The Crow Pinkerton Academy February 2015 Pinkerton Academy is again the jazz center of the New Hampshire high school universe when it hosts the Jazz All-State Music Festival from Thursday to Saturday, February 5-7. In this issue: All-State Jazz Festival! 1 Course Night! 1 Spirit Week! 1 Pinkerton News Notes During the Festival, 110 supremely-talented high school student musicians learn from professionals and each other. Granite State Challenge 2 Scholastic Arts Awards 2 Pinkerton counts eight student musicians in the Festival: Jillian Casavant and Jake Hudgins for All-State Jazz Choir, Josh Gore and Solon Rawson for Jazz Honors Choir, Alex Fellows and Tyler Seider for All State Jazz Band, and Brandon Land and Adam Claussen for All State Honors Band. Destination College 2 Milli Vanilli! 2 Summer Credit Advancement 2 Rhapsody in Black 3 National Haiku Month 3 The Academy Plan 3 Capping the Jazz All-State Music Festival is a concert on Sunday, February 8, at 1:00 pm in the Stockbridge Theatre. Tickets are $15 on-line at The Stockbridge Theatre, at the Theatre box office, or at the door. Course Night Wednesday, Feb. 4 Teachers, departments and Guidance counselors will be onhand for Course Night, Wednesday, February 4, in the Stockbridge Theatre and Senior Cafeteria from 5:30 - 8:30 pm. Current Pinkerton students and incoming students (current 8th graders) can explore the wealth of opportunities available at Pinkerton Academy: 320 courses, in all areas of interests and levels of challenge; in Career and Technical Education and the regular curriculum. Here’s the Course Night Schedule. February Starts With Winter Spirit Week February Calendar MONDAY: Was a Snow-out — but bring it on for the rest of the week! TUESDAY: Twin Day WEDNESDAY: Mismatch Day THURSDAY: Formal/Teacher Clothes Day FRIDAY: Red and Day ** FRIDAY IS ALSO THE WINTER PEP RALLY ** ** Wear WHITE to the Winter Pep Rally! ** For such a short month... (see Page 3) 4 Will Pinkerton Academy reclaim its 2014 title as the of high school academic game show champion? The new season of Granite State Challenge starts on NH Public TV on Saturday, February 7. The GSC season begins with teams from NH schools facing off in a March madness type of series. Pinkerton’s turn takes place March 7 against Kennett High School. Scholastic Arts Awards Through Sunday, February 8, visit the lobby of the Stockbridge Theatre to see the award-winning New Hampshire Scholastic Arts work by NH high school students. The display is open to the public from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm and during public events at the Stockbridge Theatre. On Sunday, February 8th, an awards ceremony will honor the best of the best: 12:00 pm for grades 7-9 and 1:00 pm for grades 10-12. Time For: Milli Vanilli! It’s quite possibly the funniest and most entertaining event of the year at Pinkerton Academy: Destination College Registration Registration opens on Thursday, February 5 for Destination College, the program which brings together NH colleges and universities so interested high school students can learn about them all in one place. Destination College is at Plymouth State University on Saturday, March 14. Register here for free; it fills up quickly! Summer Credit Advancement Registration for Summer Credit Advancement is open through Friday, February 6 (subject to courses filling up). The annual MILLI VANILLI lip synch contest! Here are the five courses are offered in Summer Credit Advancement: Physical Education 1 + 2, Com- Watch Pinkerton students lip synch to a mix of popular tunes, competing to be named the best on campus. Milli Vanilli is sponsored by the Junior class of 2016. puter Applications, Introduction to the World of Business & Finance, and Health Education. Don’t be any place OTHER THAN the Stockbridge Theatre on Thursday, February 9 at 6:30 pm. Click here to