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15203 S. Pulaski Rd. Midlothian, Illinois 60445 Volume 57, Issue 6 May 16, 2011

Cinco de Mayo celebration reaches diverse populations

by Lisette BeltranEcho reporter

Contrary to popular belief, Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independent Day. In fact, it is a holiday in remembrance and celebration of the victory in the Battle of Puebla. On Thursday, May 5th, Bremen had a Cinco de Mayo celebration that showed true Latino culture. Sponsored by Mrs. Ar-güelles, in cooperation with Ms. Giron, the celebration included authentic tacos, Mexi-can drinks and desserts. There was also a DJ who provided the attendees with a mix of different Hispanic music to dance to. “I was expecting about 100-150 peo-ple to show up even before we announced it” stated Mrs. Arguelles, Spanish teacher. To everyone’s surprise, there were actually about 400 people that showed up to cele-brate this Mexican holiday! “There were people of all ages! Families, friends, kids, Bremen kids and

teachers (attended the event)” exclaimed Arguelles. Another part of the celebration was a special dance, choreographed by Mrs. Gi-ron. There was also collaboration between the district schools. The group of teens in-cluded some from Bremen as well as some from Oak Forest High School. Arguelles added, “It was a great learning experience for us. Bremen kids got to work together with our ‘rivals’ from Oak Forest.” The DJ played an array of Mexican and American music. When the dance floor was open, people did not hesitate to get up and dance! “It was great! My favorite part was when everybody started dancing.” said Bre-men student MeAhnna Evans. Arguelles added, “It was fantastic! I can’t wait to do it again next year!”Overall, Bremen’s Cinco de Mayo Celebration was a huge success, exposing others to the rich Mexican culture through music and food.

Programs reward students’ behavior

by Omar GordilloEcho reporter

With great achievement, comes great reward. Many Bremen students take pride in all that they do at school proving the Bremen motto of “We Have Pride” to be true! It is a goal of many students at Bremen to earn an education and not only meet expectations, but exceed those expectations. Helping promote good grades, atten-dance and behavior is a continual process en-forced by many staff members at BHS. One way to reinforce the student success is what is known as “Braves Bash.” At the end of every year, Bremen hosts its Braves Brash to reward those who rarely take trips to the deans’ office and have flawless disciplinary logs. Events like these encourage students to exceed! Students who are constantly down at dean’s office suffer the consequences. “When we find ourselves dealing with more issues, our task is to find a way to fix that,” Dean Curtin states. “Braves Bash” is an event to do just that! This year’s Braves Bash was held May 12. More than 650 students qualified for this fun-filled event. Braves Bash is already in the works for next year as well. For the 2011-2012 school year the bash will not only include the exami-nation of behavior logs, but it will also include beneficial factors for those who are academi-cally successful. The objective of these changes is to reach kids. The very purpose behind honors assemblies is to encourage the fraction of the student body that aren’t being honored to achieve these ranks and become the great stu-dents the teachers and deans want them to be. Hopefully, Braves Bash can also encourage students to exceed, in body and mind.

photo by Lisette BeltranStudents from Bremen and Oak Forest high schools perform a special dance at the Cinco de Mayo celebration in Bremen’s gym.

Best of Luck

Class of 2011!

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StaffLisette BeltranMike BurbattTamar Carter

Tia DavisLaura GonzalezOmar GordilloHope Liddell

Jayneisha MarshallJose Ramos

AdvisersMs. Jen IntiharMs. Jen Dwyer

Editor PolicyThe opinions expressed do not necessarily represent the views of the faculty, staff, or administration of Bremen Community High School. Letters to the editor can be emailed to bremenecho@yahoo.com and are subject to editing for length.

