February 2 - Day 1

Health and Wellness - REMEMBER THE FOOD PYRAMID THAT WE LEARNED ABOUT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT TAUGHT US ABOUT HEALTHY EATING, AND THE FOOD GROUPS: VEGETABLES, FRUIT, GRAINS, MEAT, AND MILK. WELL, THE US GOVERNMENT HAS CHANGED THEIR THINKING AND HAVE CREATED A NEW MODEL CALLED “MY PLATE” TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY EATING/HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. FEBRUARY IS GOING TO BE THE “MY PLATE” INITITIAVE MONTH AT SHS. IN ADDITION TO THE FOOD DRIVE THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT HAS ARRANGED, THEIR WILL BE DAILY TIPS ON THE ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND DISPLAYS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL. “MY PLATE” promotes fruits and vegetables, which cover half the circle. Grains occupy an additional quarter, as do proteins such as meat, fish and poultry. A glass of milk rests to the side.

TODAY’S TIP: BALANCE CALORIES: FIND OUT HOW MANY CALORIES YOU NEED FOR A DAY AS A FIRST STEP IN MANAGING WEIGHT AND CREATING HEALTHY EATING HABITS. GO TO WWW.CHOOSEMYPLATE.GOVTO FIND YOUR CALORIE LEVEL. BEING PHYSICALLY ACTIVE ALSO HELPS YOU BALANCE CALORIES.

Science Fair – Today is the 4^th Annual Science Fair from 5:30 – 7PM. Come view the interesting experiments that your classmates have worked on!

Art Department - We are very proud to announce that 24 students won recognition at this year’s Boston Globe Scholastic Art Competition. This is one of the best showings in the history of Scituate High School. Of those 24 awards, there were: 5 Gold Keys, 3 Silver Keys and 16 Honorable Mentions. Over 14,000 pieces of art from Massachusetts students in grades 7-12 participated in this competition.

Gold Key winners are: Melanie Coan, Mark DelGrosso, Kathleen Lydon, Jonathan Ricci (2 Gold Keys)

Silver Key winners are: Stephanie Jones (2 Silver Keys), Sean Rielly

Honorable Mentions are: Fiona Amelang, Maddie Anthony, Kristine Coleman, Ariel Dickerman, Tracey Duffey, Delaney Ferry, Stephanie Jones, Jessie Mclevedge, Morgan Moore, Sophie Mulcahy, Alyssa Pasini, Marina Pedini, Rebecca Short, Desiree Snyder, Meredith Sullivan, and Rachel Tripp

All Gold Key and Silver Key honorees will be on display at the State Transportation Building at 10 Park Plaza, Boston, beginning February 13^th. The 5 Gold Key winners will compete with other students from around the country at the national competition in New York City that later this year. Our congratulations are extended to all our winners and participants. Job well done!

Drama Club – Come out and support Winterfest, Scituate High School’s first ever festival of student-directed plays, this Wednesday, February 8^th at 5PM in the auditorium. This festival features five short plays that are directed, produced and performed completely by SHS students. The drama club will be taking donations at the door. We hope to see you there!

Spirit Week – Today is pajama day! Tomorrow is class color day! Don’t forget about the Food Drive!

Model UN – meets today in Rm. 241 at 2PM.