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Fall 2010 Daniel Boone Area School District Newsletter Volume 31, No. 1
new stadium dedicated At homecoming
WhAt’s InsIde
By Jana Mahon
As the leaves began to change colors and the air turned
brisk, students at Daniel Boone High School could hardly
contain their excitement for the upcoming fall activities—
especially Homecoming.
Scheduled for September 29th, the annual powder puff
game took place on the school‘s brand-new stadium and
kicked off Homecoming festivities. The football game
against visiting Pottsville, the dance, and the DB Varsity
Club’s Wall of Fame ceremony were held a few days later
on the weekend of October 1st and 2nd.
The annual powder puff game pits two
teams of senior girls (Pink and Purple) in
a game of flag football. The pink team, the
defending champions, stepped onto the field
ready to go. However, in the end, the purple
team came out on top 31-24.
Erin McGrEal, a member of the purple
team, was positive they would take the title
with all the time her team put in.
“We practiced a couple of days after school,
and we also got together on the Sunday before
the game, so we were pretty confident,”
McGreal said.
Only two days later the Blazers football
team took on Pottsville in the annual
Homecoming game. It was an intense contest
The 2010 Daniel Boone High
Homecoming Court
(pictured above from left)
dEVon chilEnSKy, GracE PorTEr,
BEcKy STEad, Erin McGrEal,
Queen aly yorK,
King aaron BallMEr,
Brandon BEnjaMin,
KylE SchuErGEr, adaM diaZ
(and ryan STonE).
from beginning to end. In the very last minute sophomore andy ricci kicked the winning field goal to give the Blazers a
thrilling 16-14 win.
Ricci was amazed at what he had just accomplished. “It was a rush of adrenaline that I have never experienced before,” Ricci
said. “It was an amazing feeling that not until I woke up the next morning, [had] I absorbed the full effect of what I did for
this school.”
During halftime the Homecoming Court, including the king and queen, were announced and they all walked out onto the new
turf. The 2010 Daniel Boone High Homecoming Court is: aaron BallMEr, Brandon BEnjaMin, KylE SchuErGEr,
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Marching Blazers Take Silver 3 Home Makeover Participant 6

Mission stateMent
The Daniel Boone Area School District, in partnership with students,
parents and the community, is committed to empower all students as
self-directed, creative life-long learners and responsible citizens who
flourish in a diverse and dynamic world, by providing them with a
strong foundation of knowledge, skills and experience in a safe learning
environment.
Belief stateMent
• Contributing members of both our local and global society.
• Self-directed life-long learners.
• Able to view individual talents and cultural diversity as assets.
• Sufficiently skilled to function at a post-secondary level.
• Able to think critically.
• Resilient and adaptive to change.
• Effective and efficient users of technology.
• Effective and resourceful problem solvers.
• Involved in the community.
• Able to function cooperatively as productive team members.
• Risk takers toward accomplishing their goals.
• Able to meet and exceed national and state academic standards.
• Able to communicate effectively.
BoaRD of sCHool DiReCtoRs
Andrew Basile
President
Kevin F. McCullough
Vice President
Margaret M. Fiset
Secretary
Frank J. Cerminaro
Treasurer
JoAnn M. Hartzell
Scott L. Potts
Alan D. Ross
Walter P. Sheehan
Tamara D. Twardowski
Linda L. Neiman
Recording Secretary (non-member)
Dr. Gary L. Otto
Superintendent
Blazing Trails, the official publication of Daniel Boone Schools, is
published periodically by the school district for all residents of the
Daniel Boone Area School District.
Todd Sherman
Editor
The Daniel Boone Area School District, an equal opportunity employer, will not
discriminate in employment, educational programs or activities, based on race,
sex, handicap or because a person is a disabled veteran or a veteran of the Vietnam
Era. This policy of non-discrimination extends to all other legally protected
classifications. Publication of this policy in this document is in
accordance with State and Federal laws including Title IX
of the Education Amendments of 1972, Sections 503 and
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title Vl and
Vll of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. We further affirm
that all curriculum offering and student enrollment
practices will be handled without discrimination
based on sex, race, religion, national origin, or
nonjob related handicaps or disabilities. Inquiries
to be directed to Superintendent, Daniel Boone Area
School District, Matthew Brooke Bldg – Suite 200,
321 N. Furnace Street, Box 490, Birdsboro, PA 19508.
Website: http://www.dboone.org
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Superintendent’s Corner
As part of my ongoing effort to keep our community informed
of what is happening in our district, I want to focus
this message on the upcoming development of the 2011-
2012 budget for the district. Last year
was a particularly difficult fiscal year
as our state and national economy continued
to struggle. The development
of next year’s budget will present yet
another set of challenges as we wade
through this difficult economic and fiscal
environment.
