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ROCKLAND HIGH SCHOOL

RHS COMMUNITY WEEKLY UPDATE #19 JANUARY 6, 2017

IN THIS EDITION: In this week’s edition, you will find information on the following:

● Happy New Year ● Principal Student Leadership Council 1/13 ● Math Team Earns Fourth Place ● Thank you Exxon Mobile! ● Mid-Term Exam Schedule ● Chris Herren As Guest Speaker 1/13 ● Congratulations, Ms. Coulombe’s English Class! ● Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Old Colony Posts #1788 Awards ● Talking About Jazz ● Student Artwork of the Week ● Winter Sports Recap ● Next Week’s Lunch Menu ● The Week Ahead

HAPPY NEW YEAR: I hope all students and families had a wonderful and relaxing vacation. It was great to see students and staff back in school this week. I wish everyone a wonderful 2017! PRINCIPAL STUDENT LEADERSHIP COUNCIL FORMED: On Friday, January 13th, I have invited student leaders from every organization and a captain from every sport team to join me for a meeting at 12:30PM in the Library Media Center. This past week I met with student leaders to discuss the purpose of this Leadership Council (PSLC) which will meet once each term. This organization is intended to create a forum for student leaders to serve as advisors to me as principal regarding suggestions for school improvement, encourage shared responsibility among student leaders for school-wide leadership and empower leaders to support other leaders at school-wide events. MATH TEAM EARNS 4TH PLACE: Congratulations to students on our math team for earning 4th place in the Math Meet held at Rockland High School on January 5th. High scorers were Ronan McNally and Sabrina Sprague. THANK YOU, EXXON MOBILE: Rockland High School would like to thank Exxon Mobile for their generosity. They donated $500 to Rockland High School to support our educational programs.

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MID-TERM EXAM SCHEDULE: Mid-year exams for all full year and semester courses begin on Tuesday, 1/24 and conclude on Friday, 1/27. Term 3 will begin on Monday, January 30th as a Day 1. In the event that a snow day occurs during the mid-term week, everything will get pushed back a day. For instance, a snow day resulting in school cancellation on Tuesday, 1/24 will result in what was previously scheduled on Tuesday, 1/24 to be completed on Wednesday, 1/25. For full year courses, term 2 and mid-term grades will be available during the afternoon on February 2nd. For semester courses, term 2,final exam, and semester final grades will be available on February 2nd as well. Exams will be administered as follows:

Tuesday

1/24/2017 Wednesday 1/25/2017

Thursday 1/26/2017

Friday 1/27/2017

8:00-9:30** Exam A B C D

9:34:-10:19 class B A A B

10:23- 11:04 class C C F C

11:04-12:34 lunch D E D E

12:38-1:53 Exam G F E F (Make-up)

1:58-2:35 class F G G G

DROP E D B A

Mid-year exams will count 10% toward a final course average and be displayed on the report card. CHRIS HERREN AS GUEST SPEAKER: On Friday, January 13th, the Magoun-Biggins Funeral Home is sponsoring a guest speaker, Chris Herren, to visit Rockland High School to speak with our entire student body. Chris Herren, a former National Basketball Association player presents to communities on the dangers of drug addiction. For more information on the programming for the day, please click here. Students should wear purple on friday. CONGRATULATIONS TO MS. COULOMBE’S ENGLISH CLASS Students in Ms. Coulombe’s English class worked hard the past few months participating in the #ChooseKind Challenge. They recently received a certificate acknowledging their kindness.

http://thpprojectpurple.org/

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VOICE OF DEMOCRACY AWARD WINNERS: Three Rockland High School students were recently awarded first, second and third place prizes by the Rockland Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Old Colony Post 1788 in the local "Voice of Democracy" competition. First prize ($150) went to sophomore Meaghan McDonough, second ($100) to freshman Jad Bendarkawi, and third ($50) to senior Sophie McLellan. Voice of Democracy is an annual nationwide scholarship program sponsored by the VFW. It is an audio-essay contest for high school students in grades 9-12. This year's theme was "My Responsibility to America." Students were required to write an essay and then do a voice recording of it. Tapes and essays were sent to the local VFW Post judges. RHS students’ entries were sponsored by Journalism/ Digital Media teacher and WRPS director, David Murphy. McDonough’s winning essay went on to the Eastern Mass. District 12 Regional round of judging where it was awarded first place. Her essay will now go to the Massachusetts State level judging round. VFW Post 1788 Commander Joe Pollini and Voice of Democracy Chairman Jeffrey Najarian presented the certificates along with scholarship committee chairwoman, Claire Payne.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholarshiphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essayhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_school

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TALKING ABOUT JAZZ: Be sure to check out this event sponsored by the music boosters and Rockland Education Foundation on Friday, January 13th!

