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Largest Graduating Class in Diman HistoryCongratulations Class of 2015! “Our greatness would be measured by our future successes as members of a global community.”

-Class Valedictorian, Matthew Machado

May/June 2015 A Student Publication

Inside

NHS Ceremony Celebrating Achievements

OVS Ceremony Honoring Vocational Excellence

Prom Photo Gallery

2015 Commencement Congratulations Seniors!

Fresh Genes9th Grade Honors Biology Team Receives National Recognition!

And More

Tradesman - May/June 2015

Contributors:Karina Aguiar ‘16Jackie Audet ‘16Elijah Fullerton ‘18Cassandra Lemay ‘15Marissa Morrison ‘16

Advisors:Mr. Nate ByrnesMrs. Siobhan Santos

Contact:251 Stonehaven Road Fall River, MA 02723 508-678-2891 www.dimanregional.org

Thank You The Tradesman Staff would like to thank you for your readership and support. “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”

- Benjamin Franklin

The Tradesman Staff attending the 2015 Harvard-Crimson Journalism Conference - April 18, 2015Left to right: Cassandra Lemay, Jackie Audet, Karina Aguiar and Elijah Fullerton (not pictured: Marissa Morrison)

Seniors“If you were to experience Diman all over again, what would you do differently?”

You Said...Be better people and

actually study! (C’s aren’t all they’re

cracked up to be).

Cam McCarthy, Robert Billock, Jeremy

Metal Fab

Electronics

Vincent & Co.

No regrets. (However, one wished to have explored plumbing.)

Carpentry

Nicole Amaral

Get involved with SkillsUSA for all 4 years!

Machine Tool

Should’ve been able to work on more per-sonal projects. Out-side of school, more

mudding (off-roading)

Study more and stay away from drama.

Chelsie & Julianna

Health Assisting

Get more peo-ple involved

with SkillsUSA.

Nick Desmarais

Machine Tool

you were asked


Diman’s Top Ten & Awards Night

Matthew Machado of Fall RiverHealth Assisting Son of José and Gabriela MachadoUniversity of Massachusetts Dartmouth Majoring in Nursing

Clayton Golz of SwanseaElectronics TechnologySon of Karl and Michelle GolzUniversity of Massachusetts Dartmouth Majoring in Electrical Engineering

Erin Benoit of WestportGraphic CommunicationsDaughter of Raymond and Kathleen Benoit Bryant UniversityMajoring in Marketing

Mackenzie Valcourt of SomersetGraphic CommunicationsDaughter of Jennifer Valcourt Roger Williams UniversityMajoring in Psychology

Lauren Kerrigan of Fall RiverDental AssistingDaughter of Thomas Kerrigan and Catherine Brown Bristol Community College to study Pre-Radiology, then transfer to Massasoit Community College to study Radiologic Technology

Jonathon Ferreira of SwanseaMachine Tool TechnologySon of Robert and Christine Ferreira University of Massachusetts DartmouthMajoring in Computer Science

Jordon Borges of Fall RiverElectronics Technology Son of John Borges and Eusebia Valcorba University of Massachusetts DartmouthMajoring in Electrical Engineering

Nicholas Desmarais of SomersetMachine Tool TechnologySon of Laurie and Denis Desmarais University of Massachusetts DartmouthMajoring in Mechanical Engineering

Julia Leamy of SomersetBusiness TechnologyDaughter of Thomas and Patricia Leamy University of Massachusetts BostonMajoring in Computer Science

Benjamin Frazier of Fall RiverGraphic Communications Son of Richard and Donna Frazier Bridgewater State UniversityMajoring in Aviation/Flight Training

List of ScholarshipsDiman Parent Advisory Scholarship (PAC)Jose V. Medeiros Memorial Scholarship

Scott A. Andrews Scholarship Brian S. Bentley SkillsUSA Service AwardGary L. Desmarais Memorial Scholarship

Bruce J. Desrosiers Memorial Scholarship William T. Walsh, Jr. Memorial Scholarship

Andrew Dumont Memorial Scholarship Thomas Rodrigues Memorial Scholarship Paul K. McGovern Memorial Scholarship

Diman Alumni Trade Scholarships Gerald Lachance Memorial Scholarship Kyle T. Woodruff Memorial Scholarship

Alan C. Costa Memorial Scholarship Mike St. Laurent Memorial Scholarship

Frank Santos Scholarship VFW Post 5392 Scholarship

Tom Branco Scholarship Jim Martin Scholarship

Highland Neighborhood Association AwardDonald Levesque Memorial Scholarship

Kyle C. Roy Memorial Scholarship Francis J. Quinn Memorial Scholarship

Walter Maslanka & Walter Styes Memorial Scholarship

Ryan Barata Memorial Scholarship

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Diman’s annual Awards Night cel-ebration was held on June 3, 2015 in the Diman Auditorium. Each year, Award’s Night recognizes stu-dents who have fulfilled academic, industry/vocational, community or athletic achievements. The follow-ing students were award recipients: Matthew Machado, Clayton Golz, Julia Leamy, Mackenzie Valcourt, Nicholas Desmarais, Nathan Malen-fant, Kyle Martel and Rebekah Costa. Along with senior award recognition, representatives of un-derclassmen also received an award for their academic achievements: Brandon Terry (Class of 2016), Kimberly Decosta (Class of 2017) and Ian McFarlin (Class of 2018).

