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Birch Dining Commons Menu: March 23-29

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Sunday
Closed for all meals.

Monday
Closed for breakfast.
Chef’s Choice for lunch.

Dinner
Beef Sirloin Tips with mushroom sauce, egg noodles, shrimp orleans, grilled tofu, green beans, onion rings
Pasta bar: Gnocchi, marinara sauce,  alfredo sauce and broccoli
Bagel bar with assorted cream cheese

Tuesday
Breakfast
Sausage, hash browns, make your own waffle, yogurt bar, breakfast sandwiches

Lunch
Chicken rice or matzo ball soup, French toast sticks, poached eggs, baked ham, O’Brian/rosemary roasted potatoes, vegetable quiche, assorted bagels-cream cheese
Grill: Scrambles eggs or egg whites
Pasta bar: Asian or rice noodles, vegetable or chicken broth, grilled chicken, sticky rice, pasta, marinara or meat sauce

Dinner
Chicken parmesan, eggplant parmesan, stuffed Portobello mushrooms, Italian-blend vegetables
Pasta station: jumbo cheese ravioli, breaded ravioli, marinara, meat or alfredo sauce, bread sticks

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Afternoon Program Sites and Times for Tuesday, March 24

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Afternoon Program Sites and Times – Tuesday

If you have a question about what activity you are doing or need to change your activity please see Mr. Grant in the training room at the Athletic Center.

Baseball –       Meet on the basketball courts at 3:30

Softball –       Meet in the basketball bleachers at 4:30

Boys Golf –    All candidates meet in squash court #3 at 3:30

Girls Golf –    All candidates meet at squash court #1 at 3:45

Girls Lacrosse –    all levels meet at 3:45 on Sawyer Field.

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Thanking Claire Frierson: A Call for Submissions

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20120601_Schnaittacher_224She’s taught the oui’s and sí’s to countless students, lead trips to countries across the world, and has been a leader among French teachers. Now, after 32 years at Williston Northampton, Mme Claire Frierson is planning to retire—and the Language Department is creating a book of messages in thanks.

Whether you took one of her French and Spanish classes, or traveled with her to Canada, France, Honduras, Spain, Mexico, or the Dominican Republic, we know that Mme Frierson made an impression on your life. As a way to thank her for her long service—which has included chairing the Language Department, founding the school’s annual Quebec trip, advising the “As Schools Match Wits” team, and supervising the student newspaper, The Willistonian—the school is collecting messages of gratitude from former students and colleagues of Mme. Frierson.

As well as her work in the Language Department, those who know her may recall Mme Frierson making costumes for the Williston theater, presenting Diversity Conference workshops, and serving several terms on the Faculty Council. Her devotion to the French language went beyond the classroom—leading her to chair the American Association of the Teachers of French, and serve as Administrator for the National French Contest in Western Massachusetts. In 2005, Mme. Frierson received the Clapp Grant for independent study and French immersion in Morocco.

Please submit your messages of gratitude and memories to Language Department Head Nat Simpson at nsimpson@williston.com. The collected submissions will be presented to Mme. Frierson upon her retirement at the end of the academic year.

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Wildcat Robotics Competes on March 8

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The Williston Wildcat Robotics Team is going to the Massachusetts State Championships on Saturday, March 8th at Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, MA. The Wildcat Robotics Team won a berth at States by being the number one team out of 40 other New England Schools competing in the scrimmage format of the FIRST Tech Challenge series.
Team members are: Chris Berghoff, Matt Cavanaugh, Evans Chan, Henning Fischel, Ethan Kimball, Sam Mahmood, Jordy Perry-Greene, Michael Tran and Sean Won.
Good Luck Wildcat Robotics!
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Open Skate on March 2

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The hockey rink will be open for the Williston community on Sunday, March 2 at the following times.

12:45pm to 1:45pm Open skate NO sticks or pucks

1:50pm to 2:50pm – Open Skate with pucks and sticks. Helmets are mandatory.

Thanks and enjoy.

Dan Gould
Hockey Rink Supervisor

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Spring Ultimate Begins in April

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Before everybody scatters to the wind for Spring Break, I wanted to let you know that in early April we will be resuming our pick-up Ultimate games on Sawyer Field on Tuesdays at 6:15.