Page 2 News Bremen High School

Edwards wins first place in Congressional Art Competition

by Omar GordilloEcho reporter

Demi Edwards recently had the honor of winning the Jesse Jackson Jr. Congressional Art Competition. Demi, along with about 40 other competitors, sought to win the competition. The win-ner would have their submitted art piece on display in Cannon Tunnel for a year. “I still can’t believe it,” Edwards says. “It hasn’t regis-tered to me. Maybe it will on the plane.” In addition to having her

work displayed, Edwards won two plane tickets to actually see it in Cannon Tunnel at Wash-ington DC. The piece itself, entitled “Glamorous?,” carried a central theme. “The reality of today is that smoking, although often portrayed by a number of icons as sexy, is actually both ugly and nasty,” Edwards said. “The piece depicts the sharp con-trast between the expectation of smoking and its reality.” Edwards selected said theme because of the personal conflicts she has witnessed with

her family and friends. Demi Edwards is the first at Bremen to win first place in the Jesse Jackson Jr. Congres-sional Art Competition. Other students have competed before and have only reached second place and honorable mention. Mrs. Reid was proud to share the moment with Demi’s family the moment Demi her-self found out. “My mom was bawling her eyes out!” Edwards said. Demi hopes to travel with her mother to DC over the summer to see her award-win-ning work on display.

Visitors admire artwork displayed in the Bremen IMC.This year’s Advanced Placement Studio Art show was held on May 4. This is the 13th year that the show has been in existence. The show featured outstanding artwork of 14 students, many who have been accepted to art programs in college.

photo submittedBremen senior Demi Edwards poses with Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and her award-winning piece “Glamorous?” The piece will be displayed in Cannon Tunnel in Washington, D.C. for the next year.

photo by Lisette Beltran

Page 33rd Quarter Honor RollMay 16, 2011Honors

With Distinction

SENIORSDerell CarterDiane Deanda

Berenice DezhaAshley Dudek

David GonzalesPaul Janke

Harmony JohnsonChiara Mantovani

Miguel MejiaJames Miller

Shaquille ReedAbeni SalcedoLance SimpsonMelissa Timms

Aaron Washington

JUNIORSMelissa BullardDaisy Gamez

Jane GrossShanelle MooreMakina Moses

Kelly PilnyMalachi RhodenAalliah Robinson

SOPHOMORESJesus Aguilar

Marielisa AvalosTamar Carter

Vanessa CortezZachary Crim

Jamie DuckwallJuan Garciavalle

Cheyenne HushkaJayneisha Marshall

Allison MilenMariana OrozcoKara O’SullivanMikaela PikorzKelly RampageAndrea Salcedo

Jasmine Sparrock-CookArielle Tyus

FRESHMENAurora AguilarAlexis AlzonaKarina BarbanLatiana Bell

Jesus Benitez-GorostietaTiara Brazier

Marco KirkwoodBenjamin Loza

Jonathan MayorosHanah NelsonLuis PachecoMichael PilnyJesus Reynoso

Alex SavalaJasmine Silva

Lorena VillanuevaJacob Zarobsky

High Honors

SENIORSAlexa Athans

David BadagliaccoBriana Bienkowski

Terry BookerLauren Boulden

Kassandra CarbajalYasely Carrera

Santiago CazaresPedro Chavez

Brandon CottrellAngela Czub

Daisy Diaz-Diaz

Justin DoyleSean Doyle

Edgar EspinosaRandi FeltzJael Gordon

Crisstian HernandezNicole HulseySergio Lopez

Hannah MatthysJerome Montgomery

Jasmin OldhamLeann Powers

Fernanda PradoCarissa Ramirez

Christopher ReevesErik Segoviano

Jose SerranoD’ Andre Slaughter

Dillon SmithElizabeth SolisAdrian SteeleDrew Strom

Raechel StruebingJose Unzueta

Priscilla VazquezLindsey WallaceMichael WilkeNolan Woods

JUNIORSJesus Ahumada

Alejandra AraizaArianna Bell

Christina BravoTracy BulthuisKelley Cohn

Emily DillmanAngela Eubanks

Molly FeilSamantha GageTaylor Galvin

Georgina GramontJeffrey Green

Yahaira GuerreroRobin Hawkins

Sarah KrygowskiKorey Little

Edward LongSeth McClerklinKalin McKean

Kaila Milham-CassinMagdalena MunizDamien MurilloBrandon Ochoa

Nora PerezAnalis RamirezNoel SandersSarah SkelleyDanica SmithDanqua SmithDavid SmithRobert Smith

