November 13, 2015
Dear Parents and Guardians,
Well, more than 25% of the 2015-2016 school-year is behind
us. The fall sports season is now over
for all of our athletic teams except for our football team and repeating- South
Shore League Champion cheerleaders. Many
of our seniors have already sent in their college applications and a few have
even received acceptances! All of our
freshmen, sophomores and juniors have taken the PSAT and many of our seniors
have taken the SAT for the very last time.
23 juniors and seniors were inducted into the National Honor Society,
the Mock Trial team is getting ready for another successful season, PHI is
planning a mission trip this spring to the Dominican Republic, and the Art Club
is preparing to grace our hallways with even more beautiful art. All of our classes are in full-swing and I
can tell you that the men and woman who are teaching your children are doing a
great job of making the curriculum come alive for their students. As you can
see – the fall has been busy, yet great so far here at Hull High School!
Now that the leaves are off the trees and the sun sets
before 5PM, we are entering into “winter mode.”
Let’s just hope that this year’s winter is a little easier on us than
last year’s! Here are just a few of the
events happening at Hull High School that I want to make sure you know about.
Term 1 Report
Cards
Your student’s first term report card has been posted on
Aspen. If you are unable to access the
report card, please contact Lisa Dalton here at the high school and she can
make sure you have what you need to see the report card. If you and/or your student are not pleased
with any grades he/she received, please encourage your child to meet with
his/her teachers to talk about how to improve that grade this term.
Parent-Teacher
Conferences
Parent-teacher conferences are
scheduled for the afternoon of Monday, November 16 and the evening of
Wednesday, November 18th. Conferences may be scheduled by emailing Fran Troy
at ftroy@town.hull.ma.us or by
calling her at 781-925-3000 ext. 1112. Please let Fran know which day you
would like to schedule conferences and which teachers you would like to
see.
Winter Sports Team
Meetings
Parent-Coach-Student-Athlete
Winter Team Meetings are scheduled for Wednesday, November 18th. Ice Hockey will begin at 6:00, Girls’
Basketball at 6:30, Boys’ Basketball at 7:00 and Winter Cheerleading at
7:30. It is mandatory that either a parent or student-athlete attend
these meetings, but strongly encouraged that both are present. For
your convenience, we have scheduled these meetings on the same night as conferences.
Please be sure to let Mrs. Troy know that you will be at a Winter Team Meeting
as you schedule your conferences. Live links to register and pay online are available at www.piratesathletics.blogspot.com.
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is always a special time here at Hull High
School. On Wednesday, we have our annual
rally and recognize the senior student-athletes and senior student-actors and
actresses. The Big Game is on
Thanksgiving morning here at Hull High School.
The game starts at 10AM and tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for
students. As always, current Hull High
School students are able to enter for free.
Also, we are proud to have any active-duty member of the military in
uniform attend the game for free as our guest.
The Boosters’ Club Golf Ball Drop Fundraiser
The Boosters’ Club Golf Ball Drop
Fundraiser will be going home with students on Friday, November 13. On
Thanksgiving, golf balls will be dumped onto the field from the top of the
ladder truck. If your golf ball lands closest to the flag on the field,
you win $1000. Second place is $500. The golf ball that is furthest
from the field wins a pair of Celtics tickets. If you have any questions,
please contact Mr. Quatromoni at jquatromoni@town.hull.ma.us.
Fall Play
As you may know, it has been
several years since the student-actors have presented a non-musical production
and they are very excited about this show. Jim Sullivan,
our new Director of Theatre Arts, and our student-actors have been working
since August to prepare what is sure to be an amazing production. This fall's
production is Thornton Wilder's Our Town.
When Our Town first premiered on Broadway in 1938, the New
York Times called it "The last word in experimental
theatre."
Our Town is
known as being one of the most widely produced shows internationally-
especially in schools. It touches on universal themes of life, love and
death through a very specific lens- the daily life of the people of Grover's
Corner, New Hampshire over the course of 13 years. The show is performed
without scenery, and mostly without props and will utilize the performance
space in a very unique way. The costumes will be contemporary (even
though the show is based in 1901-1913). The production features students in
grades 7-12. The shows will be Friday (Dec. 11th) and Saturday (Dec.
12th) at 8pm and a matinee performance with post-show discussion will
also be on Saturday, December 12th at 2pm.
Holiday Concert
Come
celebrate the dedication and hard work of our High School Band students at this
year’s Winter Concert. The concert is on
Wednesday, December 16 and starts at 7 PM.
This performance is free to everyone and the doors open at 6:45 PM. We hope to see you and your family there!
This is my 7th year here at Hull High School and
each year I am more and more impressed with our students. I
have no doubt that the 2015-2016 school-year will be another fantastic one for
our learning community.
As we enter into the holiday season, I wish you and your
families happiness, peace and joy.
Sincerely,
Michael F. Devine
Principal
Hull High School
