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The Bishop Feehan High School, North Attleboro, marching band recently attended Band Day at UMass Amherst along with fortynine other high school bands from Massachusetts. They also attended a NESBA (New England Scholas-' tic Band Association) competition held at Oliver Ames High School in Easton and won a bronze medal for its performance. They marched in the Woonsocket Columbus Day Parade and competed at Stoughton High School, again receiving a bronze medil1 and a 3rd place fin' ish in Diyision I.
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Venus de Milo restaurant in Swansea. The varsity competition cheerleaders will be participating in the Silver City Invitational on Oct. 29. There will be three additional competitions in November at Bishop Fenwick, Emnmanuel College and at Shepard Hill. The school's annual Open House will take place on Nov. 5th from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. in the high school aUditorium. The informational session is open to aU prospective 7th and 8th grade students. Information, presentations, tours and question and answer sessions will be held. For more information caU the school at 1-508-226-6223.
The annual Father I Daughter dance was held Oct. 26th, at the [,m!ffm . ""f. !f:.":.::i;'::':tt":
MAELA SLATE and Donald Phillips present Rep. Kevin Poirier with a proposal fQr a bill to be filed in the State -House. The students fro'm St. Mary Sacred Heart School wr<:>te the bill, which would prevent minors from being photographed with any facsimile of alcohol, drug or cigarettes, as part of their social studies class.
Studen'ts' write bill to: be : 'filed b,.y Representative Students in Mrs. Smith's 8th
. FEEHAN DEBA;I'E '!EAM o'fficers are (fr~m left). trea- grade American History class at surer Jaso'n Collins, of Mendon, secretary' Carla 'Fazio of St. .~ary Sacred He'art School, North Attleboro, ~l\ve written, a Attleboro, president Brad McCormack of E. Brid;gewater, :,proposalfor a bill, to be filed by moderator Diane Craf!.e of Norfolk, and vice-president Sharon State Representative Kevin PoirI?wyerof Man~field. . " . . , . .. .' ".; ier. This is the first~teP.for a bill to "become law. The idea for the ,bill originat~d wi.t·h a class discussion .concerning student's studies about -the legislative process and discus,sions regarding alcohol' and drug awareness in young people, The bill places age restrictions 011 people posing for photographs ,with an alcoholic. ?everage or facsi-
mile thereof. Students believe that because they are not legally, able to purchase or consume these pro:' ducts, they should not be allo~ed to appear to be endorsing them, On Oct. 20th, Rep. Poirier visited the class and spoke with these stu-' dents about their bill. As part of the school's participation in Red Ri.bbon Week Oct, 23-27, Rep. Poirier will be filing the bill on . behalf of the students, The students will continue to follow the bill as it goes through the st~ps of the legislative process.
Power'llfters excell, technology 'booms .at Coyle Cassidy Six Coyle and Cassidy powerlifters ra.nked in the-A~erican Drug 'Free Powerlifting Federation's Top . FEEHAN JUNIOR Classicalleague'officers for students .20 powerlifting ran~ings f9f 'teen.who are' studying L~tin are (seated) program 'chair ,Dominic age lifters. Allegra Dutzmann ( 122 Collam~ti of Plainviileand; treasurer Lindsey ·,Widak Qf N-. :pounds) of "'(ilunton. Jay Ol,iveira pounds) of Assonet. Ryan Attleboro, (Rear) moderator Diane Crane, president Shawn (132 Ballard (148 pounds) of Taunton, Freeman of Attleboro and vice-president Jeff Renga.ofMed- .Andrew, Lofgren (165 pound~)' of way...Missing ~s ,se~retar:y Na~cy T~xei~a of N. Attleboro. ,Taunton. Mike Rolli (220 pounds) .of Lakeville. and Casey Medas (220 pounds) of, Taunton all are currently ranked in the, T9P. '2q based on their performances during the last year. . Ms. Dutzmann was awar(Jed a world record for her dead lift of 253.5 polindsat the,August World Drug Free Powerlifting Federation World Championships in Horsham. West'Sussex. England. She represented the Warrior Weight~ lifting Club as a member of the United States Teenage Women's Powerlifting team. Allegra placed second in the world in the 