Juan TapiaJessica Valenzuela

Fatima VargasBrian WaddellRamon Wade

Ayuanna WashingtonZakia WilliamsMychelle Willis

Agnieszka Zawadzka

SOPHOMORESMaria AguilarNoemi AguirreLindsey BakerMichael Bereta

Terry BeretaShelby BodieCaitlin Christ

Courtney CurtisJermone Daniels

Ludibina Delarosa

Donald DreherJennifer Escobedo

Mario GarciaElizabeth GonzalezElizabeth GunakaMargaret Hayes

Angelica HernandezCynthia HolderMichael HolmesMarcus HubbardKhadijah IbrahimAlexis JannottaQuinn JohnsonHope LiddellBria Marley

Jacob MatthysBenjamin Mickley

Ricky OlsonRushhil PatelElliot Peralta

Stefanie PoschGina PusateriKelly ReganAlina RiveraJulia Schultz

Brayer SerratosMatthew SessionsDemetrius Shelton

Joceline SilvaRaven Standfield

Alejandra TehandonJacqueline TieriDelia Ventura

Berenice VillagomezViviana VillegasSelena WilsonAsia Winters

Maria Zambrano

FRESHMENKaitlin AltonThomas AlvaNancy Avalos

Tyler BanovichMark Barr

Brittney BlackMichelle Borgman

Luke BullardNelly Campos

Emily CastanedaAlexis CerritoJeravon Cotten

Tia DavisFatima Delarosa

Luis Delgadillo-SilvaAmanda Demario

Jada FigginsAngelica Figueroa

Chaya FlassigEmmanuel Flores

Angel GarciaIsaac Gary

Emanuel Gelfo SanchezSean Grant

Jeremy GreenMorgan Hampton

Khayla HargisJose Hernandez

Alexander HumekMarisa LittleDaisy Lozano

Brandon LuongAdrian Macias-James

Raquel MaganaJessica Marquez

Magdalena MartinezAlliyah MasonYesenia MejiaSonia MelchorAlex Mendez

Kenneth MooreRamon MosquedaAriana Neiheisel

Montell Nelson-SillerJuan PantojaPedro Perez

Daniele PoschSarah PowersKarla Quiroga

Nicole QuitmanTakia Reese

Shamira RollandCecilia SandovalJuan SepulvedaChristyle SmithWuraola Sosina

Kaylie StandfieldTimothy Torres

Noemi VacaMelanie VazquezTatyana WhittlerJacob Widstrom

Jacqueline Zuniga

Honors

SENIORSKyra AlexanderLauren Bezlaj

Leandreia BlakemoreMia Brown

Amber BuchananDeonte ColemanHector ContrerasElizabeth Dias

Joshua DominguezDemi EdwardsEvan Ericksen

Kassandra EspadaKyle Esparza

Nicholas FabianEnrique Fernandez-

MoralesShanequa FigginsBaltazar GalarzaAndrea Garcia

Veronica GarciaRoosevelt GordonGlenn HamptonTaryn Harmon

Hannah JohnsonUnieceia Knight

Robert LewisLonzo LiddellJosue LopezRyan Misner

Betzabeth MontoyaClairsa MorrisRichard NowakLeann QuinonesChantal RamirezIbonne RamirezJamie Rodriguez

