A week chock-full of exciting happenings. From the Brick Patio Dedication to all of the work going on in the classroom. It is a very busy place at NKHS. We all deserve this 3-day Columbus Day Weekend. Enjoy yourselves.
Community in Action
From Matt Lyons:
Town employees (Water Department) are doing a basket raffle as a fundraiser for Hayley Thompson (grade 12) who is battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Her mother, also an NKHS graduate, works for the town. Hayley’s advisory, Room 321, wanted to help out so they created a movie night basket for the raffle.
We have tickets in SSO if you are interested in purchasing.
Tickets are 2 for $5 or 10 for $20.
The raffles will be drawn 10/26 at a pasta dinner in her honor. You do not need to be present to win.
This past Monday, Oct 2, the NK administration, along with community members, high school
Health & Wellness
October 6, 2017
From AM Finlay
Last week Mrs. Finlay, the Student Assistance Counselor, was invited into the 9th grade Health classes to teach prevention on substance abuse. She was also able to share with the students how she can be accessed as a resource like through email, PLT, lunch, advisory, etc.. Thank you to the 9th grade Health teachers for giving up their valuable teaching time. Already some students have made the effort to use Mrs. Finlay as a resource.
Next week the Alateen group will begins their meetings on Wednesdays during Advisory. Students can see Mrs. Finlay for more details.
Upcoming Events/Important Dates
October--Empathy
09 No School - Columbus Day
10 School Committee Meeting
12 Choose Love
12 PTSO Meeting
12 Blood Center Recognition
13 Maya Hanrahan selling suicide prevention bracelets to honor the one-year anniversary of Dan Coates (class of 2018) Money will be donated to the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention.
13-20 Spirit Week
Teaching and Learning
Family and Consumer Science
Ms. Hammersley’s Food’s class had a visitor this week from Johnson & Wales University. Lisa Settipane is a former Family and Consumer Science teacher whose title is classroom presenter for Johnson and Wales culinary program. She enjoyed our school and kids so much she asked to come back. She'll be here for a day 2 on Dec. 15th
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Shadow Days
The month of November we will again have days in which out of district students may come to the high school to visit. The program begins in the Guidance Library, Leadership students buddy up with the visitors and together they follow the leadership student’s schedule. Upcoming dates where you may have a visitor in class are the following: Nov. 8th , December 20th, January 17th, February 21st, & March 21st.
Freshmen Graduation Requirements--Class of 2021
Last October, the Rhode Island Graduation requirements were changed to include the provision that by October 1st of each year we must inform 9th grade students of their graduation requirements. Last Friday that document was attached to the Parent Newsletter. Barbara will send it out through email. If you have not yet had an opportunity to review the requirements to earn the Seal of Bi-literacy or the Commissioner’s Seal, you may want to take a look at the document when it is sent.
Also in the new regulations is the provision for districts to adopt multiple pathways of interest under the primary categories of Business and Industry, The Arts, Humanities and World Languages, Public Service, STEM, and Teaching. The three components of an Experiential Pathway are 1) academic study beyond core requirements, 2) career and interest engagement (for example, internships), and 3) application of skills (project based). We will be taking the career cluster work done in previous years to begin the process of developing the endorsed pathways. In the meantime, our Career and Technical Education programs offer the students several quality pathways to industry credentials.
Trinity--Death of a Salesman
Most of the sophomore class attended Trinity this past Tuesday or Thursday with their English teachers to sit up close and personal watching Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. Ms. Graham said, “It was an intense performance and production today. There was no Shakespearean action or comic relief, but the students seemed to appreciate the Lohman family's conflicts. I look forward to hearing more about what they thought about it.”
Computer Science Principles
Wendy Valente’s Computer Science Principles class had their first major coding project and invited me into the gallery walk. Each team created a game or story board in Scratch. This project is a practice Performance Task for the AP Test. The projects were really good. Pictured in the foreground is Cam Ostiguy who was demonstrating his game to Andrew Whitney and me. Cam’s partner for coding the game was Blake Land who was meeting with another student at another computer.
Tech Tip
From Mark DeLucia
Week Ending October 6
Those of us who spent our formative years in the 1980’s will fondly remember stop motion claymation shows such as Gumby, the California Raisins, and of course, all those Christmas specials. But did you know that you can use your Chromebook to create stop motion videos?
There are multiple Chrome apps and web-based services that will allow you to do this. You can find inspiration by clicking here for project ideas and student work examples. Once you’ve got an idea for a great project that will encourage creativity, collaboration and story development, click here for a list of Chrome apps and sites to help you pull it off, complete with step-by-step how-to videos. Feel free to share some of your examples and I’ll post them here!
An addendum to this week's tech blog based on some FAQ's I've gotten this week:
iOS 11 and our WiFi
Many of you are iPhone users and may have (or plan to) update to the much-anticipated iOS 11 in the near future. A common issue in iOS 11 is an inability to connect to open WiFi networks, such as NKSD-Staff-BYOD. After the update, you may experience an intermittent connection, or be unable to sign into the WiFi splash page. The reason for this is because Apple developers added a feature that will prevent your phone from automatically joining open WiFi's, thus exposing your device to threats. For example, you may have seen someone's hotspot appear on your phone, or a Starbucks WiFi when you're nearby.
To fix this, try the following:
1) Hard boot your phone. Press and hold the home button and the side button. Is there anything turning it off and back on again can't fix?
2) If that doesn't work, tap Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings.
If either of those don't work and you still can't use your phone (or other Apple device) on our network, let me know and I'll be glad to help you troubleshoot.
Videos Worth Watching
Waking up to the tragedy in Vegas at the beginning of the week, I thought this was an appropriate video to watch. It’s lovely.
Food for Thought
“The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.” Coretta Scott King
Until next time, Think, Create, Innovate...Denise
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