The same factors that impacted our budget decisions last
year continue to represent fiscal challenges and, in some
cases, there are even greater challenges than last year. We
continue to experience reduced revenues and will be facing
increases in our fixed costs and contractual obligations.
Investment income continues to remain flat and we are
expecting a significant decrease in state revenues, based on
feedback from the newly elected governor. The Act 1 Index
has dropped significantly since last year, which severely
limits the amount of revenue the district can raise via tax
increases. Overall, the fiscal realities that confront us will require
a careful and thorough examination of our entire educational
program and all district programs and operations.
The school board and administrative team have already
started the hard work of trying to meet the challenges that
we know face us as we try to develop a budget for the 2011-
2012 school year. We know difficult decisions that impact
the district’s fiscal standing and educational program will
need to be made. We invite you to provide your feedback
and ideas at our public meetings over the next six months
as we work through the process of providing the most costeffective
programs we can based on the resources that we
will have available to us.
Sincerely,
Dr. Gary L. Otto
Superintendent of Schools
HigH ScHool StudentS
Jana Mahon ▪ Molly Seasholtz ▪ Kayla Rivoli ▪ Sam Eigenbrot
Alex Hamill ▪ Harlan Swavely ▪ Ian Kurtz ▪ Corinna Fu

DB Marching Blazers
Capture Silver Medal
The Daniel Boone High School marching band captured the silver medal
October 31 at the TOB Atlantic Coast Championships held in HersheyPark
Stadium. They also brought home the award for high visual performance for the
second straight year.
THe TOP 5 ReSuLTS:
Spring-Ford HS: 96.20 (High Music & Percussion)
Daniel Boone HS: 95.75 (High Visual)
Mechanicsburg HS: 95.25 (High Color Guard)
Pennsbury HS: 94.55
Carlisle HS: 92.30
The Marching Blazers also traveled to Annapolis, Maryland, to participate in the
United States Scholastic Band Association (USSBA)’s National Championships.
Twenty-one groups were in their class from across the country in an event that
brings the “best of the best” to one arena. The Blazers finished in the top 10,
bringing their season to a close on Saturday, November 6th.
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Fall 2010
National Honor Society Inducts New Members
The 36th annual National Honor Society banquet was held on November 16. The guest speaker was MS. MEliSSa
WEilEr GErBEr, 1986 Daniel Boone graduate and Executive Director of the Family Planning Council. Speeches were
also given by NHS President EliSE lErario, Vice President Brandon BEnjaMin, Recording Secretary rachEl
BauMan, Corresponding Secretary ryan STonE and Treasurer KylE SchuErGEr.
The following students were inducted into the National Honor Society: haylEiGh aST, STEPhaniE BEach,
Sarah BirMinGhaM, SaManTha crEMi, laurEn dEMBErGEr, chriSToPhEr durhaM, EMily FiSTEr,
jESSica GEyEr, EdWard KiM, aShlEy KuTZ, ZErSha Munir, alySa MurPhy, alySSa MurPhy, alliSon
PanTonE, cory SaMSEl, TylEr ShuMocK, KaylEiGh SMiTh, naThan SnydEr, jaSon SWanSon, and
chaSE WriGhT.
These students join the following returning members of the National Honor Society of Daniel Boone High School:
rachEl BauMan, Brandon BEnjaMin, chEyEnnE caZauBon, rachEl GuilliaMS, hEaThEr laSallE,
EliSE lErario, Maria lEVandoSKi, MEliSSa roWan, KylE SchuErGEr, EMMa SPadE, and ryan STonE.

teammate Chronicles Undefeated season
By Ben Linsey
In 1982 the Daniel Boone wrestling
team accomplished something that no
Blazer mat team has been able to since
then. During that season, the Blazers
lost none of their 16 team matches – a
season of perfection.
