[HMHS News] Hawk News week of January 19, 2007

[Steven Chamberlin]

We foster a learning environment that is safe, supportive, and 
respectful.
We promote personal integrity, intellectual curiosity, and civic 
responsibility.
We provide traditional and innovative opportunities for students to 
maximize their potential.

Thoughts from along the adventure:

We are halfway through our adventure of the 2006-2007 school year.  It 
seems unbelievable to me!

The mid year exam time is busy for all.  Teachers of half year courses 
are especially busy as they end one semester and begin another.  One of 
the changes for this year is that all seniors are required to take 
semester course exams.  In the past, the senior privilege contract 
allowed seniors with a 90 or above to opt out of the exam.  Teachers 
felt strongly that the end of course exam is an important part of the 
semester course.  Seniors will be able to opt out of exams for yearlong 
courses with a 95 or above average in the spring.

Mr. Bessette, the Maple Street School Principal, is leading the 
district's committee on next year’s calendar.  Please feel free to 
provide input to me and I will gladly forward it to the calendar 
committee.  I truly believe that a school calendar is critical to 
student learning.

The cold has reeked havoc on our new middle school outdoor time at 
lunch, but we hope for a break in the cold to get the middle schoolers 
back outside soon.

The 8th grade recently revived the “Live as Anne Frank Day.”  This 
experiential education opportunity provided student with a brief sample 
of what life for Anne Frank and her family must have been like.

With the support of Shelley Lochhead, I have been working on 
transitioning the Hawk News email to a blog.  The new format will allow 
me to provide more information in an efficient way.  Features will 
include a survey question, a picture of the week, and a way to post 
changes in schedules (exams, assemblies, and special events.)  The roll 
out of the blog will be in the next couple of weeks.

I hope you get the chance to come out tonight to support the middle 
school basketball programs.  The middle school boys and girls 
basketball teams will take over the gym for Middle School Night in the 
gym.  I am looking forward to seeing the middle schoolers play.

Thanks for your support.  GO PATS !!

Steven Chamberlin
Principal

HAWK NEWS

Hopkinton High School and Hopkinton Middle School


Visit our website @ www.hopkintonschools.org

GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER:  746-2502

HHS Sports Information Line...call 746-NEWS, extension one!

HHS Online calendar
http://www.hopkintonschools.org/calendars


MESSAGES FROM THE PRINCIPAL

High School Mid Term/Final Exam Dates

Monday, January 22
Tuesday, January 23

*READ THE TALON at http://hhstalon.blogspot.com

It’s your student’s newspaper!

*LIBRARY NEWS!

The library is open daily until 3:30pm and has extended its hours on 
Wednesdays
until 5:30pm.


Monday, January 22, Day 2
Mid Term Exam Day
MS Drama, audi, 3-4:30pm
Middle School Art Club, rm. 410, 3-4pm
Drivers Ed., Rm. 203, 5pm
Cheerleading, audi, 6-8pm
Project Graduation, rm. 203, 7:30pm


Tuesday, January 23, Day 1
Mid Term Exam Day
Forensics Club, rm. 204, 7:30am
Drivers Education, rm. 203, 3-5pm


Wednesday, January 24, Day 2
HS Drama, audi, 3-5pm
Cheerleading, audi, 6-8pm


Thursday, January 25, Day 1
Drivers Ed., rm. 203, 3-5pm
Environmental Club, rm. 208, 5:15-6pm
Cheerleading, audi, 6-8pm



Friday, January 26, Day 2
Gaming Club, rm. 502, 5pm
Cheerleading, audi, 6-8pm


Have a great weekend!



Middle School News!

Hopkinton Middle School Basketball Takes on Hillsboro January 19

HOPKINTON, NH—Join the action January 19 at Hopkinton High School for a 
fun-filled evening of middle school basketball! The Hopkinton Middle 
School Girls take on the Hillsboro Girls starting at 6:00 p.m., 
followed by the  Middle School Boys vs. Hillsboro at 7:30 p.m.

More than a night of basketball, the evening will feature all middle 
school student entertainers, from the singing of the National Anthem to 
half-time dance performances at both games! And, a special appearance 
of the Hopkinton Hawk!

Please come out and support these hard-working and dedicated students. 
The evening promises to be a fun-filled and entertaining night for 
everyone.

Click here for direct access to the middle school homework pages!
http://www.hopkintonschools.org/middle


Upcoming Events
January 22 - Project Graduation Meeting, 6:30pm, rm. 203
February 2 – Report cards distributed
February 6 – School Board meeting
February 14 – High school math meet @ Central
February 15 – Middle school math meet, Henniker
February 19 – Curriculum Night
February 23 – Winter Carnival Day
February 26 – March 2, Winter break

COMMUNITY NEWS

The Greater Concord Interfaith Council

Proudly present…in honor of Martin Luther King Day

A Civil Rights Film Series

January 19-21, 2007

Sweeney Hall Auditorium,
New Hampshire Technical Institute

Each evening starts at 7 pm. Admission is free. Donations accepted. 
Proceeds will benefit the Greater Concord Taskforce Against Racism and 
Intolerance.

