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One of the mostnotable AHS athletes can’tbe found out on the foot-ball field or on the basket-ball court. As a matter offact he doesn’t even com-pete on school grounds. Brad Vigorito a 17-year-old senior here atAttleboro has developedinto a champion figure. Hehas been skating for 10 yearssince he saw the 1994 Olympicgames. He first learned how tofigure skate at the Pawtucket,Rhode Island Learn to SkateProgram and has been compet-ing since then. His major influence isPaul Wylie who is a 1992 Olym-pic medallist and a Harvardgraduate. Throughout his years hehas accomplished qualifying forthe Easterns two years ago andmedalled at the state games ofAmerica in August of 2003. After High School he plansto pursue his figure skatingwhile hopefully attendingBryant College. When asked ifhe would pursue his talent as a

Index

★ Dinnertime!★ Going After Cacciato: Worth $14.95★ Online Journal Craze★ Snow Patrol: FinalStraw★ Has the System Failed?

Page 3★Ms. Bee★New CTE★New Chorus Teacher★ School Based Health Center★ Welcome to the History Dept.

Page 4★ Mr. AHS

Page 5★ Rally Time

Page 6★Tussle at Tozier

Page 7★Tussle at Tozier(cont’d.)

Page 8★ Teen Halloween★ At your Feet★ Magnificent Welding★ Studs Duds

Page 9★ Thanksgiving Recipes

Attleboro High School100 Rathbun Willard

DriveAttleboro, MA 02703 Phone: 508-222-5150 Fax: 508-223-1579

Web address: <http://www.attleboro schools.

com>Principal:

Jackie ProulxSuperintendent:Joel Lovering

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Page10★ Applying to College Made Easy★ What’s Hot?★ Family Planning

Page11★ Making and Mass Producing Pizzas

Trinh Vo

Brad VigoritoPhoto Taken by: Scott Myers

My Backyard StaffPhoto Taken by: Meghan Murphy

career he responded “It is somuch apart of my life, I couldn’tjust give it up”. Brads hectic schedule isevery day of the week for threehours a day, he practices onTuesdays and Thursdays in thecape and every other day inSmithfield, Rhode Island. Vigorito has a busy fall in-cluding the regionals in Port-land, ME on Oct. 12-16 andalso having a chance to qualifyfor Easterns in November andJunior Nationals in Decemberif he places in the top four inhis two events, pairs andsingles.

Photo Taken by: Meghan Murphy

Yellow, a color beingseen from cars to wrists of millionsof people all over the United States,is being used to help raise moneyfor a good cause. So what are theseyellow objects that are now beingpurchased in the U.S? They arebracelets and car magnets.

Yellow has alwaysbeen the symbol of hope, cour-age and perseverance. Yellowribbons were tied around treesduring recent wars to symbolize

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bringing our troops home safely.Young children to

grown adults are sporting a yel-low, rubbery bracelet inscribedwith the word“LIVE STRONG.” A partner-ship between Nike and LanceArmstrong, a sixth time Tour DeFrance champion, was estab-lished in producing these brace-lets.

Twelve million havebeen sold for a price of one dol-lar each. The money raised is

going to the Lance ArmstrongFoundation and then being do-nated to fund cancer research.For more information you canvisit <www.livestrong.org>.

Yellow car magnets,shaped as a ribbon, are aboutfour inches long to two incheswide and are being seen on theexterior of cars practically ev-

erywhere.Ribbons state the words

“SUPPORT OUR TROOPS.”Magnets are usually priced at fourto five dollars each.

They can be pur-chased online at <www.magnetamerica.com> or byphone at 1-877-887-0905. Thecompany offers the magnets asa fundraiser for organizations.

Six AHS seniors fromMs. Adeline Bee’s English IVHonors course participated inthe Lions Club Essay Contest onOctober 27. Trinh Vo along withLeah Hochler, Anna Sullivan,Eric White, Roselle Arpino, andRyan Ferreira competed in thecontest. Leah Hochler and TrinhVo both made it to the secondround which was held Novem-ber 15 at the Attleboro Public Li-brary.

Each person’s speechhad to be five to ten minutes longand really had to captivate thejudges in order for the studentto move on to the next round.Although both made awesomespeeches, Vo was the only onefrom AHS who made it to thethird round.

Qualifying for this con-test is a big honor and a lot ofwork. AHS librarian Mrs. JudyHebert said, “It was a very emo-tional speech and she did an out-standing job.”

Although Vo said,“Moving to the next roundmakes me nervous, you don’treally know what to expect” sheholds high hopes of coming backa winner. Vo has worked on her

speech for countless hours andfinally “edit after edit” paid off.

Although the topicmade it difficult to write thespeech, the more Vo thoughtabout it the more ideas came tomind she said.

In next round, are thateach participant may only havethree index cards, written onfront and back, as a guide fortheir speech and most of itshould be memorized.

The next round will beat the Attleboro Public Library,Monday December 13.

Vo came to the U.S.when she was in fifth grade withher parents, older brother, andyounger sister from Vietnam.She is very grateful that herfamily came to America and hereducation has benefited a lotsince she came here.Congratulations on making itthis far Trinh, and good luck!

Lions Club EssayContest

By: Meghan Murphy

Students in AHS’ jour-nalism class have taken it uponthemselves to join yet anothernewspaper staff. Eleven studentsfrom Ms. Adeline Bee’s thirdperiod journalism class havestarted to write for the weeklyfree paper My Backyard.

2004 AHS graduateMiss Annie Maloney, who nowworks at My Backyard, came upwith the concept for the “EaglesTracks” section of the newspa-per. “I came up with the idea for“Eagles Tracks” because Iwanted to do something to helpthe students in the AHS journal-ism courses now, get where theywant to be when they get out ofhigh school,” she said.

The column is approxi-mately 500 words on articles re-garding things going on aroundAHS. The column will be filledwith students’ articles and is in-tended to inform the communityabout AHS.

Sara Chalifoux (12) isthe student editor for My Back-

Journalists Take Next StepBy: Meghan Murphy

yard. Chalifoux took on the re-sponsibility of editing not onlyher own, but also, eleven otherstudents’ articles.

Chalifoux said, “ Iwanted to do My Backyard be-cause I love to write and I hopeto become a journalist.” In thefuture she hopes to work for theBoston Globe or The New YorkTimes.

The other studentsparticipating are all interested ina career in the journalism field.Stacey Gallotta (12) would liketo write for The New York Times,Justin Silva (12) for Sports Il-lustrated, Christine Vassar (12)for Cosmopolitan or Seventeen,and Craig Bonin (10) would liketo work for Alternative Press.

Ryan Murphy (11)chose to do My Backyard be-cause it would help him in col-lege. Journalism interests himbecause, “It’s never the same.”

Michelle Greaves (11)said, “I decided to do My Back-

yard because it seems like agood way to start a potential ca-reer in journalism.”

Anne Laraia (11) said,“Journalism interests me be-cause it is very creative and in-dependent.”

Although Lacey Binns(10) does not plan to continueinjournalism in college, she stillchose to do My Backyard be-cause, “It lets you get informa-

tion out to a lot of people so youcan impact their lives.”

Other students writingfor my backyard includeVictoria Hartley (10) whojoined journalism because,“writing is such a big part of mylife,” and Jackie Kelly (11) said,“It’s a great opportunity for meto get a first hand experience ofa newspaper and having mywork published.”

Attleboro’s FigureSkating Champion

By: Scott Myers

BraceletYellow TrendsBy: Megan Lenhart

Page 12★ Beats

★ VWF

Dinner Time!By: Michelle Greaves

Now with all the hustleand bustle of this busy world,traditional family dinners arehard to come by. This alsomeans that people are eating lesshealthy foods than those in pre-vious years.

Families seem so pre-occupied with work, school, rec-reational activities and otherevery day tasks that they don’tfind the time to come togetherfor a decent meal.

Christina Berlo (11)believes this is true. “Familiesused to be able to sit at dinnertime and have a nice wholesomehome cooked meal. And noweveryone’s lives are so busy andpeople are always on the go,causing them to have to get take-out at fast food places more of-ten than they should,” saidBerlo.

There were times

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when the dinner table was aplace for the family to gather.Everyone would sit down andtalk about what they did thatday and what was going on intheir lives. But times havechanged, and so haven’tfamilies.

“Whenever we can,the whole family tries to sitdown together and eat dinner.It’s kind of like a catch-up time.We get to see how each other isdoing in sports, how our parentsare doing at work. Basicallywhat’s going on in our lives,”said Chris Laraia (9).

Between getting homefrom work, dropping one childoff at soccer practice and an-other at dance, parents don’thave time to make dinner. Tomake sure the children are stillfed, parents stop at Wendy’s oranother fast food restaurant,which isn’t the healthiest thingfor anybody.

According to Colum-bia University’s National Cen-

Throughout theInternet galaxy there are mil-lions upon millions of websites,which allow many differentways to spend your time on theInternet. One such isan online journal,which has taken theteenage lifestyle bystorm. There are manydifferent types of jour-nals to use. Examplesare Live Journal,Greatest Journal,Xanga, and Blurty.

