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HSMSE PTA Newsletter: School's Out Edition
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27 June 2013
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Donate to the
HSMSE PTA
Family Fund
Your tax-deductible donations to HSMSE PTA help support sports teams, clubs and student enrichment and purchase needed materials for classrooms. Make a secure online donation through PayPal.
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Matching Gifts
Many companies match employee donations to charity. Employer matching gifts may also be available if you are the spouse of an employee, a retired employee or the spouse, or widow or widower of a retired employee. Check with your employer, usually with the HR department, to get a matching gift form. Then, mail your matching gift form to the PTA at the following address and we will do all the paperwork:
PTA @HSMSE
240 Convent Avenue
New York, NY 10031
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Rewards Programs:
Follow this link to search HSMSE's list of recommended books at Amazon. When you shop for these or other items through this link, Amazon donates a percentage of the price to HSMSE.
H SMSE is also registered with MyCokeRewards.com. Click this link, enter the school's zip code (10031), and select HSMSE. HSMSE can earn cash through Stop & Shop A+ School Rewards Program. Go to www.stopandshop.com/aplus to register online OR call 1-877-275-2758 to register your card over the phone. HSMSE's code is 18113.
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From the PTA
Summer has arrived. The students have finished with classes and exams, and are heading out for their summer adventures. Meanwhile, we are actively planning for next year. Here are dates you might want to add to your 2013-2014 calendar:
FALL 2013 SCHOOL SCHEDULE:
- 8/28 8 am to 12 pm: Freshman orientation
- 9/9 First day of school for students
2013-2014 COLLEGE OFFICE WORKSHOPS AND PTA MEETINGS:
PTA SPECIAL EVENTS, FALL 2013:
- 9/18 at 4:30 pm Student Club Fair and Pizza Party
- 10/3 5:30-8 pm Parent-Teacher Mixer at Covo Trattoria
2013-2014 PRINCIPAL'S BREAKFASTS WILL BE HELD ON THE FOLLOWING FRIDAYS: 10/18, 11/22, 2/7, 4/25, and 5/16.
It's been a wonderful year at HSMSE. Thanks to all of the teachers, administrators, and staff who teach and care for our kids with such commitment, intelligence, and kindness. Thanks to all of the parents who have shared their time and expertise to support this school. Special thanks to graduating PTA officers Jane Marlowe, Jeri Krassner, Ellen Hawa, and Leslie Wolf-Creutzfeldt, who have worked to make HSMSE an even better place for all of our kids. Thanks to continuing PTA executive board members Chris Whitford, Monica Carson, and Lesley Palmer, and to newly elected board members Deborah Pastor, Sloane Harris, Beth Lieberman, and Stefan Cornelis.
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the newsletter this year. I'm grateful to teachers, students, and parents who have shared their time, their adventures, and their photographs.
Finally, thanks to the students of HSMSE. The school website describes you as smart, curious, and hard-working, and also as "the nicest teenagers you will ever meet." You're the reason all of the teachers, administrators, staff, and parents do what we do, and you make our efforts worthwhile.
Have a wonderful summer!
Lisa Gordis
PTA Corresponding Secretary
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Student Government
Congratulations to the 2013-2014 Student Government cabinet:
Sophomore Co-Presidents:
Lucian Ramnarase & Tobias Whitford
Junior Co-Presidents:
Michaela Palmer & Yael Saiger
Senior Co-Presidents:
Itamar Ben-Aharon & Erin McKinney
School Treasurer:
Jingzhi Yang
School Secretary
Brian Park
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HSMSE's Tenth Anniversary Celebration
On June 5, we celebrated the tenth anniversary of HSMSE with a reception and dinner. We heard from some of HSMSE's founding members, celebrated the school's growth and accomplishments, and announced the formation of the new HSMSE Alumni Association. Alumni and alumni families traveled from as far away as Atlanta to mark the occasion, and the school received a special citation from our city councilman.
