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Newsletter 2016-17 News from around CATS Academy Boston Boston Newsletter 2016-17 Featured inside this issue... 1. Letter from the Head 2. Announcements 3. Recent activities 4. High Honor Roll 5. What’s coming up 6. Activities Issue: 4 Spring Announcements achievements REMINDER! Last week of classes for seniors: at CATS May 22 - May 26 Graduation! Academy To the CATS Academy Community: It is hard to believe it is already time to plan for academic year 2017-18! As our student population Boston. continues its steady growth, we are experiencing a great interest in the Academy. It is our intent this year to start the re-enrollment process a little earlier than we have in prior years to ensure that currently enrolled students Monday, May 29 have every opportunity to re-enroll before we commit to admit new students. Reading Day Our Re-enrollment contracts are still open to families and agents. We are excited to hear back from you Tuesday, May 30 during that time. Greetings from Braintree! 9-11am English Literature, English Skills, We are now officially enjoying Spring in New If you have additional questions or concerns regarding CATS Extra Literature re-enrollment, please contact the Student Services England. Spring began with a display of art, office at: [email protected] fashion, and music put on by our students in an 1-3pm Mathematics, CATS Extra Math art gallery located not far from our front door. Thank you. Our advanced piano students gave a recital that Wednesday, May 31 The CATS Academy team could be enjoyed as visitors moved through 9-11am Social Science, two floors of student exhibitions that included CATS Extra Social Science paintings, drawings, clothing designs, and collages. This exhibit was open to the community 1-3pm ESL, CATS Extra Academic ESL From the desk of your CATS Congress and was warmly received. Thursday, June 1 President, Mohammed Erfan: With Spring comes the beginning of the On behalf of the student government, I would like to 9-11am Science, CATS Extra Science, invite you all to the CATS Fiesta-VAL on May 9th after baseball season, America’s favorite sport, and ESL Science school. our students visited historic Fenway Park to You can expect to enjoy a variety of fun activities and watch the Boston Red Sox play. They purchased 1-3pm World Languages: Spanish and delicious food. Fiesta-VAL will feature booths from the numerous baseball caps and foam fingers French; Conflicts/Doubles; Make- new school store, cooking club, HHS, music club, and many more! and ate many hot dogs. The home team won Ups for Absences the game and a good time was had by all. And Anyone interested in having their own booth or helping our students traveled to the Lowell Factory Friday, June 2 out with Fiesta-VAL should contact Prof. Mike or myself Museum to learn about the life of American as soon as possible ! 9-11am Computer Science, workers during the early days of the Industrial Revolution. Fine Arts, fun, and field trips have all Game Theory, Conflicts/ Thank you, been part of our Spring experience as we look Doubles, Make-Ups for Absences Mohammed forward to the last few weeks of our 2016-2017 1-3pm Conflicts/Doubles; Make-Ups for school year. Absences Chris Angell Head of School CATS Academy Boston Recent activities Boston Red Sox Keep up to date with the latest activities at CATS Academy “The baseball game was Awesome day Boston. From a Boston Red Sox baseball game at Fenway Park to an amazing American experimenting with technolgy in the Innovation Lab on Arduino day. at the ballpark experience. The famous Fenway franks (hotdogs) were On Easter Sunday a group of CATS fantastic” students went to Fenway Park and Livia, Albania, Grade 10 Arduino Day enjoyed a beautiful day of baseball. They experienced the wave, Fenway Franks We hosted over a and a few home runs by the Red Sox. dozen CATS Boston http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/tour.jsp students, plus a young community member and his parents. Several students shared their own projects, and all participants learned a few tips on how to use open- source Arduino technology in projects ranging from wearable tech to robotics to interactive art. Fashion Show Show The Creative Arts collaborated once again to produce a spectacular end of year ‘Black Spring’ fashion show. Thank you in particular to: • Mr. Archers Digital Imaging class for the posters • Mr. Lewan’s Music Production class for creating the music • All of the student performers: Riya, Gigi, Ben and Lina • Those who helped decorate and organize the show, especially Nhi and Tony • Our photographers, Philip and Jackie • Mr. Crandall who set up the lights • Our models for their professionalism On April 6, 2017, CATS Art Emerging Please congratulate these students collabrated with students for all that they have Young Artists our neigboring Braintree achieved. The following is the Community Art Center to