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Darien High School Newsletter Archive
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2010-2011 School Year |
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2009-2010 School Year |
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2008-2009 School Year |
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May 2009 Newsletter |
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DHS Orchestra Plays with
Internationally-renowned Fiddle Group Barrage The Darien C.A.R.E campaign Theatre 308 to Present Dead Man Walking Welcome Students and Faculty from Qingdao, China |
2007-2008 School Year |
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| June 2008 | Art Festival, Principal's Year End Review, Building with Books, National Financial Literacy Challenge, Tour of CBS News Studios, 7th Annual Science Symposium, Math Team, Students Honored by Domestic Violence Crisis Center, POST GRADUATION PARTY |
| March 2008 | The College and Career Center, Spectator Behavior, Volunteer Fair, Art & Tech Ed Students Win Awards, Black History Month |
| January-February 2008 | NHS Induction, Coach LaRusso Wins National Award, The Music Man Cast. |
| December 2007 | DHS Teachers Travel to China, Dia de los Muertos |
| October 2007 | Breathalyzers at dances and trips abroad. |
2006-2007 School Year |
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| June 2007- Science Symposium | The Sixth Annual Science Symposium The Symposium was held Wednesday May 23rd, proved to be as popular as ever. Attendees were fascinated by the Authentic Science Research students’ projects, which offered a variety of topics including physics, life science, technology, and earth science. In addition, Dr. Donald O’Malley of Northeastern University presented highlights of his research on reticulospinal neurons in the larval zebrafish, |
| May 2007- China Exchange Program | China Exchange Students Return After three weeks in China, the China Exchange travelers returned to Darien on Saturday, April 21st with hundreds of pictures, bags of souvenirs and many stories to tell. The group spent the first two weeks with host families in Qingdao, a rapidly growing, modern city surrounded by mountains and seacoast and the site of the 2008 Sailing Olympics. Students attended school at our partner school, the Qingdao #58 High School, where they went to classes with their hosting student and had some special lessons in calligraphy, painting, music and Chinese. |
| April 2007- Fuel Cell Car |
Fuel Cell Car Driven by Student Success Four years ago the Systems of Technology 2 class adopted the project of building a hydrogen fuel cell car. The Darien Fuel Cell Project was born and is in its fifth year of research and hard work. Unique in many ways, one of the most interesting aspects of the project is that the class is run by the students themselves. The class relies on the creativity and motivation of the students to guide how the class operates. Not only was the idea of using hydrogen fuel cells thought of by previous DHS students who wanted to be challenged, but all of the goals and decisions for the project are student driven. |
| February 2007- Black History Month |
Black History Month Assembly and Special Exhibition The Black History Month Committee planned another successful Black History Month with an assembly on February 8th dedicated to African American musical styles and a fund raising effort to benefit the victims of the Darfur tragedy. The script committee (Kenyon Colli, Juanita Gyamera and Diana Morris) wrote a journey through Blues, Jazz, Motown and Hip Hop. |
| January 2007- Mrs. Russo Honored |
Donna Russo: Connecticut Assistant Principal of the Year Darien High School’s own Donna Russo has recently been selected as Connecticut High School Assistant Principal of the Year for 2007 by the Connecticut Association of Schools. Donna will compete with other state winners for National Assistant Principal of the Year Award, sponsored by Virco. She will be honored at the National Association of Secondary Principals Annual Convention in Las Vegas in February and at a Connecticut Administrators Awards Dinner next fall. Criteria for the award included making positive contributions to high schools through collaborative leadership, leadership in curriculum, instruction and assessment, and leadership in personalizing the school experience for students. |
| December 2006 - Starlab, Letting Go |
Earth Science Classes Experience “Starlab” Did you know that the red supergiant Betelgeuse, the “shoulder star” in the constellation Orion, is larger in size than the width of the Earth’s orbit around the sun? Students in Ms. Zhou’s and Mr. Thilow’s earth science classes learned about Orion, other constellations, celestial coordinates, star life cycles and more when “Starlab” returned to DHS for the second year in a row. This portable planetarium uses etched cylinders to project star maps in a darkened dome. |
| October 2006 - Mr. Strecker Honored, Sportsmanship |
LEE STRECKER:
AMERICAN STAR OF TEACHING |
2005-2006 School Year |
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| June 2006 - Flag Raising |
FLAG RAISING CEREMONY A blustery day turned out to be perfect weather for the Flag Raising Ceremony which took place Monday, May 22, 2006 at the entrance to Darien High School. The beautiful, 12’ x 18’ flag was donated by the local chapter of the VFW, and present for the ceremony were four VFW members. Members of the Administration, faculty, and students watched as students from Post 53, the Fire Department, and Eagle Scouts carried the neatly folded flag out of the school to the flag pole where they ran it up the pole. |
| May 2006 - Habitat for Humanity |
Students Volunteer- On Saturday, April 29th, twelve students and science teacher Sean Otterspoor joined 100 other volunteers for a day of building homes with Habitat for Humanity. This was the fourth workday this school year, and the DHS crew joined others clearing lots in preparation for starting five new foundations. |
| April 2006 - Girls Basketball |
Congratulations to the DHS Girls Basketball team The DHS Girls Basketball team are the recipients of the 2006 Harold Swallfield Sportsmanship Award for Region 3. This award is presented annually by the Fairfield County Approved Basketball Officials to the programs that have demonstrated the most consistent level of good sportsmanship on the court throughout the basketball season. This includes players, coaches and fans. |
| March 2006 - Volunteer Fair | Community Effort Makes Volunteer Fair a Success- The Darien High School and Darien United Way cosponsored a successful volunteer Fair at DHS on Friday, February 3rd from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the gymnasium with over 600 students attending. |
