H E N L E Y H O R N E T N E W S
Patrick McLaughlin, Principal
http://k12albemarle.org/henley
June, 2015
AWARDS ISSUE
The following were recognized during the Awards Assembly and the End of Year Ceremonies:
PRINCIPAL’S AWARDS
Thomas Gathright and Aimee Schill
8th GRADE ACADEMIC AWARDS
English: Caroline McGahren, Emma Moore, Lexie
Warburton, Emily Gress
Civics: Katarina Todorovic, Denis Callinan,
Uziel Aparicio, and Kali Pyle
Geometry: Thomas Keathley, Kinan Martin, Julia
Douvas
Algebra: Dani Miller, Kali Pyle, Thomas
Gathright, Camryn Dodson, Evelyn Garey,
Pre-Algebra: Mary Hays Scott, Weslie Hansen
Science: Julia Douvas, Ethan Matthews
World Language: Kinan Martin, Julia Douvas,
Caroline McGahren, Madison Williams, Uziel
Aparicio, Evelyn Garey
Entrepreneurship: Juliana Scott, Tyler Jones
Sales/Service Leadership: Julissa Godoy-Rivera,
Tyler Jones, Blaine Sandridge, Wren Jenkins
MVP: Juliana Scott
Effectual Entrepreneurship in Action Award: Liam
Guiliano-Dunn
Entrepreneurship Creativity/Innovation: Russell
Hunter, Kat Todorovic, Annie Meenan
Scott Pop Manufacturing: Bevin Lexa, Dylan
Bumgardner
Visual Art: Maddie Waters, Eli Jessee
PRESIDENTIAL ACADEMIC FITNESS AWARDS were
presented to the eighth graders listed below. In
order to qualify for an award, a student must
have maintained an “A minus” average over the
three middle school years and scored at or above
the 85th percentile in reading or mathematics on
a standardized test. Congratulations!
Julia Douvas, Tyler Jones, Aimee Schill, Reagan
Burton, Alexandra Dagli, Caroline McGahren,
Cyrus Rody-Ramazani, Kinan Martin, Emily Gress,
Henry Daum, Vera Soltes, Sevele Van Der Werf,
Abigail Cole, Caroline Allison, Russell Hunter,
Jack Lesemann, Caroline Sarpy, Connor Quigley,
Mia Donalson, Rachel Schweitzer, Victoria
Sanborn, Mahdin Hossain, Thomas Keathley, Ann
Meenan, Ellie Plantz, Henry Thompson, Madelyn
Abrahamson, Gabriel Nafziger, Ethan Matthews,
Eric Wilson, Kate deJong, William Lambert,
Kelsey Marks, Thomas Walmsley, Noa Kipnis, Jade
Burns, Caroline Fagerli, Isabel Brown, Caitlin
Adams, Jamie Klendworth, Gina Sapino, Gracie
Shifflett, Ann Carter Sipe, Avery Moultrie,
Evelyn Garey, Ethan Hiss, Julia Berg, Jessica
Klees, Eleanor Myers, Katarina Todorovic,
Camille Kielbasa, Megan Petty, Katherine
Herndon, Nathaniel Glover, Kella Meier, Madison
Williams, Elisabeth Coffman, Denis Callinan,
Owen Thacker, and Garrett Hicks
HENLEY HORNET LEADERSHIP AWARD:
Student:
Teacher:
Tighe O’Loughlin
Ms. Elizabeth Sweatman
CIVIC CLUB AWARDS
SAR Good Citizenship: Will Evans
DAR Patriotism: Alyssa Gibson
DAR History: Josiah Luftig
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority: Wyatt Hull, Naomi
Harris
MARGIE SHEPHERD SERVICE AWARD
Lexie Warburton
BAND/CHOIR AWARDS
Concert Band: Ben Life and Andrew Holzwarth
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award: Will Evans
John Philip Sousa: Aimee Schill
Director’s Award: Evelyn Garey, Caroline
McGahren and Riley Prichard
Most Determined Musician: Belicia Gentry and
Lexie Warburton
Jazz Singers: Kate deJong and Arianna Ballas
Music Director’s Award: Olivia Childers
PERFECT ATTENDANCE
8th Grade: Caroline Allison, Jade Burns,
Camryn Dodson, Caroline Fagerli, Thomas
Gathright, Alyssa Gibson, Mahdin Hossain,
Christopher Meadows, Jake Richardson, Brianna
Ripley, Megan Petty
7th Grade: Edgar Batcheller, Jessica
Bilchick, Anaya Bland, Henry Daffern, Brock
Davis, Cameron Greene, Benjamin Lenox, Mary
Moffett, Landon Sears, Henry Sours, Zachary
Thorne, Leo Wang
6th Grade: Colby Acton, Jaaziel Aparicio,
Nina Bowen, Gavin Breen, Hallie Bockett, Lexia
Farris, Alexander He, Hannah Hetmanski, Kathryn
Jordan, Amber Parker, Virginia Peng, Mary
Robertson, Arianna Rocco, Simrat Saini, Agustin
Salas-Vaca, Ellie Smartt, Arianna Stith,
Hendrick Younger
CHOIR
Congratulations to Henley Hornet Choir and Jazz
Singers for a strong showing at the 2015
Williamsburg Music in the Parks Festival. Both
groups were awarded an “Excellent” rating, and
Jazz Singers won their division!