Melissa RosenthalNigel Sams

Samantha SantiagoRebeka Simkute

Frank SotoJoshua Stewart

Timothy StofferahnMarco Vargas

Suzly VillanuevaNicole WatkinsSarah Webster

Jason Widstrom

JUNIORSJonathan Allen

Fernando AvalosDeandreale Bailey

Laymondt BlakemorePaige BoulaisBrian BravoRyan Carr

Maria CarrilloStephanie Carter

Julio ChavezCedric Clemons

Kelly CluckTyrone ColemanAlexandrea Cook

Kasheia CookJohncarlo Covarrubias

Kaitlyn D’AndreaFred DiryawishMegan Doran

Amanda DornerNicholas Faltisek

Jonqis FillyawAlexis FischlJuan Flores

Randy GanzelMelanie GerhardtLaura GonzalezOmar Gordillo

Madeline GouldingAraceli GuevaraDiana GutierrezCuoy HarmonTeresa Herrera

Walter HillDylan Howe

Nyesha JenkinsJose JimenezKelly LendiAna Magana

Emmanuel MaldonadoChristopher Meziere

Ronisha Parker-JohnsonLuis Parra

Miguel PimentelJamicka Price

Alexis ProvancalKaryn RamirezDavid SanchezTaylor SandersOlivia Sartin

Justin SimmonsJeremy Svihula

Cierra ThompsonArmando Villanueva

Tyler WoodkeChanille WoodsDeanna YoungYvette Zuniga

SOPHOMORESKhalial AbramsTodd Andrews

Kelseanna BarnesCasey Bohannon DavisKaylia Brown-Jackson

Darren CabreraEduardo CerdaBryan Costello

Nicholas DeemsJocelyne Dominguez

Diana EnriquezAshley Epps

Ariel FeregrinoJessie Fiedler

Ariana GallardoMichael Gosnell

Dominique GuzzonatoKevin Lorz

Destiny MainorTyreanna Martin

Amaranta MartinezTimothy McDowell

Mercury MillerMarco MontesPatricia Mora

Briana MorganValente Munoz

Paris MyersAmaris Ocon

Jazmine OverstreetFrancinet PerezVictor Ramirez

Nicolas RamosMario Rivera

David RobinsonSelena SandovalErnesto Santillan

Savannah SchofieldLaceann Studnicka

Luisa TorresMilton TorresBrittany TovarLavell Vallery

Jael VegaAeradise Veley

Eric West

FRESHMENEduardo Aceves

Alfred AdekahunsiRosaura Amezcua

Benson ArceoCynthia Arriaga

King AssafMegan BanasiakMarkeisha Banks

Alena BeachOmar BraxtonHerbert BurdenChristian Burton

Bernardino CarreraKaris Jamal Conner

James DeatesEmerald Dee

Christopher DiazAlma Diego

Chanel DriverRebecca DryanLindsey Dudek

Emmanuel EsparzaJulie FaltisekDaijah FaustAna Frank

Nestor GarciaElizabeth Garrison

Darius GaryEmily GerhardtGabriela GomezJesus GuzmanBridget Hayes

John HenryGenaro HernandezJemilyn HernandezFrancisco Herrera

Peter HerreraDanijah JohnsonValencia Johnson

Devon JonesThomas Kaniewski

Keith KendrickKaitlin Lovrich

Michael MartinoGavriel McClerklinAlejandro Mendez

Justin MeziereLatrice Montgomery

Alondra MorenoJaquelyn Murillo

Briana OlsonKishan Patel

Daniel PowersRaul Ramos

Luis RodriguezJozlyn Santana

Nicholas ScarpinatoSyndel Serratos

Joseph StackJeremy TaylorMariah Taylor

Nicholas TheilgaardIsaiah Trella

Nakya WallaceThomas Walton

Josh WickJohn Winnie

Page 4 News Bremen High School

by Hope LiddellEcho reporter

Attention all “ECHO”, “ECHO”, “ECHO” readers…… next year the Echo Newspaper will be launching an online Echo website!!! Not only will students and staff be able to read the newspaper regularly like they have been doing, but they will also have access to it online as well. Much credit is given to freshman, Ja-cob Zarobsky whose idea was to create this website. “The whole goal of creating a web-site for the Echo was to bring a greater feel-ing of unity among the school. In addition, creating the website helps to spread the news about what’s happening at Bremen,” says Zarobsky. The creation of the Bremen Echo Website is fairly technical; it was created on open source technologies that are made for an enjoyable experience for writers and readers alike. For more tech-savvy users, the Echo website uses a Word Press and Buddy Press backend with a Citizen Kane theme for an enjoyable reading experience. The website also gives readers the opportunity to comment on, or even discuss, their opinions about the articles written. This will help the authors/reporters know what the school prefers to read more. Also, communication will increase and possibly be eligible for students to share. Moreover, we believe this website just may be exactly what is needed to in-crease the attention span of our readers and allow more people to get more involved with the Bremen Echo. The website offers more to students than they think, and is beneficial in many ways. Zarobsky said “We hope to add a so-cial network right from the start; but that’s still pending district approval.” The school can look forward to en-hanced interactivity, more income from ad-vertising, and a more unified school.

