December 2015 Supplement

MVRHS Parent Newsletter
MVRHS
Special Edition
December 2015
Here are the stories that I wasn’t able to include in the Nov/Dec Newsletter along with
another bit of the Portfolio Day story… this time I’ve included the photo that was meant to go with it
and given proper credit to Elsbeth Todd for both the story and for organizing the trip.
Jenn Estabrook
Remodel the Bottle Art Competition Prompts Lexus Eco Challenge Entry
This past month, the MVironment Club
organized a recycled plastic bottle art
competition to raise awareness regarding the
issues related to single-use plastic water
bottles. As part of this competition, one of
the organizers, Casey McAndrews, also
presented information to Justine’s
DeOliveira’s AP Spanish Class, and the class
entered a class project in the
competition. We had a wonderful response,
and listed on the next page are the winners
chosen by representatives from Vineyard
Conservation Society, the Martha’s Vineyard
Shellfish Group, and Biodiversity Works.
In addition, we are advocating for Water
Bottle Refill Stations to be mounted within
our schools as part of our current water
fountain systems. We believe that Vineyard
Conservation Society is going to fund our first station, and we are in discussion with them now about
logistics. So the awareness project may have a wonderful outcome of having the lasting effect of a Refill Station
for our school.
The team working on the project (pictured above) included Casey McAndrews, Zach Bresnick, Connor
Downing, Lucy Ulyatt, and Sarah Thomas. The group has entered the action-based project in the Lexus Eco
Challenge. Be sure to come visit the chemistry class hallway to see the awareness display!
Thank you to Anna Cotton, Justine DeOliveira, and Jason Neago for working with me to provide these
opportunities to our students!
Natalie Munn, Science Teacher
(See the next page for photos and a list of the winners.)
ONE LAST REMINDER
Senior Square Deadline is THIS FRIDAY, Dec. 11th
Directions are on the MVRHS website or you can have your senior stop by Room 404 (Ms. Todd) for information. The
Yearbook staff cannot guarantee a senior a Senior Square if they are not submitted by the deadline.
Elsbeth Todd, Architecture & Design Teacher
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Martha’s
Vineyard Regional High School
November/December
Dolor Sit Amet
2015
Remodel the Bottle Art Competition Winners
1st Place - Poor Mr. Fishy
by Lily Davey, Lucy Ulyatt, Whitney Schroeder
2nd Place - Bird-Noculars
by Cana Courtney, Marissa D’Antonio, Anya
Vickers, Molly DeBettencourt
3rd - Plastic Flower
by Maddy Alley
Class Art Award - AP Spanish with Mrs.
DeOliveira: Marcelle Alves, Emma Caron,
Taynara Gonçalves, Breana Santos, Samantha
Hargy, Courtney Howell & Mrs. DeOliveira
Honorable Mention for being “Gallery Ready”: Black Stallion by Amber Willoughby
Honorable Mention for being Most Transformative: Golden Brown Fall Leaf by Ana Engelhardt
Honorable Mention for being Most Functional: Recycled Cups by Joe Burchill
Honorable Mention for Best Creative Manipulation of Concept - Plastic Surgery by Daniel Gaines
Honorable Mention: The Hula Girl and Her Pigs by Camilla Prata, Salyn Yancy, Evelyn Medeiros, Meghan
Sawyer, Elizabeth O’Brien
Honorable Mention - Wind Turbine Field by Lucy Enos, Caroline Hermann, Emma Bunker, Sarah Felix
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Issue #: [Date]
Martha’s
Vineyard Regional High School
November/December
Dolor Sit Amet
2015
The October Engineering Challenge
The goals of the October Challenge include:
1) providing students an opportunity to experience authentically and firsthand the process of engineering as they
work as engineers to complete a design challenge
2) providing students an opportunity to work as a group to collaborate and communicate to achieve a common
goal
3) providing students an opportunity to compete as an academic team in a different type of competition than our
yearly science fair, thus expanding the opportunities for students to gain recognition for their accomplishments in
science and related STEM disciplines.
The October Challenge was to create a hanging light that best illuminated a piece of art. Students were given
45 minutes to create the light using a piece of PVC with hooks as a starting structure. The groups then had to
wire and mount LED lights onto the PVC in such a way as to maximize the light on the art when the device was
suspended from the ceiling. Four light sensors were embedded in the art. Students then hung their lighting
devices, and the light picked up by the four sensors was added. The winners were determined by identifying the
group with the highest total light value.
Thank you to Anna Cotton (Alt Ed Science), Dana Munn (Science), Michael Lavers (Math), and Chris Connors
(Art) for working with me as a team to plan and provide these opportunities.
Natalie Munn
First Place = 43.5 lux
Adam Bilodeau, Lucas Dutton, Anders
Nelson
Second Place = 36.5 lux
Brahmin Thurber-Carbone, James
Kelliher, David Webster
Third Place = 17.0 lux
Curtis Fisher, Garrett Zeilinger
Portfolio Day Boston Trip: The Photo
Congratulations again to our MVRHS art students
who attended Portfolio Day Boston at the Hynes
Center on Sunday, November 1st! Here’s the photo
that didn’t make it into the Nov/Dec Newsletter.
Thanks to Elsbeth Todd for organizing this fantastic
trip for our students and for passing the original article
on to me so that I could share it with parents.
Participating Students:
Aquinnah Hill
Isabelle Crawford
Jessica Sonia
Sophie Bonneau
Kaila Newton
Dayanna Middleton
Courtney Howell
Olivia Pate
Oshantay Waite
Nelly Katzman
Margaret Joba-Woodruff
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