HHS Weekly Update for Mar 14 - 18 (De Stress Week)

Announcements:
- This upcoming week is a De Stress Week at the high school.  De Stress weeks were designed to help of students and staff find ways to manage their stress in healthy ways. There will be fun activities during lunch, therapy dogs in guidance, daily trivia, music between classes each day and much more! 

- BeFree is sponsoring a HandBall tournament for all students and staff on Monday at 6pm in the AC.  Last time we had over 75 kids participate and we're looking for an even better turnout this time! 

- On Tuesday, March 15th @ 2:00pm there will be a Learn-to-Sew workshop taking place in the library makerspace. Learn some basics, or create something fun! All are welcome (and staff members with sewing expertise who might be comfortable teaching others are particularly welcome).

- Rebound: The Chris Herren Story comes to HHS for all students and interested parents & community members on Thursday.  There will be an all school assembly during the day Thursday and a parent presentation that evening at the middle school.

- The 9th/10th Grade Cotillion is Friday night from 6:30 - 10pm in the AC. Tickets are $10 per person and will be sold at the door. 

- This week Hopkinton Middle School was selected to host Google Expeditions Pioneer Program. Check it out here. http://www.hpsdigital.org/2016/03/11/google-expeditions-visits-hopkinton-schools/

Student Spotlight of the Week: - Congrats to the Hopkinton Cheer team as they earned Hopkinton's first State Championship, and the first ever Game Day State Champion in the state of Massachusetts!  What an awesome accomplishment.

- We are pleased to announce that this year's Jazz Ensemble was the first in Hopkinton's history to be named an honorable mention at the 40th annual Clark Terry Jazz Festival.  This festival is incredibly competitive and this result places us in the top four bands of the 19 that competed as seen by the fantastic judges panel at UHN yesterday.  We look forward to sharing these experiences with you at Jazz Night on 4/13 and again at the Pops concert in May.  

- Next time you are surfing online, be sure to check out '09 alum Alex Moothart! Alex moved out to LA to break into the entertainment business and, among other things, right now is the assistant to the writer/producer the new show Recovery Road, one of the first television shows to highlight the process of recovery instead of highlighting the sometimes sensationalized stories of addiction. He also has a popular YouTube show called "The Moot Point" (we recommend checking out his 5 part coming out series) and has all sorts of snapchats and vines... one vine in particular, a "loop" of him doing the Carleton dance, has gone viral and this Sunday he'll get about 12-18 seconds of fame when it airs on America's Funniest Home Videos - don't forget to set your DVR!!

Video of the Week: In anticipation of Chris Herren's visit to HHS, here is a short video about his amazing story and journey http://youtu.be/sM5k_vcjQPg

Go Hillers