Integrity—Communicate—Achieve—Relate—Engage
Parry Graham, Principal
Brian Cote, Assistant Principal
Kerri-Ann O’Donnell, Assistant Principal
Tania Rich, Athletic Director
High School Office (978)779-2257
http://nrhs.nrsd.net
Volume 16 Issue 8
April 2015
NASHOBA DECA COMPETITION RESULTS
Nashoba DECA recently competed at the Massachusetts DECA State Career Development
Conference in Boston. Nashoba had a record
87 students attend the competition located at
the Boston Marriott Copley Hotel. Of the 38 groups competing, 17 Nashoba groups placed in the Top Ten in the
State in their respective categories. Four groups qualified
for the International Career Development Conference that
will be held in Orlando, Florida from April 25—April 30.
Nashoba DECA would like to thank our sponsors Clinton
Savings Bank, Every Network, Seismic Solutions, Mass Gymnastics, Catalano Companies, and Thompson Hill Associates.
If you or your business would like to help defer the high
costs of our trip to Orlando please contact Mr. Andreopoulos at [email protected].
STATE CAREER DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE RESULTS
QUALIFYING FOR NATIONALS
Gabby Demeo
1st Place
Tess Anderson and
Mary-Kate Maggliozzi
Ben Hart, Cam Jesson, and Brandon
Baldwin
Kaitlyn Thorogood,
Andrea Labonte,
and Kylie Schneck
3rd
Place
4th Place
4th Place
Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan
Buying and Merchandising Operations
Research
Finance Operations
Research
Hospitality and Tourism Operations Research
ATTENDING NATIONALS FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT TRAINING



John Vasington
Brianna Murphy
Cayla Murphy
Guidance Office (978)779-0122
TOP TEN IN THE STATE
 Wilson Fay, Catie Kiernan, and Mike Curtin
 Brianna Murphy and Cayla Murphy
 Harry Ashline, Owen Fay, and Jake Fire
 Justin Olson, Dan Richards
 Lucas Delisle
 Dan Kline, Nick Tesini, and Tyler Hopkins
 Morgan Vincent and Meghan Joyce
 Jackie Laquidara
 Matt Allaire and Kyle Tremblay
 Kelly Poole, David Czapkowski, and Emilia Bernasconi
 Rebecca Worden
 Stephanie Rucinkski
 Drew Anderson and Sean Pokorney
FRIENDS OF MUSIC NEWS
FRIENDS OF MUSIC MEETING: APRIL 13TH
Please join us at our next Friends of Music meeting on Monday, April 13th, at 6:30 pm in the chorus room. All are welcome to attend!
FRIENDS OF MUSIC IN NEED OF VOLUNTEERS
Open positions exist and will exist for
Friends of Music, and we need parents to
help. We currently are still in need of a
publicity coordinator and a Memorial Day Parade/Cookout
coordinator for this year. For next year, we will be losing
our Lancaster town rep, members of the Board, and Pep
Band food coordinator. Folks interested in learning more
about these positions should contact Paula Castner at [email protected]
BOSTON POPS “BY POPULAR DEMAND” CONCERT: JUNE 5TH
Boston Pops Conductor, Keith Lockhart, is celebrating 20
years with the Boston Pops. In an effort to bring audiences
directly into the concert experience like never before, Keith
Lockhart and the Boston Pops will present "By Popular Demand," five concerts (5/7, 16, 26, 29 & 6/5) that offer concertgoers a chance to vote, live during the concert, for their
favorite piece of music through their web-enabled devices,
giving Pops audiences an opportunity to help program the
(Continued on page 2)
entire second half of the concert they are attending.
Votes will be tabulated within seconds after the voting
procedure and the musical selection with the most votes
will be performed that same evening. Audiences will
vote for tunes in categories such as "Favorite John Williams Movie Theme" and "Favorite Iconic Rock Ballad"
and even "Favorite Bugs Bunny Moment," showcasing the
great musical variety found in the Boston Pops library of
3,500 exclusive charts. A "Kids Choice" Family Concert
on May 16 puts the programming power in the hands of
the next generation.
([email protected]) if you are interested
in volunteering your time to support our students.
Please note that our 2015 Annual Drama Banquet will
be held on Sunday, May 3rd. Invitations are being
mailed soon and any and all thespians are invited!
Please contact Holly Ventura at [email protected]
if you have any questions about the banquet.
