Boston Newsletter2017-18

Featured inside this issue...1. Letter from the Head

2. Announcements

3. Recent activities

5. What’s coming up

6. Fall semester activities

News from around

CATS AcademyBoston

Issue: 5

CATS Academy Boston enjoyed an outstanding start to our 2017-2018 school year.

We welcomed nearly 400 students to the campus with a variety of activities throughout our orientation week, including trips to downtown Boston, a professional hip hop dance performance, and an all school barbecue meal. A happy and welcoming environment led us all to start our class schedules with enthusiasm.

We are now looking forward to a busy and productive fall semester. We are initiating our own chapter of the National Honor Society to supplement our CATS Scholars Program. We are continuing development of community service opportunities for our students both globally and in our local area, and we are already providing exciting weekend trips that provide students with the opportunity to enjoy traditional activities like carving pumpkins for Halloween as well as cultural activities like visits to Boston’s best museums. CATS Academy Boston is off to its best start ever this year and we look forward to guiding our students toward personal and academic success!

Chris Angell Head of SchoolCATS Academy Boston

Announcements

CATS Student government 2017-18

We renamed the dorms!

Emerson HouseKennedy HouseWheatley HouseGardner House

One of the suggestions made by our students last year was to come up with a better name for the places they called “home” for almost 10 months of the year. Saying “I live in Dorm A” did not sound very exciting and did not swell the chest with pride!

After much debate, decisions were made and a new tradition of our school culture was established using famous figures from New England’s rich history.

The Academic Building is now known as Adams Hall, named after the Adams Family of Massachusetts, which included two American Presidents; John Adams, 2nd President and John Quincy Adams, 6th President and noted historian and writer Henry Adams.

The Dorms and now known as Houses, there are:

• Emerson House, named after Ralph Waldo Emerson, poet and writer.

• Kennedy House, named after John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States.

• Wheatley House, named after Phyllis Wheatley the first African-American poetess to be published in the United States.

• Gardner House, honors Isabella Stewart Gardner, philanthropist and art collector.

The Residential Life Team is pleased to

announce the representatives of the

2017-2018 House Council.

Emerson House1st fl – Quoc Binh Bui2nd fl – Artem Vyshinskiy3rd fl – Enzo Vello Marques

Kennedy House1st fl – David Ramirez2nd fl – Ngoc Phat Pham3rd fl – Lucas Eduardo Costa Oliveira

Gardner House1st fl – Ivan Alexy Osipov2nd fl – Nina Yshay Waitman3rd fl – Seoyeon Kim

Wheatley House1st fl – Ifechukwu Goodness Uche-Onyilofor2nd fl – Yookyung Back 3rd fl – Yi Chen Chen

The Council will:• make sure everyone feels safe and welcome.• create friendly places to live. • help all students learn about each other.• tell everybody what happens in their meetings.

Recent activities

Keep up to date with the latest activities at CATS Academy Boston. Corebox, SkyZone, Bowling, Martha’s Vineyard, Hiking,

Homecoming, Apple Picking, Musuem of Fine Art, Plimouth Plantation and more!!

CoreBox

After school activity that packs a punch. CoreBox is a fun, boxing class to help you focus on your ABS and the entire CORE.

“The coaches are strict but they are so friendly too. They teach us some really cool moves, I love it.”

Chi, Vietnam, Grade 10 Bowling

Martha’s Vineyard

CATS Cafe

A triumphant return for the popular CATS Cafe

“I am really impressed by how many talented people we have in the school. It’s really inspirational.”

Anastasia, Russian, Grade 11

Sky Park

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L3 Innovation Challenge2017

In the Youth Cities challange students work together and problem-solve in order to help design and promote a new product in the field of medical technology. Professionals from Boston Children’s Hospital, LabCentral, and other research organizations, serve as the program’s mentors and presenters.

In the first week of the program, the five selected CATS students participated in a lab led by Elizabeth Kong, a geneticist from the Boston Museum of Science. Other presenters were Vicky Wu Davis, founder and director of Youth CITIES, Johannes Fruehauf, founder and executive director of LabCentral.

Kate Donovan, one of the leaders of L3 Innovation Challenge, spoke to the students about her research at Boston Children’s Hospital. Donovan is a Harvard graduate (Summa Cum Laude in Chemistry and Biology) with a PhD from MIT.

Please join me in congratulating the five students from CATS who are part of our third season at L3 Innovation Challenge. David O’Donnell

Uljad Berdica from Albania, Gr. 12

Anna Merzliakova from Russia, Gr. 12

Byron Ou from China, Gr 12

Augustine Wong from Hong Kong, Gr. 12

Dima Zhuravel from Ukraine, Gr 11

On 4 October five CATS students began the first session of the YOUTH CITIES L3 Innovation Challenge at LabCentral near MIT, Boston.https://labcentral.org/

Student View - L3 Innovation Challenge“On the first day at the L3 Innovation Challenge we met some inspiring people that encouraged us to challenge ourselves with questions we hadn’t thought about before. The atmosphere of the first event was wonderful, everyone was very friendly. It is truly an open space for researching the future of science.”

Anna Merzliakova, Grade 12

WPI Massachusetts Math Competition 2017

Recently our students took part in the 30th Annual prestigious math competition and competed with 85 of the largest and most prestigious school districts in the States of Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.

The competition consisted of interesting and challenging questions based on the secondary mathematics curriculum. Our warmest congratulations to Duc Anh Nguyen (Andy) who, as the top scorer in the CATS team, received a $1000 scholarship to WPI.

