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April, 2014
Champion Mathletes
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Congratulations Corner
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Nutrition & Wellness Day 4
Senior Parent Night
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Guidance News
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Announcements
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Champion Mathletes
By Ursula Hebert-Johnson, Student
In only its second year of existence, the WSHS Math Team
won first place in the large schools division of the Central
Maine Math League (photo below)! WSHS placed second
overall in the CMML which consists of 24 teams. Max
Burger-Roy was the highest scoring sophomore in the
CMML and Ursula Hebert-Johnson was the highest scoring
senior.
You can view a recent Morning Sentinel article about the
Math Team online at http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/
Waterville_math_team_becomes_area_powerhouse_.html?
pagenum=full. After reading the article, Waterville Mayor
Karen Heck dropped in on a team practice to meet the
mathletes and converse with the team about the value of
mathematics (photo at right).
The Math Team is now in high gear preparing for the state
meet on April 8 in Bangor at the Cross Center.
Above: Front row (left to right): Sophie Boardman,
Meagan Maheu, Hsien Jui (Eric) Lu, Jena Nawfel &
Olivia Lopes.
Second row (left to right): Jordan Huard, Todd
Serbent, Luke Violette, Emmett de Maynadier, Mayor
Karen Heck, Maxwell Burger-Roy, Ursula HebertJohnson, Riley Barth & Cassandra Dechaine.
Missing: Adrian Rivas, Joseph Bellavia and Julia
Schnee
At left: Front row (left to right): Sophie Boardman,
Ursula Hebert-Johnson & Emmett deMaynadier.
Second row (left to right): Jena Nawfel, Luke
Violette, Todd Serbent, Olivia Lopes, Jordan Huard,
Maxwell Burger-Roy, Riley Barth & Hsien Jui (Eric)
Lu.
Visit the WSHS website at: http://wshs.aos92.org. Communicate with your child’s teachers via email. Email addresses
are listed in the Directory, which is one of the buttons on the school’s home page.
To place information in the next Parent Press, contact Kelly Morissette at 313-3245 or [email protected].
A.O.S. #92, 25 Messalonskee Ave., Waterville, ME 04901
Congratulations Corner
Congratulations to the cast and crew of See How They Run who were
awarded the Division A Runner Up Trophy and the Best Set Award at the
recent One Act Play Competition! They earned the second highest score in
the overall competition of ten plays regardless of division!
Congratulations to Elyssa Needle for being recognized with an All Cast
Award at the recent One Act Play Competition!
Congratulations to Izzy Labbe for being recognized with an All Cast Award
at the recent One Act Play Competition!
Frist row (left to right): Bridget Campbell & Director Gayle Giguere.
Second row (left to right): Erena Hriskos, Anastasia Drew, Isabella Labbe, Will Sennett, Elyssa Needel, Jon Doucette & Austin
Witham.
Third row (left to right): Spencer Jones, Jonathan Thompson, Callie Rogers, Cassidy Dangler, Calev Griswold-Haviland, Alan Baez,
Brandon Choate, Liam Edwards, Avery Isbell, Olivia Jones, Ty Lecrone, Crystal Comfort, Calen Lecrone & Joseph Oliver.
Not pictured: Charlene Beringer, Josalyne Beringer, Maxwell Burger-Roy, Samuel Minot, James Rogers & Julia Schnee.
Congratulations to Maya Brown, Treva deMaynadier, and Mollie Pleau (Class of 2013) for
being published in Out & Allied: An Anthology of Performance Pieces Written by LGBTQ
Youth and Allies, vol. 2!
Congratulations to Suzanne Goulet for being named the 2014 recipient of the Bill Bonyun
Educator Award! The award is given to an artist, parent, community member or teacher who
is making a positive impact on arts education through significant contributions to the arts in
Maine schools.
Congratulations to Sherry Brown for being nominated for Maine's Teacher of the Year
Award!
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Congratulations Corner (cont.)
Congratulations to the following Renaissance Award honorees and their families!
Joseph Bellavia for Academics!
Todd Serbent for Academics & Good School Citizen!
Simone Livshits for Academics & Service Character!
Luke Violette for Academics & Good School Citizen!
Ben Bryant for Positive Strides!
Louisa Nyhus for Academics & Good School Citizen!
Anna Ramgren for Academics & Service Character!
Jake Rogers for Good School Citizen!
Jocelyn Gromek for Good School Citizen!
Jamie Maroon for Positive Strides!
