“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, $1, 027 have been raised. Proceeds will be
distributed as follows:
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$ 360
from bake sales to the UN’s World Food Program
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$ 196
from donations and T-Shirts sales to UNICEF
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$ 153
from ribbon sales to the Red Cross
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$ 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)