These will be informal games for players of all ability/experience levels—separate from those played by our new Ultimate team—open to anybody in the Williston community. If you’ve always wanted to play, but haven’t dared, this might be a good opportunity to “get your feet wet.”

Hope to see how out there some warm Spring evening…

Benjamin F. Thompson, LICSW, BCD
Director of Psychological Counseling Services

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Muji 13 Teams and Bracket

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The 13th Annual Muji Tournament will be held today, February 28, at 3 p.m. in the Athletic Center. This three-on-three basketball tournament is a campus tradition. Teams, listed below, must be co-ed and have no more than one faculty or staff member. Best of luck to all the teams!

Muji 13 Teams

  1. Nate Gordon, Ashley Fitch, Calvin Frye – Brick Squad
  2. Julia Krupp, Sam Blake, Mr. Crockett – No Name 1
  3. Jeremy Levine, Charlie Fogg, Gabby Thomas – Three to the Dome
  4. Nell Heidinger, JD Askin, Emmett O’Malley – The Third Wheel
  5. Terry O’Brien, Madeline Scott, Matt Cullen – Team O’Brien
  6. Noam Saul, Mar Harris-Kuiper, Milo Cowles – Arctic Crunkeyz
  7. Sebi Herrera, Shoshi Wintman, Soma Mizobuchi – The Blue Kings
  8. Erik Ostberg, Ellie Padilla, Adam Krol – TTG
  9. Stephen Goldsmith, Marie Innarelli, Mr. Rutherford – The House Builders
  10. Jill Slezek, Mr. Athas, Joey O’Connell – Senioritis
  11. Dane Johnson, Jordan Capelle, Charley Mercier – Drew Call Me Dre
  12. Meredith Peppes, Mat Sulda, Anthony Mantz – M, M&M
  13. Anthony Cruz, Marshall Rizzuto, Maddie Hatch – Midget All-Stars
  14. Jack Najarian, Megan Szawlowski, Joe Sansone – MJ^2
  15. Jay Brennan, Ana Focas, Joe LaBreque – Joe Flow
  16. Taylor Potasky, Gabe Breton, Brian Schmidt – Iron Goats
  17. Nick Pattison, Mackenzie Zehring, Sam Duffy – The British Invasion
  18. Sameer Jhaveri, Mary McCarthy, Paul Accorsi – The Wet Bandits
  19. Tiger Liu, Angela Zhang, Adey Adams – ATA
  20. James Griffin, Melissa Falcone, Mr. Conroy – The Rockets
  21. Ezra Wool, Jasmin Movassaghi, Mikey Lloyd – Dream Team
  22. Mikey Thomson, Ledell Robinson, Taylor Senecal – No Name 2
  23. Kevin McLaughlin, Alex Kozikowski, Emily Cavazuti – The Swaggerhounds
  24. Ben Wheeler, Gia Parker, Tim Nowacki – Team Wheeler
  25. Oliver Demers, Emma Demerath, Mr. Demerath – The Deme-Wrath
  26. Hannah Baker, Ian Ostberg, Julien Nicolas – The Brick Layers
  27. Kolby Terrelonge, Meg Rickard, Imran Hayatu-Deen – Flying Saucers
  28. Kaylee Largay, Catie Laraway, Ben Sarat – Destiny’s Grandchild
  29. Emily MacDonald, Delaney Belinskas, Mr. Lapan – The Done-er-git
  30. Alex Bzdel, Ms. Schneider, Sideya Dill – Couldn’t Think of a Name
  31. Henry Broeksmit, Ray Stein, RJ Guardia – RHR
  32. Alec Johnson, Tara Sarper, Matt Arnold – Tenac

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Submit Your Oscar Ballot in the Library

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Oscar Awards
Vote for:
Best Movie  (10 pts)
Best Actress  (5 pts)
Best Actor  (5 pts)

Ballots are now in the library and must be completed by 7 p.m. on Sunday.
The winner will receive a gift certificate for two at Cinemark.

Red Carpet Category
Vote for:
Best Dressed  (5 pts)
Worst Dressed  (5 pts)

Online ballot will be posted by email on Sunday must be completed by 10 p.m. Sunday. (ET posts choices after the show)
The winner will receive popcorn for 10 on the night of your choice!

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