An Entertaining Weekend at NHS</h1> <article> <h1>An Entertaining Weekend at NHS</h1> <p>bdichter — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:47:54 +0000</p> <p> <div><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Are you looking to be entertained this weekend? If so, the many events taking place at NHS may be just what you are looking for.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Tonight we feature the 10<sup>th</sup> annual Powder Puff Football game between the juniors and seniors. This game was scheduled for last week as part of Booster Week. Please come and cheer the team of your choice.</span></div> <div> </div> <div><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Friday, Nov. 6<sup>th</sup> brings Comedy Night to NHS.</span></div></p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/nov-05-2009/entertaining-weekend-nhs" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Booster Week is Coming! Join the Festivities!</h1> <p>bdichter — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:12:33 +0000</p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">That’s right. You heard it here at HampHighHappenings…Booster Week begins with the first ever Booster Week Kick-off Dance with DJ Phil, an extraordinary DJ who had last years seniors on their feet at the prom. This event will be Saturday, Oct. 24<sup>th</sup> in the high school gym. Tickets are $5 in advance, $7 at the door and enter you in a raffle. Students must attend NHS to participate.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/oct-23-2009/booster-week-coming-join-festivities" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>“What is T’Day?” You Ask</h1> <p>bdichter — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:51:56 +0000</p> <p> <div>That question may be the buzz going around over the next few weekends. To help you out let us explain – T’Day stands for Thirty Dollars A Year, which is what the new Northampton Booster Club is asking folks to donate to join the “Hamp T’Day Booster Club.</div> <div> </div> <div>And what do you get for your thirty dollars? Well, Booster Week is rapidly approaching and your receipt will gain you entrance to one of the many sporting event that takes place that week.</div></p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/oct-15-2009/what-t-day-you-ask" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>NHS Shines in AP Test Results</h1> <p>bdichter — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:20:23 +0000</p> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">NHS has a goal of increasing the number of students taking an AP course. We have received our test results for last May and the students at NHS excelled. </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/sep-11-2009/nhs-shines-ap-test-results" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>From Northampton Center to Kennedy Center</h1> <p>bdichter — Tue, 19 May 2009 18:26:40 +0000</p> <p> Last year the Northampton High School Concert Band was awarded a unique opportunity: to be able to travel to Washington D.C., and perform on the Concert Hall stage of the Kennedy Center. This year, they took the offer. Early in May, they made their way to D.C. and spent three days rehearsing with another band, eating food, and having a spectacular time traipsing around Washington. On the fourth day, they rode to the Kennedy Center and got their chance.</p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/may-19-2009/northampton-center-kennedy-center" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Introducing Dan - NHS Yo-yo Man</h1> <p>bdichter — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:01:01 +0000</p> <p>Northampton High School freshman, Dan Dietz, has wowed the school community with his adept handling of the yo-yo. Dan currently ranks 17<sup>th</sup> in the nation and 29<sup>th</sup> in the world when it comes to competitive yo-yoing. In a recent interview with Ms. Tzoumakas, he provided the following fun facts:</p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/may-18-2009/introducing-dan-nhs-yo-yo-man" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Tonight...Battle of the Bands</h1> <p>bdichter — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:09:21 +0000</p> <p>Are you interested in hearing cutting edge music from local students and other Northamptonites? This Friday night the band is once again sponsoring Battle of the Bands, an opportunity for local bands to strut their stuff.</p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/may-15-2009/tonightbattle-bands" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Dollars for Scholars - Thirty-five Years Old and Growing!</h1> <p>bdichter — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:36:44 +0000</p> <p>Thirty-five years ago, Fred Ames, a guidance counselor at NHS approached the Northampton Kiwanis Club and requested that Ralph Levy, Kiwanis Secretary, speak to the club about Dollars for Scholars, an organization founded by Fall River optometrist Irving Fradkin, who challenged every person in his community to donate one dollar to establish a scholarship fund to enable needy youngsters to attend college. Publicity spread and Eleanor Roosevelt contributed the first dollar to the fund.