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Once again, Wissahickon students returned from the State PJAS competition with many winners! Read on to learn more about our results

Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science

2013 State Competition Results

  Wissahickon High School students who placed first at the regional PJAS competition this past February presented their original independent research projects, along with other first place winners in the state of Pennsylvania, at Penn State University on May 12^th- 14^th.

  Wissahickon High School took many awards again.  We are proud of all of our students for working hard to qualify for the state competition and their teachers who have supported and sponsored their efforts. These students should be commended for positively representing Wissahickon High School with their impeccable behavior and academic awards. 

Results of competition:

Twenty three students presented their projects at PSU.  Wissahickon had 13 students with 1^st place awards. Nine students received a 2^nd  place award and 1 student received a 3^rd place award. Click HERE to view complete results in PDF format.

Pennsylvania Science Talent Search:

Congratulations to Juniors who interviewed for 2012 Special Awards & Scholarships.

These students will receive three letters of recommendations sent from Pennsylvania Academy of Science to three colleges they listed in their regional interview commending their dedication to science and their research.

Congratulations to Matt Jacobson, David Kauffman, Rebecca Kim, Dmitri Kobozev, Megan Moyer & Sneha Thomas

Scholarship  Winners:

Students must have a minimum SAT score of 1300 and be in the top 5% of their class.

David Kauffman and Dmitri Kobozev won a $2,000/yr scholarship for 4 years to PSU College of Engineering.  

Matt Jacobson, Alice Lu, and Sneha Thomas won $2,000/yr scholarship for 4 years to PSU Eberly College of Science.

The pressure couldn’t have been greater for Wissahickon. After a tough loss to Norristown on Friday, the Trojan’s game on Senior Day against top-ranked Upper Moreland meant their season. They did their job however, knocking off the Bears —Suburban One’s only undefeated team.

Both with seven wins a piece in SOL – American, Norristown played second-place Cheltenham at the same time Wissahickon played their final home game of the season. While a victory did not guarantee playoff entry, a loss meant certain death.

“We still have a mathematical chance of getting into the playoffs, but that would be impossible without a win today,” Wissahickon coach Shannon Gunby said.

Starting off quickly, the Trojans tacked on two runs in the bottom of the first. With two outs came three straight hits. Outfielder Greg McDonough singled, pitcher Randy Frankenfield doubled to right and Matt Oruch cleared the bases.

Next inning, Frankenfield was able to take the mound and pitch with a solid buffer.

“(The Bears) are a great hitting team, I have a lot of respect for those guys,” Frankenfield said. “That two run lead helped me get through those next couple innings.”

Tacking on two more in the third inning, the Trojans led a comfortable 4-0. Frankenfield was settled in and dealing. He kept his pitches down in the zone, worked both his curveball and fastball for strikes and in facing 30 batters, he threw 18 first-pitch strikes.

"We Believe" letter from WHS Principal, Lyn Fields, for the week of 5/13/13

Good Evening,

This will be an early evening “We Believe Shout Out”.  There was a beautiful double rainbow this evening.  I wonder what the significance of this was now that we are entering the last five weeks of school for the Class of 2013.  I hope it is a good sign relative to the end of the year. 
 
On Thursday, May 9^th, The Triangle Club of Montgomery County celebrated 50 years of recognizing students from districts who stood out in three areas:  Scholarship, Sports and Service.  This year our representative was Rachel Stone.  She represented us well as our selection to this distinguished club.  This anniversary banquet celebrating a half century honoring students and many previous award winners were welcomed back.  Our own Matthew Schulman who was last year’s award winner was injured in one of his many adventure and was unable to make the dinner.  However, in the special booklet reviewing the 50 years, Matt’s article kicks off the booklet, as well as articles of the last Wissahickon winner, John Ashmore in 1967.  Rachel’s mother and father joined members of WHS at a table honoring her selection to this prestigious group of talented nominees.  Rachel Stone stood tall and proud with the 31 other nominees.  Well Done Rachel Stone, WHS and the WSD community are most proud of you.
 
Brendan Hopkins competed in the Blue Bell Rotary speech contest and went on to win the regional contest.  We know that comes as no surprise with this talented young man.  His speech relative to gun control was well done.  Check out this web site.  By the way well done Brendan.  : http://www.clubrunner.ca/Portal/story/StoryDetail.aspx?accountid=4345&sid=346426&stid 
Here is a recap of some of our sports teams final games this spring season.  Well done to all our athletes. 

 
Souderton defeats Wissahickon, 13-9, on 5/9/13.
Game Stats:
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Season Stats:
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Five wrestlers made the PWCA All Academic Team.  CONGRATULATIONS to these five talented athletes:  Cody Franko, Dan Schuerer, Issac Phillip, Pat Fenell and Alex Ortiz. 
 
