen Lyles, Physical Therapy; Jason Berthelette, Police Officer; Debra Gibbs, Vet. Radiology Tech; Mary Lonzo, Dietician; Kacia Yasback-Toussaint, Physician Assistant; Chris Currie, Blackstone Unibank Branch Manager; and Carlitos Molina, Blackstone Postmaster.

Interns Emily Aicardi, Kaitlynn Belanger, Kayla Carlisle, Ashley Cotnoir, Matt Doiron, Sabrina Newman, Callie Ostrowski and Kathryn Wisniewski helped Mr. Juba throughout the event by doing various jobs. Food and Nutrition teacher Mrs. Peggy Lane and Head Custodian Willie Bacon were also instrumental in making the day a success, with Lane and her students making snacks for the presenters and Mr. Bacon coordinating the set-up and clean up for the event.

Above are students holding on to therapy dogs. Below to the left is Mr. Campo speaking. To the right are presenters in the medical field.

BY AMANDA LANDRYReporter

The club of this month is SADD. Many of you, like myself have probably heard of SADD during

the announcements, but never had any idea what it stood for. This club is cen-tered on Students Against Destructive Decisions, and they do a lot of projects to help the community and to help raise awareness of common bad decisions made by teens.

The penny war that we have every year is run by SADD. They do a great job trying to raise money for Toys for Tots. Earlier in the year the club also went to the elementary school and per-formed Halloween safety skits. A really big thing that SADD promotes around

this time of year is the mock car acci-dent. This is to help discourage drinking and driving and is presented the week before prom. Also, that week they will be having the white face day. This is a day where every half hour a SADD member will “die” from a car accident. They will paint their faces white and from then on the student won’t be able to talk until the end of the day.

SADD is a wonderful club to join, and if you are thinking about it, most meetings are Wednesdays from 2-3 in Ms. Anderson’s classroom. If you have any questions you could go to Ms. Anderson or SADD President, Jason Blanchette. Listen to the announcements for any upcoming events regarding SADD and be sure to make the Don’t Drink and Drive Pledge!

After the auditions, which were held in March, the cast alone will make this production one to come out and see.

The main lead of Alice will be played by Samantha Hackenson. Brennan Stefanik will assume the role of the men-tal Mad Hatter and Jacob Edel as the esteemed Caterpillar. Other roles include the Queen of Hearts (Abigail Austin), the Red Queen (Sarah Ebbeling), the White Queen (Avery Markle), the Cheshire Cat (Sabrina Newman), and others.

In addition to these roles, the Drama Club is also in need of extras to play cards and chess pieces for the play; if there is any interest simply talk to Brenna or Mr. Angelini.

This production of Alice in Wonderland will not be like the rendition with which most people are typically familiar. This interpretation is much darker than the well-known Disney ver-sion and takes from both Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking Glass. “It’s not meant to be scary… it just isn’t going to be Disney’s Alice,” says Brenna.

BMR’s curtains open for Alice in Wonderland May 22nd and 23rd. Tickets will be $5 to cover the cost for the rights to perform the play.

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CLUB OF THE MONTH

SADD promotes good decisions

Photo by Photography Assosciates

Above are the members of SADD. They are planning a mock accident this year, and are in charge of the Penny War.

Photo by Photography Assosciates

Top left is Brennan Stefanik as Aladdin from last autumn’s per-formance. To the right are the masks representing comedy and tragedy. To the left is an actress playing actress Alice.

Mr. Greene teacher of the month BY MATT DOIRONLayout Editor

The teacher of the month was recently none other than Mr. Greene.

Mr. Greene has been teaching at BMR for 9 years and 3 quarters of a year. Before coming to BMR, he taught for one year at Tri-County and worked in engineer-ing. Mr. Greene also has a number of patents, including transmission of data over a radio

frequency channel. At BMR, Mr. Greene teaches four geome-

try classes and one Algebra II class. He states that teaching is a wonderful thing because stu-dents at BMR are happy. Not as many people are as happy especially at his previous jobs.

In his spare time Mr. Greene enjoys play-ing soccer, camping, planting vegetables, drawing, painting, and also hikes.

Mr. Greene’s accent also comes from London, England.

Photo by Photo Associates Above is Mr. Greene. He is a math teacher here at BMR.

BY DAVID ARIELReporter

Each year our school showcases the bands of students current and

past. The show is meant to be a good time for our commu-nity to take in all the sounds our local youth produce. Each annual show begins with Mr. DeWolf and band of his choosing. In the past years he’s chosen Kyle Baroud and David Ariel, with the addi-tion of Liam Shaw in the most recent show. DeWolf kicks the show off just to introduce the other bands. The Home Scene, The October Accord, and Shrapnel were some of the bands that played this year that consisted of BMR alumni.

