Friday News 12/22/2021
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Provide a learning environment which fosters critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication to prepare all students for the challenges of the 21st century.
No School December 23rd-January 2nd Holiday Recess
Folidays Champions!
After an amazing contest with a lot of spirit and hard work the top two advisories were too close to call!
This year, the Co-Champions of the Folidays are the students in Mrs. Kaminski/ Mrs. Furdeck (365-369) and Mr. Kochiss and Friends (401)
We've officially made it to holiday break, and the editors of the Mane Street Mirror would like to wish a safe and happy holiday season to all.
Here are the articles that were posted this past week:
Kaleigh Porcu and Jocelyn Gonzalez - Swimming into Action: Boys Swim
Ronan Smith - Eggnog and Latkes: A History of Hanukkah and Christmas
Fiona Ciambriello - Gas Prices Explained
Sam Cogan - “Red Notice”: The Biggest Netflix Opening Of All Time
Lauren Ardolino and Victoria Koenig - Foran Community Gives Back During the Holidays
Austin Lermayer and Evan Kerzner - Various Holiday Traditions Around Foran High School
Rumeysa Bayram and Cameron Lefebvre - Taking on the Slopes
The Foran Orchestra recorded this piece to wish everyone all the best as we say "farewell" to 2021 and look forward to whatever 2022 has in store.
Students in Intro to Early Childhood Education and Child Growth and Development made holiday sugar cookies and assisted children in the Foran Child Learning Center “paint” them with icing and decorations to take home to their families.
Students in Civics studied the role of president according to the Constitution. Students then chose a single president to research further and created poster presentations highlighting their president's achievements, challenges and failures while in office. Students also analyzed the legacy of their president on our American culture.
Digital Photography students are learning about exposure, specifically aperture. Aperture is the size of the lens opening and it controls how much light enters the lens through the size of this opening. However, aperture does more than just control the amount of light entering the lens, it affects the depth of field in the image. In these images, students are using a wide open aperture to isolate the focal point with a shallow depth of field. This is a great technique to place all the emphasis on your intended subject. Did you know that fancy new iPhones can create this effect too. Look for camera settings that allow apertures of f/1.6, f/2.0, f/4. Student images were created by:Isabella Fallon, Dayana Kismetova, Elliot Lyons, Chloe Marchesseault, Nando Queiroz, Connor Stafford
PE has created a new activity called Quad badminton”. The students in the T.E.A.M.S course did a wonderful job participating and seemed to have fun while playing.
The Foran High School Athletic Department and The Foran Sports Booster Club have teamed up to honor a deserving varsity athlete each week of the season throughout the 2021-2022 school year. Each recipient will be recognized for their performance in the “Friday News” and they will also receive a tee shirt.
The Foran Sports Booster Club Athlete of the Week
Freshman, Faith Doyle has been named Foran High School’s “Athlete of the Week” for her outstanding performance in Basketball. Faith scored 55 points, collected 14 rebounds and had 13 steals in her first three career varsity starts. She also has made 11 three-pointers during this span. Congratulations Faith!
Congratulations to the Foran wrestling team who won the championship of the CJ McCormack tournament over the weekend for the first time in history. Eliot Poffenberger was an individual champion. Keith and Kyle Pokornowski, Antonio Madero, Craig Mager, and Anthony Giordano all took home second place.”
Girls Basketball
Wednesday, Dec 22nd 7:00pm (vs Law)
Tuesday, Dec 28 2:00pm
Wednesday, Dec 29th 2:00pm
Monday, Jan 3rd 7:00pm
Boys Basketball
Wednesday, Dec 22nd 5:00pm (vs Law)
Monday, Dec 27 5:30pm
Tuesday, Jan 4th 7:00 pm
Boys Swimming
Tuesday, Dec 28 10:00am
Winter Sports Weekly Recap
Boys Swimming
The Milford Boys Swimming and Diving is currently 0-1 after being defeated by Greater New Haven on Monday. As a team, we improved significantly from our mock meet last week by swimming many best times. Gerold Guitierrez placed 2nd in the 200 IM with a time of 2:08.15 and 1st in the 100 backstroke with a time of 59.16. Next Tuesday, we will compete against Daniel Hand at 10:00 A.M.
KEY CLUB
Creative Writing Club Meeting
The Creative Writing Club will have its next meeting on January 10th from 2:00-2:45 in Room 264. New members are always welcome. See Mrs. O'Keefe with any questions. You can join our Google Classroom with code setjtot.
