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WUHS Winter Carnival Fun

Despite the lack of a true winter, students enjoyed the blue bird day, warm temperatures and lots of activities to explore during the Winter Carnival on February 15th sponsored by the Student Council. The kick off assembly featured a lively play written by Latin students who took first place for the effort at a recent Latin Day event at UVM.

Following the assembly students migrated to their chosen activity. Many chose active events such as skating at the Arena, sledding in the Bowl or competitive dodgeball, basketball and ping pong games. Others chose more peaceful pursuits such as arts & crafts, board games, a pop up music jam, or watching a movie in the Auditorium. To top off the afternoon, many students also enjoyed hot cocoa and s’mores by the firepit outdoors or the yummy baked goods in the cafeteria, or both!!

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Winter fun for 9th graders

On February 7th and 8th ninth grade students experienced the many benefits of being outside in the winter. Students had the opportunity to ice fish on Dewey's Pond in Quechee and tube at Mt. Ascutney Outdoors in Brownsville. Both trips included a lot of smiles, s'mores making, and good old fashioned fun in the snow!

The Intermediate Math team takes first place

The Intermediate Math team brought home their second first place finish in last week's math meet!

Lili Morris, Aidan Keough-Vella, Aubrey Seman and Dext Namkung all worked hard competing in 3 of the 4 sections. They beat out five other teams to come in first place. Dext Namkung was the top scorer for the entire Intermediate division.

There is one meet left and this team is currently in 2nd place overall. They are hoping to have another big win in March to win the whole thing! Congratulations Mathletes!!!!!

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10th and 12th graders study tone and mood

The 10th and 12th-grade English students have been taking advantage of the quieter, darker winter months to delve into our contextual understanding of tone and mood through poetry.


Seniors read Frankenstein

Senior students have been learning about the Victorian Era, and the particular cultural shifts that shaped a generation before technology. In our reading of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, we have begun by identifying the fear of impropriety and social banishment. What does it mean to be an outsider? What was the cost of the first cities, and social growth across the globe?

Exemplars

The Long Journey
Jordan Allard

Where Did the Thrush Go
Holden Larmie


Sophomores read The Moderns

Likewise, the Sophomores have picked up their own thread in studying the very next generation of poets: The Moderns. In preparation for The Great Gatsby, and Poetry Outloud, Sophomore students have made fervent investigations into the themes of industrialization, wealth and prohibition after the fallout from WWI. In looking at some of the representative presentations of these poets, students were quick to point out the departure from Nature and religion towards the birth of technologies like the phone, camera and electric light.


Exemplars

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Reid Allegretti

Spring
Sydney Renfro

September 1, 1939
Kiara Nestler









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Scholars Bowl team win small school state championship!

On Saturday, January 28th, the high school Scholars' Bowl team participated in the State Play-offs and Small School Championship matches. The young JV team won 2 matches and lost 2 matches, a very respectable record. The varsity team made it into the semi-finals after posting 2 wins/2 losses. In the semi-final match against Mount Abraham the team won 285 to 125 moving them into the finals. WUHS topped Lyndon in the finals 290 to 230. This is the first time WUHS has won the small school championship - congratulations to all our Scholars' Bowl players.

The varsity team will participate in the State Championships scheduled for April 1, 2023 against the other top schools - small and large.

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Artists from Poetry Out Loud visit

On Tuesday, January 17th, Poetry Out Loud visiting artists Gina Stevensen and Quinn Rol from the Flynn Center visited a number of English classes in grades 9 through 12. Quinn and Gina led students through warm-up exercises and demonstrated "dos and don'ts" for presenting their self-selected poems.

All students in these classes will be presenting their poems to their peers, and some plan to move on to a school-wide Poetry Out Loud competition in February. Several brave students stood before their peers on January 17th to begin practicing their recitations.

We learned about the value of connecting with an audience through poetry recited "by heart" and/pr by readings delivered with poise, clear articulation, dramatic appropriateness, accuracy, and evidence of understanding.

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9th grader leads origami workshop

Ms. Piana's level I Drawing class took a break from working in 2D to take an origami workshop with 9th grader Dexter Namkung. Dex walked the students through his very own diamondback fighter design, a "simple" 26 step process! After completing at least one origami figure the students arranged them alongside found objects to create a still life to draw using soft pastels.

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Skill Building for Innovation students present prototypes

Skill Building for Innovation students presented final prototypes to National Park Service staff and received feedback with offers for future internships!

Turdus migratorius: the scientific name of the American Robin, as identified by a smart birdhouse designed by Skill Building for Innovation students. They also designed a water wheel and foldable collection device to monitor and record stream water flow.

These projects were in response to challenges set forth by staff members from the National Park Service’s Northeast Temperate Network who were looking for better ways to gather and analyze data from the variety of natural resources that they monitor across eleven national parks n the Northeast. To culminate a semester-long project, students presented final prototypes to NPS staff and received feedback and offers for future internships! (Take a peek at an in-progress website for Spybird.)

WUHS students show work at AVA Gallery

The Art Department would like to congratulate several WUHS artists for having their work represented at the AVA Gallery in the upcoming annual High School Artist Show.

The students whose artwork represents our school include: Daphne McDermott, Logan Sudol, Ariana Winawer-Stein, Kyra Tarleton, Dillon Moss, Annie Hauze, Levi Halley, Delia Morgan, Kamryn Yuengling, Kiara Nestler

This is a high school invitational art show which represents many public and private high schools in our area. The art faculty nominate works by students who show exceptional promise in a variety of creative disciplines. The student work includes seven categories: Ceramics, Drawing, Multiple discipline, Painting, Photography, Sculpture and Wearable art. The awards will be chosen by artist Matt Necker.

The Awards Ceremony and Opening Reception is Friday Jan 20th, 5-7 p.m, and the show will be open until February 10th. Both the show and the ceremony are open to the public—the artwork tends to be AWESOME!

AVA Gallery

AVA Gallery and Art Center

11 Bank Street

Lebanon, NH 03766

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