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LSU Basketball Coach Trent Johnson
came to talk to the P.E., Health and ROTC classes, sponsored by the Boys Scouts of America.

Ribbon-cutting Ceremony, Thursday September 3, 2009
The new school based Health Center was inaugurated this morning in a ceremony
that included many EBR Parish dignitaries. Cutting the ribbon were EBR School Board
President, Jerry Arbour; Assistant Superintendent of EBR schools,
Herman Brister; Chairman of the Board of HCC, Anne Marie
Zima; the Chieft Executive Officer of Health Centers in Schools,
Sue Catchings; BHS Principal Dary Glueck; Glasgow Middle Principal Judy O'Dell;
Ex School Board member Roger Moser; and Amedysis Representative, Mike Pitts.



This new wonderful addition to our campus will serve as a convenient place for our students
and the younger students from our feeder schools to receive primary health care, sports
physicals, wellness assistance, and counseling.

 Presenting our AWESOME, AWARD-WINNING 2009-2010 CHEERLEADERS


And the 2009-2010 Football Team

 MAGIC HAPPENS RABBIT RESCUE visits Mr.Cox's Classes


Mr.Cox's classes raised over $400.00 to help Magic Happens Rescue

Mr. Glueck, Miss Midd and Mr. Hamilton went to Houston to visit
retired principal, Mr.Vaughn and also took in some Astro vs.Cubs baseball games featuring Buc Alumni, Ryan Theriot.

The Broadmoor Blade is the school newspaper run by Journalism Instructor, Dean Caputa and his students

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STUDENT HEALTH CENTER - GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY, MARCH 13, 2009

East Baton Rouge Parish School System and the Health Care Centers in Schools held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Broadmoor High School Health Center at the school on Friday, March 13.

The new school based health center will serve our students and their younger counterparts from feeder schools in receiving primary health care, sports physicals, wellness assitance, and counseling. Sue Catching, the Chief Operating Officer of Health Care Centers in Schools remarked on how the center and those like it that will follow came to be. Their vision to expand the network to be available to all 45,000 students in the EBR schools has come true thanks to the collaboration of many individuals and businesses. Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center will be providing pediatric residents and the staff to run the centers and companies like Amedysis are contributing to the cost of building the center. Michael Pitts, with Amedisys, presented Sue Catchings with a check for $150,000.00 for the construction of the center. 

Among the many dignitaries present at the ceremony were EBRPSS Superintendent Charlotte Placide who remarked about the effectiveness of locating health care centers on school property,  EBRPSS School Board President Jerry Arbour, former School Board Member Roger Moser, Glasgow Principal Judy O’Dell whose school will be getting the second student health center, Donna Collins-Lewis with the Metro Council, and many others whose work and dedication have been invaluable to bringing this dream to fruition.

 2008 - 2009 CHEERLEADERS

 2008 - 2009 GIRL'S BASKETBALL TEAM

Included below are excerpts from past newspapers and other notable campus news from last school year.

And the winner of the 2008 All-City Poetry Slam Festival is . . .

BROADMOOR HIGH SCHOOL!!!  Our team including DeAndre H., Bertrand B., Charles G., Edd L., Larry S. and Terrance V. finished first in the All-City Slam Festival.  In addition, DeAndre and Bertrand were named as 2 of the top 6 individual poets and will be traveling to Washington, D.C. this summer to compete with the All-City team at Brave New Voices. 

Our boys with their magnetic personalities really made Broadmoor proud once again, but in the end, winning the competition was only half of it. These boys exemplified a truly sportsmanlike competitive spirit:

-The self-sacrifice of Terrance, Larry, and Edd voting in their fellow teammates as the individual poets on the final stage.
- Bertrand’s initial leadership and final energy keeping the competition fierce but friendly.
-Charles’s tenacity in staying true to his convictions while still laughing at himself in the process.
-Terrance’s final perseverance, proving to himself that if he decided to do so, he could deliver some amazing work.
-Edd’s constant focus and consideration of others, most consistently being the perfect model of gentility.
-Finally, when I was overly worried about prepping the team for finals, Larry and DeAndre reminded me about the spirit of these competitions with their compassionate decisions to help a middle school student who was confined to a wheelchair prepare for her chance to be featured at finals. Dismissing his last chance to run his piece before finals, DeAndre decided to help her find dinner since she had no money, and instead of sitting front and center celebrating with his team, Larry chose to sit off to the side with her and support her physical entrance and emotional preparation for her performance on stage.

We really have some beautiful kids at this school, so please let these guys know how proud we are of them.--Mrs. Lucas, English Teacher and Sponsor

 

Lacreesha A. signs with Southern University under the proud gaze of her mom, Coaches Gonzalez and Wilkins and Principal Dary Glueck. Congratulations, Lacreesha! You have an awesome future ahead!!!

 
BROADMOOR TAKES 1st PLACE IN BLACK QUIZ BOWL

BHS won first place in the parish-wide African-American Heritage Quiz Bowl held at the Delmont Service Center on Feb.20. Seniors Hezekiah W. and junior Emmanuel T. participated and Seniors Alacia B. and Phillip T. served as student peer coaches. Mr.Glueck and Mrs.Simoneaux pose with the champs and their trophies for this picture!

