Starting this Thursday, a roofing contractor will be on campus to install a new roof on the dining hall.  There may be some noise involved, although this should be fairly minimal because they won’t be doing much nailing.  They are bringing in a fairly large dumpster and are taking three parking spaces for their vehicles behind the building. The side door that is used for Children’s Center and Dining Hall access will remain open during the work.  We will be installing some access ‘tunnels’ (think New York ) for this door and the contractors will be installing a barrier on the roof perimeter as well.  Once we have a better idea how long the project will take, I will send an update.  I would appreciate everyone using care when they are in this area.   If anyone has any questions or concerns, please let me know.

Thanks,
Paul Bricker
Maintenance Manager

Hello everyone,

The Jerusalem 2015 trip has been given the official go ahead.

The application is online right here and is due by Friday, 5/16 @ 3pm.

Lots of information can be found on the trip Itinerary and FAQ pages.

Two informational meetings will be held on 5/5 and 5/12 from 5:30 to 6:15pm in the Parents Association room in the dining hall. All interested students and their parents are encouraged to attend.

– Mr. Seamon

Josh Seamon
Mathematics Department Head
Communications and Technology Advisor

All students who have signed up to take AP European History next year are required to sit for the Entry Test on Wednesday, May 21, from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. in Reed 102. The test will require students to write an essay on a topic after reading a presentation document. No advance preparation is required or expected to take this test. Please bring at least two pens or pencils. Any student wishing to use a laptop may do so with prior History & Global Studies Department Head approval.

Eligibility for admission to AP European History is based on each student’s past performance in History and Global Studies Department courses, English courses, and the quality of their essays completed for the Entry Test.

All students who take the entry test will be notified about the outcome of their application by the History & Global Studies Department Head by Wednesday, May 28, via email.

Please contact me if you have any questions.
Mrs. Klumpp

History & Global Studies Department

Hey Williston,

The next installment of CID is tonight, April 30, at 6 p.m. in the Cox Room.
Our speakers will be:

AnneMarie Lewis
and
Henry Lombino

These speakers have truly compelling stories, and this is their final year at Williston, so come hear their stories while you can!

See you there,
Brittany and Ms. Brown

Hello Williston.

Just a short reminder that today, Wednesday, April 30, is the last day to submit some concrete poetry to win a Tandem Gift card in Janus’s Monthly Poetry Competition.

Just to remind people: Concrete poetry is poetry that is written to be in some kind of shape. It could be any shape, from a smiley face to a sinking ship. Give it a try!

Please attach your poems as a word document and send them to janus@williston.com

Have a wonderful last few days of poetry month!

Janus

The Williston Northampton Literature and Arts Magazine
http://janusmag.wordpress.com/

Tonight, Wednesday, April 30, will be an optional practice from 6-7 p.m. in the gym for the Brian Crockett Volleyball Tournament teams. The deadline for submitting your team is has also been extended to tonight, so make sure to contact Ms. Chambers!

The 1st Annual Brian Crockett Volleyball Tournament will be held on May 2 at 6:00 p.m. in the gym. Until then, there are optional practices every Sunday night from 6-7 p.m. in the gym to learn volleyball basics.

Here are the rules for the teams:

1. Your team needs to have at least one person of each gender.
2. You can have a max of 2 Varsity Volleyball players per team.
3. You can have a max of 2 Williston teachers per team.
4. Team names aren’t required, but why not make one for fun?!

Both Varsity Volleyball coaches will be refs for the tournament and therefore not participating. Mr. Crockett loved competition and was a great supporter of this sport and events like this, so we hope you can join us!

Good Morning Williston!

As many of you may already know, there was a huge accident in Korea about a week ago.
A ferry, carrying a total of 400 passengers with 325 high school students, sank on its way to Jeju island, on the south coast of Korea. About 150 students are still in the ferry, presumably already dead. Every hour more dead bodies are being found, and as you can tell, this is a very hard time for every Korean. Luckily, no Korean in our school has been directly affected by the accident—but we all know of someone who was.

Tomorrow night at the Korean Cultural Night, we are going to have a Moment of Silence to commemorate this accident and wish the best for the survivors of the terrible event. We will be selling Korean snacks, and accepting donations as well, so any support would mean a lot to us. The collected money will be used to help out the restoration process.

This is a way to show our respect and love to people who have had great losses—let’s make sure that we show the best of Williston out there tomorrow.

Thank you and have a great day.

Sincerely,
Hannah Lee ‘15

Annual Notice of Open Enrollment meetings for the July 1, 2014-June 30, 2015 plan year

Location: Cox Family Room, Ford hall
Dates/times: Monday, May 5th from 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Tuesday, May 6th from 11:00 – 2:00 pm

Come as your schedule permits.

The meetings will cover: Health insurance open enrollment –Health New England – enrollment and/or changes; dental open enrollment in Delta Dental; Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) enrollment; Life, AD&D and Long Term and Short Term Disability with Mutual of Omaha.

All benefit eligible employees are required to fill out a benefit election form even if you are not participating in our plans; if you waive health insurance you must also fill out a health insurance responsibility disclosure form (HIRD) per the state of Massachusetts’ health insurance requirement.

Calling all dreamers, procrastinators, writers, notebook-doodlers, friends, chocolate chip cookie-lovers, authors-to-be, people who are afraid of the blank page, and any other breathing human being (that means YOU!)

This trimester, I am pursuing a senior project in creative nonfiction and memoir centered writing. I have focused on written identity and personal reflection through free-writing, and now it is YOUR turn to take part in what I’ve learned!

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