A record of what’s happening in the Newport School District

Newport High School Newsletter

COMPILED BY TERRIE SCOTT

Upcoming Events

Nov. 1 – 6 p.m. – Winter Sports Signups – NMHS Gym

Nov. 6 – 6 p.m. – High School Sports Awards – NMHS Gym

Nov. 8 – 8 a.m. – Veterans Day Breakfast and Assembly – Cafeteria and Gym

Nov. 9 – No School (Staff Professional Development)

Nov. 12 – No School (Veterans Day Observed)

Nov. 14 – 6 p.m. – PTSO Meeting – Lou Thompson Room

Nov. 21-23 – Thanksgiving Break

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Students of the Month

Senior Devon Glidden

Devon Glidden is one of the brightest, most inquisitive, and professional students in the engineering department. Devon frequently helps his fellow students in a patient and respectful way. He has even done side projects at home, showcasing his dedication to understanding and sense of curiosity. He is a wonderful example of Tiger Pride at work!

Junior Ethan Trombley

Ethan is a respected student who demonstrates a strong work ethic. He works diligently to achieve academic success in his classes. He is also an active participant in local theater whose abilities are well beyond the average “drama kid.” Ethan is a kind and thoughtful member of the NMHS family and a great example of what it means to have tiger pride.

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Senior Yearbook Deadlines

Contact info: Jaime LeFlem, [email protected]

Senior statistic sheets are due Nov.. 16.

Senior photos and baby pictures are due Jan. 4. Email one each as a JPEG file to Mr. LeFlem at [email protected]. You may bring a hard copy baby picture to Mr. LeFlem’s classroom to be scanned and returned to you ASAP.

Send a photo of you and your siblings and you and your pet to Abby Paquin via Facebook or to [email protected] by Jan. 4. We need more photos! This is your yearbook. Fill it with your favorite memories. Download the Replayit app on your mobile device or send them to Abby Paquin (see above) to do it for you.

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Spanish 2 students are wrapping up their unit on Frida Kahlo.  After reading a biography (in Spanish!) they are making Kahlo-inspired self-portraits and writing a reflection (in Spanish!) on their art and the art of Frida Kahlo. Contact info: Sarah Bilodeau, [email protected]

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Aerospace students continue to model parts of an airplane using Inventor and are beginning to combine their parts into an assembly.

Computer science students are designing an app that helps the user calculate how many pizzas (and what size) to order for a group, the area of the pizza, and how much each slice will cost. Remember parents, you can always have your student demonstrate their app to you on any android phone or tablet!

Introduction to engineering students are practicing unit conversion and word problems.

Contact info: Ross Hudon, [email protected]

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Senior writing class students are beginning their argument research writing unit.

Senior honors English seminar students are wrapping up their study of Hamlet and will be working on writing pieces for the upcoming Veterans Day breakfast.

Junior English classes are writing their research essays based around their study of the Crucible.

Contact info: Michele Caccavaro, [email protected]

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Ms. Caccavaro attended a lecture with local author, Betty Lauer. Ms. Lauer is a Holocaust survivor who tells the story of her survival in her novel Hiding in Plain Sight. Ms. Caccavaro teaches a high school course (which at times is intergenerational) on the Holocaust. She also serves as a fellow at Keene State’s Cohen Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies and is an Alfred C. Lerner Fellow at Columbia University where she works with the Jewish Foundation for the Righteous. Next semester Ms. Caccavaro will offer a middle school special focusing on rescue stories from the Holocaust.

Contact info: Michele Caccavaro, [email protected]

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NMHS are celebrating Red Ribbon Week this week. The first celebrations of this event were held in California. Since then, it has become a unified week every October to help make sure everyone knows the dangers of trying drugs even once. Among other activities we will be having a dress up week starting on Monday and ending on Friday.

Monday – Follow your dreams and put drugs to sleep: Pajama Day!

Tuesday – Stomp out drugs: Sneaker Day!

Wednesday – Dress in a costume (No masks or weapons): Wear a costume with red!

Thursday – Team up against drugs: Sports Team Day!

Friday – Red Ribbon Week: Wear red!

Contact info: Coula Wood, [email protected]

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The sophomore class is collecting box tops! All sophomores should bring them to their advisor or directly to Ms. Caccavaro’s room.

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NMHS Media Center has subscriptions to several online databases for student use. These databases may be accessed from any computer either school or home.

The next one to bring to your attention is: Ebscohost Research Databases. Through the he New Hampshire State Library, we have access to 15 databases covering general interest, business and health resources. There are databases designed for high school, middle school and elementary.

MAS Ultra is designed for high school libraries; Middle Search Plus is a middle school library resource; Primary Search will provide the elementary grades with the information they need.

