King Philip High School News

NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FINALISTS

 

Out of 16,000 semi-finalists named in September, Caleb Fields, Samantha Grosso, and Marie Willman have advanced to Finalist standing in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Pro­gram by demonstrating through distinguished performance high potential for future academic accomplishment.

LIONS CLUB DISTRICT YOUTH SPEECH COMPETITION

Congratulations to Elizabeth Williams (12) who took first place over four other speak­ers at the Lion’s Club District Youth Speech Competition at the District Mid-Winter Confer­ence at the Dedham Hilton. She will now represent the District (about 50 cities and towns) at the State Competition in April in Sturbridge. Dr. Mongeon is Elizabeth’s teacher in the speech contest.

BOSTON GLOBE SCHOLASTIC ART CONTEST

Belated congratulations to Ally Lynes (12) who also received a Gold Key in the Boston Globe Scholastic Art 2010 Contest. Al­ly’s

Gold Key is in recognition of her oil painting titled “Scream­ing”.

KP STUDENT INVOLVED IN PRODUCTION AT THE ORPHEUM THEATER

Lauren Duffy (12) has been in­volved in some video work for a production at the Orpheum The­ater

in Foxboro. There is a video component in the performance of “Rent” which Lauren created. The show has been so well at­tended

they have extended its run for another weekend. March 5 & 6 at 8:00 P.M. and Sunday, March 7, at 2:00 P.M. if you are interested in seeing it. Contact information: 508-543-2787 or www.orpheum.org

WALL OF HONOR Elizabeth Abramo (10) has been selected to plan and chair the committee to create the King Philip Regional High School Wall of Honor. Kevin Cameron (11) and Elizabeth Williams (12) are looking into the possibility of a donation from the KP Leo Club. The purpose of “the wall” will be to recognize past, pres­ent, and future valedictorians and salutatorians.

COATS FOR KIDS Thanks to all students who were able to donate coats for the 2009 Coats for Kids collec­tion drive sponsored by Anton’s Cleaners, all community re­quests were met. The drive was a success with a total of 58,000 winter coats donated this year. Mr. Charles Anton, President of Anton’s Cleaners, notes that “demand was high in light of the economic climate. KP stu­dents should have the satisfac­tion of knowing that they helped keep children and adults within our community warm for the winter.” We would also like to thank our NHS members and Mrs. Debra Barrett, advisor, for sponsoring the drive at KP!

AMERICAN MATHEMATICS COMPETITION

Congratulations to our students for their performance in the American Mathematics Com­petition and thank you to Mrs. Debra Barrett for providing this opportunity for them to partici­pate. AMC 12 - Top Three: Winner—First Place: Sarah Shipley Second place: Daniel Lee and Patrick Myers

AMC 10 - Winner—Aaron Gustafson

MOODY’S MEGA MATH CHALLENGE

Moody’s Mega Math Challenge is a high school math compe­tition that spotlights applied mathematics as a powerful problem-solving tool, as a viable and exciting profession, and as a vital contributor to advances in an increasingly technical soci­ety.

Open to juniors and seniors attending schools from Maine to Florida, the M3 Challenge is entirely internet based.

This year the King Philip Re­gional High School math coach, Mrs. Debra Barrett, is sponsor­ing

a bright and energetic team. The team members are Rachel Osborn (11), Jennifer Taylor (11), and Nicole Witter (11). On Sunday, March 7, 2010, the team will have fourteen hours (7:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M.) to solve an open-ended, realistic, applied math-modeling problem fo­cused on a real-world issue. The M3 Challenge offers scholarships totaling $100,000. The top six prize-winning teams receive awards ranging from $2,500 to $20,000, which are divided equally among the team members and paid directly to the colleges or universities at which the winning students en­roll. Panels of Ph.D.-level ap­plied mathematicians serve as judges. Wish our students well on this challenge.