by Omar GordilloEcho reporter

Stitching together a magazine is a task within itself. The Oracle staff puts much effort into not only composing the annual magazine, but also puts energy into selecting the pieces and works that are actu-ally published….and the group, as well as the group advisor all truly seems to enjoy doing this! “Working with the Oracle staff is something I really enjoy. This group of kids is just amazing…not only are they creative and talented in the arts, but they are hard working kids who are involved in other ac-tivities, sports, and jobs as well.” says Mrs. Sala, the Oracle advisor. This year the staff members include Molly Feil, James Krech, Emily Dillman, Omar Gordillo, Chancey Contreras, Emily Smith, and Julie Faltisek. The Oracle group started entire pro-cess this year by prompting for submissions. The Oracle staff meets and goes through an entire binder that consists of poems, songs, and narratives. Ultimately, only a few are selected through individual voting. The next step is to publish the chosen works. After voting, the most difficult part in the development begins- layout. The pro-

gram itself is an intricacy. Molly Fiel is def-initely talented as far as designing goes; she can be credited with designing the layout from scratch. It is quite a geometric chal-lenge to fit longer poems onto a page. “By the time we get all of our sub-missions, we are well into the final quarter of school. Now, it’s CRUNCH TIME! Lay-out of all the works is pretty involved in desktop publishing,” Mrs. Sala elaborated. The last phase of publishing is the actual printing process. “The actual printing is a slow, laborious process. The punching and binding is the fun part, mostly because you get to manipulate the final product to its fruition,” said Sala In the end, a magazine of about one hundred pages is sold. The art within the pages consist of pieces done in pencil, pen & ink, printmaking, pastel, oils, acrylics, plaster cloth, paper maché, ceramics, col-ored pencil, paper mosaic, scratch board, and mixed media. As for the written work, the maga-zine is mainly comprised of poems that fall under all sorts of categories. “Once the magazine is complete, it’s going to look incredible. I am humbled by the talents of the Bremen artists and writ-ers,” exclaimed Sala.

Literary mag shows many levels of student talent

Echo to launch new website next school year

Join the 2011-2012 Echo staffWe need dedicated reporters, photographers, page designers, and copy editors.

See Ms. Intihar (room 148) or Ms. Dwyer (room 143) for an application.

The Oracle is coming!Bremen’s literary magazine will be available for purchase

Tuesday, May 17. For just $ 5.00, you can purchase a collection of the best creative writing and artwork

done by the students of Bremen High School! See an Oracle member or Mrs. Sala in the IMC to get your copy!

Can you sing? Play music? Act? Recite poetry? Rap? Oracle’s Annual Open Mic will take place on

Wednesday, May 18th during 5th, 6th, and 7th periods!!* See junior Chancey Contreras or Mrs. Sala in the

IMC to get on the set list! Got talent? BRRRRING IT!!!

*All published authors and artists of The Oracle will be invited to the Open Mic. Other students may purchase

tickets for $ 1.00 to attend during lunch/study halls.

Oracle’s Annual Open Mic

Page 5Senior SpotlightsMay 16, 2011

Arily Chavez Nickname: Arlo Year in school: Senior Birthday/sign: Dec. 20/Sagit-tarius Birthplace: Riverside, California Family: 5Job: Smith Crossing Activities/Sports: Soccer Hobbies/Special Talents: Doing hair Hero and why: Mom. She always gives it her all in life; al-ways knows how to help me out Plans after high school: Finish-ing beauty school and going to college College: Prairie State College Major/Minor: Nursing Career Goals: To work at a children’s hospital Best advice you ever received: Live life to the fullest If you could give anyone ad-vice, what would it be?: My brother, to never give up in life Something unique about your-self: I attend beauty school, also work while in high school Favorite class and why: FCCLA We learn about many interesting facts Favorite teacher: Mrs. Mack Favorite group/singer/song: Justin Bieber Favorite TV show: Law & Or-der SVU Favorite sport/sports figure: Soccer Favorite sport to play: Soccer and volleyballWhat will you miss about Bre-men?: The football games and friends

