urrent The Boylan

VOLUME 2 ISSUE 1

AUGUST 24, 2007

Welcome faculty and students to the 2007-

2008 school year!

New faculty and the summer at Boylan

New Faces in

Abby Powell will be teaching English this year to sen-iors. She graduated from the Uni-versity of Tennessee with a Mas-ter of Arts. She has taught Eng-lish in North Carolina for eight years. Her husband Roy is a pho-tographer and they have a two year old son named Declan. In her spare time she enjoys singing, reading, and playing with her son. Her favorite vacation was her trip to Ireland.

Diane M. Potts will be teaching Science/Chemistry this year here at Boylan. She has two Masters Degrees: a Master of Arts in Administrative Leadership from Alverno College in Mil-waukee, Wisconsin, and a Master of Science in Secondary Educa-tion from Northern Illinois Uni-versity in Dekalb, Illinois. She also has a Bachelor of Science from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her past job experiences include Poison Control Center Specialist at the Milwaukee Children’s Hospital, Senior Research Technician at the Medical College of Wisconsin in the areas of Hypertension Studies and Corneal/Retinal, Research Assistant of Academic Studies at Michigan State University, Assis-tant Principal at Holy Family Catholic School in Rockford, Illi-nois, and Principal at St. Rita’s Catholic School in Rockford, Ill-nois. In her spare time, she en-joys interior decorating, cooking, gardening, and reading as well. She is married to Dr. Michael Potts, M.D., Pediatrician, has twin sons, Gregory and David

Jeannine Ferger is a new Guidance Counselor this year. She earned a Master’s Degree from Northern Illinois University and has been a high school guid-ance counselor for the past five years. Prior to this, she taught 7th and 8th grade Language Arts. She enjoys attending her children’s sporting activities and traveling. She has been married for 14 years and has two children, ages 11 and 13.

Mrs. Kathy Báez has been hired as a new secretary who will be responsible for maintain-ing student records and helping out in the main office with daily school business. Mrs. Baez has a lot of experience with secretarial positions being that she has been

Potts of the Boylan High School Class of 2007 Alumni, and a son Kevin Potts who is currently in the sophomore class at Boylan. The Potts Family frequently vaca-tions in the Northeastern States.

a school secretary of the Rock-ford Public Schools for 13 years, four of which were spend at the high school level. Her hobbies include collecting miniature Hall-mark shoes, shopping for shoes, and cooking as well. She has been married to her husband, Mike, for 26 years, and they have two sons. Their youngest son, Michael, will be graduating from Boylan as part of the class of 2008. She and her family enjoy vacationing in California because no matter how warm it is, they can enjoy the “always sunny” weather out West.

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Fr. Matthew McMarrow will be teaching theology and act-ing as an assistant principal this year. His highest degree is a Masters in Divinity and he has completed his Licentiate in Sa-cred Theology. Fr. McMarrow was ordained to the priesthood in 2005. His previous teaching experience includes the 2000-2001 school year at Boylan and two years at St. Edward’s afterwards. His nu-merous other jobs include life-guarding, selling cell phones, har-vesting corn, coaching chess, and being a youth minister. His hob-bies include swimming, soccer, and reading.

M e g a n K i m b l e r (formerly Roman) will be teach-ing Spanish I and Spanish II this year. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Rockford College and taught for one year at Saint Bernadette and for a year at Polo Community High School. She has been the Girl’s Varsity Bowling coach for the past three years and she looks forward to another great season. She loves bowling and was a professional bowler before the Professional Women’s Bowling Association disbanded. She recently married at the end of last year. On July 10th, her husband and her wel-comed their first daughter, Addi-son Marie, into the world. Her younger brother Bill Roman is a Boylan Alumni of the class of 2002 and was Conference MVP for bowling his senior year.

