Art department news…

This past weekend twenty students from Reservoir visited the fine arts capital of the Western Hemisphere--New York City.  Their trip included a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, lunch in Central Park, and a walking tour of professional artists' studios and galleries in the SoHo district.  Each student earned the privilege to attend this trip by completing at least 40 service learning hours towards induction into the National Art Honor Society!  A good time was had by all!  Thanks to Mr. English, Mr. Lalonde and Mr. Yannuzzi for doing such a great job with our art program. 

Senior Interim Progress Reports:

Senior Interim Progress Reports will be distributed to students in a special senior advisory on Tuesday, April 29^th.  Counselors will distribute the interims and have the chance to talk with students who are still in jeopardy of failing a required class.  Seniors will also use that time to complete their Senior Information Sheet.  Seniors will be asked to list all of the colleges to which they have been accepted, the college that they selected and the total amount of all the scholarships they have been offered.  If you think it will help, please have your senior write the information down before Tuesday and ask the student to bring it to school that day.  That will save some time and questions.  Finally, students will each be given a cut-out graduation cap.  On the cap, the students will write their future plans (college, military school, job, etc.).  The caps will be on display in or right outside of the Student Services Office.  We will cover a lot on Tuesday, and it will be a great advisory.

Senior Parent Meeting:

If you missed last night's senior parent meeting, you may go to the RHS website to view the senior calendar.  I want to remind parents that the last day of classes will be 5/19; however, ALL students must be in school through Friday, 5/23.  Students MUST be in school from 7:25 – 2:10 each day that week.  We have many activities and rehearsals which all students MUST attend.  If your child normally has work release, GT intern or other responsibilities, he/she must make arrangements to be at school that entire week from 7:25 – 2:10.  If you have any questions, you can contact Lynnette Moore (graduation coordinator) at Lynnette_Moore@hcpss.org.

Tuxedo Information for Prom

The people from Columbia Bridal and Tuxedo will be at RHS during each lunch period this Monday, April 28^th.  As promised, I checked with them to see if parents need to send students with a check for a deposit, and they said yes.  Please make the check payable to Columbia Bridal and Tuxedo and write it for $50.00, which will suffice as the deposit.  The total cost will depend on the kind of tuxedo each boy orders.  Measurements will be taken her e at the school and there will be a discount.

Congratulations:Congratulations to Leo Carelle Garcia who accepted a National Merit Scholarship for Johnson & Wales University.  This is a very prestigious scholarship sponsored by the Lord & Taylor Foundation, and it was based on Leo's 2006 PSAT scores.

Congratulations to our Student Member of the Board, Andrew Gavelek who was accepted into the Coast Guard.Congratulations to Russell Huang who was selected as one of 560 semifinalists to advance to the final round of competition for the 2008 Presidential Scholars competition.  We wish Russell luck! Congratulations to Gina Epps, Gary Wilson and Michelle Gadson-Pusey on their election for the 2008-2009 GAAP Executive Board.  They are still searching for a Vice-President.  If you are interested, please contact Ted Ferguson at 301-731-3902 or 240-508-6330. Congratulations to the following students who are presenting at the HCPSS GT Student Learning Conference on Friday.  In my absence, Mr. Anderson will attend and support our students:Anuli Akanegbu: If You've Got the Looks, Then They've Got the Money: The Correlation Between Attractiveness and Success;

Kelly Klein: Emotions and Stress and Hormones, Oh My: An Investigation of Psychological Stress and the Heart; Aminah Zaghab: The World as You know It: Teenage Battles with Sex; Krysta Howell: Is that REALLY What You Saw? A Study of How Witness Testimony Is Affected, Altered, and Distorted Through Law Enforcement; and Ian Raugh: Bats on the Brain: Why People Sink Their Teeth into Vampire Myths.

Congratulations to Susan Duenas (math teacher).  She was selected as a finalist for the New Math Teacher of the Year.  She now moves into the next round of interviews and videotapes.  Please join me in wishing her luck in this endeavor.

Congratulations to Dr. Greg Knauf and Ms. Keedra Brown on directing and choreographing “Jekyll & Hyde.”  The show was superb!  If you see the following students, please congratulate them: Matt Hill, Garth Taylor, Colin Parker, Matt Summers, Sarah Landy, Mark Kelly, Matt Seiger, Ryan Dorson, Sam Dooley, Liz Savopoulos, Jackie Higdon, Sha'Neisha Brown, Pat Jenkins, Kevin Hoover, Heather Connor, Daniel Gardner, Lise Harbom, Renee Higdon, Nicole Jolly, Becky Lamich, Fred Odom, Stephanie Odom, Jennifer Schiller, & Julia Zeroth.  You should also congratulate Allie Alexander (stage manager), Krysta Howell (stage crew), Christine Jubinski (stage crew), Kristina Lerman (stage crew), Amanda Palmer (stage crew) Jake Sherry & Matt Donnelly (lighting technicians).  The following staff members, adults & students were in the orchestra; please congratulate them as well: Dr. Greg Knauf, Ms. Ann Prizzi, Veronica Son, Christina Han, Rachel Sweeton, Jeff Kirkpatrick, Kristin Chamberlin, Daniel Meiners, Derek Shaw, Erin KeLong, & Jason Mastroianni.  Next, we have to thank and congratulate the staff members, parent & students involved in creating the outstanding bridge set: Mr. John Lee, Dr. Greg Knauf, Mr. Luke Rhine,  Mr. Brian Donnelly, Mrs. Stephanie Donnelly, Mr. Chet Higdon,  Katie Lee, Brad Dowser, Kristin Chamberlin, Ronnie Collins, Matt Donnelly, Sarah Gordon, Christina Han, Kevin Hoover, Christine Jubinski, Thomas Lardner, Anne Lee, Kristine Lerman, Jason Mastroianni, Colin Parker,  Liz Savopoulos, Jennifer Schiller, Susannah Schiller and Jake Sherry.   Finally, we thank the parents & businesses that supported our drama production: Suzie Lenowitz of Long & Foster Realtors &, Toby Orenstein of Toby's Dinner Theater.

RHS Football WebsiteCheck out our new RHS football website, which is now up and running.  Thanks to Chris Miller for making this happen.  You can find all the forms for football registration and camps on this site, so you can download and complete them before coming to school.  The website is http://www.reservoirfootball.org 

I don't have any other sports news for this week.  I can tell you that our lacrosse teams are doing quite well as they become serious contenders in the county.  Way to go lacrosse, Coach Cole and Coach Derwart!