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by the Tanglewood Marionettes with Peter Schafer The key word for Mashpee High School during the
<br /> and Anne Ware. The students were mesmerized with 1998-1999 school year was "change." With five com-
<br /> the intrigue of "Sleeping Beauty," the transcendental plete grades functioning at the school, the promise of
<br /> state of"Cinderella"and the comedy of"Fairy Circus" a true comprehensive high school program proceeded
<br /> which was performed to classical music. All three to fruition. As a comprehensive high school, the
<br /> shows were educationally engaging. Another highly school and the community completed curriculum revi-
<br /> successful and well-attended function was our Math sion in the areas of Science, Art, and Family and
<br /> Night for families. One hundred percent of the staff Consumer Sciences. These programs were aligned to
<br /> conducted this evening. It is one way to make the sub- the Massachusetts State Frameworks. The
<br /> ject applicable to experience. Frameworks hold all of the learning standards that our
<br /> children, along with all other Massachusetts students,
<br /> Field trips related to the curriculum included should know and be able to do.
<br /> Plimoth Plantation, the Boston Art Museum, the
<br /> Cahoon Museum, and the whale watch. During this academic year, 677 students attended
<br /> Mashpee High School. Due to the increase in student
<br /> There was a great deal of work done to build class- enrollment, new faculty and staff were hired. These
<br /> room libraries through a school-wide `Blizzard of new staff members made it possible to operate grades
<br /> Books" campaign. Parents and guardians searched seven through eleven. Students were engaged in upper
<br /> attics, cellars and bookshelves to recycle back to the level programs such as Physics, Advanced Placement
<br /> school books outgrown, or no longer used by, their History, Spanish IV and Pre-Calculus. Eighth and
<br /> children. Nine hundred and sixty books were collect- tenth grade students participated in the annual
<br /> ed,leveled and distributed to classrooms. Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System
<br /> (MCAS)tests.In December,the results were mailed to
<br /> The following students from Mrs. Blackwood's parents. In addition to challenging academic pro-
<br /> Grade 6 class participated in the Mashpee Water grams, student and faculty produced band and concert
<br /> District art contest with Mrs. Hill, art teacher. Runners programs in January and June.Theater Arts performed
<br /> up were Kelsey Scudder and Steven Davis. its third play in the Spring. For the first time, our high
<br /> school honor students were inducted into the Ronald
<br /> Also, 800 students across Cape Cod participated in Bock Memorial Chapter of the National Honor
<br /> the "Veteran's for Peace" contest. Michael Fulone, Society. We continued our annual Awards Night as
<br /> Grade 4, received Second Place; while Amber well as initiating seventh and eighth graders into the
<br /> Sprague, Grade 5 and Ryan Bowes, Grade 4, received Junior National Honor Society. The Science Fair
<br /> Honorable Mentions. occurred in March.
<br /> Sadly, Mashpee High School's first Assistant Mashpee Science Fair Award Winners
<br /> Principal and Atheltic Director, Ronald Bock, suc- First Place:
<br /> cumbed to cancer in February of 1999. He will be Nicole Ducharme, Grade 9, The Effectiveness of
<br /> remembered for his sense of humor, caring personali- Sunscreen
<br /> C' ty and sensitivity to Mashpee high school students.We
<br /> will greatly miss him. Second Place:
<br /> Megan Grady, Grade 10, Softening Up Hard Water
<br /> Mashpee's first high school principal, John Matt Joyner, Grade 10,Does Polluted
<br /> Pond Water Diminish Bacteria Growth.
<br /> Williams, decided to leave the confines of Mashpee
<br /> high school to become a principal closer to his home Third Place:
<br /> in Spencer, Massachusetts. Mr. Williams became high Tricia Bourgeault, Grade 10, Vitamin C Levels in
<br /> schoolrind al of the Palmer Public Schools in
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<br /> September 1999. We wish him the best of luck in his
<br /> new position! Honorable Mention:
<br /> Kim Kruis,Grade 10, Cold Weather and Living Plants
<br /> Due to the resignation of Mr. Williams, a high Reyna Dziobecki, Grade 9, Light and Mold
<br /> school principal search committee was formulated to Growth on Bread
<br /> hire a new principal. After interviewing several out- Corrinne Iliades, Grade 10,Are Bubbles Better?
<br /> standing candidates,.the committee recommended Ira Channelle Houston, Grade 9,Acid Rain and Algae
<br /> Brown, former principal of the William E. Tolman Marine Science Award:
<br /> Senior High School in Pawtucket, Rhode Island to Kendra Leahy, Grade 11, Wind Currents Along
<br /> become Mashpee's new high school principal. i
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