A poll wastaken of the student body ask-ing whether or not they have ajournal and if so which serverthey use. Out of 239 studentspolled, 111 of them have jour-nals.

The trend is morepopular with female teenagersover male, although males douse them. We found through thepoll, that 81 of the 111 journal

Online Journal CrazeBy: Jessica Pavao and Colleen Whalen

users were girls.“If you didn’t talk to

your friend for a day, it’s an easyway to see what they are up to,”said Eric Rautenstrauch (12), on

why he has an onlinejournal.

“I like keep-ing journals, but Ihate to write, so typ-ing makes it easier,and also you cankeep pictures in it,”said Rachel Langille(11).

There aremany different options to eachof the journals. The basics in-clude leaving people comments,connecting your friend’s jour-nals to yours, adding pictures toentries, making your font andbackground different colors anddesigns, and changing the styleof it.

The way to link yourfriend’s journal to your own is

by logging in, and clicking the“friends” section on the top of thescreen. There you will be broughtto a section where you can clickedit. At the bottom of the editscreen, there are little boxeswhere you can type your friend’suser name. After clicking “Save”,they will be permanently storedin your “friends” section, untilyou want to remove them.

The most popular jour-nal found in our poll, was LiveJournal. It is best known throughword of mouth, which sparkpeople’s interest. As more andmore people sign up for a jour-nal, they will want to use a serverthat their friends are a part of.This way, they can link theirfriend’s journals to their own, and

ter on Addiction and SubstanceAbuse (CASA), teens who regu-larly have dinner with the fam-ily are 50 percent less likely tohave a drug or alcohol addic-

tion.So next time five

o’clock rolls around, start prep-ping dinner, find your family,and sit them down to a nice

home-cooked meal for everyoneto share.The corresponding graph showsthe fat content, sodium and calo-ries of three favorite fast foodmeals.

On Oct 3. 95.5WBRU, a local providence ra-dio station, would debut thesong “run” by Snow Patrol. Inthe weeks to follow what wassupposed to be a song playedevery other night became acraze throughout both day andpost time radio.

Already established asa heart-crushing mix of distortedBritish pedal rock and US alter-native guitar pop, the album seesthe band grow up, fill out, andwith some aplomb make one ofthe best British/Americanrecords you will hear this year.

Success has not comeeasily, and the Snow Patrolback-story began way back atDundee University in 1994when Lightbody bumped intoguitarist, Mark McClelland.“Our eyes met across thecrowded dance floor,” saidLightbody “and I knew he wasthe one for me. We clicked mu-sically and we liked the samebands, so we thought ‘Whey notstart one of our won?’ That wasthe beginning of Snow Paol.”<www.snowpatrol.com>

Their self-belief soonpaid off and, with demands forthe Final Straw in circulation,the band was quickly snappedup by Polydor Imprint, anddropped into the studio withtechno lynchpin. By now theyhad picked up an extra guitaristtoo, former HMV worker,Nathan Connolly.

The resulting albumhas proved to be Snow Patrol’smost head spinning work todate: a swooping attack of dis-torted guitar, fixing drum beatsand woozy pop anthems lacedwith enough heartache to fill anocean. With the themes of lostlove and the very real horror ofthe Iraqi conflict influencingLightboy’s lyrics, the FinalStraw is raw emotion madeflesh.

Snow Patrol: Final Straw By: Justin Silva

Photo from:<www.billboard.com>

Journal IconPhoto from:

www.thegreatestjournal.com

If you enjoy readingbooks, then here’s one that willmake you happy. Written byTim O’Brien in 1978, GoingAfter Cacciato is a war book thattakes place during the VietnamWar.

What adds to the cred-ibility of this novel is the factthat O’Brien was drafted at the

age of twenty-three. He writesfrom the stand-point of a soldierwho, with the helpof his friends, at-tempts to trackdown another sol-dier who is AWOL(absent withoutleave).

Many ofthe experiences O’Brien had asa soldier in Vietnam are incor-porated into his book. Thenovel has a private deserting hispost and attempting to walk the8000 miles to Paris, with thesquad sent to retrieve him. Therest of the novel is an hallucina-

Picturefrom:

www.illyria.com/tob/

tob_covgac.html

Going After Cacciato: Worth $14.95?By: Kaytie Keane

tory journey by the squad inter-spersed with war memories ofbleak horror.

Going After Cacciatooffers many options for readers:suspense, action, and a twist atthe end, which all add to the re-alistic feeling of the book.

Every one of the 336pages in Going After Cacciatois worth reading. It is refresh-ing to read a book of substanceand worth.

K a t e l y n nSchoonmaker (11) said, “TimO’Brien is a really good author.”

Mike Proulx (11) said,“Going After Cacciato is inter-estingly awesome.”

Melissa Frank (11)said “He [Tim O’Brien] is agreat author and I love it [thebook].”

AHS students are notalone in their view. The NewYorker, Chicago Sun Times, andthe San Francisco Chroniclehave all praised Going AfterCacciato.

Dave Mustaine and his heavy metal band Megadeth, whoplay speed metal, have released their eleventh studio album TheSystem Has Failed. It is a big change from their last album TheWorld Needs a Hero, which was released in 2001.

One way this album differs from most of Megadeth’s pastalbums is that it is more politically influenced. In the first song“Blackmail The Universe” it tells a fictional newscast about AirForce One getting shot down somewhere over the Middle East byterrorists. The ninth song mentions Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden.

Although, Megadeth has returned to somewhat of theirold speed metal style, the album had some mixed reviews.

James Stearns a.k.a Big Jim, host of The Metal Zone on94 WHJY said, “I think the new Megadeth album is pretty good. Istill think the earlier stuff is by far better, but this new one is good.”

Not all people believe this statement though.A local party DJ James Scott said, “The album has a great

sound. It has a better beat compared to their other albums.”Some Megadeth fans are happy with the new album, but

are upset with the all new lineup of the band. This will be the fifthnew lineup change since the start of the band in 1983.

One of the founding members, Dave Ellefson, former bassplayer, is not a part of the line up, but was replaced by JamesMacDonough. Another new member in the Megadeth lineup isGlen Drover, who plays lead and rhythm guitar.

A bonus for the fans is that Nick Menza, who was a mem-ber of Megadeth from 1989-1998, returns on drums. DaveMustaine, the other founding member and voice of Megadeth, re-turns to his position up front with lead vocals, lead rhythm andacoustic guitars.

The System Has Failed was released on Sept.14. It de-buted at number 18 on “The Billboard 200 chart”<www.billboard.com>.

Megadeth kicked off the Blackmail The Universe Tourin the fall of 2004. They passed through Boston for a gig at TheAvalon in early November. For the tour, Shawn Drover replacedNick Menza on drums. The show was for all ages and was great.

Has The System Failed?By: William Brauneis

read it on a regular basis.Although most jour-

nals have the same basic func-tions, some are more in depth.Greatest Journal for instance,allows you to have a separatephoto gallery where peoplecan comment on each indi-vidual picture. Also, you canleave testimonials about theperson’s journal that you arereading for others to view.

If you would like tovisit any of these sites, theirlinks are Live Journal <http://www.livejournal.com>,GreatestJournal <www.greatestjournal.com >, Blurty <http://www.blurty.com>, and Xangais <http://www.xanga.com >.

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New Chorus Teacherby: Vikki Hartley

Mr. Gary Scott Hymanis the new chorus teacher. Hegraduated from UMass Amherstwith a Bachelor’s in Music Edu-cation and from Fitchburg StateCollege with a Certificate ofAdvanced Graduate Studies inFine Arts Directorship.

During high school hewas interested in both vocal andinstrumental electives andcouldn’t decide which one tomajor in, so he decided to con-tinue taking classes in both. “Ifigured that I could get a betterjob being skilled in both,” hesaid.

Prior to working atAHS he worked at Bridgewater-Raynham (B-R) Regional HighSchool for eight years. In addi-tion to being a teacher at thehigh school he also gave privatesaxophone and voice lessons.

Before B-R, he startedat Carver High School where hebuilt a music program fromscratch. “I gained valuable in-sight working there on how towork with middle school and

high school kids,” he said.He has previously

worked with Mrs. CharletteTarsi, who is on a leave of ab-sence, as a chorus clinician andfor Mr. Peter Glass as a pit mu-sician in Guys and Dolls.“It is tragic that Bridgewater-Raynham lost their music pro-gram due to budget cuts, but Iam very happy to be workinghere. Thank you to the students,the parents, the faculty, and theadministration for a very warmwelcome at the start of the year.It has been my pleasure gettingto know everyone. I still have along way to go to learneveryone’s names, but the stu-dents have just been fantasticthus far,” he added.

The weather’s changing. With every day that passes it gets a little chillier. Leaves startchanging colors, falling to the ground, and…noses start dripping...and fevers start running.

