EGHS Student Wins National Scholarship

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From a total of over 87,000 applicants, East Greenwich High School Senior, Grace Miner has become one of 150 national Coca-Cola Scholars! In listing the reasons she was selected, the Coca-Cola company sited Grace's passion, commitment and active roll being a positive change-agent in our school and community, as well as being an outstanding student. 

As a member of the 2016 class of Coca-Cola Scholars, Grace will receive a $20,000 scholarship award, renewable annually at $5,000, for 4 years of study at any accredited U.S. college or university of her choice. Grace is also invited to attend Scholars Weekend in Atlanta, where she and other scholars will be honored at the Coca-Cola Scholars Banquet at the Georgia International Convention Center. 

In addition to the banquet, the weekend will include participation in Coca-Cola's Leadership Development Institute, a leadership training that challenges participants to develop an inside-out leadership philosophy. Scholars Weekend is rounded out by tours of local landmarks in Atlanta, seminars by alumni and staff, and a group community service project.

As a recipient of this award Grace was also asked to select a teacher as a "Educator of Distinction". An Educator of Distinction is "someone from your high school who has greatly impacted your vision of education". Ms. Miner has selected English Department Chair, Mrs. Karen Izzo as the EGHS recipient. In addition to the knowledge gained through her instruction over the course of four years at EGHS, Grace also selected Mrs. Izzo because "I could never have completed the long application and interview process without her guidance and help!"

On behalf of the entire EGHS community, I congratulate Grace and her family on receiving this prestigious scholarship. 

EGHS Student Receives President's Volunteer Service Award

East Greenwich High School Junior, Rebecca Gupta, has been honored for her exemplary volunteer service with a President's Volunteer Service Award.

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The award, which recognizes Americans of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve their communities and their country, was granted by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program on behalf of President Barack Obama. Rebecca was nominated for this national honor this fall in recognition of her many hours of volunteer service including teaching and mentoring children at a therapeutic pre-school in Rhode Island.

On behalf of all of us at East Greenwich High School, I congratulate Rebecca and her family for receiving this wonderful recognition and thank her for her dedication to volunteerism. Rebecca's dedication and many hours of service are a fantastic example of the impact an empowered learner can have on countless others. 

The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, sponsored by Prudential Financial in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), recognizes middle level and high school students across America for their outstanding volunteer service.

To learn more about the awards please visit spirit.prudential.com

East Greenwich High School Announces 2016 National Merit® Scholarship Finalists

East Greenwich High School Announces 2016 National Merit® Scholarship Finalists

The National Merit® Scholarship Corporation has announced the Finalists in the 2016 Competition for National Merit® Scholarships.

The East Greenwich High School Finalists are:

• Talia Z. Goldwasser
• John R. Hare 
• Zachary D. Johnson
• Nengyun Yan
• Zane Z. Yu

On behalf of the East Greenwich High School community, Principal Michael Podraza congratulates these students for their hard work and dedication.  They will be presented with an award certificate at the school’s Awards Night on May 26.  

The National Merit® Scholarship Program has determined that these students are five of the 16,000 Semifinalists named in September, 2015 who have advanced to Finalists and will be considered for scholarships later this year.

Student Council Running Food Drive 2/2-2/25

Did you know that for some children in Rhode Island, school is the only reliable place they can count on receiving a meal?  On the weekends, these children have to sustain themselves on little to nothing until they return to school again on Monday. To combat this, some Rhode Island schools have their own food pantry where they fill a backpack every Friday to get the kids through the weekend. This ensures that they get a healthy meal every day, as every child should!

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Next week EGHS Student Council will be hosting our yearly food drive to help fill the backpacks of these needy children. We ask that you give your son or daughter an item that they could bring to the food drive. 

Items could include a box of lunch snacks such as granola bars or easy to prepare meals such as macaroni & cheese. A list of especially needed items will be provided to your child's second period classroom, and he or she will be provided with the opportunity of signing up to bring in these items. Your child can bring in these items to their period two class between Tuesday the 2nd and Thursday the 11th. We have placed a basket in every period 2 classroom.

Additional information can be found here:  http://eghsstudentcouncil.weebly.com/food-drive.html

The five classes that collect the most will win a pizza party courtesy of Student Council

East Greenwich High School Student Council Presidents, 

Lucy Bisset

Caraline Gammons

Cameron Cianciolo

EGHS Students Win Overall China / US International Economic Summit

From Mrs. Page-

It was an intense two-days. The Cole and high-school students worked alongside their counterparts from Beijing, all day Friday and well into the nighttime hours, preparing for the actual China / US International Economic Summit held from8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on Saturday at Harvard. Some of their work is captured in this Storify: https://storify.com/eghsbiz/eg-students

The high-school Australia team that included EGHS students Zadoc (Zing) Gee and Matthew Durant won the overall summit. Their focus and the creative methods they used to bridge the culture and language divide with their Beijing team members was extraordinary.

The parents that joined us, Hassan Gangi and Gretchen Caterson, assumed key roles in supporting the student teams from MA and RI, and in the overall judging component. The summit organizers made a point of telling us that Hassan and Gretchen's perspective and substantive feedback will help inform future refinements to this program. 

This collaborative undertaking is a great example of the type of cross-discipline , multi-grade-level initiatives, complete with parent stakeholders, that align with our strategic vision "to empower students by connecting them to the world in meaningful, relevant, and purposeful ways."