SPRING ASSEMBLY 2017 This year’s school wide theme was Define Your Legacy. The purpose of today is to highlight all the ways that we did that… Stand up if these apply to you… Duxbury Football ● 20 (+) hours of community service ● $7,200 dollars split between the Beth Israel Deaconess Plymouth Breast Cancer and Best Buddies ● 400 + Coats (brand new) & a full van of toys donated to the Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester ● travelled to Dorchester to put on a clinic for the B&G Club of Dorchester ● hosted the Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester Club at homecoming game ● the entire team raked the yard of Lt. Tim Steele's parents ● The team volunteered at the Boosters Antique show moving furniture ● performed & donated goods to Best Buddies Talent Show. ● (also state champs) DHS Ensemble Bands and Jazz Band Pep Band
● 29 hours of volunteer services around town through concerts around town. ● 10 hours of volunteer/spirit at home football games Robotic Team
● held meet the robot nights at chandler ● won the Granite State Regional Competition ● finished 52nd out of 196 teams in New England Wrestling Team ● Shovelled out the hydrants during the winter Helping Hands
● 25 hours of service ● donated $250 dollars and 500 Books for the local Head Start Programs ● bagged lunches for Father Bill's place for the homeless ● prepared food to be delivered to homebound patients and homeless women in Boston through Rosie’s Place ● handed out water to runners at the Duxbury Half Marathon ● rebuilt cages for shelter cats at the Duxbury Humane Shelter. DHS Choirs, PAC Man and Here Comes Treble
● Many hours of performance service like caroling at Holly Days, Town Tree Lighting, and many other events in the community. Project 351
Project 351 is a service organization that engages students, from every town in Massachusetts, in annual service drives. This year, Duxbury High School participated in a 9/11 service drive, a food drive, and a clothing drive. In total, the High School donated over 200 packs of gum, 1000 pounds of food, $400, and 50 bags of clothes. Congratulations and thanks to all that participated!! She’s The First
● 40 hours of community service ● Over $600 raised to fund education for girls in third world countries!! Boys’ Hockey
● Cleaned the Pilgrim By Way Cemetary ● Coaches vs. Cancer ● Toys for Tots Event The Humanitarian Project
● 20 hours of service ● raised $2000 dollars for local food shelters ● today they are hosting a Day of Service on May 18th to go out into the community to three different sites doing various works of community service → the Village, Senior Center, and the Lions Share Food Pantry Four Strings
● String quartet that raises money for schools that don’t have music programs Drama Department
● Fall Fest ● Senior Class Plays ● Musical ● Full Length ● Hosted states preliminary ● competition ● States Competition ● Semi-Finals ● Raised money at all shows ● for ‘Equity Fights Aids’ ● Upcoming: Spring Fest Upcycle Book Club
● 18 hours of community service Spanish National Honor Society
● 300 hours of community service ● $1000 dollars raised ● Cultural and community events for Alden students → movie nights, culture parties, fundraising with ‘Midterm Gifts,’ etc. ALS One Club
● Raised almost $1000 ● Selling raffle tickets ● Volunteering for the national ALS Club NHS
● Approx. 3,240 hours of community service ● 108 members ● Raised $3200 for the Jimmy Fund through Putting for Patients ● Pie in the Face challenge raised money Mr. Craft’s Economics Class
● His class donating $5000 to a local charity called the Arc of Greater Plymouth. Global Engagement Club (GEC)
Participated in 5 Model UN Competitions
● Catholic Memorial Model UN (Nov) ● St. John’s Danvers Model UN (Dec) ● BC High Model UN (March) ● Sandwich High Model UN (April) ● Westwood High Model UN (May)
Fundraising/school activities!!!
● 5th Annual GEC Handball Tournament ● 5th Annual GEC Volleyball Tournament ● 4th Annual GEC Calendar Giveaway Investment Club
● Went to Federal Reserve Bank in Boston ● Participated in a stock market game online ● Increased financial awareness among the student community Best Buddies
● Promoting one on one friendships between a variety of Duxbury students ● 2 in-school field trips, 1 to Sauchuck Farm in Plympton in the fall, and 1 to the New England Aquarium last week ● Annual Best Buddies Talent Show (15th year)- fundraiser and great activity for the Buddies and their peers and the whole school! ● bakes sales ● bowling night ● movie night ● holiday crafts with the kids in December ● Spring Fling Dance for all members of Best Buddies ● The club is about building friendships between Buddies and Peer Buddies and creating a bond that can last beyond high school.
