Daily Announcements
NSHS Music
This past weekend Directors Fritz Benz and Regina McAdam took 177 hard-working students and 20 dedicated and caring chaperones to Hershey, PA to perform at the Music in the Parks Festival competition in Hershey, PA. Our performing ensembles and their respective awards were:
- HS Concert Band, Superior rating, 1st place, Overall highest score award
- HS Jazz Ensemble, Superior rating, 1st place, Overall highest score award
- HS Women's Chorus, Superior rating, 1st place, Overall highest score award
- HS Chamber Choir, Superior rating, 1st place
- HS Concert Choir, Superior rating, 1st place
Individual awards:
Erik Pelletier-Outstanding jazz soloist
Bridget Hall-Outstanding choral accompanist on marimba
Each of these 5 ensembles was awarded the highest possible award, the Superior rating and each won 1st place in its respective division. Of the 28 groups at the festival, only 8 received the Superior rating, 5 of which went to N. Smithfield groups. Also, N. Smithfield groups won the Overall trophies for the highest possible score of any Band, Jazz Ensemble or Chorus.
Finally, 3 students were recognized for individual honors, of which 2 were from N. Smithfield. Erik Pelletier, grade 11 won an outstanding award for jazz solo and Bridget Hall, grade 10 won for oustanding accompanist on marimba.
Congratulations Mrs. McAdam!
Mrs. Regina McAdam has been recognized as the 2011-2012 Teacher of the Year for the North Smithfield School District! Mrs. McAdam is the high school choral director. Anyone who has had the privilege of singing in the NSHS chorus knows that Mrs. McAdam is most deserving of this award. Since she arrival at NSHS, she has led our chorus program to amazing heights. Mrs. McAdam has pushed her students to this level of achievement through her passion, dedication and hard work. This is evident by the countless awards received by our choral program and by our individual chorus students. She has also worked diligently to include all students into the program, regardless of ability. By doing this, she has fostered a love of music and an appreciation for the arts as an essential part of a well-rounded educational experience.
Please join me in congratulating Mrs. McAdam on this tremendous accomplishment! She will now be nominated for the Rhode Island Teacher of the Year Award, which is announced annually by the Department of Education.
American Dream Day
This Friday, April 13, the NSHS Youth Leadership Association will be sponsoring its 2nd annual "American Dream Day". Club advisor Justin Aromin and the members of the group have lined up some terrific speakers who will be addressing our students. Thanks to all who helped organize, especially Mr. Aromin.
Quarter 4 Progress Reports
Starting in 4th quarter of this year, North Smithfield High School and North Smithfield Middle School will no longer be issuing paper copies of student mid-quarter progress reports.
Student reports can be viewed by accessing the parent portal. If you ar enot signed up for the parent portal, information can be obtained through the district website: http://northsmithfieldschools.com/.
Parents will still receive paper copies of student report cards at the end of each quarterly marking period.
Thank you for your support. If you have any questions please email me at rmezzanotte [at] nsps [dot] us.
Chris Herren to NSHS
NSHS is thrilled to welcome Chris Herren on Thursday, March 29th. Chris Herren is a former professional basketball player who has overcome addiction to dedicate himself to impacting the lives of young people. He is the author of the book Basketball Junkie. Detailed information about his inspirational life story can be found by linking to his website below.
Congratulations Morgan Quinley
On March 15, 2012, Morgan Quinley was one of four girls awarded a $4,000/year, up to four years, scholarship to URI. Morgan wrote a wonderful essay on how technology has made an impact in her life, and how she plans to use it in the future. This was part of the GRRL Tech program presented by the Tech Collective. GRRL Tech encourages young women to explore the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics through interactive workshops led by women in the educational and business communities.
NSHS Jazz Ensemble
This past Saturday, the NSHS Jazz Ensemble competed at the 44rd annual Berklee College of Music HS Jazz competition. The festival is the largest school music competition in the country with well over 200 High School ensembles varying from vocal jazz groups to small jazz combos and large jazz bands. N. Smithfield performed in a division with 16 other jazz big bands from private and prep schools, arts magnet schools and other public schools in 5 states throughout the northeast.
For only the second time in our school's history, N. Smithfield HS won an award at this event, receiving an Honorable Mention 4th place award at the festival. Junior Erik Pelletier was awarded the judges trophy for outstanding musician in the ensemble and the entire group was praised by the judges for its musicianship.
Congratulations to the members of the NSHS Jazz Band!
