By: Laila Schwin and Valery Warner November 18, 2021 Susan La Flesche Picotte was the first Indigenous woman to earn and receive a medical degree. Throughout her life, she was known for encouraging public health, discouraging drinking within the Omaha tribe, and working to prevent and treat tuberculosis. She also advocated for the protection andContinue reading “Native American Heritage Month: Susan La Flesche Picotte”
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Staff Spotlight: Mr. Becker
Athletic Director By: Morgan Blechschmid and Chloe Rojak November 18, 2021 Chosen for this week’s Staff Spotlight is Mr. Michael Becker! Mr. Becker is the new Athletic Director and the Brooklyn Digital Learning Academy coordinator here at Brooklyn High School. Prior to Becker’s transition to BHS, he spent the past eighteen years in the educationContinue reading “Staff Spotlight: Mr. Becker”
Veterans Day Assembly
By: Alaysia Curry and Daylun Armstrong November 16, 2021 The Brooklyn City School’s Pre-K through Grade 7 building hosted an assembly last Thursday (November 11) to honor Veterans Day. Local veterans were invited to the assembly to talk to staff members and students. Kids were asked that if they had any family members who wereContinue reading “Veterans Day Assembly”
Girls Basketball Preview: 2021-2022
By: Jaiden Basinger, Tyler Elzholz, and Jose Nazario November 16, 2021 After coming off of a 5-9 season, the girls basketball team looks to bounce back in a strong fashion. The girls basketball team is excited about this season, especially after the hiring of Head Coach Jonathon Holko. Coach Holko used to lead the boysContinue reading “Girls Basketball Preview: 2021-2022”
Staff Spotlight: Mr. Rademaker
Teacher: ELA By: Morgan Blechschmid and Chloe Rojak November 11, 2021 Chosen for this week’s Staff Spotlight is Mr. Ken Rademaker! Mr. Rademaker is an ELA teacher here at BHS. This year marks number 22 for him at BHS, too. He is known by many of his students for his ability to balance out theContinue reading “Staff Spotlight: Mr. Rademaker”
Native American Heritage Month: Jim Thorpe
By: Valery Warner and Laila Schwin November 11, 2021 James (Jim) Francis Thorpe was the first Native American in the United States to win an Olympic gold medal. He was a member of the Sac and Fox Nation, specifically a Sauk community, and lived on their native territory in what is now the state ofContinue reading “Native American Heritage Month: Jim Thorpe”
Boys Basketball Preview: 2021-2022
By: Jaiden Basinger, Tyler Elzholz, and Jose Nazario November 9, 2021 After coming off of a dismal 1-15 season, the boys basketball team is looking to bounce back for an exciting and successful 2021-2022 campaign. The optimism for this team revolves around the return of Head Coach Jeff Shepherd, who came back to Hurricane NationContinue reading “Boys Basketball Preview: 2021-2022”
Mentoring: A Bright Future Awaits
By: Alaysia Curry and Daylun Armstrong November 9, 2021 Do you remember that one mentor who went out of the way to provide you with guidance, direction, and assistance to help shape your future? Here at BHS, seniors in the College and Career Planning class are involved in a very beneficial mentoring program. Students choseContinue reading “Mentoring: A Bright Future Awaits “
Native American Heritage Month
By: Laila Schwin and Valery Warner November 5, 2021 November 1, 2021, marked the beginning of National Native American Heritage Month in the United States. November has been nationally-recognized as Native American Heritage Month by presidential decree since 1990, although the history of the month can be traced farther back to individual states and theContinue reading “Native American Heritage Month”
Staff Spotlight: Mrs. Cipriani
Teacher: Choir and Music By: Morgan Blechschmid and Chloe Rojak November 5, 2021 Chosen for this week’s Staff Spotlight is Mrs. Kimberly Cipriani! Mrs. Cipriani has been teaching here at Brooklyn High School for the past fourteen years. She teaches a wide range of different age groups; she is a choir teacher for the olderContinue reading “Staff Spotlight: Mrs. Cipriani”
Matilda
By: Alaysia Curry and Daylun Armstrong November 4, 2021 The Brooklyn High School Drama Club unveiled their 2022 Spring musical, the 1996 Disney classic: Matilda! This film tells the story of Matilda, who is a very gifted girl and forced to put up with a crude, distant father and mother. Agatha Trunchbull, who is aContinue reading “Matilda”
Historic Playoff Run Comes To An End
By: Jaiden Basinger, Tyler Elzholz, and Jose Nazario November 4, 2021 This past Saturday, the Brooklyn Hurricanes traveled to Elmwood, Ohio, to take on the Elmwood Royals in the first round of the OHSAA state playoffs. Reaching the playoffs for the first time in school history, the Hurricanes quickly realized how difficult playoff football was.Continue reading “Historic Playoff Run Comes To An End “
THE RETURN OF THE EYE 