Weekly Express

5 February 2010

 

From the Commandant:

Thank You to Parents: I’d like to personally thank the parents and staff members who have volunteered their time on the weekends to chaperone our cadets during their weekend skiing and skating trips at West Point ski slopes and Bear Mountain Skate Park. In addition to these events parents have also come in to help out with the bowling trips in town, “Lounge Nights” at Donaldson Lodge and during the campus movie nights in the auditorium.  Your sacrifice of your valuable time on the weekends has been greatly appreciated by my staff and our cadets and has enabled our cadets to have fun and event filled weekends.  Please continue to contact Mike and Cassandra Regan with the Parents’ Auxiliary to offer your assistance when you have the time. 

 

Open/Closed Weekends:  This is an open weekend for all recognized and old cadets.  All eligible cadets with less than 10 tours that do not have athletic practices or contests Friday or Saturday may begin leaving campus after classes on Friday.  All eligible cadets with practices or contests this weekend may leave after their last contest is completed.  All day cadets may leave after classes Friday provided they do not have an athletic practice or contest Friday or Saturday.  No cadets leaving campus using public transportation to go home are allowed to leave after 9 p.m. Friday or Saturday. 

 

Day Cadets Report Time:  We’d like to remind the parents of all day cadets that day cadets are expected to sign in with their TACs no later than 7:15 a.m. each morning.  Cadets who do not sign in by that time are considered late to school.  Exceptions are made for those day cadets riding buses.  They must sign in as soon as the bus drops them off. 

 

Room and Building Changes and Building Contacts:  All 7th 8th and 9th grade cadets, and all new cadets are located in Riley hall.  All 9th grade cadets who are in the band are in Dickinson Hall.  All 10th, 11th and 12th grade cadets are also in Dickinson Hall and are assigned to A Company.  The following is a list of contacts and phone numbers for each dorm or barracks on campus and the head TAC in each dorm:

 

Riley Hall: All new cadets and G Company.  DormSupervisor is Staff Sergeant Brockington,  sbrockington@nyma.org  or ext. 4274.

 

Pattillo Hall: All female cadets.  Dorm Supervisor is Sergeant Heather Gutierrez, hgutierrez@nyma.org or ext. 4243.

 

Dickinson Hall: A and Band Companies and Battalion Staff, Staff Sergeant George Gutierrez, ggutierrez@nyma.org or ext. 4246.

 

Open/Closed Weekend Schedule for the next four weekends:

February

6-7                        Open     (Cadets may leave campus after all classes and athletic events are completed.

                                             All cadets return to campus Sunday the 7th at 5:30 p.m.  No Senior or officer-

                                             Privilege this weekend.)

11-15                    Open     (President’s Day Weekend.  Cadets may leave campus after

                                                       classes on Thursday.  Some wrestlers have competition Friday

                                                       and Saturday. All cadets are due back on campus no later than

                                                      7:30 p.m. Monday.)

20-21                    Closed               (The Corps has a mandatory Boys’ Basketball game Friday night

                                             and a dance for grades 9-12 after that.)

Closed  (Open weekend for all wrestlers who competed Feb 12th and 13th.

 

From the Dean:

Campus Happenings

Spring Term Parent Faculty Conference: The spring conference will be held on 20 March 2010.  We will begin taking appointment for this event 8 March. 

 

Academic Matters

Advisory:  Your student’s advisor is your point of contact at the school.  They can best direct you on how to navigate our system and serve as the liaison for you and your student.  If you have not heard from your advisor, please contact the Academic Office.   

 

Winter Term Ends: Students will take second semester exams on 3-5 March 2010.  You will find the exam schedule posted on the NYMA website.  The Spring Term begins immediately on 8 March 2010.   

 

Community Service

Teens for Jeans: Aéropostale® and DoSomething.org are sponsoring their annual Jeans drive for homeless teens.  Please bring your gently worn jeans to the Academic Office.  Ms. Reeves is the point of contact for this event (mreeves@nyma.org). She will collect and deliver the jeans to Aéropostale®. 

 

Volunteering Up Amid Tough Economic Times: Americans have answered President Obama's call to service, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), which reported a significant increase in the number of volunteers and the volunteer rate in 2009. Check out this release for more information. http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/newsroom/releases_detail.asp

 

Community Service:  If your student earned community service hours during the winter furlough, please submit, on organizational letterhead, the hours and service completed to Ms. Likar.  If you are not sure how many hours are needed, please speak with your cadet’s advisor. 

 

Community Service and Seniors:  Seniors need to check the community service rosters posted in the library.  Mrs. Tamulis posts the new list every time we update it.  Some seniors need to correct their deficit.  The Superintendent will not accept letters requesting exemption.  All community service for seniors must be submitted by 1 May 2010. 