Teakesha Sanford for Positive Strides!
Congratulations to the following students for being named to the KVAC All-Academic Team:
Girls Basketball – Colleen O’Donnell!
Boys Ice Hockey – Todd Serbent!
Boys Swimming – Adrian Rivas!
Girls Swimming – Josalyne Beringer!
Congratulations to the following students for being named to the All-KVAC Team:
Girls Basketball 1st Team – Colleen O’Donnell!
Competition Cheering 1st Team – Kristi Yoos!
Competition Cheering 2nd Team – Joamy Roldan!
Boys Indoor Track – Chris Cote, Trever Gray, Troy Gurski, Jordhan Levine, Nick Stowe, Colby Vince!
Boys Indoor Track Athlete of the Meet – Jordhan Levine!
Girls Indoor Track – Rachael Bergeron, Kellie Bolduc, Gabby Bridger, Jenn Christensen, Brooke
Ettinger, Chelsea Leclair, Cecelia Morin, Monicah Paquette, Lydia Roy, Sarah Shoulta!
Girls Indoor Track Athlete of the Meet – Sarah Shoulta!
Boys Swimming – Alan Baez, Emmett deMaynadier, Adrian Rivas, Ben Wehry!
Winter Sports Teams’ GPAs
Girls Swimming – 90
Girls Indoor Track – 88.486
Boys Ice Hockey – 86.45
Girls Basketball – 86.29
Boys Basketball – 84.97
Competition Cheering – 84.458
Boys Indoor Track – 80.950
Boys Swimming – 76
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Nutrition & Wellness Day
March 20th was Nutrition and Wellness Day at
WSHS. Faculty and outside presenters hosted a
variety of sessions on the topics. Activities
were enjoyed by students and staff alike.
Guidance Gets Down! Counselors Carol Laqualia and
Angela Frame participate in a Zumba session with
students Elijah Merrill and Karlie Nabarowsky.
Students enjoy a yoga lesson.
Front row (left to right): Katie Huard, Sarah Joler, Paige
Plourde & Emily Higgins.
Back row (left to right): Jasmine Lane & Julia Hamilton.
Ms. Smith uses chocolate to demonstrate the
importance of emulsifiers.
Ms. Brown teaches Ana Laura Urzua Quiroz, Brooke Ettinger and
Pilar Elias how to make sausage.
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Photos by Rae Folsom
Parent Press
Senior Parent Night
On the evening of March 20th,
parents enjoyed a lasagna dinner
served by Mr. Reiter, Mr. Laramee,
Ms. Harvey, and Ms. Duvall and
learned about the senior events
that take place at the end of the
school year.
Dates for senior
events are included in this month’s
Mark Your Calendar inside the back
cover.
Ms. Holt and Ms. Rasmussen greet seniors
and their parents.
Ms. Forkey distracts Ms. Duvall, Ms. Harvey,
and Mr. Reiter from their serving duties.
Photos by Ann Bouchard
Volume 7, Issue 8
Nick Stowe, Shayne Sherby, Samantha Jamison, and Savanna Maheu enjoy the
meal.
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Guidance News
SAT I TESTING: Saturday, May 3rd. This testing is mandatory for all Juniors and 3rd year students.
Students are automatically pre-registered and should have received an admission ticket in the mail. The test is
paid for by the State of Maine. Students should be at WSHS no later than 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 3rd. A
letter with more information will be mailed home. Please contact the guidance office with any questions. As
part of the SAT initiative, students would have completed the Science section on March 26th.
COLLEGE FAIR: All juniors are expected to attend the College Fair on Thursday, May 22nd at the Augusta
Civic Center. Permission slips will be distributed to all advisee groups and must be signed by parent/guardian
and returned to guidance by Monday, May 19th. Any junior who sits for the SATs on Saturday, May 3rd and
attends the College Fair will receive a compensation day (date to be determined).
PROGRAM OF STUDIES is available on Waterville Senior High School’s website for parents to review course
offerings.
SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES: Information on various summer offerings at colleges/universities is available in
guidance. There is a broad spectrum of offerings; many require a tuition fee, however, there are scholarships
available.
BALLOONS: The bulletin board outside of guidance will once again have the map of the United States with
students’ names on balloons indicating where our seniors will be heading off to college. Hopefully, this serves as
an inspiration to underclassmen.