Paul Vogrinc will be teaching Morality and Scripture to juniors. He received his Bachelors of Science from the Franciscan University of Steuben-ville, Ohio. He has many unique life experiences, including a re-cent trip to Israel which he feels inspired him to pursue teaching. He said, “This was an awesome experience for me. It was like reading the fifth Gospel. It deep-ened my faith so much and so many things were connected. I fell in love with Christ and His Church all over again. It was like Jesus was showing me around his hometown. This really inspired me to pursue teaching so others can know Christ in a real way, as I got to know him in a real way in the last few years and especially in Israel.” Mr. Vogrinc was also in a band for two summers that did music for retreats all over the world. This will be his first teaching job, but he has spent the last four years traveling around the country speaking to groups of teens about Christ.

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Fr. Kevin Butler was ordained in May 2007. He is assigned to St. Peter Cathedral Parish and will be teaching junior Religion. Fr. But-ler expressed his enthusiasm about teaching Boylan students.

Coaches, Athletes look to Coach: Dan Appino

1. Who are some of the returning players who will take a leadership role or on whom you are depending or will probably be standouts in you sport? Captains – Dan Dansdill, Patrick Appino

Seniors – Colin McGuire, Nick Hauge, Austin Morman, Nate Hilby, Michael Ed-wards

As the only players returning with starting experience from last year’s championship squad, these young men will need to be major contributors in 2007. 2. What are your prospects for the coming season? We will need to replace 18 starters from 2006(graduated). However, we do have quality senior and junior athletes who can take up the slack caused by graduation. We expect to compete for a NIC-10 championship this season. 3. Who are the other conference teams you expect the most competition from? Hononegah returns many starters from a 5-4 team last year. Belvidere has a strong senior class returning from and 8-2 squad in 2006. Guilford returns 7 starters on defense from a team that finished third in the NIC-9 last year. Freeport and Harlem have very talented un-derclassmen in their programs. 4. What kind of a turnout do you anticipate in terms of numbers of team members? Our varsity squad has 55 players. Our sophomore team had 45 players draw gear. The freshman squad is on of the largest in school history with 70 players reporting for equip-ment issue. 5. What else would you like to express? The players and coaches greatly appreciate the support of our students and faculty. We hope that as many as possible can jam our stands for our first home game, August 24th, with our in-city rival, Guilford.

Coach: Stephanie McGuire, Shannon Ring, Christy Kowalski 1. Who are some of the returning players who will take a leadership role or on whom you are depending or will probably be stand-outs in your sport? Most of our varsity squad is returning for the 2007 season. Rachel Bohn- Finished 1st at the 2006 Varsity Conference Meet in the 200 and 500 Freestyle. She was part of the 1st place 400 Freestyle Relay. She was chosen for the 1st Team NIC-9 All Conference for the 200 Freestyle. As a captain during the 2006 season, Rachel showed strong leadership skills in and out of the pool. Grace Cormier: Finished 2nd at the 2006 Varsity Conference Meet in the 200 Free and 3rd in the 100 Backstroke. She was part of the 1st Team NIC-9 All Conference for the 400 Freestyle Relay. Other Returning 1st Team NIC-9 All Conference Swimmers and Divers include Diana Weissbeck (diving), and Therese Bermingham (200 Freestyle Relay). Diana Weissbeck was also a state qualifier in diving for the 2006 season. Jenna Budde was chosen as NIC-9 All Conference Honorable Mention for the 2006 season. Jenna, Rachel, Therese, and Diana will lead the team as the 2007 captains. 2. What are your prospects for the coming season? The 2007 season should prove to be an exciting one. As we return to the pool as defending Varsity Conference Champions, the team is ready to work hard and defend the NIC-9 Championship. We will continue the have strong competition from both Guil-ford and Freeport, but with most of our 2006 Varsity Swimmers returning, 2007 should prove to be a successful year.

Girls Swimming

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Coach: David Bachta 1. Who are some of the returning players who will take a leadership role or on whom

you are depending or will probably be standouts in your sport? Bart Bogusewski: 3 year varsity player. Coming into the season injured. Hoping to have him back in 3-4 weeks. Rocco Taglia: Great sophomore season. Only one of 3 returning starters. Sweeper. DJ Kling: Other returning starter. Tough speedy defender. 2. What are your prospects for the coming season? We bring back a mix of returning and newcomers. But only three returning starters. The season will depend on how much work the players put in, during the off season. 3. Who are the other conference teams you expect the most competition from? Guilford: Always our toughest competition. Bring back a core group of seniors. Hononegah: Much more experienced group. Great coaching.

