FAITH Food Pantry gave out 3,400 meals to Newtown residents during the first 7 months of this year. At this pace, FAITH will give out double the amount of food this year compared to last year. This year, 1 CAN really make(s) a difference. Please consider bringing 1 can of nonperishable food in a plastic bag to the Labor Day Parade and place it along the parade route. 1 CAN is in the 1st division of the parade and as they go along the route, they will pick up the bags of food. After the parade, the food will be delivered to the FAITH Food Pantry. The FAITH Food Pantry has been giving food to only Newtown residents for over 25 years. This is all about people in Newtown helping people in Newtown. (This effort is the work of Newtown High School Senior Breanne Lubinsky)
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Orientation of freshman Physical Education/Health classes includes class expectations, preparing portfolio folders, and a tour of the facilities. All PE Health students are reminded to check the white board in the main hallway daily for their PE/Health class location.
Tom Andereau (2nd row, 2nd from right) was a student enrolled in the Graphics 2 course at NHS at the time. Tom did the artwork and submitted the project to ‘NHS Graphics, the Company’ (a student-run enterprise) for printing on the shirts. The Graphics 2 course, and the student-run enterprise, are both supervised by Graphics Teacher Dave DeFeo. Thanks, Mr. DeFeo! And congratulations to your students. Tags: GraphicsStudents in Mr. Dyer’s Earth Science class investigating energy. After studying chemistry for the whole year, and to reduce the upcoming final exam anxiety, students of Mr. Swanhall made themselves a treat – home made ice cream! After mixing the necessary ingredients – milk, heavy cream, sugar, and vanillin – in a small plastic bag, it was time to put chemistry to use. By adding rock salt to the ice in a larger bag and then placing the sealed smaller bag into the bigger bag, the students soon realized as they kneaded the bags how cold the ice got – much colder than the melting point of pure ice (0°C or 32°F). This occurred because the rock salt lowers the melting point of ice causing a lower temperature to be needed to melt the ice. Since the ice needs more heat now to melt, more heat was taken away from the milk/cream/sugar/vanillin mixture causing the mixture to solidify into ice cream. This is the same reason why people put rock salt on sidewalks in winter to melt the accumulating ice/snow. In the end, the students got their just dessert. Tags: Chemistry
Sara is pictured with Ceramics Teacher Carol Pelligra, who was also presented a Gold Medal in recognition of her contributions to Sara’s achievement. This is the first time a student from Newtown high School has been acknowledged with this national honor. Congratulations to Sara Hill and Mrs. Pelligra! Tags: Ceramics
It was Game Day in The Nurtury preschool program today. Students in Stephanie Gacso’s Child Development 2 course have spent the last few weeks learning the fundamentals of educational games for children. A solid understanding of the cognitive, social and physical development of 3-year olds is critical to designing a quality game. Strategies for choosing who goes first, how to advance in the game, how to complete the game, are just as important as scale, color, vocabulary and game pieces. Read the rest of this entry » Students in the Music Department have just completed the fifth annual AP Music Theory Reading Sessions coordinated by music theory/technology teacher Chris Lee. Each of the 19 students in our AP Music Theory class composed a short, original work using the 4-voice chorale structure studied in class. These compositions were then read by the talented members of our Newtown High School Symphony Orchestra and Newtown High School Chamber Choir. Read the rest of this entry » Tags: Advanced Placement
