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Donna Lynch's National Issues Forum and SUPA-PAF classes ran a successful Mock Election again in High School West and East with the help of the Social Studies Department. Barack Obama was the winner in the with 73% of the vote. Ninth-grade students at West voted with the Shen Vote application created by student Ryan Knapp. East students used actual voting machines and also voted for the Congressional and State legislative seats. Kirsten Gillibrand was the winner of the 20th Congressional District race, with 65% of the vote. Michael Russo won the State Senate race in the 43rd District with 60% of the vote. Bob Reilly won the State Assembly race for the 109th District with 76% of the vote.
On September 20, SCARCE Club members participated in the 22nd annual International Coastal Cleanup. Students picked up 250 pounds of trash from the Mohawk River shoreline at the Vischer Ferry Dam. Last year volunteers removed 142,243 pounds of debris from New York shorelines.
On Thursday, May 8th, High School West held a Recognition Night in which more than 200 students received awards based on achievement, improvement, character and attendance. In addition to student recognition, High School West presented the West Award to veteran teacher Phyllis Yudikitas and support staff person Rose Egan for their contributions and dedication to the students at High School West.
Alyssa
Bradt, a senior, was recognized as being a future leader of the Capital
District at the Capital District "40 Under Forty" luncheon May 2
accompanied by Business Teacher Christine Kelly and CAP, Paul Ripcik.
She and 3 other high school seniors received certificates of recognition
and t-shirts honoring their achievements thus far. Alyssa is
planning to attend Marist College in the fall with a Marketing major and a
minor in communications
On March 25, the Shen NCBI Chapter hosted a group of HS students, teachers and staff who came together in a workshop which encourages participants to confront deeply-held misinformation about themselves and others, to tell their own stories of discrimination in order to build understanding among people, and to learn skills for building bridges. The National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI) is an international, non-profit, leadership training organization based in Washington, DC, USA. Since 1984, NCBI has worked to eliminate racism and all other forms of prejudice and discrimination throughout the world. NCBI training is lead by Shen HS students and staff throughout the school year. Participants are guided through a series of interactive exercises designed to begin building a community of allies and an environment of understanding through introspection and empathy . The Shenendehowa High School NCBI Chapter would like to invite community leaders to learn more about NCBI. For more information and to find out how you can support this initiative Contact Claire Brown, browclai@shenet.org or
881-0310 ext. 61414
March 6-8, Shen's Robotics Team participated in the Finger Lakes Regional Competition at Gordon Field House, Rochester Institute of Technology. The alliance Shen's team was associated with won the regional competition. Read about how the opposing alliance demonstrated Good Sportsmanship. 2008 Click here for a segment that Capital News 9 did on the Respect Day Festival. |
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