Entrepreneurial Club
● Went to Converse HQ in Boston ● Learning about about entrepreneurship and preparing students for the business word The return of Powder Puff! ● Bringing together the senior and junior classes in spirit and fun competition Ink Blot and the Dragon Flyer - Journalism Classes
● Ink Blot just released a 24-page magazine yesterday → collecting collects poetry and short stories from students at DHS, and print editions of it will be available in the library and in the front office. ● The Dragon Flyer covering topics in politics, DHS life, pop culture, and the arts., with updates almost ● Weekly comic strip called Oliver's Quest ● series of student and staff profiles called Humans of DHS ● published an investigative series of articles examining recycling at DHS ● At the annual conference of the New England Scholastic Press Association, the paper won two achievement awards for articles, one achievement award for the investigative recycling series, and one superior award for our publication as a whole. DHS Field Hockey
● Donated $1,100 to Mass General Hospital’s Breast Cancer Research Fund. ● Team supports a BCA charity every year! ● 2016 raised money donated exceeded 2015’s donation. ● Mass General was chosen this year in support of a former DHS Field Hockey player’s mother who was treated at MGH.
Boys’ Basketball
● Raised money through Coaches vs. Cancer for a town favorite Gay Straight Alliance (GSA)
● Promoting inclusion throughout the school ● Holding many bake sales throughout the year in support of this greater Alliance SADD - Students Against Destructive Decisions
● Kindest Campaign throughout the school ● Improving the school culture ● “Don’t Be a Jerk” bracelets ● Working on a prom video to promote safety Key Club
● Raised money for March of Dimes, UNICEF, The Confetti Foundation ● Supported the Lions Share Food Pantry in Duxbury Entire Music Dept. Trip to Disney!
Thank you for representing Duxbury and our music programs! State Championship Teams!!!!!!!!
Thank you for bringing pride to Duxbury! Class of 2020- Freshman
Officers: Bernadette Farmer, Jess Murray, Audrey Mitchell, Friend Weiler
● 5 morning bake sales ● Class T-Shirts ● Holiday personalized candy grams ● Touch A Truck ● Concessions of Best Buddies/Stuco Talent Show ● Upcoming: Spring Semi-Formal Freshman Class Dance!!!!!!
● Raised about $1500 this year alone Class of 2019- Sophomores Officers: James Donohue, Morgan Cleary, Nick Rubin, Aaden Fantom, Morgan Slayter
1) Class t-shirts - students to wear during spirit week and the pep rally. The t-shirts raised over $1000 for the class.
2) Prom - The class officers, along with the Prom committee devoted a great deal of time to deciding on the best location for Prom. We researched many different places and surveyed the class, but decided that The Aquarium would be the best fit for the class as whole.
3) Touch a truck - We had weekly meetings with the Freshman class officers to prepare for the event which raised more than $1500 for the class.
4) Project 351 Events: donating packs of gum to soldiers at the start of the school year Class of 2018- Juniors
Officers: Caroline Murphy, Chris Beckerman, Alexis Dow, Alex Kane, Kristin O’Brien
● Alden Movie and Games Night ● Yankee Candle Fundraiser ● ‘Kiss’ the Seniors Goodbye ● Ultimate Frisbee Tournament round 2 (coming up on Friday June 2nd) ● Prom Dress donations for teenagers in need in other towns ● Planning/Coordinating Prom 2017 at Gillette THIS SATURDAY!!!!!!
● Raised $1000 (+) this year alone Class of 2017- Seniors
Officers: Aidan Connolly, Sarah Gill, Abby Manning, Grace Poreda, Richie Jacobson
● Senior Retreat ● Senior Bfast ● Senior Night Out ● Dump Duty Month of December (split with robotics) ● Tailgates were started ● Mr. Duxbury ● Credit for Life (Mrs. Iacadoro and Radzik were in charge of that) ● Hardworking officers that created the best memories for the graduating class of 2017
DHS Student Council
● LINK Orientation - training student leaders and transitioning the Class of 2020 into the high school ● Seniors Back to School Intergenerational Program - 2 times = won the Top Ten Project Award at the MA State Conference among every high school in MA ● Stress Less Laugh More - therapy dogs, food provided by Breadboard, yoga, meditation in the morning, more wellness awareness ● Class Officers and the Eboard of Student Council working together to fundraise and create a better school climate ● 5 Day Spirit Week and Traditional Fall Pep Rally ● Best-Buddies Student Council Talent Show ● Gold Council, 5 Star Council, Top Ten Project winner
This year, Duxbury High School Defined Its Legacy by working and serving for others. A majority of students this year took genuine interest in their school and community by being involved in clubs, sports, organizations, drama, music, academics, and in many other personal pathways. DHS is filled with determined students and teachers, and we all should be proud of what we have accomplished together as a school. Our hope is that next year everyone can be standing up, representing that they too strived to be involved and make this school and town a better, more positive place.