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Physical Education Students Creating Final ExperiencePosted by admin in Physical Education, Student WorkJunior Physical Education students are given time in the computer labs to create their final PE experience. Students will present their Power Point to classmates during the scheduled exam time and hand-in their projects to their PE Health teacher. Junior presentations will occur in B150/152. As part of their post-AP Exam activities, students in Kim Lowell’s AP Physics classes spent some time this week to hold the “Newtown Physics Olympics“. Mrs. Lowell’s AP Physics students, such as Amanda Sweat and Justin Vilamil (pictured) conducted each of her honors classes as they took part in contests such as The Paper Plan Provocation, in which they attempted to build a paper airplane of the least mass that flew the farthest distance. They were given 15 minutes to build the planes, and their score was calculated according to the following formula: total flying distance (cm)/mass (cg). They followed this with a similar contest using paper boats. The honors students got to apply their physics knowledge in a practical endeavor, and the AP students got to see what it is like to teach a high school science class. Tags: Physics
Colby Chilson, Kristine Faxlander, and Leah Wallace (left) and Morgan Danuszar, Kelsey Rahmlov, and Joey DeVillis (middle) are students from Theatre Production 2 spending their Saturday afternoon working on the sets for their final exam. The students will be performing three hilarious one act plays on Saturday, June 12, 2010 with performances at 2:30 and 7:00 in the auditorium. Tickets can be obtained by calling 203-270-6120. Later on that same day Gabby Milano and Julian Tetrault (right) are working on a dance recital for a company that is renting the auditorium for the weekend. Gabby and Julian will spend over thirty hours in the booth this week running lights and sound for the rehearsals and performances. Students in Jolene Thompson’s Marketing 2 class are learning how marketing plans are developed with data collected from a variety of research processes. When developing a marketing plan for foods, a Blind Taste Test is often implemented. Read the rest of this entry »
Donate To Skate: Kurt Liniger, Producer (Donate2Skate) Rock Climbing Wall: Kurt Liniger, Producer (RockClimb) Mock Crash: Nick Tramatozzi, Producer (MockCrash) Congratulations to the students and their teacher Mrs. Mary Ann Snieckus! Tags: VideoNewtown High School Advanced Culinary students catered the recent BEST/TEAM (teacher induction program) end-of-year ceremony in the school lobby recently. The students prepared the menu, arranged the layout for seating and serving, prepared and presented the food, and cleaned up after the event. The Advanced Culinary program is self-funding, students use the proceeds from these catered events to purchase food for future instructional units. Students enrolled in the program are exposed to every aspect of running a small enterprise throughout the school year, rotating through all positions from Lead Chef, to Bookkeeper, Menu Designer, and Lead Dishwasher. Effective collaboration skills are among the most critical characteristics developed through the program. Saturday, May 8, 2010, the Newtown High School ‘Connecticut Innovation Academy’ class (CTIA) competed in the 10th annual Connecticut Innovation Exposition at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. Kristin Violette’s students presented their application, ‘Agent Fate’; a computerized simulation in which the user makes decisions for a secret agent throughout the game, while promoting environmental awareness and teaching green concepts in the process. Read the rest of this entry » Tags: CTIA
Their challenge was to develop a healthcare facility that was a unique and innovative frontrunner in terms of technology, management (medical administrators, advisory boards), and design. In addition, the medical center had to meet the need for a greener, more environmentally-friendly world. Over the course of the school year, each student in the class had to research a healthcare profession and develop a related e-portfolio. For the Expo, they assumed roles based on their research and presented from that standpoint during the booth exhibition and formal presentation. During their presentations, they used technology such as PowerPoint, digital video and Twitter to market their center.