The Student Research Center is designed especially for students in grades 6-12. Kids Search has been designed for students in grades K-8. Other databases in this suite include the Masterfile Premier with full text for more than 1,700 periodicals.

Newspaper Source provides selected full text for 40 national and international newspapers and 380 regional newspapers- included is access to The Union Leader and NH Sunday News, and the Concord Monitor databases. An exciting addition to this package is the NoveList and Novelist K-8 databases. They can help you search through more than 100,000 fiction titles to find books that you would like to read.

To Access Use the URL: http://search.ebscohost.com/

Log in with user name: NewportM and password: 03773

If there are any problems or questions, please email me at: [email protected] or call the Media Center during the day at 865-9684.

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NMHS Media Center Recommended Book of the Week:

Just Like Jackie by Lindsaey Stoddard

Family is family, no matter what it looks like. For as long as Robinson Hart can remember, it’s just been her and Grandpa. He taught her about cars, baseball, and everything else worth knowing. But Grandpa’s memory has been getting bad—so bad that he sometimes can’t even remember Robbie’s name.

She’s sure that she’s making things worse by getting in trouble at school, but she can’t resist using her fists when bullies like Alex Carter make fun of her for not having a mom. Now she’s stuck in group guidance—and to make things even worse, Alex Carter is there too. There’s no way Robbie’s going to open up about her life to some therapy group, especially not with Alex in the room.

Besides, if she told anyone how forgetful Grandpa’s been getting lately, they’d take her away from him. He’s the only family she has—and it’s up to her to keep them together, no matter what.”

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The Willey Perra Gift Program provides gifts to more than 300 children in the Newport School District for the Christmas holiday season. 

Families who would benefit from additional support during the holiday season are invited to read the attached letter and complete the attached form.  The deadline to submit a form is November 1, 2018.

Families who would like to donate may bring unwrapped toys, or clothes to the SAU 43 office at Towle Elementary School.  There will also be opportunities to buy specific gifts through tags that are available throughout town. 

We appreciate the generosity of the organization and its volunteers.

Application 

Cover Letter  

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The SRVRTC cosmetology student salon is now open for business. See the pricing list here.

Contact info: Amanda Hodge, [email protected]

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The SRVRTC auto shop is currently taking appointments Thursdays and Fridays. Please see the services list here.

Contact info: Chris Harrington, [email protected]

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The Educational Talent Search is looking for students in Grades 9-12 to apply for participation in their post-secondary planning program. This free program is for students who may be the first in their family to attend college or who might have financial need. The representative works with younger students on career skills, interest assessments, and course planning, and how these can shape their high school career and help them prepare for college. 

As students get older, ETS works with student in grades 11 and 12 through the college research and application process, including setting up campus visits, organizing application materials, and scheduling auditions and other face to face contacts. ETS also assists families financially with fee waivers for PSAT and SAT, application fee waivers for college applications, assistance with the financial aid process and scholarship applications.  Please contact your student’s school counselor for more information, or to obtain a registration form.  Hayley Emery Grade 9 A-K, Grade 10+ A-L; Keira Christian Grade 9 L-Z, Grade 10+ M-Z

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Information for Duke Summer Session for High School Students’ 2019 programs is now available!  Choose from three transformative programs next summer:

 

Summer College – A four-week, credit-bearing program for students currently in 10th– 12th grade in which they take undergraduate-level courses.

 

Summer Academy – A three-week program for students currently in 9th – 12th grade in which they take a certificate course.

 

Accelerated STEM Academy – A one-week, STEM-based program for students currently in 9th – 12th grade that consists of a variety of hands-on labs, tours of Duke’s research facilities, faculty lectures, and workshops.

Contact info: Shelly Hudson, [email protected]

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Guidance notes:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OZ2fEsQG_MwS6T-VbQ8Zse1sz_Tb_2FG3y4t0z-isS0/edit?usp=sharing

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The guidance office has three fall scholarships they wanted to bring to your attention:

1. Hagan Scholarship Foundation: Deadline Nov. 15. Please follow the link as there are specific requirements for this scholarship.

2. The American Legion High School Oratorical Contest: Deadline to be set soon, anticipate it being in the beginning of the new year.Please follow the link as there are specific requirements for the Contest/Scholarship  This scholarships are available for all grade levels.

3. Francis Wayland Parker Essay Award: Deadline: Monthly.Please follow link to see a letter with details about the essay contest. This scholarship are available for all grade levels.

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Community service opportunities.

The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards honors students in Grades 5-12 for making meaningful contributions to their communities through volunteer service.

Applications are now open for 2019 awards. Apply By November 6, 2018 by clicking the link.

