The 3^rd grade students in Mrs. Jen Kenny's, Mrs. Kathryn Shaw's and Mrs. Katie Strout's classrooms were assigned a biography project where they had to select a famous, historical person to research.  They were to research as much about this person as they could and then write about what they found out in a research paper.  The students were then to assume the role of the person they researched and dress in the appropriate clothing of the day.  Imagination was encouraged.  The parents of these 3^rd graders were then invited to come to school to 'meet' some famous people!  They were encouraged to ask questions of the characters as well.  There was a wonderful turnout and everybody learned something new about famous historical figures!  

Cody Craig becomes Paul Revere

Kevin Saylor as John Hancock

Christopher Tamulionis as John F. Kennedy

Gabby MacDonald as Pocahontas and Nate Kucinski as Benjamin Franklin 

Alex Braun as Honest Abe

Connor Richard dressed as Neil Armstrong

Harrison Lassige became Meriwether Lewis

Dylan Duffy as Sacagawea  

Morgan Utera is Albert Einstein    

Children in both Laurie Galop's second grade classroom at Manomet Elementary School and Debra Bostwick's second grade classroom at West Elementary School, worked throughout this school year to collect items for their Community Service Learning Project. Laurie Galop and Debra Bostwick created this program together to help the students understand that they do not have to wait until adulthood to make a difference in someone's life.   Each month the students collected items which were then given to the Taskforce for the Homeless.  The students enjoyed guest readers each month and designed graphs and charts to keep track of the items they had collected.  After working on this project from both locations, the students got together recently to meet and share what had transpired throughout their 9 months of giving!

 Guest readers included Mrs. Kathy Babini, Dr. Lisa White, Mrs.Linda Coffey, Mr. Chris Campbell, Mr. Patrick Fraine and Mrs. Connie Melahouras.

Shelby Miller from West Elementary School and Ella Furtado from Manomet Elementary

Nicholas Daly from Manomet and Kyle Conant from West Elementary

Maxwell Espinosa from West and Jack Langill from Manomet share their journals.

Mrs. Laurie Galop discusses the project with the students who participated in the project.

Amara Courtney from Manomet shares her Community Service Journal.

Ms. Debra Bostwick reads to the combined 2nd grade classes.   

Unified Arts News

June 7th
Chorus/Band Concert 6:30pm
HEDGE Elementary School

June 7th
Art Showcase 5-7pm
PCIS

June 8th
5th grade celebration   9:30am and 2:15pm
Nathaniel Morton Elementary School

June 9th
5th grade program 2-3pm and 6:30-7:30pm
Cold Spring Elementary School

June 12th

Dream Ride Celebration at Jordan Hospital 2:00pm Plymouth High School Band will be performing.
 

June 13th
PCIS Invitational Elementary and Middle Schools  Band Jamboree 7pm
PCIS

June 13th
Elementary String and Band ensemble 9:15am          lower level auditorium
Cold Spring Elementary School

June 14th
Elementary String and Band ensemble                NORTH HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM  7:00PM

June 16th
Elementary String and Band ensemble     7:00PM           lower level auditorium
Cold Spring School  

Cold Spring Elementary School

Miss Ready's and Mrs. Terranova's 2^nd grade classes from Cold Spring went to the planetarium at PCIS last week to conclude their science unit on space. The students asked wonderful questions and the adults enjoyed sitting and looking at the stars as well!

Some notable comments were:

            "I thought it was fun because we learned about the stars." -Abigail Smith

            "I liked how they showed us the stars and connected them to show constellations!"  

-Tristan Gallagher

            "It was pretty cool because it made the sky on a dome and the constellations, too."  

-Andrew Melville

            "You get to see the constellations. I hadn't seen the Big Dipper and Little Dipper, but now I have!"

The classes will be off to Briarwood Marine Science Center next week. There they will discover marine life and investigate different habitats as they hike in the marshes and beaches. 

Federal Furnace Elementary School

Retired Senior Volunteers Honored at FFES

Federal Furnace School honored their readers from the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) at a small breakfast on June 2nd. Students who worked with the volunteer, their teachers and parents were invited to attend this event. We would like to thank Keri Stack, Consulting Teacher of Reading at FFES, for organizing the breakfast and managing the RSVP Readers this year. Additionally we'd like to thank all our volunteer readers from RSVP: Tracy Field, Jane Condon, Janice Tocchio, Linda Fredericks and Bob Fitzgerald. Finally we'd like to thank Susan O"Neal for helping to organize the RSVP Reading Program.  

Plymouth South High School News

Congratulations to all graduates from the Class of 2011.  It has been an exciting week for the seniors.  Awards/Scholarship night was Wednesday, the Senior Dinner Dance on Thursday night and tomorrow at 1:30pm they will graduate from Memorial Hall.  Thanks to all seniors for a fantastic four years.
 