Students in Mrs. Sherman’s Honors Integrated Math II class recently completed their final project in geometry, “The Ultimate Tennis Serve”. Students had to prove or disprove the claim by a 5’10″ tennis player that she could ace her opponent by brushing the net with the ball and having it land at the back of the service box. Students presented their work as powerpoints, posters, booklets, and 3-dimensional models. Well done period 2! Newtown High School Graphics is one of several student-run enterprises functioning under the umbrella of the Fine & Applied Arts Department. The enterprise is run as a business, with students filling all roles. The program is supervised by Graphic Arts teacher Dave DeFeo. Read the rest of this entry » Students in Chef Steve O Shana’s Culinary 2 class recently learned how to prepare a shoulder of pork for roasting. Before and after pictures tell the story, the pork tasted as good as it looks. Meanwhile, Alex Norwich (grade 12) demonstrates how roasted peppers get their flavorful taste. Alex is a student in Chef Brian Neumeyer’s Advanced Culinary course. Good nutrition and healthy eating habits are a part of every instructional unit in the Newtown High School Culinary Department. Students also learn that preparing healthy meals is always less costly than purchasing the same amount of fast food. Important lessons for those who will soon be living on their own. Art Teacher Diane Dutchick gives a few pointers as her students create a personal artistic interpretation of a still-life scenario she has staged for them. A variety of styles are apparent in the work of Sophomores, Morgan Kirol, Emily Kopcik, Grace McKinley and Allie Duras, and also Juniors, Dominique Alen, Lainey Audet, and Erin Glaberson. Photos are named for the artists. Read the rest of this entry »
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Chinese Bridge U.S. High School Student Chinese ContestPosted by admin in Awards, Student Work, World LanguageNewtown High School Sophomore Marina Lleonart Calvo was awarded the Bronze — third place in the 5th Annual Chinese Bridge U.S. High School Student Chinese Contest, held in Marlboro, Massachusetts at the International Academy of Boston on April 24, 2010. Read the rest of this entry » Tags: ChinaStudents in Dr. Berechid’s Biotechnology class (currently studying Forensic Science) participated in an activity used by real crime scene investigators to recreate the scene of a crime involving blood. Students learned how to calculate the impact angle of the blood stains and then used the Stringing Method to estimate the height above the ground from which the blood originated. Pictured students include Casey Tenney, Shane Casey, Nick Martin, Jeff Spencer, Kaitlin Woodard, Devon Miles, Megan Baylis, Alexander Markham, Stephanie Badick, Alexandra Avila and Zoe Taksic, Sarah Walton, Shawna O’Sullivan, Aidan Sherman, and Ian Archer. Students in Mr. Daly’s Architectural Design 2 course recently learned how to use a builder’s level. This precision instrument is critical to laying out foundations, decks, athletic fields, swimming pools, drainage pipes, etc. Pictured are Jeremy Thermes and Ryan Washburn, also Hunter Bassett and Nolan Cosgrove, in the process of calibrating the tool. Students were then challenged to find the lowest and highest points on the first floor of the NHS building. The next challenge will be to compare the layout of the stadium field against the architectural drawings. Tags: ArchitectureJunior Terence Lee and music theory teacher Chris Lee traveled to Hartford on April 8, 2010 to attend the annual Music Composition Festival hosted by the Connecticut Music Educators Association (CMEA). Participants took part in several break-out sessions covering such topics as melody writing, song writing, jazz composition, and mixing of drum beats. In addition, students were briefed on the steps they will follow to submit their original compositions online. In addition to Terence, senior Patrick Harris will be submitting a composition for consideration for the 2011 Festival. Early Childhood Education II student, Kayla Buckley, created a transportation lesson for Nurtury students, and included a very exciting outing for the preschoolers. Kayla secured the services of her mother, Denise Buckley (one of Newtown’s bus drivers) to allow children to board her school bus, count the number of seats, learn the significance of the bus number, and the importance of safety rules like remaining seated while the bus is in motion. Once the fundamentals were covered, the bus travelled twice around the high school parking lot – a short, but very exciting trip for those who had never had the opportunity to ride on a school bus before. The young travelers then returned to the classroom for some discussion, and for creative coloring of school bus drawings. Great idea, Kayla. And thank you, Mrs. Buckley. All Aboard!
