Announcements 

 

 

1.                  CAPT (Connecticut Academic Performance Test) Test is in full swing at the high school all sophomores.  The testing schedule is as follows:

 

a.       Tuesday, 3/3 - Interdisciplinary Writing & Editing and Revising

b.      Wednesday, 3/4 - Response to Literature & Reading for Information

c.       Thursday, 3/5- Interdisciplinary Writing 2

d.      Friday, 3/6 - Make-up Tests for Week 1

e.       Tuesday, 3/10 - Science

f.   Wednesday, 3/11 - Math   Students should to bring their own calculators to the    Although the school will have some basic four-function calculators on hand for those who forget, it is always better to have a calculator that you are familiar with.

f.       Thursday, March 12- Interdisciplinary Writing 3

g.      Friday, 3/13 - make-up tests for Week 2

 

Freshmen are taking a practice CAPT exam using previously released items while the sophomores are taking the actual CAPT.

 

2.                  The Class of 2009 is selling tickets for a 6:30 p.m. March 26^th basketball game between the Harlem Rockets and HKHS Staff.  Cost of a ticket is $10.00.

 

3.                  The juniors will be attending a field trip to the National College Fair at the Connecticut Expo center in Hartford on Thursday, April 2^nd. Permission slips will be sent home in the near future.

 

4.                  The Class of 2012 is launching a "Cougar Card" Spring Fundraiser. The card will offer discounts at local businesses. Each card will cost $10.00 and will pay for itself after a couple of uses. The class advisors (Mrs. Kelly Brown and Mr. Peter Ettlinger) are hoping each freshman can sell three cards. Students will sign the cards out and will become financially responsible for them. There will prizes awarded to the top sellers. Any questions can be directed to Mrs. Brown or Mr. Ettlinger.

 

5.                  The Band and Chorus Hershey Trip meeting has been rescheduled from March 10^th to April 27^th. At 7:00 in the auditorium.

 

6.                  Representatives from the Paul and Lisa Program, Inc, presented to the freshmen, junior, and senior classes last Thursday and Friday while sophomores were involved with CAPT preparation. The presentation focused on "How to Keep Yourself Safe on the Internet."  Dangers, precautions, and tips were shared regarding the use of Face Book, My Space, emailing, blogging, cell phone dating, picture sharing, and chat rooms.  State and national stories statistics were shared detailing how "predators" use these communication modalities to endanger children.   I am currently engaged in conversation with Cheryl Chandler from Youth and Family, and the Paul and Lisa Program, to plan an evening presentation for parents. Parents would have the option of bringing their children with them.

 

7.                  There will be a school-wide assembly program on Monday, March 30^th. The program presenter, David DiMuzio, is juggler and motivational speaker.
David is currently 23 years old, and at the age of 16 he won the "World Championships" in juggling! Since then he's traveled to over 50 countries around the world performing his music, juggling, and comedy show. This year David feels that he has been called to start doing a motivational show for high school students which he's titled "The Koala Effect". The basic message of the show is that you can find a way to make a living doing anything you're passionate about and believe in as long as you are willing to work hard enough at it. David proves this through his show, and by the fact that he made over $100,000.00 a year right out of high school JUGGLING! David believes and demonstrates that if he can make a really great living playing music and performing as random a skill as juggling which he's passionate about, then with enough hard work students can make a living doing anything they have a passion for.

 

8.                  National School Breakfast Week is from March 2^nd-March 6^th. Due to having no school on Monday and a delayed opening on Tuesday, the cafeteria will extend the breakfast through next Tuesday, March 10^th. While ala carte items will continue to be made available, a special breakfast will be offered from 7:00-9:00 a.m. and offer selections of:

 

                     Scrambled eggs or French toast

                     Bacon or Sausage

                     Home fries

                     Milk or Juice

 

          The breakfast cost is $2.50 for students and $3.50 for adults

 

          Waffles with strawberries and whipped topping is available at $3.50

 

       

9.                  DRESS CODE REMINDER:   Spring is just around the corner and with it comes a change of clothing styles.  Examples of items of apparel that can be disruptive not appropriate for school wear are:

a.       Shirts or blouses that are transparent, low cut blouses, strapless tops, midriff tops, tank tops, muscle shirts, swimming apparel or spaghetti straps.

 

Also; skirts or dresses should be no shorter than just above the knee.

         shorts must be at least fingertip length.

         sunglasses are not permitted

   underwear worn as outerwear and any clothing that exposes underwear  

   is prohibited.

