Dear Hyde Park Families, This has been an exciting year, and with the ongoing support of our parents, Hyde Park continues to maintain our strong tradition of excellence as a community of learners. Our students and staff have done amazing things this year, traveling far and wide, to bring home an impressive array of distinguished awards. From athletics to music, community service to science, art to mathematics, and everything in between — Hyde Park shines! As we close out the 2017-2018 school year, we would like to take this opportunity to claim our “bragging rights” with this last newsletter of the school year — our

YEAR-END SHOUT OUT! Have a great Summer! Sincerely, Anna Belknap

From our PRINCIPAL

P a n t h e r T r a c k s

HYDE PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL

ACADEMY OF

SCIENCE AND MATH Volume 24 Number 4

Year End 2018

Important Hyde Park

Middle School

Telephone Numbers:

Main Line: 799-4260

Principal’s Office

Ext. 4100

Assistant Principal’s Office

Ext.4200

Academy Office

Ext. 4044

Dean’s Office

Ext. 4500

Registrar

Ext. 4065

Attendance

Ext. 4035

Counselors:

6th …………….…Ext. 4303

7th …………….…Ext. 4302

8th ……………….Ext. 4301

Cafeteria

Ext. 4012

Custodians

Ext. 4014

Health Office

Ext. 4021/4022

Mission Statement:

The Hyde Park Middle

School community supports

and empowers learners.

The Academy of Science and

Mathematics at

Hyde Park Middle School

nurtures and enhances

students’ scientific

and mathematical inquiry.

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Heart of Education Finalists

Congratulations to 4 of our AMAZING teachers

who were selected as finalists in the CCSD Heart of Education

Awards. The teachers selected are;

Natalie Fragiadakis Juliana Laythorpe Claudia Rollwitz Stacy Shavinsky-

Haynes

Ecybermission

Congratulations to the following Ecybermission Teams! Each member of the first place team will receive a $1000 savings bond and each member of the 2nd place team will receive a $500 savings bond!

Nevada

6th Grade Winners 1st Place: Rosa Bleu, Hyde Park Middle School, Las Vegas

2nd Place: The Golden Valkyries, Hyde Park Middle School, Las Vegas

Honorable Mention: straighforwardschoolfriends, Hyde Park Middle School, Las Vegas

8th Grade Winners 1st Place: Team 10-6, Hyde Park Middle School, Las Vegas

-Judy Kraus

Hyde Park Students attend CCSD Spelling Bee Luncheon

CCSD Spelling Bee Champions, Ryder Nakamura, 6th grade, and Sam Goodman, 8th grade, pose with Mrs. Belknap, Principal; Dr. Mike Barton, Chief Student Achievement Officer; Mr. Ron Guerzon, School Associate Superintendent, and CCSD Trustees Kevin Child, and Carolyn Edwards as they receive their award recognition.

CCSD District Chess Tournament

For the 14th time in my 15 years of having the honor of being the Chess Master for the Hyde Park Chess Club , we pulled out a First Place Finish and Trophy. Other trophies can be found in Room 900. Great job by some fantastic chess players! Congrats to all of my players this year and the past 15 years. Way to go Hyde Park Panthers!

-Mr. Patricks

Two of our choirs performed at the CCSD Advanced Choral Festival. Each group sang three pieces, two in different languages. Concert Choir earned an Excellent rating (II) and Women's Choir earned a Superior rating (I-highest score possible). Both choirs also earned a Superior in their sight reading. They have all worked very hard and represented our school well. -Lhara Groberg

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Las Vegas students earn race visit in NASCAR design contest By MEGHIN DELANEY / Las Vegas Review-Journal

March 4, 2018 - 5:31 pm

About 50 students from Hyde Park Middle School Academy of Science and Mathematics got what is likely a once-in-a-lifetime experience at the Pennzoil 400 NASCAR race Sunday.

The students earned their trip through a collaboration between the Clark County School District Police Department, the district’s school-community partnership officer and NASCAR’s Fuel for Success program. It’s the sixth year a Clark County school has been part of the program, school police officer Robert Mayer said.

In teams of two or three, students designed their own mini race car. More than 500 students at the school participated in the program before the winners were whittled down. The program directly ties into lessons on science, technology, engineering and math (commonly referred to as STEM), but there’s a twist: each student also secures an egg in each race car, attempting to keep it from breaking.

That’s where school police get involved. “The race cars must have a passenger safety component,” Mayer said.

On Sunday, students were bused into the pit before the race began, getting an all-access tour and a chance to visit with Shell/Penske driver Ryan Blaney before the race. Blaney answered student questions, including how drivers stay fit and the importance of safety in the cars.