Contact info: Shelly Hudson, shudson @sau43.org

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The AXA Achievement Scholarship offers college scholarships of $2,500, $10,000 and $25,000 to high school seniors who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in their activities in school, the community or the workplace. Scholarship winners are known as AXA Achievers. Every scholarship winner’s high school will also receive a $1,000 grant.

Each scholarship winner is ethnically and economically diverse, but they share these qualities: ambition and drive; determination to set and reach goals; respect for self, family and community; ability to succeed in college. The scholarship is sponsored by the AXA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of AXA US.

The 2019 program will be accepting applications from September 1, 2018 until 10,000 applications are submitted or December 14, 2018, whichever comes first. Applications MUST be one of the first 10,000 completed and submitted electronically by the deadline date. Apply early!

The program is administered by Scholarship America, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarship, tuition assistance and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations and individuals.

Contact info: Shelly Hudson, [email protected]

Newport Middle School Newsletter

Ms. Skinner’s Book Talk on Her book Queen Syllabruos, The Mirror World

On Oct. 24 art teacher, Deborah Skinner, presented to the sixth- and seventh-graders a book talk on Queen Sllabruos, The Mirror World during their Adventures in Reading special. Ms. Skinner, author and illustrator of Queen Sllabruos,

The Mirror World, talked to the students about how the idea of her book came to be, as well as how she and her best friend used the secret language of OP to have private conversations that their parents wouldn’t understand.

Ms. Skinner encouraged students to draw their representation of either a character or the setting as she read a chapter from the book. Additional activities from her workbook allowed the students to practice their phonic skills by creating sentences using the language of OP in speaking and writing which was very successful.

Students from both classes were excellent listeners and demonstrated great participation in all discussions and study guide activities. A few students also volunteered to have their drawings posted on Ms. Skinner’s blog. Thank you again, Ms. Skinner!

Ms. Skinner’s book is available in the library if you would like to read more of the adventures in The Mirror World.

To learn more about D. J. Skinner, visit her author’s page on Amazon Books at;https://www.amazon.com/D.-J.-Skinner/e/B01KEBKFFE/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0

You can also view student artwork by visiting her blog at;

https://fanartqueensllabruos.blogspot.com

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This week in math sixth-graders worked on another performance task.  The students worked with a partner to time each other hopping on one foot for a distance of 25 feet and then hopping with both feet for a distance of 25 feet. 

From this data, the students were able to determine the unit rate of how many feet they hopped per second (feet per second).  Within this performance task, the students practiced working collaboratively with their partner, using a timer, gathering data, making ratio tables, creating graphs, and then describing their results.  Contact info: Rebecca Stanley, [email protected] 

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Eighth-grade social studies students are preparing for the midterm elections. Students have spent the last few weeks learning about the political parties of the United States, as well as key voting issues. Students will have the opportunity to research candidates and discuss the government’s role in promoting the common good and addressing societal changes. Contact info: Katherine Wood, [email protected]

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The middle school ecology club and Envirothon will hold its first meeting on Thursday, Nov.r 1 after school until 3:30 p.m., in Ms. Stevens’ room in the CTE. Students in grades six through eight interested in being part of this group or joining again this year should plan to attend.

Flyers went home with science teachers this week with detailed information. If you need another copy, please see Ms. Burroughs in room B202. She would love to send a team, or two, to the NH Envirothon Competition again this year. This is a wonderful, hands-on science education opportunity for middle school students. More information will be given at the meeting.

Contact info: Stacey Burroughs, [email protected]

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The SRVRTC auto shop is currently taking appointments Thursdays and Fridays. Please see the services list here.

Contact info: Chris Harrington, [email protected]

Community Newsletter

Clothing Closet: Free winter clothes and accepting donations!

Thanks to the efforts of the Epiphany Church 4-H group, the Newport Salvation Army, and awesome parents from Richards and NMHS, the SAU and the CTE now has a clothing closet up and running.

While “still under construction,” we are accepting donations and have winter clothes for those in need. Donations can be dropped off at Towle or we can pick them up. Contact Stacey Hammerlind, Cell: 802-478-0844 or [email protected]

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The RISE program (Re-Imagining Student Education) was created to respond to the new demands created by the evolving freelance economy. Beginning in Newport as a pilot program, the overall goal of the program is to provide young people with a unique opportunity to acquire skills which are currently in high demand in today’s economy, giving them a comparative advantage when entering the workforce. The first iteration of the RISE program will focus on providing participating students with the skills necessary to become freelance web designers.

The overall goal of the program is to give each student an overall understanding of the web, fundamentals of website design and experience. Upon successful completion of the course, each student will be fluent and have strong foundational knowledge of: – HTML/HTML5, – CSS/CSS3 – Javascript – jQuery – Github. – User Interface and Experience – Wireframing and Sitemapping – How to interact with servers/domains.