</p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/may-14-2009/dollars-scholars-thirty-five-years-old-and-growing" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>The Northampton High School Intership Program</h1> <p>bdichter — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:17:12 +0000</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/may-12-2009/northampton-high-school-intership-program" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>NHS Band Off to Washington, DC</h1> <p>bdichter — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:57:25 +0000</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/may-07-2009/nhs-band-washington-dc" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Voices from the Artists (at least a few)</h1> <p>bdichter — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:01:36 +0000</p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Some of the Honors Art Students wrote an Artist Statement about their work. Read on to learn some of what they went through as they created their work.</span></p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/may-06-2009/voices-artists-least-few" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Think Spring! Support Our Schools!</h1> <p>bdichter — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:46:09 +0000</p> <p>The 13th Annual SOS Plant and Garden Sale will take place on Saturday, May 9<sup>th</sup> from 9:00 to 1:00 at Smith Voke. This fund raiser not only provides you with a wonderful selection of annuals, perennials, flowers, vegetables, herbs, house plants, shrubs, trees, starts, seedlings, pots, birdhouses, trellises, birdhouses, compost, lawn furniture, garden books, tools, and ornaments but other exciting treasures from area gardens, studios and workshops…and you support the Northampton Public Schools. SOS funds are used to purchase books.</p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/may-05-2009/think-spring-support-our-schools" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>NHS Art Students Exhibit at Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library</h1> <p>bdichter — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:09:33 +0000</p> <p>The Hosmer Gallery will be hosting a “sampling of the best student art from Northampton High School” from May 2<sup>nd</sup> to May 29<sup>th</sup>. Lisa Leary, the chair of the art department, is the curator for the show and the exhibit will feature work from the following Art Department classes: Foundations in Art, Drawing & Painting 1 & 2, Ceramics, Honors Art 1 – 4, and Printmaking & Bookmaking.</p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/apr-30-2009/nhs-art-students-exhibit-hosmer-gallery-forbes-library" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Coming Friday - May 1st - Improv at NHS!</h1> <p>bdichter — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:01:02 +0000</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/apr-29-2009/coming-friday-may-1st-improv-nhs" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>FBI Agent Speaks to Forensics Class</h1> <p>bdichter — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:32:06 +0000</p> <p>Tom O'Connor (class of 1981) spoke to the Forensic Science classes today. He and his wife Jean are FBI agents who specialize in evidence analysis related to terrorism events. They investigate bombings and have been involved in many investigations including the USS Cole, 9/11 Pentagon bombing, Assasins Gate bombing in Iraq and many others in Europe, Aftrica, the middle East and the US. Tom attended Northampton High School and was an officer for the Northampton Police Department for 12 years before getting a job with the FBI.</p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/apr-28-2009/fbi-agent-speaks-forensics-class" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>French Class Honors Diversity Week with Global Cuisine</h1> <p>bdichter — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:26:59 +0000</p> <p>The week before school break we celebrated Diversity Week. This week we will look at some of the events that took place that week and we were not able to cover.</p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/apr-28-2009/french-class-honors-diversity-week-global-cuisine" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>What Were the Home Fronts?</h1> <p>bdichter — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:23:16 +0000</p> <p>A different view of the World War II home fronts came to three social studies classes at NHS on Tuesday, April 14<sup>th</sup>. The Deerfield Teachers’ Center of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (PVMA), located in Deerfield, brought Reba-Jean Shaw Pichette to the high school to present a History Lab “World War II on the Home Front.” She arrived with a trunk from World War II filled with artifacts from the time period, an amazing knowledge of the time, and the ability to connect with students. The funding for this program comes from a federal grant from the U.S.</p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/apr-16-2009/what-were-home-fronts" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>From Teacher to Marathon Runner</h1> <p>bdichter — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:12:01 +0000</p> <p>Ms. Kathleen Ralls, a social studies teacher at NHS, will be running in the Boston Marathon on April 20<sup>th</sup>, in support of the Children’s Hospital in Boston. Ms. Ralls ran this race last year for the first time and is looking forward to improving her time and taking the time to relish the crowds and the run.