Yes, it’s the season where everyone gets sick at least once. If you are like any other studentat AHS, missing school isn’t worth the entire hassle. Luckily, there is a mini hospital on campus - theschool based health center at AHS.

What is the school based health center? It is a branch off of Sturdy Memorial Hospital andits designated purpose is to help Attleboro High Alumni while they are ill. The center is located atAHS.

The center deals with treating minor illnesses such as rashes, ear infections, and diagnosingstrep throat. It’s the same assistance one would be getting if they left school and traveled for an hour,or however long it takes to get to a doctor’s office. But instead of dealing with all the hassle and stressof leaving school and missing class, the help has basically come to AHS.

Health practitioner Donna Dunn said, “This is basically all about access, it gets the studentsstarted on taking responsibility for themselves, and their own healthcare.”

What does it offer students? It gives access to health care while they are at school. Somekids attending this school don’t have a doctor. It saves time and energy for everyone.

The center is open on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.The general cost for such services is the co-pay one would regularly pay at a standard

doctor’s office. If one has no health care, then they will be billed. A student doesn’t ever need to bringmoney in. Nobody gets turned away.

Lliam Dufresne Junior Class President’s input is also on the positive side. He said, “It’s veryresourceful and helpful. We should definitely keep it.”

Science teacher Ms. Deana Wells Scott said, “It is definitely a good way to educate studentsand teachers on current issues… It’s a great way to get the community involved since the hospital isdoing it. It gives us another resource for information besides nurses and teachers. It’s a broadersource for information.”

Students and teachers seem pleased with the center, and there are no requirements to use it.DeVon Joiner a senior said, “It’s a great place, it’s nice to have directly inside the school.”

So, remember, next time that you’re not feeling so hot, take a walk down to the health center. They’llhave you feeling better in no time.

The New CTEBy: Heather Horton

Mrs. Susan Edmonds,Career Tech Education, Careand Guidance of Children andthe Childcare I and II teacher isnew here at AHS. So far shelikes the CTE program, howevershe least likes the long walks toget to her classroom.

Edmonds has attendedWheelock College, Boston Uni-versity, and Bridgewater State.She received her Bachelors andMasters in Early ChildhoodEducation at Boston State Col-lege. She has been teaching for23 years and previously taughtin the Boston Public School Sys-tem, at Dean College, MassasoitCommunity College, andProject Connection.

Edmonds decided towork at AHS so that she couldprepare students to provide qual-ity care in early childhood edu-cation. Her goal for this year is

to develop a relationship withher students and other facultymembers.

Her expectations ofher students are “that they sharea passion for early childhoodeducation.”

Edmonds is marriedand has three children. She en-joys skiing, spending time withher family and cooking.

Welcome to the HistoryDepartment

By: Heather Horton

Mr. Joseph A. Connoris a new World History I teacher.His contribution to AHS is toimprove his students reading,speaking and writing skills, aswell as to give them a better un-derstanding of the world andtheir role in it.

Connor is single, andenjoys fly-fishing and camping.

Connor graduatedfrom Georgetown Universitywith a Bachelors in Govern-ment, and earned his Masters atRhode Island College in His-tory. He has been teaching fortwo years, and previouslyworked in the Providence Pub-lic School System.

Connor decided towork at AHS because of themany supportive staff members,and what he likes most aboutAHS is that “the students have

More goes into theEagles Eye Newspaper thanmost students will ever know.The person in charge of all thechaos is Ms. Adeline Bee.

Bee has been teachingat AHS for six years. Sheteaches English 4 Honors, Jour-nalism, and Mulitmedia.

“Journalism is thebest class. It prepares studentsfor the real world, it improvestheir writing and their analyti-cal abilities. It makes themthink,” says Bee.

Bee has been teachingat AHS for six years and hasbeen teaching since 1974. Beeearned her bachelor’s degree inEducation (Bachelors of Sci-ence in Education) at the Uni-versity of Georgia. She went onto earn a Master’s in EducationTechnology at Leslie University.

Her education in thesoftware, that is constantly usedin her classroom, has been animportant part of journalism.Students are required to usePhotoShop, PageMaker, Word,and PowerPoint.

Bee has many respon-sibilities to the newspaper butshe feels the most important taskis to “Train new reporters for thepaper every semester,” saysBee.

It provides a new pro-spective to the paper every timenew students come in to writefor the newspaper.

Students have manythings to learn. Each article hasto go through an extensive edit-ing process. Each article islooked over by peers, then itmoves on to the editors, thenBee herself does the final edit-ing. There are 28 students in theclass making for a lot of correc-tions.

Bee also has to teachstudents to be independent withtheir work. They have to pickan article to write and meet thedeadlines set.

Many of the studentshave a hard time adjusting to thedeadlines journalism requiresthey meet. “Adjusting to thestrict deadlines are really hardto do,” says Samantha Croxford(10), a new journalism student.

Bee makes sure everystudent who comes into her classhas opportunities to write forother papers. If a student wantsto write for another paper Beearranges it for them. Studentshave written articles for MyBackyard, The Sun Chronicle’sThe Page, Teen Ink, and SchoolSports a monthly Massachusettsmagazine.

Bee is also in charge oftracking the cost of our paper.The average cost of a newspa-per runs $145 and is approxi-mately eight pages long.

Bee’s favorite part ofteaching at AHS is getting toknow her students personally.She gets to know her studentsmore than most teachers do, anddevelops a close bond withmany of them.

In her personal lifeBee has two children, Davidwho is a senior at TriCounty anda daughter Deirdre, who is asophomore at Rhode Island Col-lege. The most important thingabout Bee, she is a fan of theBoston Red Sox.

Photo Taken: by Heather Horton

Susan Edmonds

Ms. Adeline Bee

Ms. Adeline Bee with a Student

Photo taken by: Ryan Murphy

Mr Gary Scott HymanPhoto Taken by: Vikki Hartley

Mr. Joseph A. Connor

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been great so far.”Connor’s goal this year at AHSis to become a better teacher.His advice to students is, “Theharder you work in school now,the more options you will re-ceive as an adult.”

Ms. BeeBy: Ryan Murphy

The School Based Health CenterBy: Stephany Lopez

Mr. AHSBy: Ashley Gallery

Only five years agoan annual tradition startedhere at AHS. Guys of all

classes, sizes, and races beganto compete for the title of Mr.AHS. They show off all theirtalent, charisma, charm, andby the end of the competition

only one person holds thetitle: Mr. AHS.Students competing

this year included seniors ScottMyers, Ryan Astin, ChrisGelinas, Jesse Robertson, JoshSeidlitz, David Gookin, JoshSproul, Derek Pepicelli ChrisStott, Tim Walsh, and BrandonEntwistle.

All of these studentswere excited and ready to go.Scott Myers (12) said, “Iwanted something to make mysenior year memorable.”

Others like RyanAstin (12) said, “Its all aboutgood times and school spirit.”

Some are cockier thanothers are. Chris Gelinas (12)said, “I am doing Mr. AHS be-cause I am going to win thisyear.”

Brandon Entwistle(12) added, “Sometimes it isjust fun to show off the talentsthat we don’t have.”

“Proceeds will go tothe Senior Class” explains se-nior class President DannyCarcamo.

The guys wowed theaudience with their musical and

theatrical performances. RyanAstin (12) left the audience withtheir chins hitting the floor af-ter he played several songs onthe piano.

Others like ScottMyers (12) and Odom Srey (10)played the guitar and sang.Myers sang “Growing Old WithYou” from The Wedding Singerand then proceeded to go intoAshlee Simpson’s, “Pieces of

Me.” After Scott’s perfor-mances many stood up to clap.

One guy left the audi-ence in stitches. Liam Dufresne(11) had a comedic performancethat in many people’s eyes waspriceless. His hate for severalthings left the audience withpainful stomachs and tear-filledeyes.

Many like BrandonEntwistle (12), Chris Gelinas(12), Derek Pepicelli (12), JoshSproul (12), and Chris Stott (12)sang some of America’s older

songs. Sproul’s “Peaches” songwas performed well with histhree backup dancers.

Chris Stott amazedthe audience with his multi-tasking on stage. Stott playedthe guitar, the drums and thesymbol all at once while hesang “Rodeo Clowns” by JackJohnson.

Some of the men tookanother approach. JesseRobertson (12) and DavidGookin (12) read poems oftheir own creation. Gookinspoem, “To My Cuddle Bear”touched many people’s hearts.His heartfelt words and phrasesmade many eyes water by theend of the poem.

Tim Walsh (12) did afabulous dance to Ushers song“Yeah” then began to rap at theend.

Finally Josh Seidlitz(12) took over the stage with amonologue from Dogma andFamily Guy. This spectacularperformance won Seidlitz thetitle Mr. AHS.

All the performanceswere amazing and the Eagle’sEye staff congratulates eachand every one of the contestantsfor their stamina and will powerto perform in front of hundredsof people and make them laugh,cry, and overall have a goodtime.

