Announcements May 31 - June 3, 2016

Morning Announcements

The Upton Men's Club is looking for volunteers to help during the annual fireworks event - Saturday, June 25th.  There is a sign up sheet in the main office.

All students who have checked out library materials and are not currently using them, please return your items to the media center.  Also, there is an assortment of water bottles and clothing that were left behind from the After Prom Party.  Please stop by and see if they belong to you.

Nipmuc Honors Scholars Celebrated by Milford Area Chamber of Commerce

Front row, left to right: Julia Salvaggio, Mary Morcos, Stephanie Poly, Karin Plante, Sarah Tong, Elizabeth Hilton, Aaron Kearnan, Kristina Dubois, Amanda St Germain, William Applegate

Back row, left to right: Class President Christopher Bechara, Carly Thibodeau, Abigail Colombo, Kiley Larocque, Isabel DesRoches, Megan Mathieson, Samantha Capalucci.  

Not pictured: Marla DiPoto

As we make our way to the end of the school year, our attention turns to our seniors and the culmination of their time at our school. On May 17 we began the celebration of the Class of 2016 with the Milford Area Chamber of Commerce Honors Scholars Dinner. Held at Lake Pearl Luciano's in Wrentham, this annual event recognizes the top ten percent of students in the Milford area. Students and their families enjoyed a banquet celebration which included the announcement of students in the top ten percent at each school and the awarding of several scholarships. Senior Class President Christopher Bechara introduced each of Nipmuc's recipients and highlighted the many ways that they have acted as leaders and achievers during their time at our school.

One of the highlights of the evening included senior Will Applegate's receipt of the "Excellence in Science Scholarship" for his achievement in the sciences during his high school career.

The students who were honored at this event included:

William Applegate, Samantha Capalucci, Abigail Colombo, Isabel DesRoches, Marla DiPoto, Kristina Dubois, Amanda St Germain,  Elizabeth Hilton, Aaron Kearnan, Kiley Larocque, Megan Mathieson, Mary Morcos, Karin Plante, Stephanie Poly, Julia Salvaggio, Carly Thibodeau, and Sarah Tong. 

Congrats to the top 10% of Nipmuc's Class of 2016!

Announcements May 23 - 27, 2016

Morning Announcements
Mrs. Kykra's 1st semester satire classes - please pick up your portfolios in room 217!

Seniors - If you have not yet returned your iPad, please do so today - Wednesday, 5/25 - at the Help Desk in the lobby. 

Seniors:  Mrs. Callahan will be available to sign off on locker checkout on Thursday!  See her in the school counseling center.

The Upton Men's Club is looking for volunteers to help during the annual fireworks event - Saturday, June 25th.  There is a sign up sheet in the main office.

Do you love our seniors?  Show them how much by giving them a Hershey kiss.  On sale for 25 cents each during breaks and lunches in the cafeteria from 5/20 - 5/24.

All students who have checked out library materials and are not currently using them, please return your items to the media center.  Also, there is an assortment of water bottles and clothing that were left behind from the After Prom Party.  Please stop by and see if they belong to you.

Student Feature Friday - Blackstone Valley Youth Leadership Academy Graduates

Left to right - Max Robakiewicz, Kealani Peters, Sarah Nasif, Ashley Round

Over the course of the school year four Nipmuc students - Sarah Nasif, Kealani Peters, Max Robakiewicz, and Ashley Round - participated in the Blackstone Valley Youth Leadership Academy. Run by the Blackstone Valley Education Foundation (BVEF), the leadership academy provides students with the chance to work with a cohort of student-leaders from high schools across the Blackstone Valley. The group meets regularly to participate in leadership training, gain familiarity with important historical sites in the valley, and organize a community service project. I was proud to attend the recent graduation from the program and see how well our students represented Nipmuc. Included below are some thoughts from our leaders about their experience.

Sarah Nasif
Q: What was the most impactful part of being a member of the Blackstone Valley Youth Leadership Academy?
A: Blackstone Valley Youth Leadership Academy most noticeably helped me to realize the way that one can silently be a leader. In my class, there were introverts and extroverts. When it came to showing leadership, especially in their community service projects, both types of people succeeded and shined.
Q: Tell me about your community service project and what the project taught you about leadership.
A: I orchestrated a volunteer event to landscape the Upton Senior Center. From my event, I learned how to network and professionally communicate with people, especially for donations. Gaining floral and supply donations involved proper emailing and appropriate follow ups with donors as well as showing thankfulness. My project also taught me that leadership involves having a solid plan, which is why I constructed a list of steps for how the volunteers and I would plant.