</p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/apr-16-2009/teacher-marathon-runner" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>NHS at NHS</h1> <p>bdichter — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:04:38 +0000</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/apr-14-2009/nhs-nhs" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>The Many Talents of Kim Broussard</h1> <p>bdichter — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:48:54 +0000</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/apr-13-2009/many-talents-kim-broussard" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Natalia Paine - Fleet on her Feet</h1> <p>bdichter — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:14:16 +0000</p> <p>Natalia is a junior at Northampton High School and competes in three sports at the school. In the fall you will find her on the soccer field; Winter season brings her to indoor track; and in the spring Natalia is again running in outdoor track.</p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/apr-10-2009/natalia-paine-fleet-her-feet" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Going Green at NHS</h1> <p>bdichter — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:36:34 +0000</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/apr-09-2009/going-green-nhs" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Diversity + Unity = Sustainability</h1> <p>bdichter — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:03:10 +0000</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/apr-08-2009/diversity-unity-sustainability" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Magical Things Happen in Chemistry...</h1> <p>bdichter — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:44:08 +0000</p> <p>Remember the first article we posted on Hamp High Happenings? We shared that our AP Chemistry students had done an amazing job ath the Chemistry Olympiad held at UMASS. In this event we had 19 students (out of a field of over 200) qualify for 32 slots that allowed them to move to the second round (which included an essay question and a lab). These students competed last weekend and five of them had qualifying scores to reach the regional competition that will be held at University of Connecticut.</p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/apr-07-2009/magical-things-happen-chemistry" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Four Students Perform in All-State Band</h1> <p>bdichter — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:57:14 +0000</p> <p> <div style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Every year the Massachusetts Music Educator’s Association (MMEA) hosts a festival for talented young musicians from across the state. Entrance is by audition, and after months of preparation four students from NHS were selected to be a part of the festival. The festival takes place in Boston, and students spend three days and two nights switching between hotels for rest and recuperation at night, and the Seaport World Trade Center for rigorous rehearsals during the day.</div></p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/apr-06-2009/four-students-perform-all-state-band" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>A Musical Experience</h1> <p>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:18:42 +0000</p> <p>When asked about their own experiences in the musical, students responded with nothing but enthusiasm. The musical brings people together. People cross over grade boundary lines and meet students with all different interests, and this year, more than ever the cast has really gotten along. The musical itself speaks to the immense amount of work each actor has put into the show.</p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/apr-01-2009/musical-experience" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Sweet Charity: The Show Must Go On!</h1> <p>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:46:12 +0000</p> <p>The show must go on! Or so they say. It seems like this year more than most this phrase is applicable to Northampton High School’s spring production, “Sweet Charity”, the 1960’s musical. In an unforeseeable happening, the entire Pit Orchestra was trapped in a frozen state of suspended animation, after a run in with the evil Lord Xenu. Because of this, the show this year will operate without any music.</p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/mar-31-2009/sweet-charity-show-must-go" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>The Show Must Go On!</h1> <p>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:41:31 +0000</p> <p> <div>What is never seen but always heard? No, not obnoxious children. It’s the Pit Orchestra! For every great musical production there are instrumentalists in the pit who hold it all together. And Northampton High School’s Pit Orchestra this year looks as good as ever as they prepare for “Sweet Charity”, and they don’t sound half bad either. Under the energetic direction of Deb Coon, the Pit provides musical accompaniment for the actors and singers on stage.</div></p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/mar-31-2009/show-must-go" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>The Stagecraft Class Helps Design Sweet Charity Set</h1> <p>bdichter — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:55:56 +0000</p> <p>The students of Northampton High School’s stagecraft class share an important role in this years production of Sweet Charity. Instructed by Steven Eldrige, two classes, on alternating days have spent their 4th period this semester in preparation for the show. While the musical is the highest priority at the moment, the class will continue in an in-depth look at the many aspects of stagecraft and technical theater.