register (Password: Astros) Click here for information on the Summer Credit Advancement program. National Haiku Rhapsody in Black Month As part of Black History Month in February, U.S. History classes will attend Rhapsody in Black, illustrating the creator and performer LeLand Gantt’s personal journey to understand and transcend racism in America. Rhapsody in Black will be performed twice on Wednesday, February 11: at 10:00 am in the Stockbridge Theatre and again at 7:00 pm in the experimental theatre of the Spaulding Humanities Building. For a short month, a lot happened in February To mark National Haiku Month in February, the Saltmarsh Library is sponsoring a haiku writing competition. Students can submit up to three haikus to the library. Entries will be judged by Pinkerton faculty members. Haiku can be fun; You create clever phrasings in the right pattern. Facebook launched as Hershey’s Chocolate thefacebook.com: founded February 4, 2004 February 9,1894 The first “snow day” was a matter of time: Boston Latin, the first Public School established in America: February 13, 1635 The National Weather Service launched: February 9, 1870. Just sayin.’ John Glenn orbited the Earth February 20, 1962 but Alan Shepard (Pinkerton, 1940) made that possible by being the first American in space in 1961. Precursor to the Math Department’s Barbie Bungee Jump: The first Barbie Doll goes on sale February 12, 1959. Happy February Birthday to people who changed the world: Elizabeth Blackwell (first female doctor): February 3, 1821 Charles Dickens: February 7, 1812 * Rosa Parks: February 4, 1913 * Charles Darwin: February 12, 1809 * Abraham Lincoln: February 12, 1809 * Matt Groening: February 15, 1954 * Susan B. Anthony: February 15, 1820 * George Washington: February 23, 1732 * Steve Jobs: February 24, 1955 * Levi Strauss: February 26, 1829 T h e A c a d e my P l a n — f o r S e n i o r s Seniors: Want “in” on The Academy Plan? Under The Academy Plan, qualifying Seniors (if their schedule allows) may apply for late arrival OR early dismissal. Check out these links to Academy Plan Guidelines and the Academy Plan Agreement. Meanwhile, here are only some specifics of the Academy Plan: 1. Students must already have a period A or period H study in their schedule. 2. Students will complete and sign the Agreement, as does a parent/guardian (even if the student is 18). Forms are due to Guidance by Wednesday, Feb. 18. 3. There are academic criteria (minimum requirement). 4. Mr. Dannible and Mrs. Clute will meet with students who qualify. Upcoming At Pinkerton Academy Mon, 2/2 - Fri, 2/6 Winter Spirit Week All over campus All day Wed, 2/4 Course Night (Snow Date Tues, 2/10) Stockbridge & Senior Cafe 5:30 pm Thurs, 2/5 - Sat, 2/7 Jazz All-State Music Festival Spaulding Humanities Bldng All day Fri, 2/6 Winter Pep Rally Hacker Gymnasium Period H Sat, 2/7 Jazz All-State Festival - Concert Stockbridge Theatre 1:00 pm Sat, 2/7 Winter Dance Academy Building Cafe 7:00 pm Sun, 2/8 Pancake Breakfast - March of Dimes Applebee’s of Derry 8:00 -10:00 am Sun, 2/8 Scholastic Art Show - Ceremony Stockbridge Theatre Noon & 1pm Tues, 2/10 Parent-Guidance FAFSA appts Guidance office All day Wed, 2/11 Rhapsody in Black Spaulding Humanities Bldng 10:00 am & 7:00 pm Wed, 2/11 Performing Arts Recital Stockbridge Theatre 7:00 pm Thurs, 2/12 Early Release Day Classes end 12:30 pm Buses lv 12:45 pm Thurs, 2/12 Smoke & Mystery Tour Stockbridge Theatre 7:00 pm Mon, 2/16 Honors Ensemble Concert Stockbridge Theatre 7:00 pm Thurs, 2/19 Milli Vanilli Stockbridge Theatre 6:30 pm Thurs, 2/19 Latin Students leave for Italy, Greece Through 3/1 Sat, 2/21 Spanish Students leave for Yucatan Through 3/1 Mon, 2/23 Winter Vacation Through Fri, 2/27 Pinkerton Academy 5 Pinkerton Street Derry, NH 03038 603.437.5200 www.PinkertonAcademy.org [email protected] Home of The Astros