This coming Monday!
Dodgeball after team wrap-ups at the gym. All skill levels.
Get your teams together to sign up. Registration ends at 3 p.m. tomorrow.
Most importantly, this tournament is about having fun, inclusivity and sportsmanship. Read the complete rules below.
Here’s a little reminder to you all to come to the Poetry Reading tonight in the Dodge Room. It’s at 8 p.m., so if you’re a boarder (and not a senior on honors), don’t forget to ask your advisor or dorm parent for permission!
It’ll be really fun, we pinky promise!
–AP English Class of 2014
Arete is planning a wonderful study opportunity—another study session for finals! Those of you who went last time know how productive it was, but this time, it’ll be twice as good because we are holding two sessions to honor the split exam week.
On Wednesday, February 26 from 4-6 p.m., come to the classrooms beneath the chapel. You can meet with any Arete tutor and study a subject with which you need a little boost! Plus, there will be pizza and baked treats. What’s not to like?
On Sunday, March 2 from 1-4, p.m. come back to the same spot! We will all be there ready and excited to help you.
Look for some posters and listen for an announcement reminder!
Diversity Committee meets at today, Feb. 21, at 2:45 in Mrs. Choo’s office (right by the math center on the first floor of the Schoolhouse). We’d love to hear your reflections on Empowering MEdia and any suggestions you have for Diversity in the future.
Community Service Speaker Series, created by the Community Service Club and debuting this week, aims to highlight leaders in local non-profit and service positions. Club members hope that the series illustrates how community service work can be integrated into life after Williston, showing the array of ways in which people “do good well”—be it in their professions, or on the side.
The first speakers in the series will be Nisa Zalta, Director of Community Relations at Riverside Industries, and Jeffrey Yeager P’17. Mr. Yeager is a board director and member of the finance committee at the Western Mass Food Bank. He has also worked with Goodwill Industries (as former president), the Red Cross, Coolige Hill Foundation (for almost 10 years), and the Berkshire Museum.
The first Community Service Speaker Night is tonight at 7 p.m. in the Dodge Room, Reed Campus Center. This initial event is only open to the Williston community, but the club plans to open future events to the public. The event will be followed by an AP English 12 Poetry Reading.
As a culmination of the Williston Scholar’s Writers’ Workshop class, the writing scholars are polishing their 30+ page manuscripts, getting them ready to share. On Sunday, March 2nd, these poets and prosaists will be giving a public presentation of their manuscripts from 6:30-8 p.m. in the Dodge Room. Everyone is welcome. Come for all or part of the collective performance and be inspired by all their hard work. Refreshments will be served.
The lineup:
J.D. Askin
Nick Dobbs
Nick Pattison
Brendan Hellweg
Henry Lombino
Taylor Potasky
Jonah Freed
Rachel Lloyd
Persis Ticknor-Swanson
Hey there Williston!
Tomorrow evening is our next installment of CID!
At 6 p.m. in the Cox Room of the Dining Hall,
Stan Samuelson
Julie Lorde
and
Mr. Sawyer
will share their amazing stories!
You definitely won’t want to miss this event!
As always, please come with an open mind and heart, and get ready to be inspired.
See you there,
Brittany Collins and Ms. Brown
In today’s assembly, Williston Wildcat Robotics announced a “Name the Wildcat Robot Contest.” The contest will start on Feb. 19 and will run through Feb. 23. Students should submit robot names to Matt Cavanaugh via email. On Feb. 24, the top three names, as decided by the Robotics Team, will be posted and students will vote for their favorite (via SurveyMonkey). The winner will be announced on Feb. 26 and the person who submitted the name will receive a $15 gift card to Tandem.
Carrie Baker will visit Williston’s Sports Studies class during A block on Tuesday to speak a little bit about the history of women in sport, the impact of Title IX, media portrayals of women in sport, homophobia and transgender issues in sport.
You can read her bio from Smith’s website: http://www.smith.edu/swg/faculty_baker.php
All the best,
Donnie McKillop
History & Global Studies Teacher
Best of luck to the mathematics students participating in the American Mathematics Competition this week!
The American Mathematics Competition test is the first stage in the International Mathematics Olympiad competition. Over 350,000 high school students from across the country take this test.
The event will take place on February 19 from 8:30-10 a.m. in the dining hall and is organized by Kathryn Hill and Josh Seamon for the math department. The event is optional and is open to honors math students.
