Southington High School KnightNews 720 Pleasant St Southington, CT 06489 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2010 www.southingtonschools.org 860.628.3229 Find out what’s happening at SHS everyday by reading the morning announcements which are posted on our home page ... www.southingtonschools.org Cyber Knights Win Our Mission 1st Competition of the year! The mission of the Southington Public Schools is to engage students In a battle of wits, ingenuity and teamwork, your Southington in a range of educational experienc- High School FIRST Robotics Team 195 allianced with teams es to become informed, adaptive 839 (Rosie Robotics) and 1740 (Cyber-Colonels) won problem solvers who effectively the "Bash at the Beach" pre-season robotics competition held communicate, rise to challenges, in Old Lyme on October 2, 2010. Competing with 31 teams and are committed to improve them- from across the state, your Cyber Knights came away with the selves and their communities. first of what we hope will be many wins this season. This mission is the goal of our In addition to the competition win, The Cyber Knights school system. It describes both the were awarded the "Gracious Professionalism" award. Gra- critical requirement to “to engage cious Professionalism is part of the ethos of FIRST encourag- students in a range of educational ing high quality work combined with the value of others and experiences” and the expected out- respecting individuals and the community. This award is comes in terms of students skills something truly to be proud of. Congratulations Cyber and dispositions. This summer the Knights! District leadership team spent time studying the mission and how it FIRST robotics is an experiential learning program with over can be a powerful way to look at 1800 teams worldwide. These teams compete in a varsity the work of our schools and com- sport of the mind combining engineering, programming, manu- munity. In our schools’ newsletters facturing and business skills together to achieve various objec- I will be sharing a portion of the tives. Their biggest project starts in January when teams are mission and how it drives and given each season's game details and in just six weeks con- frames the work of students, teach- struct a 120 lb robot that can operate autonomously as well as ers, and administrators every day. when guided by wireless controls. These robots then compete In the next publication we will in "the game" against other teams. begin by looking at why many of the teachers and administrators This year's team is full of motivated and energetic stu- have identified “engaging students” dents. This year, the Cyber Knights will be competing in the as the most important words in the Connecticut Regional, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Region- district mission. al and the National Championship in St. Louis MO. Good Luck Team 195! Kick 'Bot! Howard Thiery If you are interested in learning more about this program, Assistant Superintendent of Schools please contact Sandra Brino at 860 -621-4319 SHS Cares Helping to meet the extraordinary needs of students and families in our own high school community SHS Cares is a Southington High School PTO program in which families help other families in need. Many families and individual students have been recipients of past generosity. The needs of students at SHS are often different and greater than most of us can imagine. The resource volunteer form below lists areas of need in which SHS Cares helps other families. These some- times will include: clothing, food, household/domestic items, sports or recreational expenses, senior class expenses, and holiday gift donations. Monetary donations will be directed toward these and other needs, especially food purchases for students and families. Every cent of your donation benefits students and families of the Southington High School community. Questions? Contact School Social Worker: Sharon DePucchio (628-3229, ext 426) SHS Cares PTO Coordinator: Patricia Queen (860-426-0328) The form below will be kept on file for this school year only. If a family has a specific need, a school social worker will contact the SHS Cares Coordinator, who will then contact you to help in the area(s) you have checked. The confidentiality of both the provider and family receiving assistance will be maintained at all times. If there are areas in which you wish to help, please return the form below to the school office or mail to: Sharon DePucchio, Social Worker, Southington High School, 720 Pleasant Street, Southington, CT 06489. Become a SHS Cares Resource Volunteer ********************************************************************************************* Name: ______________________________________________________________________________ Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ Phone: ______________________________________________________________________________ Email: ______________________________________________________________________________ Monetary Donation (Please make checks payable to SHS PTO.) ___ One-time monetary contribution now (Enclosed $_______________). ___ Please call me when funds are needed. Should a need arise, I am willing to donate to the SHS Cares program in the following way(s): ___ Clothing (new, used, or gift cards) ___ Household/Domestic Items ___ Sports/Recreational Needs ___ Funds for Senior Expenses ___ Holiday Gift Donations Thank you for your generosity and support! Revised 10/2010 Volume 9, Issue 1 Page 3 PTO Meetings All-Night Graduation Party (ANGP) Meetings October 18, 2010 Tue, November 16, 2010 November 15, 2010 Tue, January 11, 2011 January 10, 2011 Tue, March 8, 2011 February 7, 2011 March 14, 2011 Tue, May 24, 2011 April 11, 2011 Meetings will start at 7:00pm in May 9, 2011 the SHS Library Media Center unless noted. June 6, 2011 A Simple Way to Give All meetings will start at 7:00pm in the SHS Library Media Center Register your card for A+ School Rewards today & through March 24, 2011. Southington High School (or the school or your choice) will earn GET HELP WITH HOMEWORK! 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BALFOUR In addition, parents will have the ability to pay for school lunches online with PARENT NIGHT a credit card; however, credit card payments will have a nominal service charge applied. Your child(ren) will access their accounts by using their pin Tuesday, October 19th at numbers. More information regarding this program can be accessed online at 6:00pm in the high school’s main cafeteria. www.southingtonschools.org. If you have additional questions, please con- Representatives from Balfour tact Nya Welinsky, School Lunch Director, at 860.628.3286 x221 or by Rings will be here to assist e-mail [email protected]. parents by answering questions regarding the purchase of a class ring for your student. Grade 10 students received information packets in home- room the week on October 12th. Volume 9, Issue 1 Page 4 INCLEMENT WEATHER Counselor NOTIFICATIONS 2010-2011 Assignments Every effort is made to cancel school or GRADE 9* announce a late opening as early as possible A – K MRS. INGRISELLI on days of severe inclement weather. In most L - Z MR. BUGNACKI instances, the decision is made and broadcast GRADE 10* by 6:00AM. Southington Public School A - Ca MR. GLEBA System is participating with the Connecticut Ce - D MRS. VIENS Weather Center in Danbury to list school E - J MS. NAPLES cancellations. All you have to do is go to K - Ma MR. DAVIS www.ctweather.com then click on the school Mc - Pi MRS. WALLACE cancellation page. A list will appear, in PL - Sm MRS. RUSSMAN alphabetical order. Cancellations and late Sn - Z MS. MILLER openings will also air on the following radio GRADE 11* and television stations: A – Ca MR. GLEBA Ce - D MRS. VIENS WHCN 106 FM E - J MS. NAPLES WDRC 1360 AM K - Ma MR. DAVIS WDRC 103 FM Mc - Pi MRS. WALLACE WKSS 96 FM PL - Sm MRS. RUSSMAN WNTY 990 AM Sn - Z MRS. MILLER WTIC 1080 AM/FM GRADE 12* WRCH 910 AM A - Ca MR. GLEBA WRCH 100.5 FM Ce - D MRS. VIENS WVIT-TV Channel 30 E - J MS. NAPLES K - Ma MR. DAVIS NEW STAFF Mc - Pk MRS. WALLACE Pl - Sm MRS. RUSSMAN Sn - Z MRS. MILLER Adina Alexandru, World Language Chair *ELL, GHAMAS GHAA MRS. WYSOCKI Judith Bass, paraprofessional Patricia Becotte, paraprofessional Chris Carvalho, Language Arts Teacher William Chisholm, F&CS Teacher Elizabeth Fancher, W Language Teacher ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS Lisa Felten, .8 Special Education Teacher Lewis Grower, Tech Ed Teacher Concerns about students or by students should be referred to the appropriate Alise Knickerbocker, Mathematics Teacher administrator according to the James McAloon, Health/PE Teacher alphabetical distribution found below: Teresa Niecikowski, .5 Speech Teacher Alexa Velazquez, W Language Teacher Student’s Grade/Last Name: Administrator: All Grade 9 students ............ Mr. Germano Other new assignments are: Grades 10-12 A thru F ......…… Mr. Stranieri Rebecca Migliaro, FR Class Advisor Grades 10-12 G thru N ...…… Ms. Crowley David DeStefano, FR Class Advisor Grades 10-12 O thru Z ….……… Mr. Bayer Volume 9, Issue 1 Page 5 UPCOMING EVENTS END OF MARKING PERIODS PARENT INFORMATION SERIES of Southington Youth Services End of Quarter One: th Thursday, October 28 , 2010 Wednesday, November 3, 2010 “Transforming The Difficult Child” End of Quarter Two: This model has an amazing set of strategies developed specifically for children with ADHD and other challenging behaviors.