“At the beginning of the season, we
knew it was possible…we knew we
had a shot,” said douG WEaVEr, a
member of the team back then and a
Daniel Boone groundskeeper now.
Weaver is the head groundskeeper
at Daniel Boone Middle School.
Ironically, a teammate, Eric
WaGnEr, is head groundskeeper at
Daniel Boone High School.
Weaver was a member of that
team, which was honored during
Homecoming festivities Oct. 1 by being
placed on Daniel Boone Varsity
Club’s Wall of Fame.
Weaver – who has worked in many
capacities for the Daniel Boone Area
School District for several years – was
1982 Season Results
Record 16-0
Boone opponent
31 Conrad Weiser 29
40 Cocalico 12
58 Schuylkill Haven 11
45 Pottsgrove 16
48 Octorara 11
60 Tulpehocken 3
56 Wyomissing 8
54 Exeter 12
56 Twin Valley 0
40 St. Pius X 13
50 Twin Valley 4
37 Brandywine 12
58 Fleetwood 6
50 Central Catholic 15
42 Exeter 17
32 Oley Valley 28
The 1982 Daniel Boone wrestling team was honored during Homecoming activities
Oct. 1. Members that were able to attend were: (top row, left to right) WaynE
PEllicioTTi, john clEMEnS, coach don WEaVEr, jErry accordino,
nicK FlETchEr; (bottom row, left to right) ricK layEr, Eric WaGnEr,
douG WEaVEr, MarK SErrian, STEVE VlaSacK, MiKE jaMES, and
craiG Minnich.
a part of that team and wrestled from
105 to 126 pounds. The wrestling
team was coming off of a year in which
they had only two losses and nearly
everyone was coming back.
“We took it a match at a time,”
said Weaver, who was a co-captain
of the team along with wrestler PaT
KanE. One of those matches included
a championship match including a
wrestler from Oley Valley who was undefeated
at 21-0 with 19 pins. Weaver’s
job was simply not to get pinned, and
even though he lost, he avoided the
pin and the Blazers came out on top.
The team’s coach was Weaver’s father
Don, which added to the younger
Weaver’s amazing experience.
“In addition to being outstanding
athletes, ten members of the team
were also members of the National
Honor Society,” said head coach don
WEaVEr. “So much of our success
came from the athletes’ dedication and
the leadership of our veteran wrestlers.”
The younger Weaver had mixed
emotions when the Blazers won their
last group meet.
“It was a combination of elation and
relief,” he said. The relief was simply
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that he could eat again. Weaver, during
the season, needed to get down
to a lower weight class to help Daniel
Boone win.
Weaver went on to college at Penn
State for one semester and then transferred
to West Chester University.
He began working at his old high
school, Daniel Boone, and coached
track, wrestling, cross country, and
soccer for one season after the coach
left. His father was the athletic director
at Daniel Boone and chose him to fill
in as soccer coach for that one year.
Weaver also ran a tutoring room at
the high school for 11 years as well.
Currently, Weaver is the groundskeeper
at Daniel Boone Middle School and
has a daughter in 11th grade in the
Hempfield School District.
Weaver is proud to be a part of that
memorable 1982 wrestling team, and
learned a lot from his senior season in
high school.
“The main take away was that if
you keep working success will come,”
Weaver said.
Ben Linsey is an eighth-grade student
at Daniel Boone Middle School

New Stadium Dedicated At Homecoming
Continued from page 1…
adaM diaZ, ryan STonE, aly
yorK, GracE PorTEr, Erin
McGrEal, dEVon chilEnSKy, and
BEcKy STEad. After a moment of
silence Aaron Ballmer’s and Aly York’s
names were read as this year’s king and
queen; they were then greeted by the
Homecoming Queen from last year,
Sarah rohlFinG, who presented
them with their crowns and flowers.
Photos from
opening week
activities at the
new Daniel Boone
High School
stadium
Ballmer had some mixed feelings
about his win. “I had a gut feeling that
I would [win], but I wasn’t really sure.
I felt happy and relieved, but I was still
pretty shocked,” Ballmer said.
