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Sleepy Hollow High School 2009-2010 News

 

“Love Shouldn’t Hurt”: Teenage Dating Relationships and Violence Prevention

Diane Prisco, a representative from “Hope’s Door” visited the Violence Prevention for Females physical education classes at Sleepy Hollow High School.  “Hope’s Door” is a safe haven for victims of domestic violence located in Westchester County.  Teenage dating relationships, dating abuse and domestic violence were the main topics of discussion addressed during the class presentations.  The differences between healthy and unhealthy dating relationships were identified as well as possible warning signs of abuse.   The students were highly engaged throughout the presentation and many students expressed interest in volunteering at the women’s shelter which is part of the “Hope’s Door” organization.  The health and physical education department welcomes the opportunity to have the organization present to our classes again in the future. (Posted 2/7/10) 


Sleepy Hollow Students Featured in British Broadcasting Corporation’s Web Site Dedicated to Raising Awareness of Climate Change

Sleepy Hollow High School is among a select number of educational institutions featured on a web site maintained by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) dedicated to informing the public to the dangers of climate change.  Students from around the world discuss how they experience climate change in their environment.  Students from Sleepy Hollow are also featured in a photograph on the site.

 Visit the site at your convenience:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldclass/your_stories/20100118_climate_look_back.shtml   (Posted 2/4/10) 


Sleepy Hollow High School raises over $1,000 for Haiti

In response to the catastrophe in Haiti and eager to help the survivors of the earthquake, Sleepy Hollow High School students rose to the occasion and lent a helping hand. Several clubs and student volunteers joined the effort coordinated by the Model UN Club. Staff, teachers, and students brought homemade goods and participated in five bake sales. A special highlight were the cakes baked on the premises by Kim Kaczmarek’s Project YOU students. The Senior class donated the proceeds of its weekly bake sale as well. Members of the World Culture and Amnesty International Clubs made over 150 blue and red ribbons that were sold around the school as were T-shirts silk screened by Mr. Benton’s art class. Students in Mrs. Irmler and Mr. Franco’s classes made additional donations. Members of the Interact Club volunteered to roll all of the collected change. To date, $1, 027 have been raised. Proceeds will be distributed as follows:

-          $ 360 from bake sales to the UN’s World Food Program

-          $ 196 from donations and T-Shirts sales to UNICEF

-          $ 153 from ribbon sales to the Red Cross

-          $ 206 from the Latin American Student Organization (LASO) to a yet to be determined organization

Efforts will continue in the coming weeks and months to raise additional funds to help the Haitian people, including the sale of ribbons and T-shirts.  In particular, the “Change for Haiti” campaign has the four grade level classes competing against one another to be the first to fill up a water jug with change. The sophomore class is in the lead so far; the winning class will decide which international organization will receive the funds. The Social Studies Honor Society will be joining forces with the Amnesty International Club to host a movie night. Plans for a concert are also in the works. In addition to the fundraising activities, Marcie Caldwell is coordinating supplies donations through the Community Opportunity Center on Wildey Street.     (Posted 2/1/10) 


 

Paintings of the Hudson River Valley

Sleepy Hollow High School art students enrolled within Ms. Dreher’s Advanced Placement Studio Art and Portfolio Seminar Classes, have recently completed paintings of the Hudson River Valley.  The Paintings were originally created to help celebrate the Hudson River 400 and were first on display, during Sleepy Hollow’s Winter Concert.    Ms. Dreher's art students learned to stretch their own canvases and to prepare them for the acrylic medium. Each student then photographed original landscapes and utilized them for reference once painting.   