President: Caroline McGahren, Vice President:
Camille Kielbasa, Secretary: Kate Whitley,
Treasurer: Jade Burns, Historian: Evelyn Garey
ACADEMIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Members:
Emma Abraham, Joe Barrese, Peyton Beaumont,
Isabel Brown, Jade Burns, Reagan Burton,
Elizabeth Callaghan, Denis Callinan, Samantha
Callinan, Abigail Cole, Henry Daum, Kate deJong,
Cooper DeVito, Camryn Dodson, Mia Donalson,
Julia Douvas, Jack Emery, Gabby Eng, Thomas
Gathright, Alyssa Gibson, Liam Giuliano-Dunn,
Halina Guterbock, Ethan Hiss, Mahdin Hossain,
Russell Hunter, Abigail Johnson, Tyler Jones,
Thomas Keathley, Noa Kipnis, Jessica Klees,
William Lambert, Sarah Beth Manning, Kelsey
Marks, Kinan Martin, Meredith Martin, Katherine
Mata, Kella Meier, Dani Miller, Megan Petty,
Gauri Prakash, Melina Punsalan, Simon Rader,
Teryn Ratcliffe, Cyrus Rody-Ramazani, Caroline
Sarpy, Ann Carter Sipe, Evan Sposato, Owen
Thacker, Henry Thompson, Max Tracey, Sevy Van
Der Werf, Ricky Weikle, Kate Whitley, Madison
Williams, and Eric Wilson
MESA (Math, Engineering, Science Academy)
Congratulations to: Emma Abrahamson, Denis
Callinan, Henry Daum, Julia Douvas, Thomas
Keathley, Kelsey Marks, Kinan Martin, Ethan
Matthews, Sevele VanDerWerf, and Jade Burns
who were accepted into the Math, Engineering,
and Science Academy at Albemarle High School.
The four year program prepares students for a
college prepatory pathway to a career in
Engineering.
MEDICAL AND SCIENCE ACADEMY
Congratulations to Lucy Abell, Wren Jenkins,
Megan Petty, Caroline Sarpy, Madhin Hossain, and
Emily Gress who were accepted into the Medical
and Science Academy at Monticello High School.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ACADEMY
Congratulations Beighley Austin, Noah Adderly,
Ariana Ballas, Peyton Beaumont, Nathaniel
Brawley-Magee, Ashley Britton, Dylan Bumgardner,
Max Burroughs, Sadie Carfagno, Olivia Childers,
Ben Christopher, Caroline Davies, Mia Donalson,
Gabby Eng, Kendall Foreman, Thomas Gathright,
Naomi Harris, Ethan Hiss, Russell Hunter, Thomas
Jackson, Meredith Martin, Emma Moore, Avery
Moultrie, Christopher Lindgren, Cooper Lowe,
Adam O’Connor, Melina Punsalan, Simon Rader,
Cody Rody-Ramazani, Victoria Sanborn, Emma
Schuckert, Mary Hays Scott, Evan Sposato, Max
Tracey, Maddie Waters, Katherine Whitley, Alex
Williamson, and Eric Wilson who were accepted
into the Environmental Science Academy at
Western Albemarle High School.
DESTINATION IMAGINATION: Aimee Schill, Jessica
Walker, Lauren Davis, Julia Douvas, Ricky
Weikle, and Brandan Allen.