CHALLENGER BASEBALL LEAGUE
The Challenger Baseball League returns and
seeks participants and volunteers. This program is for physically and mentally challenged children ages 5 through 18. Games
will be played Saturday mornings from 10
to 11 am May 3—June 14 at Thayer Field in
Lancaster. No practices, just games! Due to the growing
number of players, we need more helpers! Any local Little Leaguer, middle school, JV, or varsity athletes, and
anyone else who would like to help are encouraged to
come and be a buddy for our Challenger players. No
special baseball experience required, just a caring, positive attitude! The Mark Fidrych Foundation has covered
all registration costs for all players, so everyone plays
for free! Players should register online
at www.lancasterlittleleague.com, before April 1. Buddies/Helpers should contact Joe Kennedy
at [email protected] for more information.
Friends of Music has purchased tickets for the last concert
on Friday, June 5th, at 8 pm. Tickets will go on sale for
interested students on April 27th after the Spring break.
Tickets are $25 each. Checks, made payable to “Friends
of Music”, may be given to Ms. Mianulli or Mr. McCarthy.
Tickets will be sold on a first come, first served basis.
APRIL FRIENDS OF DRAMA NEWSLETTER
On the weekend of March 13, 14, and
15, children and adults alike were
wowed by Nashoba Drama Society’s
Spring Musical, “Peter Pan,” under the
direction of Mr. Bill Grady. Sell-out
crowds filled the house as Peter Pan,
Wendy, Michael, and John Darling (and later, Wendy’s
daughter, Jane) “flew” to Never Land and back despite
Captain Hook’s efforts to stop them. Three ensemble
groups: the pirates, the lost boys, and the Indians,
danced into the hearts of those in attendance; as did
Nana the dog, a life-like crocodile, a high-tech Tinker
Bell, and Hook’s hilarious side-kick, Smee. Standing ovations at each performance congratulated the cast, crew,
orchestra, and producers/directors of the timeless classic.
Kudos also, to the combined efforts of many parents
committee members who shared their time and talent in
coordinating and executing those amazing tasks such as
front-of-house décor, hair and make-up, costumes, props,
and set, to name a few. We hope you were among
those who had the opportunity to be transported to Never Land and back.
SEPAC NEWS
The Nashoba Regional School District’s Special Education
Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) has two events planned
for parents/guardians for the month of April.
“Basic Rights Workshop” on Thursday, April 16th at
7:00 pm
Bonnie Polakoff, an educational advocate, will lead a
“Basic Rights Workshop.” This workshop introduces participants to the federal and state special education laws,
special education process, parent and student rights and
how to resolve differences with the school. It is designed
to help parents learn how to be effective partners with
their child's school to decide the child's eligibility for special education, and to plan, make decisions and monitor
their child's progress in school.
The Friends of Drama Board would like to extend their
most sincere thanks and gratitude to all the parents, administrators, custodians, technical crew, and our amazing
actors who made this production possible. We would
like to especially thank Bill Grady, our Director; Rob
Nierintz, our Artistic Director; Melissa Lynch, our Choreographer; and Mike Hoffman, our Music Director for all
their extra time and efforts.
“The Roadmap to CBHI & Applying for MassHealth
and Accessing Services” on Thursday, April 30th at
7:00 pm
Bonnie Thompson, Family Leader at Mass Family Voices,
will speak on a topic that many parents have questions
about with the newly enacted legislation (MA Autism Bill
of 2014). Topics such as accessing autism related services through ARICA will also be covered.
The next Friends of Drama Meeting will be held on
Wednesday, April 1, 2015, at 6:00 pm in the auditorium
lobby. All interested parents are welcome to attend.
Please contact Tracy Lindsay
(Continued on page 3)
2
The meetings will be held at Nashoba Regional High
School in Room 207.
Any questions? Please email Isabel Wells at
[email protected]
FOBPL ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Bolton's new library is five years old! Please join The
Friends of the Bolton Public Library as we host a townwide celebration on Saturday, May 2nd from 10—2. We
invite everyone to join us at the library as we honor not
one, but two special anniversaries: the 5th anniversary of
the opening of our new library and 20 years since the
Friends of the Bolton Public Library was founded to support the library. To celebrate, we have entertaining activities planned for everyone! Get ready to be baffled
by the magical brilliance of Fran Flynn, Magician Extraordinaire at 11; enjoy a reading from local children’s
author, April Jones Prince at 12:30; test your wits on our
library-wide scavenger hunt; learn about Bolton's past
from local historian Roger Breeze; and explore the new
items purchased by the Friends for all library patrons to
enjoy. Refreshments will be served. We hope you can
join us to celebrate our library, and all the wonderful
things it provides in Bolton for so many.
