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General Announcements Save the Date!

May 10: Fine Arts Festival; 6-9pm

May 17: Spring Awards Ceremony; Periods 3 & 4; 9:10-10:50am

May 20: Back to the 90’s 5K Fun Run; 8am-12pm; Music Fundraiser

May 22: NAHS Chamber Recital #2; 7-9pm; Cobb Theatre

May 24: Fisher Kelley Awards Ceremony; Attleboro Elks; 6:30pm; Senior Student-Athletes

May 28: Memorial Day Holiday; No School

May 30: Big Red PTO Meeting; 7pm; Media Center

May 29, 30, 31: Senior Final Exams

June 1: Senior Final Exams and Senior Last Day of School

North Attleboro HighRed Rocketeer Review

April/May, 2018

2018 Scholar Athlete AwardNorth Attleboro senior football captain Chad Peterson has been named a 2018 recipient of the National Foot-ball Foundation Scholar Athlete Award. Those selected for this award come from over 200 parochial, private and public schools in eastern Massachusetts, and represent the top football players on the field and in the classroom. To be eligible, players must be nominated by their coach and recommended by their principal and guidance coun-selor. Chad was selected by a committee made up of college admission directors, secondary school principals, athletic directors and members of the media. He will be honored at a banquet on May 20th at the Boston Newton Marriott. Chad represents the 15th North Attleboro football player to be recognized with this prestigious award since 1976. He will be continuing his athletic and academic career at Amherst College.

Back to the 90s 5k – NAHS Music’s 4th Annual Fun Run & Road raceFeaturing live 90s musicians throughout the course and free UNO’s pizza at the finish line, our Music Department is hosting their fourth annual 90s 5k fun run on May 20 at 10 am. This year’s event will bring back the Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, Destiny’s Child, No Doubt, and even Britney Spears. This family friendly celebration includes kid races, face painting, a bubble station, hula hooping, and Del’s Lemonade. The course starts at the high school, goes through Westwood Estates with three live 90s music stations, then loops back through Mt. Hope St. to finish at NAHS to the music of a live stage band. Bring the whole family and your neighbors to register at www.NAHSmusic.com before race day to get the early-bird special $20 adults, $15 under age 19, and $7 for the Kid’s Race (2-10 years old). Don’t forget to wear a fanny pack!

April/May 2018

April/May 2018

Destination Imagination Fine Arts Challenge On Saturday, March 10th, two teams from North Attleboro High School participated in the Destination Imagination Region 10 Fine Arts challenge at the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School. The teams finished in 2nd and 3rd place. The second place team’s raw scores in the central challenge fell short by less than 5 points against a team from Old Rochester. The team that placed 2nd also received the Davinci Award which is given “for having a unique approach to a solution, for risk taking and/or for outstanding creativity”. This award presentation is a rare occasion! NAHS is very proud of the work, energy and creativity that both teams put forth in creating a solution to their chosen challenge.

Below are the members of each team:

Team WanaJam?

Allie Shiers

Amrita Adak

Nicole Toppses

Ahmad El-Zeftawy

Jason Montes

Michael Edmonds

William Pierce

Team FoodFighters

William Redding

Garrett Shumila

Axel Jeremie

Kendal Grondell

Sean Flood

Connie Quach’s “Step Back”Connie Quach is a Freshman here at NAHS, and her painting, “StepBack” has been selected for publication in The Massachusetts High School Magazine of the Arts! Connie’s painting was selected from over 700 works of art submitted by teens across the commonwealth. You can check out the article that accompanies the painting in the spring 2018 edition of the magazine.

The 2018 Fine Arts Festival will be held Thursday May 10th at North Attleborough High School.

Join the NAHS Art, Music, and Theatre Departments for a celebration of the Fine Arts at North Attleborough High School, on Thursday, May 10th from 6-9:00 pm.

The 2018 Fine Arts Festival will include an artist reception, as well as performances by music and theatre students. The event is free, open to the public, and will be held in the North Attle-borough High School Pickering Gymnasium and the Judith E. Cobb Theatre. During the school day on Thursday, students will be invited down for a preview of the Fine Arts Festival.

There will be an opening reception from 6:00 to 6:30 with artwork and food in the gym and lobby.

The Music and Theatre Departments will present their work in two programs. The first program, from 6:30-7:30pm, will feature the Percussion Ensemble, Men’s Choir, and Jazz Band. The second program, from 8:15 to 9:00 will feature the Concert Choir and Concert Band. Both programs will take place in the Cobb Theater.

Rob Couture, Choral Director: “The NAHS Concert Chorus will perform a medley from Les Miserables, and the Men’s Choir will perform Doo-Wop and multicultural music. The Back to the 90s 5k – 4th Annual North Attleboro Music Fun Run & Kids Race will take place on May 20. Stop by to fill out a registration form if you haven’t signed up yet! More information can be found at www.NAHSmusic.com.”

The artist reception will be held from 7:30-8:15 pm in the gym. The public will get a chance to walk around and meet the artists, as well as see the art that they have toiled all year to create. The Visual Art Department will also have the National Art Honors Society Induction ceremony in the gym.

