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| Click here to go to the BSGE Sting Spirit StoreWelcome and thanks for visiting our website. The BACC Rag is the official school paper for the Baccalaureate School for Global Education in Astoria, New York. We publish a monthly issue that covers everything from school softball games to the latest fashion and parties.
Our Page Was Last Updated On Wednesday, May 20, 2009 03:15:07 PM
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| HIV Curriculum Comes to BSGE
By Siman Vazirani '11, April 2009
Advisory at BSGE, for the past month, has been dedicated to the New York City DOE curriculum for HIV/AIDS. This is BSGE’s first year teaching the curriculum. All six grades follow age appropriate lessons about the virus and various methods of prevention. Using worksheets, lectures and role playing, advisors dove into the curriculum during everyone’s daily 45-minute advisory period.
NYC Department of Education required all students to take part in the HIV/AIDs Curriculum. According to the DOE website, this curriculum was designed specifically by New York City to “help children and adolescents understand the nature of HIV/AIDs, methods of transmission and prevention, and ways to support friends or loved ones who may be living with HIV/AIDs.”
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Big Acts At Lounge Night
By Simran Vazirani '11, April 2009
Good music, lots of food, and a charitable cause. What could be better than that, right? Lounge Night at BSGE with all of the mentioned factors was probably one of the more successful BSGE events this year. Tenth grader, Noelle Cotti with help from Daniella Lam organized Lounge Night for her personal project.
Katherine Ortiz hosted the event, introducing different acts, as well as reading her own poems. The performances included many different varieties of performances. There were tenth graders, Mark Bosz and Oliver Ponce, who each played their own compositions on their guitars. Michael Ursu sang and played his own song on the guitar. His performance was probably one of the more original and innovative performances of the night.
Sam Levine sang a Bob Dylan song while playing the guitar and harmonica. Dominique Coticchio sang and played one of her own songs on the guitar. Monica Mareno sang “A Thousand Miles” by Vanessa Carlton, while the crowd joined in with her. Santiago Preciado elegantly played “The Entertainer,” a classical piece on the piano.
The Midnight Cult consisting of Kristopher Kesoglides, Justin Hughes, Andy Catucci, Richie Pineda, and Darwin Javier rocked the house playing “When You Were Young” by The Killers. Many agreed that the Midnight Cult was the performance most hyped about because it was their first public performance together as a band. There was also a dance done by The Variety Pack that consisted of Wasim Salim, Hkeem Anderson, Mitchell Springer, Jonathan Ibojie, and Thomas Romero-North.
The night helped make $425 for the Pestolizzi organization, which raises funds for schools in Africa. Noelle said that the “night turned out much better than [she] thought it would have” and she was right. Lounge Night was a huge success!
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