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CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS
Boys Varsity Swim Team is having a Bake Sale
Thursday, December 10th - 4th pd, activities, 5th pd by the G.O Foyer
Come support the Boys Swim Team! We actually have a pool this year but we still need to get some gear, so come on in and buy our goodies!
We will have pie, cookies, brownies, cake, and all of the good stuff
contact allenz456@gmail.com or frankiijay@gmail.com with questions
The Eclectic (formerly the unnamed PUBLICation)
You have probably heard about us already -- we are the new online publication at Hunter, ready to bring you an incredible, unprecedented variety of fiction, opinions, interests, news, and fun and games!
But we need your help! We want to get everyone in our community involved -- regardless of grade or prior writing experience -- and let you write what you want, whenever you want.
That's why we invite everyone to attend our super duper, super important (seriously!!!) meeting during activities period on Wednesday, December 9 in Room 414.
Please come to learn more about our publication, meet our Editors, and sign up to submit articles!!!
Even though you may be interested in areas that ordinary publications would not cover, we welcome anything you wish to submit, so please check us out! Feel free to contact huntereclectic@gmail.com if you have any questions. Thank you very much for your cooperation, and as we like to say, Help us make The Eclectic truly ours!
Hunter Life Committee
Please note that the Hunter Life meeting on the calendar for Friday, December 11th is cancelled. We will meet again on Friday, January 15th.
Argus
Argus wants submissions of poetry, prose, essays, stories, and miscellany from 9-12 graders! Argus meets each Friday during 5th period in Room 318 to review a piece for inclusion in the magazine, published at the end of the year. Pieces are read anonymously and the author does not need to be present, although everyone is always welcome. E-mail your writing to hchsargus@gmail.com or give it to Kirsten Collins/Eliot Thompson (Editors-in-Chief) (or their college folders).
Hunter High School AIDS Walk Team 2010
We are looking for volunteers to walk in the 2010 AIDS Walk on May 17 to raise money for AIDS research, or people who are willing to volunteer to cheer people on along the sidelines or hand out food at rest stations. Service credit will be awarded for the number of volunteer hours.
The AIDS walk is approximately 6.2 miles long and takes an average of 2 - 3 hours. The walk goes through the park and around the city. There are food, drink, and rest stops along the way and people cheering you on the entire time. Walkers ask friends and family to sponsor them and donate either a certain amount of money per mile walked or a lump sum. When walkers are registered, they are assigned a webpage, which will be the link to give people who want to donate. Writing a letter or making phone calls to everyone you can is recommended to try to get donations. Donations can also be brought in check or cash form to the walk, or mailed in to the organization after the walk date.
Please contact Team Leader Emily Michels at emichels7@aol.com
http://www.aidswalk.net/newyork/index.html
E Magazine
Are you interested in fashion, culture, women's issues, teenage issues, etc? Join E Magazine: Meets Wednesdays, Activities, 325, but contact Arielle Korman (ariellekorman@gmail.com) or Anya Gleizer to confirm we're meeting- we won't meet every week. (This means if you have another club on Wednesdays it shouldn't be a problem!)
Storyboard
We will be hosting comic making workshops on the 7th, 14th, and 21st of December in room 204 on Monday activities through 5th period. We will discuss story making and scripting on the first day, storyboarding, planing and sketching on the second day, and inking and toning on the third day. There will be winter treats. Do not come just for the treats.
Visit storyboard's google group at http://groups.google.com/group/storyboard-comics?hl=en or visit our wiki, http://www.hchs.hunter.cuny.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Storyboard for more information.
Contact Sarah Wu, Editor in Chief, at toobadmemory@gmail.com or Zuri Moon at citrusbreakdown@gmail.com.
FROM THE ARTS AND MUSIC DEPARTMENT
Arts Day, Dec 8th
The Arts Department invites you to a full day of musical performances on,Tuesday, December 8th in the auditorium. We will present a full program of music, performed by our student groups, that will be featured in our upcoming Winter Concerts (December 16th, 7 PM, December 17th, 6 PM). Arts Day will also feature student performances, including pieces for violin, piano and the Korean Drumming Ensemble.
We encourage you to bring your classes and attend.
