HOW (Hunter Online Weekly) - Week of November29th

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Civis Femina Interest Meeting (Time moved permanently)

Due to scheduling conflicts of many of the interested, we have moved our meeting time and location to: Monday, 5th Period, Room 320. "Securing women's rights is central to all our hopes for peace, security, and sustainable development."- UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon". Excellence without humanity is worthless."- Harold Koh, former dean of Yale Law School Connect these two ideas together. So many women around the world are deprived of even the most elementary education, but instead are plunged into domestic violence, forced marriages, death in childbirth, and war rape, etc. Civis Femina seeks to empower girls in their young ages to step up and use the power of their education to bring beautiful change to the lives of women that are less privileged. COME AND JOIN US! Contact our club at hunter@civisfemina.org for more information.

Overheard in Hunter (from The Observer)

Old man: This is obviously... an important street.
Old woman: It's Broadway.
--Broadway & 54^th Overheard any funny, interesting, or even silly conversations in the hallway, Starbucks, or classroom lately? Well now you can submit them to be printed in The Observer! Jot it down quickly on the corner of your notebook, a looseleaf, or back of your homework, whatever and just slip it into our envelopes. Envelopes for Overheard in Hunter can be found at the end of each grade hallway. (Please keep all conversations anonymous.) You can also e-mail them directly to features.hchsobserver@gmail.com. Be sure to check out our next issue!

Radicals Magazine:

Join us this Monday activities in room 406 to write for Hunter's radest (and only) math magazine, and look out for our fall issue being sold in coming weeks! Email us at radicalshchs@gmail.com for more information.

G.O. Spelling Bee

Seventh and eighth graders are highly encouraged to sign up for the Spelling Bee, which will be taking place on Dec 3 (Friday) at 3:30 PM in the auditorium. The sign up sheet is located just outside the G.O. Office on the second floor across from the auditorium. The winner of the spelling bee has the opportunity of advancing to the New York State Spelling Bee. We hope to see you there! If you have any questions regarding Spelling Bee, please feel free to email hchsgeneralorg@gmail.com.

The Desk

The Desk is having two workshops to give you suggestions on your writing before you submit it to the Scholastic Writing Awards! Come with your work (and your sweet tooth) either Monday, December 6th and Thursday, December 9th during activities in Room 315. Look for the posters for a reminder!

Girls Lacrosse

Girls Lacrosse (coached by Ms. Bowler) will be offering some off-season early morning clinics in the gym on Thursdays from 7:15-8am. These clinics are OPEN TO EVERYONE, including middle schoolers and new players, so please, SPREAD THE WORD! THE FIRST CLINIC WILL MEET THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2ND and is INTENDED FOR FIRST TIME PLAYERS/MEMBERS. This is a great opportunity to learn lacrosse, or to touch up on your skills!!

The Library

The library is happy to announce a new resource for students and faculty:

Through a generous parent donation, LearningExpress Library is now available for the Hunter community. This electronic resource offers practice tests, exercises, and tutorials in a variety of subjects. Under its "College Preparation" menu, it has several different practice AP, SAT, and PSAT practice tests. It also has math and grammar lessons as well as tutorials in various MS and Adobe software, e.g. Excel, Illustrator, and Photoshop.

To access the LearningExpress Library you must register:

If you're using a computer in the building, simply go to: http://www.learnatest.com/LEL and register.

From home, follow the link on the library home page here: http://www.hchs.hunter.cuny.edu/index.php/library/. When accessing from off-campus, you'll first have to enter your Hunter email username and password to access the LearningExpress site. Once on the site, you can register to create your personal account.

PTA

CAPA Fall Banquet Committee

Please come join us for a wonderful Banquet evening! Up to the present, CAPA has already collected numerous fabulous raffle prizes: two HP 110-3135DX Netbook PCs, one 8 GB iPod nano, one night for two at Sheraton Laguradia East Hotel with a free breakfast (option of an upgrade to presidential suite subject to availability), various gift cards, such as GameStop, Abercrombie & Fitch, Macy's, etc.. We also have beautiful Chinese tea sets, dinnerware, and collectable Chinese Calligraphic / Arts-Crafts, Professional Copying Service (B/W, 1000 page), and much more to come.

