Tuesday, April 30, 2013

World Language Awards


Results are in for EGHS students who participated in the National Latin and National Spanish Exams. You can also view the winners of the National French Exam here

Artistic Expression Inspired by Health

From Mrs. Rogers-


"This mural is in the Health Room, and was painted by Izzie Despirito, Yu Jin, Kristine Szrom, and Summer Murray. The inspiration for this was Mrs. Rivers telling the artists that she hoped for something peaceful, calming, even distracting. This was made to take kids' stress away for a few minutes to go to their place. Each panel represents desirable places to see or ideas that can help one's mind run wild. As the most colorful wall in the school, the artists hope to inspire others to do the same in other classrooms, to show that EGHS is a truly creative place to be. Let your imagination go free!"

Thursday, April 25, 2013

EGHS Italy Excursion



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Mr. Revkin's students went on a whirlwind tour of Italy, including Verona, Venice, Florence, Assisi, Rome, and Capri. Here are some of their thoughts.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Le Grand Concours


In March of 2013, about a thousand students from schools in Rhode Island and 100,000 across the United States participated in the National French Exam sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French. EGHS students did very well on this national assessment. Congratulations to all who participated. Awards will go to the following students who ranked in the top 10 nationally or in RI. 



Nationally ranked:

French I       Catherine Streich 5th
French II      Benjamin Acker 6th
                   Nengyun Yan   6th
                   Grace Miner   10th
French IVC   Anthony Bernard-Sasges  4th

RI ranked:
French I        Catherine Streich 5th
French II       Benjamin Acker  5th
                   Nengyun Yan  5th
                   Grace Miner   8th
French III      Katherine Luo  6th
                    Wei Li       10th
French IIIC    Katie Hollingsworth  7th

French IV     Sarah Shoer 4th

French IVC   Anthony Bernard-Sasges  1st

French V      Alexandra Fugere   8th
                   Caitlin Mason        8th
                   Alice Palmer         9th
                   Hannah Tighe        9th 

EGHS at Meadowbrook for Earth Day


In celebration of Earth Day yesterday, members of Student Council visited the first grade classes at Meadowbrook to read The Lorax by Dr. Seuss and to donate 100 trees.






EGHS Students in Spain Over April Vacation

From Mrs. Gendreau-
Megan Kurose, Elise Farnum, Allie Cardello, Alea Robinson, Adam Sticca, Zane Yu, Roman Drozdowski, Nick Orlacchio and Daniel Denci spent the April vacation touring Madrid, Toledo, Cordoba, Sevilla, Granada and Costa del Sol in Spain as well as Tetuan in Morocco. 
Here they are seen in the Alhambra Palace, a Moorish castle built in the year 889 by the last Moorish Emirs in Spain, now a Unesco World Heritage Site. 

Monday, April 22, 2013

New "Old School" Message Board Outside of Guidance

Students returning from April break may notice the hallway outside of guidance looks a little different. That's because over vacation, some members of student council created a chalkboard message board for the students & staff to help spread the good news happening inside of EGHS.
As you can see below, the board is already in action advertising the 1st ever EGHS Spring Pep Rally that will be happening this Wednesday during advisory.
Thanks go to the members of the EGHS Student Council for creating this new addition to EGHS.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Thanks to EGHS Theater for Children Class

It is wonderful to hear about the great things EGHS students do in the community.  With permission, I am posting excerpts of an email that I received regarding a performance that our Theater for Children class put on for some the community's youth.  


Dear Mr. Podraza,

I just wanted to tell you how impressed we were with the Theater for Children students who came to Happy Hearts last month! The production was awesome! Our students had so much fun and your students were so enthusiastic and appropriate with the little ones. We felt that both the high school students and the preschoolers benefitted from being together.

I am so glad that the Theater for Children is back up and running. Mr. Kenney and his students are always welcome at Happy Hearts! 

Sincerely,

Pam Noble
Co-Owner/Director
Happy Hearts Learning Center

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Upcoming PTG Events and Requests


From the EGHS PTG:
The PTG will be meeting on Wednesday, April 24th at 9:30 am.  We have a busy upcoming schedule so take the time to read below for events and volunteer opportunites.  Have a relaxing and safe vacation week!