Great job Mr. AHScontestants and congratulationsto AHS’s new Mr. AHS - JoshSeidlitz

All Photos Taken by:Ashley Gallery

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Mr AHS Contestants

Rally TimeBy: Craig Bonin

The first week of Nov.at AHS marked an annual eventwhere students showed theirschool spirit. Spirit Week is atime were the school allows stu-dents to dress up based on thetopic of the day.

The climactic point ofSpirit Week was an event inwhich the student body gatheredtwice in the gymnasium at theend of the week.

The Spirit Rally oc-curred in tournament style, asthe freshmen and sophomoresbattled second period, and thejuniors confronted the seniorslast period. The winner of eachrally moves on to competeagainst each other in the spring.

In order, the fiveevents that made up the rallywere pie-eating, tug of war,dance off, basketball shootout,a n d L i m b o .

At the Freshmen-Sophomore rally the sopho-mores dominated, taking everyevent over the freshmen. Twonotable sophomore perfor-mances came from the danceteam with flawless execution of

their routines and the basket-ball shoot-out participantSamantha Croxford, a memberof the lady Bombardiers Bas-ketball team who scored threeof five baskets; one more thanthe whole freshmen team com-bined!

While the morningrally came and went with ease,the junior-senior rally was adifferent story. The very mo-ment the upperclassmen filledthe stands there was a sense oftension similar to that of RedSox and Yankee fans. The ten-sions only built with the con-troversy surrounding the pie-eating contest.

The rules for theopening event were simple:keep your hands behind yourback and eat you pie faster thanyour opponent. When the firstcontestant finished his/her pie,runners dashed across the gymto their partner to have themstart eating pie.

However, both jun-iors allegedly had their hands

on the table and were thereforedisqualified, giving the seniorsthe early upper hand, which didnot please the junior crowd atall.

“ We thought that thejudges were refusing to judgethe event due to foul language,but in the end they were onlyrefusing to name a winner ofspirit points,” said Ms. ColeenNeslen, adding,“The confusionwas a result of miscommunica-tion between the student coun-cil and the judges.”

The rest of the eventwas neck and neck with bothcrowds losing “spirit points”due to their inappropriateness.After a whole weekend of sort-ing out the mess, the seniors wonby a thin margin, advancing toface the sophomores in thespring.

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All photos taken by: Craig Bonin

Spirit Rally

The weather on ThanksgivingDay was quite rainy and TozierCassidy Field was a mud-pit;perfect weather for the ninety-third rendition of the AHS-NAHS football rivalry. Bothmarching bands and the AHSselect choir performed “GodBless America” to open thegame and both teams had theirhelmets individually decoratedfor the special occasion.

Before the biggestgame and crowd turnout of theseason, AHS Coach KevinDuchenes words to his teamwere, “Leave everything outthere and nothing behind. Giveit your best effort, and that’s allthat we can ask of you. That’sall that you can ask of your-selves.”

With that said, theBombardiers were ready to go.When asked what his feelingswere before taking the field,number 68, Senior and Co-cap-tain Don Smith replied, “Youhave feelings of nervousnessand aggression at the same timebecause you’re a senior and it’syour last game, but the aggres-sion comes from the hatred ofthe other team.”

“You get exited andready to go because it’s such abig rivalry,” said senior David“Cheeks’ Silvera, number 54.

A disappointing firsthalf for the Bombers came andwent, with the Rocketeers up26-0. At halftime both bandsperformed their field show, butwith the bad weather conditions,many people left the stands af-ter the second quarter.

In the second half BigBlue fought hard, scoring twotouchdowns. Despite the best ef-forts of the defense, the Bomb-ers held the Rockets to 33 pointsin the fourth quarter, AHScouldn’t catch up. The finalscore was North Attleboro 33,Attleboro 14.

“The kids played hard.It’s a game of emotion. The se-nior class wants to go out on awinning note. That didn’t hap-pen,” said Duchenes, adding,“This group never quit. Anygame, any adversity (such asinjury and being behind on thescoreboard) they kept fighting.”

For AHS football se-niors, the game was somewhatmore bitter than sweet. They losttheir last game, but after sixmore months it’s on to biggerand better things. “I wish the se-niors the best of hope in the fu-ture. I hope they’ll take the les-sons they learn from footballand use them in college and theirfuture life,” said Duchenes.This loss means that the HildaCup will have remained atNAHS for over a decade.Duchenes hopes to change that.He is already thinking aboutnext year’s team. “To the under-classmen, its time to regroup,keep practicing, and go after itnext year,” he said.

Thanksgiving Day Football Game:Attleboro vs. North Attleboro

All photos taken by: Craig Bonin and Bill Brauneis

Tussle at TozierBy: Craig Bonin

Good JobBombers!

November 25,2004

Thanksgi-ving

Day Game

Halloween is one ofthe most exciting times for kids.Kids love to dress up and getcandy on Oct. 31. Although itseems like a childish holiday,teens in AHS also celebrateHalloween.

Kayleigh Ruff (9) wentto Salem for Halloween last yearas a medieval queen. She said,“I walked around and at mid-night, people dressed up andpartied.”

“On Halloween, Sa-lem is crazy,” said Ruff.

“Halloween in Salem”was an affair that lasted fromOct. 7 until Oct. 31. Every nightthere were different events andactivities for people to partici-pate in.

But people do not haveto go to Salem to have Hallow-een fun. Sam Reyes (12) wenttrick-or-treating in Attleborolast year as a cleaning lady.

Some teens stoppedtrick-or-treating at a youngerage than others did. The lasttime Amanda Baril (11) wenttrick-or-treating was four yearsago when she was in the seventhgrade. “I would rather stay homeand give out the candy to thekids,” she said.

Although many are sadthat Spookyworld is no longeropen, Factory of Terror is ahaunted house in Fall River, MAthat some kids have checked outthis year.

The Factory of Terrorwas open several days in Sept.and most days in Oct. Leah Vose(11) went with a bunch of

friends and said it was reallyscary. “The last room was thescariest because of all theclowns,” she said, adding, “It’sa fun place to go to around Hal-loween.”

Other teens gather onHalloween and have fun spend-ing time together, while somechaperone younger siblingswhile they go trick-or-treating.

This year there werelots of places to go for Hallow-een. In Newport, RI “HauntedNewport” took place the entiremonth of Oct. From hauntedforts to pirate parties to thrill-ing performances, HauntedNewport covered all the Hal-loween fun for the entire monthof Oct.

The Foxboro Jayceeshad a haunted house this year aswell. There were a total of tenrooms to walk through. It is lo-cated in Foxboro, about a 20minute drive from Attleboro.Meghan Grow (11) said, “It wasreally fun, the maze was defi-nitely the scariest part.”

The Jack-O-Lanternspectacular at Roger William’sPark Zoo (RWP) in Providence,RI was another place to go fromOct. 7 through Oct. 31. Peoplewent to RWP to enjoy the sightsand listen to the DJ.

It is true that as wegrow up, we tend to lose inter-est in Halloween. For those ofus who want to, there are stillplenty of places to go and thingsto do during the Halloween sea-son.

Boys tend to not careabout their appearance in schoolyou would think, right? But whenquestioned about their clothing andstyle they came out of their shells.

Guys do care about theirappearance but when asked, mostguys said, “No.”

Eli AceVedo (12) said,”Not really, I’m not going to abeauty pageant.”

On average, guys saidthat they took three to five minutesto get ready for school in the morn-ing. This includes brushing theirhair and teeth and getting dressed.You may think guys wouldn’t wantto take so long to get ready in themorning after getting up so early,but you would be surprised with theamount of guys who do take longerthan five or ten minutes to lookgood for someone or everyone inthe school, everyday.

Doing an informal sur-vey, we asked several studentswhere they shopped.

The popular stores whereteenagers shop in the mall areAmerican Eagle and Abercrombie.Others are Bob’s Stores and OldNavy.

Guys care about clothingprices also. Prices in the stores areunacceptable to the high school stu-dent body. Gavin McKay (12) said,

Take a look aroundyou. You’ll notice a swarmingdiversity of people from allwalks of life. At first everyoneappears different, yet manythings are the same. Every per-son has his or her own likes anddislikes. If you look at their feet,it is no different.

The footwear industryis a multi-billion dollar empire,and since we all need shoes, it’san empire that won’t die downsoon.

From basketball starsto skate boarders, rappers androck bands, it seems that everyknown celebrity has his or herown shoe deal. Why are all ofthese people coming out withUgs, Timberlands, Nike’s,Adidas, and Vans? There is onlyone purpose-Marketing.

On popular televisionstations such as ESPN and MTVthere is never a commercialbreak without a footwear adver-tisement.

Chances are, if you seeyour favorite celebrities flash-ing their talents to sell a pair ofsneakers you’ll most likely buythem.

In 2003, NBA super-

star Lebron James signed a 90million-dollar contract, adver-tising his version of the Cleve-land Cavaliers signature team

shoe <www.lebronjames.com>.Also in 2003, hip-hop su-

perstar Jay-Z’s signature S.Carter Tennis Shoes made salesof 10,000 pairs sold the firstweekend, setting record non-athlete sales for Reebok<www.rocafellarecords.com>.