Attention: Too busy to go to the banquet, no problem, you will not miss the opportunity to show your support and a chance to win the fabulous prizes. Simply go to the link http://www.hunterpta.org/ banquet and purchase raffle tickets only. Your prizes will be delivered to your child/children to the Hunter College High School during the following week.

HOW (Hunter Online Weekly) - Week of November 22, 2010

Clubs and Terms

JCAC (Jewish Cultural Awareness Club)

Join us this Monday after 4th period outside of room 208 for our board decoration!

And following that, in room 408 for script writing for our cultural show!

There will be food! If you have any questions, feel free to email hchsjcac@gmail.com

Chapter 11

Think you've got what it takes to write for Hunters one and only satirical newspaper?

Show you're funny side by writing for Chapter 11!

We will have article signups very soon! Look for signs in the hallway.

If you have any questions, feel free to email herzogj@rcn.com

Hunter 4H urban pathways drive:

What is it? It's a necessities drive for homeless that include donating toothbrushes, toilet papers, clothing etc. The drive will run until Dec 15th or 17th, when we'll collect our necessities and give it to the urban pathways committee, in which they will make gift baskets worth $25 each and donate it to the homeless. Collection boxes will be in the first floor main entrance and also the community service office. We are also accepting monetary donations, if the recipient could email Hunter4H@gmail.com and organize a time and place to collect the money (we will buy necessities with the collected money).

Other

Annual Fund:

The Fall Annual Fund Drive kicked off this week! The Annual Fund is the primary fund raising project for the PTA. Those families who have not yet contributed this year should have received a packet in the mail highlighting the importance of this initiative. The suggested contribution is $1000 per child, but any amount is welcome. We encourage 100% participation! Submit before the end of the year to get your tax deduction. Donate online at HunterPTA.org, or send a check to HCHS PTA Annual Fund, 71 E. 94^th St., NY, NY 10128. Contact the Annual Fund Chairs with any questions—Lee Krug (krugl@mskcc.org) and Stacey Lippman (slippman13@gmail.com).

CAPA Fall Banquet Committee

The charm of our cultural banquet is symbolized by the place where the banquet will be given. Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel is well-known by its distinctly Asian flair. Located in downtown Flushing, one of New York City's famed cultural districts, the hotel presents our parents, teachers, and all other participants a unique Asian cultural atmosphere. You will be amazed by the fact that you even can shop for your Christmas gifts for your loved ones at the shopping mall within the hotel. Before or after our banquet, you can sightsee. Be sure to take time to enjoy so many wonders from around the world in downtown Flushing. For ticket and detail banquet information, please visit http://www.hunterpta.org/banquet. We look forward to welcoming you to join us for the Cultural Banquet at the Sheraton LaGuardia East Hotel.

HOW Week of November 15

Clubs and Terms

Civis Femina (Meeting Time and Location Moved)

Due to scheduling conflicts of many of the interested, we have moved our meeting time and location to: Monday, 5th Period, Room 320. "Securing women's rights is central to all our hopes for peace, security, and sustainable development."- UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon "Excellence without humanity is worthless."- Harold Koh, former dean of Yale Law School. Connect these two ideas together. So many women around the world are deprived of even the most elementary education, but instead are plunged into domestic violence, forced marriages, death in childbirth, and war rape, etc. Civis Femina seeks to empower girls in their young ages to step up and use the power of their education to bring beautiful change to the lives of women that are less privileged. Contact our club at hunter@civisfemina.org for more information.

The Eclectic

Print Edition Release - Monday November 15^th.The first print edition of The Eclectic's magazine will be available at the two main entrances before school. This publication is a wonderful collection of contributions from Hunterites on a diversity of topics, so please pick up a copy~ we have many =] Also, don't forget to check out our online magazine (running full-time, even throughout the summer!) at www.huntereclectic.com. All of our print edition articles can be found there as well. Article Signups - Wednesday November 17th Activities Period in Room TBA (check out our flyers - coming Monday). We will be holding a simple walk-in Article Signups day during our club period this week. If you can't make it, what's awesome about the Eclectic is that anyone can contribute and/or join, anytime. Simply email your submissions or request to huntereclectic@gmail.com.

