It is hard to believe that our third quarter is nearing an end and that we only have a little over two months of school left. Will the snow ever go so the baseball, softball and tennis teams can get games under way? We can only hope! We have been busy with winter carnival.
Mrs. Tidd has listed below all the donations made by the classes. We are proud of our students for the help they are willing to give others. Great Job! Eighth grade registration will be on the evenings of April 14 and 15, from 6-8 p.m. in the library. April vacation is the week of April 21.
Junior High news
The seventh graders have been working diligently throughout the month of March, preparing for the seventh annual Women in History Pageant.
This pageant allows the students an opportunity to portray a woman from the past and educate their classmates about her unique contributions to our world. Twenty groups have done an abundance of research to discover the unique personalities and accomplishments of these women in history. Each group is then responsible for presenting an interview with their lady and enacting an original poem, song or skit that exemplifies the difference their historical figure made in our society.
The women being portrayed include Betsy Ross, Queen Victoria, Clara Barton, Nellie Bly, Marie Curie, Emily Post, Isadora Duncan, Helen Keller, Virginia Woolf, Dorothy Parker, Lillian Gish, Mother Theresa, Abigail VanBuren, Maria Tallchief, Olympia Snow, Christa McAuliffe, Jane Pauley, Katarina Witt, Samantha Smith and Monica Seles.
Last year’s champion, the group portraying Glenn Close, will be on hand to present the tiara and flowers to the top three groups. Those students include Christian Ponder, Amanda Fogarty, Carlie Woodworth and Nick Hannigan.
Art Class news
Art students from Mrs. Tidd’s art classes have artwork featured at the Seeds of Creativity Art show in the Blue Moon Gallery at Visions for the months of April and May. Please stop by to see all the fabulous student works. The student reception will be held April 4, from 5-7 p.m. at the Gallery.
High school classes are finishing up their “horse” art as part of the Horsing Around the Web quest they have been doing for the past month. Seventh grade art students are finishing up their famous women billboards for the History of Women’s pageant on Tuesday, April 8.
Eighth grade art students are completing their sea life diffusion paper mobiles. Please watch for the year-end art show at HHS where all these works will be on display. The show is planned for the end of May.
Student Council news
Another winter carnival at HHS has come and gone. The 2008 winners were: The Houlton Animal Shelter, with a donation of 4500 pounds of dog/cat food and kitty litter, the food pantry, with 7,924 servings of food, $528 in donations to Ian Pasquarelli and seven boxes of goodies to be sent overseas to our troops from Houlton.
The senior class won the most points from the games and collections, awarding them the opportunity to crown their king and queen candidates as winners for 2008 at the closing ceremony Queen’s Court Friday night.
News from Mrs. Cowperthwaite’s room
Mrs. Cowperthwaite’s class has been working with the application of fractions in daily living. We have been cooking and decided to check out the tools for cooking, followed recipes, and shared with friends the results of our efforts. We are good! We would like to thank Walter Goodrich of Goodrich Jewelers for the mini-tour. Also, we would like to thank him for the help with understanding more about crystals, a major help on a science project. The book he loaned us was very valuable and informative. Thanks, Mr. Goodrich. Mrs. Linda Trickey from Co-operative Extension has been our guest in working to help students understand nutrition and make better choices in their dietary lives. Thank you, Mrs. Trickey, for being so involved with our education.