 
May 26th was our annual underclassmen awards night at PSHS.  Many students in grades 9-11 were recognized.  The following students were recipients of the prestigious book awards.  Congratulations to all award winners:
 
BROWN UNIVERSITY BOOK AWARD - Timothy Russell, HARVARD COLLEGE BOOK AWARD - Amanda Fragata, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE BOOK AWARD - Santiago Narino, WELLESLEY COLLEGE - Casey Senechal, SMITH COLLEGE BOOK AWARD - Elizabeth Pisto, RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEDAL AWARD - Lauren Richard, FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY BOOK AWARD - Stephanie Comeau & Devin Sullivan, STONEHILL COLLEGE BOOK AWARD - Steven Swiniarski, ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY COMPUTING MEDAL AWARD - Bhavjit Thiara & Emily O'Kraska, ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION AWARD - Jessica Hawker & Nathan Fuller, ST. MICHAEL'S BOOK AWARD - Elizabeth Embree & Maxx Luddy, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER - FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND SUSAN B. ANTHONY AWARD - Amy Drazek, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER - BAUSH & LOM HONORARY SCIENCE AWARD -  Ian Masters, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER - GEORGE EASTMAN YOUNG LEADERS AWARD - Brianna Corsini, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER XEROX AWARD FOR INNOVATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - Michaela Fornaciari.
 
 
Congratulations to the four-time ACL Champion Girls Softball Team and our Boys Tennis team for qualifying for tournament play.  The softball team is hosting the first round of tournament play at 4:00 today at PSHS.  The boys tennis team is traveling to Newton North to play Natick High School in the first round of tourney play.
 
 
The following Plymouth South High School students received awards from the Stellwagen National Art Contest.  ART DEPARTMENT WINNERS:  Grand Prize - Lucas Cantwell, 1st Prize - Lucas Cantwell, 2nd Prize - Kendra Walters, 3rd Prize - Ian Masters, Honorable Mention - Coleman Barnes, Kathryn Hoar, Katlin O'Neil and Tyler Scagliarini.  SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATION WINNERS:  2nd Place - Emily Messina, 3rd Place - Casey Senechal.  GRAPHIC DESIGN AND VISUAL COMMUNICATION WINNERS:  3rd Place - Gina Francke, Honorable Mention - Shannon Paull and Victoria Vento.  Selected works will also be used in educational publications.  Last year's winners have been included in a traveling show that exhibited in Provincetown, the JFK Building in Boston and Salem Mass.  To learn more about the contest and to see the winning piece, visit Stellwagen's website at http://stellwagen.noaa.gov/welcome.html.
 
Our annual Freshman "Academy Awards" was held June 3rd.  The following students were recognized:  Outstanding Academics- Blue Team- Amanda Pang, Tommy Giorgio / Green Team- Greg Costello, Lexi Armfield / Yellow Team- Tim Elrick, Marisa Kanter /  Red Team- Lexy Halpin, Aidan Mulligan.   Outstanding Leadership-   Blue Team- Christina Jaros, Ryan Donovan / Green Team- Vinny Mollica, Amanda Ward / Yellow Team-Kyle Richard, Allison Daley / Red Team- Matt Dias, Sarah Wood.  Outstanding Citizenship- Blue Team- Mercedes Anderson, Bonnie Hawes / Green Team- Rachel Buchanan, Sara Mahan / Yellow Team- Olivia Stracco, Nick Murphy / Red Team- Ryan Burgess, Billi Urbain.  Most Involved- Blue Team- Bethanne Keane, Dylan Oxsen / Green Team- Maddy Arnold, Allison Johnson / Yellow Team- Tim Cosseboom, Julia Daly /  Red Team- Mark Mineo, Brianna Sachetti.  Excellence in Math-  Blue Team- Amanda Pang / Green Team- Brianna Fragata / Yellow Team- Merry Kelly / Red Team- Katie Galbreath.  Excellence in English - Blue Team- Jessica Whiting / Green Team-Katya Edson / Yellow Team- Kyle Richard / Red Team- Annabel Smith.  Excellence in History - Blue Team- Alexa Cole / Green Team- Brendan Harty / Yellow Team- Tim Faucett / Red Team- Samantha LaRochelle.  Excellence in Science-  Blue Team- Jeff Tocco / Green Team- Matt Young / Yellow Team- Patrick Murphy / Red Team- Lexy Halpin.  Excellence in Literacy- Alex Krastanov.  Technical Studies Awards - Excellence in Child Care- Taylor Francis / Excellence in Computer Science- Eric DeBenedictis / Excellence in Culinary- Alyssa Jacobson / Excellence in Graphic Design and Visual Communication- Kyle Richard / Excellence in Cosmetology- Angelica Alves / Excellence in Metal Fabrication- Brianna Thayer / Excellence in Plumbing- Thomas Souza / Excellence in CAD- Mark Mineo /  Excellence in Marine Technology- Brian Mackay / Excellence in Electrical- Jameson McKenna- McDowell / Excellence in Electronics- Rachel Melisse.    Excellence in Automotive- Erik Wilson / Excellence in Marketing- Nathaniel Benjamin / Excellence in Carpentry- Ashley Butler Dickson.

Congratulations to these students!