[HCHS]New of the Week for 4 December 2011
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
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!
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HOW@hccs.hunter.cuny.edu by SATURDAY at 4 p.m.
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- 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