Vans Footwear hasmultiple shoe deals with rockbands and skaters alike. Theirold school line features shoescustomized with the logo andcolor of the bands that designthem. Among the bands are So-cial Distortion, AFI,Millencolin, and more recentlySlayer. Skaters include BuckyLasek, Tony Trujillo, Steve Ca-ballero, and last but not least,Geoff Rowly .<www.vans.com>.

Students at AHScould care less who they buytheir shoes from as long as theyare “in,” comfortable, and gowith what everyone else iswearing.

After all, you won’tsee anyone jumping for joywhen they hear that the first pairof footwear was worn over800,000 years ago according to

<science news.com>.An informal survey at

AHS of what student’s feet arewearing the most, was taken.From common brands such asNike and Converse to rarebrands like Vision Street Wearand Macbeth (both of which fallinto the “other” category), theshoes seem to vary like thepeople who wear them.

“You will never see mewearing the same sneakers orcolors the next day,” saysLaportia Morency (10) whoowns a whopping 15 pairs of“Chux” (Chuck Taylors, adenim like shoe by Converse).This is fitting because those thatknow Morency would say shewas a walking paintbrush. “I buyevery pair of converse to matchmy shirts and belts,” Morencysaid, adding, “I feel notorious,because I have a flare for fash-ion and a fetish for footwear;and it’s just another pair of kicksto add to my collection.” You are what you wear it seems.Whatever lifestyle you live,there’s a shoe for you that willsend a message to others: Youare an individual.

How Many Shoes AHS Students Have

29%

39%

23%

9%

5 to 10

15 to 25

a few

too many to count

What Shoe Colors AHS Prefers

30%

6%

38%

13%

8%

5%white

green

black

blue

brown

other

One of the many voca-tional shops that AHS offers isWelding, which students enjoy par-ticipating in.

Most of the students inthe shop are guys but that doesn’tmean they don’t want any girls. Mr.John Bodge, Welding teacher said,“There’s one girl enrolled but Iwould like more, the shop is opento all.”

Bodge started in thewelding business on March 5, 1987.Before his welding career he wasin the United States Navy Seabees.He was a steelworker and a welder.In order to get to where he is, hehad to get a teacher certification andpass a four hour, 400 word writtenand practical test.

“Welding is a good expe-rience for the students because theylearn to fix things in everyday life.The average person would usewelding for construction, repairing,research and development,” he said.

When questioned abouthis favorite project Bodge said, “ Idon’t have any. I like to stay busy

and teach the students as much as Ican. Every project is better than thelast.”

A couple of projects thatthe students have done were weld-ing the city sander, making orna-mental burn pits and welding steamtables for culinary. All the studentswork on different projects to getthings done.

When working, they canweld individually or in groups, de-pending on what they are workingon.

Some of the projects thatthe class is currently working onare barbecue grills, tables andbenches.

The students who workon these projects use heavy ma-chinery. Bodge said, “The studentshave experienced every machine inthe fabrication.” A few of the ma-chines used are the power shear, thepower break and mig, tig, and arks.

If the students graduatefrom high school and decide to gointo the welding business, they cancontact the AWS Welding Curricu-lum for a National Certification.

Photos Taken by Tayla Dunn and Allyson Nicastro

Mr. John Bodge

Charts by: Craig Bonin

All Shoe Photos Taken by:Craig Bonin

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Teen HalloweenBy: Anne Laraia

Magnificent WeldingBy: Allyson Nicastro

Photo Taken by: Allyson Nicastro

Studs DudsBy: Tayla Dunn and Allyson Nicastro

“They [clothing] are way overpriced.”

Most guys like to sportthe preppy look, or the look theylike to call “regular.” But when thisquestion was asked a different stylecame about. Curt Karaniuk said,”Curt Style.”

The preppy, or “regular”look is blue jeans and muscle andregular shirts, complemented by

sneakers.One type of shoe most

sported by the guys was Nike alongwith different kinds of boots. Theboot selection ranged from Doc(Dr.) Martins (Martens) to Timber-lands.

Keep your eyes out for thelatest trends set by the male popula-tion of AHS.

Boys Fashion

Shoe Fashion

At Your FeetBy: Craig Bonin

Thanksgiving is a time for giving thanks, getting closewith members of your family and eating lots of delicious foods.Here are some top-notch recipes from Royal Caribbean Interna-tional, to make everyone’s Thanksgiving less of a hassle and moreof an enjoyment.

Let’s start with the appetizers… Seasoned Cracker. Thesecrackers are a quick and easy party snack or could even be used asa side for a cup of chowder or soup. This recipe serves 12, and itsprep time is 10 min, with cooking time of 20 min.

Seasoned Crackers

1 (12 ounce) package oyster crackers1 (1 ounce) package ranch dressing mix½ teaspoon dried dill weed¼ teaspoon garlic powder3/4 cup vegetable oil

The directions are… Preheat oven to 200 degrees F (95degrees C). Mix together the oil and seasonings, then gently mixin crackers. Spread evenly on a baking sheet and bake for 20 min.Turn the crackers over after 10 min and continue baking for an-other 10 min.

With the delicious crackers, your guests may get thirsty.A nice thirst-quenching beverage is Cranberry Tea. This is sweetand tangy and either sugar or equal can be used. Keep it in therefrigerator and drink either hot or cold. The serving size is for 12guests.

Cranberry Tea

3 teaspoons instant tea powder (Nestea)½ teaspoon ground allspice½ teaspoon ground cinnamon½ teaspoon ground nutmeg6 cups boiling water1 (3 ounce) pkg. cherry gelatin1 cup orange juice¼ cup lemon juice

½ cup white sugar

The directions are… Place the instant tea, allspice, cin-namon and nutmeg in boiling water for 5 minutes. Stir in cherrygelatin mix and let it cool. Add the orange juice, lemon juice, cran-berry juice and sugar. Keep mixing until the sugar is dissolved.Serve the tea warm, but keep any extras in the refrigerator.

Everyone always cooks the same dishes… potatoes, corn,carrots, sweet potatoes, stuffing, and squash. But, why not try some-thing new, how about a Fire and Ice Salad? This is a hot and coolsalad that’s good for any occasion. The serving size is for six.

Fire and Ice

6 large tomatoes, peeled and quartered1 green bell pepper, sliced in rings1 red onion, sliced in rings¾ cup white wine vinegar1 ½ teaspoons celery salt 1 ½ teaspoons mustard seed4 ½ teaspoons white sugar 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper¼ cup water1 large cucumber

The directions are…Mix the tomatoes, bell peppers, andonions in a large bowl. Prepare the dressing in a saucepan by com-bining the vinegar, celery salt, mustard seed, sugar, cayenne pep-per, black pepper, and water. Boil for one minute and pour hotdressing over vegetables. Refrigerate until chilled. Before serv-ing, peel and slice the cucumber; add to vegetables and toss.

Now it’s turkey time. A simple but perfect roasted tur-key, seasoned with salt and pepper, and basted with turkey stock,to make the flavors of the turkey really stand out. The prep time is30 minuets and the cooking time depends upon the weight of theturkey. An 18 pound turkey feeds 24.

Roasted Turkey

1 (18 pound) whole turkey (20 min. cooking time perlb.)

½ cup unsalted butter softened Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste1 ½ quarts turkey stock8 cups prepared stuffing

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Placea rack in the lowest position of the oven. Remove the turkey neckand giblets, rinse the turkey, and pat dry with paper towels. Placethe turkey, breast side up, on a rack in the roasting pan. Looselyfill the body cavity with stuffing. Rub the skin with the softenedbutter, and season with salt and pepper. Position an aluminum foiltent over the turkey.Place the turkey in the oven, and pour twocups turkey stock over it. Baste all over every 30 minutes with thejuices on the bottom of the pan. Whenever the drippings evapo-rate, add stock to moisten them, about one to two cups at a time.Remove aluminum foil after 2 ½ hours. Roast until a meat ther-mometer inserted in the meaty part of the thigh reads 180 degreesF (80 degrees C), about 5 hours. Transfer the turkey to a largeserving platter, and let it stand for at least 20 to 30 minutes beforecarving.

After all the work, there is always room for dessert. Theprep time of this delicious recipe is 25 minutes, the cooking time isone hour and 15 minutes. It serves 12.

Maple Pecan Pie Cheesecake

1 ¼ cup graham cracker crumbs ¼ cup sugar ¼ cup margarine or butter melted 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese softened 1 (14 ounce) can EAGLE BRAND Sweetened Condensed

Milk (NOT evaporated milk) 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin3 eggs ¼ cup maple syrup 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg ½ teaspoon salt Maple Pecan Glaze: 1 cup whipping cream, ¾ cup pure

maple syrup, ½ cup chopped pecans, whipped cream and pecan

halves (optional).