Demi Marie Edwards Year in school: Senior Birthday/sign: Dec. 3/Sagit-tarius Hometown: Denver, Colorado Family: 1 older sister, 2 younger brothersJob: Cashier at Gum Wah Activities/Sports: Volleyball (Freshman year), Art Club, Photo Club, Band, Student Council, Pep Club, Snowball Hobbies/Special Talents: Play the trumpet for 8 years + love to draw, paint, or anything art relatedHero and why: Elliette Edwards (older sister), she is always there for me no matter whatPlans after high school: To at-tend South Sub for 2 years then attend 4 year university, most likely Columbia College: South Suburban College Major/Minor: Art Career Goals: Field in Art Favorite class and why: Art because I plan to have a career in Art Favorite teacher: Mrs. Reid Favorite group/singer/song: 30H3!Favorite TV show: Raising GraceFavorite sport/sports figure: football/ Steelers/ Troy Polamalo Favorite sport to play: Volley-ball What will you miss about Bre-men?: My teachers/ friends/ awesome moments/ Art/ BAND!

Mitchel Andrew McGowan Nickname: Mitch Year in school: Senior Birthday/sign: Oct. 13/Libra Hometown: Midlothian Family: Jenny (mom), Reagan (dad), Megan (sister)Job: Student Activities/Sports: Diving & DramaHobbies/Special talents: Can do a bunch of flips on trampolines and diving boards Career Goals: Becoming rich and famous as an actor!Hero and why: God, he’s the only one who can save me in the end Plans after high school: Col-lege, if not just a regular job Best advice you ever received: “Life is a garden-dig it!” If you could give anyone ad-vice, what would it be?: Make the most of every day because life is too short to let it just waste away Something unique about your-self: I’m crazyFavorite class and why: Per-forming Arts because we get to act and I like acting Favorite group/singer/song: No particular group or singer, but my favorite song is “I Made It” by Kevin Rudolph, Lil’ Wayne, Bird-Man, and Jay Sean Favorite TV Show: RAW/SMACK DOWN! Favorite sport/sports figure: Pro Wrestling Favorite sport to play: Amateur Wrestling and diving

Sean Edward Doyle Year in school: Senior Birthday/sign: March 25Hometown: Midlothian Family: Mom, dad, sister, twin brother Activities/Sports: Cross country, track, & bowling Hobbies/Special Talents: World of Warcraft Hero and why: Christ Jesus. He died so I am qualified to go to heaven Plans after high school: Col-lege, get a job, and get a licenseCollege: South Suburban Major/Minor: Accounting Career Goals: Be an accountant in a major city Best advice you ever received: Do the best you can every day.If you could give anyone ad-vice, what would it be?: Do your best regardless of what people say. Something unique about your-self: I like to run. Favorite class and why: Math because I like numbers.Favorite teacher: Ms. Lukareski Favorite group/singer/song: Taylor Swift Favorite TV show: CSI: Los Vegas Favorite sport/sports figure: Cross-country Favorite sport to play: Bowling What will you miss about Bre-men?: All the great teachers

compiled by Omar Gordillo

Bremen Spring Craft and Vendor Show

When:Saturday, May 21st9am - 4pm

Where: Bremen High School

Come check out more than 100 vendors

The Bremen Cheerleading program will be hosting this event in order to raise funds for their upcoming season.