Many distinguished speakers celebrated HSMSE's accomplishments. Harold O. Levy, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education from 2000-2002, praised HSMSE's smart students who really care, its dedicated faculty, and its series of principals with vision. He closed by saying, "You guys are the cutting edge, and it's impressive as hell." Dennis Walcott, current Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, cited HSMSE as an example of the vision of new specialized schools, and praised Ms. Bonds and her predecessors as educators of vision. He noted that HSMSE students are not only the leaders of tomorrow, but are already leaders today. Randy Asher, HSMSE's founding principal, talked about HSMSE as "heaven" and said that leaving was one of the hardest decisions he'd ever had to make.
William Dugan, HSMSE's second principal, recognized the founding faculty still teaching at HSMSE: Ernesto Pedroso, Andrew Podell, Stuart Hershow, Jen Boylan, Katherine (Donnelly) Billotti, and Peter Pellegrino. Stuart Hershow spoke on behalf of HSMSE's founding faculty, expressing the faculty's love for their students and colleagues and their joy at watching the students learn and grow. Ben Lipton, valedictorian of the class of 2008, celebrated HSMSE as "all grown up now," and talked about how HSMSE prepared him and his classmates for college and life. He praised HSMSE for teaching students how to do a lot of work in a short time, how to speak in public, and how to write, noting that he really appreciated HSMSE's impressive humanities departments. "More than anything else," he said, "HSMSE gives you an appreciation for diversity--of personalities, interests, backgrounds, and points of view."
Alexander Kiladze, a member of the class of 2013, performed Chopin's Étude Op. 25, No. 11 , in A minor. Special recognitions were presented by Steve Roseman, HSMSE assistant principal for operations, and the founding board of the new HSMSE Alumni Association was introduced. (To join the alumni association, contact Jen Boylan at jboylan@hsmse.org.) Ms. Bonds closed the ceremonies, expressing her pride at being the principal of HSMSE. Following the formal program, alumni, faculty, and parents lingered to catch up and celebrate together. Congratulations to HSMSE on a wonderful first decade!
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College NewsCongratulations to the class of 2013 on their college acceptances. ( Boldface type indicates schools 2013 HSMSE graduates will attend.) |
HSMSE Class of 2013 Admittances
| | Agnes Scott College | |
Alfred University
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Amherst College
| | Babson College | | Bard College | | Barnard College, Columbia University | | Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania | | Boston University | | Brandeis University | |
Brown University
| | Bucknell University | | California Polytechnic State University @ St. Luis Obispo | | Carnegie Mellon University | |
Case Western Reserve University
| | Clarkson University | | College of Mt. St. Vincent | | Connecticut College | | Cooper Union | | Cornell University | |
CUNY Baruch College
| | CUNY Baruch College Honors Program | | CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College | | CUNY Brooklyn College | |
CUNY City College of New York
| | CUNY Hunter College | | CUNY Hunter College: Yalow Scholars Program | | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | | CUNY Kingsborough Community College | | CUNY Lehman College | | CUNY Macaulay Honors @ Baruch | | CUNY Macaulay Honors @ City College of New York | | CUNY Macaulay Honors @ Hunter College | | CUNY NYC College of Technology | | CUNY Queens College | |
CUNY Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
| | Dartmouth College | | Drexel University | | Elmira Colelge | | Fordham University | | Harvey Mudd College | | Hobart and William Smith College | |
Howard University
| | Indiana University: Kelley School of Business | | Iona College | | Ithaca College | | Johns Hopkins University | |
Lehigh University
| | Long Island University, Brooklyn (College of Pharmacy) | | Manhattan College | | Mannes College of Music | |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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McGill University
| | Moravian College | | New York University | | Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) | | Northeastern University | | Oberlin College | | Occidental College | | Ohio State University | | Pace University | | Pennsylvania State University | | Pitzer College | | Pomona College | |
Pratt Institute
| | Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute | | Rice University | |
Rochester Institute of Technology
| | Rutgers University | | Saint Peter's University | | Skidmore College | |
| | Southwestern University | | Spelman College | |
St. John's University: Pharmacy Program