Fuel For Success

This year was the first year Hyde Park participated in the Fuel for Success program which gives students the opportunity to learn and practice math and science concepts while constructing a mouse trap powered car. We held races of the cars and the winners were taken on a field trip to the Pennzoil 400 NASCAR race earlier this year. Only the neighborhood students participated in this once in a lifetime competition and were able to tour the pit area with drivers Ryan Blaney and Joey Logano before the race. As a culminating activity, the Las Vegas City Council honored the winners and teachers, Mr. Galardy, Ms. Lamar, and Mr. Pineda and students Jessica Leach, Samantha Manansala, Dayane Navas-Morales, Matthew Lizalde Lopez and Kendall Robbins.

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Verizon Innovative Learning App Challenge

Their app, NVolunteer, was the Congressional App Challenge winners for NV. As the 2017 champs, they were invited to Washington DC to showcase their winning app at Student Tech Demo Day on Capital Hill in April.

-Denise Romonoski

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MathCounts

School Results 1st: Davidson Academy 2nd: Hyde Park 3rd: Coral Academy 4th: Bob Miller

Individual Results 1st: Samuel Goodman 7th: Raymond Zhang 8th: Daniyal Qazi 10th: Sanjay Soni 16th: Sanjeev Chundu 18th: Nathan Wang 22nd: Ben Koppe 34th: Amy Lum 38th: Shonn Chen

Countdown Round Results 1st: Samuel Goodman 2nd: Daniyal Qazi

Samuel Goodman has qualified to compete in the 2018 MathCounts National Competition in Washington, DC. Please congratulate these students on their fantastic performance at the MathCounts State competition. I would like to thank Mr. Phillips for attending this year's State competition and for volunteering to take over the MathCounts program next year. It has been an honor and a privilege to be Hyde Park's MathCounts coach the last 15 years and I wish Mr. Phillips and our students the best in the years to come.

-Brandon Lawrence

Hello Panther Nation,

Your band department had a very successful year at regional and national festivals. Our varsity band traveled with choir, orchestra, and guitar to Anaheim and brought home the best in festival trophy while your symphonic band traveled to New York City bringing home a silver medal in the middle school division. We thank you for your support and look forward to giving you another year of success in the 2018-2019 school year.

-Rogers Tyler

National Shakespeare Quote Contest

Please congratulate sixth grader Coco Zhang for being Scholastic's Grand Prize winner in their National Shakespeare Quote Contest! Students chose a Shakespearean quote and wrote a paragraph about what it means to them. Coco won two Shakespeare libraries-one for herself and for our classroom! She also won a copy of The Shakespeare Book for every student in her ELA class!

Letters About Literature

Before winter break, my 6th graders wrote letters for the annual "Letters About Literature Program" (The Library of Congress National Reading-Writing Promotion Program). So happy to say that three of them, Diva Saxena, Sanjeev Chundu, and Vanita Indrakumar all advanced to the state judging and Diva was the second place winner for Nevada and was honored with an award at a special ceremony on May 4th.

In case you are wondering, the students wrote a letter to an author of a book that made a big impact on them in some way. The author could be alive or deceased. -Diva wrote to Holly Goldberg Sloan regarding her book, Counting by 7's -Sanjeev wrote to William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer for their book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind -Vanita wrote to Rebecca Skloot for her book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Please congratulate all for such a big accomplishment.

Woot woot! -Michelle Brown

The following students have been chosen to attend SKYBOT Global Finals in Knoxsville, Tenn. Starting on Monday, May 21st. These pilots of SKYBOT get to show off their skills and what they can do for students from all fifty states and 33 other countries. Simeon Dimitrov Raghav Bhagat Jonathan Armijo Jesse Son Aryan Mirchandani Matthew Lizalde Lopez

Wish us well!

-Ed Patricks

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UNLV Regional Science and Engineering Fair

The UNLV Regional Science and Engineering Fair was held on April 7th. Please congratulate the following students:

2nd Place Team Emilia Scotson and Robert Urrea 6th grade physical science

3rd Place Team Harley Swedyk, Ronnie Gorostiza, and Iana Parks 6th grade inventions

Honorable Mention Seth Wetjen 6th grade Life Science

The Third Annual Girls Math

Tournament

The Girls’ Math Tournament was held April 7th. Please

congratulate the following winners!

