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McGuinness Catholic
1725 Hwy
Kernersville, NG
27284
(336) 564-1010
Website; www.bmhs.us
Principal; George Repass
Snrollment; 507 students
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Life is extraordinary, when you look
beyond the ordinary. Even the smallest things
oon be the oouse ot immense joy. Being
i n d i v i d u a l s ot Bishop MoGuinness we ore
called to look beyond the ordinary into the
extraordinary happenings that surround us.
Our sports teams brought home the coveted
Wachovia Cup and our school is now ranked
one of the top 50 Catholic schools in the
nation. We have a Division I basketball player
in Kat Lyons, a certitied pilot in Chris Boylan,
and an accomplished fundraiser for Multiple
Sclerosis in Kristy Dull. We are extraordinary,
we are more than we seem, we are more
than meets the eye.
People make assumptions that we
are simply a Catholic school, ordinary, and
spiritual. Yes, we are spiritual, but we are
also spirited, we are the most enthusiastic
fans and students around. We have multiple
"spirit weeks" and we pack the pit with "emo
n ig h f and "pirate nighf. In truth, school is
completely chaotic. We have 1:30 dismissals
so often they might as well be a weekly
Wednesday occurance. We have witnessed
world-renowned guitar players hard at work,
and heard the and motivational
speeches of an Olympic medalist. Our year
is filled with days of shortened schedules
for getting students involved like club days,
advisor Fridays, exciting pep rallies, the alumni
induction ceremony, and monthly masses.
Bishop MoGuinness defines us as
individuals and also as a part ot a nuturing
community. It is our decision to invest our time
and to gain better the life that lies
ahead of us. This is only the beginning, the
road of life is right out the front doors.
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student life
Fighting crime one
cheer at a time.
Clean! (left) Jill How
ell found a new way
to fight crime by din
ner time, cheerlead
ing. This year, the
Seniors on the Varsity
squad dressed up
as the cheer force,
wearing purple, pink,
blue, and just like Jill,
yellow,
Spirit week, the week colorful "Cheer Force."
before Homecoming, In the past, only a few
is on extremely exciting
time at Bishop, teachers have taken advan
tage of Spirit Week. Mr, Koepf
Students ore given tackled the task of tacky day
the opportunity to show their with a crazy tie.This year one
school spirit and wear their of the newest members of the
craziest outfits and attitudes. staff, Mrs. Swanson, went all
This year featured two new out everyday, even making
days, Superhero Day and Twin her own twin and sweatshirt
day. Students such as Chris complete with the face of Mr,
Woodstock and Joey Carr Repass saying "Go Villains."
enjoyed Twin Day so much,
they wore their twin outfits the No matter what day
entire week, it is, everyone should take
advantage of the exciting
The Varsity Cheerleading week and participate in our
squad took crime fighting on school's spirit.
themselves and formed the
So hairy, (near right) Mike O’Shea dressed up as Man-Bear-PIg, a
character trom South Park, for superhero day. For many, like Mike,
this was the best day out of the week. It took him days to prepare
his costume in his efforts to win the prize. According to M ike ," I was
super serial about super hero day, and I wanted to show people what
a real ManBear-Pig attack would look like." Who knows w hafs up for
superhero day next year.
Greatest Villain ot all. (above right) Sophomore Austin Bercaw
decided to dress up as the norotious Darth Vadar instead of the
steryotypical superhero.
I just woke up. (far right) Monday was the traditional pajama day.
Shelby Haller and Joanna Braeckel look comfy and cozy in their PJ's
and slippers! Shelby said, “You could tell I just rolled out of bed: just
look at my hair!"
in.sight
T-shirt time, (left) Sopho kKjoald b©
more girls, Kelsey Ro- u)Our ideal o a t-
chford, Josie Rathburn f it fo r school?]
and Bonnie McCurry,
scream, yell, and reach
high in attempts ta catch
the pit crew tshirts that
were thrown. Thisye a ts
sophomore class had
exceptianally crazy school
spirit, which will definitely
get bigger as the years
go on.
I would have to say
you would have to go
designer all the way.
Brandy Metcalf
The Battle Begins, (above) During the Pep Rally on A sweater, of coursel
Homecoming day, seniors Bradley Kenney and Kirby Matt Delmestri
Farrell performed a skit playing the Villian and the rival.
Underwear and a
Pretty in Pink, (left) Allie Grant and Jen deGuzman paolfier
showed their spirit on twin day by dressing in pink. The
two had matching shirts, jeans, and even braided hair. Connor Ballantyne
The two have been best friends all throughout high schol
and they knew they would have to match on twin day. spirit week
^ ^The best port about spirit
week is not having to be in
dress code 9 9
Maren Gehling
Winning the crown,
(right) Jennifer
deGuzman, escorted
by TJ McCiurg. was
elated after winning
the greek style
hamecoming crown.