The directions are…Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.Mix graham cracker crumbs, sugar and butter. Press on bottomof a 9-inch pan. With a mixer, mix cream cheese until fluffy.Then slowly mix in Eagle Brand until smooth. Add pumpkin,eggs, syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Mix well. Pour overcrumbs. Bake 1¼ hours or until center appears nearly set whenshaken. Cool one hour. Cover and chill at least four hours.

To serve, spoon Maple Pecan Glaze over cheesecake.Garnish with whipped cream and pecans if desired. Pass remain-ing sauce. Store leftovers covered in the refrigerator.Maple Pecan Glaze: In medium-sized pan, combine 1 cup (1/2pint) whipping cream and ¾ cup pure maple syrup to boil. Boilwell for 15 to 20 minutes or until slightly thickened. Then stiroccasionally, and add in ½ cup chopped pecans. Cover and chilluntil served. Stir before serving.

Don’t like cheesecake or you’re lactose intolerant? TryBanana Cranberry Bread. The recipe yields: 2 - 9x5 inch loaves.The prep time is 15 minutes, and cooking time is one hour. Recipeserves 12.

Banana Cranberry Bread

2 ½ cups white sugar 1 cup shortening 3 eggs 3 mashed bananas 1 cup cranberry sauce (gel) ½ cup milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 4 cups all-purpose flour 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

½cup chopped walnuts (optional)

The directions are…Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F(175 degrees C). Lightly grease two 9x5 inch loaf pans. In a largebowl, mix together the sugar and shortening until it’s light and

fluffy. Add the eggs, and mix in bananas, cranberry sauce, milk,and vanilla. Mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon,and nutmeg in another bowl. Beat the flour mixture slowly into thebanana mixture. Put in walnuts, then pour into the prepared loafpans. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes in the preheated oven, or until atoothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack, and cool completely.

Thank you to Royal Caribbean International for present-ing their Thanksgiving recipes. For more recipes go to <http://thanksgiving recipes.com>.

By: Heather Horton

Photos from:www.nais.org.zal/.../imjages/

2002/thanksgiving

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With college applica-tion deadlines just around thecorner, it is important for seniorsto keep a level head and not toget too stressed out about apply-ing to college. It is also equallyimportant for students to keeptheir grades up. Allowingsenoritis to interfere with one’sgrades can create many prob-lems and stressful situationsdown the road, and could pos-sibly hinder the application pro-cess. This article will brieflyoutline the college applicationprocess and will give tips to stu-dents on how they can apply tocollege stress-free by budgetingtheir time accordingly and notslacking off.

College Planning Timetable: AFall Update· By this time of year, stu-

dents should have a list ofcolleges they plan on ap-plying to narrowed down toabout five.

· Students should visit a fewof the colleges on their list.If you have failed to this,now would be a good timeto schedule some last-minute campus tours andinterviews (if applicable).

· You should pay close atten-tion to deadlines, includingboth application and finan-cial aid deadlines, espe-cially if you are applyingearly decision or early ac-tion. (Early decision andearly action are admittanceprograms that allow stu-dents to apply to their firstchoice school at an earliertime so they can receive areply back earlier than withregular decision. When stu-dents choose the early de-cision plan, they must with-draw all other applicationsthat have submitted to otherschools if they are acceptedsince early decision is le-gally binding, whereasearly action is not.)

· You should have alreadyasked your teachers to writerecommendations and fill

out evaluations for you.· You should also have taken

the SATs by now, or at leastsigned up for the SAT I andSAT II (if applicable) testdates. (Reminder: Januaryis the last test date wherethe old version of the SAT’swill be distributed.)

· Make sure that you haveenough credits and all therequirements you need tograduate.

· Go see your guidancecounselor to discuss col-lege plans.

Financial AidChoosing what college

you want to attend can be aweighty and costly decision.Make sure you gather enoughinformation about the collegesyou plan on applying to becauseit could save you and your fam-ily a lot of money in the end!

If you will be a candi-date for financial aid, be sure tofill out the required financial aidforms, which include either theFree Application for FederalStudent Aid (FAFSA) or theCSS/ Financial Aid PROFILE.The FAFSA is the applicationthat most schools require in or-der for students to receive finan-cial aid. It allows students toreceive federally funded finan-cial aid. The form can be filedin its original paper format or

filled out online at<www.fafsa.ed.gov>. (Note:The FAFSA cannot be filed un-til after January 1, 2005 andmust be filed by the financial aiddeadline for the school you areapplying to.)

The CSS/FinancialAid PROFILE is the applicationused by the College Board togive students non-federal finan-cial aid. Many private collegesrequire this form. The CSS/Fi-nancial Aid PROFILE can becompleted online at <http://profileonline.collegeboard.com/index.jsp>.

Applying to CollegeThere are two basic

ways students can apply to col-lege. They can choose to do itthe old-fashioned way and sendtheir application in by “snail”mail, or they can fill out theirapplication online and send it tocolleges via the Internet. Bothways can be done either directlythrough a college or by fillingout The Common Application.

The Common ApplicationThe Common Appli-

cation is the preferred applica-tion format of 255 colleges anduniversities across the country.It allows students to fill out oneuniversal college applicationand send it to all the schools

where they are applying thataccept The Common Applica-tion. However, in addition tofilling out The Common Appli-cation, students are usuallyasked to complete a separatesupplement form for eachschool they are applying to. Al-though most schools require asupplement, not every college oruniversity has a supplementform to go along with The Com-mon Application. The CommonApplication can be filled out byhand or online at<www.commonapp.org>.

Since only 255 schoolsuse The Common Application,some of the colleges you applyto may have their own applica-tion they use for student admit-tance. Keep this factor in mind,along with other details, whenyou look at college admittancerequirements.

Remember, before yousend your college applicationsin to your choice schools, yourguidance counselor must reviewyour materials and fill out theproper forms to accompanyyour application. In order to dothis and send in your applica-tions on time, you must giveyour completed applicationpacket to your guidance coun-selor by the required date.

What are girls wear-ing at AHS? Everything fromsweatpants and sneakers tomini skirts and heels.

No matter what thegirls are wearing they all havea different say on their ownpersonal style.

After interviewing avariety of girls, a majority ofthem said that they preferwearing clothes and shoes thatare comfortable to wear.

“Anything that’scomfortable,” said AmandaWatters (10).

“Jeans, sweatshirts-anything that’s comfortable,but you have to look good ev-ery once in a while,” saidCaitlin Montella (10).

Hoodies, track jack-ets, faded jeans, T-shirts, col-lared long sleeve shirts, andsweatpants are all comfortableas well as fashionable. Youcan locate these items at popu-lar stores such as AmericanEagle, Hollister, Abercrombieand Fitch, Hot Topic, and Pa-cific Sun Wear.

Looking for a pair ofshoes can be quite a challenge.Sneakers that include Nike’sAir Force Ones, Reebok Clas-sics, Converse of all kinds andNike Shocks are all in this sea-son.

These can all be lo-cated at FootLocker, Hot

Topic, Champs and Foot Action.Boots, similar to the originalUgg boots range in color withthe option of a fur brim or asheepskin-like brim. These canbe located at FILIENE’S,American Eagle, CharlotteRusse and Debs. The originalUgg boots can be purchasedonline at <www.uggaustralia.com>.

Some girls are more intolooking good even if it means notbeing so comfortable, like JessicaPhan (10), who said, “Whateverlooks good,” and “Color coordina-tion, like pink!” added Megan Fyfe(9).

When looking forclothes that have more formalstyle purposes over the casual,blazers, ponchos fishnet tights,fringe skirts, scarf belts, studdedbelts, and off the shouldersweaters are all in style this sea-son. Skirts, ponchos, and blaz-ers of all different kinds can belocated at Charlotte Russe,Rave, Rampage, Abercrombieand Fitch and Hollister. Studdedbelts and fishnet tights can belocated at Hot Topic and Tor-rid.

Need a great pair ofshoes to go along with your styl-ish clothes? Stilettos, flats, andplatform boots are definitely infor this season.

Platform boots can belocated at Hot Topic and Tor-

rid, while Stiletto-like heelsand flats can be located atFilene’s, Charlotte Russe andBakers.

Teachers are alsovoicing their opinions aboutteenage fashion at AHS.“Some of the things girls arewearing are more appropriatefor a thirty year old than a highschool student,” said grade 10Dean Brian Downey.

“Some girls are ap-propriate and some girls arenot. I think that it is a distrac-tion to boys and I think that itmakes faculty members un-comfortable,” said grade 10secretary Janet Stott.

The AHS dress codedraws a line with what femalestudents are wearing. How-ever, girls can still be fashion-able without crossing the line

and disobeying the rules.

Family PlanningBy: Christine Vassar

A young girl, fifteen

years old, realizes there’ssomething terribly wrong. Shehasn’t menstruated for acouple of months. She buys apregnancy test and it comesout positive. Now she thinks,“Where do I go from here?”

Family Planning ishere to help. It’s located inAttleboro on 150 Emory St.There is also on site counselingat AHS every Friday in thenurse’s office.

