News of the Week for 11 December 2011

Hunter Online Weekly provides information about the week’s activities and events.  Help H.O.W. become a complete listing of all events taking place in the Hunter community by submitting your announcement to HOW@hccs.hunter.cuny.edu. HOW is made possible by the generosity of the PTA.  Please see the bottom of this page for instructions on how to format announcements.

PTA

HCHS GOES TO THE THEATER!

Join us! The PTA has purchased a group of 150 front mezzanine tickets for the 2 p.m. matinee performance of the New York City Center Encores! production of "Merrily We Roll Along" on Sunday, February 12, 2012. Performed last year by Hunter's Musical Rep Theater, this production features HCES and HCHS alum Lin-Manuel Miranda of "In The Heights" fame as Charlie; we hope you will join us to cheer him on. 

All tickets $100.  Purchase them on the PTA website at https://www.hunterpta.org/merrily

"Merrily We Roll Along" New York City Center  131 W 55th St (btwn 6th and 7th)  Sunday, February 12 at 2 p.m.

Please Note: Tickets will NOT be mailed. Tickets MUST be picked up on the day of the performance, February 12, 2012, between 1:15pm and 1:45pm from PTA representatives in the City Center box office lobby.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY:  CALL FOR SUGGESTIONS

The Cultural Diversity Committee, which has been organized to address the issues and experiences of diversity in the Hunter community, is proposing an event for the March 23rd Professional Development Day.  This is an event in search of a theme which will serve to raise awareness about diversity as it is reflected and lived in our community.  The Diversity Committee is asking all of Hunter's constituencies for suggestions of topics or themes which could frame this event.  Are you concerned about how diversity is addressed in our curriculum? How should controversial words in what is read in class be handled?  Does free speech always trump "political correctness"? Do you have specific anecdotes you would like to be discussed?  You can send your ideas to the provided link or, if you prefer, in writing to an envelope outside of room 402, as well as to Mr. Joffe, Social Studies Department.  Please send your suggestions anonymously to the following link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHdxX1NNeldqQUFkSVdESGRV...

ONLINE SHOPPING  AT OneCause.com!

‘Tis the holiday season!  Make your normal purchases through online shopping portal OneCause.com and a portion of the sale will be donated to Hunter College High School PTA.

Register at

http://www.onecause.com/schools/hunter-college-high-school and proceed to shop from a wide variety of merchants such as Amazon, Apple and most major brands. 

Note that you do not have to install the suggested toolbar to make your purchases and you can control your privacy settings when shopping through OneCause.com. Here are just a few of the online merchants that you can access through OneCause.com. Happy shopping!

Amazon Audible.com;American Eagle;Avon; ATT;Apple;The Body Shop;

Barnes and Noble;Banana Republic; Best; Bose;Bloomingdale's; Boden

.and many, many more!

CLUBS

CAC (Jewish Cultural Awareness Club)

Join us next Thursday, Activities Period, in Room 208, for our annual Channukah Party! There will be loads of amazing free food, a dreidel spinning contest, and music!

Feel free to email hchsjcac@gmail.com with any questions.

HAAH (HUNTER ACTION AGAINST HUNGER)

Hunter Action Against Hunger is collecting clothing for distribution to the NYC homeless (for Midnight Runs), men's medium/large sizes preferred

Collection Box by the G.O. Office Monday, 12/12 through Friday, 12/16 (7:45am--12:30pm)

- We need: Men's jeans & sweatpants, belts, backpacks & briefcases, blankets, sweaters/sweatshirts, dress shirts/pants, general clothing

- Email hunteractionagainsthunger@gmail.com with any questions

KEY CLUB – CANNED FOOD DRIVE

Now until Wednesday, December 21

Where:  Library 

Donate canned goods to the NYC Food Bank to help feed the hungry during the holiday season!  Drop off your canned goods in the box in the library and help us collect at least 100 lbs of food!  

Contact Lily Kong at lily.kong39@gmail.com if you have any questions. 

SCIENCE CLUB

The Science Club Invites Guest Speaker Danielle Sedbrook, graduate student at Columbia University

Date: Friday, December 16, 2011

Place/Time: Room 404 during Activities and Fifth

Danielle Sedbrook obtained her B.S. at Chicago University in 2008 and is currently a graduate student at Columbia University. Her research focuses on the synthesis of organic (carbon-based) materials, especially for use in electronic devices, like organic LEDs, plastic solar cells, "smart glass" and e-paper. 

Email scienceclubhchs@gmail.com if you have any questions.

PROJECT MORRY TOILETRIES DRIVE

Project Morry is a nonprofit organization that helps underprivileged children receive academic assistance.  Part of the Project Morry experience is a 4 week long, educational summer camp experience in upstate New York.  This camp supplies the children with everything they need (clothes, toiletries, sports equipment, etc) to have a successful camp experience.  For more information you can go to projectmorry.org.  

Hunter's Project Morry club is holding a week long toiletries drive to benefit Project Morry.  Collection boxes and volunteers will be present in the G.O. Foyer everyday from December 12th to 16th during 4th, Activities, and 5th periods.  

