April 2016 Newsletter
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THE SPARTAN NEWS η φωνή των τότε οι άνθρωποι (Voice of the People) New Hartford Senior High School 315-624-1214 FAX 315-624-1209 Mark Benson, Principal April 2016 www.newhartfordschools.org Tim Crowe, Dean of Students CALENDAR New Hartford’s Riley Cady Wins National Award APRIL 5TH From Alliance for Young Artists and Writers BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING 7 P.M. What do Andy Warhol, Richard Avedon, Philip Pearl- stein, Zac Posen, and Lena Dunham all have in com- APRIL 8TH mon with one of our New Hartford Seniors? They too received Scholastic Art & Writing Awards as teens. TERM 3 ENDS On March 14, 2016, the nonprofit Alliance for Young REGISTRATION DEAD- Artists & Writers (the Alliance) announced the national LINE FOR SAT EXAM award recipients of the 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the nation’s longest-running and most prestig- WEEK OF APRIL ious recognition program for creative teens in grades 7 11TH –12. This organization sponsors the Regional and Na- tional Scholastic Art Competitions, as well as awarding REPORT CARDS prizes and scholarships for selected artwork that dis- play “originality, technical skill, and the emergence of MAILED personal vision or voice”. These students have been identified by panels of creative APRIL 15TH professionals as the most tal- ented young artists and writers LAST DAY TO DROP A in the nation. This year, nearly SPRING SEMESTER 320,000 works of art and writing CLASS were submitted. Only the top 1% were recognized at the na- APRIL 19TH tional level. BOARD OF EDUCATION Please help the New Hartford Art Department extend a huge congratulations MEETING 7P.M. to Senior High School Art student Riley Cady, on receiving a Silver Medal for her drawing See Right Thru Me. APRIL 21ST VOCAL POPS CONCERT Gold Rating For New Hartford Jazz Ensemble AT JAMPAC 7 P.M. The New Hartford High School Jazz Ensem- APRIL 22ND ble took home a Gold rating from the 29th Annual Oneida Jazz Festival on Friday, EARTH DAY March 4th. Individual All Star awards went APRIL 27TH to the following students: Megan Hollister, Shannon Stappenbeck, Nolan Durr, Joe ADMINISTRATIVE PRO- Alberico, John Jones, and Ben Schnier. The FESSIONAL’S DAY Outstanding Musician award for the entire two day festival went to Megan Hollis- APRIL 29TH ter. This is the 3rd year in a row that a New ARBOR DAY Hartford music student has achieved this honor. Congratulations to all! News from the Counseling Junior Prom News Department The Junior Prom will be held at the Yahnundasis on Saturday, May 21 from 7:00 - 11:00 PM. Tickets will be Counselors have met with all students in grades 9, 10 and available for purchase from April 18-22 in the main lobby 11 to record their course selections for the 2016-2017 during lunch. During the for purchase weeks of AP Ex- school year and review their progress to date. We will ams, May 2-13, tickets will available in Room 164 during send home a confirmation of your son’s/daughter’s lunch. Price is $40 per ticket and includes a sit down din- course selections at the end of the year. ner. Tickets purchased after May 13 will be charged an additional $10 per ticket. There will be no tickets sold Students will be able to access their schedules on the after May 18. In order to purchase a ticket, students must Portal in late August. If parents/guardians have any have a signed permission slip. Students must arrive at questions, please do not hesitate to call our office. the prom by 7:30 PM. Most seniors have received decision letters from colleges The Grand March will begin at 5:45 in the high school by now. They should be updating the college decisions in gymnasium. Students should arrive no later than 5:30. Naviance and be making final visits to determine where they will deposit for next year. Students need to notify ALL colleges/universities where they were accepted of Mock Trial Finishes Regular Compe- their decision by May 1st. It is important for students to remember that their acceptance to a college is tition Undefeated... “conditional”. That means colleges expect students to maintain their grades and can withdraw an acceptance once they see the final transcript! Junior Reviews begin April 6th. This is an opportunity for counselors to review students’ post-secondary plans, make sure they are putting information into Naviance, and answer questions regarding the college search pro- cess or transition plans. We hope all juniors come with questions and have been using Naviance for the Interest Inventory, college search, and putting colleges into New Hartford’s Mock Trial Team finished undefeated and “Colleges I’m Thinking About”. will be ranked #1 as they head to the play-offs beginning