</p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/mar-30-2009/stagecraft-class-helps-design-sweet-charity-set" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>A Taste of Broadway Comes to NHS</h1> <p>bdichter — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:18:17 +0000</p> <p> <div><b>Sweet Charity</b> is a great, big valentine of a musical celebrating the power of love and the beauty of the eternally optimistic heart. Charity Hope Valentine, a dancer-for-hire in a seedy New York ballroom, never stops believing that her happy ending is right around the corner no matter how bleak her life looks.</div> <div> </div> <div>Finally, when her prospects seem utterly hopeless, Charity finds herself trapped in an elevator with the very shy (and very claustrophobic) Oscar Lindquist, a tax accountant.</div></p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/mar-27-2009/taste-broadway-comes-nhs" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Northampton High School Presents....Our Winning Artists</h1> <p>bdichter — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:56:04 +0000</p> <div>Three NHS Art students won awards for their artwork in the 2009 Boston Globe Scholastic Art & Writing Contest.</div> <div> </div> <div>The Boston Globe Scholastic is a statewide program that is connected with the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, a national organization. The goal of the Alliance is to "identify, motivate, and validate the next generation of artists and writers".</div> <div> </div> <div>Over 140,000 works of art by students’ in grades 7-12 across the country were submitted to the scholastic and Writing Awards for 2009. </div><p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/mar-26-2009/northampton-high-school-presentsour-winning-artists" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Band Makes Their Way to D.C.</h1> <p>bdichter — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:49:02 +0000</p> <p>When they heard they had won one of the top honors in a competition against schools twice their size, they were ecstatic. When they found out they had come within a third of a point of being the very best of the entire festival, they couldn’t stop smiling. But when they found out they had the opportunity to perform at one of the nations most prestigious concert halls, that’s when things started to come into focus.</p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/mar-25-2009/band-makes-their-way-dc" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Three National Merit Finalists at Northampton High School</h1> <p>bdichter — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:32:51 +0000</p> <p> <div>The National Merit Scholarship Foundation recognizes ~50,000 academically talented high school students each year, of which ~16,000 are named Semifinalists.</div></p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/mar-24-2009/three-national-merit-finalists-northampton-high-school" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Did you know that "Math and Science are f =µN!"?</h1> <p>bdichter — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:56:05 +0000</p> <p><span style="font-size: larger;">Northampton High School students Robert Schmidt (Class 2010) and Nicolas O’Connor (Class 2010) were selected as 2<sup>nd</sup> place winners in the FILMS (Fun Is Learning Math and Science) Video Competition sponsored by the National Science and Math Initiative for their video "Math and Science are f=µN!" The winners were selected by a team of judges and each students will each receive a scholarship of $1000.</span></p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/mar-23-2009/did-you-know-math-and-science-are-f-n" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Kudos to Sue Biggs, winner of Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Award!</h1> <p>bdichter — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:41:38 +0000</p> <p>Northampton High School would like to congratulate Sue Biggs, a chemistry teacher at NHS, for being selected for the “Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching” award this year. In the past these awards were known as the Grinspoon awards for Excellence in Teaching. This award, launched in 2002-2003 is “to honor outstanding teachers in the Pioneer Valley and underscore the critical role that teachers play in preparing youth for the future.”</p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/mar-20-2009/kudos-sue-biggs-winner-pioneer-valley-excellence-teaching-award" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>NHS Wins at the CVSOlympiad</h1> <p>bdichter — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:35:47 +0000</p> <p> Our AP Chemistry students competed in the CVSO<span style="font-size: smaller;">5</span> (Connecticut Valley Society Olympiad) March 17 at UMASS. The CVSO<span style="font-size: smaller;">5</span> is a 3-part competition and the first step in the Chemistry Olympiad Program that is organized by the American Chemical Society (ACS). This competition included students from 10 schools (~200 students). The first portion is an eighty minute multiple choice test. Forty-five students from NHS took this test and nineteen made it to round two (out of 32 slots).</p> <p><a href="http://hamphigh.org/hamphighhappenings/mar-19-2009/nhs-wins-cvsolympiad" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> </main></body></html>