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General:
This award is named after legendary Oxbow coach: Mona Garone. (Her legacy is attached below.) The purpose of this award is to recognize “school communities” that demonstrated the highest levels of positive sportsmanship. At the end of the basketball season, officials are permitted to nominate schools. The officials are asked to base their nominations on the entire "school community" (players, coaches, fans, administration, etc.). The award is subjective and is simply an opportunity to highlight what the officials witnessed as positive sporting environments. Although a great number of schools are nominated and worthy of the award, this year we recognize your school as one of the top schools for sportsmanship.
(The award is only be based on the current basketball season. And a school can only be awarded once every four years.)
Mona Garone (A Legacy of Success)
In 36 years as a basketball coach at Bradford Academy and Oxbow High, Mona Garone raised and set the bar for girls’ high school basketball in Vermont, especially in the Upper Valley region of the state. She is one of three Vermont girls’ basketball coaches to win over 500 games and her teams made 31 final four appearances, 18 trips to the finals and captured 10 state championships. Her teams also won 14 league titles and she had five undefeated seasons. Starting with a 23-0 mark and a state title in 1984-85 to midway through the 1987-88 season, Oxbow won a state-record 74 straight games. Garone was the recipient of many state, regional and national basketball coach of the year awards. She was also one of the coaches in the 1994 Kodak National Girls High School All- American Game in Jackson, Tenn. sponsored by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Several of her players went on to play in college at all levels (including 2014 Vermont Sports Hall of Fame Inductee Jade Huntington, who starred at Vanderbilt.)
She also was Oxbow's first field hockey coach leading the program for many years winning two Division III state titles and sharing another in D-II.
A graduate of Lyndon State, she was named to its athletic hall of fame in 1999. She also is member of the Vermont Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame, the New England Basketball Hall of Fame and was an inaugural inductee into the VPA Hall of Fame in 2003. She also served many years as the Oxbow Athletic Director and in 1995 she earned the Vermont State Award of Merit by the VSADA.
Garone passed away in 1998 but her legacy lives on at her school and throughout the state. The Oxbow High gym is named the Mona Garone Gymnasium and the state's award for basketball sportsmanship is named in her honor.
The Chips are Down by Don Zolidis
March 30th, 7PM in the PAC
Suggested donation of $5 at the door
Set at an all girls boarding school during the time of the "Red Scare" America is grappling with its identity. One girl is asked to define her own morality when she is ordered to spy on her favorite teacher.
BFA Theatre is also hosting The Regional One Act Festival on April 1st. We will be hosting Milton, Rutland, and Hartford schools as students present one-act plays and compete to move on to the state theatre festival. We will be presenting The Chips are Down at this festival at 1:20 PM. If you wish to attend all shows, the first block of shows will begin at 9:00 AM.
Students, On Wednesday, March 29th, during Enrichment, BFA and NCTC will be hosting a career connections presentation with Superior Technical Ceramics. During the presentation representatives from the company will discuss job types in the organization, typical responsibilities of the different job types, and what makes a good job candidate/employee. They will also cover what kind of opportunities are available for high school students, recent graduates, as well as individuals who have experience in the field. If you are interested in ENGINEERING, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, or jobs in the SKILLED TRADES please attend! Please sign up to attend this on Flextime Manager by searching for the event called “Career Connection Opportunity.” This event will be held live from room B120a Email or speak to Mr. Mahabir (lmahabir@maplerun.org) or Mr. Thayer (rthayer@maplerun.org) if you have any questions.
The Chips are Down by Don Zolidis
March 30th, 7PM in the PAC
Suggested donation of $5 at the door
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March 21, 2023
Attention Seniors and Families,
I hope everyone enjoyed March Madness Spirit Week!
I know there’s still snow on the ground but it is Spring so I can provide you with information on ordering graduate lawn signs and banners. Here is the Main Street Graphics web store link for 2023:
https://2023graduatelawnsigns-banners.itemorder.com/shop/home/
douglas@msgvt.com www.msgvt.com Office: 802.782.8342
Please complete PLPs and Community Service Requirements, and return your documentation to Mr. Murray. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me by email tcallan@maplerun.org or call 802-527-6400.
March 14, 2023
It’s March Madness week and I hope you enjoy the various activities and school spirit! I want to first provide you with a couple of reminders. Yes, PLPs and Community Service requirements. Note that 70% of the senior class still needs to complete community service. This is a graduation requirement! Please act on this now! Here are some suggested Community Service options for you to fulfill your graduation requirements: United Way, Humane Society, Martha’s Kitchen, Churches, Coaching/Officiating Youth Sports, Greenup Day, Helping the Elderly in need, Helping the Disabled in need, Blood Drives, Libraries, etc.
Second, I’m providing some information from our Balfour representative, Paul Trono.
If there are any members of the Class of 2023 or their families interested in ordering Custom Graduation Announcements, Senior Apparel, or Class Rings, now is the time to order. Your school announcement will have the custom school crest done with the school colors. Simply go to www.balfour.com. and click on graduation. The screen will say high school announcements. When Find MY School pops up just type in the full name of the school. Next, the ordering page will appear. There is a custom announcement for each school and it should appear there on the page. Name cards are not needed as their name will appear in the announcement. Place your order and it will ship directly to your home. Questions, please reach out to balfourvt@gmail.com.
If you have any questions, contact me at 802-527-6400 or email me at tcallan@maplerun.org.
Sincerely,
Theresa Callan
Graduation Coordinator