| | St. John's University | | Stevens Institute of Technology | |
SUNY Binghamton University
| | SUNY College at Brockport | |
SUNY Cobleskill
| | SUNY Cortland College | | SUNY Geneseo University | | SUNY Maritime | | SUNY New Paltz College | |
SUNY Old Westbury
| | SUNY Purchase | |
SUNY Stony Brook University
| | SUNY University at Albany | | SUNY University at Buffalo | | SUNY University at New Paltz | | Syracuse University | | Temple University | | Tufts University | | Union College | | University of California, Berkeley | | University of California, Los Angelos | | University of California, Santa Cruz | | University of Colorado, Boulder | |
University of Chicago
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University of Delaware
| | University of Maine | |
University of Maryland
| | University of Massachusetts at Amherst | | University of Miami | |
University of Michigan
| | University of New Hampshire | | University of Pittsburgh | | University of Puget Sound | | University of Rochester | | University of Southern California | |
University of Toronto
| | University of Vermont | | University of Washington | | Utica College | | Vassar College | |
Villanova University
| | Wells College | |
Wellesley College
| | Wesleyan University | | Williams College | | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | York College
We are assembling a list of parents and friends of HSMSE who are alumni/ae of or work at colleges and universities that might be of interest to HSMSE students. If you have a work or alumni connection to a college and would be willing to be a resource for HSMSE students, please email Lisa Gordis at hsmsenews@gmail.com. Thank you! |
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Senior Prom at Lucky Strike Lanes
The seniors celebrated the friendships and accomplishments of the last four years at Lucky Strikes Lanes, where they danced, ate, bowled, played pool, and posed for photos taken by HSMSE's own Tom Henning. Thanks to Jen Boylan, Melissa Rapp, Ernesto Pedroso, and all the other chaperones for hosting this wonderful event. For more prom photos, see the flickr gallery and the HSMSE facebook page.
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Congratulations Graduates!
On Friday morning, June 21, in a Great Hall decked with flowers and banners, and surrounded by beaming families, friends, and teachers, the class of 2013 joined the ranks of HSMSE alumni. Professor Vishaan Chakrabarti, Marc Holliday Associate Professor of Real Estate Development and the Director of the Center for Urban Real Estate at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation delivered an inspiring keynote address, encouraging the graduates to welcome the unexpected directions in which life will take them. The graduates were also warmly congratulated by Ms. Bonds, both individually and as a group.
Good luck to all of the graduates as you move on to your next adventures. Please stay in touch!
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Sports News
Dragons Fly Both Fast and Long: A Running Team Update
An enthusiastic group of 37 students enjoyed the Track running club workouts this spring and completed three Invitational track meets. This was a developmental year for them, but the feedback was positive enough that Coach Tom Henning has decided to apply for a full-fledged Track & Field team that would compete with schools across the city next spring. Principal Bonds has made the application to the league and the team now awaits the decision due in late June.
The coach is already thinking of the crunch of autumn leaves underfoot, as he has already been recruiting runners for the fall Cross-Country team- The Flying Dragons. With practices starting in late August, three weeks before school starts, and the first races in mid-September, he actually had to start recruiting in May. After a spring torrent of meetings, forms, paperwork, and tryouts (one mile in eight minutes) he has assembled a solid team for the fall: 8 seasoned seniors, 9 talented juniors, 18 striving sophomores, and perhaps a dozen eager freshman yet to be recruited.
The team has a new website at http://www.flyingdragons1.blogspot.com. Here, parents can view a team calendar and other information including details about the annual Team Picnic and (new this year) a Parent's Hike which will give the Flying Dragons' biggest fans the chance to walk the wooded Van Cortlandt Park race course that their children know so well. Coach Henning is still recruiting incoming freshman girls and boys. Anyone interested should contact him directly at thenning@hsmse.org. Lastly, Coach Henning would like to recognize the team's three graduating seniors. They are Marcelo Bravo (4 years), Zainab Oketokuon (3 years), and Henry Landis (2 years). "They helped build the Flying Dragons into what it is today," the coach said.
