SJHS Blog 5/9/16 - 5/13/16
English Dept. News:
National
Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Achievement Award in Writing for HS
juniors
Annie Klusendorf
and Erica Heathcote, both juniors, WON the 2016 NCTE
Achievement Award in Writing.
Because of our
enrollment, we’re allowed to nominate 2 juniors. While we’ve had winners in the
past, we’ve never had TWO winners. And these candidates are much deserving of
this national honor.
The Nancy
Thorpe Poetry Contest (Hollins University):
Madeline
Richards (11) Finalist for “My First Execution: Age 12”
Madeline
competed against 1,000+ entries.
Charles
Crupi Memorial Poetry Contest (Albion College):
Lauren Kunkel
(11) 2nd place for "A Question for the Dead"
Annie Klusendorf
(11) Finalist for "The Refugees”
Both were
invited to the college to read their work.
The RCAH
Center for Poetry's annual Benvenuto High School Poetry Competition (Michigan
State University).
Annie Klusendorf
(11) 1st place for “Simplicity”
Annie’s poem
was selected over 200+ entries. She attended a poetry reading of her work
at MSU in November.
Michigan
Interscholastic Press Association (MIPA) Spartan Award for School Newspapers
The
2015-2016 Wind-Up earned a “Gold” ranking.
Adviser: Joyce
Hunter. Student Editors: Mikhayla Dunaj, Jamie Fry, Conall Curran
NCTE Program
to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines (PRESLM)
The 2015
Literary Magazine Tessellate earned an “Excellent” ranking.
Adviser: Pen
Campbell. Student editors: Claire Postelli, Emma Dine, Hannah Starke
Online Courses:
Completion for
online courses:
·
Early
release of Seniors: Course work must be done by May 27th.
·
Seniors
who have not completed coursework must have done by Friday, June 3, 8:00 a.m.
Deadline for seniors so we can determine if they will walk for
graduation (practice starts at 9:30).
·
Friday,
June 10, 11:00 a.m. Deadline for all online course work to be completed
for all grades.
Orchestra:
Orchestra
Concert and Senior Awards
Monday, May 16
7pm – John and
Dede Howard Auditorium at SJHS
$3 adults / $2
students & seniors
Come listen to
the awesome SJHS Orchestras as they play music from the Beatles, Alice in
Wonderland, Fiddler on the Roof, Little Mermaid, and much more.
Ren Baldwin Tech
Festival:
The 5th Annual
Ren Baldwin Student Technology Festival will be held this Friday, May 13th
in the Student Center from 6:00-8:00, with the awards ceremony beginning at
7:30. The event is free and open to the public. Any high school
student who submitted a project is encouraged to attend and bring family
members. Students who entered projects for judging will be notified by
Tuesday if they are a finalist, but ALL participants are eligible to win the
Chromebook computer give-away. There will also be several door prize
drawings throughout the evening. Come take a look at how technology is
being used to support learning in SJPS and view the projects submitted by over
1000 students.
Science Dept:
Honor Biology
students and a few of our AP Biology students will be going to Lakeland
Hospital on Fri. to tour.
HS Lunch Accounts:
Negative Lunch Balances:
Seniors - All lunch money owed
needs to be paid by Friday May 27, 2016.
Please refer to the Student Hold section of the Student Handbook.
9th thru 11th
graders need to have all lunch balances paid by the last day of school. Negative balances are not allowed to be
carried over to next year.
Just a reminder that students are
only allowed to charge 5 lunches which equals -14.50.
No student will be allowed to charge any lunch after Friday
June 3, 2016.
Please contact Demrhy Youngquist at 926-3127 with any
questions or concerns.
Robotics:
The Average Joes
have had a wonderful season.
In the beginning of
January, teams in the local area went to LMC for the 2016 Kickoff. This is when
the team learned FIRST’s challenge for this year – Stronghold. The 6 week build
season passed in the blink of an eye; then the 6 weeks of competitions started.
Week 2, the Joes played at St. Joseph District Event. They ended the
qualification matches in second place. When it came time for alliance selection, Stryke
Force from Kalamazoo chose the Joes to join the 1st place alliance. This became
the start of a collaborative and beneficial friendship. The alliance won
the event. In addition, the Joes won the Gracious Professionalism award –
an award for a team that has gone above and beyond to help other teams during
the competition. They also had one of their junior members (Amelia Ostdiek -
win Dean’s List). The team headed to Kentwood for the second competition
of the season. The Average Joes ended in 1st place after qualifications and
chose Stryke Force for their alliance partner. They ended the competition when
they lost in the quarterfinals. The Average Joes also won the Entrepreneurship
award - an amazing feat for
the team. These efforts easily qualified them for the state competition. The team performed there better than any
previous year. They went on to be the 8th place alliance captain and were
eliminated in the quarterfinals.
This qualified
the Average Joes to go compete at the word competition in St. Louis. They were
placed on the hardest field of 8 with world-championship teams. Average Joes
were picked by the 4th place alliance, bringing them all the way to the
semi-finals of the field. This year has been the best in all of Average Joes
history. They are very proud of what they have accomplished and look forward to
accomplishing even more in the years to come.
Statistics:
·
Qualification:
W-7 L-3
·
Elimination:
Ranked 9th at the beginning of Alliance selection
·
4th
alliance captain selected the Average Joes as their 1st pick
·
in
addition, the Average Joes set the World High Score in Qualification rounds for
the entire robotics season with 277 points.
·
Overall
WLT record 49-17-1
·
2nd
seed, 1st overall pick at St. Joseph District (Week 2)
·
Event
Winners with 2767 and 5069
·
J&J Gracious Professionalism Award
·
OFFENSIVE
POWER RATING 47.8, highest at event
·
1st
seed at East Kentwood District (Week 5)
·
Semifinalists
with 2967 and 5622
·
KPCB
Entrepreneurship Award
·
OFFENSIVE
POWER RATING 59.7, highest at event
·
9th
seed, 8th Alliance Captain at Michigan State CMP
·
Octofinalists
with 3357 and 3604
·
OFFENSIVE
POWER RATING 57.8, third highest at event
·
9th
seed, 4th overall pick at CMP Newton Subdivision
·
Semifinalists
with 179, 3937, and 3360
·
OFFENSIVE
POWER RATING 70.4, fourth highest in subdivision
·
World
high qualifying match score (227) in Q65 with 16 and 2614
Mr. Upton came to
SJHS to celebrate the success of the Robotics team this year on 5/6/16.
Upcoming Events:
Wed. 5/11 –
Late Start
Fri. 5/13 – Ren
Baldwin Tech Festival
Sat. 5/14 –
Peter Pan – SJHS
Mon. 5/16 –
SJHS Spring Orchestra Concert
Tues. 5/17 –
Honor Grad Reception