3
Bolton Youth Baseball has planned a Fundraiser Golf Tournament on June 1st at
private golf course, Wedgewood Pines in Stow. Please join us for this event as we will
be providing exciting raffle prizes which include an IPAD, IPOD, a Blue Ray Player, as
well as many other items. We will also have a 50/50 raffle where you could take home
half of the pot collected!
We will provide dinner after the tournament. The Cost is $135 per golfer, $540 per
foursome. We also have a sponsorship opportunity for our local businesses at a cost of
$100 to sponsor a hole. Your logo sign would be placed on the tee box of a golf hole for
all the golfers to see as they tee off.
Wedgewood Pines Country Club is home to one of New England's premier private golf
clubs. For the serious golfers, the Boston Business Journal ranked their championship tees
as one of the twenty toughest golf courses in Massachusetts. With lush, mature bent-grass
tees and fairways, and state of the art G-2 Pentcross bentgrass greens, you will always find
the course in tournament condition.
Located right next door to Bolton at 215 Harvard Rd. in Stow, MA
http://www.wedgewoodpines.com/Club/Scripts/Home/home.asp
This is limited so please sign up now before our tournament fills up!
Register at http://www.birdeasepro.com/boltonyouthbaseball
EVENT DETAILS
Course Name
Wedgewood Pines Country Club
215 Harvard Rd.
Stow, MA , 01775
Get Directions Web Site
Event Times
Monday, June 01, 2015
Registration Start Time 8:15 AM Event Start Time 9:00 AM Dinner Start Time 3:00 PM Auction Start Time 4:15 PM EVENT CONTACT
Mark Pavia
[email protected]
Cell: 774-285-9973
Join!the!Stow!Minutemen!and!have!fun!with!hands"on!learning!for!the
whole!family#!focusing!on!colonial!New!England!in!1775$!All!ages!are
welcome#!from!pre"school!through!adult$!We!welcome!families!that!are
interested!in!living!colonial!history$!Example!activities!include!fife!and
drum!%we!give!FREE!lessons&'#!re"enactments#!parades#!and!historical
interpretation$!Join!us!Monday#!April!20!for!our!annual!Patriot's!Day
Trail!March!to!Concord!as!we!follow!the!steps!of!the!original
Minutemen&
To!learn!more!see!http())www$stowminutemen$org!
Contact!us!at!info@stowminutemen$org!
Tom Denney Nature Camp
Current 9th graders!
Do you want a fun summer experience? Come to nature camp and be a Counselor in
Training! You will have fun playing games and also gain valuable work experience
for future jobs. CITs attend 3 days of Orientation and then work for 2 weeks.
Do it with your friends – you’ll have a blast!
About the camp:
The Bolton Conservation Trust’s summer day camp offers fun and learning at Bolton's Bower Springs conservation
area. The goal of our camp is to create a safe, enjoyable outdoor learning experience that provides opportunities
for children to learn about themselves and develop understanding, respect and responsibility for the environment
in which they live while making new friends, taking on new challenges and most of all having fun!
TDNC Campers Program: CITs work with staff and campers in this program
Activities include swimming, group games in the field and woods, Mystery Animal, Predator and Prey, The Amazing
Race, arts & crafts, songs, tracking, scavenger hunt, hiking, exploring, campfires, building a shelter & more. New!
Animal Adventures is visiting camp! Campers must be entering the 1st through 8th grades.
ECO ADVENTURES Older Campers: CITs work with staff and campers in this program
Activities include kayaking with Still River Outfitters, rock climbing at Central Rock Climbing Gym with harnesses &
ropes, an overnight with campfire dinner & s’mores then sleeping in the big tent, raft building competition, team
building activities, a conservation project & more. This program is for campers who are entering middle school
(grades 6-8). Campers this age may choose this program or the TDNC program.
2015 Schedule (camp runs from 9am to 3pm):
Mandatory Attendance at Orientation for CIT Training: June 29 - July 1 (9am-3pm)
Session 1: July 6-10
Session 2: July 13-17
Session 3: July 20-24
Session 4: July 27-31
Session 5: August 3-7
Website for more details: tdnc.boltonconservationtrust.org Registration opens February 1
Questions: [email protected] (best means of communication) or 978-429-3004 (voice mail).