Le Hokey Pokey

Recently I was in Mrs. Matthews' French II class as they were having a holiday celebration.  In addition to preparing "bouche de Noel" (Yule Log cake), some of the students performed "le Hokey Pokey"--all in French, of course!  From left to right:  James Day, Rusty Hodgkins and Nick Anderson.  Joyeux Noel a tout le monde!

Holiday Food Drive

I would like to thank all of the students and teachers who brought in non-perishable food items for the Freshman Class's First Annual Holiday Food Drive.  Together we collected 735 pounds of food for the Riverside Methodist Church Food Pantry.  Pictured from left to right below with the collected food are senior mentors Taylor Ballard, Sarrah Dunnels, Trey Watson, Sydney Gagnon, Stephen Day, Dan Farrow, Isabella Dunnells, and Merritt Banks.  Dakota Miner and Bailey Martin also put a lot of work into this project with their freshman advisor groups.  The category winners for the food drive competition were as follows:

Most Spirited: Mrs. Harriman's Advisory

Most Creative Food Receptacle: Mrs. Hasty's Advisory

Most Festive: Ms. Bragan's Advisory

Most Unique Food Item: Mrs. Houghton's Advisory

Fighting Spirit: Mrs. Lavalee's Advisory

Most Variety: Mrs. McKenney's Advisory

Overall Winner:  Mrs. James' Advisory (Will receive an ice cream social after vacation)

An extra special thank you to school counselor and senior mentor coordinator Whitney Nelson and all of the Team 9 teachers for organizing this food drive.  Thank you for everything you do!!

Holiday Concert 12/11/13

The SVHS Band and Chorus performed a wonderful concert on Wednesday, December 11th. Congratulations to band director Jason Ward and choral director Katie Mercier for an outstanding performance.  It is good to see the music program alive and well at SVHS--we need to support it!!

Class of 2014 Christmas Tree Sale

Did my shift this afternoon/evening to support Project Graduation for the Class of 2014.  They have a great selection of fresh cut trees priced at $40.  They are very nice trees and support a great cause. Please come down to the Cornish Fairgrounds and support the seniors who are out there.  Thank you!!

Thanksgiving Bingo!

Today at SVHS we are playing a game called "Thanksgiving Bingo".  This morning each student was given a bingo card with 25 squares and a list of 40 Thanksgiving-related words to choose from to enter in the squares.  At the beginning of each period we are reading four words.  Students who get five words in a row across, down or diagonally can come down to the office to claim a prize.  It's amazing how excited supposedly jaded teenagers get about games like this.  Thanks to the following local businesses and people who donated prizes:  Dunkin Donuts, Friendly River Music, JROTC, the WOW Program, the MSAD 55 Tech Department, and Mr. and Mrs. Hodgdon.  Special thanks to Mr. Kaleta for gathering prizes and organizing the game.  Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Atoms: The Building Blocks of Matter

This morning I observed Miss Blodgett's chemistry class.  The students were working on a lab in which they had to build models of chemical compounds using Lego blocks to represent atoms that are rearranged in the course of the reaction.  In this lab they were mixing calcium chloride and sodium bicarbonate (baking soda).  This lab activity reinforces the law of conservation of mass, which says that the same number of atoms must exist on both sides of a chemical equation.

Hawks Football Team Receives Western Class "D" Sportsmanship Award.

Team captain Sawyer Cote along with teammates Roderick Maynard and Patrick Westberry were present along with Coach Chuck Hamaty and myself at "Gold Ball Saturday" at Fitzpatrick Stadium today to receive the Western Class D Sportsmanship Award banner.  This award was based on votes cast by all Class D coaches.  This is the second year in a row that the Hawks have received this honor. Congratulations to our football team--we are proud of you!

Photo by Cynde LaPierre