Items being collected are:

-Rolls of deodorant

-Toothbrushes

-Bars of soap

-Bottles of shampoo or conditioner 

-Bug spray

-Hand/body lotion

-Sunscreen

-Nail clippers

Email sjenna535@gmail.com with any questions! 

NACLO (NORTH AMERICAN COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS OLYMPIAD)

Interest Meeting

The first round of this year's NACLO competition is February 2nd at Columbia University. We will have an informational NACLO Interest Meeting on Monday, December 19th during Activities in room 414. Students who are interested in participating in this year's competition are encouraged to attend. Tips for studying for the exam will be shared. Any questions? Please email Mr Young at syoung@hccs.hunter.cuny.edu

If you'd like to learn more about the trash cans or Eco-Bricks in general, everyone is welcome on Mondays in Room 308 to attend a club meeting (we always have food!) or you can email rachelcs27@gmail.com.
 

Community Service News

1. Volunteer for the Hunter Exam, on Friday, January 6 and get 7 hours of community service. There will be a light breakfast served!

2. Home for the break? Check out the following website for volunteer opportunities, or stop by room #236.

www.nycservice.org or www.dosomething.org - Put in your interests and see what results you get. Remember to tell us about the opportunity before you start volunteering.

3. Stay tuned for a new link to service opportunities on the HCHS website!

THE NEW TRASH-CANS

Wondering what the new trash cans in the hallways are?  They're bins meant for - and only for - crumple-able plastics like candy wrappers and plastic bags.  Please do not throw other trash, including hard plastics, metals, food, papers, etc. into them.

Placed in the hallways by Eco-Bricks, we hope to start a growing project of recycling previously non-recyclable plastics in homemade furniture - the first to do so in the entire country, at Hunter.

Please, be conscientious.  Take the extra moment to verify that the trash you're throwing into the Eco-Bricks trash cans belongs there.  We cannot make a change without your cooperation.  Thank you!

INCLUDE YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT IN HUNTER ONLINE WEEKLY

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News of the Week for 4 December 2011

Hunter Online Weekly provides information about the week’s activities and events.  Help H.O.W. become a complete listing of all events taking place in the Hunter community by submitting your announcement to HOW@hccs.hunter.cuny.edu. HOW is made possible by the generosity of the PTA.  Please see the bottom of this page for instructions on how to format announcements.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY:  CALL FOR SUGGESTIONS

The Cultural Diversity Committee, which has been organized to address the issues and experiences of diversity in the Hunter community, is proposing an event for the March 23rd Professional Development Day.  This is an event in search of a theme which will serve to raise awareness about diversity as it is reflected and lived in our community.  The Diversity Committee is asking all of Hunter's constituencies for suggestions of topics or themes which could frame this event.  Are you concerned about how diversity is addressed in our curriculum? How should controversial words in what is read in class be handled?  Does free speech always trump "political correctness"? Do you have specific anecdotes you would like to be discussed?  You can send your ideas to the provided link or, if you prefer, in writing to an envelope outside of room 402, as well as to Mr. Joffe, Social Studies Department.  Please send your suggestions anonymously to the following link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHdxX1NNeldqQUFkSVdESGRVdHBMenc6MQ

 ONLINE SHOPPING  AT OneCause.com!

‘Tis the holiday season!  Make your normal purchases through online shopping portal OneCause.com and a portion of the sale will be donated to Hunter College High School PTA.

Register at

http://www.onecause.com/schools/hunter-college-high-school and proceed to shop from a wide variety of merchants such as Amazon, Apple and most major brands. 

Note that you do not have to install the suggested toolbar to make your purchases and you can control your privacy settings when shopping through OneCause.com. Here are just a few of the online merchants that you can access through OneCause.com. Happy shopping!

Amazon Audible.com;American Eagle;Avon; ATT;Apple;The Body Shop;

Barnes and Noble;Banana Republic; Best; Bose;Bloomingdale's; Boden

.and many, many more!

CLUBS

Polyglot

Hunter's one and only foreign language publication!

Final submission deadline is Monday, December 12th, at 10 PM, to hchs.polyglot@gmail.com

Submissions should be 1/2-1 pg (double spaced), written in the 6 languages taught in a Hunter classroom or club (Spanish, French, Latin, Korean, Hebrew, Chinese). 

We are still looking for a Sectional Editor for Korean! 

With any further questions, find Jonathan Herzog ('12) or Ms. Rosenberg

Be HEARD!

Join the educational discussion forum and have your voice HEARD!

Email hchs.heard@gmail.com with any suggestions/questions, or find Jonathan Herzog ('12). 

RADICALS

Hey, you!  Does mathematics captivate and inspire you?  Does writing tickle your fancy?  Do you want to see yourself hanging out with the Hunterites who are beast at math?