The good thingsabout having a local clinic is thatit is open to all ages and theprices are very affordable. Li-censed physicians, nurse prac-titioners and counseling staff areavailable to help in any situa-tion.

Stephanie Lopez (11)said, “Family Planning is a goodthing for those who want to beresponsible when it comes tosex and their health. Involvingparents will most likely makestudents keep sex a secret, andthat involves ignoring the healthprecautions that will keep themsafe.”

Family Planning triesto educate students about safesex and gives patients a placeto go in case of an emergency.

The clinic provides freecondoms for male and females,free HIV testing, and screeningsfor anemia, high blood pressureand diabetes. It’s also a place toget pregnancy tests, breast ex-ams and treatment for urinarytract infections.

The clinic also givesout Plan B a.k.a. “The Morningafter Pill.” It is only given outwith an appointment though.The clinic also wants to make itclear that Plan B is not a formof birth control.

Antonio Whitfield(11) said, “Plan B will keep girlsfrom having babies at a youngage or even having abortions.”

Family Planning alsooffers birth control pills. Thenurses try to make sure patientsare taking the pill that is rightfor them. If there are any prob-lems with the prescriptions, theyare here to help. The pill cancause different side effects andthe effects should be checked tomake sure they are normal.

The clinic is very con-fidential. For underage patients,those who care about beingcompletely safe, but wouldrather not have their parents in-volved, it’s not a problem. Fam-ily Planning’s prices are low, sostudents who don’t have insur-ance can afford medical assis-tance. Prices range from $0 toas much as $36 for things likefree Chlamydia testing, $11 forGonorrhea testing, and $36 forDepo Provera, which is a kindof contraception.

Family Planning isopen Mon. through Tues. from8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Wed. 1PM-6 PM, Thurs. 10:30 a.m-7a.m., and Fri. 9:30 p.m.-4 p.m.

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What’s Hot?By: Samantha Croxford and Megan Lenhart

Student FashionPhotos taken by: Megan Lenhart

Applying to CollegeMade Easy

By: Stacey Gallotta

Two weeks ago I waswaiting for my teacher to editone of my other articles in jour-nalism class. While she was ed-iting she smiled and said in apoking-fun manner, “If there isone thing you cannot do it’s writ-ing an instructive article.”

Not one to let wellenough be, I replied, “Not onlywill I write such an article, it willbe the best darn instructive ar-ticle you’ve ever read!”

The challenge was is-sued to write an instructive ar-ticle on how to make a pizza,with the idea to involve Eli’sPizza of 99 County Street. I im-mediately accepted.

It is a misconceptionthat what we eat can easily beprepared. Foods such as maca-roni and cheese, oodles ofnoodles, and other lazy-manfoods are a given. But whatabout pizza? Pizza is not hardto make at home, but it is quitethe process for those that makea living out of making pizza.

Eli’s Pizza has beenmaking pizzas for the greaterAttleboro community for 30years. Eli Kandalaft (JoshKandalaft’s (10) grandfather) inthe mid-sixties founded it afterit was a corner store. Since thenit has changed owners twice toits current one, Joseph Kelly,who has run the business with hisextended family since 2002.

According to SerenaAllard, the manager at Eli’s, ifyou were making just one pie allyou need to do is buy one at thesupermarket and put it in theoven and if you do it right itcomes out fine.

“Making pizza at homeis easy enough, but quantity isdifferent. You have to get the in-gredients right,” said Allard,while making the dough for the

pizza, adding, “If you put in toomuch water it gets sticky, toomuch flour makes it too hard.”

That said, the first stepfor making and mass-producingpizza is the dough. Hot water,salt, sugar, oil, and most impor-tantly, yeast (to make the doughrise) are all added to a big bowl.Next flour is added and a bigmachine stirs the contents untilit becomes a doughy substance.Once the dough is finished,Allard is helped in hoisting thebowl onto the table. She thendumped the biggest gob ofdough onto the table that I eversaw. “This is just a small one,”she said.

The dough is thenweighed according to the sizeof the pizza (a medium is 12inches; 12 ounces of dough anda large is 16 inches for a pound).The “small” mass of dough onthe table made approximately75 pizzas!

After weighing, thedough is rolled into a ball inorder to rise, then put in a panto let it rise again. Once thedough has risen twice over, it isput on a pressing pan to flattenit into the pie-shape. It is thenput into the refrigerator, whereit will no longer rise and awaitsthe oven.

The pizza is then aer-ated (holes are poked with aspiked rolling tool) so it canbreath while it’s being cookedand the pans are greased withshortening so the pizza doesn’tstick.

After the pizza is aer-

ated it is ready for the toppings.First is the ladling on of Eli’sown tomato sauce and then it isspread by fingers around theedges so the rim doesn’t burn(only thin crust at Eli’s, accord-ing to Kelly [who?]). Next aretoppings. Onion, mushroom,olives, and even pineapples arejust a few of their toppings. Ichose pepperoni, hamburgerand sausage. The toppings areevenly spread on the pizza.

It is then placed in aconveyer belt oven bigger thana king size bed, where it iscooked for eight minutes at 500degrees. While waiting for mypie to cook, I asked DerekPepicelli (12) how he likesworking at Eli’s. “ I love my job,it’s like paid company [huh?]. Iknow everybody who workshere,” said Pepicelli, a recentparticipant in Mr. AHS.

My pizza was ready tocut. Four clean rolls of the cut-ter and the pizza was served. Inthis case it was going straight tomy stomach. I sat down andwatched the news and enjoyedgreat pizza with a new found en-lightenment and respect for thepizza parlor. Compared to TVdinners, pizza is a lazy man’sfood only for those who pay forand then eat it. But for Joe Kellyand company, the ones whomake that pizza, it’s truly a pro-cess.

If this article has madeyou hungry, dial (508) 222-1824and place an order. Eli’s also of-fers anything from grinders tosalads to full dinners and they

deliver.Teacher’s note: Excel-

lent article, but still not instruc-tive because there are no spe-cific steps to follow to make apizza. But because I understandthat Eli’s can’t share their secretformula to create a pizza, I’llcall it a draw. Big, big thanks toEli’s for their help. I agree - theyhave great pizza.

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The Veterans of ForeignWars sponsors an annual PatrioticAudio Essay Competition forAmerican students in grades 9-12since 1947. All private and publichigh schools in the Attleboro/NorthAttleboro area can compete in thisfirst round.

AHS’s MelissaLeFrancois (12), placed second inthis year’s VFW essay contest. Ms.Adeline Bee, the Journalism andEnglish IV Honors teacher, as-signed the essay to her class. Thetopic Celebrating Veterans Serviceinspired LeFrancois to write abouther grandfathers.

This was the first VFWessay LeFrancois has written andshe says that the people who came

Photo taken by: Heather Horton

up with the essay are nice and thatthey are doing a good deed for thecommunity.

Bee and her studentsgraded the papers and chose theseven best. Then the students re-corded their 3 to 5 minute speeches,labeled the recordings, and sent thetyped unsigned essay with their en-try form. All the recordings had tobe in the student’s voice, withoutmusic, sound effects or back-ground sounds. “I had no idea thatI would place second, I thought itwas just another essay,” LeFrancoissaid.

The Voice of Democracyis the Veterans of Foreign Wars(VFW) scholarship program. Mil-lions of students compete by writ-

ing and recording a broadcast scripton an annual patriotic theme.

The grand prize is a$25,000 dollar scholarship and afour-day trip in June to a youth con-ference hosted by the FreedomsFoundation at Valley Forge, PA, inaddition there is an all expense paidtrip to Washington D.C. in Marchto tour the city, and meet thenation’s leaders.

VWF Second PlaceWinner Mellisa

LeFrancois

VFWBy: Heather Horton

Making and MassProducing Pizzas

By: Craig Bonin

Eli’s PizzaPhotos Taken by: Craig Bonin

Editorial StaffSara ChalifouxAshley GalleryStacey Gallotta

Michelle GreavesJackie KellyRyan Murphy

LayoutMichelle Greaves

Anne Laraia

Faculty AdvisorMs. A. Bee

PrintingGraphic

Communications Department

Lacey BinnsCraig Bonin

William BrauneisLindsey CooperSam CroxfordTayla Dunn

Vikki HartleyHeather HortonKaytie KeaneAnne Laraia

Megan LenhartMavis Lopez

Meghan MurphyScott Myers

Allyson NicastroJessica PavaoJustin Silva

Christine VassarColleen Whalen

EaGlE� s EyEStaff

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There’s a lot of hustleand bustle going on down in theLMC. The librarian, Mrs. JudyHebert, is busy with all sorts ofactivities for all four grades.She has been working with thefreshman class, beginning withlibrary orientations and thenmythology projects. She is alsohelping out the health teacherswith their ninth grade healthprojects.

On that note, upper-classmen are also working ontheir own projects. A few of themain focuses with sophomoresare inventions, the IndustrialRevolution, and a study of thedecades. Seniors are workingon research papers.