Jewish Cultural Awareness Club

Interested in learning about or celebrating Jewish culture? Join us for our weekly meetings, Fridays, activities period, in room 208! Everyone's welcome! There is always free food. There are many community service opportunities too!

Join us in planning for our upcoming events:

-Channukah luncheon on December 3rd

-Channukah party on December 10th

-Cultural Show on March 4th

If you have any questions, feel free to email hchsjcac@gmail.com

SEA (Students for Environmental Action)

Interested in making Hunter a more environmentally friendly school?

Come join us on Tuesdays in Rm. 404 to be a part of the exciting events we have planned for this year! Feel free toc ontact cornea.khan@gmail.com or hunter-sea@googlegroups.com for more information.

Tapestry, Monday Activities (208)

Tapestry, the only Sci-fi/Fantasy publication in all the land of Hunter, invites you to submit writing or art to our Winter Contests. For writing, Knights and Ladies are encouraged to produce the best fairy tale with a twist (example: who was Little Red Riding Hood really going to see that day?). For art, feel free to email 8.5 by 11 inches of whatever you wish, full color—there’s no theme to the contest. Please deliver submissions by horse to Tapestry's folders, located outside Room 318 and on our board, or email them to huntertapestry@gmail.com by December 13th. Prizes include $20 Barnes and Noble gift cards. Stop by our meetings during Activities period on Mondays, in room 208 and join in intellectual discussions of fantastic (in both senses of the word) vigor!

Youth Philanthropy Worldwide (YPW) Thanksgiving Luncheon

Tuesday, November 16th during Activities and 5^th. Come eat traditional Thanksgiving food (& more) in honor of, well, Thanksgiving! All proceeds go to Friends of Ecuador in support of the disabled population in Pedernales. 90% of the population come from impoverished families and need our help!

Veterans Day Letter Writing Event Tuesday November 16th

Join the 11th and 7th grade term council in writing letters to our military veterans! Come to Room 433, Tuesday November 16th, at 11:30

If you have any questions, feel free to email dyinggaulette@gmail.com or herzogj@rcn.com.

2012 & 2016 Term Councils: Letter-Writing to Soldiers

The 7th and 11th grade Term Councils are teaming up this Tuesday to write letters to servicemen and women stationed overseas. Come and show your appreciation for their dedication and the sacrifices they've made - it will really help brighten a soldier's day. This is a 2012/2016 event, but members of other grades are welcome as well. Please join us Tuesday, November 16th, 11:30-11:50 in Room 433. Feel free to e-mail emmahartung@gmail.com with any questions

Departments:

Arts Days Auditions

All students are encouraged to audition for Arts Days. Auditions will be held Monday, November 15th during Activities and Fifth Periods, and on Wednesday, November 17th during Activities, in room 227. Interested students should sign up for an audition time on the door of Room 205. Students who are accepted will perform on the upcoming Arts Days, Monday, November 22 and Tuesday, November 23. Please contact a member of the music department faculty with any questions.

Counseling

Ninth grade workshops—check with your counselor for times to meet this week.

Other

Annual Fund:

The Fall Annual Fund Drive kicked off this week! The Annual Fund is the primary fund raising project for the PTA. Those families who have not yet contributed this year should have received a packet in the mail highlighting the importance of this initiative. The suggested contribution is $1000 per child, but any amount is welcome. We encourage 100% participation! Submit before the end of the year to get your tax deduction. Donate online at HunterPTA.org, or send a check to HCHS PTA Annual Fund, 71 E. 94^th St., NY, NY 10128. Contact the Annual Fund Chairs with any questions—Lee Krug (krugl@mskcc.org) and Stacey Lippman (slippman13@gmail.com).