Check out the TENNIS results.  Congratulations to Bee and Ben.
Suburban I League, American Conference Tournaments

• Singles Tournament:  Senior Bee Callahan and Freshman Ben Wolfe participated in the American Conference singles tournament.  Congratulations to Bee Callahan who finished as the American Conference Champion and advanced to the PIAA District Singles tournament.  Ben Wolfe finished in 3^rd place and also qualified for Districts.
• Doubles Tournament:  These same two players teamed up to play in the doubles tournament.  Congratulation to Bee and Ben for playing great tennis and winning the event.

So Bee and Ben are the American Conference Doubles Champions for 2013 and advance to the PIAA District I Doubles Tournament.
District I Singles and Doubles Tournaments

• Singles Tournament:  Ben lost a very tough 3 set match in the opening round of play while Bee advanced to the quarterfinals before losing to the eventual District I

champion.

• Doubles Tournament:  Bee and Ben had to play three matches in one day at the Doubles tournament.  They won their first two matches rather easily before losing a close match in the quarterfinals.

District I Team Tennis Tournament:
The Boys’ team finished with an overall record of 13-2 and a League record of 6-1. 
 
Wissahickon 95 – Upper Dublin 55 5/7/2013
 
100M     Rashawn Crawford (W) 11.0, Khalil Byrd (W) 11.4, Cole D’Andrea (UD) 11.5
 
200M     Mike Harris (W) 22.8, Rashawn Crawford (W) 23.1, Khalil Byrd (W) 23.2
 
400M     Cornell Dixon (W) 52.1, MiKe Harris (W) 52.2, Chris Gene-Lewis (UD) 52.9
 
800M     Dave Stellato (W) 1:59.9, Frances Faruzzi (UD) 2:002, Andrew Stewert (UD) 2:04.7
 
1600M  Andy Stewert (UD) 4:41.6, Frances Faruzzi (UD) 4:43.0, Lukas Marselis (W) 4:54.3
 
3200M  Tristan Marselis (W) 10:24.5, Freddy Fields (UD) 10:36.9, Jae Kim (UD) 10:56.4
 
110H      Reshine Jackson (UD) 15.6, Kevin Yoon (W) 16.1, Tyler Jackson (W) 16.6
 
300H      Dave Stellato (W) 40.3, Reshine Jackson (UD) 42.0, Kevin Yoon (W) 45.0
 
4x1         W 44.1 (Rashawn Crawford, Khalil Byrd, Josh Smith, Jon Laracuente) UD  45.4
 
4x4         W 3:29.7 (Khalil Byrd, Rashawn Crawford, Jon Laracuente, Cornell Dixon) UD 3:34.3
 
4x8         UD 8:43.9 (Jae Kim, Freddy Fields, Sam O’Connell, Steve Williamson) W 8:52.7
 
Long J   Nkosi Jones (W) 20-3.5, Andrew McNutt (UD) 17-10.5, Franklin Dassin (W) 17-2
 
High J    Andrew McNutt (UD) 5-8, Matt Knittel (W) 5-8, Devon Smith (UD) 5-8
 
Triple J  Andrew McNutt (UD) 41-1, Nkosi Jones (W) 40-0.5, Reshine Jackson (UD) 39-2.5
 
Pole V    Phil Fadel (W) 12-0, Aaron Rodriguez (W) 11-6, Jon Lee (W) 11-0
 
Shot P    Kieran Moore (UD) 44-10.5, Dan Murphy (W) 43-3, Kahil Roberts (W) 39-7.25
 
Discus    Dan Murphy (W) 125-3.5, Yondell Dudley (W) 124-3, Mason Sutton (W) 122-2
 
Javelin   Dan Murphy (W) 137-7, Tyler Whitehead (UD) 134-7, Kieran Moore (UD)  127-4
 
GREAT JOB WHS TRACK TEAM!!!
 
Wissahickon defeats Upper Moreland, 21-5, to finish its regular season at 13-5.
Game Stats:
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Season Stats:
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On Tuesday, May 7^th our WHS Chorus presented their spring concert.  Again this year, it was an outstanding performance.  Congratulations to Mr. John Conahan and the many wonderful student performers.  I know those who came out to hear this concert agree, it was well done.  You make us proud.
 
TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK…Thank you and congratulations to our talented and successful WHS staff.  I thank you for all the efforts you continue to make on behalf of the students of Wissahickon High School.  We celebrate each of you and honor you all during this week. 
 
Well, I know there will be late submissions for this WE BELIEVE and they will have to be added in next week’s edition.  For now, letting you know that Bogie has completed his third class and is doing very well.  The trainer of Puppy Head Start says he is very laid back but learns quickly.  I think he has already grown in the past three weeks.  He and Cozy love to play at the strangest hours in the day but seem to be getting along very well.
 
Enjoy your Sunday.
 
Lyn

Additions:

Please note the exciting news from the girls track team.  Although, I did not have this information when the Shout out went out, you should all be aware of these results.  Thank you Coach Butt and Coach Hill.

