Reachfor the Stars Seniors StudentLife Sports PeopCe Advertisements 2001 Lamp Reach for the Stars BerlinHighSchool 139 PattersonWay Berlin, CT06037 (860)828-6577 Volume66 TITLE 1 James Lescoerepresentsthe bestofacademicsasaNational MeritSemifinalist. JoySanzorepre- sentsthebestof schoolspiritasshe RyanMorrisonrepresentsthebestofathleticsasheclearsa hurdleataBerlinTrackmeet. Upon entering High School, wewerefacedwith manychallenges. Asfreshmenwereadilyacceptedthose challengesandsetgoalsforourselvestoachieve.Justasthestarshavenolimits,therewasnolimittowhatwecould accomplish.Bysettinghighstandardsandhavingthebeliefthatwecouldaccomplishanythingwesetouttodo,our classwasabletosucceedinmanydifferentways.ThroughoutourfouryearsatBerlinHighSchoolwehavenotonly gainedknowledge,butwehavealsoexcelledacademically,athletically,andmusically.Individually,everymemberof ourclasshasdifferentstrengthsandhassetgoalsindifferentareas,buttogetherwehavebeenunitedtoreachone commongoal,success.Forsomeofuswehaveexcelledacademicallythroughgettinggoodgradesandtestscores, whileothershavereachedtheirgoalsthroughmusicorontheathleticfield.Fromfreshmentoseniors,wehave developeduniquepersonalitiesforourselves,buttogether,throughourdifferentstrengthsandaccomplishments,we havedefinedtheclassof2001. NowasweleaveBerlinHighSchool,wewillenterthefuture,whichlikethestars,hasnolimits.Whatliesbeyond 2 THEME DrummajorDesireeBaldessari representsthebestofmusicas shesalutes. cheersatafootball game. AllisonLinkerrepresentsthebestofdramaasshesingsasolo duringthemusicalAnnie. thestarsinunknownandwhatthefuturewillbringisamystery.We,asthefirstclassofthenewmillenniumwilllead thewayintothefuture.InourtimeatBerlinHighSchoolwehaveshownthatwecansucceed.Now,aswemoveon intothefutureandgoourseparateways,wewillbereadytomeetevenbiggerchallengesbecausewewillalways haveonecommonbond;thestrengthanddesiretoreachforthestars. THEME 3 Clockwisefromabove:SarahMonzilloex- ploresthepossibilitiesofherfutureatthe ceonljloeygeafasihr.orStarbareGaukzzferoamndclBasrsy.anBrGiraanboRwasmkyi provesthatasmileisworthathousandwords. HongNguyen,KimFacey,OlgaKonferowicz, TanyaUsher,andTheresaGriffostudyforan upcomingtest.RayVernacatolaenjoyshis lunchintheseniorhallway. 4 SENIORS m Asfreshmenweenteredhighschooltimidandunsureof whattoexpect. Forusitwasanewbeginning, anew challengethatwehadtoface.Duringourfreshmanyear weexperiencedourfirsthomecoming,firstpeprallyand firstmidterms. Assophomores, wegainedalittlecon- fidence.Wewerereadytotakemorerisks.Someofus joinedtheband,otherstookartclasses,andsomeeven triedoutforateam.Bythetimeweenteredourjunioryear, manyofuswereactivelyinvolvedindifferentclubsand activitiesandhadstartedtoworktowardsindividualgoals. Aswe begantothinkaboutthefuture,theconnection among the members of our class only grew stronger. Duringjunioryearwealsoenjoyedafewnewactivities suchasprom,SAT’s,andourownplaceintheparkinglot. Nowitisoursenioryear.Theworkthatwehavedonehas paidoff.Manyofushaveachieveddifferentgoals,andour classhasgrowntogether.Wehaveestablishedourselves afliasrsstttshp.erWocmle,ashlsaasovtfet2om0ue0rt1nat.mhFeeonrcthm,aallnalseytnygoefeauros,f,bhiuittgihsitasicsyhaeolaosrlooaafnyldeasantrsoow-f ourfutureoutsidethewallsofBerlinHighawaitsus. SENIORS 5 “Homecomingisatimeto wf“rDaeesecopsriwazeztlail.n”g.—.fo.reCHsoploeimcnieaFcleollymthitnhge ftJroihaeremsgeigtetoooadllM,lootohaweknedlbbaamd,caaknkrdeeomnmKe.ea”mmrboee—n-r Lowchy 6 HISTORY