MODEL UN seeks to simulate the work of the real
UN. 8th Grade Model UN Students were
Officers: President – Noa Kipnis
Vice President – Russell Hunter
Secretary – Gauri Prakash
Treasurer – Jack Emery
Members: Jason Heilman, Thomas Jackson, Henry
Thompson, AJ Ayres, Katherine Mata, Camille
Kielbasa, Mahdin Hossain, Sevy Van Der Werf, Noa
Kipnis, Evelyn Garey, Maddie Waters, Gabby Eng,
Kelsey Marks, Melina Punsalan, Harry Cowen,
Cyrus Rody-Ramazani, Kella Meier, Kate Whitley,
Simon Rader, Julia Douvas, Peyton Beaumont,
Arianna Ballas, Emily Gress, Mia Jevack, Ethan
Matthews, Jade Burns, Katie Herndon, and Evan
Sposato
NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY: Henley NJHS
coordinated our school’s Make a Difference Day
project in the fall and collected hundreds of
prepackaged meals to donate to family and
friends of those admitted to the UVA hospital.
This spring, NJHS students all participated in 9
Acts of Kindness with 9 Days Left, which really
pushed students out of their comfort zones.
Students came up with many creative examples to
emphasize kindness and the importance of doing
these acts all year. President Caroline McGahren
spear-headed a Student Buddy program that we
hope to implement in the fall of 2015
ROBOTICS: The following students spent eight
weeks designing and building Lego NXT robots for
our annual Robot Demo Day at Henley. This year,
students were charged with building a robot that
can sense different colors and push balls into a
goal.
Jake Selverstone, Beighley Austin, Ben Krasner,
Owen Foster, Shaun Sarker, and Blake Doughty.
HISTORY BEE: The following five students
qualified to attend the Regional competition in
April: Evan Sposato, Ben Christopher, Jack
Emery, Russell Hunter, and Julia Douvas.
Ben, Jack, and Julia advanced to the History Bee
National Championship in Louisville, Kentucky.
Jack Emery qualified for the championship round
and finished in the top 10% of over 600
competitors.
GEMS: The following students have been working
with the UVA GEMS program this year and many
since 6th grade.
Avery Moultrie, Maddie Waters, Peyton Beaumont,
Gauri Prakash, Mia Donalson, Emma Abraham,
Caroline Davies, Sevy Van Der Werf, Ashley
Britton
NATIONAL HISTORY DAY: Under the guidance of Mr.
Rooks, Mrs. Koury, Mrs. Guerrant and Mrs.
Goodin, 8th graders took on a Civics research
project. This year, a record 95 students
decided to enter their research in the Regional
History Day competition at James Madison
University! They wrote research papers, created
documentaries, scripted performances and
designed websites, on various topics related to
the theme "Leadership and Legacy."
The following students advanced to the state
level of the National History Day competition:
Jack Emery, Evan Sposato, Kate Whitley, Camille
Kielbasa, Mahdin Hossain, Jake Greenberg, Gabby
Eng, Katie Herndon, Cooper DeVito, Aimee Schill,
Ben Montes-Bradley, Carter Spilman, Eli Yordy,
Evelyn Garey, Julia Douvas, and Kella Meier.
The following students advanced to the national
competition in College Park Maryland scheduled
for later this June:
Kella Meier and Julia Douvas (First place group
documentary at states).
Evelyn Garey (Second place historical paper at
states).
Good luck to these students as they compete at
the National level this month.
JUNIOR SCHOLASTIC BOWL: The Henley Jr.
Scholastic Bowl team experienced great success
this year. We participated in four tournaments,
one in Raleigh in the fall, Johnstown in
February, LATTE in Falls Church VA and the first
ever WAIT tournament at WAHS. Henley A
qualified for the National Academic Quiz
Tournaments National Middle School Championship
in Dallas, Texas. Members of the Nationals team
include Captain Jack Emery, Ben Christopher,
Russell Hunter, Gauri Prakash, and Evan Sposato.
Other members include: Camille Kielbasa,
Katherine Mata, Kate Whitley, Julia Douvas,
Evelyn Garey, and Thomas Jackson
Rosin Awards for Beginning Strings go to all the
beginning string players for the year in the
hope that music and string playing in
particular, will remain for each and every one
of them a lifelong, passion filled learning
experience. The awards went to: Allison
Aronson, Timothy Brooks, Georgia Davidson, Anna
Eldridge, Lexia Farris, Isabelle Lewis, Taylor
Overman, Caroline Quist, Carmen Roesso, Anna
Sojka, Hayden Stearns, Kylie Therrien, and Lura
Wolfrey.
DID YOUR STUDENT LEAVE SOMETHING BEHIND?
Lost and Found items have been placed by the
front entrance of the building, by the main
office. There are lots of shoes, jackets and GYM
UNIFORMS. All items will be removed and donated
the week of June 30.
