Greetings! We have lots of good news to celebrate!
Congratulations to senior Jonathan Monroe on his acceptance to George Washington University with a $80,000 GW Trustee Scholarship.
Congratulations to junior Michael Berro and eighth grader Liz Reeder for their outstanding scores in the AMC math competition - they were our high scorers on the AMC 12 and AMC 10 tests.
Congratulations to seventh grader Josh Stallings for qualifying for the Talent Identification Program State Recognition Ceremony and to seventh grader Elisabeth Parker who qualified for the State and Grand Recognition Ceremonies.
Congratulations to eighth grader Zachariah Claypole-White on the selection of his poem "The Land of the Dead" as third prize winner in the Mary Chilton Award Category (grades 6-8) of the North Carolina Poetry Society's student contest for 2009. His poem will be published in PINESONG, the NCPS's annual anthology of award winning poems and can be seen on our website under Student Work.
Congratulations Module 8 Merit Award recipients: Collin Wilkes, Kaytlin Browning, Danny Sutton, Angela Dodson, Justice Lanphear, Stacy Powell and Elizabeth Provenzale.
Congratulations Module 8 Honor Roll students: Alex Berro, Aaron Daniels-Freeman, Lance Wilkes, Carolyn MacNair, Olivia Arges, Kriea Giffin-Dean, Elisabeth Parker, Zachariah Claypole-White, Bri Oleson, Joshua Pettway-Hinton, Liz Reeder, Meg Rusconi-Warner, Sarah Chetty, Ryan Siebens, Michael Berro, Rita Glynn , Jonathan Monroe and Jung-Woong Yoon.
Congratulations to kindergarten and first grade students (and their heroic teacher Ms Denise) for navigating three field trips in one week with excellent manners and behavior.
Congratulations to all of the older students who did a great job with the standardized testing. Special recognition to second graders who had their first round of such tests made special and memorable thanks to Ms Liz, Ms Lori and Sir Martin!
This week we’ll run auditions for the talent show on Tuesday and Wednesday at lunchtime. Sign up sheets are posted in the Big Hall. Acts should be 1-2 minutes in length. Students of all ages and will all kinds of talent are encouraged to try out. Students will be assigned a performance slot either at Evening of the Arts (May 1) or at a Morning Meeting.
I’ll be out of the office tomorrow (Monday) on a college visit with my daughter. I won’t be checking email until late in the day but I will check in with the office midday to get messages.
On Thursday the 7th-9th graders will be taking the math/science trip originally scheduled on the January snow day. Please be sure to return the permission forms tomorrow. Any students who wish to complete a math test that day before leaving for Spring Break may do so in math study hall that afternoon – free of charge, but by prior arrangement.
School is closed April 10-19 for Spring Break. I hope that you have a wonderful and safe time and we’ll look forward to the event-filled weeks of the last part of our year when we return.
Best,
Thelma