The Participants from CATS Academy were:• Dr. Gholamreza Namin, Advisor• Uljad Berdica • Duc Anh Nguyen (Andy) • Yat Wong (Augustine)• Lei Zhang (Acy)

From Left to Right Duc Anh Nguyen (Andy), Dr. Gholamreza Namin, Yat Wong (Augustine), Uljad Berdica, and Lei Zhang (Acy)

While all school districts were taking a break, Yat Wong (Augustine) wanted to visit WPI’s famous music hall. He was given permission to test

their piano. As a classical pianist, Augustine gave the school districts a brief piano concert. It was amazing to see all the students and teachers coming to the music hall and the expressions on their faces listening to

the amazing piano concert given by Augustine who said afterwards “that piano was one of the best I have ever played.”

Excursions -October November

We have been on lots of trips and excursions. It’s great to hang out

with friends and meet new people.Faneuil Hall/Downtown Crossing

Date: Saturday, October 21st Location: 4 S Market Street, Boston, MADepart: at 11:45 AM Return: at 4:45 PM

Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston is filled with unique retail, delicious food and non-stop entertainment.

Whale Watch

Date: Sunday, October 22nd Location: Boston Harbor Cruises, Boston, MADepart: at 10:00 AM Return: at 4:30 PM

The BHC whale watch tour to Stellwagen Bank Marine Sanctuary showcases a wealth of whale species and other sea life.

Ghost Ship (USS Salem)

Date: Saturday, October 28th Location: 551 South Street, Quincy, MADepart: at 5:45 PM Return: at 10:00 PM

Celebrate Halloween at Boston’s Areas only haunted house attraction.

Excursions are the best part of CATS.

Davis Mega Maze

Date: Sunday, October 29th Location: Davis Mega Maze, Sterling, MADepart at 9:45 AM Return at 4:00 PM

This is a super fun maze and is different every year. Come and get lost!

Indoor Rock Climbing

Date: Saturday, November 4th Location: Rock Spot Climbing, MADepart at 11:30 AM Return at 3:30 PM

Indoor rock climbing is an amazing experience that is both fun and great exercise.

Thor Movie

Date: Sunday, November 5th Location: AMC Braintree 10, 121 Grandview Road, Braintree, MADepart at 12:30 PMReturn at 3:45 PM Thor finds himself in a lethal gladiatorial contest against the Hulk.

20 November at 2.45pmRegister with Mr Lewan. More details to follow

Coming up:Community Service

This year CATS has started a community service club that will give you the opportunity to volunteer within your local community, empower you with responsibility, and offer you the chance to affect the lives of others.

Make A Difference DayOctober 28

A national day of helping other people, held each year on the fourth Saturday in October.

In Braintree, we participate by holding a collection at the Town Hall for new and gently used goods for a variety of local nonprofit organizations.

http://www.sustainablebraintree.org/Recycle-Activities-MakeADiff.html

Fall for the Fells ‘fun run’October 28

A 5km race for a non-profit organization which protects local historic wildlife preserves:

Directly after the races, runners will enjoy an awards ceremony followed by the festival activities. Dance with our live band, get your face painted, and refuel with delicious food!

http://www.riendsofthefells.org/fall-for-the-fells-2017/

Coming up:Around campus

“The Community Service club is doing well! We have around 43 student members and have two upcoming volunteer opportunities coming up.”

Christina Torns

Scholars ProgramSaturday October 28Cambridge, MAPeabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and Bernstein Memorial Concert, Harvard Orchestra and Choruses.

Saturday November 11Cambridge, MAHarvard-Penn football game and Harvard Art Museums.

October is Breast cancer awareness month and on Wednesday 25th, We are

asking everyone to wear pink to show support for this cause.

25 October

We will making a special visit to Rhode Island School of Design on Friday 27 October. Students will depart from at 9:45 and return to school ETA 5:15.

Art field trip

You can never be bored here.

Activities 2017-18

• Fashion Club• Crew• Zumba• Boxing• FitFactory• Rock Climbing• Musical • Yoga• Anime• Chess• Community Service• DECA• GSA/Diversity• Literary Magazine• Math• Model UN• Photography• Scale Model Club• Snack• Technology and Robotics• Yearbook• Russian• Newspaper

and more...

Extracurricular Activities

Soccer Schedule

Oct 18, 2017 Girls

Woodward School

Oct 20, 2017 Girls & Boys

Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School Covenant Christian Academy

Oct 23, 2017 Girls & Boys

International School of Boston

Oct 25, 2017 Girls

Bradford Christian Academy

SportsSoccer Results

Sep 11, 2017 Girls L 1-3

British International School of Boston

Sep 12, 2017 Boys W 13-1

Community Charter School of Cambridge

Sep 14, 2017 Girls L 3-11

Rocky Hill School

Sep 15, 2017 Boys W 7-1

Bradford Christian Academy

Sep 18, 2017 Girls L 2-4

Covenant Christian Academy

Sep 20, 2017 Boys W 6-1

Thayer Academy

Sep 21, 2017 Girls L 4-5

International School of Boston

Sep 21, 2017 Boys W 4-1

International School of Boston

Sep 27, 2017 Girls W 5-2

Woodward School

Sep 29, 2017 Boys W 13-1

Academy of the Pacific Rim

Oct 3, 2017 Boys W 9-1

Covenant Christian Academy

Oct 4, 2017 Girls L 0-2

British International School of Boston

Oct 9, 2017 Girls - -

Bradford Christian Academy

Oct 9, 2017 Girls - -

Bradford Christian Academy

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