March 29, 2024

What's Going on at Seekonk High School?

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The Seekonk Library Trust has named Colleen O'Halloran (SHS PAC president and Athletic Boosters Treasurer) as the 2015 recipient of the Sharon St. Hilaire Public Service Award. Mrs. O’Halloran has made so many contributions to the towns and schools. On behalf of everyone at SHS, I would like to thank her for all she does for SHS.

Mr. Frederick Crippen has been appointed to the position of Athletic Director. Please contact him at CrippenF@seekonk.k12.ma.us with any questions. All forms for fall signups for athletics are available on the high school website.

Congratulations to our Social Studies teacher Mr. Robert Censabella who received the Coca-Cola Outstanding Educator Award during Class Night on Wednesday, June 3. Senior Matthew Salit nominated him for this award.

Learning continues for our students during the summer. All students, faculty, and staff will be reading The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens by Brooke Hauser (2012, 336 pages). This is a non-fiction work by a Massachusetts author. Information regarding all other summer work is posted on the high school website.

Best of luck to our three retiring faculty members: Mrs. Wilbert (Art), Mrs. Lord (Math) and Mr. Isidoro (Portuguese).

The high school office is open Monday – Thursday from 7 AM – 1 PM during the summer.

AREA HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORE ATTENDS HUGH O’BRIAN YOUTH LEADERSHIP SEMINAR

HOBY State Leadership Seminars provide youth with unique leadership training to equip them with the tools they need to make a positive change in their home, school, and community.

Hannah MacDonald, a resident of Seekonk, MA, recently attended the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar held at Bentley University in Waltham, MA. Hannah joined more than 220 other young high school leaders from the region. Representing Seekonk High School, Hannah is the daughter of Fredrick and Michelle MacDonald.

Each spring, select area sophomores from public and private high schools convene at one of the 70 State Leadership Seminars across the country to recognize their leadership talents and apply them to becoming effective and ethical leaders. Student participants (known as HOBY Ambassadors) take part in hands-on activities, meet leaders in their state, and explore their own personal leadership skills while learning how to lead others and make a positive impact in their community.

At the end of their seminars, HOBY Ambassadors are challenged to give back by serving at least 100 volunteer hours in their communities. Students who complete the Leadership for Service (L4S) Challenge within 12 months of their seminar are eligible for the HOBY L4S Challenge Award and the President’s Volunteer Service Award. Alumni who log 4,000 hours of service receive the President’s Call to Service Award from HOBY. To date, HOBY Ambassadors have performed over 3 million hours of volunteer service in their communities.

Following a motivational meeting with Dr. Albert Schweitzer during a trip to Africa in 1958, Actor Hugh O’Brian was inspired to establish Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership. “One of the things Dr. Schweitzer said to me was that the most important thing in education was to teach young people to think for themselves,” O’Brian said. “From that inspiration, and with the support of others who believe in youth and the American dream, I started HOBY to seek out, recognize, and develop outstanding leadership potential among our nation’s youth.”

For 57 years, Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) has helped to cultivate leaders by inspiring a global community of youth and volunteers to a life dedicated to leadership, service, and innovation. HOBY programs annually provide more than 10,000 local and international high school students the opportunity to participate in unique leadership training, service learning and motivation-building experiences. HOBY also provides adults the opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of youth by volunteering, and today more than 4,000 volunteers annually and over 425,000 alumni proudly make up the HOBY family. For further information, visit www.hoby.org. “Like” Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/HOBY and follow the organization on Twitter via @HOBY.

From the Science Department

Wednesday, June 10th was a big day for the Science Department! At the Underclassmen Awards Assembly, the department gave out awards for highest averages in each course the most active science students (number of courses taken,) and the most dedicated Science Club Member. The highest average awards went to Tiffany Costa (Physics), Anne Siviera (Honors Physics), Anthony Heng & Abe Masse (AP Biology), Lindsay Scott (Marine Science), Meghan Gorton, Kaylee Crooks & Lindsay Petit (Biology II), Ariana Ayala & Alexis Perry (Biology I), Kayla Horton (Chem/Phys), Erin Langlois (Chemistry), Maddie Pagano (Anatomy & Physiology), Heather Fraga (Tap Science), Ciara Conway (Biotechnology), Connor Pozzi & Jason Ho (Honors Biology), Griffin Hoskins (Honors Chemistry), Dylan DeAmaral (Astronomy), and Robbie Valle (Science Topics). Most Active Student Awards went to Ciara Conway, Alex Drainville, Robyn Harris, Hannah Machado, Owen Shanahan & Jake Trentaseaux. The Most Dedicated Science Club Member Award went to Thomas Servidio.

After the assembly, freshmen students attended the 1st Annual STEM Fair in the science wing. Students had the opportunity to interact with guest speakers from a variety of STEM career/educational backgrounds. Many thanks to our guest speakers: Michelle Gario, Ben Phinney, Anthony Marcello, Vanessa Noelte, Brian Aguiar, Mike Euell, Connor Demille, Mike Lombardi, A. David Larson, Jenny Greene, Chris Morse, Megan Abella-Bowen, Jonathan Schiller and Scott Ruhren. Students completed packets and submitted them for a chance at winning gift certificates to STAPLES donated by the SHS Student Council. The winners were: Kaitlyn Pacheco ($50), John Awatey ($25) and Elizabeth Belliveau ($25).

Important Dates for 2015-2016

Thursday, August 27 – Freshman Orientation from 6:30-8:30 PM
Thursday, September 17 - Open House from 6:30-8:30 PM
Thursday, November 19 - Parent Conferences from 6:30-8:30 PM
Saturday, November 21 – Senior Supper
Thursday, January 7 – College Financing Seminar @ 6:30 PM
Saturday, February 6 – Winter Ball at the Venus DeMilo
Thursday, May 5 - Honor Societies - Induction Ceremonies @ 6:30 PM
Saturday, May 14 – Prom at the Viking Hotel in Newport from 6:30-10:30 PM
Wednesday, June 1 - Senior Class Night @ 7 PM
Friday, June 3 - Graduation @ 6:30 PM

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