GREENWICH PUBLIC SCHOOLS
POINTS OF PRIDE2010-11
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride:
Greenwich High School ProvidesEXTENSIVE & VARIED OPPORTUNITIES:
402 High School Course Offerings 7 World Languages
12 Performing Arts Groups99 Interscholastic Athletic Teams
42 Sports97 Service & Extracurricular Clubs
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POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride:
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES:Senior Internship
Independent Science Research3D GamingForensics
Shapers of the WorldArchitecture
Television/Studio ProductionAnd more…
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POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride:
Ten (10) 2011 Merit Scholar Semifinalists
Forty-eight (48) 2011 Commended Scholars
Three (3) 2011 National Hispanic ScholarsGreenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride:
GHS Senior Madeleine JohnsonReceived the
National Council of Teachers of English
Achievement Award in Writing
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POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride:
2010-11 State Champions
and2010-11 Northeast
Regional Award
Greenwich High School
We The People TeamFourth Year as State Champions
(2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11)
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POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride:
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Over the last five years, nine (9) Greenwich High School students have been selected to compete in
the Intel-International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel-ISEF).
In 2011, an unprecedented 10 GHS students advanced as Finalists in
the CT Science Fair.
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride:
Greenwich High School Student once again wins
the 2011 CT Science Fair &
qualifies to compete in the
2011 Intel International Science Fair:
Ryota IshizukaGreenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride:
Two Greenwich High School Students were Selected to Compete in the 2011 International Sustainable
World (Engineering, Energy & Environment) Project Olympiad
(I-SWEEEP )
Greenwich Public Schools William Hallisey
Ryota Ishizuka
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride:Greenwich High School senior
Marina Kaneko1st Place in 2011 CT Science
Challenge
Greenwich Public Schools
Marina is also a Finalist in 2011
Women of Innovation & a Semifinalist in the 2011 Intel Senior Talent
Search
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride:
Greenwich High School Math Team
2011 Connecticut StateMath League Champions
State Champions: 2009, 2010, 2011
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POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride:
Greenwich High School Students:Patrick Dillon, Jake Palmer, & Isa
Goldbergreceived an
Honorable Mention in C-Span’s National
2011 StudentCam Competition for documentary:“Say Anything”Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride:
2011 Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America 2011 CT State Competition:
Grace Chmiel Gold Medalist
in Fashion Construction
Amanda FontanaSilver Medalist
in Fashion Construction
Competing at National level in CA, July 2011
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride:
3 Silver Medalists in Culinary Arts: Justin Burke, Gabe Cangas, and Rebecca
Carvalho
2011 Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America 2011 CT State Competition:
Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride:
2011 WordMasters Challenge
Tied for 1st in Nation:Central Middle School 8th Grade TeamEastern Middle School 8th Grade TeamEastern Middle School 7th Grade TeamEastern Middle School 6th Grade Team
Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride:
CT State 2011 MATHCOUNTS Competition
Eastern Middle School1st Place for Individual
2nd Place for School Team
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POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride:
World Languages Program:
Over 90% of GHS students take 3 or more years of World Languages
GHS Awarded prestigious grant by Hanban-Asia Society Confucius Classroom Network
2010 Student achieves in the 99.5th percentile on National Latin Exam
2010 GHS students receive double the average number of National French Contest Awards.
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POINT OF PRIDE – Arts Pride:
Educational Theater Association’s 2010 Outstanding Schools
Theater Program Award
as one of the top High School Theater programs nationally.
GHS Program is a four time designee of this award.
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POINT OF PRIDE – Arts Pride:
Scholastic Art Awards:
2011: Fifteen students selected to receive Gold(8) & Silver (3) Key Awards, Honorable Mention (4)
2010: Greenwich High School student received NATIONAL Silver Award
for Sculpture
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POINT OF PRIDE – Arts Pride:
GPS Student Performances at Carnegie Hall:
Hamilton Avenue School Suzuki Violin students, May 2011
Greenwich High School Wind Ensemble, March 2011
GPS Honor Choir (Grades 4-8), February 2011
Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Arts Pride:
One of the 100 Best Communities for MusicEducation in the U.S.
– sixth time designation in 2011by the National Association for Music
Merchants (NAMM)Foundation
2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
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POINT OF PRIDE – Arts Pride:
Fifty (50) GHS Band Members selected for 2011 Western Region Music Festival
GHS represents 30% of the regional band and more than double the number of students of any other participating high school
Twenty-three (23) GHS Students selected for All-State Chorus More than twice as many as any other school in CT
Thirty-four (34) GHS students chosen for All-State Band Chorus, Orchestra
More than any other school in CT
Nine (9) students chosen for the All-Eastern (U.S.) ChorusHighest number selected from any one school in eleven state from
ME to D.C.Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Arts Pride:
GHS Jazz Ensemble
1st Place in Norwalk Jazz FestivalFive (5) consecutive years
1st Place in Brien McMahon Jazz FestivalFour (4) consecutive years
Finalist in Jazz @ Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington National Competition, three (3) years
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POINT OF PRIDE – Arts Pride:
GHS Band Musical & Cultural Exchange
Program
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China 2007
Greece 2010
POINT OF PRIDE – Athletic, Academic, and Service Pride:
2009-10 #1 High School Sports Team in Connecticut:
Greenwich High School Girls Swim Team
Named by the CT High School Coaches Association (CHSCA)
and the U.S. Marine Corps Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Athletic Pride:
2010-11 State ChampionsGreenwich High School Girls Volley Ball Team
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POINT OF PRIDE – Athletic Pride:
2010-11 State Open Champions2010-11 Class LL State
ChampionsGreenwich High School
Boys Swimming and DivingGreenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Athletic Pride:
2010-11 State ChampionsGreenwich High School
Girls Swim Team
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POINT OF PRIDE – Athletic Pride:
Fencing:2011 CT State High School Fencing Championship
1st Place Individual Foil – Girls: Lauren Miller1st Place Individual Foil – Boys: Harry McGuire
GHS Senior Margaret Lu has been selected to represent the United States at the 2011 Junior &
Cadet World Championships in Women’s Foil
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POINT OF PRIDE - Staff Pride:
2011 CT State PTSA’s Outstanding
Superintendent of the Year
Sidney A. Freund
Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE - Staff Pride:
2009 NATIONAL Teacher of the Year
Greenwich High School – Arch School Teacher
Anthony Mullen
Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE - Staff Pride:
Finalist 2011 Connecticut Teacher of the Year
Greenwich High School World Languages Teacher
Rita Baker
Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE - Staff Pride:
2010 Connecticut Middle School
Principal of the Year:
Stacey GrossWestern Middle School
Principal2006-2010
Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE - Staff Pride:
Connecticut Education Association’s2010 Mahatma Ghandi – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Peace Award
Greenwich High School Social Studies Teacher
Carol SuttonGreenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE - Staff Pride:
Town of Greenwich 2010 Employee of the Year:
Greenwich High School’s Folsom House Administrative Assistant:
Mary Ann Tedesco
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