KP STUDENT HELPS GATE/ENRICHMENT GRADE 6 MATH PROGRAM

Mary Belmonte, GATE/Enrich­ment teacher, and the Wren­tham Elementary School stu­dents involved in the GATE/Enrichment Grade 6 Math Pro­gram

would like to express their gratitude to Jeannette Gerry, National Honor Society student and senior, for her assistance in their classroom. “Not only did Jeannette take time from her busy senior sched­ule to prepare lessons for the students in the use of graphing calculators (which they bought through a WEST grant), she was a great role model for the stu­dents to see a woman pursuing a career in mathematics.” Jeannette is looking forward to attending Worcester Poly­technic Institute in the fall. The Wrentham Elementary School shares our pride in her accom­plishments as she was also a for­mer student of theirs!

WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS? Film Showing Wednesday, March 24 @ 6:30 P.M. Norfolk Public Library

WHO DOES SHE THINK SHE IS? explores both performing and visual arts career fields. While the film is by and about women in art, the conversation is one that may be had by women and men. Anyone interested in a career in the arts would benefit from a real-world view of a life in art as pursued by the women depicted in the documentary. After the film, a discussion pan­el will answer questions. The panel features local artists, in­cluding Brittany Smith, a senior at King Philip Regional High School. This event is FREE! For more information, please contact Kate Robinson: nauset­sunrise@ gmail.com

DECA DISTRICT CONFERENCE RESULTS (submitted by Liz Arico)

On January 29, 2010, the 51st Annual DECA District Confer­ence Competition was held at the Holiday Inn and Conference Center in nearby Mansfield.

Three hundred and fifty hopeful faces poured from buses from a total of ten high schools in Southeastern Massachusetts. From King Philip there were 102 juniors and seniors that at­tended prepared to present what they had been working on since September. Some students elected to compete in core competency marketing competition in which students took a written test and performed a marketing simula­tion with a judge. The choices for competency in which students took a written test included: Accounting Ap­plications, Apparel and Acces­sories Marketing, Automotive Services Marketing, Business Services Management, Business Law and Ethics Management, Buying and Merchandising Management, Internet Market­ing, Financial Analysis Man­agement, Hospitality Services Management, and Travel and Tourism Management. In addition to competency events, King Philip students also competed in written or ac­tivity manuals following a strict set of guidelines issued by the National DECA Organization. The written manuals were either eleven or thirty pages in length, depending on the category.

King Philip achieved a total of 90 awards, including 28 first place gold medals, 18 second place silver medals, 15 third place bronze medals, and 29 fi­nalists.

These 102 competing stu­dents were accompanied by their advisor, Mr. James Dow, and a number of chaperones: Mrs. Joyce Clinton, Mr. Ken Dow, Mrs. Nancy Lopez, Mrs. Amanda Washington, Mrs. Eileen McGrail, Mrs. Jeanne Stetson, Mrs. Hanan Sabino, Mr. Victor Hansen, Mrs. Gail Shepard, Mrs. Janice DeBlasio, and Mrs. Susan Hehir.

FIRST PLACE MEDALISTS

Katie Benton/Harry Washing­ton - Creative Marketing Ryan Hansen/Colin Burns/Ry McDonald - Public Relations Raleigh Stetson/Kerri Keefe - Internet Marketing Plan Brian LaBelle/Marc DeBlasio - International Business Plan Meghan Feeney/Amy Luskin/Amanda McMahon - Learn and Earn

Rachel Boardman/Meaghan Sullivan - Fashion Merchandis­ing Plan Jenna Nickerson/Blaine Mc­Carthy - Financial Literacy Promotion Project Hannah Waldman - Finance Operations Juliann McEachern - Hospital­ity and Tourism Kendra Tully/Alyssa Ringler - Business Services Megan Cronin/Krista Palmer - Buying and Merchandising Alyssa Wholley/Kristen Keefe - Sports and Entertainment Nicole Reilly/Ashia Resley - Entrepreneurship Promotion Project

Liz Arico - Entrepreneurship Participating-Franchise Courtney Pinto - Entrepreneur­ship Participating-Independent