STUDENT ARTWORK OF THE WEEK:

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Congratulations to Alexa Murphy for being Artist of the Week! Below is her digital double exposure work!

WINTER SPORTS RECAP: Girls Basketball The girls basketball team participated in a Holiday Tournament over the vacation at Rockland High School. After defeating Notre Dame 61-49, the Bulldogs lost to Wellesley in the championship game on December 29th, 41-39. After defeating East Bridgewater 43-34 on January 3rd, the Bulldogs improved to 4-2 on the season. The Girl’s Freshmen team continues to improve, battling hard against Carver (lost 26-23) in a defensive showdown and then falling 36-20 to East Bridgewater.

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Boys Basketball The boy’s basketball team defeated Carver before the December vacation but fell to Quincy 61-59 in the first round of the Holiday Tournament at Rockland High School. On Tuesday, January 3rd, the Dogs defeated East Bridgewater 63-25, improving to 3-0 in the league and 3-3 overall. Junior Aiden Glennon scored 14 points and Junior Zach Sharland scored 13 students in the win. The Boy’s Junior Varsity team successfully defeated Carver 63-42, Abington 56-41, and East Bridgewater 63-39. The freshmen boys team also defeated Carver 30-22, Abington 52-26, and East Bridgewater 52-41.

Here is an article that was in the Rockland Wicked Local Paper. Varsity Ice Hockey Over the vacation, the Rockland High School hockey team tied Plymouth South 3-3 to remain unbeaten. Matt Dunn, Chris McHugh and Joe Yeadon contributed with goals. The dogs also

http://rockland.wickedlocal.com/sports/20170104/hs-basketball-rockland-boys-record-doesnt-tell-whole-story

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defeated Whitman-Hanson 5-2, with Joe Yeadon contributing 2 goals. Cardinal Spellman played hard against the Bulldogs but goals by Matt Dunn, Steve Fennell, and Kevin Fennell led to a 3-1 victory on New Year's Eve. The dogs remained undefeated by defeating Hull/Middleboro 3-1 thanks to a great effort by Harry O’Brien in goal with 12 saves. The Bulldogs are 6-0-1 on the season.

The JV Team defeated Westwood 3-2 in the Rockland Rink JV Classic Tournament over the vacation. Congratulations!

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Swimming The Swim team did not have any competitions over the break. However, they look forward to today’s meet v. Pembroke! Wrestling On December 23rd, the Abington/Rockland Wrestling team defeated Holliston. The dogs also defeated Middleboro on January 4th. NEXT WEEK’S LUNCH MENU: Click here to view next week’s lunch menu. THE WEEK AHEAD:

Sunday, January 8

6:00pm Swim Meet @ Norwell

Monday, January 9

3:00pm RHS English and History Homework Club- Room 207

3:00pm RHS Math Homework Club- Room 132

7:15pm RHS Music Boosters Meeting

Tuesday, January 10

3:00pm RHS English and History Homework Club- Room 207

6:30pm Middleboro High School @ Rockland High School - Boys Winter Varsity Basketball

6:30pm RHS Athletic Boosters Meeting

6:30pm Rockland High School @ Middleboro High School - Girls Winter Varsity Basketball

Wednesday, January 11

3:00pm RHS English and History Homework Club- Room 207

3:00pm RHS Math Homework Club- Room 132

3:00pm RHS Science Homework Club-Room 234

6:00pm Rockland High School @ Norwell High School - Boys Winter Varsity Ice Hockey

7:00pm Cohasset Middle-High School @ Rockland High School - Boys Winter Varsity Wrestling

Thursday, January 12

2:50pm RHS Department Meetings

3:00pm RHS English and History Homework Club- Room 207

7:00pm RHS Adult Ed Graduation

Friday, January 13

Grades K-12 Early Release at 12:30pm

RHS ACT Registration Deadline for 2/11 ACT Test

9:00am Student Assembly-Chris Herren Guest Speaker

12:30pm Principal Student Leadership Council Meeting (Library Media Center)

3:00pm RHS Science Homework Club-Room 234

3:30pm Rockland High School @ Norwell High School - Boys Winter Freshmen Basketball

http://rocklandschools.nutrislice.com/menu/high-school/lunch/2017/1/2/

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5:00pm Rockland High School @ Norwell High School - Boys Winter Junior Varsity Basketball

6:30pm Norwell High School @ Rockland High School - Girls Winter Varsity Basketball

6:30pm Rockland High School @ Norwell High School - Boys Winter Varsity

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