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RHS Newsletter
       
April 8, 2008
Raymond High School
Hello Raymond High School Families:
As of April 1, 2008 we have started the
fourth quarter of the school year. It seems
that this year is moving extremely fast. We
have started our spring NWEA testing with
the freshmen and the sophomores and we
expect to complete those tests by April 11,
2008. The juniors will be taking science
NECAP tests in May for two days, more to
come about those assessments.
The high school NEASC visiting committee
will be in our school from April 13-16,
2008. The visiting members will be
interviewing teachers, students, parents,
and administrators. Students will also be
shadowed during this visit which will give
the committee members a student’s
perspective. The entire staff of RHS has
put in a great deal of work preparing for
this visit and I would like to say kudos to
everyone for their hard work.
The music department will be departing on
their Washington trip, Wednesday April 16,
2008. Both the band and the chorus will be
performing in Washington DC. The band and
chorus performances will be rated and
reviewed. Students will also have an
opportunity to visit many of the historical
monuments. Best of luck to all those
students involved.
Think spring and warm weather!
Sincerely,
Kirk Beitler, Principal
Senior
News:
Graduation date June 20, 2008
Attention senior parents! Students have met
with their class advisors and indicated how
they want their names to appear on their
diploma. If you are interested in knowing
what your child chose please email Ms. Ozana
at
k.ozana@sau33.com.
Reach
High
Scholars
Program
Next Meeting on April 22nd
The next meeting of the Reach High
Scholars Program will take place at RHS
in the Library on Tuesday Evening, April
22, 2008. All RHS students, parents,
faculty and other interested parties are
invited.
The following is the agenda for the meeting:
6:00 PM
For people who missed the November 27th
meeting, a condensed version of the slide
presentation given that night will be made
and copies of the materials handed out will
be available.
Emphasis will be on (i) explaining the
purposes of the Reach High Scholars
Program, (ii) briefly describing the
targeted colleges, (iii) the advantages of
attending these schools and (iv) the
considerable financial aid that they are now
making available.
7:00 PM
The meeting for everyone will start at 7:00
PM. It will concentrate on the following:
A Program to Assist RHS Students Prepare
for Highly-Competitive Colleges
How can a student best position herself or
himself to be a strong candidate for
highly-competitive colleges and
universities?
Two recent RHS graduates, Eric Austrew (RHS
'95, Yale '99, BU MBA & MIS ‘06) and Josh
French (RHS '01, Duke '05, BC Law '08), will
lead a discussion addressing this topic with
the objective of establishing an on-going
program in which students and parents will
actively participate.
Topics to be discussed include:
A. Course selection (including
advanced
placement and honors courses);
B. Preparation for
standardized tests
(SAT reasoning, SAT subject tests, ACT);
C. Extra-curricular
activities
(sports, art, performing arts, school
governance);
D. Summer
programs;
E. Community
involvement; and
F. Preparing for
admissions interviews.
The intention is to have an interactive
dialogue with the students, parents, faculty
and others in attendance and to extend the
discussion to any other related topics they
wish to raise. Please bring your ideas and
questions!
Hopefully, students can leave the meeting
with clearer individual game plans to be
implemented over the next year or two to
maximize their chances of getting into a top
college. We look forward to the
conversation and continuing to help as they
go down that road.
Organized Visits to Highly-Competitive
Colleges and Universities
We are in the process of organizing a
coordinated program of visits to some of the
22 highly-competitive colleges and
universities (on the attached list) that are
within a two-three hour drive of Raymond.
Deirdre Doyle and Andy Harmon have
volunteered to assist in this effort.
Students are requested to send to us by
Friday, April 18th, (by hand-delivery to Ms.
Doyle or by email to
info@reachhighscholars.com) a list in
order of priority of up to ten of the
colleges they would like to visit. On the
basis of this information, we will plan a
series of possible one-day excursions, some
of which hopefully can occur during the
vacation week starting April 28th.
At the April 22nd Meeting, the following
topics will be covered:
A. Description of a
typical college visit;
B. Advantages of
visiting several schools in the spring of
the high school junior
year, before the intense
application period starts in the fall;
C. Advantages for
sophomores and freshmen to learn what
college life is all about
and to get an early start on the
process;
D. Specific logistics of
up-coming visits.
St. Paul’s School - Advanced Studies
Program
This program has been an important stepping
stone in the past for RHS students who went
on to highly competitive colleges. We are
delighted to announce that the following
juniors have been accepted and will be
attending the ASP this summer:
Ashley Heim
Jennifer Heim Michael
Houle
Charles Martin
Technology Fun Night VIII Friday, April
18, 2008 6:00 PM – 8:30PM
Place: Seacoast School of Technology
Who: Grade 6 – 9 boys and girls
Cost: Free
Why: This school year, the Seacoast School
of Technology is offering a series of events
for students to show just how much fun
learning about technology can be.
How to sign up: Call SST (775-8461) to
register. Registration deadline is April
18, 2008. Limited to 20 students on a first
come first served basis.
This month we will be learning about
Robotics and Robot Programming. Have you
ever wanted to build and program your own
robot? Come find out how. We will be
programming these little guys called BOEBots.
You will also be introduced to the iCreate
Robot. There will be door prizes.
Any questions, contact Mr. Messa at
nmessa@sau16.org or 775-8623
Important Dates:
April 11,
2008
Third quarter report cards distributed
April 13-16,
2008 NEASC
accreditation visit
April 17-20,
2008 Music
trip to Washington DC
April 21,
2008
PSO meeting in high school conference room
April 21-25,
2008 Spirit
Week
April 28-May2,
2008 Spring
Vacation
May 9,
2008
Fourth quarter progress reports
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