Page 6 Bremen High SchoolNews

by Tamar CarterEcho reporter

The time had come yet again for the Bremen Theatre to showcase another won-derful play. I do have to say that this year’s spring play, Aladdin Jr., was outstand-ing. Those of you who did not attend truly missed out on great acting, singing, and lots of humor! It may be hard to believe, but it had been four years, yes four, since a musical had been performed at Bremen. Drama director, Mr. Andrew Rybarczyk said, “I thought it was time to do a musical.” Based off my opinion of the show, Rybarczyk cer-tainly made the right choice. Of course every stage production requires countless hours of hard work, but musicals demand even more effort. There’s staging and lighting, set decorating, micro-phone checks, wardrobe, and makeup prep-arations. All of this, and you still have to master dance steps and songs! Speaking of songs, “Prince Ali” was by far the most difficult to perfect for the play according to Rybarczyk. There were so many different people involved in that number so it took more time. The long hours of practice proved to be worthwhile because every musical number kept the au-dience engaged in the show. A personal favorite song of mine from “Aladdin” was “A Whole New World.”

The Bremen actors who performed as Prin-cess Jasmine and Aladdin definitely did those characters justice with their stellar performances. The technical crew did an amazing job incorporating the ever-popular flying carpet during this song. The illusion possibly had the audience feeling as if they were flying through the starry night sky, too. Additionally, the beautiful costumes looked as if they could have come straight from the original movie! The costumes were actually “imported from India.” in-formed Rybarczyk. Talk about going the extra exotic mile! There is some new insider news to report to you Echo readers regarding the drama department next school year. “We’re going to have a secret play in the fall”, Rybarczyk revealed. This is a big deal because it is something new. The title of the production will be announced on the drama blog before the end of the 2010-2011 school year. Also, the Zombie High School will return again next year. However, there is a twist-the theme is “Prom Night.” This will be a continuation of the previous year’s event. There’s so much to look forward to already. Finally, I encourage you to support your fellow Braves in the drama depart-ment. If you don’t, you will miss out on witnessing remarkable talent.

Aladdin Jr. musical brings audience to New World

The cast of Aladdin Jr. performs the final scene of the musical, marking the end of a long season of practice. The cast put in countless hours from February through April to prepare for the musical.

photo submitted

Executive BoardBrian Waddell, President

Chancey Contreras, Vice PresidentJerosem Esparza, SecretaryAdeyemi Sosina, Treasurer

Senior Class of 2012Chanille Woods, President

Taylor Kaniewski, Vice PresidentTracy Bulthuis, Secretary

Alexis Dee, TreasurerLisette Beltran, RepresentativeSamantha Gage, Representative

Agnieszka Zawadzka, RepresentativeJonqis Fillyaw, RepresentativeOlivia Sartin, Representative

Junior Class of 2013Ben Mickley, President

Lindsey Baker, Vice PresidentQuinn Johnson, SecretaryAllison Millen, Treasurer

Vanessa Cortez, RepresentativeBryan Costello, RepresentativeCourtney Curtis, Representative

Michelle Raygoza, RepresentativeTamar Carter, Representative

Sophomore Class of 2014Thomas (T.J.) Kaniewski, President

Laura Flores, Vice PresidentAriana Neiheisel, SecretaryJamie Zamzow, Treasurer

Alexis Alzona, RepresentativeCortez Whitney, Representative

Emerald Dee, RepresentativeContrell Jackson, Representative

Luke Bullard, Representative

2011-2012 Student Council election results

Page 7NewsMay 16, 2011

FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE

Thursday, June 25th period 8:00-9:103rd period 9:15-10:25

7th period 10:30-11:40

Friday, June 3 4th period 8:00-9:10

8th period 9:15-10:256th period 10:30-11:40

Monday, June 61st period 7:00-8:102nd period 8:15-9:25

Bremen High School’s football pro-gram is preparing to host their 2nd annual NFL Youth Camp. The Proud and The Brave: Inspiring Local Youths with Real Hometown Heroes is a FREE camp sponsored by the NFL Youth Fund and Ben Kotwica of the New York Jets. The camp will be held on June 25th at 10am, and is limited to the first 100 camp-ers that register. Last year, over 120 camp-ers participated in this FREE event and left with an experience that will be with them for a lifetime. This is a camp that provides a posi-tive athletic experience for children ages 7 - 14 emphasizing leadership, life skills, and football fundamentals. The football staff at Bremen High School, along with volunteer coaches from around the area will staff the event and the camp will directly benefit the youth and their athletic programs in our com-munity. For more information about the event and registration, please visit the Bremen foot-ball website at http://proudandbravefootball.com.