host list of students on the High 2017 a fabulous Art Show. Honor Roll! HIGH HONOR ROLL Good News! CATS has moved into 1st place of all Massachusetts Division III (<500 students) • Liliana Wei for the vocabulary.com • Long Bao Huyunh Chernysheva, Alessandra • Baian Ou Mariana Cruz-Fernandez • Nina Saeki Sunago 97 • Liang Yi Lee Chen, Bolu • Phuong Linh Vu Dominique Lomax: Advisory • Yuhan Shi 95 Nestor, Emilija • Sebastian Uribe Munera Kelly Tempest: Honors British Literature • Nguyen Thanh Ngan Pham 92 • Vy Nhat Duong Nguyen Sultania, Pranav • Bolu Chen Kelly Tempest: Honors British Literature • Thuy Phuong Dung Tong 83 • Huan Quang Bui Bui, John Kelly Tempest: Honors British Literature • Andrey Rudanets 76 • M y A n h N g u y e t N g u y e n Zhang, Fengwei • Tuan Minh Tran Kelly Tempest: Honors British Literature • Thu Ngoc Anh Tran 75 • Pranav Sultania Alexander, David Lucy LaVallee: ESL 3C • Anh Truc Nguyen 69 • Emilija Nestor Duong, Tung • Yiqing Yao Eric Dunklee: Test Preparation Section 4 • Binh Minh Nguyen 68 • Zheming Ye Mcginnis, Terry • Horacio Ornelas Ramirez Peter Bard: Advisory 2017 63 • Thanh Chi Pham NG, Lina • Alexandra Quintero Rico Kelly Tempest: Honors British Literature • Nguyen Quang Du Duong 60 Upcoming-May We have been on lots of trips and Spring excursions. It’s great to hang out Happenings with friends and meet new people. May 7th Boston National College Fair May 20th The entire junior class, along with interested freshman, sophomores and seniors, will be 6 Flags MA attending the Boston National College Fair, as they plan to make decisions on where to further their Six Flags is an amusement park located in Agawam, education after CATS. There will be admission Massachusetts, a western suburb of Springfield, representatives from schools across the country Massachusetts. Dating to the late 1800s, it is the on hand, so the students will get the opportunity oldest amusement park in the Six Flags chain. see what each region has to offer. Superman the Ride (formerly Bizarro) is among the park’s most notable rides having appeared in every Golden Ticket Awards publication by Amusement Today, ranking first or second in the Top Steel Roller Coasters category from 2001 to 2015, and third in 2016. May 21 End of Year Prom At Lombardo Get your gladrags on! It’s time to clebrate! In the United States, and increasingly in the United Kingdom and Canada, a promenade dance, most commonly called a prom, is a semi-formal (black tie) dance or gathering of high school students. Tuesday May 9th Coming up Advisory times 11:00 / 12:00 Actor’s Studio Performance (Black Box Theater) A culmination of this semesters work. The Actor’s Studio presents: One Act Plays! The musical is a fantastic Come and enjoy the show! CATS extracurricular achievement Academy by the Creative Arts Department at CATS. Thursday May 11th A unique collaboration from all theater group at 4pm electives. Fashion (costumes), Spring Fling Concert presents: Music (arrangements), Drama in the gym & Chorus (actors) and Art (sets Once on this Island and promotion). Come and enjoy an afternoon of music and dance, featuring performances by: Chorus, Band, Based on the 1985 novel My Love, My Love; Instrumental Ensemble, Hiphop dance team, or, The Peasant Girl by Rosa Guy, it is set in the Beatbox and Advanced Pianists. French Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea. SHOWTIMES Wednesday, May 17 early release The show includes elements of the Romeo and FINAL DRESS/PERFORMANCE & OPEN Juliet story and elements of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Little Mermaid. REHEARSAL (audience!) Thursday, May 18 early release It concerns a peasant girl on a tropical island, Costume/makeup call - PERFORMANCE who uses the power of love to bring together people of different social classes. Friday, May 19 PERFORMANCE SPORTS Activities Sports 2017 Soccer Schedule May 07, 2017 1:00 PM Extracurricular Activities SSU Blazers N St. Michael Youth C • Fashion Club • Crew May 14, 2017 1:00 PM • Zumba SSU Blazers N • Boxing Pioneer Valley • FitFactory • Weymouth Fitness Club (swimming and tennis) Jun 04, 2017 4:30 PM BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT • Rock Climbing Hampshire United • Musical SSU Blazers N • Yoga • Anime • Chess • Community Service • DECA • GSA/Diversity • Literary Magazine • Math • Model UN • Photography • Scale Model Club • Snack • Technology and Robotics • Yearbook • Russian • Newspaper and more... Exchange Program On behalf of the CATS London and CATS Cambridge students who visited last week, and their chaperone, Mr. Rishi Nathwani of CATS College London, I pass along their warm thanks for a memorable trip. The visitors learned a great deal about our city and our school. Looking ahead, I hope everyone from CATS Academy Boston will also take the chance to visit CATS London, CATS Cambridge, and CATS Canterbury in the future.
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