Scholarship recipients were: Jennyliz Alvarado, Tanner Begin, Erin Benoit, Jordon Borges, Matthew Cabral, Yes-enia Campos, Daniel Ceurvels, Sam Chace, Alexander Ciccketti, Hailey Cordeiro, Cameron Costa, Justin Costa, Austin Crowninshield, Alisia Custodio, Nicholas Desmarais, Jus-tice Fastino, Jonathon Ferreira, Kayla Gillette, Kyle Hilario, Kate Larrivee, Julia Leamy, Cassandra Lemay, Char-lotte Levesque, Matthew Machado, Michael Medeiros, Megan Murray, Savannah Pacheco, Lacey Perry, Chelsea Neville, Luis Ortiz, Autumn Raposo, Zakkary Rodrigues, Savanah Santos, Aidan Scott, Vannyka Sim and Kyle Tavares.

2015 Outstanding Vocational StudentAwardsBanquet

On May 21st, 2015, Diman celebrated its annu-al Outstanding Vocational Student (OVS) Awards banquet. The OVS Award is given to those students who excel in both their academic studies, and their vocational area. Being able to succeed in both is not an easy task, but they have pushed themselves to the limit and have achieved their goals. They have

May 21, 2015

strong work ethic and effort, and are excellent ex-amples for other students to follow. Determination, hard work, and their academic and vocational ac-complishments have helped to prepare them for the world and the journey ahead, vocational and oth-erwise. The future is certainly bright for this year’s Outstanding Vocational Students.

Richard OteroAutomotive Collision Repair & Refinishing

Lauren KerriganDental Assisting

Zackary SouzaHeating,

Ventilation, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration

Robert SampsonAutomotive Technology

Christopher EricksonDrafting

Jonathon FerreiraMachine Tool Technology

Edmund SalomonsenBuilding & Property

Maintenance

Dylan BarreiraElectricity

Roberto PerezMetal Fabrication,

Welding & Joining

Technologies

Morgan TerceiroBusiness Technology

Clayton GolzElectronics

Kyle TavaresPlumbing

Andre CamaraCarpentry &

Cabinetmaking

Erin BenoitGraphic

Communications

Heather MedeirosPractical Nursing

Part Time

Megan MurrayCulinary Arts

Matthew MachadoHealth Assisting

Jamie FerrisPractical Nursing

Full Time


Prom2015

May 29, 2015



Classof

2015

ATTENTIONJUNIORS!

The deadline to submit your

senior portrait for the 2016 yearbook is

September 30, 2015

Only portraits taken by Mare Studios will

be accepted.



Boys Spring Baseball - VarsityHome Record (w-l-t): (7-3-0)Away Record (w-l-t): (6-2-0) League Record (w-l-t): (6-2-0)Season Record (w-l-t): (13-5-0) Seeding Record (w-l-t): (13-5-0)

Boys Spring Outdoor Track - VarsityHome Record (w-l-t): (5-0-0) Away Record (w-l-t): (1-0-0) League Record (w-l-t): (6-0-0)Season Record (w-l-t): (6-0-0) Seeding Record (w-l-t): (6-0-0)

Girls Spring Outdoor Track - VarsityHome Record (w-l-t): (2-3-0) Away Record (w-l-t): (1-0-0) League Record (w-l-t): (3-3-0) Season Record (w-l-t): (3-3-0) Seeding Record (w-l-t): (3-3-0)

Girls Spring Softball - VarsityHome Record (w-l-t): (7-2-0) Away Record (w-l-t): (6-3-0) League Record (w-l-t): (8-0-0)Season Record (w-l-t): (13-5-0)Seeding Record (w-l-t): (13-5-0)

Boys Spring Baseball - Junior VarsityHome Record (w-l-t): (1-1-0) Away Record (w-l-t): (1-1-0) League Record (w-l-t): (0-0-0) Season Record (w-l-t): (2-2-0) Seeding Record (w-l-t): (2-2-0)

Girls Spring Softball - Junior Varsity Home Record (w-l-t): (1-1-0) Away Record (w-l-t): (0-0-0) League Record (w-l-t): (0-0-0) Season Record (w-l-t): (1-1-0) Seeding Record (w-l-t): (1-1-0)

Bengal Pride — In ReviewScores Courtesy of MIAA.net

Congratulations to all the Bengal

athletes!

The Varsity softball team was undefeat-ed in league play this year with a record of 8-0. Four players were chosen for the league all-stars, Senior Hailey Levesque (pitcher), Junior Katrina Rachel (catch-er), Junior Marissa Matias (shortstop), and Sophomore Stephanie Perron (first base). The team finished the regular sea-son with a record of 13-5 which put them seeded 5th in the South Sectional State Tournament. Diman’s season came to an end when they were defeated by Bourne High School in the first round.