6th Grade :

1st: Jennifer Hsu

2nd: Vanita Indrakumar

3rd: Ashritha Kalakuntla

4th: Vidya Indrakumar

7th Grade :

3rd: Grace Hwang

4th: Kaylee Tsai

5th: Jasmine Klinkao

8th Grade:

4th: Amy Lum

-Judy Kraus

2018 National K-12 Statistics Poster Competition Winners

4–6 Category

First Place: Ashritha Kalakuntla, Vidya Indrakumar, Vanity Indrakumar, Lillian Levine 6th Grade, Hyde Park Middle School, Las Vegas How Good Are You at Middle School Math? Advisor: Judy Kraus

7–9 Category

First Place: Linh Pham 7th Grade, Hyde Park Middle School, Las Vegas Chromosomal Defects and Maternal Age Advisor: Denise Romonoski

Second Place: Kennedy Jamison 7th Grade, Hyde Park Middle School, Las Vegas What Makes a Good Rubik’s Cuber? Advisor: Denise Romonoski

Third Place: Suebin Hur 7th Grade, Hyde Park Middle School, Las Vegas Personality On Paper Advisor: Denise Romonoski

Honorable Mention: Hannah Pham 7th Grade, Hyde Park Middle School, Las Vegas Will You Get Hyped? Advisor: Denise Romonoski

Patrick Donn Dimasin 7th Grade, Hyde Park Middle School, Las Vegas Fishy Foods Advisor: Denise Romonoski

Hyde Park Middle School Nevada State Winner!

Our group called “Old School” Hygiene, entered the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Challenge and have made the cut from 3000 entries to 255 teams and now down to 51 teams as the Nevada State winner. As a state winner , the school receives a minimum of $25,000.00 worth of Samsung technology. -Denise Romonoski

The Hyde Park Cheer team competed at Middle School Classic and came away with a 3rd place trophy. In addition, A small stunt group of Jazmyn Doughty, Alyssa Jackson, Alyssa Phiakeo, Mia Phiakeo, and

Madison White, took first place! Please congratulate the cheerleaders on all of their hard work this year! -Tori Jackson

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Nevada Students Make Winning Investments!

The Year-Long Competition 2018 Nevada Stock Market Game Awardees

Middle School – First Place: Hyde Park Middle School, Las Vegas Second Place: Hyde Park Middle School, Las Vegas Katrina Tran Abel Aweke Milena Nguyen Peter Chang-Chien Lauren Weinand Coda Woolstenhulme Vanita Indrakumar 2018 Investwrite Competition Coco Zhang has placed 8th in the nation for the Spring Investwrite. -Judy Kraus

Hyde Park Panthers Clinch First Place at Las Vegas Middle School Quiz Bowl

Tournament 2018

Samuel Goodman, Daniyal Qazi, Austin Parkerson, and Kevin Sun shone as Hyde Park Team C. Samuel Goodman's performance was impressive, considering he had never been to a quiz bowl tournament, with a stat line of 5-17-2. He was also the top scorer of the tournament. Third place was secured by Hyde Park Team B, captained by Alexander Fiore, who tied for 3rd scorer. He was well supported by Colin Jewell, Bryce Wetjen, and Lewis Hwang.

-Janet Weinstein.

Buffalo Soldiers

Black History Month's celebration included a visit from the Las Vegas chapter of the Buffalo Soldiers. This marked the third visit by this group, who offered many fascinating artifacts. The students had a great time experiencing this often forgotten part of United States history.

Thank you to Mr. Tyler for arranging this event.

Rubiks cube

Our teams placed in first and second place in the middle school division. The first place HP team solved 25 cubes in 1:53. Second place team solved in 2:49. Raymond Zhang won first place in the individual 3x3 and 2x2 competitions. Hannah Barretto won second place in the individual 3x3 competition.

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Hyde Park Students Pay Tribute to Parkland Shooting Victims

Hyde Park students walk-out in tribute to the victims of the Parkland shooting 1 month later, and show solidarity with the #neveragain movement that has been created by the Parkland survivors.

STUCO members made posters of the 17 students who were killed on Feb. 14, 2018. The posters were placed on the courtyard walls for the students to walk past during the walk-out and gathering in the courtyard.

#NEVERAGAIN

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STUDENT COUNCIL

Our Student Council has won the Spirit Of Nevada Award for the fourth year in a row! To win this award, we must complete activities in five different categories and provide documentation. Kelly and I are so proud of our Student Council and grateful for your support in our activities!

-Bonnie Karch and Kelly Heilman

HAVE A RELAXING SUMMER!

HPMS Student WINS International Math Competition

Photo of AMS Executive Director Catherine Roberts, Samuel Goodman,

and AMS President Kenneth Ribet by Kate Awtrey, Atlanta Convention

Photography.)

Samuel Goodman, an eighth grader at Hyde Park

Middle School in Las Vegas, won the 2018 Who Wants to

Be a Mathematician Championship on January 13 at the

Joint Mathematics Meetings in San Diego. Samuel is the

youngest winner ever and took home $5,000 for himself

and $5,000 for the Hyde Park Middle School math

department.

Happy Retirement, Dr. Kennedy!

We will miss you!

Science Olympiad

By a margin of one point, Hyde Park defended its Nevada Science Olympiad 1st Place title for the 15th consecutive year. Congratulations to the team!

-Judy Kraus

***First day of school is***

August 13