Video II students, Jack Champagne and Timothy Pierce, produced this short clip – C3G1_Ceramics featuring Art students engaged in ceramic sculpture. Sarah Hill and Maddi Middlebroo are interviewed. Ms. Mary Ann Snieckus teaches this course. Video 1 is accepting students in all grades for the Fall 2010 semester. Tags: Ceramics, VideoAn Italian word meaning, “to scratch”, and requiring artists to scratch away a layer of color to reveal another color beneath. Students in Carol Pelligra’s advanced Ceramics class are producing a variety of pieces using this ancient technique. Pictured work (as named) is by Freshman Shannon DiIorio, Sophomores Kristin Grabowski, JoJo Wollman, and Rachel Rode, and Senior Katie Hunt. Mrs. Pelligra introduces each new technique with an historical and cultural overview of the area from which it developed. Students in Mrs. Pelligra’s Ceramics classes have won numerous awards and scholarships in local, state, and national exhibitions. Perhaps one of these students will follow. Next step: Firing in the kiln. Tags: CeramicsVideo II students Evan Swain, Scott Buchanan, and Matt Bolinsky created a short segment [China_Delegation_Rally] about the welcoming rally for delegates from our sister school in Liaocheng, China. Principal Dumais is interviewed. This clip has been submitted to Fox 61 Student News in hopes of being selected for broadcast. Ms. Mary Ann Snieckus teaches this course. Interested students in grades 9-12 must enroll in Video I as a prerequisite. Good Luck Evan, Scott and Matt! Tags: VideoStudents in Mrs. Hall’s and Mrs. Greene’s period 5 Integrated II class used similar triangles and trigonometry to measure objects outside. They used tape measures to measure themselves, their shadows and the shadows of taller objects such as the flagpole or the tree in front of the school. They then set up a proportion to solve for the unknown height. They also used mirrors to create similar triangles as a means of indirect measurement by putting the mirror in between themselves and the object and again setting up a proportion. Lastly, they created inclinometers from protractors, string, straws and paper clips to measure the angle of elevation looking up at an object. They then measured their distance from the object and used a trig ratio to solve for the height of the object. It was a really fun way to enjoy a beautiful day outside!
Parts for the rebuild will cost approximately $300.00. This represents a savings of more than $1,500.00 compared to the cost of similar work in a commercial establishment. Valuable Skills, Indeed! Tags: Automotive
Senior Jacob Johnson is shown putting the finishing touches on his proposal to revise the floor plan of the NHS Auto Shop. Jacob has taken a variety of courses with Power Tech teacher, Steve George, and Drafting/CAD teacher, Jay Daly, and consulted with both teachers while developing his design. The new layout has been approved by Mr. George and will be submitted to Principal Dumais for final approval this week. Thanks for contributing your skills, Jacob! Tags: Automotive, DraftingStudents in Mr. Weiss’s Integrated Physical & Earth Science class made Elephant Toothpaste today. All they needed was a graduated cylinder, some 30% hydrogen peroxide (10 times as strong as what is usually found at the pharmacy), a little dish detergent, and some food coloring (for decorative purposes only). Once these substances were put in to the graduated cylinder, the final ingredient was added: a little bit of iodine solution (containing the all-important iodide ion). Hydrogen peroxide normally decomposes into water and oxygen, but the iodide ion acts as a catalyst and speeds up that decomposition. This causes the oxygen to be produced much more quickly, so quickly that it creates a froth of detergent bubbles and carries it out of the graduated cylinder with considerable force. The result is a spectacular fountain of suds-maybe even enough to brush an elephant’s teeth! There were two exciting recent events for members of the Newtown High School Applied Science Research class, instructed by NHS teacher Tim DeJulio: Read the rest of this entry » Tags: ASR
Teachers and administrators will be wearing these shirts in mid-march and the design of course, points to the power of PI, a message that is clearly communicated. |
Students in Chef Brian Neumeyer’s Advanced Culinary classes have been preparing for their Final Exam for two weeks. Planning the menu, experimenting with recipes, calculating and ordering supplies, and (finally) preparing and presenting their products. The Culinary Department Gala, or ‘Epicurian Showcase’ was an invitation-only event attended by parents of the students, and a few special guests. 
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