Happy New Year and welcome back! This Wednesday is a 5-9 half day and Friday is the Hunter Entrance Exam (no school for students). See below for exciting news regarding the Geography Bee Competition.
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CLUB AND PUBLICATIONS ANNOUNCEMENTS
Annals
Annals is now accepting grade candid photos to be featured in this year's yearbook. You can email photos of you and your friends that you want featured in the yearbook to annalshchs@gmail.com. Make sure to note what grade you are in and be sure that the photo only includes members of that grade. This is your chance to have your photos in the yearbook!! Don't miss out!
Green Mission Movement
Meets Mondays during Activities in room 206.
Green Mission Movement (or Green M&M for short) is a new, environmentally- based club whose mission is to help raise awareness about the current state of our environment, and to take steps to counter the damage that has been done to it. We aim not only to be involved in local environmental projects but also to contribute to national causes. We are currently planning a fundraiser that will raise money for an organization known as Trees for the Future, that plants trees in areas that have been destroyed or damaged by natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. We are also planning a park cleanup in Central Park. Come check it out!!!
If you need to contact us, you can email Karen Chen (co-president) at kcpanda18@gmail.com, Samaya Abdus- Salaam (co-president) at sammykeys@gmail.com, or Eva Jacobs (publicity secretary) at whatsupwithvitaminwater@gmail.com.
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
FROM THE SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT
Geography Bee Competition
Congratulations to the students on moving on to the “Preliminary Competition” Round, to be held Wednesday, January 17th, starting at 11:30 in Room 220. The contestants are:
ALEXANDER CHAN (7-9); ALEXANDER EPSTEIN (8-9); OLIN HAYES (7-3); NICK JASINSKI (8-7); SARAH LIU (7-8); JAMES McCOLLOUGH (7-8); OWEN MITTENTHAL (8-9); YONI NACHMANY (8-7); CAMERON SCOTT (7-8); CECI SILBERSTEIN (7-1); & MARIANNA ZHANG (8-2)
The “Preliminary Competition” round will consist of oral questions asked to each contestant, in sequence. Each contestant will have 15 seconds to provide an answer. There will be seven brief rounds of questions from different areas of geography (US geography, US cities, “Odd Item Out,” continents, geography of extremes, US historical geography, and cultural geography.) After the seven rounds, the scores of the contestants will be tabulated and the few who will move on our Final Competition, to be held on Jan. 13th, will be announced. Observers are welcome to attend. Good Luck to All The Geographers!
FROM THE OFFICE OF EXTERNAL PROGRAMS
HSP Orientation
Tuesday during Activities is the Grade 11 Hunter Scholars Program Orientation.
FROM THE G.O.
Hunter General Store
The Hunter General Store has been restocked! Stop by to pick up official Hunter sweatshirts, long-sleeved shirts and sweatpants. Sweatshirts are $25, sweatpants are $20 and shirts are $15. Merchandise is sold in the G.O. office on the 2nd floor outside of the auditorium.
Email contact for questions: ards93@gmail.com
ATHLETICS
For the most up to date sports information, please check the Hunter Hawks website:
http://hchshawks.olinesports.com
FROM THE PTA
HCHS Spring Auction Fundraiser
The Auction Committee is getting plans underway for the biggest and best fundraiser ever seen for HCHS! To make it happen, we need your help. Specifically, the Auction Committee is looking for people to fill the following positions:
Graphic Designer--to design and create a look we can transfer to the webpage, use for the invitations and on the cover of the auction catalog
Raffles Committee Chairperson--to oversee and coordinate raffles held before and during the auction
Printer--to donate printing of the auction invitations and/or the catalog
To volunteer, or if you have any questions, please contact Judy Weinstein at directjudy@aol.com, (646) 483-8262
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!
LOOKING AHEAD
Sunday, January 10th - CAAP Meeting (2-5pm)
Monday, January 11th - Grade 9 Counseling Workshops this week
Tuesday, January 12th -
Wednesday, January 13th -
Thursday, January 14th - Grade 11 Potluck Dinner and HSP Parent Orientation (6pm), Theater Practicum Showcase (4pm)
Friday, January 15th - School is open (Hunter Entrance Exam date changed)
Hunter College High School Library Committee Meeting
Monday, January 25 at 6:00 pm in the HCHS Library
Current and new members welcome.
More info: Library Committee Chair, Rebecca Reitz, rebreitz@aol.com
MIDTERM EXAM SCHEDULE
http://www.hchs.hunter.cuny.edu/images/uploads/hchs_mid-term_exam_schedule.pdf
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