Friday News 11/4

Our Mission Statement:

Provide a learning environment which fosters critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication to prepare all students for the challenges of the 21st century.

At the Forum students will submit their names for a drawing that will award 2 Students tickets to the Thanksgiving Football Game!

$700 dollars raised for the Bristol Police

Costume Day

Raised over $200! This will be split for the Beth- El center and Thanks for Giving food drive.

Senior Families

All seniors ordered their cap & gowns this week!

GRADUATION EXPENSES:

A date has not yet been set for graduation. The Board of Education will determine the date in April. As in past years, students will be required to pay $40 to cover the costs of graduation expenses, which includes cap, gown, and diploma cover. Please pay online at https://www.milforded.org/o/fhs/page/foran-high-school-dues-for-senior-graduation-expenses. If you would prefer, you may pay by check made payable to Foran High School, or pay with cash. Checks or cash can be dropped off to Mrs. Carino or Mrs. Golebiewski in the main office.

If you have any questions please contact Senior Class Advisors,

Shauna Newall snewall@milforded.org or Melissa Cacioppo mcacioppo@milforded.org

The Social Studies Department will be running their Annual Fundraiser to help the Homes For The Brave Organization from November 1st-12th. The Organization helps provide veterans with assistance in the form of donations and collection of goods. Click on the link below for suggested items. Each Social Studies Teacher will have a box in their room where you can donate items. https://homesforthebrave.org/support-us/donations-wish-list/

Ms. Hoffer's Kindness Connection raised over 100 pounds, a new record for our candy drive this year. This year we partnered up with Pumpkin Delight and Mathewson Elementary and were so impressed with the outpouring generosity from both the students and the parents. Due to all the candy we collected we decided to donate to both Operation Gratitude and the Ronald McDonald House.

Roarin Foran Snack Shack

The November issue is out. Have your student bring home a copy today.

November Mane Street

The Mane Street Mirror staff had a busy week, with several new articles hitting manestreetmirror.com.

Here are some highlights:

Preparing for Winter Sports: Season Training Begins

Cian Carroll and Jimmy D'Angelo

Seniors Stepping out from Under Friday Night Lights

Nicole Howell and Sam Rodriguez

Harry Styles is 'Living in a Daydream 'After Performing for 15 Consecutive Nights at Madison Square Garden

Julia Deicicchi

Veterans Day: Celebrations Around Milford

Grace Brogan and Dabi Lee

Students in journalism 1 talk about headlines and do an activity called "Tug of Truth". Students learned about writing effective headlines and shared their opinions about their importance to a journalism story.

Foran’s Good Reads Cafe opened for a horrifying book tasting. Thrillers, Mysteries and Scary reads were presented to English students while they browsed and recorded some of their top choices!

Students in Mrs. Bradford and Mrs. Newall's Humanities class completed and presented projects to complete their unit on Born a Crime. Some of the choices included researching a South African leader, creating a South African recipe, writing a letter to Trevor Noah, and more.

In Mrs. O'Keefe and Mrs. Stamidis English class, students used the tug-of-truth activity to discuss A Raisin in the Sun.

Students in anatomy classes learned how to suture wounds. Yes... the patients were bananas... but students had fun practicing hands-on healthcare skills!

Students in Forensic Science examine bullet striations to identify which bullet matches up with the evidence.

The CNA students learned how to safely ambulate a patient using a gait belt this week.

Bakeshop just finished our yeast unit. We've prepared pizza, dinner rolls, French baguettes, rustic round Italian bread, and the most delicious cinnamon rolls. So proud of all the bakers.

Advanced Culinary is preparing healthier versions of comfort food, using alternative healthful ingredients. We've prepared Thai noodles with various veggies, sloppy Joe's, and penne alla vodka.

Advanced Studio students learned that tie dye isn’t just for colorful t-shirts. Ever create a brown tie dye shirt? Well, maybe you need a lesson in color theory since understanding color theory and color interaction is the key for awesome tie dye. Advanced Studio students explored color theory and a little science with a new dye technique- ice dying. Using water soluble powdered pigments sprinkled on ice results in really exciting “watercolor” like effects. These tapestries, created by Sophia Ayoub, Reiya Paquet, and Oli Violetta,are examples of ice dying or a blend of pre-mixed dyes and ice dying. If you want to try it at home, Google the directions, get your ice ready and have a color wheel handy!

Students in Mrs. Dotson’s Drawing classes started the printing process for their Drypoint Etchings. The etchings are inspired by the artist Albrecht Durer, who was a master drawer and printmaker. Images are of students inking and cleaning the printing plate and then running the plate through the press to get a proof print of their images.

The Foran String Orchestra is excited for their 2022-2023 debut performance at the Veteran's Day Assembly next week! Our 35 member string orchestra is comprised of students from grades 9-12 and has been enthusiastically and diligently rehearsing in class as well as collaborating in smaller student led instrumental sectionals. Students have been recording excerpts for assessments, creating design for their 2023 orchestra merch, and learning music for our Winter Concert in December as well!