 

Vocabulary Boosters & Other Cool Things

SAT Question of The Day: (http://apps.collegeboard.com/qotd/question.do)

This College Board page features a daily practice question to help students prepare for the test. Students can sign in to track their own statistics and may print practice questions.

 

Netflix® for Books: Visit www.booksfree.com for information on how you can rent books similarly to how you rent your videos from Netflix®.

 

College, Competitions & Scholarships

Summer 2010 Institute on Philanthropy and Voluntary Service Internship Program

Scholarship applications are now being accepted for the Summer 2010 Institute on Philanthropy and Voluntary Service. Sponsored by The Fund for American Studies in partnership with Georgetown University, the Institute is a summer academic internship program held in Washington, D.C. for undergraduate students interested in volunteerism and careers in the nonprofit sector.  The Institute combines substantive professional experience for 30 hours a week with a challenging academic experience. This fast-paced, eight-week residential program provides students from around the world with the opportunity to gain an edge in today's competitive job market and graduate school admissions, and experience the excitement of Washington first-hand. The Institute will be held June 6 - July 31, 2010. Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until March 5, 2010. Students who complete their application by the priority deadline of February 5, 2010 will receive priority internship placement and scholarship consideration. For more information or to start an online application, please visit the website at http://www.dcinternships.org/IPVS/about/index.asp

 

Starting your FAFSA for College Financial Aid: Now that it is past 1 January, you can begin the FAFSA.  It has sections for the student and the parents or guardians, therefore it is important to do this together.   

 

Scholarships:  It may not be too late to apply to some independent scholarships.  Please visit www.fastweb.com or www.cappex.com for more information.  With the rising cost of a college education, no one can leave a stone unturned for “free money.” 

 

College Applications: Still got some applications in the hopper?  Well, it is time to get moving.  Competition for places and financial aid at schools has sharply increased.     

 

 

 

 

From the Athletic Director:

Upcoming:

February 5

Girls’ Basketball vs. Harmony Christian – home  4:30 p.m.

Boys’ Varsity Basketball – at Green Farms Academy (Green Farms, CT) – away – 7:00 p.m.

 

February 6

Boys’ JV Basketball vs. Chase Collegiate School (Waterbury, CT) – away 1:00 p.m.

Girls’ Basketball vs. Oakwood Friends School (Poughkeepsie, NY) – away 2:00 p.m.

Swimming vs. Chase Collegiate School (Waterbury, CT) – away 2:00 p.m.

Boys’ Varsity Basketball vs. Chase Collegiate School (Waterbury, CT) – away 2:30pm

 

February 10

Boys’ Varsity Basketball vs. MacDuffie School (Springfield, MA) – away 3:00 p.m.

Swimming vs. Chase Collegiate School (Waterbury, CT) with Williams School – away 3:30 p.m.

Wrestling – vs. Storm King School and Marvelwood School – home 3:00 p.m.

 

February 12, 13

Wrestling vs. Western New Englands – Hopkins School (West Haven, CT) – away – February 12 at 7:00 p.m. and February 13 at 10:00 a.m.

 

Results

January 30

Girls’ Basketball – vs. The Master’s School – home won 34 to 26

Boys’ JV Basketball – vs. The Master’s School – home lost 62 to 17

Boys’ Varsity Basketball – vs. The Master’s School – home lost 60 to 35

 

February 3

Girls’ Basketball vs. Poughkeepsie Day (Poughkeepsie, NY) – away won 33 to 15

Boys’ JV Basketball – vs. Poughkeepsie Day – home lost 28 to 20

Wrestling vs. Storm King School – home has been postponed until February 10

           

Calendar

Important dates for the 2009-10 school year are listed below. You can view a more detailed school calendar on our website by pointing your browser to http://www.nyma.org. Click on "Calendar" on the top navigation bar to access the monthly calendar.

 

February 2010

11                                         Presidents’ weekend begins after classes

15                                         Boarding students return by 7:00 p.m.

 

March 2010

3-5                                Semester exams

8                                           Spring term begins

11                                         Ides of March weekend begins after classes

15                                         Boarding students return by 7:00 p.m.

20                                         Parent Teacher conference

26                                         Spring break begins after classes

 

April 2010         

5                                           Boarding students return by 7:00 p.m.

10                                         ACT

26                                         Annual Formal Inspection (AFI) (Tentative)

 

May 2010

1                                           SAT 1

8                                           Ring Hop

9                                           Mother’s Day brunch and parade

14-16                                   Alumni Weekend

16                                         Alumni parade

23                                         Awards parade

28                                         Spring term ends – Last day of classes

30                                         Senior parade

31                                         Memorial Day parade in Cornwall

 

June 2010          

1-3                                       Semester exams

3                                           Honors convocation

4                                           8th Grade moving up ceremony

5                                           Graduation