If you answered yes to at least one of the questions above, then you're in luck.  Join Radicals, Hunter's one-and-only math magazine!  You don't have to worry about committing to regular meetings, as we communicate most messages via

e-mail.  (Note: you don't have to be excellent at math or writing to be an excellent member of Radicals.  :D)

If you're interested, contact Andrew Sherlock (ags007ags@gmail.com), Andre Arslan (andre41777@gmail.com), or Meena Boppana (meenamathgirl@gmail.com) for more information.

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE CLUB (ASL)

Interested in American Sign Language? Have deaf friends or relatives who you've always wanted to communicate with more easily? Come to ASL! We teach sign language to people both with and without experience.

Come visit us Fridays in room 404!

CHINESE FOR DUMMIES

Have you always wanted to learn Chinese but never had the time to go to the afterschool program or felt like your lack of knowledge would make the class hard for you? Fear no more! Join Hunter's "Chinese For Dummies", which is open to everyone regardless of race and skill level! The teachers for the club will be current high school juniors who are fluent in Chinese, and under the guidance of peers rather than much older teachers, you will be learning Chinese in a stress-free, fun environment. The purpose of the club is to allow newcomers to the language to be able to learn basic vocabulary and converse in Chinese. While our focus is speaking, we will offer a reading and writing class to those who already know how to speak Chinese if enough people sign up! So come join us Monday Activities in room 225!

Date, time, location: Mondays, Activities room 225

Contact for questions: Cordelia Zhong, ('13) cordeliazhong@gmail.com

COLORS

Give the gift of literature! This year, we are collaborating with the HCES PTA's annual book fair.  Consumers will have the option to buy books for the pediatric ward of Lenox Hill. Donations of new or slightly worn books are also welcome.

COLORS is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids with cancer. We meet every Friday during activities period at room 418.

The book fair is from November 29 to December 2. On the 29th it will begin at 8:00 in the morning, but on all other days the fair will start at 9:00. The fair will close 6:00 every evening, except for the 2nd, when it will end at 11:00 in the morning. It is located in the Hunter College Elementary School library, which is down the hall from the HCHS library.

Feel free to talk to Ms. Shostal, the HCES librarian, or email hchscolors@gmail.com for any suggestions or questions.

HUNTER ACTION AGAINST HUNGER

A coalition of various clubs including HAAH, Red Cross, Hunicef, NGC announce that during this week’s Parent-Teacher conferences there will be a donation box set up in the foyer in front of the auditorium to receive contributions towards benefit famine relief in the Horn of Africa. Also, if anyone or their clubs would like to join us in our efforts to support famine relief, they should contact us at hunteractionagainsthunger@gmail.com. 

G.O. SPELLING BEE

This past Friday, December 2nd, we held a Spelling Bee for 7th and 8th grade students.  We had a wonderful attendance of 34 spellers this year and had eight rounds of competition for the Hunter spellers.  

Congratulations to the three winners that will all go on to the Regional Spelling Bee!

1st Place: Nicholas Goldrosen (8-7)

2nd Place: Adam Bumas (8-3)

3rd Place: Matthew Zucher (7-3)

Thank you so much to all of the students that participated, and please sign up for next years spelling bee if you a seventh grader!!

Claire Boyd, G.O. Recording Secretary

claire.k.boyd@gmail.com

NYCRI SUMMER INTERNSHIP

The application period is open for the 2012 New York City Research Initiative (NYCRI) Summer Internship sponsored by NASA. For more information or to apply online, go to: http://education.gsfc.nasa.gov/nycri.

FOR SENIORS ONLY: RANDOM HOUSE CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION

Random House is now accepting creative writing submissions from twelfth graders for their annual awards. The awards are scholarships of up to $10,000. Writing genres include fiction, personal essay, and poetry, among others. The deadline is February 10, 2012. Please go to: www.randomhouse.com/creativewriting  for additional information and an application.

A NEW ONLINE HOME FOR SCHOOL PICTURES – ReplayIt.com

We are excited to let you know about a fun, interactive website that we are using to share all of the great photos of our school year.  The website is ReplayIt.com - a unique photo-sharing site that allows our entire school community to upload, share, and enjoy the images of the year as they happen.   Organized around the timeline of the school year, ReplayIt lets you see Hunter life, from the big events to the everyday, from all different angles.

As a yearbook staff, we are excited to share lots of photos on ReplayIt.com throughout the year.  We are also excited to see your photos!  We like ReplayIt because it provides us with more great content (the pictures uploaded from the school community) that we can include in our official story of the year! 

The goal is to capture all school photos in one spot – and we need your help.  We are hoping that you can use ReplayIt as the site to share the images from your sport, class, or club.  Once you register at ReplayIt.com, you – and your group – can view and upload images. 

We are excited to get everybody involved in ReplayIt and appreciate your help!  Let us know if you have any questions at annalshchs@gmail.com. 

See you on ReplayIt!

INCLUDE YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT IN HUNTER ONLINE WEEKLY

To include your announcement in the next issue of H.O.W., send an email to

HOW@hccs.hunter.cuny.edu by SATURDAY at 4 p.m.

Please include the information in the following format:

- name of club or organization

- what the event or announcement is

- date, time, and location of event

- brief description or website links

- email contact for questions