Each band this year played

a different style and genre of music, but we’re all inspired by music. Catastrophic Years, a band of all current students, played a set to close the show. Their members, Mike Mantoni, Spencer Kosior, and Tyler Gauvin added to the sound with their horn section. The other band of all attend-ing students was Overstrum. The trio that backed Mr. DeWolf for the opening act, continued playing after kick-ing DeWolf off the stage with a set of three original songs and two Black Sabbath cov-ers.

The night rocked on ‘til nearly nine and was a blast as expected. The proceeds from the event amounted to around one thousand dollars for our school.

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Band-Aid a rockin’ night at BMR

Junior-Senior prom was supposed to be held there. Students wondered where the prom would be held and so

did news stations who came in to interview many students and faculty around the school. People interviewed included Mr. Dudek, Ms. Anderson, Class Officers Ben Lodge, Tom Gallagher, Brittany Wiggin, and Kaylee Karcher.

Among the interviewers was Melissa Randall, who is the daughter of our own Mr. Toupin. Fortunately, the senior class officers along with Ms. Anderson and Ms. Keller worked extremely hard in choosing a new venue, and the prom will be held in Raffael’s in Walpole.

Tickets are $50 and are being sold at lunch. The prom should be a magical night and hopefully “The roof, the roof is on fire” won’t be a problem.

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Top left is Mr. Dudek speaking to the reporters. To the left of that is Ms. Anderson. Below to the left is Mr. Dudek and Ben Lodge. To the right is Mario Hilario in front of the school.

Photos by Photography AssociatesTop left is Tom Gallagher sing-ing. To the right is David Ariel jamming out. To the left is Liam Shaw drumming. Below to the left is Austin Eskeli jamming out as well. To the right on top are Erial Martin and Krystal Cardin posing for a picture. Below are Tyler Gauvin, Mike Mantoni, and Spencer Kosior performing.Below is Cameron Rielly.

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BY ADDI CATARINAEditor

This year at BMR, you may have noticed a new face in the lower C-Wing. This would be Mr. Christopher Pilling, one of this year’s new teach-

ers in the technology department. Mr. Pilling recieved the job in early August of 2013, just before the 2013-2014 school year began. His classes include a wide range of various technologies, including Energy and Technology, which deals with engineering and manu-facturing, Design Technology, Manufacturing, LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), and Robotics. He and his students especially enjoy his classes because of their hands-on approach, which isn’t common in classes offered in other areas of academics.

Mr. Pilling’s dream job as a child was to be an architect. He attended high school in Burriville, Rhode Island, where his favorite subject was history. While in school, he participated in sports such as baseball and hockey. He was also a member of the Technology Student Association. For college, he went to Rhode Island College in Providence, Rhode Island where he studied Technology Education. Mr. Pilling’s

first job was at Herrick and White Architectural Woodworking in Cumberland, Rhode Island. He then went on to teach at middle schools in Rhode Island and Connecticut before getting his teaching position at BMR. In his spare time, he enjoys remodeling homes, playing baseball, and working on cars.

The area of education that Mr. Pilling teaches in is very unique because it provides so many opportunities for students to create new things, whether they be pro-totypes for a new invention, a woodworking project, or a robot. His robotics class actually extends out of school and has competed in one of the many robotics competitions held all over Massachusetts.

Although he has taught in multiple school systems previously, BMR is different from any of his other encounters. He enjoys the fact that the administra-tion is backing up his program. When asked what he likes most about his career choice, Mr. Pilling replied with,”My favorite thing about teaching would most likely be that moment when someone is struggling, and you see the light turn on and they get it. That moment is the difference between success and failure...It makes work everyday enjoyable knowing that what I am doing is making a difference.”

Pilling a new technology teacher

Mr. Pilling is seen above. He teaches technology.

Mrs. Young the new school nurseBY HEATHER TREMBLAYReporter

Mrs. Young is the school nurse here at BMR. She sees on average about 40 people a day. She actually found her

job here by an advertisement online over an email. Before this job, she worked at an ICU and a doctor’s, office but this is her first job in a school system. She got her bachelors degree at the University of Rochester in New York. Because Mrs. Young is from New York, she is a Yankees fan, but she does love the

Patriots. Mrs. Young has a long term goal to be a practitioner. She lives here close by, with her son and her two cats Riley and Charlie. For fun she loves to do yoga and other exer-cise classes. The most interesting thing of all is Mrs. Young has no sense of smell. Mrs. Young says that she always wanted to be a nurse and thinks that she likes high school best of all.

She really enjoys pep rally at the school. She thinks is her most favorite part “Its nice to see everyone together and it was a great experience”.

Photo by Matt DoironMrs. Young above.