The Diman Boys Track team won the Mayflower League Championship in May 2015. Chico Medeiros (class of 2016), placed 6th at the Division III League State Meet, advancing him to all-states, where he placed 16th in the 100m dash. Also competing at the Division III state meet were Kyle Cordeiro (class of 2016), the 4 x 4 team; Evan Vasconcellos (class of 2018), Matthew Tillson (class of 2015), Joshua Brockman (class of 2016), Cody DaCruz (class of 2015) and Aaron Reed (class of 2016).

VARSITY SOFTBALL

SPRING TRACK

Chico Medeiros

Chelsea Neville Jordan Reis

Ally Toupin


National Honor Society Induction Ceremony

Photos provided by Karina AguiarWritten by Karina Aguiar

The newest members of the National Honor Soci-ety were officially recognized as proud members of the organization on May 16, 2015. These students have worked incredibly hard to earn their spots as official members in this nation-wide organiza-tion. Writing entrance essays, obtaining teacher recommendations, maintaining a 3.0 GPA, and volunteering 15+ hours at numerous events were just some of the requirements of induction. All of this hard work has finally paid off with their well-earned award. Congratulations to all new mem-bers of the National Honor Society!

May 16, 2015

The effect of microgravity on DNA repair enzymes when fixing cancer mutations in the p53 gene The Diman Genes in Space team is being rec-ognized by the International Space Station Lab-oratory, Boeing, and the Genes in Space Team. The Genes in Space Team reviewed 330 entries from more than 700 applicants from across the country. Of these, we were one of 12 proposals that were awarded an Honorable Mention. The team was impressed by the quality, creativity, and innovative nature of our proposal and the experimental design. The team is being award-ed medals and certificates for their innovative work. We are all very proud!

Diman Genes in SpaceMentor: Liss O’Connell

Honors Biology 9th grade students: Kylie Cooper, Dylan Barcelos, Aaron Gouveia, and Nicholas DaRocha

nected with the troubles of these poor Russian Jews. The lead role seemed very comfortable and con-fident in his on stage abilities. I would say he had good reason to as well because his voice resonated throughout the auditorium with a thundering boom. Every dance that was displayed was clearly choreo-graphed expertly. A great example would be a dance in which the ac-tors placed bottles atop their hats and proceeded to go about a very powerful dance, all the while keep-ing the bottles in their place without even a slight wobble. I would say my biggest problem with the production would be that at some moments I found it hard to understand what the actors were saying. It wasn’t their projection that

Diman’s stage was recently used for what has become an unusual use: a play!

In April, Fall River’s Janice MacDon-ald’s Studio Theatre Company and Showbiz Kidz performed Fiddler on the Roof in our auditorium. While the play wasn’t mind-blowing, it was decent. However, the price of admission did seem a slight bit high.The cast all seemed to know their part and at times I felt truly con-

By Elijah Fullerton


Fiddler on the Roof — Student Review

caused this but their pronunciation. At some points words degraded into raw sound which made it harder to understand what was going on. So all in all the Fiddler on the Roof was a good play and, on opening night when the price for students was only five dollars, well worth the mon-ey. After that night however, when the cost was lifted to twenty dollars, I couldn’t help but thinking it was a tad bit overpriced.

New Assistant Superintendent/Principal Kyle Alves may have only been at the job since December, but the last 6 months might be the longest 6 months of his life. “It really is a 24/7 position,” grinned Alves. “I give every parent my cell phone number, so I get phone calls, texts, and emails at all hours of the day. My wife has to tell me to put my phone away,” he laughed.But all the hard work is worth it to the Somerset resi-dent. “I love my job. It really is true that when you love your job, you never work a day in your life,” he said. “It’s all worth the effort when you see kids succeed, when you see staff grow and innovate and make connections with the kids.”“Going forward, we’re trying to build a school commu-nity that’s collaborative, a team that is focused on in-novation in our vocational and academic programs, lit-eracy, communication, developing 21st-century skills, and preparing kids for careers and college,” said Alves.

“Not every kid is going to go to college, and that’s not our mission, but they have to have the skills to catapult themselves to the top of their profession, whatever the profession that they choose to pursue.”Alves looks forward to starting his first full year in the position this September. “Starting the year fresh after having 8 months under my belt is exciting. We have new initiatives starting in the summertime, such as devel-oping a master schedule that’s designed to maximize teaching and learning. We’re going to adopt new poli-cies to ensure that students are in class and not being pulled out for various reasons, that’s very important to me. The other piece that’s critical is to further develop literacy and developing problem solving through math-ematics, plus innovation in the shops.”

Principal Reflections — Year-in-ReviewInterview with Mr. Alves by Mr. Nate Byrnes


David & Rover by Michael David Alvarez

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7/13 - 7/30 Bengal Challenge8/10 - 8/13 Freshman Orientation9/2 First day of school (early release)9/4 - 9/7 Holiday - no school

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