Congratulations to the Girls’ Track and Field Team on their 2^nd place finish in the League Championship Meet.  Award winners include:

League Champions:

1600 m – Lotte Black

High Jump – Bria Chamberlain

1600 m relay – Mel Fry, Anna Chiodo-Ortiz, Liz Carney, Lotte Black

Other scorers in the meet:

100 m hurdles – Joanna Mabine  5^th

100 m – Melanie Fry 4^th

200 m – Melanie Fry  6^th

400 m – Fiona Kelly 6^th

800 m – Anna Chiodo-Ortiz 2^nd

800 m – Liz Carney 4^th

3200 m – Marissa Fritz – 2^nd

400 m relay – Louisa Mulbah, Angie Yi, Autumn Hair, and Bria Chamberlain - 6^th  

3200 m relay – Anna Chiodo-Ortiz, Liz Carney, Marissa Fritz, and Lotte Black – 2^nd

High Jump – Lotte Black 4^th

Pole vault – Autumn Hair 3^rd

Pole Vault – Tara Quinn 5^th

Triple Jump – Autumn Hair 6^th

Shot put – Tricia Cappelli – 8^th

Javelin – Anna Morgan 4^th

Javelin – Ellen Claire Benbow 5^th

Thank you for your support.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS…CONGRATULATIONS

The following girls have qualified to compete in the District 1 Championship Meet this Friday and Saturday in Coatesville.  These girls will represent Wissahickon in the 1600 m relay, 3200 meter relay, 100 m, 200 m, 800 m, and 1600 m.

We know this is a busy time of year and the girls and coaching staff will do everything we can to support them (and you!) during this absence.

Lotte Black (9)

Elizabeth Carney (11)

Anna Chiodo-Ortiz (10)

Jenna Feltes (9)

Marissa Fritz (12)

Melanie Fry (11)

Sarah Horwitz (11)

Fiona Kelly (9)

Caroline Mitchell (11)

WOW…with all the testing etc., there is no way you cannot be proud of these young women.  WELL DONE…you make us very PROUD.

Lyn

WHS Happenings for the week of May 13-19, 2013.

Click HERE to download the Happenings in PDF Format.

 Art Show 2013

The 26th Annual Art Exhibition is coming to the WHS Circle Gym.  Opening night is Wednesday, May 22nd from 6:30-9:00, and closing night is Thursday, May 23rd from 6:30-9:00 pm. 

Reminder: 6^th Grade Parent Camping Trip Orientation Meeting:                   

• Monday, May 13^th
• 6:00 P.M.
• Wissahickon Middle School Cafeteria

Sports Announcement – Wednesday 5/8/13

Boys Tennis – No Practice Today – Match Tomorrow at Abington

Girls Lacrosse– No Practice Today – Practice Tomorrow

Boys Lacrosse – No Practice Today – Practice Tomorrow

Girls 7^th and 8^th Softball – No Games or Practices Today – Game Rescheduled for Friday May 10^th – Practice Tomorrow

Boys Track – The Meet will be held at the High School

Girls Track – The Meet will be held at the High School

7^th and 8^th Grade Baseball – No Games or Practices Today – Game Rescheduled for Friday May 10th – Practice Tomorrow

The Wissahickon High School Junior/Senior Prom will be held on Friday, May 24th at the Camden Aquarium, Camden, NJ.  Doors will open at 7:30 and no one will be allowed to leave prior to 10:30 pm.

Click HERE to access the Junior/Senior activities page to access and download the Prom Letter and Form for purchasing tickets and the Dance Policy and Contract.

May 6, 2013                                                                                  

Dear Parents/Guardians,

We wanted to provide you with information explaining plans for Laptop Collection prior to summer vacation. Our staff has been notified of the laptop collection date and is planning finals accordingly. Please note the following information and procedures for students to turn in their laptops for the summer scheduled for Monday, June 17^th.

On June 17^th, students will be escorted to the Audion at a time when they are scheduled for Social Studies class. If a student does not have a social studies class on June 17^th, students will be called to the Audion at a separate time during the day. The district technology department will coordinate laptop collection. Students will be directed into the Audion into one of two lines.

One line will be students who have laptops with no problems—laptops turn on, computer bag is available, students will sign off that the computer has been received and off they go. The second line will be for students where a computer has a problem and/or has damage that is noted. A picture of the computer will be taken, students will sign that the computer is received and a letter will be mailed home outlining the bill to cover the damage.

Please note that students must bring their laptop, bag and charger to school on Monday, June 17^th for the end of year turn-in process. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. John McGowan, Director of Technology at 215-619-8000, ext. 3049.

Thank you for your cooperation.
 
Sincerely,
Lyn Fields
Principal
 

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Dear Parents/Guardians,

Please note that the front entrance in the morning should not be used as student drop off. The stadium lot and lower lot by the auditorium are drop off points for students in the morning. This is NOT a new procedure. The stadium and lower lots, which is also the student parking lot, has always been where students should be dropped off in the morning.

There has been a steady increase in morning drop off at the front of the building. This has become an increasing dangerous situation since the front of the building is used for bus pick-up and drop-off, as well as students who ride their bikes to school.

If your child has an early dismissal for an appointment throughout the day, he/she will be dismissed at the front entrance.

Thank you for your cooperation.
Lyn Fields
Principal