Kealani Peters
Q: What was the most impactful part of being a member of the Blackstone Valley Youth Leadership Academy?
A: The most impactful part of the Blackstone Valley Youth Leadership Academy for me was meeting new people from other places and really connecting with them. I am so glad to have done this program and had a lot of fun with it.
Q: Tell me about your community service project and what the project taught you about leadership.
A: I collected coloring books, crayons, markers, stickers, etc. for the Milford Hospital Pediatrics Unit. I collected over 150 coloring books and many other supplies. It helped me realize that being a leader is about being organized, coordinated, and taking charge.

Max Robakiewicz
Q: What was the most impactful part of being a member of the Blackstone Valley Youth Leadership Academy?
A: The most impactful part of being a member of BVYLA is the chance to meet new people and not only making new friends but also being able to incorporate their ways of leading into my leadership philosophy in order to become better at leading.
Q: Tell me about your community service project and what the project taught you about leadership.
A: My community project was collecting items for Milford Regional Medical Center's Comfort Care. They are an organization which gives goods to dying patient's families to comfort them during such a tough time. This taught me about leadership through being able to understand how much a role of a leader can impact people such as setting up donations for a good cause.

Ashley Round
Q: What was the most impactful part of being a member of the Blackstone Valley Youth Leadership Academy?
A: The most impactful thing I took from BVYLA is applying my leadership skills with new people. Getting the chance to meet other leaders in the district was a great experience. Over the weeks, my leadership skills definitely grew because of the new friends I met. I think everyone took a little something from everyone, and it was a great group to be a part of.
Q: Tell me about your community service project and what the project taught you about leadership.
A: My community service project took place at Memorial Elementary School in Upton. I worked with kindergarteners after school in Mrs. Smith's class. The day I went to visit the students was St. Patrick's Day. I created a plan to do St. Patrick's themed activities with the students. I read them a book and then we did an additional activity with a pot of gold. Each student got to pick coins out of the pot and then they added their coins together. It was a lot of fun to work with these children. One of the biggest attributes of being a great leader is being a good role model. This definitely showed me how you have to be a good example to everyone you are around because you never know who is looking up to you. Especially younger children, at the age they are soaking in all the information they can get. Being older, they look up to you. I had a great time working with these students!

Announcements - May 16 - 20, 2016

Morning Announcements
Seniors:  Mrs. Callahan will be available to sign off on locker checkout today!

The Upton Men's Club is looking for volunteers to help during the annual fireworks event - Saturday, June 25gth.  There is a sign up sheet in the main office.

Do you love our seniors?  Show them how much by giving them a Hershey kiss.  On sale for 25 cents each during breaks and lunches in the cafeteria from 5/20 - 5/24.

Spanish Immersion meeting today in room 241 from 11:30 - 12:30 p.m. for the following seniors: B. Bukunt, S. Capalucci, T. Brossi, A. Cormier, M. Mathieson, R Morrison, K. Nocera, J. Hill, S. Dowd, J. St. John, K. Scott, T. Ellero, A. Mirageas, S. Dougherty, T. Leacy, K. Woods.
 
Come to see Nipmuc Drama Guild's Annual One Act Competition!  This year there are 3 shows directed by Sam Crocker, Cam McCulloch, Evelynn Slavin, Karley Collins and Sam Jokela.  Tickets will be sold at the door on Thursday, May 19th at 7:30 p.m.

Seniors!  Please pick up your graduation tickets from Mrs. Linehan as soon as possible.

Mandatory NHS meeting at both breaks on Thursday, 5/19 in room 217.

There's another school-wide competition!  Now ending May 20th, all grades can participate in Coin Wars to raise money for PKD research.  The jars can be found in the office.  Follow - pkd_knowledge on Instagram or contact Chloe Hoff (hoffc19@student.mursd.org) for more information.

All students who have checked out library materials and are not currently using them, please return your items to the media center.  Also, there is an assortment of water bottles and clothing that were left behind from the After Prom Party.  Please stop by and see if they belong to you.

The last book club meeting will meet after school this Thursday, 5/19.  The book, Salt to the Sea, will be discussed.  All members please return all public library books by Thursday.

Looking for something fun to do this Friday, 5/20?  Well, look no further!  Come to the Rockin For SuperTy Benefit Concert in the Nipmuc auditorium at 7 p.m.  come to help end pediatric cancer and help us rock Nipmuc!