The schedule for the day is listed below:
Period 2: Concert Choir and Chamber Choir
Period 3: Senior Jazz Ensemble
Period 4: Junior Jazz Ensemble and Student Performance
Period 6: Junior Orchestra and Band
Period 7: Strings
Period 8: Junior Chorus and Student Performances
We hope to see you there!
FROM THE SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT
National Geographic Bee
For the 22nd year, the National Geographic Society is holding the National Geographic Bee for students in the fourth through eighth grades in thousands of schools across the United States and in the five U. S. territories. School winners are eligible advance to the next level of competition, a written examination to determine state competitors. The national championship and its first prize, a $25,000 college scholarship, takes place May 25th and 26th, 2010 in Washington, D. C.
Everyone is invited to participate in an initial Qualifying Round at Hunter on December 17th. The highest scoring participants (approximately 25) will be selected for the next level, the Preliminary Competition Round, held on January 6th. The top scoring ten-twelve participants in the Preliminary Round will proceed on to the Final Round & Championship competition, held on January 13th.
Those who are interested can test their geography knowledge with the new and exciting GeoBee Challenge, an online geography quiz at www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee. The game poses 10 new questions a day. You can check out the main site for the competition at www.nationalgeographic.com/geographicbee for additional information. This year’s Bee sponsor, Google, and its site, www.earth.google.com, is another great place to prepare for the competition.
ATHLETICS
Jingle Jog
This is an activity that is designed to help give back to the community. It will consist of a lap around the bridle path of reservior. Participants need to pay a specified amount of money to enter or donate a certain number of cans of food (non-perishable please). Other donations will also be accepted. More information will posted on posters in hallways. For more information, please email theathleticassociation@gmail.com or stop by the AA office downstairs next to the gym.
For the most up to date sports information, please check the Hunter Hawks website:
http://hchshawks.olinesports.com
FROM THE PTA
Support HCHS - Order Magazine Subscriptions Online Anytime
Visit www.QSP.com
Click on “Register Now” and follow instructions
Enter Hunter PTA’s # 425009256 and place your order
Any questions contact Wendy Dubin blueplate12@gmail.com
ORDER GIFT SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THE HOLIDAYS and support Hunter at the same time!
Student Email Distribution
As a way of sharing the HOW newsletter with students, we will be using student email addresses in the online Parent Directory as another method of distribution. PARENTS - please log in (www.hunterpta.org, click on Parent Directory)and update your child's email ID. You may "hide" it from public view if you wish. In the near future, we will send a welcome message to students with login details so they, too, can use the online Parent Directory to search for fellow schoolmates. Students will have search capabilities only, not editing functions.
HUNTER COLLEGE EVENTS
One Soul: “When Humanity Fails”
An Educational Holocaust Exhibit
The exhibition will be on display from Monday December 7th, 2009 to Wednesday December 16th, 2009.
To RSVP for opening reception visit www.hunterhillel.org
Opening Reception For Friends of Hunter College Hillel
December 9, 2009 • 6:00-8:00 p.m.
The One Soul: When Humanity Fails Holocaust Education Exhibit seeks to inspire and educate viewers about the Holocaust and about how intellectual and emotional responses to the Holocaust can be channeled into constructive action and awareness. This exhibition tells of the unspeakable crimes against humanity during World War II and the soldiers who liberated Western Europe and freed the survivors of Nazi persecution. One Soul Initiative seeks to analyze the historic events of the Holocaust in a way that allows us to consider contemporary lessons and encourages an attitude towards humanity that can counter the horrors of the Holocaust. One Soul seeks to fill the growing schism that is arising between the dying generation of survivors and the new generation of youth that is struggling to comprehend the depths of evil that abounded in the Holocaust. The Holocaust provides multifaceted lessons and inspiration for social action and deeper awareness of the value of the individual within the community.
LOOKING AHEAD
Monday, December 14th -
Tuesday, December 15th - Registration deadline for January SAT and Subject Tests
Wednesday, December 16th - Winter Concert (7pm), Healthy Hunter meeting (9am)
Thursday, December 17th - Middle School Winter Concert (6pm)
Friday, December 18th -
Saturday, December 19th -
MIDTERM EXAM SCHEDULE POSTED
http://www.hchs.hunter.cuny.edu/images/uploads/hchs_mid-term_exam_schedule.pdf
Please note - the HCHS entrance exam is on Friday, January 8th (no school for students). The snow date is January 22nd.
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