The paintings will now be on display from January 14 – February 3, 2009 at Hennessy Home Accents located in Sleepy Hollow.  Opening reception will be January 14, 2009 from 6pm-8pm.  Live music will also be performed by Sleepy Hollow music students.  Please come out and support your local art students.  Hennessy Home Accents – 16 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, NY.  (Open Thurs. – Sun. 11am to 5pm) (Posted 1/13/10) 


Digital Surrealism

Students enrolled in Ms. Langston's SHHS Digital Imaging class studied the Surrealism movement in art and then created personal surreal landscape photo collages with Adobe Photoshop software. Surreal artists took dream images of the unconscious and transcribed them into art using symbolic images to represent their inner visions and fantasies. The students used online resources to study the works of René Magritte and Salvador Dali, who helped turn Surrealism into an important artistic movement. Dali described his blend of precise realism and dreamlike, fantasy as “hand-painted dream photographs” which makes digital imaging an appropriate medium to explore this movement. The students also looked at the works of surreal photographer, Jerry Uelsmann and the digital fantasy work of contemporary artist Maggie Taylor for inspiration. To create their digital surreal landscapes the students used a combination of at least 10 images including original digital photographs, scanned images and stock photos. The images chosen were to evoke a feeling of fantasy or a dream and also to provoke thought and questioning. The images and symbols chosen by the students also had personal meaning to them and many students used a photograph of themselves. Technical expertise with the use of the software program, as well as, the visual/aesthetic relationship between the images— shapes, color, value, form, composition and balance- were also taken into consideration. Click here for more images (Posted 12/9/09) 


Sleepy Hollow Hosts First SHEFMUN Conference

On Monday November 23, students from Sleepy Hollow High School’s Model UN Club joined forces with foreign students from the EF International Academy to debate the issue of Iran and Nuclear Weapons, a first for both schools.

Forty students divided into two councils represented 12 different countries and Iran in simulations of the UN Security Council. For many new members, this was an “on the job” learning experience. Students had researched in advance the country they were to represent, written a position paper and sketched the framework for a resolution. Following proper decorum and protocol, delegates made motions, participated in moderated and unmoderated caucuses, established working papers and finally voted on a resolution within a three-hour window. Students were then able to socialize informally while sharing a meal together. This cultural exchange was a wonderful opportunity for students from both schools to share some views of the world and get to know one another better.

A special thank you to SHHS Principal Carol Conklin for promoting the interschool collaboration; to EFIA teachers Andrea Ouimette and Caleb Munro for initiating the planning of the conference; to Pace University student-teacher Gabriel Tanglao for helping train the SH team; to alum and former Club Co-President Greg Valdespino for chairing one of the councils while on his break from Stanford; and to all the club members’ families who generously donated drinks and snacks, especially the Tschan family who sponsored the pizza dinner.

A second SHEFMUN conference is being planned at EFIA in February 2010. It will be followed by a trip to United Nations headquarters in the spring. The Club is open to any high school student interested in international affairs. (Posted 12/7/09)                           


Sleepy Hollow High School Honored by United States Department of Education as a Model in Dropout Prevention

The Federal Department of Education has chosen Sleepy Hollow High School as a model school in preventing young people from leaving school early.  Of the Department’s six recommended practices, Sleepy Hollow is featured on three: Adult Advocates, Academic Supports, and Social/Behavior Programs.  The adult education program, the Humanities Team, and the school’s unique approach to discipline are all highlighted in the study.

Doing What Works, the lead agency for the study, is a website sponsored by the US Department of Education.  Its goal is to create an online library of resources that may help educators implement research-based instructional practice.

More information on this prestigious honor can be found on the Doing What Works website: www.dww.ed.gov.  Once on the site, choose the Comprehensive Support drop down menu item, followed by one of the three recommended practices noted above.  After choosing one of the practices, select See how it Works.    

There is valuable information along with interviews of key personnel featured on the site.

In addition, there is a site profile that details Sleepy Hollow’s impressive demographic and performance data.

Sleepy Hollow is the only school in New York State and one of only three schools nationally to be highlighted in the study. (Posted 12/3/09)


“Best News Magazine Video”

Sleepy Hollow High School’s Multimedia Productions Team Won “Best News Magazine Video” at the ninth annual Reel Teens Festival. The team earned a trophy and had excerpts of their video shown during each night of the festival.

