Bayside High School celebrated its 90th anniversary this past Saturday with a lively party featuring legacy exhibits, performances and displays by students in the school’s six Career and Technical Education programs.
Photo by Alice Moreno
Bayside High School commemorated its 90th anniversary on March 28 with a celebration that welcomed current and former students to a reception that included legacy exhibits, performances and displays by students in the school’s six Career and Technical Education programs.
The celebration was organized by Friends of Bayside, which is aimed at inspiring Bayside alumni with a sense of purpose and strengthening bonds between its students, faculty and community.
The hallways were lined with decorations in the school’s signature blue and orange colors, leading attendees toward an array of displays designed not only to reflect on their own experiences at the school, but to show them how the school has evolved over the years to serve a new generation of Bayside students.
Attendees were welcomed to the celebration with festive decorations in the school’s signature blue and orange colors.Photo by Alice Moreno
The event also featured a performance by the Voci Supreme Senior Choir, led by music teacher Justin Kelly, demonstrating the talent of students in the Music Performance and Production CTE program.
The Voci Supreme Senior Choir, led by music teacher Justin Kelly, showed off their performance skills during the reception.Photo by Alice Moreno
At 10 a.m., attendees began visiting classrooms and getting up close with many of the new learning materials and updated technology introduced to the school since they’ve graduated.
One room contained an array of keyboards hooked up to computers, a display used by students in the production portion of the music program.
An array of keyboards hooked up to computers gave attendees a small glimpse at the music production process students learn in the music program.Photo by Alice Moreno
In the gym, a slideshow of photos displayed sports teams from former class years, providing attendees a blast from the past and an opportunity to relive their big wins.
Sports teams from former class years lit up a screen in the school’s gym, letting attendees reminisce about their past wins.Photo by Alice Moreno
Yearbooks lined the desks displaying class photos dating back as far as the 1930s, as well as short descriptions of what the school was like when those students were attending.
Yearbooks from 1934-1940s displayed on one of the tables during the celebration.Photo by Alice Moreno
Computers also lined some of the tables with examples of students’ 3D projects created in Bayside’s Computer Programming and Web Design CTE program, some of which were games attendees could try their luck at.
Attendees tried their luck playing some students’ 3D games created in the Computer Programming and Web Design CTE program.Photo by Alice Moreno
Some of the 3D projects available for attendees to play during the celebration.Photo by Alice Moreno
Displays in the hallway also showed off art projects made by engineering students in the school’s Digital Art and Design program, including an array of intricate 3D art pieces ranging from whacky animals to miniature homes to a mechanical iris box.
Engineering students in the Digital Art and Design program created small, 3D sculptures that were displayed on the walls in the hallway.Photo by Alice Moreno
Along the walls were a display of art projects demonstrating various mediums, such as photography, watercolors, pencil drawings and more.
More art projects lined the walls, showing off an array of art projects ranging from watercolors to photography to pencil art.Photo by Alice Moreno
Some art students even sat at desks and created more artwork during the course of the celebration, showing off their skills in real time.
Students sat at desks during the celebration and created art pieces in real time.Photo by Alice Moreno
Before attendees left, they visited tables in the hallways featuring a selection of souvenirs — umbrellas, beanies and shirts — so they could take a small piece of Bayside home with them.
Students and staff offered attendees of the celebration some souvenirs so they could take home a small piece of Bayside.Photo by Alice Moreno