Mrs. Rounds is a new staff member BY HEATHER TREMBLAYReporter

Lisa Rounds is part of the staff here at BMR. She is a student services teacher. She teaches English and support classes. She says “In my classes, I help students gain a better under-

standing of the curriculum. I work with them to improve their reading and writing skills.” And being a teacher leaves her with this statement “I am hungry for knowledge. If I’m not working to learn something new, I get bored. I want my students to teach me what they know as much as I want to teach them what I know.”

She wanted to teach English since high school when she had a teacher who inspired her; Mr. Blake, her Jr/Sr English teacher.

This is not Mrs. Rounds’ first job in a school, “Before this I was at Bird Middle School in Walpole (where I worked with Ms. Lane) for several years as a paraprofessional while getting my master’s degree, and teaching licenses. I was there for about eight years. After that I was at Old Colony Regional High School in Rochester, MA

for two years.” She went to North Adams State College, which is now Massachusetts College of Liberal Art for her undergrad and she majored in Fine and Performing Arts, Theater concentration with a minor in Philosophy. She went to Regis College for her Master’s degree in Special Education.

Mrs. Rounds is a highly creative person. She is a part time seamstress, and enjoys art, and music. “I love theater. I have since college. I really enjoy sharing what I know with students who also enjoy theater. I feel like I have gotten to know so many stu-dents in a different way, other than academically.” When asked if she was excited about working in the school drama production of Alice in Wonderland she said “Very! The cast is working very hard to learn their characters and lines, while the tech crew is pulling the lighting, staging, and props together. It’s going to be a wonderful production!”

Mrs. Rounds says, “Many of my students have the same taste in music as I do; classic rock.” She does many fundraising walks throughout the year, so she is in constant training. So far this year she signed up for the MS Walk and the Walk for Hunger. The one quote that Mrs. Rounds believes in is “You can always get what you want. Sometimes you just have to work harder for it.”

Mrs. Rounds is seen above.

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Pony Express

Baseball season begins againBY ADDI CATARINAEditor

BMR’s varsity baseball team recently began their 2014 season. The team is coached by Mr. Chris McNamara, and led by captains David O’Connor, Ben Lodge, Aaron

Staples, and Matt Homand. The members of the team include freshman Ryan Cote; sophomores Justin Stone, Michael Costello, Jonathan Chase, Ian Reid, and Devin Beroth; juniors Nathan Spas, Corey Giguere, Isaiah Alvarado, Dakota Pimenta, Connor McNamara, Cody Barsoti, and Brian Cerundolo. and seniors David O’Connor, Aaron Staples, Ben Lodge, and Matt Homand.

The baseball team practices every day after school until about 5:30, and they usually have games against other teams in the area twice a week (usually Tuesdays and Thursdays). Their first was on April fourth, against Oxford. Their 2014 season ends in June, so be sure to support them at one of their upcom-ing games!

Photo by Photography AssociatesTop right to the left is Corey Giguere pondering the game. To the right is Corey Giguere pitching. Below is Justin Stone making a run. Bottom left is the team photo. Above to the left is Justin Stone making a great throw. To the right is Isaiah Alvarado trying to hit a home run.

Boys tennis improves skillsBY MATT DOIRONLayout Editor

This year’s boys’ tennis team is working hard to get bet-ter at every game. The boys’ team this year is hoping to improve their skills, and have fun.

This year’s team includes Danny Manning (first singles), Jack Quitzau (second singles), and Tyler Brabham (third sin-gles). First doubles are Shane Carey and Alex Hemphill, while second doubles are Andrew Lussier and a rotation between Tyler Kent and Jake Eddy.

Coach Tenenholtz hopes to have a great season like last year. Their record for last year’s season was 12-5 which is the most wins in BMR history.

When asked if he had any experience in the sport, Mr. Tenenholtz stated that he played tennis in Hopedale for four years. He played singles and doubles which allowed him to have knowledge on how both playing styles worked.

BMR is in a very strong league against Hopedale, Whitinsville, and Sutton. All three are very strong teams. Mr. Tenenholtz looks forward to the year. Although they lost six seniors last year, they retained Danny Manning for his senior year.

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Photos by Photography AssociatesClockwise from right is Shane Carey making a great pass. Below is Danny Manning posing for a photo. To the right is Alex Hemphill also making a great pass. Above is Andy Lussier hitting the ball. Top to the left is the team photo.

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Photos by Photo. AssociatesTop right is the group photo of all the boys together. Below are the boys doing the opening dance. Below that are Jacob Edel and Abby Plante serenading the crowd. To the right is another scene from the opening dance. Above to the left is Tom Gallagher impersonating Kaylee Karcher. To the left of that are Ben Lodge and Austin Eskeli show-ing off their dance moves. Above those pho-tos to the left is Austin Eskeli singing a song on his ukele. To the right of that are Lyndon Davis and Jon Walsh impersonating Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. Above to the left is the winner Tom Gallagher. To the right is Griffin Reilly showing off his magic skills.

Winner-Tom Gallagher