The Reel Teens Festival celebrates the creative intelligence of young people by screening films and videos made by teenagers. This year, 623 entries were received, 42 from foreign countries.

The Festival was held from October 9 -11, 2009 at the Hunter Movie Theater in the Hunter, New York.  (Posted 11/1/09)


Sleepy Hollow High School Seniors Named Commended Students

Melanie Ferreira and Adam Fry, members of the Class of 2010 at Sleepy Hollow High School, are among the 34,000 seniors nationally to be named Commended Students in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program.

National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), a not-for-profit organization, was established in 1955 specifically to conduct the annual National Merit Scholarship Program.  Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by approximately 500 business organizations and higher education institutions that share NMSC’s goals of honoring scholastic champions and encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence.

Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million juniors in 22,000 high schools who entered the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2008 Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT).

Congratulations to Melanie and Adam!  (Posted 11/1/09)


Sleepy Hollow High School Students Selected as All-State Musicians

The Sleepy Hollow Music Department proudly announces that the following students have been selected members of the All-State ensemble for the 2009-10 school year:

Band
Melanie Gold
Klya Moscovich
Victoria Nadile
Meg Lindon
Eric Mauhs

Chorus
Ben Slaw
Andrew Eagan
Robert Dondiego
Katy Wood
Hannah Becker

Orchestra
Hwa-Sueng Erstling

These talented young people were chosen based on their NYSSMA solo scores.  They will perform with other top musicians from Westchester County on November 5, 2009 at SUNY Purchase.    

For more information, please go to www.wcsma.org. (Posted 11/1/09)


Sleepy Hollow High School Celebrates Spirit Week

Something magical happened at Sleepy Hollow High School last week.... during Spirit Week, students participated in a series of activities that demonstrated their pride in being a part of our school and a member of the Class of 2010, 2011, 2012, or 2013 … enjoying memories that will last a lifetime. The week culminated with a Class Pride Pep Rally which kicked off our weekend Homecoming events, including a bonfire, home games and a dance on Saturday evening where this year’s winner of the Class Competitions was announced. Congratulations to the Class of 2010, who have quite the winning streak, victorious for a third year in a row! Congratulations also to our 2009 Homecoming King and Queen, Bobby Small and Kelly Bender. (Posted 10/27/09)


Sleepy Hollow Model UN Club supports the World Food Programme

Members of Sleepy Hollow High School’s Model UN Club fundraised for the World Food Programme which has been asking for contributions to help the victims of the Philippines recover from recent mudslides provoked by storms and typhoons. Students held a bake sale and contributed $65 to the cause, helping to feed four families for two weeks.  Hunger remains a prevalent world problem. Every six seconds a child dies due to hunger and related causes. The United States is the largest donor country to the World Food Programme. (Posted 10/25/09)


Science Students Take Part in 7th Annual Hudson River Day

On October 8, 2009, students from the AP Environmental Science and AP Biology classes joined over 2500 students to participate in a statewide program to study the Hudson River.  The “Day in the Life of the Hudson River” is coordinated by The Hudson River Estuary Program of New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Hudson Basin River Watch.  Each fall, environmental education centers team with school classes along the Hudson River to create a day-in-the-life picture of the river from the Troy Dam to New York Harbor – a span of over 166 miles. This year the students from Sleepy Hollow traveled up to Denning’s Point in Beacon to team with educators from the Beacon Institute of Rivers and Estuaries (BIRE).   

The “Day in the Life of the Hudson River” is designed to study the dynamic nature of the Hudson River Estuary.  Students took samples of the river to study the biodiversity and chemistry of the river water.  The lower section of the Hudson River experiences dramatic changes in salinity, circulation patterns, tidal ranges, river width and water depth, fish species, macroinvertebrate communities, and plant communities. The participating schools share their data so that each school can examine their findings in the greater context of the entire water system.