Check out November’s Foran Learning Commons Lowdown! In this month’s newsletter, we are celebrating our Veterans! To honor this day and the service they have performed for us, I have included some great books centered on our soldiers’ heroism as well as personal stories of the brave veterans who have fought so bravely for our country’s freedom. Please check these out as well as some tips on credible research and accessing our databases, this month’s titles for our Flipster magazines and some puzzle fun from our Makerspace!

Aerospace Field Trip

Mr Dooling's anthropology class recently learned about the primate family tree and how humans are related to aps, monkeys and other primates. Students then created flyers about different primates and worked together to complete a display of the Primate Family Tree. Students will soon be learning about early hominid species.

In Mr. Hair’s PE- 1 classes we finished up our badminton tournament. Thumbs up to quarter 1 being done! In Mr. Hair’s coaching class, students finished up their final coaching project. Great work everyone!

Mrs. GaNun’s Quarter 1 Winning TEAM was the Pink Flamingos. The team members were Gianna Chupcavich(absent),Joseph Galaburri, Adrianna Gonzalez, Grace Brogan and Connor Rizzo. This team really used great team strategies and utilized everyone on their team so that they were successful in various team building activities.

CONGRATS again to the Pink Flamingos.

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 2022-2023 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

Senior Aidan Grant has been selected for his outstanding performance in Football. He is one of the few two-way starters for the Lions at both offensive tackle and defensive line. Aidan is heavily involved in the run game as well as helping to pave the way for the dual threat offense. On defense, he is averaging almost 6 tackles per game and has a team lead of 5 sacks on the year. Aidan has played a major role in helping the Lions to a 7-0 start. Congratulations Aidan!

Boys Cross Country

The boys cross country team finished 10th overall last weekend at Wickham Park for the CIAC Boys Class M States Meet to finish off the season. The top 7 varsity runners who competed for Foran were Freshman Joe Meade, Sophomore Joe Galaburri, Juniors Max Newton and James Galaburri, and Seniors Cole Cahill, Captain Kevin Chen, and Captain Tighe Duggan.

Girls Cross Country

The girls' cross country team raced at States this weekend and came in 7th of 18 teams in the Class M division. Adriana Gonzalez took 16th overall with the time of 21:59, She was followed quickly by Olivia Dyke at 22:29, and Allie Regan joined the top 50 with 23:37. Senior captain Anna Harris took 4th on the team with 24:47, and Nora Hayes came right behind her with a 25:00 5K. Freshman Clara Pasacreta and senior captain Grace Foley rounded out the varsity seven. The team had a great season, coming in second in the Hammonassett Division, 9th in the SCC Division, and 7th in the Class M DIvision. As a team of only 17 runners, this is an impressive run! Congrats Lady Lions!

Swimming & Diving

Good Luck Seniors!

FORAN cheerleaders teaching ESMS cheerleaders

Boys Ice Hockey

There will be a meeting for all those interested in playing boys ice hockey this winter on Wednesday, November 9th, at 815pm at the Milford Ice Arena

Girls Wrestling

Girls wrestling is the fastest growing sport in the United States. Over the

last few years, many colleges and universities have added girls wrestling

as a varsity sport. In fact, Sacred Heart University here in Connecticut is

the first Division I girls wrestling program in the country. Girls wrestling is in

the Olympics, and has been growing here in Connecticut. Last year over

200 girls competed in wrestling and for the first time there was a girls state wrestling championship. The sport of wrestling is especially suited for young women. It builds

physical strength and self-esteem. It teaches discipline, hard work,

personal responsibility, and overcoming failure. It is also a great way to

stay in shape, and cross training has been shown to improve performance in other sports as well. I have been coaching here at Foran High for about 10 years. We have built

the wrestling program into one of the best in the state. For the first time last

year, we had girls competing for our team. And one of them won the state

championship! I firmly believe that over the next few years, girls wrestling

will become its own separate varsity sport. I firmly believe in the values that

wrestling teaches young men and young women. And to that end, my goal

is to build the best girls wrestling program in the state of Connecticut. That process will begin immediately. So to any girls that are even remotely intrigued by the idea of wrestling, I encourage them to contact me and to give it a try. I guarantee that the experience will be positive and you won’t regret it!

David Esposito

Head Wrestling Coach-Foran High School

desposito@milforded.org

davidespo13@gmail.com

(Introductory meeting on Monday November 15 th immediately after school in the

gym)

National Honor Society

National Honor Society TLC Tutoring

Students can drop by the Teaching & Learning Commons to get help with any academic concerns they may have. Stop by to see if tutors are on hand during your study hall/free period by checking in with Mrs. DeLoma.

Students can also schedule 1-on-1 tutoring sessions during and after school.

Fishing Club

Foran fishing club went on the Middlebank Fishing Charter Saturday morning at sunup. We had a great time. We caught many large Blackfish, Seabass, and Porgies.