January 19
7 pm

Here Am I: Send Me: The Journey of Jonathan Daniels (2000)

Friday Night

7pm: Here Am I:Send Me: The Journey of Jonathan Daniels (2000/ USA/ 
Prod. Larry Benaquist, Bill Sullivan/ 60 min). This film chronicles the 
life of Jonathan Daniels, New Hampshire native, who was killed while 
working in the civil rights movement in central Alabama in 1965. 
Daniels' story converges with history on the occasion of Bloody Sunday 
in Selma, Alabama, on March 7th, 1965, when a group of nonviolent 
blacks were brutally beaten and gassed as they attempted to march to 
Montgomery, the state capital, to demand their civil rights. Narrated 
by Sam Waterston.

8:15 Intermission: A short program by the Songhealers

8:30 pm

Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger , In the Heat of the Night (1967)
8:30 pm: In the Heat of the Night (1967/USA/Dir. Norman Jewison/109 
min) is a tense whodunit detective story thriller that is set in the 
little town of Sparta, Mississippi during a hot summer, with an 
innovative score by Quincy Jones. Norman Jewison masterfully directed 
this murder melodrama from a screenplay by Stirling Silliphant that was 
based on the novel by John Ball. Part of the collection of the National 
Film Registry. Starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger.

January 20
7 pm

At the River I Stand(1993)

Saturday Night

7 pm: Open with a reading from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s A Letter 
from Birmingham Jail. (10 min).

7:15 pm: At the River I Stand (1993/ Dir. David Appleby, Allison Graham 
and Steven Ross/ 56 min) This documentary recounts the two months 
leading to Martin Luther King Jr.'s death in 1968, coinciding with the 
65-day strike of 1300 Memphis sanitation workers. 1994 Erik Barnouw 
Award, Best Documentary, Organization of American Historians. “An 
eloquent and powerful work of history…offering new insight into the 
intersection of race and class.”

8:15 pm

Gregory Peck and Brock Peters, To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

8:15 pm: To Kill A Mockingbird (1962/Dir. Robert Mulligan/ 129 min) 
Atticus Finch (played by Gregory Peck), a lawyer in the Depression-era 
South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his 
kids against prejudice. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by 
Harper Lee.

January 20
7 pm

Malcolm X (1992)

Sunday Night
7 pm: Malcolm X (1992/Dir. Spike Lee/202min) Starring Denzel Washington 
and Angela Bassett. Biography of Malcolm X, the famous African American 
leader. This biographical film directed by Spike Lee about the 
African-American activist and black nationalist Malcolm X chronicles 
Malcolm’s youth as a gangster, his discovery of the Nation of Islam, 
his conversion from that to Sunni Islam. Initially, Warner Studios 
wanted Norman Jewison to direct the film. Lee was quite vocal in his 
opposition to the choice of Jewison, a white filmmaker. Malcolm X is 
often regarded as Lee's finest film and Denzel Washington was nominated 
for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Malcolm X.

Admission is Free. Donations accepted. Proceeds will benefit the 
Greater Concord Task Force Against Racism and Intolerance. All evenings 
begin at 7 pm. This event brought to you by the Greater Concord 
Interfaith Council, New Hampshire Technical Institute and Red River 
Theatres, Inc.

Information: www.redrivertheatres.org or 
www.nhti.edu/campuscommunity/campusactivities.
Or call: 271-7185.

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HONDURAS DONATIONS

This year there are two groups of students from Hopkinton High School 
that are traveling to Honduras to help build classrooms, paint, rebuild 
and teach. Students are bringing down suitcases of donations.  Please 
help the people and villages of Honduras by donating from the list 
below.  Please bring donations to the high school. Thank you

Please note:  Cold and cough medicine, vitamins, Tylenol, and Advil 
must be hand carried to the office by parents and guardians.  Students 
may not transport these items to school.

Kids cold and cough medicine (See important message above)
Kids vitamins, Tylenol and Advil (See important message above)
Band Aids
Clothing: Small sizes
Socks (ages 5-12)
Notebooks (no wire binders)
Lined paper
Crayons/colored pencils
Pencils and sharpeners
Markers
Glue
Chalk
Hand Soaps (ex. small bottles from hotels)
Kid sized back packs
Small dolls, toys and games. (ex. barbies, small cars, jewelry)

Monetary donations are appreciated, please make checks payable to 
Hopkinton High School, memo: Honduras Donation.

Thanks again!


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HOPKINTON BOOSTER CLUB

The

Items available are, sweatshirts, long sleeve T-shirts, blankets, 
sandals, tote bags, flannel pants, key chains, car decals, umbrellas, 
tattoos, and stuffed Hawks.


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H.Y.S.A.
Baseball and Softball Registration

$35 - T-ball & Coach Pitch (ages 5-8)
				     $45 - 9 yrs. – 15 yrs (up to age 16 for softball)

LAST CALL!

HYSA has established January 27th as the final cut off date for spring 
baseball, softball & T-Ball sign ups. Registrations received after the 
27th are subject to a $25 late fee and subject to the Baseball & 
Softball Commissioners' approvals. Register now to ensure your child's 
participation.

Registration forms can be downloaded from our website at:
	
					www.hysa-nh.com
		
Please send completed forms and payments to the following address:

	HYSA
	PO Box 803
	Hopkinton, NH 03229

If you cannot access the form online, please contact a HYSA 
representative ASAP for assistance.

HYSA relies on parent volunteers to provide quality programs for the 
youth of our town. Please prepare to volunteer as a coach, assistant, 
concession helper or team parent.  For more information, contact Darren 
Winslow @ 746-2814 (winslow at conknet.com).