on April 5th. Team members include: Jared Bedell (11), Samantha Owens (11), Lucas King (11), Arthur Ross (12), Theresa Rabbia (12), Abby Friedel (11), Morgan Joyce (12), Morgan Bennett (12), Jessica Taylor (11), Arica Tehan (11), Joanna Davi (10), Kameron Karwowski (10), Julian Joyce (11), Riley Cady (12) and Catherine Rayhill (11 ). Good luck in the play-offs! The cost of the trip is $180.00. The $100.00 deposits and PTSA NEWS senior trip contracts have already been collected. This is non-refundable as tickets must be purchased far in ad- vance of the trip. Final payment of $80.00 is due by April 15th. We will be collecting the remaining $80 balance for the Senior Trip during lunch in the lobby until April 15. Checks should be made payable to New Hartford Senior Class 2016. Any payment accepted after April 15th will be subject to a $50.00 late fee. Students must abide by the terms of the New Hartford Senior High School Code of Conduct which will be in effect throughout the trip. We need more members to reach our goal of 261! Our current membership is 227 members! Please help us reach our goal by joining today! If you already joined, consider adding on your spouse and student! Grandparents, teachers, and staff are also en- couraged to join! Also, the representative from Jostens will be here on April PTSA Membership cost is only $5 for adults and $4 for 20 during lunch to distribute cap and gown orders. He will students. only be here for one day, so make sure you stop and pick This year, the NYS PTA will be sending your membership up your orders! Looking ahead, Senior Ball (June 4) tickets card electronically! will be on sale in May. Register through the PTSA using attached form or online at www.nyspta.org and click “Become a Member Today” button, enter New Hartford or 13413, and click link “register” for NH Senior High School. Please come and join us! or via email at [email protected] Thank you, Marie Abraham, NHSHS PTSA President Senior Class News Senior Prank Expressly Prohibited: The senior class trip is scheduled for June 22nd. The itin- The district does not condone any type of senior prank. erary includes a stop at Six Flags Amusement Park, a visit Therefore any student participating in a senior prank will to Quincy Market, topped off by a dinner cruise on Boston not be allowed to attend the senior trip and will forfeit any Harbor aboard the beautiful Spirit of Boston (pictured at and all payments made for the trip. right). February Freeze Basketball Tourna- Championship Robotics Team With ment New Hartford Students Among Its (written by Allison Campbell and Kathryn Silvestri) Ranks Pictured is the SUNY Polytechnic robotics team who placed first this past week- On Saturday, February 27, 2016 the National Honor Socie- end for their work. Bottom row from left to right: Mathew Nerber, Jarod Bialek, ty organized a February Freeze Basketball Tournament Justin Melnitsky, Roman Brutsky. Middle row from left to right: Mathew Kolmer, Ben Weiss, Aidan Uvanni, Jason Martino, Dave Nopany, Nick Kopyt, Meral Evke, that encompassed the participation of teachers and stu- Arda Perkis, Vladimir Omelko. Back row from left to right: Andrew Nerber, dents alike. With a number of volunteers and the extraor- Dominick Ferone, Kurreem Williams, Joel Ferrigno dinary commitment and work of seniors Nick Valenti, Ryan Murray, Nadim Quazi, and Karisma Garg, the night was a Students from SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s Robotics Team hit. Over seven hundred and fifty dollars were raised to 5030 or (the 2nd Mouse), bested 65 other competitors benefit the Midtown Utica Community Center (MUCC), a taking first place at New York City’s Javitz Center the place used by refugees as a spot to dance, discuss religion, weekend of March 12, to advance to the world champion- be tutored, and practice their culture with other refugees ship in a FIRST Robotics Team Competition (FRC). in the area. In a time when people are being divided by The team was selected out of an international field of politics, the Honor Society thought it was important to 3,000 teams for inclusion in the book, “First Robots: Be- hold an event in support of a place that brings people of hind the Design” featuring what the authors call, multicultural backgrounds together to prosper in unity. “exemplars: a collection of the finest designs and teams in the 2015 FIRST Robotics Competition” Members of our National Honor Society chapter regularly tutor refugees at the MUCC in the hope of aiding ESL stu- New Hartford High School Members of the team include: dents in passing their Regents in subjects necessary for Nick Kopyt, Jarod Bialek, Merle Evke, Andrew Nerber, Arda graduation. This basketball tournament was to aid in ob- Pekis and Stephanie Webster.