Friday News
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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.
Early Dismissal Wednesday, March 16th Lunch will be Served
Skyler Agresti Publishes 2nd Novel!
11th grader Skyler Agresti self-published her second novel. Skyler took the Creative Writing elective last year and this year decided that she wanted to take an Independent Study with Mrs. O'Keefe with the goal of writing a novel, which she accomplished. Skyler worked with Mrs. O'Keefe on outlining her vision, drafting her work, and revising and editing. Ms. Dion, who is a writing tutor in Foran's Literacy Support Center, also helped Skyler with copy editing. The novel is a suspenseful thriller with engaging characters. You can purchase Skyler's novel on Amazon!
Congratulations to the Milford recipients of the DAR Good Citizen Award including our very own Foran senior Isabella Mema
Congratulations on Your Retirement!
Congratulations Mrs. Lisa Johnson, one of Foran's main office secretaries. Today was her last day working at Foran and she is retiring! She has been a great colleague and friend to our faculty and staff. We thank Mrs. Johnson for her hard work, kindness, and teamwork. We wish her a very happy and healthy retirement!
We welcome back to Foran Ms. Kacey Golebiewski, who will be taking over for Mrs. Johnson. Ms. Golebiewski previously worked at Foran as a paraprofessional and now she will be part of our main office team! Welcome Ms. Golebiewski!
Forensic Science created crime scenes to learn how to photograph as a crime scene investigator.
Mrs. Spose's Pre-Calculus classes learned about the relationship between an angle and its sine and cosine values as a function. Using spaghetti, they measured appropriate lengths on the given unit circle representing the y-values on the graph.
Enjoy the March Edition!
Our 16 page Feature story is out today. Read it here or have your child take home a copy. Students have a chance at a $25 gift card for answering the news quiz!
Read about Ethan Edmondson, Kendall LaMorte, Healing Children in the NE, Coffee Addiction, Preparing for College, Heart Scan Revolutions and SO much more!
Here are the top stories from the Mane Street Mirror website this week:
How to Apply and Be Successful at a Job - Connor Nieman and Cal Wrigley
The Unsinkable Ship - Thomas Gauthier
Miss Emerald Isle: How the Irish Heritage Society Benefits Milford - Kylee Payne and Fiona Ciambriello
The Unique History of Milford - Cian Carrol and James D'Angelo
Journalism 1 learned from Donald Eng, Editor of the CT Post on Thursday. They got to ask questions, talk about photos, how to find stories, and complete interviews. This was an awesome and engaging experience for our journalism students.
25 Journalism students attended a virtual journalism workshop from CCSU and heard about famous student right court cases. Big thanks to Lauren Ardolino, Morgan Viesselman, and Isabella Mema for presenting.
As part of their unit on Night, Elie Wiesel’s memoir about his survival at Auschwitz, students in Mrs. Cassell’s English 1 classes researched information about Holocaust victims and surviviors. The students accessed the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s database of people whose lives were directly impacted by the Holocaust.
After reading many ID cards, students chose one victim or survivor to honor by writing a short bio of them on one side of a paper star. On the flip side of the star, students wrote a short autobiography of themselves.
While this was a research activity, it was also an exercise in empathy. The stars represent the light of each human being amidst the darkness of the Holocaust. The double-sided biographies exemplify how, despite the stark differences of our lives compared to those in the Holocaust, we are still two sides of the same coin: humanity.
Students in Mr. Balestriere’s Entrepreneurship class have been working together to create our new online school store! Students are working to determine the new and improved products that will be offered. They have been learning about web design, leadership, product development, team work and implementation of marketing concepts. We hope to have the online school store up and running soon, so stay tuned. To keep up to date and even be involved in helping us achieve our goal, follow our instagram page @foranonlineschoolstore.
Our AP Research students utilized the Zen Den for a change of space to a relaxing area that promoted focus and assiduous execution of work on their academic papers as they embark on the final components of this task. They also conducted interviews to continue to amass data for their results section.
Please assist our Research students in completing any surveys they are currently disseminating as part of their methodology process. Students under the age of 18 are required to have a parent signature to partake in the survey. We truly appreciate your support with this as our students are working diligently to garner responses to procure effective data for their research.
Happy International Women's Day!
The Social Studies Department shows their support!
On Monday, students in AP Macroeconomics participated in a video conference with representatives of the New York Federal Reserve. Students learned about the Fed's role in our economy and how economists measure it's health. Students asked questions, including the Fed's role in politics, impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and how the Fed manages the money supply.
Students in AP Gov held a Mock Trial this morning hearing the case Tinker vs Des Moines. Excellent questions from Justices and arguments made by attorneys from both sides of the case.
This week in Mrs. GaNun’s TEAMS classes they participated in a team building game called Parachute Volleyball. Students had to really work on their communication skills in order to be successful.
In Mrs. GaNun’s Shape Up class students participated in a Pilates routine that worked on building their core strength.
Mr. Hair’s nutrition students researched either a plant or vegan based diet for athletic performance. Both sides had very compelling arguments and showed great evidence of research.
In Mr. Hair’s PE classes, students finished up our volleyball unit by working on serving the ball and mini gameplay.
Mr. Hair’s freshman classes completed their physical fitness tests and did an amazing job!
These mandala designs were created by Digital Media & Design students Gracie Brooks, Sarah Kupson, David Maslar, Mackenzie Posey, and Elizabeth Walsh.
Check out this month’s Foran Learning Commons Lowdown! We are celebrating HERSTORY this month, and in this edition, see what books are being highlighted from our Library collection. Check out all the other items Foran’s Teaching and Learning Commons is featuring this month!
LION PRIDE!
Congratulations Mrs. Kristin Skuches! Mrs. Skuches, as many of you know, was the longtime Coach of our Boys and Girls Swimming and Diving Teams here at Foran High School. Back in 2020, she was selected by the Connecticut High School Coaches Association (CHSCA) as the Coach of the Year for Swimming and Diving. But due to COVID, the award was not announced until recently. Coach Skuches will be honored on May 5, 2022, at the Aqua Turf in Southington in May. Congratulations Coach Skuches!
Congratulations Riley Grunow and Ginger Schmidt on earning All-State!!!! Riley Grunow made first team all state in gymnastics, Riley placing 13th on vault and Ginger 19th on Beam!
Congratulations Foran Cheerleading 8th in the state!!
Congratulations Jason Cruz All State Football
Girls Tennis
Attention anyone interested in trying out for the girls tennis team, there will be a brief meeting on Tuesday, March 15 at 2:00PM in room 365. Contact Mrs. Kaminski at mkaminski@milforded.org if you have any questions.
Golf
Attention anyone interested in trying out for the golf team. We will be having a brief meeting on Monday, March 14th at 2:00PM in the cafeteria. Contact Coach Algiere if you have any questions.
It's drama season!!!
The cast and crew is hard at work getting ready for this year's production of MAMMA MIA!
Introducing the newly rebranded Foran HS Drama Club.... THE MANE STREET PLAYERS!!!
Thank you to visual art student Josh Cummings for designing our logo!!!
Forever Friends
Forever Friends will be celebrating St. Patrick's Day on Monday, March 14th from 2:00-3:30pm in room 365. Join us if you can! Contact Mrs. Kaminski or Mr. Raucci if you have any questions.
Student Government
Attention incoming sophomore, junior, and senior classes if you would like to run for student government, please stop by Room 204 in red hall to see Ms. Hoffer for a packet. Deadline is April 1st.