This year the students were able to use portable computer probes to measure dissolved oxygen, pH, and temperature.  These probes were purchased through a generous grant awarded by the Foundation to the high school science department.  In addition, the students measured salinity, turbidity and took core sample.  The highlight of the day for most students was actually seining in the Hudson River for fish and invertebrates such as crabs.   

The program was chaperoned by Ms. Adamo, Ms. Peltier, and Mr. Choi.  They were assisted by three staff members from the Beacon Institute.  The science teachers hope to run a similar activity in the spring at Kingsland Point Park. (Posted 10/19/09)


SHHS Spirit Week 10/13/09 - 10/17/09

Sleepy Hollow High School will celebrate Spirit Week 2009 beginning Tuesday, 10/13/09. The week consists of many activities planned around students, community members and alumni.

Tuesday, 10/13
Students work on hallway decorating no later than 7:00pm – closed to visitors, only SHHS students permitted.

Wednesday- 10/14
Dodgeball – 7:00pm MS/HS gyms – closed to visitors, only SHHS students permitted.

Thursday, 10/15
Students work on hallway decorating no later than 10:00 p.m.-  closed to visitors, only SHHS students permitted.

Friday, 10/16
Parents, community members and alumni are invited to view decorated hallways from
7:45 – 8:30 am 

Pep rally, 8th period - closed to visitors, only SHHS students permitted.

Homecoming games for:

Ø       Volleyball vs. Dobbs Ferry - open to all
4:15 at SHHS

Ø       Field Hockey vs. White Plains - open to all
4:30 at SHHS

Ø       Boys’ Soccer vs. Hastings - open to all
4:30 at Washington Irving

Ø       Bonfire
8:00 at SHHS Baseball Field –
closed to visitors, only SHHS students and modified  sports teams are permitted.

Saturday, 10/17

Football game- The Horsemen take on Ardsley – this event is open to all.

Ø       Senior Ceremony - 1:40 at SHHS (on the football field), followed by game at 2:00pm

Homecoming Dance – 7:00PM – WI gym- $5 – only SHHS students will be permitted – NO OUTSIDERS/VISITORS

COME SHOW YOUR SPIRIT!  (Posted 10/8/09)


Financial Aid Night for Seniors

Come find out about the financial aid process: How to apply, What to apply for, How to manage the funds you already have, and What to expect.  Join the counselors and the Principia Group for a very informative evening on Tuesday, October 6th at 7:30 in the auditorium. (Posted 9/29/09)


Sleepy Hollow High School celebrates the International Day of Peace, Sept. 21st

Seniors in the Participation in Government and Contemporary Issues classes celebrated the United Nations’ International Day of Peace and Global Cease-fire by discussing the meaning of peace around the world, researching different conflicts, examining the options available to resolve them and analyzing the current US foreign policy. They viewed UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s We Must Disarm (WMD) message and his goal “to make peace not just a priority, but a passion.” Students created a graffiti board in the Upper West hallway to share their feelings about world peace with the school community. (Posted 9/28/09)


Sleepy Hollow High School Seniors among National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

Sarah Feigelson and Sydney Gaylin, members of the Class of 2010 at Sleepy Hollow High School, are among the 16,000 seniors nationally to be named National Merit Scholar semifinalists.

National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), a not-for-profit organization, was established in 1955 specifically to conduct the annual National Merit Scholarship Program.  Scholarships are underwritten by NMSC with its own funds and by approximately 500 business organizations and higher education institutions that share NMSC’s goals of honoring scholastic champions and encouraging the pursuit of academic excellence.

More than 1.5 million juniors in 22,000 high schools entered the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2008 Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT).  The nationwide pool of semifinalists, which represents less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest scoring entrants in each state.  Approximately 15,000 semifinalists are expected to advance to the Finalist level and it is from this group that all National Merit Scholarship winners will be chosen.

National Merit winners will be announced beginning in April of 2010. (Posted 9/23/09)



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