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Daily Bulletin.... Please be sure to return all library materials to the library no later than June 1st for inventory. The Senior Class will be going on their senior field trip to Six Flags New England on June 1st. The cost per student is $38 and is due May 18th. Turn in to Mr.Spooner The Senior Sports Awards dinner will be held at Costanzo’s Restaurant on Wednesday, May 30th at 6:30. Please make your reservation by Thursday, May 24th. Any questions, see Mrs. Pallozzi. Student Council will be hosting a dodgeball tournament after school on June 11th and 12th to raise money for Relay For Life. Your team must consist of six people and at least two girls. The cost to enter is $5 per person. For an information packet see Mrs. Martyn in Rm.#104. It’s that time of year again! Grades 7-12 may sign up for our Relay For Life team, the Hoosic Valley Blue Crew! This year’s Relay For Life is June 8th & 9th at Greenwich High School. There will be Luminare bags for sale for $5. Join our team to help fight cancer. See Mr.Myott in Rm.#109 for details. The Driver Education course at Hoosic Valley Central High School will be offered again this summer. The deadline to sign up is Friday June 22nd. If interested in the program see Mr.Ryan in Rm.#211 for more details or click here Applications for the PTO-Teachers’ Association Scholarships are available in the Guidance Office. Every night for the next weeek, WMHT will be carrying a Regents Test prep program from 4:30 – 5:30. There is a different subject exam every night. For a full list of scheduled test preps, check in Guidance for the schedule or ask your teacher for the date of the prep. Get a jump now in opportunities to help you study, exams begin in 3 ½ weeks. Next year we will be offering the following Distance Learning courses: Sign Language, World War I and II and Italian. Vet Science will not be offered. If interested in any of these courses please sign up by the end of next week in Guidance. Attention Freshman: There will be a class meeting on Wednesday during period 13 in Rm.#11. DVD’s of the Girls Basketball State Championship game are on sale in the Main Office for $12. Class of 2012 The Valedictorian and Salutatorian for the Class of 2012 at Hoosic Valley High School in Schaghticoke, New York, have been announced by Mrs. Amy V. Goodell, High School Principal.
During her high school years Rachel has consistently challenged herself by taking four AP courses, eight Honors courses, and five classes for college credit. In addition to taking a challenging program of study, Rachel has been a member of the National Honor Society and participated in Varsity and Club Volleyball, Varsity Softball, Band, Chorus, Select Chorus and the school musicals. Rachel plans to major in English with hopes of going into publishing. She has been accepted at several colleges including Hamilton College, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Boston University, Washington College, and Elon University, but is waiting to make her final decision.
Patrick is a Scholar Athlete, is a member of the National Honor Society, and has received a New York State Academic Excellence Scholarship, the Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award from the University of Rochester, and the Womens’ Club of Valley Falls Carolyn Spigner Memorial American History Award. During his senior year, Patrick has attended a Questar III New Visions program in which he attends Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s STEM program (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) for half a day. He also has taken three AP classes, four Honors classes, and three classes for college credit at Hoosic Valley. In addition to his academic prowess Patrick has been a Student Council Vice President, selected to the National Honor Society, participated in Varsity Baseball, Indoor Track, and Cross Country, and is Vice President of the Rensselaer County 4H Interstate Teen Exchange. Patrick plans to study engineering at Cornell University. Outstanding Business Student
High School Students of the Month
Hoosic Valley's High School Students of the Month were recently honored by the Mechanicville Elks with a dinner and awards ceremony. Paul Groff received the award for Student of the Year and Leah Dugrenier received the Elks Scholarship. Students of the Month for the 2012 year were Margaret Brenenstuhl, Samantha Carlo, Paul Groff, Alicia Lewis, Monica McNiece, Rachel Moore, Evan Murray, Patrick Murray and Joe Rooney. Congratulations to all our students and thank-you to the Elks for celebrating their accomplishments. Creative Writing Mr. Driver has kindly shared some of the creative writing pieces his seniors have been working on. “One Tree in a Clearing”
Congratulations to Dakotah Toma an art student in her junior year at Hoosic Valley. Dakotah submitted her art portfolio and was accepted to the New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA). This is quite an achievement since only 130 students from across New York state are chosen to go based on the work in their art portfolios. She will be spending a month at SUNY Fredonia in a college setting taking art classes. This is a wonderful experience, way to go Dakotah!!! Students tackle energy crisis
High school seniors in Questar III’s New Visions: Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) program held an energy symposium at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy on March 7. Each STEM student created a research project on a specific type of energy, such as geothermal, hydropower and passive solar heat. After two to three months of work both in and out of the classroom, the students presented their findings at the symposium, which included an interactive technology display. Patrick Murray, a Hoosic Valley senior, researched the pros and cons of electric and internal combustion vehicles. Murray said this topic has interested him for some time. Last year, Patrick and a classmate built an electric bike, which he upgraded and displayed at his presentation. Patrick plans on pursuing an electrical engineering degree after high school. Click here for more
Dealing with Grief and Loss These pamphlets were provided by the Community Hospice Grief Center.
