August 2016 a Look Back at the Events of 2016 & 2017
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C ONTENTS Enjoy Your Summer Vacation! Check us out Online! SENIOR SURVEY 2 chsrampage.org ULTIMATE TEST 3 DESTINATIONS 4 SPOTLIGHTS 7 SUMMER READING 15 SPEECHES 16 ampage WELL WISHES 19 2 UOTABLE UOTES RVOLUME: 66 ISSUE: 3 June 2017 Q Q 20 CHESHIRE HIGH SCHOOL A Look Back at the Events of 2016 & 2017 Midterms begin at CHS leadership August 2016 November 2016 13 CHS! 25 conference! CHS Young Femi- Election Day National Poem in 25 nists host the Gen- 27 8 2016! 25 Your Pocket Day der Equity Pro- is celebrated in BRAVE hosts Vet- gram. the library. 11 eran’s Day break- Junior Prom! 6WXGHQWVDUULYHIRUWKH¿UVWGD\RI fast. 29 school at Cheshire High! February 2017 Lights of Hope! 11 Junior Job Shadow 2 Day! September 2016 Sophomore ca- 16 reer fair takes Opiates Crisis Open house at Cheshire High to May 2017 place in the com- 7 Assembly. 8 welcome families. mons and cafe. Blood drive at AP testing begins. CHS! Students were dismissed early due to The fall play 8 1 12 an unexpected plumbing issue in the 17 “Radium Girls” First snow day of the year! CHS spring choral concert. front of the school. premiers. 9 2 &ROOHJHIDLUDQG¿QDQFLDODLGQLJKWDW Cheshire High School CHS Broadway Highlights chorus CHS spring instrumental concert. 12 CHS. 19 students rake leaves 14 concert. 11 for senior citizens. Pep rally! Students 23 get excited for fall 2017 sports to begin. The annual Powderpuff game takes March 22 place. Minor power outage in the front of Senior Prom! Seniors Alysha DeGennaro and Aus- 2 the building. This was the second 13 26 tin Ratliff are recognized at the US power outage of the school year. Army All-American Marching Band Cheshire Public B1 Day! Selection ceremony. 11 Schools Discovery 16 Expo takes place at Awards Convocation Ceremony! Power Outage during period 4 in the CHS. 16 22 science/back hallways. Physics and calculus Pi Day! 18 students visit Lake First CHS Blood Drive of the year. 14 Compounce. 27 Honor cord ceremony October 2016 19 for seniors! 2016 Cheshire High School Marching Ram December AP Art Show 8 Band’s Music in Motion takes place. 20 One Acts takes place in the audito- AP Gov students head to Boston to 2 rium. Last snow day of the school year! 15 23 participate in a Senate simulation. First two hour delay in Cheshire Pub- Spring musical “Singin’ in the Senior experience 5 lic Schools history! Rain” premiers.p 23 24 presentations. 19 PSATs for sophomore and juniors. 6 CHS chorus concert. Senior picnic at 20 25 Holiday Hill. National Honor Society induction. CHS instrumental concert. AP Lang students head to Newport, 15 31 Rhode Island Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty and 25 her opponent Clay Cope square off in April 2017 a forum at Cheshire High School. June 2017 SATs were administered to all ju- 2017 5 niors, while the CAPTS were given Final exams begin at Cheshire January to sophomores. 9 High School. Curriculum & Graduation for the Class of 2017. 10 Activities Night 8QLWHG 6WDWHV $WWRUQH\¶V 2I¿FH We wish them the best in their fu- Halloween Parade at CHS! takes place at 5 presents the HEAT presentation to 14 ture endeavors. Congratulations! 31 CHS! seniors and sophomore. Senior Survey Senior Destinations Senior Spotlights Speeches You Won’t Page 2 Page 4-7 Page 8-14 Hear at Graduation Page 16-18 2 2 Senior Survey Rampage June 2017 The Graduating Class of 2017 Senior Survey! By Roger Chen & Jess Tan 2017 & 2018 Sansoucy (interim), and Dr. Mary Swan, Mr. Ralph Zingarella, and garnered one-hundred eleven re- *DGG7KH\KDYHVHHQ¿YHGLIIHU- Ms. Diane Milone. sponses, which represents about a The Class of 2017 will be ent assistant principals: Mrs. Lau- Now as the Class of 2017 fourth of the graduating class. Not graduating from Cheshire High rie Vicario, Mr. Richard Sansoucy, departs the high school, Rampage all respondents answered all the School this week and will soon Mrs. Maureen Reed, Mrs. Kristen decided to conduct a survey of questions, and some inappropriate enter college, the military, or em- Pelz, and Mr. Daniel Tartarelli. The the graduating class to hear about responses were removed. The