Friday, March 7th - Today is an ORANGE day
Here are the standings for Thursday.
1st - Sophomores
2nd- Juniors
3rd- Seniors
4th- Freshmen
The freshmen are gaining on the seniors and are only 10 points away from taking over 3rd place!
Here are the standings for Thursday.
1st - Sophomores
2nd- Juniors
3rd- Seniors
4th- Freshmen
The freshmen are gaining on the seniors and are only 10 points away from taking over 3rd place!
Snogard is this Friday from 7-10pm.
Students bringing guests from other schools must return a completed guest form prior to the end of the school day on Friday.
There's a FREE event on Saturday, April 5th at Wiscasset Middle High School, where kids get on-the-spot introductions to up to 39 outdoor passions! Mark your calendars and get the word out to your friends, family & colleagues! Event flyer attached. 56 volunteers will introduce them to fly casting, metal detecting, outdoors preparedness, kayaking, foraging, disc golf, scuba diving & many, many, many more!
***This is not a Maine school program. Passion For Life has partnered with WMHS, other non-profits, individuals & businesses to help our kids and communities thrive! It is entirely paid for by our generous donors!***
RESCHEDULED!
DUE TO THE SNOW DAY, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR MARCH 11th.
"For most of the parents I talk to, their stories don’t center on any diagnosed mental illness. Instead, there is an underlying worry that something unnatural is going on, and that their children are missing something—really, almost everything—as their online hours accumulate."
- The Anxious Generation
Please join the Brunswick High School Community on Tuesday March 11th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm in the High School Library for a discussion of Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation. We will talk about the book's themes, current research, and about creating a healthy learning environment for our students. All Brunswick community members are welcome. There is no requirement that you have read the book. Please contact Hugh Dwyer (hdwyer@brunswicksd.org) with any questions. Thanks and we look forward to seeing you!
Please park in the front parking lot and enter through the front doors. The library is straight ahead (around the stairway). Someone will be there to greet you.
Maine’s Scholastic Art Awards Results
Maine College of Art & Design, in partnership with the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, is pleased to recognize the Brunswick High School students listed below with the following 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Award(s):
Congratulations to these art students:
Jay Ackley, Grade 12 - Honorable Mention, Silver Key, Honorable Mention
Lily Calderwood, Grade 12 - Honorable Mention, Honorable Mention
Kayla Chen, Grade 9 - Silver Key, Gold Key
Kat Wells, Grade 12 - Honorable Mention, Silver Key, Portfolio Honorable Mention
Gold and Silver Key award winners will be invited to exhibit their works at Maine College of Art & Design in Portland. They will be hosting a reception during Portland’s First Friday Art Walk on Friday, March 7th from 5–7pm. Visitors are welcome to visit the exhibition any other weekday between 9am and 5pm.
Save the date: All Honorable Mention, Silver Key and Gold Key Awards will be invited to the Awards Ceremony on Saturday, March 8th from 10:30am–1pm at Maine College of Art & Design.
***A reminder to sports captains to turn in your season write-up for the yearbook by Friday, if you have not done so already.***
There is a boys baseball meeting for those interested in playing this spring. The meeting will be held in the multipurpose room, after school, on Monday, March 10th.
Brunswick Community Education Foundation Spring Carnival Needs You!
Need Student Volunteers (self-select via link below) to help with carnival activities at the Brunswick Community Education Foundation Spring Carnival.
May 23rd, from 4p-6p, at the Kate Furbish Elementary School
This will be their third year hosting this successful community event. Brunswick residents enjoy this family-friendly event featuring carnival games, treats and a robust raffle. Because of the high attendance in the past, BCEF is working on adding more games, food trucks, and live music. BCEF hopes you will help with this wonderful event!
https://forms.gle/9ASQq42sPtfa9pxq9
Please contact us at: info@brunswickcef.org with any questions/concerns.
People Plus Volunteer Opportunity
Music in April event. We have several opportunities for students to get some community service time on the books. We are looking for 20-25 high school students to help us with the event. The event takes place on Saturday, April 5th at the St. John's Community Center. Here are the options for times, they could do one or a combination of the times or all of them if they would like:
Friday, April 4th 5-8 PM set up (will be fed dinner)
Saturday, April 5th morning set up 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM (will be fed breakfast)
Saturday, April 5th 4:00 - 9:30 PM Event
We would need the students to arrive at 4pm dressed in black pants, white shirts and sensible shoes (no slides). They would be helping with set up, food service, table clearing and clean up. We will feed them pizza at the event, and as a bonus we will send them home with a $5 Gelato Fiasco gift card.
Sunday, April 6th 8:30 - 11:00 AM clean up
To sign up please email: office@peopleplusmaine.org
Brunswick Bike and Pedestrian Committee Fellow
Brunswick High Schoolers,
Do you ride your bike to school? Are you interested in representing your fellow student cyclists in the pursuit of safe routes to school, all while earning community service hours? Consider becoming a student representative to the BBPAC Safe Routes to School committee. We meet on Zoom once every 2 months, and more often when the weather is nice and we are planning an event (Bike/Walk to School Days, or table representation at community events). Your voices are an integral part of the change we’d like to see made to Brunswick streets. Your advocacy matters; join us. Contact Eric Funderburk <efunderburk@brunswicksd.org> for more information.
Internship in Horticulture at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens for high school students for the Spring and Fall semesters, and we would love to have students from Brunswick High School join us for this opportunity!
We are also currently accepting applications for the 2025 Fall semester, with an application deadline of May 1, 2025.
Follow the QR code on the flyer to be directed to the application.
Please check out the past announcements for more Community Service, Scholarship, ELO, Job and Volunteer opportunities!
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