 

10.              KUDOS to the Haddam-Killingworth Girls Basketball Team - the 2009   Champions of the Shoreline Conference. The Lady Cougars won the title with a hard fought, come-from-behind,  double over-time, 57-56  win over Lyme-Old Lyme High School. The Ladies basketball title is only it's second in the school's history.

 

Kudos also to the Cougar Den, the cheerleaders and the pep band, for the loyal support you have given to both the boys and girls basketball teams.

 

11.              The Student Council will host a Blood Drive on Friday, March 20th during     the school day. Parents may make appointments to donate by contacting Mr. Cavrell at extension 196.

 

12.              The National Honor Society will hold its annual Clothing Drive this April following vacation - April 13-17. The Society is seeking "gently' worn clothing for all seasons including coats, baby clothes, casual as well as professional attire. Many local agencies will benefit from the collection.

 

13.              Sophomores in Ms. Allesandrine's English classes recently welcomed Monique Komolafe, a specialist with the CT Fair Housing Center, as a guest speaker.  The visit complimented the students' recent reading of Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun.  Students learned about housing laws in the US, and discussed housing discrimination in the past and present.  Playwright Hansberry's own father faced discrimination similar to that chronicled in the play.  Ms. Komolafe explained the various protected classes under the law, as well as how disputes are handled by state agencies.  During the lively presentation, students asked many excellent questions and considered the play from a whole new perspective.     

 

14.              Mrs. Bing will soon be leaving for a maternity leave. In her place to instruct her Spanish classes will be Ms. Brittany Cote. Ms. Cote, a recent graduate of Salve Regina University, holds a teaching certificate in Secondary Spanish.

 

15.              International Culture Club: Italy got a little closer for students in the International Culture Club. HK student members communicated with an Italian teenager via Webcam during their most recent meeting. They could see and hear each other while they asked varied questions about life and culture in Italy. Giusi, a nineteen year old student, answered their questions about music, traditions, driving, cuisine, movies, geography and life in an Italian village. They were also able to share a bit of American culture with Giusi. This technology truly enhanced the students' understanding of another culture.

 

16.              Two talented seniors will represent the HK at the High School Arts Award Banquet at the Aqua Turf in Plantsville on April 8^th.  Chelsea Durand (visual arts) and Katie Meyer (performing arts) have been selected by their teachers to receive this recognition.

 

17.              The Connecticut State Math Meet will be held at HKHS on Tuesday March 31^st. Forty qualified teams with approximately three hundred participating "mathletes"  will convene at HK to compete in six individual rounds and one team round. In addition, the successful candidates for the Connecticut State Math Team will be announced. Three HK students, Varun Ravishanker, Sarah Otis, and Connor MacDonald, took the qualifying test for the state team recently and will be awaiting their results when they play host to their fellow excellent math students on the 31^st.

 

18.              On Monday, March 9^th, a number of our student basketball athletes will participate in the kickoff of the "March Madness" Reading program at KES. These student athletes will share their joy of reading with the elementary students. Those participating are: Emily Anderson, Sam Barbuto, Andrew Brough, Richard Colletti, Rob Flynn, Steve landell, Deanna Loso, Lauren Muise, Brad Nuhn, Allyson Rand, Jordan Schultz, Shelby Van Huysen, and Sean Zapatka

 

19.              During the Holidays The SOC Club "Support our Country Club visited the     

veterans hospital in Rocky Hill and helped decorate and set-up Christmas trees around the hospital. Club members also packed cookies with members of the Connecticut Cookie Platoon which were sent to troops overseas.

 

20.              Junior, Killian Gallagher, conducted a Dr. Seuss read for our young

children in the day care center on Thursday, March 5^th.  Killian read

Cat in the Hat and Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?  to the interested

 audience.

 

21.              Senior Engineering students in PLTW have chosen their projects for this year.

One project will include competing in the CT Electrathon which involves     building an electric race vehicle. Students will also continue with the implementation of the school biodiesel project.  They are looking for resources and contacts for both.  We are looking for, donated materials, local engineers who are willing to help, local companies who may be able to donate services, any other interested people.  Please contact Mr. Ryan Kish kishr33@rsd17.org or the students directly at hkhs_engineering@rsd17.org

 

22.              The Cougar wrestling team won the first place trophy in the recently held Tournament of Independence.

 

 

Charlie