Announcements
1. Happy
Thanksgiving to you and all your loved loves. I hope you
get to enjoy some precious time
with those most dear to you.
2. Congratulations to the H-K Players and
their drama advisor, Marcia Catalano. Our talented cast of
students put on an excellent production entitled "The Case of
Alex Hansen" on November 14th and 15th. The Players will
again perform this one act production at the 2009 Connecticut
Drama Festival on March 27th and 28th at Ridgefield high
School.
3. Thank you for your cooperation in sending
notes for your child when they are being dismissed early for
things such as doctors appointments. It is a great help to our
attendance secretary.
4. The Boys Cross Country team won the
Shoreline Conference championship for the 2nd year in a
row. Great job guys.
5. The following athletes made First
Team All Conference as well as First Team All State in their
respective
sports:
· Ali
Rand and Siobhan Blancaflor ( Girls
Soccer)
· Lindsey
Griswold and Shelby Van Huysen (Field
Hockey)
· Erin
Moriarty
(volleyball)
·
Jason Funaro (Boys Cross Country)
Mary Kate Murray also
earned First Team All Conference in field hockey while Kevin
Allison was selected to the First Team all Shoreline in Cross
Country.
6. Senior Yearbook quotes are due to
the yearbook staff ASAP. Seniors can submit their quotes
electronically at hkyearbook08-9@yahoo.com
7. The Student Council and National
Honor Society are running a Diaper Drive for Middlesex County
through November 26th. Diapers are accepted at any time.
8. Financial Aid Night for senior and
interested junior parents will be held at the high school on
December 3rd at 7:00 p.m. in the high school auditorium. The
workshop will be presented by the Connecticut Student Loan
Foundation.
9. The PSAT Results Assembly for
parents of those sophomores and juniors who took the PSAT in
October will be Friday, December 12 at 7:30 in the auditorium.
The snow date is Tuesday, December 16th.
10.
The high school and middle school music departments will be
presenting a choral concert on December 11th at 7:00 in the
high school auditorium.
11.
The Mr. H-K Competition hosted by the Class of 2010 will take
place on December 4th. At 7:00 in the auditorium. Twelve
contestants representing the sophomore, junior, and senior
classes will sing, dance, and demonstrate a variety of other
"talents" as they vie for the title of Mr. H-K 2008-2009.
12.
Please remember that you may access your child's grades
anytime throughout the marking period on Classroll. Frequent
monitoring can eliminate any eleventh hour surprises.
13. Thanks to all who placed orders through
Project Graduation as part of their annual fundraiser. This
wonderful group provides our graduating class with a safe and
terrific post graduation celebration.
14. The Music Department is conducting a
Fruit Sale to help defray the cost of a trip to Hershey,
Pennsylvania to take part in a competition. Please contact our
choral teacher, Marcy Webster at the high school if you wish
to place an order. Fruit will be delivered the week of
December 15th.
15. HOLIDAY TELETHON - Mr. Chuck Lewis's
video communication students selected the Juvenile Diabetes
Foundation as the benefactor of this year's Holiday Show
Telethon. The telethon will be aired live on December 23rd.
16. PROJECT GRADUATION - could use your
help. The next meeting of project Graduation will take place
on Tuesday, December 9th and 7:00 p.m. in the lower media
center. The committee is urgently looking for co-chairs for
the food committee. You will not be working alone, as there
will be plenty of individuals picking up the food items the
night of graduation.
There is also an opening for a person
to write you notes to the businesses that donate goods and
services for this worthy event. Please contact Kaycee
Blancaflor (kccallahan@uks.com) or Sue Craffey
(jcraffey@snet.net) with any questions.
17.
Students in Ms. Allesandrine's English 12 class welcomed
a guest speaker following their reading of Anna
Quindlen's novel Black and Blue. Liz Sequenzia, a child
advocate from the New Horizons shelter in Middletown, shared
facts about dating and domestic violence, and helped
illuminate the troubled dynamics of the family in the
novel. The students learned about a typical day at
work for a child advocate, and they also participated in
role-playing the experiences of people seeking help in abusive
situations.
18. As part of a unit on contemporary
Haitian literature, students in Ms. Allesandrine's English 12
Honors class welcomed H-KHS teacher John Todzia and two of his
friends, Louis Merosne and Brother DeLord, both from
Haiti. Mr. Todzia has visited Haiti many times to help
build schools and participate in other on-going relief
efforts. Students learned about Haitian history and
culture, and saw several photos of present-day
Haiti. A highlight of the visit was the conga drum
playing by Brother DeLord, who shared four traditional rhythms
with the class.
19.
Mr. Todzia's woodshop students were treated to a log cutting
demonstration on a portable saw mill. Mr. Tom Worthley set up
his mill outside the woodshop and demonstrated the techniques
in milling cherry logs into usable boards.
Charlie