COUNSELOR'S CORNER
OFFICE SUMMER HOURS
We have enjoyed working with our Henley students
and families and, as the school year comes to an
end, we would like to wish everyone a safe and
relaxing summer. We wish our rising ninth grade
students all the best as they transition to high
school and we look forward to seeing our
returning and new Hornets in August!
Our Office hours will be 8:30–3:30 during the
summer.
STRING NEWS
The following String Awards were presented to
those students who made an exceptional
contribution to the Henley String Program:
THE HOPE CITATIONS were given this year to all
the 8th graders IN THE HOPE THAT:
1. Music will be an important part of their
lives,
2. That they will continue to play, and
3. Throughout their lives, music will bring an
added dimension to their success and happiness.
Congratulations and best wishes to: Lucy Abell,
Reid Applestein, Wren Jenkins, Eli Jessee,
Charlie Johnson, Emmersen Kelly, Jessica Walker,
and Caroline Wilder.
THE CONDUCTOR’S AWARD is given to a student who
has demonstrated the most progress in one year.
The criteria for this award is:
1. Has made a conscientious effort to improve,
2. Takes constructive criticism positively, and
3. Has focused systematically and thoroughly on
particular problematic areas in order to improve
their playing: This year, I am proud to
announce that a large number of advanced
students have made excellent improvements. The
awards go to the following 7th graders: Jessica
Bilchick, Sydney Dutton, Mimi Feurlein, Molly
Gobble, Ineke La Fleur, Ashna Nitzsche, Carter
Tegan, Jeida Brooks, and Elizabeth (Libby)
Terrel.
The conductors’award for the 8th grade students
went to: Lucy Abell, Reid Applestein, Denis
Calinan, Presleigh Fitzwater, Wren Jenkins, Eli
Jessee, and Jessica Walker.
Musician’s Award goes to students in the
advanced class who have made a unique, positive
contribution to the class as a whole. This year
these students have been an immense help to the
teacher, working during rehearsal with other
students, focusing in on problem areas in need
of improvement. The year the award goes to:
Sydney Dutton and Wren Jenkins
FROM THE CLINIC
If your son or daughter had medications kept in
the clinic this school year, please drop by
before June 30 to retrieve it. Any medications
left after June 30 will be destroyed.
2015 SUMMER READING LIST
Henley’s 2015 Summer Reading List link is
available on the Henley website homepage.
15-16 SUPPLY LIST
The following items are suggested for the 15-16 school
year. Our school web site will have a current list of
supplies if changes are made.
6th Grade
6 Marble composition books (1 Science, 1 English, 1
History, 3 Math)
3 ring binder to accommodate all subjects
School-Ruled notebook paper
Dividers
Pencil pouch
Colored pencils
Hand held pencil sharpener
Glue and 4 Glue sticks
24 #2 Pencils
Pencil cap erasers
Highlighter
Scissors
Tape
Earbuds/Ear phones
USB drive (flash drive)
Pens (blue or black ink)
Box of tissues (give to STING teacher)
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Please resupply students with glue, colored
pencils and pencils throughout the year
7th Grade
1 large or 3 small 3-ring binders
5(five) 8 1/2x11 spiral composition books/100 pages
(not marble composition books) various classes
School-Ruled notebook paper
Graph paper
Dividers
Colored pencils
#2 pencils
Pens
EXPO marker(s)
Highlighters in different colors
Pencil pouch
Editing pens (color other than black)
Glue sticks
2 boxes of tissues (give to STING teacher)
USB drive (flash drive - necessary for transporting
work to and from school)
Earbuds/Ear phones
8th Grade
3-4 Medium-sized, sturdy 3-ring binders
2 journal/composition books (one for English, one for
science)
3 prong pocket folder
School-Ruled notebook paper
Dividers
#2 pencils
Small 3-ring hole punch (recommended)
Highlighters
Erasers
Index cards
Zippered pocket that can fit in 3-ring binder
2 boxes of tissues (give to STING teacher)
USB drive (flash drive - necessary for transporting
work to and from school)
Earbuds/Ear phones
CALENDAR
August
2015-16 Schedules will be available in
ParentPortal sometime during the week of
August 10th
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New Student Orientation @ 10:00am
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1st Day of School
Albemarle County Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of
race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, pregnancy
or marital status in its programs and activities. The Director of Human
Resources has been designated to handle all inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies.
Address any inquiries or concerns to:
Director of Human Resources, 401 McIntire Road, Charlottesville,
Virginia 22902
(434) 296-5827