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Newsweek
magazine named Bernards High
School one of the Top 100
High Schools in the nation. |
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Nick
Beykirch selected
for 2003 Governor's Teacher
Recognition Award |
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New
Jersey Service-Learning Leader
School Award.
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National
Service-Learning Leader School
Award.
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Advanced
Placement scores at BHS are the
highest in the history of the
school |
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2003
Rutgers Academic Challenge
Team rated Number One,
beating all 26 remaining
schools for the top position
in the semi-finals. (Peter
D'Angelo, advisor) |
| Nick
Beykirch was awarded a $1000
Somerset County United Way
P.E.A.C.E. Mini Grant. The
Machine Woodworking classes
designed and made 25 wooden
toy trains and 25 writing
desks for patients in the
hospital. Each product will
be donated to Morristown
Memorial Hospital. |
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Math
Teacher, Paula Gray,
was awarded a $1000 Somerset
County United Way P.E.A.C.E.
Mini Grant designed to
provide a free SAT program
to all public high schools
in Somerset County directed
to financially needy
students. |
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Two
BHS seniors have been
selected for the Somerset
County Scholar-Athlete
Award; one BHS senior named
as the BHS 2003 NJSIAA
Scholar/Athlete. |
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BHS
#1 in state Continental Math
League. In the
national competition, the
U.S. is divided into 7
regions. BHS took
first place in regional
competition, making them one
of the top seven teams in
the U.S. In addition,
there were 12 national
individual winners in the
entire United States who had
perfect scores. Two of
those 12 were BHS seniors. |
| Jazz
Ensemble captured top honors
with Gold Rating at Warren
Hills HS Jazz
Festival. Sophomore
received top soloist award
for his improvisational
artistry. |
| SPORTS
AWARDS (2002-03):
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Fencing:
Girls District I Overall
Team Championship
Girls District I Foil
Team Championship
Girls District I
Individual Epee
Championship
Boys District I Sabre
Team Championship
Boys District I
Individual Sabre
Championship |
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Swimming
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National Interscholastic
Swimming Coaches
Association of America
has awarded the Team
Scholar Award to our
girls swim team. We were
recognized at the Gold
Level with a GPA of
3.792.
- Bernards Sets 4 New
School Swimming Records
at New Jersey Meet of
Champions
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Cheerleading
First place at NJCA
Spirit Competition;
Senior received first
place in individual
performance and accepted
as UCA instructor.
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| Anita
Codey
Central Jersey Middle
School Principal of the Year
Awarded $10,000 by NJDOE and
the Geraldine R. Dodge
Foundation for Staff
Development initiatives. |
| Christine
Lemberg selected
for 2003 Governor's Teacher
Recognition Award |
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Anita
Codey and Kelly Wells
Selected by NJSPA to
participate in the New York
Historical Society Home of
the Free Student
Photojournalism Project.
Bernardsville Middle School
received a $500 grant and a
free digital camera for use
by a student team to learn
about photojournalism,
create photo essays of
public servants, and have
their work displayed at the
Washington Mutual Financial
Center. |
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Destination
Imagination (2003):
| Lorrie
Lane's fifth grade
team in the Improv
competition placed first
in the state with a
score of 280 points out
of 300. They will
represent New Jersey in
the DI World
Championships in
Knoxville, Tenn. in May.
The sixth/seventh grade
team placed second at
the state competition,
1.2 points out of first
place. |
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Bev
Webb's fifth grade
team placed second in
the state when their
46.2 gram structure
supported 646 pounds. |
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| 2
BMS 5th graders won
first place in the
Somerset Union Soil
Conservation District
poster and essay contest
(Joyce Gottung,
teacher). Essay contest
winner also won at state
level. |
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Seventh
grade teacher, Kim
Flynn, won a $1,000
P.E.A.C.E. grant from
the United Way.
Funding will enable
middle school students
to sponsor
intergenerational
activities as an
extension of the BMS
character education
course. |
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BMS grade 6
Math Team placed 13th in the
state out of 255
participating schools in the
New Jersey Mathematics
League Contest. The team
placed 2nd in Region 16 and
a BMS team member ranked
first in Region 16 with a
score of 39. (Lou
Ferrante, advisor).
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Lou
Ferrante reports that a
6th grade student was one of
only 25 children out of
135,000 students worldwide
to earn the prestigious Dr.
George Lenchner Medallion,
awarded for a perfect score
in the Mathematical
Olympiads. Students
participated in a series of
five monthly contests each
from November to
March. Four students
earned gold pins which are
awarded to those in the top
2% of all contestants.
The 6th Grade Team earned a
"Highest Team
Achievement"
designation in Division E. |
| The BMS
Forensics Team, coached by Lorrie
Lane, competed in each
of the three regional
competitions sponsored by
the NJ Consortium for Gifted
and Talented. The team took
home a team championship
trophy at each of the three
competitions: Interpretive
Reading, Oratorical
Declamation, and Impromptu
Oratory. Several students
won individual trophies at
each of the competitions,
ending with the JV Team
taking four of the five
individual prizes in
Impromptu Oratory. Students
took either a first or
second place at every
tournament. The team has
never competed without
winning individual and team
trophies.
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Drama
2003(coached by Lorrie Lane):
Several
actors and actresses
from BMS competed in the
TheaterFest 2003, an
acting competition
sponsored by the New
Jersey Consortium for
Gifted and Talented. The
BMS team took home 14 of
the possible 30
trophies. The
competition was
excellent, with many,
many, many well-prepared
scenes.
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Dramatic
Pairs:
BMS
students
won 2nd, 3rd and 4th
place. |
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Dramatic
Monologue: BMS
student won 2nd place. |
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Comedy
Pairs: BMS
students
won 2nd and 5th place. |
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Comedy
Monologue: BMS
students won 3rd and 4th
place. |
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| National
Latin Exam Award
(Judi Martin, teacher) April
2003:
7th Grade:
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Outstanding
Achievement & Blue
Ribbon awarded to 3
BMS students. |
| Certificate
of Achievement awarded to
4 BMS students. |
8th
Grade:
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Gold
Medal & Summa Cum
Laude certificate awarded to 1
BMS student. |
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Silver
Medal & Maxima Cum
Laude certificate awarded
to 2 BMS students. |
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Magna
Cum Laude Certificate
awarded to 3 BMS
students. |
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Cum
Laude Certificate
awarded to 1 BMS
student. |
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| The
Girls' Track and Field Team
won first place in the
Greater Morris County Track
and Field Competition. |
| The
Boys' Track and Field Team
won 1st place in the
Greater Morris County Track
and Field Competition for
the fourth consecutive year. |
| Computer
Education Teacher, Kelly
Wells, won a 2003-2004
MOD Grant for $1300 for a
Photojournalism Enrichment
Program. |
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2003
PAC Music Festival
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Senior
Select Chorus, Stephen
Sands, Director,
received top honors, a
gold rating |
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The
BMS Jazz Band, Mark
Noonan, Director,
received a rating of
silver |
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