If you have any specific questions or concerns please call HS Guidance at x2507 or Amy Vautrin (El) at x3507. They will refer you to one of our counselors, school psychologists or counselors from the community who are available to talk with you and your child. Skills USA Competition Congratulations to the following students who placed in the Skills USA competition at SCCC representing Questar and Hoosic Valley:
Next step is the State Championships in Syracuse. Kim Salvati Wins Shakespeare Competition
AP EXAMS Parent-Student Bulletins are being distributed to AP students. If students choose to take the AP test in May, they must reserve a test with a non-refundable deposit of $13.00 (payable to Hoosic Valley Central School). The tests will be ordered in March so please send in deposits as soon as possible. The total cost of each test is $79. The remainder of the test fee must be paid on the day of the test. Once the test has been ordered the $13 is non-refundable. Test dates are as follows: Does your child qualify for free tutoring services through the NCLB Act? If your child is a Hoosic Valley Middle School student (grades 5-8) and qualifies for free or reduced lunch he or she qualifies for free after school tutoring services. Click here for more information on local tutoring providers Click here for the list of all SES providers in New York State Click here for more information on the NCLB Act Ethnography Reports Mr. Driver's senior students taking Research Writing recently completed a project that they worked hard on and enjoyed. The research assignment, called an "ethnography," is done by immersing yourself into the study of a particular group's behavior, and trying to reveal all the intricacies of the group to your reader. Nicole Hansen's more serious piece goes into wonderful detail related to life on the family farm, while Shawn Hunt's more tongue-in-cheek humorous piece examines facebook and cleverly defines its various types of users. Click here to read 'A Farmer’s Life’ by Nicole Hansen Click here to read 'Facebook' by Shawn Hunt Synthetic Marijuana Synthetic Marijuana, aka Spice or K2, is often sold in legal retail outlets as herbal incense and while labeled as “not for human consumption” it is marketed toward young people as a “Legal High”. Parent involvement is a key factor in preventing drug abuse among our students. Please take a look at the fact sheet from our High School Nurse on this growing public health risk and discuss it with your children. Synthetic Marijuana Fact Sheet DID YOU KNOW HELP IS AVAILABLE? If you share housing with relatives, friends or others because you lost your housing or have nowhere else to go, you may be covered under the McKinney-Vento Act. Students covered under the Act have the right to stay in the same school and get transportation to school, or immediately enroll in the local school. Click here for more info or contact our district liaison, Lisa Waldron, @ lwaldron@hoosicvalley.k12.ny.us or x3505.
