December 20, 2024

Around the School

Spectacular Holiday
Kick-Off

On Monday, December 16th, Miss DiBrita and her students from Dance 1 went to see the amazing NYC Rockettes in The Christmas Spectacular! They were then visited by a special dancer and rockette, Mallory Nolting, after the performance.

Show of Strength

Last Friday, Johnny Jackson was on the final Michael Kay Show (ESPN Radio & YES Network) to tell his story of courage, determination and resilience. Here is a link to the show.... Johnny appears at the 24:55 mark of the show. It is worth the listen as he does an amazing job.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsrXfrCk01M

Symphonic Orchestra Serenade

Symphonic Orchestra students, under the direction of Kristi Geronimo, stopped by the main office to perform festive tunes before break.

In the Classroom

Scriptwork

Students collaborating on an English project by displaying their script on a TV in Mrs. Wood's office.

Club Happenings

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Fascinating Fossils

Jonathan Caradonna, Maxim Ricketts, Alexander Rosenberg, Justin Kramarczyk, Maddie Karan, Luke Powers, Will Brady, Brendan Krauza, Zaha Khan, Marc Dwihe, Julian Lee, Olivia Juco, Bella Rupprecht, Max Park, Ali Z,. Zach Lieberman, Zach Aviomtis, and Kyle Schmure

In Burma, Dr. Nash found the fossil of a 100 million years old. bird-like creature.

Dr. Paul Nash, Palaeoentomological Research Assistant who heads up the Fossil Insect Lab at The American Museum of Natural History in NYC hosted a Zoom session with Mrs. Contreras and RHS's Mineral Fossil Club members on Thursday, December 12th. Dr. Nash conducts laboratory and field research on ancient organisms preserved in amber and sedimentary rock, as well as on the physicochemical nature of amber as a fossil substance.