"It m ade m y night to
see Gina's sign." Gina's
sign for Jen read: "Jen
is my queen!"
Taking one for the
team, (far right) Edward
Kageorge tackles an
Alleghany player in
an attempt to regain
the lead during the
homecoming game
this past fall. Even
though the Villains lost
the game, they rallied
in the 4th quarter
and almost made a
comeback.
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escorted by Conor Jordan escorted by Bradley Booker
Molly Riazzi Lohr Beck
escorted by Adam Kemp
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Hands shaking, Jen deGuznnan infamous sign "Jen is my Queen," Gina
felt a chill through her spine, not Simmons said, "I decided to make the
from the freezing air but from poster for Jen because we have been
the nerves and antioipation, “Your 200fr6iends tor a long time and even it she
Homeooming Queen is..," The whipping didn't win I wanted her to know that she's
wind almost deafened the voice as it my queen."
announced "Jennifer deGuzman!" The But for Jen, the best part of
stadium roared. Alexa Terry, the 2005 Homecoming wasn't having the crown
Homecoming Queen, meticulously plaoed on her head, nor was it riding
fixed the greek style orown onto Jen's around the track in the traditional oar ride,
windblown hair. "As soon as I saw her it was the danoe. "I loved danoing with
I white, flowy dress and her hair down I Bradley Kenney. His moves are just so i'm easy to please, so
knew she was going to win, she really awesome, it was so much fun," said Jen. we went to the Wattle
looked like a greek goddess." said senior I guess ifs not always about winning.
House,
attendant Lohr Beok who was in charge of Karmen Guilyard
picking out the crown. Ironically enough,
a feature seotion of the newspaper
covered senior nominees. In the center
was a hand pointing to Jen deGuzman.
"I was so nervous," said Jen. "I really
wanted to win, but i knew we all had the
same ohanoe at winning." As for the
We hod about 30
people who went to
Green Valley Grill.
Thomas Parcell
Dancing Queen (above) Joanna Braeckel and I went with 12
Brittany Amerson danced the night away with people to Bravos,
the non-stop club music and other tunes that this
year's new DJ played, Including crowds favorite, was delioious,
"Everytime We Touch" by Cascada and "I'm Sarah Foroudi
Bossy" by Kells,
Watch out! (left) This year the bonfire was raging.
The powerful wind blew the fire in all directions
and sent sparks flying everywhere, Ms. Tyer had
to stand guard with a hose to stop potentially
dangerous flying pieoes of debris. "It was really
windy so the ashes were blowing in everyone's
eyes, but it was fun, the flames were HUGE." said
Chris Laraway,
homecoming
ine arts day, a day allowed for superb perfor
ta relax and a day mances.
to take off from
the ordinary stresses of class. Dr. Hirsh's sfudenfs, per
Hard work pays off and sfu- formed numerous works,
dents get a chance to "strut including songs from the hit
their stuff" before performing musical Rent.
for the spring concert.
Most teachers let students As o whole, Fine Arts
attend the day's events but, Day was o success; students
of course, there were the few spent time together and
conservative teachers who experienced the talents of
kept their students locked up their peers. Students lounged
for fhe day. Even so, some around and recounted the
students come up with o cre events of the post year while
ative excuse and gained their signing friends' yearbooks and
freedom to socialize among watching their friends perform.
the crowd.
Unlike post years, the Fine Arts Day is o time to
weather was beautiful and bond with teachers and o
time to come up new ex
cuses for getting out d o ss to
see the performances of the
classes of the fine arts.
A
Duct tape
designs,
yearbook
signing,
songs,
dance
and music
made up Duct tape is the new Living carefree and miss
Fine Arts b la c k . (above)Anne ing ciasses. (top right) Kayla
Day 2006, Fischer and Patrick Lawi- Muller ond Mallory Gardner
er model the fashions of watch from o distance oil the
10 insight art classes, designed by happenings of fine arts day-
Siobhan Nolan. The fash music, donee, and endless
ion show took place in the yearbook signing.
courtyard in front of most
of the student body.
Pages of Music, (left) Jess
Conry turns the page of
her music during her perfor
mance in the courtyard. Jess
ploys the viola and worked
very hard to prepare for the
performance.
had a ton of fun
lounging in the
courtyard,signing
yearbooks and
hanging out.
Tyler Hollett
Quick signing break, (obove) I loved making and
In between singing in the choir then modeling the
and the multitudes of class- duct tape dresses.
work to do, Gina Hurley man Christina Doebler
ages to find the time to sign a
yearbook of a friend.
Making faces and singing
songs, (left) Sarah Booker,
Britney Spear, and Jes
sie Brennan lead the choir
through a series of songs per-
formed in the courtyard.
designed Anne Fischer
and Patrick Lawler's
outtiti
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