2010 Fall Cultural Banquet

It’s the time of year!! HCHS PTA and CAPA are proudly present to you the 2010 Fall Cultural Banquet which is going to take place on Sunday, December 12, 2010. In addition to the fantastic shows and great prizes, we are going to have a 10-course Chinese Buffet at LaGuardia Sheraton Hotel!! The amazing cuisine retains the authentic Chinese taste in Sheraton LaGuardia’s signature style. Vegetarian cold cuts and Prawns with Walnuts in Cream Sauce are just two of the many signature dishes. So come on and join us for an evening of fun and delicious food. For ticket and detail banquet information, please visit http://www.hunterpta.org/banquet, and we look forward to seeing you at this wonderful fundraiser and community-building event.

HOW (Hunter Online Weekly) - Week of November 7th

HOW (Hunter Online Weekly) - Week of November 7th

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Clubs

HAAH Baked Potato Luncheon

Friday November 12th during Activities to Fifth Pd. (11:14-11:54)

Only $4 for a baked potato or sweet potato, your choice of toppings and soda! All proceeds go towards charities combating hunger both internationally and locally. In addition, funds will be used to purchase food, clothing and toiletries

The Laughter Club

Do you love to laugh? Do you love to laugh for no reason whatsoever? Then this club is for you. Come laugh with us, and become healthier while doing so Thursday Activities in room 224, in front of the G.O. foyer.

Contact camera588@dwass.net to learn more.

SEA (Students for Environmental Action)

Interested in making Hunter a more environmentally friendly school?

Come join us on Tuesdays in Rm. 404 to be a part of the exciting events we have planned for this year!

Feel free to contact cornea.khan@gmail.com or hunter-sea@googlegroups.com for more information.

Departments, Etc.

Counseling

Ninth grade workshops this week with Dr. Bleecker—types vary; sign up on my door in Room 441. All other ninth grade workshops (with other counselors) to take place the week of November 15. Stay tuned for more information.

College Visits

Stony Brook Univ.	Tue November 9, 2010	11:54 AM
American University	Thu November 11, 2010	11:54 AM
Manhattanville College	Fri November 12, 2010	11:15 AM

Administration

HS Make-up Photo Day on Monday, November 15, 10am-2pm. Order information is available in the HS Main Office (240) or online from LIFETOUCH (http://www.lifetouch.com). If families wish to order pictures from the makeup session, they MUST send the check and order form with the student on Monday, November 15th or process the order online. The school will NOT accept order forms after the photographers leave on the 15th at 2pm. Location for the pictures will be announced closer to the date, please check signs outside the HS Main Office for the location of the photographers (probably either the auditorium or mini-gym, stay tuned!).

PTA

On Wed, Nov 10, the PTA is organizing a meeting to discuss and share information relating to how Hunter students use the internet (for academics, social activities, communication and entertainment). We are looking for at least 6-8 student volunteers (grades 8-12) to demonstrate and share their views on how and where they and their peers navigate on the internet (Blackboard, Facebook, Skype are possibilites), and also to review what capabilities best serve their needs (ie., smartphones and their alternatives). Student volunteers would be asked to join a couple of parents for a preparatory meeting from 6-7 and then attend the PTA meeting from 7-8. A number of outside speakers are also being invited to follow on the students' discussion. If you're interested, please respond to June Yuson (jyusonho@hotmail.com).

PTA Cultural Banquet: 12/12: You are cordially invited to attend the 2010 Fall Cultural Banquet. Please visit www.hunterpta.org/banquet to see all details including menu, performances, raffle prizes, directions and more. We look forward to seeing you at this wonderful fundraiser and community-building event!

Annual Fund: The Fall Annual Fund Drive kicks off this week! The Annual Fund is the primary fund raising project for the PTA. Those families who have not yet contributed this year will receive a packet in the mail highlighting the importance of this initiative. The suggested contribution is $1000 per child, but any amount is welcome. We encourage 100% participation! Submit before the end of the year to get your tax deduction. Donate online at HunterPTA.org, or send a check to HCHS PTA Annual Fund, 71 E. 94^th St., NY, NY 10128. Contact the Annual Fund Chairs with any questions—Lee Krug (krugl@mskcc.org) and Stacey Lippman (slippman13@gmail.com).