--Coach Tom Henning
Congratulations to Graduating Athletes:
Congratulations to the six outstanding basketball players who will be moving on to college in the fall: Kavan Edwards (SUNY Buffalo)
Kyle Grasing (SUNY Stonybrook) Yassine Khaliqui (SUNY Stonybrook) Raven Roberson (Wesleyan University)
Naveen Sharma (SUNY Stonybrook) Jeremy Wain-Hirschberg (University of Puget Sound)
We look forward to a strong team of returning players next year.
--Coach Richard Epstein
Congratulations to the graduating cheerleaders moving on to college in the fall:
Ashley Guthrie (3 years on the team, attending Howard University)
Eboni Hannat (3 years on the team, attending SUNY University at Buffalo)
Sara Louie (3 years on the team, attending Macaulay Honors College @ CCNY)
Congratulations to the HSMSE softball team for an undefeated season! Good luck to seniors. You will be missed.
Shannon Dunn ( 2 years on the team, attending MIT)Katherine Marlowe (3 years on the team, attending MIT) Felicia Kuhnreich (2 years on the team, attending Cornell)
Hannah Creutzfeldt (3 years on the team, attending Wellesley)
Christina Munoz (3 years on the team, attending Villanova)
Nicole Badia (2 years on the team, attending Rochester Institute of Technology)
--Coach Crystal Downey
As we approach the end of the year, I would like to thank the following seniors for their service to the athletic teams that I coach at HSMSE. Their skills and leadership will be sorely missed by their teams, and the time and effort they have put in has been greatly appreciated.
Boys' soccer: 
Kirk Cameron - 4 years
Harry Cummins - 4 years (Captain)
Niilo Kramer - 3 years
Wil McArdle - 2 years
Ardit Piroli - 3 years
Raven Roberson - 3 years
Jeremy Wain Hirschberg - 3 years
Xinghai Zhang - 3 years
Girls' basketball:
Leah Cabrera - 4 years (Captain)
Hannah Creutzfeldt - 2 years
Shannon Dunn - 1 year
Felicia Kuhnreich - 1 year
Boys' volleyball:
Kavan Edwards - 1 year
Yassine Khaliqui - 3 years
Ardit Piroli - 4 years
Jeremy Wain Hirschberg - 4 years (Captain)
Xinghai Zhang - 3 years --Coach Nicholas Diunte I would like to give a special thanks to all the graduating seniors who will be noticeably missed from the soccer team next year. Your dedication to the sport, to your teammates and to achieving success was greatly appreciated.I hope this is only the beginning of your soccer career and that many amazing moments await you in college and beyond. Felicia Kuhnreich:4 years; Stopper/Forward; Captain for 2 years, Coaches Award 2011; MVP Award 2012 Tammi Hawa:4 years; Forward; Captain for 2 years Leila Hawa: 4 years; Outside Midfielder Hannah Creutzfeldt: 4 years; Outside Defender Sara Louie: 4 years; Outside Defender; Most Improved Player Award 2012 Gabriela Petrova: 1 year; Outside Defender, Manager for 1 year Fahmida Ferdousi: 1 year; Goalie --Coach Regina Zafonte
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Test Preparation Resources
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Opportunities
Summer is here, but it's not too late to find interesting research and employment opportunities. Selected opportunities are listed below. For more programs and scholarship opportunities, see the extensive list compiled by Ms. Zafonte on the school website.Online free Python course for high school students: This computer science course is offered through MITx, and though it's intended primarily for Chicago high school students, other students are welcome. See Chi6.00intro: A Taste of Python Programming for information and registration.
Here's a piece from the Washington Post about how teenagers can learn over the summer.
Other resources:
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The PTA of HSMSE
The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) of HSMSE at CCNY engages parents in their children's education and raises funds to support the school's sports teams, extracurricular activities and many enrichment opportunities for students and faculty.
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