SCHOLARSHIP BULLETINS: Bulletins are being distributed to all homerooms and are posted in guidance as
well as on the Waterville Senior High School website. Scholarships are still arriving in guidance – many local
scholarship monies are available. Application forms are available in guidance.
COLLEGE/CAREER VISITATION FORMS: Juniors and seniors who are planning to visit a college must first
complete a College/Career Visitation Form from their counselor. If approved, teachers must sign the form for
the day/days the student is to be absent. The parent/guardian must sign the form and return to Ms. Bard in
the Main Office – this form needs to be completed two days prior to the visit.
SENIORS AND PARENTS OR GUARDIANS: Please be sure to check your emails from FAFSA. You will need
to check your Student Aid Report (SAR). The federal government has changed guidelines for updating
information for the financial aid office. Once you’ve completed your taxes you must go back into the FAFSA
and update your financial information by using the IRS retrieval tool.
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Announcements
MAINE’S LIVER CHAMPION: Gavin Sinclair is a 5th grade student at the Albert Hall School who has been
living with a chronic liver disease for 6 years. Gavin has Autoimmune Hepatitis, an incurable liver disease where
your immune system attacks the cells of your liver. Gavin, Maine's liver champion this year, is participating in the
liver life walk in Portland on June 22, 2014 at Payson Park. As liver champion, Gavin's responsibility is to raise
awareness about liver disease and also raise money for others living with the disease. To find out how to help,
please contact Melissa at [email protected].
PREORDER YOUR 2014 NAUTILUS YEARBOOK: DON’T MISS OUT
2014 NAUTILUS YEARBOOKS ARE ON SALE NOW! Go to the Waterville Senior High School Homepage and click on the Yearbook
link for more information. Books are only $55 and can be preordered until March 31, 2013. We ran out of books last year, so be sure
that you don’t miss out. PREORDER NOW!
Consider becoming a FRIEND OF NAUTILUS. Give a book to a student who cannot afford one and be listed as a FRIEND OF
NAUTILUS in our yearbook.
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Waterville Senior High School in the amount of $55.
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Mark Your Calendar!
April 1
April 4
April 4
April 7
April 11
April 21-25
May 1
May 1
May 3
May 5-16
May 5
May 7
May 9
May 9
May 14
May 18
May 20
May 20
May 21
May 22
May 22
May 23
May 24
May 26
May 29
May 30
June 2
June 2
June 3
June 3
June 5
June 5
June 7
June 12-17
June 17
June 18
Biggest Shortest Strings Concert at 7 p.m. in Trask Auditorium (change of date)
3rd Quarter Ends
Registration deadline for May 3rd SAT
School Board Meeting at 6 p.m. in the MMTC Mid-Day Café
Senior Talent Show at 7 p.m. in Trask Auditorium (change of date)
Spring Vacation—No School
Renaissance Assembly in Trask Auditorium
Spring Band Concert at 7 p.m. in Trask Auditorium
SAT
AP Exams
School Board Meeting at 6 p.m. in the MMTC Mid-Day Café
Spring Strings Concert at 7 p.m. in Trask Auditorium
Grades Close for Progress Reports
Registration deadline for June 7th SAT
Spring Choral Concert at 7 p.m. in Trask Auditorium
Drama’s Mystery Dinner Theater in Cafeteria 5 p.m.
Annual Art Show and Senior Retrospective at 5:30 p.m. in the WSHS Rotunda
Awards Night at 7 p.m. in Trask Auditorium
Alt. School Recognition Night at 6:30 p.m. in Alt. School Auditorium
Early Release—11:30 a.m.
College Fair
Staff In-service—No School
Prom 9-12 at Thomas College
Memorial Day Holiday—No School
Last Day of Senior Classes
Senior Class Trip (rain date June 4)
Marching Practice at 9:15 a.m. in Donovan Gymnasium & Trask Auditorium
School Board Meeting at 6 p.m. in the MMTC Mid-Day Café
Marching Practice at 9:15 a.m. in Donovan Gymnasium & Trask Auditorium
Class Night at 7 p.m. in Trask Auditorium
Marching Practice at 1 p.m. at Colby College
Graduation at 7 p.m. at Colby College
SAT
Final Exams
Last Student Day
Staff In-service—No School
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Volume 7, Issue 8
April, 2014
Champion Mathletes
1
Congratulations Corner
2
Nutrition & Wellness Day 4
A.O.S. #92, 25 Messalonskee Ave., Waterville, ME 04901
Senior Parent Night
5
Guidance News
6
Announcements
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