[HMHS News] Hawk News week of January 27

[Steven Chamberlin]

HOPKINTON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL MISSION

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.

As a sports fan, I am excited as the New England Patriots prepare for  
another Super Bowl Title.  Two years ago in a Hawk News written  
around this same time, it was mentioned how I was waiting for the  
Celtics to get back to their winning ways. Apparently, dreams do come  
true.

Preparations for the seventh annual Celebration of the Arts has  
begun.  We’re calling all student musicians, artists, performers,  
singers, dancers, poets and writers!  You're invited to participate  
in this wonderful event on Wednesday, March 26 at the Middle High  
School.  Artists of all kinds are welcome, whether you perform alone  
or with others (trio, duet, band, theater group, chorus, jazz  
ensemble, etc.).  We need your help and interest to make the evening  
sparkle, so please come forward.  If you’re interested in helping to  
organize or perform in this event, contact Michael Alberici at  
malberici at hopkintonschools.org.



Exams for the high school will be finished Tuesday, January 29.  The  
third quarter will begin on January 30.  Report cards will be  
distributed on February 6.  Next week, I will be meeting with  
students who have not met their financial obligations.  Students who  
have not fulfilled their financial obligation(s) before mid term  
exams, will serve Saturday Educations until their obligation(s) are met.



The Program of Studies was approved by the School Board last week and  
will be going to the printer this week. The document contains changes  
including the restructuring of the American History program, a new  
Marketing, Advertising, and Media Awareness course and a new Civil  
Engineering course.



  Something to think about:


A teacher affects eternity; he/she can never tell where his influence  
stops.
-- Henry B. Adams



Christopher Kelley
Assistant Principal


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



FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE LINK:

Link of the mid year and final exam schedule

http://mercator.hopkintonschools.org/hhs/08MidTermsched.rtf






Message to parents/guardians of Freshmen



Attention all parents and guardians of Freshmen:  we need volunteers  
to help with concessions at home basketball games.  The students run  
the stand, but we need two adults to assist them:  one to do pizza  
runs and the other to watch over the stand.  Parents/guardians would  
need to be at the high school from 6:15pm - 8:30pm.  Please choose  
from one of the following games: 1/29, 1/31, 2/4, 2/8, 2/12, 2/15,  
2/25 and email Mrs. Sintros at ksintros at hopkintonschools.org to sign up.

Thank you,   The Freshmen Class




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







HMHS LUNCH MENU FOR THE WEEK



Monday:  Chicken nuggets, minestrone soup, chix/cheeseburger

Tuesday:  Cheeseburger, chicken/cheeseburger,  Chicken Soup

Wednesday:  Pasta Bar, Beef Stew, chix/cheeseburger

Thursday:  Steak-um, soup, chix/cheeseburger

Friday:  Pizza, chix/cheeseburger









Monday, January 28

Midterm Exams (see exam schedule link above)

MS Drama rehearsal, audi, 6-8pm

Cheering, audi, 4-6pm

MS Art Club, rm. 410, 3-4pm

Driver’s Ed., rm. 209, 5-7pm

Robotics, rm. 224, 4pm







Tuesday, January 29

Midterm Exams (see exam schedule link above)

Forensics Club, rm. 204, 7:30-8am

Extended library hours to 5:15pm

Robotics, rm. 224, 4pm

Driver’s Ed., rm. 209, 3-5pm

MS Drama Rehearsal, audi, 6-8pm



Wednesday, January 30, Day 1

HS Drama Meeting, audi, 3-5pm

MS Drama Rehearsal, audi, 6-8pm

Robotics, rm. 224, 4pm







Thursday, January 31, Day 2

MS Drama, rm. 205, 3-5pm

MS Drama Rehearsal, audi, 6-8pm

HS Open Studio, art rm., 3-4pm

Robotics, rm. 224, 4pm

Extended library hours to 5:15pm

Driver’s Ed., rm. 209, 3-5pm





Friday, February 1, Day 1

MS Math Club Meeting, rm. 403, 3-4pm

Robotics, rm. 224, 4pm



Have a wonderful weekend!





MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS!

