The dining hall is closed for Spring Break and will reopen on Wednesday.
Robotics Team Places 6th at State Championship
There are over 2,400 FIRST Tech Challenge robotics teams competing each year for the FTC World Championship (to be held in St. Louis, MO). From those thousands of teams, only 128 will win the right to go to the World Championship. On Saturday, March 16th, Williston Wildcat Robotics spent the day in Bridgewater, MA competing in the Massachusetts State FTC Robotics Championships to win one of the coveted 128 World Championship invitations.
Massachusetts is well-known for its high-technology initiatives in secondary education, and all 28 competing state teams displayed a very impressive use of technology and creativity in preparing their robots to compete in the Ring It Up! robot challenge. All teams had to be invited to the State Championships by being a member of an “alliance” that won one of the seven qualifying rounds held between December and March. An alliance represents two individual teams who work together in the Ring It Up! game to defeat an opposing alliance. Also invited were the top two judged awards winners from each of the qualifying rounds.
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Monday Menu: March 18
The dining hall is closed today for Spring Break and will reopen on Wednesday.
MS Blue Week: March 18-22
Monday: No classes
Tuesday: No classes
Wednesday: No classes
Thursday: B, E, M, G, C, CH
Friday: E, A, G, B, D
Blue Week: March 18-23
Monday: No classes
Tuesday: No classes
Wednesday: No classes
Thursday: B, E, F, G1, G2, C, C AP and lab, CH
Friday: E, A, G, B1, B2, D
Saturday: A, D, G, F
Sunday Menu: March 17
Breakfast
Pancakes, peach cobbler, sausage, home fries, make your own waffle-toppings, yogurt bar
Grill: assorted eggs and omelets
Dinner
Pork chops, seafood cakes, vegetarian tofu and mushroom casserole, mashed potatoes, corn bread stuffing, fresh vegetables
Pasta station: pasta, marinara sauce, herb sauce, cheese stuffed shells
Williston Places 19th in 2013 Green Cup
Hey Wildcats!
The final National Ranking for the 2013 Green Cup Energy Challenge is out today from the Green Schools Alliance.
As you can see, Williston Northampton places 19th out of 117 schools. We should take pride in the steps we took towards this initiative. Students and dorm parents consolidated food to one fridge in order to unplug an unnecessary one. Our community used natural lighting from the sun instead of turning the lights on with the shades closed. Wise choices were made in the use of common space lights and appliances during the day and in study hall. Conscious decisions were made about personal use of laundry rooms and dorm room lighting and appliances.
When we return from spring break, remember that small things add up over time and we make collective decisions that impact all of us. The amount of CO2 we conserved from entering our atmosphere by reducing our electrical energy consumption over a four week period is significant. Imagine what we can do over the course of a whole trimester, year, or lifetime?
Matt Spearing
Director of Student Activities
“For God’s sake, be economical with your lamps and candles! not a gallon you burn, but at least one drop of man’s blood was spilled for it,” from Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Green Cup Challenge National Ranking
Hey Wildcats!
The final National Ranking for the 2013 Green Cup Energy Challenge is out today from the Green Schools Alliance. http://www.greencupchallenge.net/GCEnergy/results2013rank.html
As you can see, Williston Northampton places 19th out of 117 schools. We should take pride in the steps we took towards this initiative. Students and dorm parents consolidated food to one fridge in order to unplug an unnecessary one. Our community used natural lighting from the Sun instead of turning the lights on with the shades closed. Wise choices were made in the use of common space lights and appliances during the day and in study hall. Conscious decisions were made about personal use of laundry rooms and dorm room lighting and appliances.
When we return from Spring Break, remember that small things add up over time and we make collective decisions that impact all of us. The amount of CO2 we conserved from entering our atmosphere by reducing our electrical energy consumption over a 4-week period is significant. Imagine what we can do over the course of a whole trimester, year, or lifetime?
“For God’s sake, be economical with your lamps and candles! not a gallon you burn, but at least one drop of man’s blood was spilled for it”. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Saturday Menu: March 2
Breakfast
Closed
Lunch
Faculty lunch, chef’s choice
Dinner
Closed
Friday Menu: March 1
Breakfast
Poached eggs, baked apple pancake, bacon, yogurt bar, make-your-own waffle
assorted eggs and omelets at the grill
Lunch
Beef barley or soup du jour, vegetarian black beans and rice, mexican corn muffins, beef fajitas, tempeh fajitas with flour tortillia, nachos, cheese sauce, salsa
Grill: tacos, refried beans-taco shell, flour tortillia
Pasta station: cheese tortellini, marinara or pesto sauce
Dinner
Chef’s choice