| Academic Games 2007
Academic Games is a two-day DoDDS-E sponsored activity held annually in March. The activity is formatted after the "College Academic Bowl" with each DoDDS-E high school sending a team of five students. One student is from each grade (9-12) with the fifth student from any of the four grades. There are several rounds of pool play to determine the top eight teams which then compete in a single elimination competition to determine a DoDDS-E winner. This year the Academic Games will take place March 7-9, 2007 in Hambachtal, Germany.
AVID
AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination) is an academic program which provides the skills for students to be accepted into and succeed at a four-year college. To do this, students are required to take rigorous courses with support from the AVID teacher and tutors. To be eligible for the program, students must have a gpa between 2.0 and 3.5, have stanine scores between 5 and 7 on the Terra Nova tests, have teacher recommendations, and have no behavior or truancy referrals.
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Cheerleading 2006-07
Cheerleading
is open to students in grades 9 - 12. Cheerleaders cheer at home
athletic contests as well as some away contests in England. An annual cheerleading competition takes place in February in Germany.
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Chess
Club 2007
The
Chess Club meets once a week in the Information Center from 3:00
to 4:00 pm. The first meeting will be held in March. Click here (Word doc) or here (PDF file) for a Permission Slip.
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Duke of Edinburgh's Award
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award is a voluntary, non-competitive and flexible programme of cultural and adventurous activities for all young people, whatever their background or ability.
The Award is a four-Section programme with three levels:
- Bronze (for those aged 14 and over)
- Silver (for those aged 15 and over) and
- Gold (for those aged 16 and over).
The Sections involve:
- Service (helping people in the community)
- Skills (covering almost any hobby, skill or interest)
- Physical Recreation (sport, dance and fitness)
- Expeditions (training for, planning and completing a journey on foot or horseback, by boat or cycle)
- Residential Project (Gold Award only) (a purposeful enterprise with people not previously known to the participant)
Please see Mr. S. or Mr. F. for more information about D.O.E.
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Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS)
The Junior Science and Humanities Symposia (JSHS) Program invites middle and high school students to conduct an original research investigation in the sciences, engineering, or mathematics, and to participate in a regional symposium sponsored by universities or other academic institutions. This year's JSHS will be held March 6-9, 2007 in Heidelberg, Germany. See also: http://www.ejshs.eu.dodea.edu/
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Karate
Karate classes are on Tuesday and Thursdays from 3-4 PM. No prior experience or karate uniform is necessary; all students from grades 5 and over are welcome to come try it out. Stop by and talk to Mr F. in the art room for further details.
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MATHCOUNTS - Menwith Hill MathCounts Team - 2006 Isles District Champions!
MATHCOUNTS® is a national math enrichment, coaching and competition program that promotes middle school mathematics achievement. The MATHCOUNTS program will begin in November 2006 and culminate with a district competition in March. MATHCOUNTS is open to any student in grades 6 through 8. In the 2006 Chapter Competition Menwith Hill finished in First Place! MATHCOUNTS web site
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Partnership
in Learning
Partnership
in Learning is a joint effort of Menwith Hill School and the Navy
and Air Force personnel of Menwith Hill Station. The mission of
the program is to provide academic tutoring, mentoring, special
programs, classroom assistance, teacher support and materials
to the school. Structured one-hour tutoring sessions are held
every Wednesday after school in the School Information Center.
Students may volunteer themselves for participation or be identified
by their parents or teachers.
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Student
Government
There
are three student governments at Menwith Hill School. One is for
elementary grades (K-6), one is for middle school (7-8) and one
is for high school (9-12). Meetings are held weekly.
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See also:
DoDDS-Europe Student Activities Brochure - 2006-07
After
school activities/athletics for middle school and elementary school
age students outside of Menwith Hill E/HS are the responsibility
of Youth Services - not DoDDS-E. DoDDS-E does not have authority
nor does it receive funding to initiate such services.
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