Click here to access the Questar Digital Library Hoosic Valley is proud to Announce 2012 National Merit Scholar Commended Student
About 34,000 commended students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they do not continue in the 2012 competition for National Merit Scholarship, commended students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2012 competition. Congratulations Rachel! Best of luck in your academic endeavors. We are proud of you! The 2011-2012 National Honor Society officers are:
National Honor Society Advisor: Ms. LaBombard Student Tutoring and Mentoring
Use the link on the right menu bar to learn more about this exciting program. National Honor Society - Word of the Day Monday, 5/14- Cantankerous [kan-tang-ker-uhs] adjective- disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish. Tuesday, 5/15- Impecunious [im-pi-kyoo-nee-uhs] adjective- having little or no money; penniless; poor. Wednesday, 5/16- Ornate [awr-neyt] adjective- elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so. Thursday, 5/17- Precipice [pres-uh-pis] noun- a cliff with a vertical, nearly vertical, or hanging face. Friday, 5/18- Truant [troo-uhnt] noun -a person who shirks or neglects his or her duty. District BMT: BMT Agenda
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Class Officers for the 2011-2012 School Year: Senior Class of 2012: President – Alicia Lewis Junior Class of 2013: Sophomore Class of 2014: Freshman Class of 2015: |
The Valedictorian is Rachel Beamish, daughter of James and Teresa Beamish of Melrose, NY, and the granddaughter of Robert and Elaine Beamish and John and Veronica Hughes of Marcellus, NY. Rachel has been named a National Merit Scholarship Commended Student, is a Scholar Athlete, received the Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Humanities and Social Sciences award from the University of Rochester, and the New York State Scholarship for Academic Excellence.
The Salutatorian, Patrick Murray, is the son of Mark Murray and Kim Carlson-Murray of Schaghticoke and the grandson of Robert and Jean Carlson of Schaghticoke and William and Carol Murray of Melrose.
Congratulations to Alicia Lewis who was chosen as the Capital Region's Most Outstanding Business Student. She was awarded a $1,000 scholarship from Capital Communications Federal Credit Union and the Business and Marketing Educators Association. Alicia, along with 32 Outstanding Business Students from area high schools were honored on Thursday, May 3, at the Holiday Inn Turf in Albany. Alicia was nominated by her business teacher, Mrs. Martyn, for her outstanding academic achievements within Hoosic Valley's business program. One outstanding student is chosen for a $1,000 scholarship based on an essay, the number of business classes they have taken, college courses completed in high school, extra-curricular activities, work experience and community service. 
2012 NYSSSA Student
A group of local high school seniors worked together to focus attention on the need for both economically and environmentally friendly forms of energy in the wake of growing demand and increasing costs.
Leah Dugrenier, another Hoosic Valley senior in Questar III's New Visions STEM Program, researched the pros and cons of the Pellet Stove as an alternate heating source. Leah chose this topic because the Pellet Stove is the main source of heat in her family's Passive Solar home. She wanted to explore, more in depth, the efficiency of this earth-friendly option, how it burns cleaner and reduces high heating costs. It's encouraging to see our students working on the energy challenges that face us today.
The High School English Department recently sponsored a Shakespeare Competition to select a student from Hoosic Valley to represent the school in the English-Speaking Union National Shakespeare Competition. The students needed to select, memorize and present a monologue of 20 lines from a play, as well as, a Shakespearean sonnet. Margaret Brenenstuhl and Whitney Nightingale both earned Honorable Mention. Kimberly Salvati was chosen to represent the school at the competition sponsored by the Albany Branch of the English Speaking Union. Congratulations to all the students for their hard work and excellent performances! 
High School Librarian, Mrs. Fillipone, is excited to report that Hoosic Valley Students in grades 7-12 now have access to the Questar Digital Library. Through their computer or electronic devices (Nook, Kindle, IPad, phone) students can “check-out” e-books. Students should use their student id as their user id (listed on either report cards or schedules) and remember to capitalize their last name. Please see Mrs. Fillipone with any questions.
Congratulations to Rachel Beamish who has been named a Commended Student in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship program. A letter of commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation will be presented to Ms. Beamish.
Hoosic Valley is proud to introduce the Student Tutoring and Mentoring Program. 21 Hoosic Valley students have been selected to use their academic and leadership abilities to assist other students who are in need. The program is designed to provide in-school support for our students from their peers. 
Last Updated on May 18, 2012
