Ms. Talbot will be taking a group to 10th Annual Hot Chocolate Run for Safe Passage in Northampton on Sunday, Dec. 8. The Hot Chocolate Run is to raise money to prevent domestic violence in Hampshire County. If you’d like to donate, you can go directly to the Williston Northampton School team page by clicking here.
Here are the people we know of from Williston that you can sponsor in this run by clicking on them:
Hey, Wildcats!
When we get back from Thanksgiving Break there will be a busy 2.5 weeks before Winter Break. Make sure to plan ahead, know your travel plans, stay focused, and take care of each other. Things to keep in mind:
Special Schedule on Tuesday
o First day back from break (regular BLUE Tuesday rotation)
8:30 – 9:00 Assembly
9:10 – 10:05 Period G
10:15 – 11:10 Period C
11:20 – 12:15 Period E1
11:45 – 12:40 Period E2
12:50 – 1:45 Period F
1:55 – 2:50 Period A
Thursday, Dec. 5 All-school assembly in the gym with William Kamkwamba.
Sunday
Closed for Thanksgiving break
Monday
Chef’s Choice
Tuesday
Breakfast
Breakfast sandwiches with and w/o meat, hash browns, yogurt bar, rice
Lunch
Clam chowder or miso soup, steamed rice, chicken stir fry, vegetarian tofu stir fry, corn,
Grill: Shaved steak, sautéed peppers and onions, cheese or bbq sauce
Pasta station: Asian and rice noodles, veg or chicken broth, tofu and vegetables, pasta, marinara or meat sauce
Dinner
London broil, baked haddock, glazed carrots, quinoa with roasted vegetables, wild rice pilaf, fresh vegetable
Grill: Baked potatoes with broccoli and cheese, meat chili pasta bar-marinara or meat sauce, roasted vegetables
Panini station: Grilled chicken, assorted vegetables, ciabatta bread
Welcome back! I hope everyone had a wonderful break and are excited about beginning the winter trimester. This week we have three assemblies with the first tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m. This will be the only assembly where students can present, show a video, or make announcements, so they should let me know by 8 p.m. tonight if they would like to do that. As always, any media presentations should be sent to Mr. Raffetto ASAP.
Thank you and we’ll see you there by 8:30 a.m.!
Kathy Noble
Dean of Students
Special Schedule on Tuesday
o 1st day back from break (regular BLUE Tuesday rotation)
8:30 – 9:00 Assembly
9:10 – 10:05 Period G
10:15 – 11:10 Period C
11:20 – 12:15 Period E1
11:45 – 12:40 Period E2
12:50 – 1:45 Period F
1:55 – 2:50 Period A
Wednesday, Dec. 4: Athletic Awards Assembly – Mr. Conroy
Thursday, December 5: All-school assembly in the gym with William Kamkwamba, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind teaches perseverance.
Greg Tuleja
We live in Texas now, and Oregon, and Rome,
dispersed, our blind intentions lifted up and cradled down,
toward sleek sea-side apartments, or a dusty border town,
so many, many miles from our home.
It exists now only as the faintest memory,
which should be strong and good, but might not
always be, except for tiny sacred moments,
in speckled shade that quivers on the gate,
a falling breeze, and netted butterflies,
and from the porch, a plaintive cry, come in now,
it’s time for dinner, the streetlights are on.
I can see them glowing, and the high hedges,
the basement window, cracked, and the curb
where I used to sit, and I can hear
the milkman clanking, and ice cream bells,
a smell of apples and hot tar steaming in the road,
but as I strain to look inside, I cannot see them,
just the empty room where once they stood.
We live in Texas now, and Oregon, and Rome,
and though we keep a tender heart, we’re comforted to learn
that time can never be reversed, and we cannot return
to find our histories, our past, the place we once called home.
Editor’s note: Mr. Tuleja’s poem is published in The Heart of All That Is, an anthology on the theme of home. Read more about the anthology on Amazon. Or visit the Holy Cow! Press page here. Mr. Tuleja is the Williston Northampton School’s Academic Dean.
Library hours today (Friday) until 9:45 p.m.
Tomorrow, Saturday, the library will be open 8-11 a.m.
The library will close on Saturday for Thanksgiving Break and will reopen on Tuesday morning, Dec. 3, at 8:00 a.m.
Enjoy your Thanksgiving with family and friends!
The last meal being served in the dining hall before Thanksgiving break will be lunch on Saturday, November 23rd. (11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.)
The dining hall will reopen for lunch on Monday, December 2. (11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.)
Enjoy your Thanksgiving!
Hey everyone – Mr. Tyree here. If you are still on campus and need a break before your break, head to the Dodge Room this Friday from 6:15 – 7:15 p.m. to catch my CID! It will be a collection of personal stories and oral history, focusing on how music has always played an integral part in my journey. I will trade between songs and stories—and get you out of there in time for study hall!
Hope to see you there.
| Trimester Assessment Schedule: | |||||||
| Wednesday 11/20: | Thursday 11/21: | Friday 11/22: | Saturday 11/23: | ||||
| F 8:30- 10:00 | B 8:30-10:00 | G 8:30-10:00 | E 8:30-10:00 | ||||
| A 10:30- 12:00 | D 10:30-12:00 | C 10:30-12:00 | |||||
| Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | |||||
| B 1-1:30 | G 1:00-1:30 | E 1:00-1:30 | |||||
| D 1:40-2:10 | C 1:40-2:10 | ||||||
Celebrate your fall season with your afternoon program & team with dinner
Monday, November 18th from 5:30-7:30 p.m.!
The Dining Hall is closed this evening in order to prepare everyone’s dinner. If you will be on campus and not with a program listed below, please see Ms. Brousseau, who can make other arrangements.
Here are the locations you will be meeting:
