October 27 – November 1, 2014 Harw ood Union Middle/High School Harwood Weekly Update On October 16th, seven young women from Harwood attended the 16th Annual Women Can Do Conference at Vermont Technical College in Randolph. The students who attended the conference included Kelly Myrto, Megan Day, Fiona Adams, Maddie Commo, Maya Garrett, Abbi Merrick and Maeghan Badger. They participated in hands-on workshops that explored STEM and trades careers. These students spent the day learning about crime scene investigations, operating heavy equipment, neuroscience, culinary arts, firefighting and much more!! Page 2 Important upcoming dates: October 28: Middle School Winter Sports Meeting MS Girls Basketball: Any MS Girls interested in playing basketball this winter should register online as soon as possible. We are trying to determine if we will have enough girls to field a team this year! Please join the Harwood community in being "Champions Against Bullying" by wearing ORANGE on Unity Day, Wednesday, October 22nd. Make it ORANGE and make it end! Unite against bullying! To learn more, please visit: http://www.pacer.org/bullying/nbpm/unity-day.asp Harwood Union is also listed as a 2014 Champion for supporting and promoting - National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month in our community. Please visit this link to see the list: http://www.pacer.org/bullying/nbpm/partners/champions.as Page 3 Soul Safari Big Picture Café Waitsfield Follow us on Twitter! @HarwoodAD for sports updates, schedule updates and other events @rexa_harwood for academic events, and general school related topics Sunday, October 26th 6-9 pm Fun, Family Event to support the 2015 school fees for children of the Malakaya House, a Ugandan Orphanage. Vermonter and orphanage founder, Robert Fleming will be on site and share his incredible story. There will be music, food, a silent auction, and fun for the whole family. Advanced tickets can be purchased at http://soulsafari.brownpapertickets.com Coaches wanted! Harwood is still looking for: HS Alpine Assistant MS Boys Basketball Coach MS Nordic Coach Please email suedu at [email protected] if interested MS Basketball Skills and Drills: Starting on Oct 20, Varsity Coach Mike Woods will offer a Basketball skills and Drills “open Gym” for MS students. Sessions will run 3:00-4:15 Mondays and Wednesdays until the season starts. Page 5 Please note: HS Winter Sports Meeting is Nov 11 at 5:30 Winter sports will start November 17. Registration for WINTER SPORTS is now open. Sign up now! The Harwood Music Department is pleased to announce the Annual Harwood Variety Show on Thursday, Oct. 30 at 7:30 in the HUHS theater. Tickets are $5 with proceeds to benefit the Harwood Music Dept. scholarship fund – an important resource to help students and families benefit from the school’s private lesson program. Emceed by Cormac Stevens, the Variety show includes performances by Stowe Dance – TRIP Dance Company, Harwood Drum Line, HU Music Faculty, Malayna Johnson, Nina Sklar, Ben Read, I Cantori, Emeric Rochford and others. Please join us in support of HUHS Music, Doors open at 7pm – tickets available at the door. Contact Chris Rivers with questions 882-1160. VFW – Voice of Democracy Competition Why Veterans are Important to our Nation’s History and Future DEADLINE: November 1, 2014 All students in grades 9-12 can apply. We want to reach as many patriotic students as possible to compete for the grand prize: $30,000 paid directly to the American college, university or vocational/technical school of their choice! If interested, applications are available in the School Counseling Office. Or visit their website at: www.vfw.org. Student Government will be hosting an Open Mic Night Friday, November 7, at 6:30 pm in the Common Ground Cafe. If you know you are interested in performing please contact Nikki Rosado or Ellen Berrings ahead of time so we can prepare. Please join us for some singing, snacks, and fun! Contact information: [email protected], [email protected] HARWOOD WEEKLY UPDATE OCTOBER 27- NOVEMBER 8, 2014 Monday 27 Tuesday 28 Wednesday 29 Thursday 30 Friday 31 Saturday 1 Partners Club to Twin City Lanes Bus at 2:30 Culinary Class to Hunger MTN Coop/NECI Bus at 8:00 Possible Boys Soccer VPA Championship @ South Burlington TBD Possible Girls Soccer VPA Championship @ South Burlington TBD Possible Volleyball Quarterfinal @ CVU TBD Possible Football (U-32) Playoffs TBD Possible Boys Soccer VPA Semifinal @ TBD Possible FH VPA Semifinal @ UVM 3:45 Possible Girls Soccer VPA Semifinal @TBD 3:00 MS Winter Sports Meeting 6:00 HU Auditorium Monday 3 Tuesday 4 Wednesday 5 Possible Field Hockey VPA Championship @ UVM TBD Harwood Annual Variety Show 7:30 HU Auditorium Possible Football (U-32) Playoffs TBD Thursday 6 Friday 7 Saturday 8 Possible Volleyball Final Four @ Johnson State College TBD Mini College Fair 11:00 Upstairs Gym Rand/Urban FT to VT Folklife Ctr Middlebury Bus at 8:00 Student Government Open Mike Night 6:30 HU Café Jennifer James, a Harwood High School Senior, has been selected by the American International Sports Team to represent the United States at the 2015 United World Games for Basketball. The USA Team will travel to Germany, Austria and Italy for international competition June 15-25. To show your support and help Jennifer participate in this international event. Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction Saturday, November 8th Seatings at 5:00 and 6:30 p.m To Reserve Call Pam @ 522-7355