Senior Caroline Rowe; “Self Portrait”; Oil on canvas

Freshman Jacqueline Borges; Acrylic on canvas

Mr. Christopher Flanagan, Visual Art Teacher: “The Fine Arts Festival is a wonderful opportu-nity for the Fine Arts Department to invite the community in to see the amazing work that is being done at the High School. These students are so dedicated and so talented that we need to share their extraordinary work with the North Attleborough community. I am so proud of the hard work and dedication our students have to developing their craft.”

Lisa Forsgard: Theatre Director, “This year the Theatre Company took a step back in time to the 1940’s and presented the classic comedy, ‘Harvey,’ in November. We stretched and showed our range and are very proud of the work the students did in the Annual One Act Play Festival in January. In April, we then sold out to two packed houses for the musical ‘Disney’s The Little Mermaid.’ At the Fine Arts Festival we will showcase a scene with the living, dead, and undead in ‘10 Ways to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse,’ directed by student Jillian Allen, and then reprise the hit number ‘Under the Sea,’ featuring Jason Montes as Sebastian. Also, the twelve-member NAHS North Improv troupe will perform some improv games with the audience.”

Sophomore Hayley Gaskin; Colored pencil on paper

Junior Tomas Bentley; Charcoal on paper

Senior Earl Marrow; “Self-Portrait Still Life”; Pencil on paper

Senior Kathryn Bolton; Digital Self Portrait

April/May 2018

Favorite Quote: “Let no one despise your youth, but be a pattern to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.” – 1 Timothy 4:12 Extra-Curricular Activities: FIRST LEGO League robotics (team leader & volunteer mentor), the church in North Providence, Science Club (president), Math League, Select Choir, Men’s Choir, National Honor Society, World Language National Honor Society (treasurer), Martin School robotics volunteer Awards and Honors: US Presidential Scholars Semifinalist, MASS Certificate of Academic Excellence, National Merit Commended Student, Bausch+Lomb Honorary Science Award, AP Scholar with Honor, 2018 STEM Premier Top 100 Colleges Accepted to: Harvard College, Stanford University, University of Southern California, Georgia Institute of Technology, Northeastern University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Rochester, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Will be attending: Harvard College, Fall 2018 College and Career Plans: Mechanical engineer working in robotics

Senior Spotlight MORIAH LIM Class of 2018

Senior Spotlight: Moriah Lim

Student Voice SummitOn May 1st, 43 of NAHS’s student leaders met in the Media Center for the third and final Student Voice Summit of the 2017-2018 school year. During this session, students continued to work on projects and initiatives, all working toward the improvement of our school. Some of these initia-tives included implementing a peer tutoring program, as well as planning a rally to celebrate our Special Olympians.

April/May 2018

AP Computer Science Field Trip In April, Mr. Englander’s AP Computer Science class visited Brown University, to experience the cutting-edge research being done there. They donned virtual reality glasses and entered the university’s world-class virtual reality theater. There, they walked on the surface of Mars, took a trip through the human body, and were immersed inside a poem! Next stop was the Human-Computers Interaction lab, where students interacted with robots that are being trained, using computer programs and artificial intelligence, to learn new behaviors!

Shriners All Star Football Classic North Attleboro football co-captains Sam Bullock and Chad Peterson have been selected to play in the prestigious Shriners All Star Football Classic on June 22, 2018 at Bentley University. Sam and Chad will represent the South team, having been chosen from amongst all the high schools in the south-eastern part of the state. They will square off against the best players chosen to represent the high schools in the northeastern half of the state. All proceeds from the game are donated to the Shriners Hospital for Children in Boston.

Volleyball Tournament Fundraiser UpdateOn March 16th there was a Volleyball Tournament fundraiser created by the Senior Class officers. Students from all four classes participated and the senior class made $270. Everyone had a great time and had the opportunity to play multiple games with the double elimination bracket. The senior team of “VB-3” won the championship title! Pictures of the championship team, as well as some action shots are below.

April/May 2018

The Little MermaidOn April 6th & 7th, sixty singers, actors, and dancers of the Theatre Company presented Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” to two sold out audiences! Leads included Renee Hamilton as Ariel, Will Redding as Prince Eric, Jason Montes as Sebastian, Alex Rinaldi as Scuttle, Caleb Vargas as Triton, and Evri Bifsha as Ursula. We are very proud of all the hard work and wonderful results!

April/May 2018

NAHS Women’s Choir Selected to Perform at Boston Symphony HallFollowing a Gold Medal ranking at the Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductor’s Association Festival last month, the NAHS Women’s Choir, under the direction of Rob Couture, was selected to perform at Boston Symphony Hall on April 21. They performed three songs from around the world, and their performance already has over 3.5k views on social media. This is the second year in a row that an NAHS chorus has earned this achievement, and it was underscored with the NAMS Concert Chorus also earning their own Gold Medal and performing at Symphony Hall earlier in the day. Come see the NAHS Music Department’s final concert of the year on May 10 in the NAHS auditorium during the Fine Arts Festival (free admission).

LACROSSE FUNDRAISER UPDATERegister for your summer driving course with TDA in North Attleboro and help support NAHS Lacrosse Teams:

Upcoming Teachers Driving Academy classes will be held in June and August! Reminder to all students that when you register with TDA for driving school in the North Attleboro location, TDA contributes the classroom fee directly back to the North Attleboro High School Lacrosse Boosters. Students must be 15 years 9 months to start classes. Information, classroom schedules and registration can be found at http://www.teachersdrivingacademy.com/home.html

April/May 2018

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