Belfast Area High School shows its stuff at revamped open house
Students and teachers circulated in the lobby of Belfast Area High School during the school’s open house, Oct. 23. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
A saxophone trio, from left, Lucien Gordley-Smith, Alexis Racioppi and Jordon Bickford, plays for visitors in the stairwell of the BAHS art wing. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
Teacher Sonya Verney gives a presentation on the BAHS Academic Team. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
Students in the lobby of the high school during the open house, Oct. 23. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
Open house attendees stop by the foreign language department display. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
RSU 20 custodians, from left, Mike Bunker, Sean Armstrong and John Resmini. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
Taylor Kinney, left, and Jesse Kulbe pose for a yearbook photo in the BAHS band room. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
Chiropractor Jane Robertson, left, and massage therapist Kristen Burkholder present information on the high school’s wellness program. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
Brendan Bruns and Bianca Mitchell at the Jobs for Maine’s Graduates table. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
After performing on trombone earlier in the evening, Dany Wilson plays guitar in a corner of the band storage room. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
Belfast Area High School t-shirts on display. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
Yearbook committee members, from left, Kirsten Caswell, Mikayla Artkop and Kaylee Allen. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
Visitors to Belfast Area High School reflected in a display case. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
Drawings displayed on easels in an art classroom. (Photo by Charles R. Hamm)
Brittany Littlefield. (Photo by Charles R. Hamm)
Hannah White and Jackson Winslow. (Photo by Charles R. Hamm)
Ian Hathaway. (Photo by Charles R. Hamm)
Lucie Bonneville and Hannah Greene at a table for the student-run Liberian Education Fund. (Photo by Charles R. Hamm)
McKenzie Eaton, Kaylee Allen and Octavia Evans. (Photo by Charles R. Hamm)
Mikayla Artkop, Alison Walker, Anna Baiungo and Tyler McLeaod. (Photo by Charles R. Hamm)
Foreign language teachers, from left, Laura Avila (Spanish), Jackie McKenney (French), Tim Doran (Latin). (Photo by Charles R. Hamm)
Will Hyland and Jordon Bickford. (Photo by Charles R. Hamm)
Will Hyland, Catie Mcginn, Patrick Groening and Ben Robinson. (Photo by Charles R. Hamm)
Zachary Sheafe, Lucy Heal and Mr. Lagerbom. (Photo by Charles R. Hamm)
Students and teachers circulated in the lobby of Belfast Area High School during the school’s open house, Oct. 23. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
A saxophone trio, from left, Lucien Gordley-Smith, Alexis Racioppi and Jordon Bickford, plays for visitors in the stairwell of the BAHS art wing. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
Teacher Sonya Verney gives a presentation on the BAHS Academic Team. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
Students in the lobby of the high school during the open house, Oct. 23. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
Open house attendees stop by the foreign language department display. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
RSU 20 custodians, from left, Mike Bunker, Sean Armstrong and John Resmini. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
Taylor Kinney, left, and Jesse Kulbe pose for a yearbook photo in the BAHS band room. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
Chiropractor Jane Robertson, left, and massage therapist Kristen Burkholder present information on the high school’s wellness program. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
Brendan Bruns and Bianca Mitchell at the Jobs for Maine’s Graduates table. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
After performing on trombone earlier in the evening, Dany Wilson plays guitar in a corner of the band storage room. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
Belfast Area High School t-shirts on display. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
Yearbook committee members, from left, Kirsten Caswell, Mikayla Artkop and Kaylee Allen. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
Visitors to Belfast Area High School reflected in a display case. (Photo by Ethan Andrews)
Drawings displayed on easels in an art classroom. (Photo by Charles R. Hamm)
Brittany Littlefield. (Photo by Charles R. Hamm)
Hannah White and Jackson Winslow. (Photo by Charles R. Hamm)
Ian Hathaway. (Photo by Charles R. Hamm)
Lucie Bonneville and Hannah Greene at a table for the student-run Liberian Education Fund. (Photo by Charles R. Hamm)
McKenzie Eaton, Kaylee Allen and Octavia Evans. (Photo by Charles R. Hamm)
Mikayla Artkop, Alison Walker, Anna Baiungo and Tyler McLeaod. (Photo by Charles R. Hamm)
Foreign language teachers, from left, Laura Avila (Spanish), Jackie McKenney (French), Tim Doran (Latin). (Photo by Charles R. Hamm)
Will Hyland and Jordon Bickford. (Photo by Charles R. Hamm)
Will Hyland, Catie Mcginn, Patrick Groening and Ben Robinson. (Photo by Charles R. Hamm)
Zachary Sheafe, Lucy Heal and Mr. Lagerbom. (Photo by Charles R. Hamm)
BELFAST - The parking lot of Belfast Area High School was filled on Oct. 23. The occasion wasn’t a home football game. It was the school’s open house, just a few notches more ambitious than usual.
Inside the school, student artists worked in the upstairs classrooms of the art wing while musicians performed in rotating brass and woodwind groups downstairs. Others roamed with guitars.
The hallways presented a friendly gauntlet of displays put together by the schools departments and activity groups: the Yearbook Committee, the Liberian Education Fund, Jobs for Maine Graduates, the Technology Team, the Civil Rights team and many others. Early visitors were able to peek in on a play rehearsal under way in the gym.
In a departure from past years when school staff orchestrated the open house, students — over 150 in all — were recruited to show off the accomplishments of the school.
Teachers and professionals led short sessions on the BAHS Athletics program, the Finance Authority of Maine, the BAHS Academic Team, MELMAC (formerly Maine Educational Loan Marketing Corporation) grants, opportunities at Waldo County Technical Center, planning for college, or in the case of the 9th Grade Team, planning for high school.
For more information on Belfast Area High School, visit: http://bahs.rsu20.org/
Contact Ethan Andrews at news@penbaypilot.com
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