The undefeated 1982 Daniel Boone
High wrestling team was also placed on
the Daniel Boone Varsity Club’s Wall of
Fame. The team, which was 16-0 that
season, broke the school record for pins
and won each meet by an average of
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Fall 2010
more than nine bouts. Three Blazers—
MarK SErrian (112), MiKE jaMES
(138), and john clEMEnS (185)—
won sectional titles, and Clemens was
runner-up in the state.
To date, the team is the only undefeated
wrestling team in Daniel Boone
history (for more, see Page 4).
Jana Mahon is a sophomore at
Daniel Boone High School.
Freshman Alix Hamill contributed to this story.
Photos by
high school students
Adrienne Trupp,
Heather Key,
Jess Hoag, and
Payton Yoder

John Perella Lends Skills For Local Home Makeover
By samantha eigenbrot
An amazing gift was given this summer
to recently widowed mother,
Trisha Urban of Tilden Township—a
new home. She was surprised by Ty
Pennington and the design team of the
reality-TV show “Extreme Makeover:
Home Edition” at a carnival at the
Cochranville Fire Company in August.
One week later, Daniel Boone Food
Service Director john PErElla considered
himself lucky to have participated
in the life-changing project.
“As I was walking through the house
just before the family came home I
realized, for the first time, that we
did not just build a house—we built a
home,” Perella said.
Perella was one of hundreds of volunteers
from Berks County to help
build Urban and her year-and-a-halfold
daughter Cora a new home on the
site of her ancient farmhouse.
The television show based on the
project was aired on ABC the night of
Sunday, October 24.
Perella was one of six members of
what “Extreme Makeover” calls the
Cobra Team. Each volunteer is assigned
to one of the local project managers
as their assistant, Perella said. He
acted as a troubleshooter.
“As the build progressed, anything
that was missed or overlooked by the
tradesmen was my responsibility to fix
in order to keep the build on schedule,”
Perella said. He added that the
tasks included anything from organizing
volunteers to keeping the work site
clean to re-framing walls to accommodate
last-minute design changes.
“I was there every day from
2 p.m. to 2 a.m.,” he said.
Perella became Daniel
Boone’s Food Service Director
in 2009. He explained that
while growing up he lived
in an old farmhouse; he was
constantly helping his dad in
restoration projects and has
“done just about everything
you can do to a house.” He
added that during college he
worked in a wall-panel plant
at a lumberyard and also as
an electrician. “Although
construction is not my profession,
I am fairly handy,”
Perella said.
The popular “Extreme
Makeover: Home Edition” is
obviously an emotional experience for
all involved, Perella included. He said
the significance of the project really
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hit him when the family was shown
the home.
“During the week, I was so concentrated
on just getting everything done
that I really didn’t have time to stop
and think about what we were doing,”
Perella said.
Pictures of Trisha, Cora, and Trisha’s
husband Andy—who died of a heart
attack just hours before Cora was
born—were strategically placed in almost
every room. Each step leading
to the second floor was numbered so
Cora could count them as she climbed.
Sections of the mural Cora’s father
painted on the nursery walls of the
old home were displayed around the
house.
Perella said when the bus finally
pulled away to reveal the new home,
knowing what the Urban family was
about to walk into and how much it
was going to change their lives for the
better, tears were on everyone’s face—
including his.
“Let’s just say, I was glad I had my
sunglasses on,” Perella said.
Samantha Eigenbrot is a sophomore
at Daniel Boone High School
New Flag Waves Over Monocacy
A new star-spangled banner was hoisted at the Monocacy Elementary
Center in a flag-raising ceremony on Friday, September 24. The event
was organized to present a new flag to the school by PTC Vice President
MrS. KEri linSEnBiGlEr. The new flag was donated by rEP. daVid
KESSlEr, who also attended the event. Boy Scouts in the third, fourth, and
fifth grades rotated the responsibility of raising and lowering the flag with
the assistance of MEC custodians.
After the new flag was raised, The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Kindergarteners from the classrooms of MrS. johanna laTiMEr and
MS. EilEEn GilMorE were also in attendance. Pictures from the event
were used to create a Photo Story slide show documentary with the help of
computer teacher MS. PaT SMiTh. The boy scouts who participated in the
ceremony were: fifth-graders aaron linSEnBiGlEr, john SKElSTon,
dylon McGrann, jaMES KrinEr, hunTEr auMan, and jaSon
crEMi; fourth-graders KurTiS WolFE, alEX Worral, and Brandon
carPEnTEr; and third-graders auSTin BonETZ and EVErETT FrEy.

