Good evening Mustang families,
The year is cruising by as we wrap up 2015! We do have some events and highlights to share with you before the new year begins. As a reminder, teachers will update progress reports and warnings by the end of the school day on Tuesday December 15th. Please contact your student's teachers if you have questions about their progress. Below you will find some updates from Norwood High School.
Guidance Update
The guidance department is very excited to announce dual enrollment opportunities with Massasoit Community College. Please contact your student’s guidance counselor if you are interested in this opportunity.
Athletics Update
Athletics held the fall varsity sports awards night on Tuesday 11/24. Please see the attached list for award recipients.
The hall of fame committee welcomed a new hall of fame class on Saturday 11/28. The class included; Don Wheeler, Giles Parker, Joe Johnson, John Kenny, Linda Medwar, Mark Kenny, Ted Decareau, Robyn Gawlak and Meghan Staffiere.
Winter sports started on Monday 11/30. The coaches and student athletes are looking forward a successful winter season. Game schedules, directions, scores and varsity team rosters can be located at www.baystateconference.org
English Lab
The English Department is excited to announce English Lab, a new initiative to help students who need extra support. Student participation is determined by the student’s teacher or by the student. English Lab will be rolled out during Term II and will be offered five times during the cycle. Currently English Lab is open to freshman; however, we have plans to include any student who would like extra help with his/her reading or writing.
Math Club
The Math Club meets every Wednesday after school with Ms. Apostoli in Room 221; All students are welcome. The goal as a club is to advance math skills with challenging math problems that enhance student learning. The students also enjoy competing in the Greater Boston Math League (GBML) where they travel to different schools once a month for 5 months. Norwood High hosted one such competition earlier this year. Our next competition is scheduled for Wednesday 12/9 at Needham High School and our last meet is February 10th in Wellesley. The finals will be in March and the hosting school has yet to be determined.
Global Citizenship Program
GCP Club is sponsoring a presentation by Dave Butler, NHS Class of '82 and CEO of Youth Futures International on December 15, 2015. Dave will be spending the day with us but will be speaking from 9-10am in the auditorium about his own experiences and journey. He has a fantastic story about struggling academically and emotionally but ultimately persevering and succeeding. Parents interested in attending should contact Cindy Derrane or Jenn Orlinski to RSVP.
Global Citizenship Club
Global Citizenship Club is hosting a screening of Malala: A Girl from Paradise on January 14 at 6:30pm in the GSU Lecture Hall. We are asking all viewers to kindly consider a $1 minimum donation that will go directly to the Malala Fund. The goal of the Malala Fund is to enable girls to complete 12 years of safe, quality education. The partner will programs all over the world to help empower girls and to advocate for more resources for education and safe schools for every child!
Here is a link to the film: http://www.malala-film.
National French, Spanish, and Latin Exams
Sign-ups for the National French, National Spanish and National Latin exams will be starting next week. Students are asked to sign up with their individual teachers. The cost of the National Spanish and Latin exams is $5 and National French Exam is $7. Exams are given in March. The deadline to register is December 18th.