SECOND PLACE MEDALISTS

Lyndsey Lewis/Audrey Broth­ers - Creative Marketing Dane Solberg/Parissa Safizadeh - Public Relations Erin Shepard/Liz Harrington - Learn and Earn Logan Hughes/Matt Getchell/Tyler Monteiro - Internet Mar­keting Plan Tom Eaton/Mike McGrail - In­ternational Business Plan Nicole Presti/Nicole Palmer - Buying and Merchandising Jake Cox - Entrepreneurship Participating-Franchise Kyle Loughlin - Entrepreneur­ship Participating-Independent Colleen Custodio/Lauren Ver­rochi - Advertising Campaign Nicole DeRusha - Marketing Management Series

THIRD PLACE MEDALISTS

Molly Plaehn/Katelyn Brawley - Internet Marketing Plan Jean Curtin/Natalia Gilio - In­ternational Business Plan Kelsey Halpin/Nicole McDon­nell - Entrepreneurship Written Megan Mallgraf/Brittney Rando - Entrepreneurship Pro­motion Project Bryan Rentel - Entrepreneur­ship Participating-Franchise Brittany Chan - Entrepreneur­ship Participating-Independent Gen O’Malley - Advertising Campaign

Connor Richards/Nick Lopez - Sports and Entertainment Marketing Matt Flanagan/Mike Capobi­anco - Business Law and Ethics

FINALISTS Nicole MacAulay/Sinead Gillespie - Community Service Kelly Moscariello/Christine Bullock/Katie Kelleher - Com­munity Service Cam Burke/Chelsey Jennette - Creative Marketing Jen Bullock/Carly Gorman - Public Relations Rebecca Clancy/Jessica Sabino - Learn and Earn Paul Guglielmo/Jared Clinton - Internet Marketing Plan Hayden Doughty/Brendan Doogan - International Busi­ness Plan Georgia McGoldrick/Katie McGowan - Hospitality and Tourism

Courtney Puddester/Samantha Granville/Josh Doustou - Hos­pitality and Tourism Laura Peterson/Christina Miceli - Advertising Campaign Sara Perry/Melinda Shipps - Fashion Merchandising Promo­tion Plan Maggie Cote/Amanda Ander­son/ Kirstie MacEwen - Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan Catherine Phillips - Accounting Applications Series Tania Grace - Apparel and Ac­cessories Marketing

The 51st Annual Massachu­setts DECA Development Con­ference will be held at the Mar­riott Hotel Conference Center in Boston. It will be held from March 4-6. All first, second, third place winners and finalists are qualified to represent King Philip at this statewide competi­tion. One special feature of the state competition is the award­ing of college scholarships to outstanding marketing students intending to go into advanced study in marketing, manage­ment, and entrepreneurship.

All winners in the state com­petition qualify to represent Massachusetts at the Interna­tional DECA Marketing Com­petition in Louisville, Kentucky, from April 24-30. From the fifty states alone, more than 13,000 marketing students attend the international competition. Also attending will be marketing stu­dents from several other coun­tries. All compete for the most prestigious awards at the inter­national level of competition.

ANIMAL SHELTER DRIVE On February 1, the Leo Club held an animal shelter drive at their meeting. The drive was extremely successful and dona­tions

were given to the Norfolk Animal Shelter and Paws of Pla­inville Animal Shelter.

MID-WINTER CONFERENCE

On February 20th, twenty-six Leo Club Members attended the Lions Club Mid-Winter Confer­ence in Dedham, Massachusetts. The Leos attended presenta­tions by NEADS (Dogs for Deaf and Disabled Americans), Clara Barton Diabetes Camp, and the Perkins School for the Blind.

It was a great opportunity to meet with other Leo Clubs from the district and learn different ideas. At the conference, Mrs. Karen Hunt, our advisor, was acknowledged for the great job she does advising such a large club of over 250 members!

The following Leos attend­ed: Brianna Abbott, Elizabeth Abramo, Victoria Abramo, Cait­lin

Anderson, Emily Botaish, Stephanie Boudreau, Kevin Cameron, Calvin Chin, Megan Foley, Kelsey Halpin, Matthew Hamilton, Amanda Lydon, Ni­cole

McDonnell, Erin McGuire, Megan McNeil, Jill Proto, Kelsey Rieger, Alyssa Ringler, Clau­dia

Robinson, Allyson Shuman, Amanda Small, Callie Veelen­turf, Dana Vesty, Hannah Wald­man, Elizabeth Williams, and John Williams.