·       On May 1st during advisory period and lunches, the PTG and CWC are hosting a Health Fair for students.  We will provide information on the following: Skin Cancer Prevention, Nutrition/Sports Nutrition, Stess Management, Drug and Alcohol Awareness, Selt Belt Safety, and have information from American Cancer Society, and American Lung Association. If you are interested in helping, please contact Tricia Colgan at egtricia@verizon.net

·      BAKERS NEEDED:  On Wednesday May 8th the PTG will be hosting a Staff Appreciation Luncheon. If you are able to bake for the event, please contact Carrie Humphreys at carrie.humphreys@hotmail.com.
·       As we begin the 4th quarter after April vacation, it is time to think about volunteering for next year’s PTG Board.  The nominations will be presented at the May 15th meeting, and voted on at the June 12th meeting.  If you are interested in any of the positions, please email us at eghsptg@yahoo.com.
             If you have any questions regarding the positions listed below, please contact Tricia Colgan at egtricia@verizon.net

President
Vice President
Treasurer
Recording Secretary
Corresponding Secretary

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

EGHS Art at Showcased at EG Public Library


From Mrs. Agresti & Mrs. Rogers- The Spring Art Exhibition features the painting, design and photography work of EGHS student artists. The show will be up until April 26th.







Friday, April 5, 2013

2013 Wall of Honor Inductees


The East Greenwich High School Wall of Honor Committee cordially invites you to attend the 2013 Wall of Honor Induction Ceremony Wednesday, April 10th, 2013  6:00 p.m. East Greenwich High School Auditorium to Honor the 2013 Inductees

This years inductees are:

Rear Admiral Richard E. Bennis
EGHS Class of 1967                                        

The Honorable Governor Donald L. Carcieri
EGHS Class of 1961

Linda Catanio Alix
EGHS Class of 1968

Peter DeRestie
EGHS Class of 1946

Dr. Fred Procopio
EGHS Class of 1973

Anthony “Tar Tar” Ucci
East Greenwich Academy; Warwick HS 1922

Special Community Service Recognitions:
Michael & Anna Zaino
Carl I. Hoyer


Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Pictures From Sophomore Humanities WWI Debate at NEIT



The picture above shows the entire 10th grade class after the participation in both the debates and battle simulations.  In the forefront are the captains of the represented countries before a final verdict of the winning country was delivered.  
The second photo is of Team France after all debates and simulations had occurred.  They are celebrating their overall success of the day and showing off their pride in their country before lunch and the final debate decision.  

The bottom photo shows Teams Russia, Germany, France and Austria-Hungary standing shoulder to shoulder and declaring that we should have a peace without victory because by blaming the war on any one country only causes more conflict and future war.  Great Britain dissented this opinion and chose to blame France for starting WWI.

Thanks go out to all of the students involved in this project from Mr. Perrin, Mr. Burns, Mr. Kenney, Mr. Penza and Mrs. Garno.  "We are overwhelmingly proud of our students hard work and the decorum they displayed during the course of this project."

Monday, April 1, 2013

Thoughts and Details From 2013 Science Fair Winner


Below are some excerpts from an email (posted with permission) I received from Wei Li, regarding specifics about her award winning science fair project.  As you will read, the details of her project are very impressive.

"...before I get to the heavy-duty technical stuff, I just wanted so say how proud I am to be able to represent East Greenwich High School in the competition and how helpful the teachers were. Mr. Rath especially, helped me get the forms ready and told me of all these competitions. Otherwise, I never would have known that there were such great opportunities out there!"

"My project was done at a Brown affiliated lab at RI Hospital over the summer and throughout the school year. I studied how neutrophils (an immune cell in the body) responded when fungi invade our body. When a fungal infection occurs, the neutrophils go to the site of infection by recognizing a pattern on the fungi that lets them know it is an invader. In this case, Beta-Glucan serves as the pattern and a certain receptor on the neutrophil – CR3 – recognizes it. I then modeled such a response in my experiments and found that neutrophils were “clustering” in the context of Beta-Glucan. I then went ahead to determine signaling molecules important in this response by inhibiting the molecules of interest and seeing if these inhibitors had an effect on the clustering. Lastly, I quantified the clustering data using a MATLAB script."

"From this science project, I got Best in Fair in Senior Division and finally was chosen as one of the top 2 at the 2013 RI Science and Engineering Fair (RISEF), which is affiliated with the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF). Hence, I am going to represent RI at Intel ISEF on May 12-17, 2013 in Phoenix, AZ!"

"Furthermore, I also submitted my research paper to the 2013 Southern New England Regional (RI & MA) Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) held at the University of New Hampshire. I was the only one chosen from RI to present my paper on the symposium and I got 3rd place, winning the opportunity to attend National JSHS on May 1-5, 2013 in Dayton, Ohio, along with $1000 scholarship from The US Army, Navy, and Air Force."

"Again, none of this would have happened if I did not receive help from the teachers at EGHS and I am so proud to be able to represent my school and RI to participate in National competitions."

Congratulations go to Wei and her family. We are very proud of you and your accomplishments!