18- 19year old, 122-pound class with a combined lift of 589.5 pounds. C.A.R.E. members '(Committee for Cultural Awareness It has also been announced that and Racial Equality) at Feehan are (from left) treasurer Keri the 1996 ADFPA Massachusetts Stanovich of Mansfield,. co-president, Taryn Ciancarelli of N. State High School Powerlifting Attleboro, vice-president Shawn LeMarier of Lincoln, public- Championship will take place on ity Andrea Furtado of Cumberland, RI and Kami Azvedo of March 16 at Coyle and Cassidy, Coyle and Cassidy High School Norfolk, co-president Debra Wilkinson of N. Attleboro, and .will participate in the the ncw secretary Danielle Cibello of Norton. Technology for Education Program
The first and fourth gr"lde students at St. James~St. John School, New Bedford, have teamed up to be "Writing Buddies". Th.e Writing Buddies Program wa~ developed to give individual attention to each new author. The first graders gets a fourth grade pa rtner to meet with weekly, The fint graders get assistance in the writing process while the fourth graders get a chance to share their expertise. The younger child:ren get 'encouragement and direction from the older and :more experienced buddy, Friendships develop quickly and the student's gera real Hense of pride in their writing. A neW sport has been added to the· afte'r school sports program. Students in grades 2-8 participate weekly in soccer, volleyball and floor hockey. The teams are divided by divisions and competiti'Jn is at an all time high. Over 130 sl:Udents .compete in a good spirit of sportsmanship and team play, Second grad~rs are constructing their own "Jurassic Park" liS part of their integrated science theme for this semester.' After reading the book Digging for Dinosaurs, each grout' drew their own dinosaur, .' colored it and stuffe'd it. They will . soon be displayed along with dinosaur eggs and fossils. Fifth gra~ers are lellrning American Sign Ll\nguage. After reading the book~arry's Drawings by Mary Riski"nd dealing with 'the life of Ii young.dea( boy, the students have a better uriderstandi.ng of what obsta,cles one must t:ndure with the loss of a sense, A presentation wil.! be given,to first graders' on sign language. Endangered species is the topic being dis~ussed ~y the sixth grade. Groups will present a projec:t with a report on a species including ~abitat, why it is endangemd and what can be d'one to prevent it . fro.m ~ecoming f,urther endangered.
from the Computer Learning Foundation. In this new program, schools earn "Techcredits" when commun- ..', ity members purchase g.oo.~~ and. services from participating corporations like AT&T. Schools then use the cr~dits to order tecQl1ology .' produl;ts. With AT&T's participation. community members can help schools earncredits'in four ways: fo~ AT&T resid~nti\ll.1ong. distance calling, by redeell}ing "True Rewar'ds" poinis.:for.purchases of.AT&T. products.: .
St. John's School offers scholarship A scholarship fund to honor Jay Hoyle, a teacher for 25 years at St. John the Evangelist School, Attleboro,· is offering a $150 tuition waiver for one St. John's seventh grader to be applied to eighth grade tuition. The student inust be among the top five in both the National Geography Bee and the U.S. History class and will be judged by faculty on good conduct, school spirit, participation in extra-curricular activities, and volunteer service.
Holy Name - Holy Family study peace First graders in. '''ONEDERLAND" at Holy Name-Holy Family School, New Bedford, began their year PLANTING words. The chlss discussed words that make them feel good and thost: that hurt. ' They, chose. five words to bury....never to be, heard Ilgain!
They carefully planted five tulip bulps named "Shut~up," "Stupid," "Idiot," "Dumb" and "Hate" and c1ost:d with prayers to Mary to be children of peace. To observe the growth of their tulip bulp~: they planted five narcissus· bulb~l in a clear bowl on pebbles and have been watching the roots'grow and anxiously await their first flowers! The warm and sunny. fall weather allowed students to walk to both the "Z" and the Whaling Museum for tours. A trip to the Button·wood Library provided an opportunity to learn more' about borrowing books and reading.
Stewardship....
AWAY OF LIFE