It’s sad to say, but theLMC has also been hit by thecity’s budget crisis. Hebert hadto downsize the magazine sub-scriptions from 60 to 31. TheLMC also has no money for newbooks and additional or updat-ing of computer software.

LibraryBy: Michelle

Greaves

The AHS HockeyTeam is preparing to begin theirseason. On Saturday, November13, the Parents for AttleboroHockey Team members enjoyeda comedy night at the SouthAttleboro American Legionwith comedian Michael Petit.The fundraiser was a success,raising over five hundred dol-lars. The team will be sellingtickets for a fifty-fifty raffle atall of their home games. Theteam will be selling KrispyKreme Donuts in the spring andthere will be a Golf Tournamenton September 17, 2005 in orderto raise money.

The players and par-ents went to a meeting on Thurs-day, November 18 to learn aboutthe upcoming season and re-quirements. Tryouts for the teamwill occur the week of Novem-ber 29 at the Brockton hockeyrink. Also planned for this yearis a conditioning clinic, whichwill be held November 26, 27,and 28 at the Rhode IslandSports Center.

The 2004-2005 AHSVarsity and Junior VarsityCheerleaders first priority ischeering for the football andbasketball teams.

The varsity cheer-leaders recently competed at aFoxboro Invitational andplaced first in their league. Thevarsity cheerleaders also com-peted at EAC’s at BridgewaterHigh School in Massachusetts.They did not place but made itto States. The junior varsitycheerleaders exhibitioned atEAC’s.

T h e v a r s i t ycheerleading captains areMeghan Barishian (12), JessicaDesmond (12), and AshleyMills (12). The junior varsitycaptains are Lyndsey Fiore(10) and Christina Henry (10).Good luck girls have a greatseason!

In the multimedia areathere is a new banner to indicatewhere the multimedia section ofthe school is located. It featuresthe artwork of 2004 graduatesEric Wirkerman, Colin Belaney-Young, and Zach Pardy, and cur-rent senior Russell Elmes. Multimedia teacher Mr.Allan Makepeace said, “If noth-ing else, people will now knowwhere the multimedia area is.”

The 2004 AHS Girl’sVarsity Soccer team, led by cap-tains Molly Byrnes, KaityLamb, Anna Sullivan and CoachMary Jean Costa, have six wins,one tie and only two losses. Theseason isn’t over yet as gamesare scheduled through Oct. 30.

The AHS Drama Clubis busy in rehearsals for theirDecember play Picnic at Hang-ing Rock. The production willbe put on Dec. 3 - 4.

They are also busyfundraising for this performanceby selling advertising and goodluck message space that willshow up in the play’s program.If you would like to donate anymoney for the production youmay contact any drama officer.The names are posted on thedrama bulletin board in the pit.Students in the play are: Seniors- Brandon Entwistle , KatieGugliotta, Melissa LeFrancois,Keely Gilmartin, Morgan Fox,Tina Coakley, and Josh Seidlitz.Juniors - Shaeleen Perreault,Allison Girczyc, DanielleCameron, Lauren Bambera, JeffGrenier, Katelyn Schoonmaker,and Joe Lefebvre. Sophmore -Brittany Fiske, VeronicaTumavicus, Angela Kelly,Vanessa Blanchette, BekahKillough, Katherine Fahey, TroyPepicelli, Rachel O’Donnel, andLacey Binns, Freshmen - An-drew Trott, Kyle Eames, andChris Laureno.

The PuckStops Here

By: KaytieKeane

DramaBy: Lacey Binns

SoccerBy: Samantha

Croxford

AHSCheerleading

By: Megan Lenhart

MultimediaBy: Scott Myers

This year the AHS Girls Swim Team is currently 3-4 intheir swim meets. The team’s head coach is Ms. Emily Manionwho is assisted by Mr. Joel Piggott. The captains of the team thisyear are Janice Churchill (12), Andrea Pinto (12), and AmandaPriest (12).

The meets are currently held on Tuesdays and Thursdaysuntil October 28.

The swimmers include seniors Alycia, Bradshaw, JaniceChurchill, Katelyn Galvin, Leah Johnson, Erica Little, RichelleMallett , Andrea Pinto, Rachel Skerker, and Jessica Towmbly. Jun-iors include Tayla Dunn, Sarah Faulkner, Christina Foley, JenniferGagnon, Kali Hosford, Ariana Lepper, Nicole Pepper, MalloryPiggott, and Kerry Sullivian. .Sophomores include Katelyn Bouley,Heather Cheney, Sarah Fredo, Margo Kinnerberg, Taylor Postile,and Angela Sikora. Freshman include Lauren Bamford, SarahCheney, Pricilla Conti, Stephanie Dart, Hanna Faulkner, CorrineFox, Kayla Kershner, Rebecca Little, Briahna Mckinley, CherylMcNamara, Victoria Miller, and Elizabeth Wilson.

The AHS mixed cho-rus is very busy right nowlearning new music for theirconcert on December 9, 2004.

The song selectionfor the winter concert will be“Something Told The WildGeese” by Sherri Porterfield,“Jazzy Old Saint Nicholas”Traditional, arranged by TomAnderson, “Auld Lang Syn”arranged by Jaie T. Chapman,Bev Darling, “Parade of theWooden Soldiers” by LeonJessel, arranged by JudithVaccaro, “GloucestershireWassail” Tradition Old EnglishYule Song, “Bashana Haba’as”Lyrics by Ehud Manor, musicby Nurit Hirsch, “Freedom IsComing”, and “Messiah, Hal-lelujah Chorus” by GeorgeFrederic Handel.The Members of The choir areSeniors Brian Behlmer, SarahBurke, Kevin Darnell, ErinDechene-Birman, JessicaSantos, Christina Sousa, Mel-issa LeFrancois, JeredTrenholm, Toni Wimmer.

The Juniors areNicole Avakain, HeatherBrown, Danielle Cameron,

Chorus LineBy: Vikki Hartley

AHS Girls Swim TeamBy: Tayla Dunn

Megan Flynn, Stephanie Keck,Lindsey May, MeghanMcCarthry, Chela Morin,Rebecca Newberry, ColleenO’Connor, Sheaeleen Perreault,Shawn Robichaud, KatelynSchoonmakeer, Morgan Small,Rebecca Swistak, AlysonVillard.

The Sophomores areChelsea Beckmann, LaceyBinns, Amy Caine, JessicaDean, Brittnay Fiske, BritneyGuzeman, Victoria Hartley,Amanda Haselton, AshleyHosa, Milissa MacCormick,Jennifer Nolan, RechelO’Donnell, Kelly Pearson,Elishan Porter, HannahSimmons, Rechel St Pierre,Veronica Tumavicus.

The Freshman areRyan Arce, Lauren Bamford,Ashley Brunelle, Tanya Carpen-ter, Jamie Delaurier, DesireeEdge, Heather Gary, SophiliaKim, Christopher Lori,Rosemarie Lynch, Alisha Nye,Jessica Poland, KatherinePortter, Curtis Robinson,Kaylee Robittaille, KayleighRuff, Joshua Sikora, ElizabethWilson, Miranda Woods.

VolleyballBy: Anne Laraia

Football Head CoachMr. Kevin Deschenes is respon-sible for the entire football pro-gram, which includes playersand coaches for varsity, juniorvarsity, and freshmen teams.

The records as of Oct.6, are Varsity one win, twolosses; Junior varsity two wins,no loses and one tie; and fresh-man three wins, no loses.

AHS football is off toa great start this year and canhopefully continue to maintaintheir record.

FootballBy: Meghan Murphy

Photo Courtesy of:www.creativecollectiblesny.com/

The AHS Girls FieldHockey season is now over.The team finished with arecord of 7-11. Overall, theseason was a big success, andeveryone played well and as ateam.

Eleven of the playersare seniors and will be missed:Laura Urko, Ashley St.Pierre,Kate Figueiredo, AllisonPiatelli, Tanaja Fleming,Cassidy Gale, Stacy Gallotta,Emily White, Keeghan Schmidt,Nicole Dragun and HeatherHorton.

A banquet will be heldon Nov.17 at the Mansfield Inn.

The AHS Volleyballteam ended their season with a15-7 record this year. Theymade it to the quarter-finals af-ter defeating West Roxbury onFriday, Nov. fifth. They playedthree easy matches to win bestof five games.

Although they lost toBarnstable on Tuesday Nov.ninth, the team ended their sea-son well.

Seniors Kate Charronand Kim Holden both receivedEAC All-Star titles. The ban-quet for the volleyball team willbe held Dec. fifth, rewarding agreat season.

Field HockeyBy: Heather Horton

The AHS Boys Gym-nastics Team season begins onMonday, Nov. 29. The team willuse the remaining part of Nov.and most of Dec. as a practiceperiod to re-vamp their skills.Their practice will be held ev-eryday after school from 2:30 to5 in the small gym. Their firstmeet (which is also the Alumnimeet) will be held Dec. 26 at 7p.m. in the small gym.

Boys GymnasticsBy: Stacey Gallotta

HappyHolidaysfrom theEagle’s EyeStaff!