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SUNDAY LETTER May 21, 2017
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A MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD OF SCHOOL
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Did You Know?
- The amount of scholarship money our seniors have attracted from colleges? ($3.5 million)!
- The alumni scholarship essay offers two $1,000 scholarship prizes, one for middle and one for upper school. The prompt is here and the deadline to hand the essays to Ms. Alcott is next Friday, May 26.
- Tomorrow, seniors begin their final graduation requirement, two-week volunteer internships in 45 locations across the city and the country.
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- This year's "Awesome 80's" gala raised over $116,000 to support our students' programs including our planned STEM upgrade. Awesome indeed!
- Next year's gala will be on Saturday, May 5, 2018. Watch this space for more info!
- Students have 12 more days of school.
- In order to formally complete the year and receive their yearbooks, students must return textbooks, athletics uniforms, and other school materials, and collect faculty and administration signatures on their end-of-year checklists, including from the business office.
- Summer reading assignments are here.
- Middle school parents are invited to the Middle School Sports Banquet next Tuesday lunchtime at 12:30 p.m., and the Middle School Science Expo next Thursday at 1:15 p.m.
- The last week of school we run a unique schedule. Find it here and post it prominently at home!
- Any parent who has volunteered for anything this year is invited to our THANK YOU HAPPY HOUR at Hey 19 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, June 2. Let us thank you for your super support this year!
See you soon.
Peter McCormack
Head of School
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Monday, May 22 - Friday, June 2.
Seniors spend the last two weeks of their upper school careers working in internships across the city, the state, and the country. They return to campus on June 5 to give presentations on their experiences and to celebrate the completion of this, their final graduation requirement.
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Middle School Sports Luncheon
Tuesday, May 23 | 12:30 - 1:15 p.m.
MPR
Parents are welcome to attend. Lunch will be provided for the student athletes.
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One Acts
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Wednesday, May 24 | 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
MPR
Come and support our Advanced Acting students as they present the culmination of their third trimester in the form of short plays. Each play is 10-15 minutes long and require the students to take on difficult acting challenges. These performances showcase the very best of our Performing Arts students, you don't want to miss it!
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Middle School Science Expo
Thursday, May 25 | 1:15-2:30 p.m.
MPR
Middle school parents invited to attend.
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Memorial Day
Monday, May 29
No School / Offices Closed
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Click Here to View the End of School Year Details Calendar
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The Husky Baseball team celebrated the contributions of seniors Cole Clark, Mitch Nardoni, Brady O'Neill, and Caleb Tedder at Senior Night on Friday, May 12.
On Monday, May 15 the Husky Athletic Department honored the upper school students who participated in fall, winter and spring sports during the 2016-2017 school year. Congratulations to Kelly O'Neill and Kotaro Ueoka for receiving the female and male "Athlete of the Year" award, and Tyler Nishikawa for winning the "Heart of the Husky" award.
Click Here
to view the full athletic schedule. Go Huskies!
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Reminder from the Business Office
An important reminder to current families that as part of our year-end process, students will be provided with a checkout list that has to be completed prior to receiving a yearbook. To ensure an efficient process of
your child's
checkout, please login onto MyBackPack to remit the amount
owing, if any, for this school-year (2016/2017).
Husky Alumni Association Offering Two $1,000
Scholarship
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The link to this year's Husky S
cholarship E
ssay prompt is
here.
Essays must be submitted to Ms. Alcott no later than Thursday, May 25. Prizes will be awarded at closing ceremonies and all
essays will also be forward to the Palos Verdes July4 celebration for further judging and possible prizes.
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The Last Pizza Monday Will Be TOMORROW!
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RHP and Ren Grades 6-8
Fred Korematsu Speaks Up (Fighting for Justice)
by Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi.
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RHP and Ren Grade 9
Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
by Benjamin Alire Saenz
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RHP and Ren Grade 10
The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
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RHP and Ren Grade 11
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
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RHP and Ren Grade 12
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
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Click here to view all of the summer reading assignments. Students are expected to purchase their own copy of the book.
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