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Laura Bowmanby Mairead Poulin ’13

Like most students beginning to think about their college plans, senior Laura Bowman didn’t realize that culinary school was an option.

“If you had asked me a year ago where I would hope to be attending in the fall, I would have said a university near New York City, probably for business or something like that,” she shares. But in the middle of her college search, at the suggestion of her mother, Laura made a spur of the moment trip to tour a school’s culinary program. And just like that, she discovered her calling.

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Williston Wildcat Robotics – Winning Alliance!

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Editor’s note: Over the weekend, the Williston Wildcat Robotics Team was on a winning qualifying team and earned one of only 16 invitations to a state-wide robotics championship in March. Ted Matthias, computer science teacher and FTC Robotics Team #3157 coach, explains.

Williston Wildcat Robotics, FTC Team #3157

For the last five years, an annual group of our most creative, engineering-minded students have participated on Williston’s Wildcat Robotics Team. Their work has synthesized principles of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) as they have designed, built and programmed a medium-scale metal robot. Their robot is specifically designed to compete in the nationally-supported FIRST Tech (Robot) Challenge.

FIRST (“For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology”) is a non-profit organization founded by Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway and other innovative devices. FIRST conducts four different robotics programs on the regional, state, and international leves. High school students usually compete in the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) program; all 2012-13 FTC teams compete in the “Ring It Up!” Challenge.

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Writing Center Hours: BLUE WEEK 1/14-1/20

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Blue Week making you blue?

Come to the Writing Center to see a friendly, helpful face!

Here are the hours for this week:

Monday

8:30 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. (C, F)

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. (E2)

7:45 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. (study hall)

Tuesday

8:30 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. (G, C, E, F1, F2, B)

7:45 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. (study hall)

Wednesday

9:05 a.m. to 10:05 a.m. (A)

11:25 a.m. to 12 p.m. (part of B)

7:45 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. (study hall)

Thursday

8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (B, E, F, G1, G2)

7:45 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. (study hall)

Friday

8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. (E)

10:50 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. (G, B1, B2, D)

7:45 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. (study hall)

Sunday

7:45 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. (study hall)

Remember that you never need to make an appointment: just drop by! However, if you would like to reserve a specific time for the evening hours, you can email writing@williston.com or use this link:

http://doodle.com/dep6cpthraumvb6c

Thank you! We look forward to seeing you!

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Monday Menu: Jan. 14

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Breakfast
French toast sticks, baked apples, home fries, make-your-own waffle, yogurt bar
assorted eggs at the grill

Lunch
French onion soup or cream of mushroom soup, grilled kielbasa, sauerkraut-peppers and onions, potato pierogi,  baked fish,  noodles kugel, Italian blend vegetables

Pasta station:gemelle, marinara, alfredo sauce, broccoli
Noodles Kugel

Dinner
Roast loin of pork, mashed potato, gravy, turkey divan, roasted vegetables with penne, Catalina blend vegetables
Pasta station: manicotti, marinara or meat sauce, bread sticks

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Saturday Menu: Jan. 12

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Breakfast
French toast sticks, hash browns, ham, make-your-own waffle, yogurt bar, assorted eggs at grill

Lunch
Assorted deli meats-turkey, ham and roast beef and cheeses-american, swiss and provolone,  seafood and/or egg salad, vegetable quiche, chicken rice soup, clam chowder

Pasta station: marinara sauce or sautéed vegetables

Dinner
Black bean, cheese and salsa quesadillas, vegetarian beans and rice, Chicken quesadillas-flour tortillas, nachos and cheese, mixed vegetables, tacos, refried beans, taco shells, flour tortillas

Pasta station: marinara sauce

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Moment of Silence: Willistonian Blog

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By Nate Gordon ’16

On December 7, at the Boys Varsity Basketball game, Williston students tried something new as fans. Usually, at basketball games, fans will get loud and excited at the tip-off, marking the start of the game and then cheer each time their team scores a point. But, at this game Williston fans waited until the 10th point to make any noise at all. Until the 10th point, Williston fans were silent. But, when that 10th point came, which was scored by Junior Adey Adams, the bleachers erupted with very loud, thunderous cheer. “It was absolutely insane,” says Freshman Calvin Frye.

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