News of the Week for 27 November 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

 

Jewish Cultural Awareness Club (JCAC)

Celebrate and learn about Jewish culture every Thursday, during Activities Pd in Room 208! 

 

We always have free food!

 

Upcoming Events:

December 1st & 8th:  Cultural Show Meeting/Playwriting Workshop

December 15th: Channukah Party

December 22nd: Channukah Luncheon

 

Email us at hchsjcac@gmail.com with any questions!

 
HUNTER LIFE COMMITTEE MEETING

 

DATE:  Friday, December 2, 2011, 11:15 (5th and Activities), Rm 210

 

Please join us for the next Hunter Life meeting. This unique committee of students, faculty and parent representatives meet to discuss issues which affect life at Hunter. Primarily student-led, the committee operates both as an open forum discussion group as well as a task oriented group, eliciting input from all three constituencies. In our next meeting, we will begin to discuss/explore the ways in which online resources can enhance the Hunter experience.

 

For parents who are interested in attending, please e-mail:    jyusonho@hotmail.com (preferably by the middle of the week).

Please also contact your HLC Parent Representatives, June Yuson and Judy Wong, with comments or questions for the Committee.

 

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.

LUNCHEONS

The HAAH, Red Cross, HUNICEF, and NGF announces that they will be collaborating to host two luncheons and a bake sale in the week following Thanksgiving break.  All proceeds will go to our Horn of Africa famine relief efforts.
Also, a donation box is available in the foyer for contributions.

Where/When:  Foyer; Activities and 5th, Monday, Nov. 28 (First luncheon)

Bake sale:  Thursday, December 1

Second luncheon:  Friday, December 2 

I-HELP LIBERIA - BENEFIT CONCERT

Date/Time/Location:  Saturday December 3, 2011; 5:00 - 7:00 pm

Where:  Hunter College H.S. Auditorium

 

Come join us for an exciting concert featuring performances by Justin Storer and the Working Effective (former member of the Math Department) and Arthur Lewis (Class of '98). Student performances will include pieces by Arielle Korman and Andrew Backer (Class of '13), Simon Ma ('16), and more! The suggested donation is $10 for students and teachers and $20 for adults. To purchase tickets, speak to Mr. Randolph (room 409), send a message to ihelpliberia@gmail.com, or call (718) 607-7332 or (212) 860-1286. We hope to see you there!

 

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!

FOUND PENCIL CASE

From Emma Rafferty, 7th grade

On Tuesday, November 22, I found a pencil case in room 318 during period 8.  It is a pink pencil case, and contains two highlighters, two erasers, three mechanical pencils, four pens, one Sharpie, two cases of lead, and a mechanical white-out. If this is your pencil case, please contact emma@rafferty.net and describe the color of  the white-out.  I will try to get this returned to you on Monday, the 28th, the day we return.  If I do not get an email, I will try to put up some posters in the halls on Tuesday or Wednesday. 

 

 

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