 
Area Youth and Chef John Folse Team up to Combat Hunger
Come join Chef John Folse as he cooks a world record breaking pot of GUMBO
For a $10 donation, guests will enjoy a bowl of gumbo prepared by Chef John Folse in the Student Center at the Louisiana School for the Deaf.
John Hartom, a Michigan art teacher, developed “Empty Bowls” in 1990 to raise funds to support a local food drive. Hartom wanted to give his students the means to make a difference in their community. This vision developed into a project where students make ceramic bowls as a component of their art class. Guests of the fundraising dinner are then invited to choose one of the bowls to keep as a reminder that there are hungry people in the world. His concept has grown into an event that now supports food banks and soup kitchens around the world and has raised millions of dollars to aid in the fight against hunger. For more information on the national organization visit the website at www.emptybowls.net.
BROADMOOR HIGH CERAMICS STUDENTS ARE DONATING
100 BOWLS TO THIS WORTHY CAUSE
GO BUCS

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New Face in charge of baseball diamond

By Tiandra F. and Sylvia H.

This year there's a new face coaching the Broadmoor High School varsity baseball team. Mathematics teacher Paul Greer takes over after English teacher Keith Hill resigned following 18 years of service. Greer, who's been at the school since 2003, has been coaching various sports since 1984 and said he is "honored and cautiously excited".

"It is a tremendous honor to follow in the footsteps of a great coach like Keith Hill," Greer said. "I dont intend to suggest that I can fill those shoes, but I do hope to continue the programs visibility, success, and tradition."

With last year's 2-1 playoff record, and overall record of 15-12, Greer plans to use that as a motivator for further success. This year the roster may include over 40 players, six of which are returning seniors. The season begins Feb.16, when the Bucs participate in the Tara Jamboree.

 Broadmoor Poetry Club quietly successful, allows students to express emotions "without judgement"
by Tiandra F.

Broadmoor’s Poetry Club may not be as well-known as sports or other clubs around campus, but their participation level has rapidly grown since it began in October 2006.

            With English teachers Catherine Lucas and Lauren Vanzandt as sponsors with 34 active student members, the Poetry Club is taking prose to higher levels. Lucas and Vanzandt are aiding these “Poetic Bucs” in their effort to reach out intellectually and touch souls linguistically by instilling the poetic motto, “Respect the (microphone) and respect the audience.” In short, it allows students to feel free to express themselves, but keep the language appropriate.

            “They can talk about whatever they feel, but they have to keep in mind that some of the performances are at schools, and the language has to be appropriate,” Lucas said. “I think there is a craving among teens, in general, to be able to express themselves without judgment. That’s the beauty of the microphone.”

            Last year, Broadmoor placed in the All-City Poetry Slam at the Manship Theatre in downtown Baton Rouge, and won “Spirit of the Slam” with an all-male team, which was featured on the Wordplay All-City DVD. Lucas, who has been the club’s only sponsor, wants members to take up more initiative and pride in the club by getting together outside the club meetings. Not only does she feel that those who participate in writing poetry will become more familiar with vocabulary, she thinks it helps students become more diverse in culture.

            Senior Thomas H. said he’s always expressed himself freely, but with the Poetry Club, he is actually being heard and every word he speaks is safe.

            “I’ve always expressed myself with freedom, but my voice is actually being heard,” said Thomas. “Poetry is real life. Some people believe poetry is ‘roses are red and violets are blue,’ but it’s also reality.”

Buc boy’s basketball team has better team ‘chemistry,’ wins Central High tourney

By Romeo D. 

            Despite a 9-16 overall record last year, the Broadmoor boys basketball team finished in third place in district 7-4A forcing an extra game with St. Michael’s High School to decide who would earn a wild card playoff berth. Broadmoor lost that game. However, with four starters returning, including senior center Dontrey B. (6’5, 175), senior forward Anthony D. (6’4, 220), junior forward Romeo D. (6’1, 165), and junior guard Joshua D. (5’8, 170), head coach Larry Grayson admitted that experience is the strength of this team. Joshua would agree.

            “Our starting five has size this year along with quicker guards,” Joshua said. “I think we have better chemistry and better discipline this year.”

            Going into the Charles T. Kinsley Basketball Tournament played Dec. 8, at Central High School, the Bucs overall record was 3-4. The team then went on to win three straight games over Istrouma, Woodlawn, and Zachary high schools setting up a championship game with St. Michael that the Bucs won, 42-39.

            “Winning is all about defense, and our defense all week got us in this (championship) game,” Grayson told the Baton Rouge Advocate. “(The players) work real hard, like the kind of gym rats you used to see years ago.”

 Soccer team flexing muscle   By Kris J. 

            Going into his seventh season as soccer coach, Dean Caputa has never had a team so talented. On the other hand he has never had so few players. When the season began in early November there were only 12 players available in uniform on a 15-man roster. Three other players were either injured or academically ineligible until spring. Like football, soccer allows 11 players on the field at one time. That means only one substitute player was available in a game that does not allow timeouts. After Christmas, the team is expected to be at full strength. Until then, the players are participating in what resembles marathons more than soccer matches.

            The lack of depth proved to be a problem in the first two games in the early part of the season. Against Christian Life Academy and Hammond High School, the Bucs either had leads or were playing in close games before being beaten soundly.

            ‘We played very well in both those games until the players wore out in the second half,” said Caputa. “As the second half progressed in both games, it was obvious our guys were a step slower.”

            The team, however, is getting significant help from former Robert E. Lee High School coach Charles “Chuck” Guidry, who was 2006-07 Metro Coach of the Year after taking the patriots to the district 4-A semifinals last season.

            “The team has the opportunity to be very good, however, we can’t afford any injuries,” said Guidry. “Right now I think we’re a middle of the pack team, but with some improvement we could be the best team in the district.”

            Consecutive wins over Belaire and lee and a 1-0 loss to highly-ranked McKinley gives the team reason to believe they may be able to accomplish what never has been done at Broadmoor: finish with a winning season.