HHS Weekly Update for March 21st - 25th

Announcements:

- Our Music Department will be performing two concerts this week.  On Monday night, the Symphonic Band and Concert Band will be performing pieces by Ticheli, Vaughan-Williams, and Jenkins; all standard repertoire for wind band.  There will also be a student teacher conductor, Ronni Gillette, from UMass Amherst.  On Tuesday night, the Chorus and Orchestra will perform a variety of songs including classics such as Coplands arrangement of "Simple Gifts" and Brahm's "Hungarian Dance #5" amongst other songs.  The concerts are free and open to the public.  The Music Department really hopes to see you there!

- All Sophomores will be taking the MCAS ELA test this week. The testing schedule is:

• Tuesday, March 22 (D day Periods 2,3,4): ELA Composition Session A and B,
• Wednesday, March 23 (E day Periods 7,1, and 2): Reading Comprehension Sessions 1 and 2,
• Thursday, March 24 (F Day Periods 5, 6, and 7): ELA Composition 3.

-  UNITE will be hosting a 9th Grade Trivia Night in the cafeteria Wednesday night at 6:00pm.  The event is open to any 9th grade students and 9th grade advisors and will pattern itself after the popular app Trivia Crack.  There will be food and prizes. 

- On Tuesday, 3/29 after school, HHS parent Ms. Barnes will be visiting the makerspace to teach us all how to sew scarves! This event is open to students and staff; no experience necessary!

- There will be a screening of the documentary The Homestretch, at the library during long block on Wednesday, 3/30. The Homestretch follows three homeless teens as they fight to stay in school, graduate, and build a future. Curious? Watch the trailer here! For those that can't make the screening during long block, there will be a screening and discussion after school on 3/30 as well. All are welcome!

- Spring Sports tryouts begin on Monday, March 21st.  Good luck to all players and coaches!

Student Spotlight of the Week:
- Our science fair students had another great day at the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium in Boston. In the competition, all three of our students won awards! Brian Best- 3rd in oral presentation category, and 3rd overall project. Parima Sharma- 1st in poster presentation category, 4th overall project and Freya Proudman- 2nd in poster presentation category. Brian and Parima will be going to the national JSHS in Dayton OH on April 27-30th, with all trip expenses covered by the Army outreach program. Both students will be presenting in the poster category. 230 students will compete in Dayton from all over the US and territories, including schools of military bases around the world. 

Go Hillers!