Math Club Meeting, every Friday, 3:00 – 4:00pm, room 403





Click here for direct access to the middle school homework pages!

http://www.hopkintonschools.org/middle





Upcoming Events

Feb. 7 – Early Release Day

Feb. 8 – Early Release Day

Feb. 16 -Valentine Ball Semiformal, HMS gym, 7:30-10:30pm

Feb. 18 – Poetry Out Loud Performance, Library, 6:00pm

Mar. 3 – Early College Planning for Parents/Guardians, audi, 6:30pm

Mar. 7 – NHS Blood Drive, gym

Mar. 8 – Annual School District Meeting, gym, 9:00am

Mar. 15 – Annual Town Meeting, gym, 9:00am

Mar. 24 – Early Release Day

Mar. 25 – Early Release Day

April 1 – College Prep for Juniors, audi, 6:30pm

April 10 – High School Spring Concert

April 17 – Middle School Spring Concert

May 19 – Fine Arts Forensics Tournament, 6:00pm

May 22 – Academic Awards/Scholarship Night

May 30 – Sixth Grade Step Up Day

June 5 – Music Awards Night, audi, 7:00pm

June 5 – Early Release Day

June 6 – Early Release Day

June 13 – Graduation Day, Durgin Arena, 6:00pm







Community News



Hopkinton Youth Lacrosse



A recreational youth lacrosse league for boys and girls between the  
ages of 8 and 14.  No previous experience is required to  
participate.  Registration sign-ups take place Wednesday January 23  
and Thursday January 31 from 6 – 7:30pm at the Hopkinton Library.   
Cost is $75 per person.  Call Rob at 226-2290 or Justin at 746-2915  
with any questions.



EXHIBIT

Stop by and see…

o      Larry Bickford, Hopkinton High School mathematics teacher,  
will be hanging a show of photos taken at Yosemite National Park and  
of New Hampshire at the Hopkinton Town Library between December 14,  
2007 and January 31, 2008.  For further information call 746-3663 or  
visit their website at: www.hopkintontownlibrary.org.



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Please consider attending this powerful performance. Our school will  
be facilitating events centered around this topic in the next few  
months. Steve Chamberlin

CAPITOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS PRESENTS

WRECKED

Written by Chris Craddock

A COMPELLING NEW PLAY ABOUT ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ITS  
IMPACT ON A BOY, HIS FAMILY AND TEENS AT HIS SCHOOL.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 7 P.M.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 10 A.M. (SOLD OUT)


Wrecked tackles the issues of alcohol abuse in the lives of teenagers  
and their families with intelligent humour, subversive wit and candid  
reality.  Through innovative staging and contrasting performance  
styles, the play presents two perspectives: teenagers as victims of  
parental alcohol abuse and teenagers themselves as abusers.  With  
keen insight into teen culture, playwright Chris Craddock has done a  
rare thing: he’s created an engaging and provocative theater  
experience about significant social issues that is funny,  
entertaining and accessible to teens without compromising the power  
of its educational agenda.

Meet Lyle …
He’s a typical 16 year old in many ways, but like so many kids  
today, he lives with a terrible secret: an alcoholic parent.   
Embarrassed and angered by a dysfunctional mom who is wrecking his  
life, he avoids bringing friends home and struggles with her drinking  
problem on his own.  Lyle juggles two after-school jobs while  
protecting his little sister from his mother’s unpredictable mood  
swings.  When the situation at home becomes too much for him to  
handle, he makes some tough decisions that ultimately force his mom  
to confront her drinking problem.

Meet students at Lyle’s school…
They’re into the partying scene where binge drinking and drugs are a  
regular part of weekend fun.  Cleverly interwoven between episodes in  
Lyle’s more realistic story, highly theatrical “teen scenes”  
thrust us into teen culture with a jolt.  Here we view many of the  
scrapes that young people get into because of irresponsible drinking  
and drug abuse – and the price they pay for that fun.  Instantly  
recognizable to students, the characters in these scenes function  
stylistically like an out-of-whack Greek chorus, satirizing and yet  
never judging the alcohol problem being depicted.  The heightened  
reality of these witty vignettes makes them both darkly funny and  
horrific; their impact is visceral.

Ticket Information

February 12: Adults - $16.50; Students/Seniors - $12.50
February 13: All seats $6 (sold out)

Capital Center for the Arts
44 South Main Street
Concord, NH
603 225-1111
www.ccanh.com

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"Atheism vs. Theism & The Scientific Evidence of Intelligent Design"  
~ A live debate broadcast via satellite from Stanford University, in  
Palo Alto, California.

When:  This Sunday (1/27), 6:45 - 8:30 pm.

Where:  This live simulcast debate will be hosted by Countryside  
Community Church, 815 Main St., Contoocook.

Who:
·       Supporting the position of the atheist will be Christopher  
Hitchens, visiting professor of liberal studies at the New School in  
New York and author of the best-seller God is Not Great: How Religion  
Poisons Everything. Hitchens has been named one of the "Top 100  
Public Intellectuals" by Foreign Policy and Britain's Prospect.

·       Presenting the position that the natural world contains  
evidence for a supernatural creator will be Jay W. Richards, Senior  
Fellow with the Discovery Institute, and co-author with Guillermo  
Gonzalez of the book, The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the  
Cosmos is Designed for Discovery.

There is no cost for this event. For more information, please contact  
Donna Gnann or Lance Claggett at the church office at 746-4043.