Exciting Fall Season Coach: Mike VanSistine The 2007 season began with 27 golfers out for the team. After a three day qualifying tournament the team was set at 19. Our expectations are high and the team should be very competitive both in the NIC-10 and tournament play. Our team will be led by Sophomore Corey Konieczki who as a freshman tied for Conference medalist and was Regional medalist by winning in a playoff. He started out the season by shooting near even par over 3 rounds of qualifying at Sandy Hollow. Harlem will be our biggest competition in the NIC-10 with most of their key players returning from last year’s team who came very close to beating us in the Boylan Invite in 2006 and who also make it through Regionals.

Coach: Ted Holm 1. Who are some of the returning players who will take a leadership role or on whom you are depending or will probably be standouts in your sport?

Boys – Will O’Malley JR, Seth Palmer SR Girls – Teresa Popp SR, Sally Leaf

2. What are your prospects for the coming season? We hope to continue where we left off last year – Top 3 with girls, and improve with the boys 3. Who are the other conference teams you expect the most competition from? Hononegah-boys and girls, Guilford-boys and girls, Auburn - boys and girls 4. What kind of a turnout do you anticipate in terms of numbers of team members? We should have 50 plus – boys and girls 5. What else would you like to express? We have good leadership with both the girls and boys – this should carry over to our younger runners.

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Boylan During

Construc

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The former Guidance Center, 212, is split in two to accommodate the need for more classrooms.

Room A5 undergoes extensive construc-tion as the former physics room becomes the new AP Chemistry Lab.

New blacktop in the Student Entrance and the commons.

With paintbrush in hand, Mr. Michael Gaskin gives a fresh

look to the lockers.

The stairs to the main entrance get a much needed face lift.

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the Summer

Events

An instructor helps out an aspiring Boylan athlete during

the swim camp.

While participating in the summer band camp, two youngsters practice their flutes.

As senior Michael Hoffman lifts in the weight room, fellow Iron

Titan athletes watch.

During the weekend of August 3rd, the area behind the football field was transformed in a carnival frenzy to celebrate Festa Italiana.

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The Boylan Current Mission Statement: The Boylan Current seeks to promote interest in scholastic and extracurricular activities. Our aim above all is to expand the awareness of issues on a local, national, and world level, and to promote programs which are beneficial to the school and community. The Boylan Current will strive to be thorough and accurate, and will be held to the highest of ethical standards.

Letter from the Editor Welcome back! I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing summer vacation. As you can probably tell just by looking at the front page of your paper, a lot of changes have been made over the summer months. Our new name, The Boylan Current, is one that we feel better embodies the spirit of our publication. Not only does it mean the information you will be reading will be recent and relevant, but the paper will also show the move-ment of the Boylan student body as well. We also have our own office/ workplace. Located at the top of the main staircase, you will be able to constantly see the bustle of our busy staff through the four large windows which comprise one of our walls. We are really excited to start a new year, and form a new staff as well. We will be having a meeting for all of those interested in joining our staff on Tuesday the 28th at 7:30 am. Feel free to bring any questions or suggestions you might have to this meeting. We will tell you all about how we run things, what kind of time commitment you should expect, and lots of information you might want to know about joining our staff. We need people with all types of skills and areas of expertise (especially photography!). We would like to have a full-time photography staff this year to ensure we get great photos of everything in order to enhance the overall quality of the paper. I look forward to seeing many of you at the meeting! Sincerely, Kaylen B. Ralph Executive Editor

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Summer Staff: Executive Editor: Kaylen Ralph News & Features: Jordan Calgaro

Sports: Joy Schafer Columns: Abby Kleckler Entertainment: Brooke Javurek Photo: Courtney Calgaro

Editorials: Katy Telfer Layout: Sarah Thappa Advisor: Mr. Dennis Hiemenz

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