sur- ployment. During its time at CHS, Class of 2017 also saw the depar- their experiences at Cheshire High. vey was anonymous as Rampage this class has seen three principals: ture of legendary teachers such as The survey was sent to all seniors staff could not see who submitted Mr. Jeffrey Solan, Mr. Richard Mr. Robert Schaeffer, Ms. Virginia through their school emails, and it each response. Favorite Senior Events Top School Lunches 1. Prom - 26 1. Dunkers - 25 2. B1 Day - 14 2. Deli Option - 9 3. Football - 12 3. Bosco Sticks - 4 4. Volleyball - 10 3. Popcorn Chicken - 4 5. Graduation - 3 3. Corn Dogs - 4 6. Skip Day - 2 3. Pasta - 4 6. Leadership Confer- 3. Pizza - 4 ence - 2 Have you ever gotten a detention? 2 Rampage June 2017 Senior Spotlight 3 6th Annual Summer Senior Picnic Photos Book Club Series Sign Up by Shivani Padhi 2018 The CHS Summer Book Club has returned for its sixth year. Registration for book clubs has begun, giving students the option of deciding between 44 different books across a wide spectrum of genres. This year, the program is bigger and better than ever, with over 75 CHS faculty mem- bers hosting these books. Many books on the list have a movie coming out soon. Some of these books include “All the Bright Places,” “ Hidden Figures,” and “ The Circle.” Some of these book clubs are planning on having a novel/movie comparison in the beginning of the new school year. In addition to the books being re- made into movies, other book clubs have generated a great amount of excitement for other reasons. Ms. Hoag will be host- ing “Hidden Figures,” which received an Oscar nominee for being the best picture in 2017. in “Runaways: The Complete Collection Additionally, Ms. Barker’s book club Volume 1” by Brian K. Vaughan (Text), is reading the latest Harry Potter book: Adrian Alphona (Illustrations), Takeshi “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts Miyazawa (Illustrations), the CHS Sum- 1 & 2” (Harry Potter #8) by John Tiffany mer Reading Program offers something Rampage Staff (Adaptation), Jack Thorne, J.K. Rowling, for everyone. Registration for these book which won Goodreads Choice Awards on clubs is highly encouraged by the CHS being the best fantasy book. Upon talking English Department. To sign up, use the Roger Chen, 2017 to Ms. Barker, she decided to pick this link provided below or go to the Cheshire Editor-in-Chief book because it a “easy relaxing summer High School webpage. The deadline to read” that provides entertainment values register for a summer book club is June 14 for the readers. Barker especially loved (the last day of school). Annie Wang, 2018 Agnela Zhu, 2017 this book due to its magic and fantasy Student Life Editor Managing Web Editor components as it delves into the world Registration of Harry Potter’s son, Albus. Barker has https://docs.google.com/a/cheshire.k12. Jess Tan, 2018 Shivani Padhi, 2018 done the summer reading book club from ct.us/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe5W_5S2IVh the start (2012) and is looking forward 1WbK8da9zWBITcsLR9_IfBIVlLUPY- Health Editor College Editor to have a fun, inciteful and “hogworthy” LAtknLBUQ/viewform?usp=already_re- discussion with her group. She might sponded Simran Kaur, 2018 Virginia Shugrue, 2017 even collaborate with Mrs. Paier’s read- Arts and Review Editor Public Relations Editor LQJJURXSZKRLVUHDGLQJWKHYHU\¿UVW Book List Harry Potter book, “Harry Potter and the https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hQ Sorcerer’s Stone.” QDcSCKX488Dltj6GXd4AmJeNxtwjIbN Julia Acquavita, 2018 Mike Lewis, 2019 From Mrs. Catucci reading group V-RrappB4Q/edit Opinions Editor Sports Editor “The Great American Whatever” by Tim Federle to Mr. Swanson’s comic books The Ultimate Test: Valedictorian versus Salutatorian by Annie Wang 2018 :KDWWUHDW\HQGHGWKH$PHUL- Valedictorian vs. Salutatorian. An d. North Korea d. John Tyler FDQ5HYROXWLRQ" ultimate test. We brought together Angela Val: “Republic of the chimmie changas” Val: The honorable Betsy Devos (1 pt) a. The Treaty of Tordesillas Zhu, the valedictorian, and Roger Chen, (1 pt) Sal: Ulysses S. Grant( 0 pts) b. 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