FBLA students Compete
In Annual Competitions
Members of Daniel Boone High School’s Future Business Leaders of America
won awards last spring at a regional competition held with other Berks County
Schools at the Berks Technical Institute. Twenty-four students placed in the top
five in various competitions in business and computer skills. It is the best showing
ever by DBHS’ FBLA members. Fourteen students went on to compete at the
State Leadership Conference in Hershey.
The list of winners is as follows:
FBLA – RLC WInneRs
First Place
jEnniFEr SWanSon
Help Desk (State Qualifier)
jaKE rEcK
Business Calculations (State Qualifier)
chriS FraMPTon
Business Law (State Qualifier)
Zach EnGliSh
Cyber Security (State Qualifier)
second Place
BrETT SiMMonS
Business Communications
(State Qualifier)
EdWard KiM
Introduction to Business
(State Qualifier)
jaMES laSKEy
Intro to Technology Concepts
(State Qualifier)
jESSica SWanSon
Business Math (State Qualifier)
third Place
auBrEy harriS
Marketing (State Qualifier)
dan WoodMan
Computer Applications
(State Qualifier)
ShElBy ThoMaS
Word Processing II (State Qualifier)
aBBy ToTh
Client Service
Fourth Place
aaron SnydEr
Sports Management
(State Qualifier)
aBBy MoSS
Introduction to Business
(State Qualifier)
KriSTEn PEroni
Help Desk
(State Qualifier)
KaiTlyn Madl
Impromptu Speaking
Team: chaSE WriGhT,
joE & KylE KinG
Entrepreneurship
Team: KaiTlyn haMPTon,
alEX iannElli,
KEri nEiSWEndEr
Business Ethics
Fifth Place
BEcca hill
Computer Problem Solving
hEaThEr KEy
Word Processing I
Kaliyah PhilliPS also qualified for the state competition based on her placement
in Personal Finance because one of the top five could not attend.
As FBLA heads into its 2010-11 year, the club hopes to improve on these record-breaking
numbers. Daniel Boone’s FBLA chapter will be led this year by new
adviser, Mr. ScoTT Moulin. Last year’s advisers, MrS. ElouiSE BEan and
MrS. BonniE SiMMonS, have stepped down after a combined 30-plus years of
service to FBLA.
FBLA ended its 2010 year with the following student officers: jaKE rEcK,
President; SydnEy KEhoE, Vice-President; alana GrEEnE, Secretary; BrETT
SiMMonS, Treasurer; and aBBy ToTh, Historian.
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News Briefs
District
10 Chorus
Selections
The following high school students
were selected in October as members
of District 10 Chorus:
rilEiGh GErharT, Kayla
riVoli, cory SaMSEl, KylE
SchuErGEr, aaron SoBEl, KEVin
TracEy and john WilliaMS.
District 10 includes the best singers
from seven counties, including Berks,
Lehigh, Carbon, and Northhampton.
Reading Express
Sign Nate Romig
Fall 2010
Daniel Boone High School grad
naTE roMiG has joined The Reading
Express indoor football team for the
2011 season. Romig played for the
team last season. He caught 42 passes
and scored 12 touchdowns after joining
the Express in mid-season.
Romig, who was a standout running
back for the Blazers in high school and
receiver for Albright College, is one of
three receivers signed by the Express
for next season as the team joins the
Indoor Football League.
Bodolus Gets Win 100
Mr. daVE BodoluS, Daniel Boone
High School head football coach and
physical education teacher, won his
100th game of his career when the
Blazers beat Donegal 46-13 on Friday,
Sept. 3, at Donegal High School.
Bodolus’ teams have won more than
60 games since he began coaching at
DBHS in 2003. Previously, he was the
head coach of St. Pius X in Pottstown
for five years.
He is one of only four active Berks
County football coaches with 100
wins.

Find The Creative Genius Within Your Child
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Game On: Power Play–Explore new games and add your own twist to high-energy challenges!
June 20-24 • Daniel Boone Middle School • M-F, 9:00 am–3:30 pm
For students entering grades 2–6
Director: Nancy Centrella and Bob Pennington
To register: 800-968-4332 or www.campinvention.org
Save $25! Register by March 30th for only $190!
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