Summer camp prepares kids with athletic fundamentals

Aquatics Kayak Trip

photo by Lisette Beltran

Bremen students take a moment to prepare themselves for their kayaking ad-venture May 5 in Morris, Ill. This fun fieldtrip, sponsored by the Aquatics class, allowed students to have the opportunity to learn how to kayak.

photo by Omar Gordillo

Members of the Bremen Band perform their final concert of the school year May 4. The Spring Concert also featured performances by the Bremen Choir. Both groups performed a variety of songs that they have been rehearsing throughout the year.

Spring Band Concert

Track events challenge even the toughest

by Omar GordilloEcho reporter

Running a five minute mile is not easy work. Neither are hurdles or shot put and the discus throw. Bremen’s own track and field team continually push the boundaries of what they think their limits are. Sometimes the hardest part in any sport is believ-ing these boundaries can be bro-ken and that improvement is not farfetched. “Track is a long and chal-lenging season. The training can be quite grueling, and you are training for events that you can only be successful in when you push yourself beyond your own limits,” Coach Verble says. “Focus becomes increas-ingly important when you consid-er the challenges of being a track athlete and the other demands of a high school student.” Challenges among the team mainly involve the vague weather and the individual ath-letes’ school assignments. With two meets cancelled, some of the coaches’ struggle when their ath-letes demonstrate lack of perfor-mance at meets but exceed expec-tation during practices. “We can only be at our best if we put in the necessary work and block out any of the outside distractions,” Verble stated. “My coaching staff and I place high ex-pectations on our athletes and we constantly challenge them to be elite level performers on the track as well as in the classroom.” The track coaches expect an excellent performance from their runners and throwers and not a lackluster one. They hope a sea-son long training will be enough to steal the show at their South Suburban Conference.

Students are recognized for their awesome feats in sports all the time at Bremen High School. However, one must take special note of a unique award that looks at a student’s awesome capabilities on, and off the field. Bremen High School Se-nior, Ryan Anderl, was named an Old Spice Player of the Year for the 2010-2011 school year. The Old Spice Player of the Year mission is to motivate, inspire and recognize varsity high school football players who show outstanding ath-letic performance, strong leader-ship, and the will to win on and off the field. For the 10th straight year, the Old Spice Player of the Year program is being sponsored Proct-

er & Gamble’s Old Spice brand for thousands of football coaches and more than 10,000 high school football programs nationwide. Participating schools re-ceive product samples, press re-leases, other support materials. Schools also receive posters for use in the school locker room to

recognize team winners. P a r t i c i p a t i n g coaches name a weekly Old Spice Player of the Week after each game. We encourage the media to recognize these win-ners for their efforts. At the end of the season,

participating coaches nominate one Player of the Year from their teams. That player will represent his team and receive a certificate to commemorate his achievement. This player will also be eligible

to become one of our 50 national winners. All Players of the Year nominees will be considered by an awards committee for the honor of being one of our 50 Old Spice Players of the Year. In addition to receiving a plaque and other awards, the 50 national winners will be honored in a national print publication. Bremen Varsity Coach, Dan Stell, stated “Ryan was one of the toughest kids I’ve ever had the privilege to coach. Ryan is a kid that constantly led by example, on and off the field. I’ve witnessed Ryan physically dominate athletes twice his size since he was a fresh-men, due to his relentless work ethic rand heart. Ryan has never backed down from a challenge, and will continue to shock people that underestimate his will and de-termination for years to come.”

Anderl has strong senior year

Senior/Faculty Basketball Game

photo by Omar Gordillo

Bremen seniors compete against members of Bremen’s staff at the March 25 Senior/Faculty Basketball Game. Students who bought tickets attended the game instead of their 8th period class. The $1 ticket proceeds serve as a fundraiser for the senior class.

Ryan Anderl