A GREAT Boosters Fundraiser!

Hull Boosters & Midge Lawlor of A Moment In Time Photography have created a great opportunity to take some Senior Portraits or some family ones. On September 7^th starting at 8 we will be reserving sittings for 75.00 ea. at Black Rock Beach.  Along with the $75.00 sitting fee you will receive a CD of the pictures taken.  A family sitting is for immediate family only. Please e-mail Denise Heavern @ heaverns4@gmail.com to reserve you spot.

Thank you to the Boosters and to Midge for all their support of  the academic and co-curricular programs here at HHS!

Come Run and Support Hull's Schools!

Nantasket Seaside Roadrace-  4 Mile Run

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Start Time:  8:00 AM - Hull High School

Online Registration at : www.racewire.com

Day of Race Registration Opens at 7:00 AM

All Proceeds benefit the Hull Academic Support Coalition

All Ages Welcome to Participate

HHS Summer Reading!!

Summer Reading 2013

Honors English 9:  Students are required to read Bleachers by John Grisham. They should then complete one of the assignments.  This will be a graded assignment.

College Prep English 9:  Students are required to read Bleachers by John Grisham.  They should then complete one of the assignments.  This will be a graded assignment.

Honors English 10:  Students are required to read The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore.  They should then complete one of the assignments.  This will be a graded assignment.

College Prep English 10:  Students are required to read The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore.   They should then complete one of the assignments.  This will be a graded assignment.

Honors English 11:  Students are required to read The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore.  They should then complete one of the assignments.  This will be a graded assignment.

College Prep English 11:  Students are required to read The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore. They should then complete one of the assignments.  This will be a graded assignment.

Honors English 12:  Students are required to read All Souls by Michael Patrick MacDonald.  Please see enclosed assignment sheet with additional extra credit assignments.

College Prep English 12:  Students are required to read All Souls by Michael Patrick MacDonald. They should then complete one of the assignments.  This will be a graded assignment.

 Books are available at the Hull and Hingham Public Libraries and are all available for $13 or less on Amazon.com.

Summer Reading Assignments

 ASSIGNMENT #1

Create a soundtrack to the book you read. Choose ten songs that you feel correspond with the themes of your book. Explain four of the songs, why you chose them and how they relate to the book.  Please cite specific lyrics to show evidence of this shared theme.  Each one of your four analyses should be a 1/2 page. 

 ASSIGNMENT #2

Write a creative dialogue between a character in your novel and a character from a different novel you have read in one of your past English classes. You may want to choose a character with similar viewpoints or a character foil (a character with opposite attributes).  In a concluding paragraph explain why you chose the character you did and how he/she relates to the character from your summer reading novel. Your written piece should be approximately 2-3 pages.

ASSIGNMENT #3

Find a current newspaper article on-line that relates to an issue in your novel. Briefly summarize the article and include it for your English teacher’s perusal.  Explain how it is addressed in the novel as well as your thoughts on the issue.  Your written piece should be approximately 2-3 pages.

Mr. Devine's End of the Year Letter

June 24, 2013 

Dear Parents and Guardians,

It has been an amazing year at Hull High School.  I read somewhere that “amazing” is considered one of the most overused words in the English language, but I think it is the perfect word to describe this past year.  Here are just some of the highlights:

•  Hull High School was named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.
• We gathered our entire school community in the auditorium to share the news that we had won the Blue Ribbon.  This is one of the most meaningful moments of my career.
• We started the year with six new teachers and a new school nurse.  They have all done their jobs so well and I look forward to all of them returning next year.
•  Our SAT scores went up.
• Our drop-out rate declined.
• The Class of 2014 earned the highest MCAS scores in the history of our school with 99% earning a score of Advanced or Proficient on the ELA MCAS and 94% earning Advanced or Proficient on the Mathematics MCAS.
• Under the direction of Mr. Barkon and Mr. St. George, our combined MMS/HHS band performed three concerts and played at several community events, including the O’Donnell Baseball Tournament, the Memorial Day Remembrance and the re-dedication of the town’s war monument.
• We opened up the Parent Portal on Aspen so students and parents could check grades and assignments in real time.  In the words of one senior, “Now every night is progress report night!”
• Ms. Held put on Hull High School’s first student art show.
• The HHS faculty worked together with the MMS faculty to align our curriculum to the new Massachusetts Frameworks.
•  Hull High School Theatre Arts staged three excellent musicals.
•   For the second consecutive year, our school’s athletic program earned a place on the MIAA Sportsmanship Honor Roll.  
• The Class of 2013 had a fantastic year of learning, growth and celebration.  They won the Class Cup and graduated on our athletic field on a beautiful June day.

As we end the 2012-2013 school year, I want to say thank you to all the parents and guardians who have helped make this past year possible.  Whether you volunteered your time and talent to make our co-curricular activities possible, or checked Aspen to make sure your student was doing his/her homework, or emailed me and/or your student’s teachers with concerns or feedback, you helped your student, and our school, be more successful. 

Only July 1^st, I will begin my 5^th year as the principal of Hull High School.  I consider myself so blessed to be able to spend time working with, learning with and making memories with your child. 

Have a wonderful summer and I will see you again in August as we start what will surely be another amazing year at Hull High School.

Sincerely,

Michael Devine

Principal

Hull High School

Hull Summer Music Program

Hull Summer Music Program 

 

August 5 - August 16th (Mon-Fri)

at Hull High School

 

8:00AM to 12:00PM

 

As the school year comes to a close and our minds shift from schoolwork and homework to summertime fun, let’s not forget about all the time we spent improving our skills as a musician.  During this time of rest and relaxation most young musicians’ skills and abilities are often times reversed as they are not playing, singing, or performing as much as they did during the school year.  To help prevent that from happening please join us for our 2-week summer music program to enjoy some music making with familiar faces while keeping the proverbial “rust” off of our musical minds and muscles!  The program is available to all students enrolled in Hull Public Schools completing grades 5 through 11.  Please fill out the registration form, both front AND back, and send it in with your payment by Friday June 28^th.  Registration forms were sent home with students last week.  If you would like another registration form you can pick one up in the main office of each school starting Tuesday or request one by sending an e-mail to ibarkon@town.hull.ma.us.

 

See you this summer!

 

Andrew St. George                             Ian Barkon

Band/Choral/Music Director              Band/Music Director

Memorial Middle School                      Hull High School

astgeorge@town.hull.ma.us                 ibarkon@town.hull.ma.us

781-925-2040, x 2213                      781-925-3000, x 1115

Final Exam/Last Day of School Schedule

Final Exam/Last Day of School Schedule

Hull High School will be running a special exam schedule next week.  Each day will be an early release day.  These release times will vary based on the exams given each day.  There will be a late bus each day at 1:30 for students who stay for extra help or make up testing.

The final day of school on June 20th will be run on a "Thanksgiving Schedule", which is a 10: 50 release time.  There will be no late buses on the last day of school.

Release Times

Monday - 11:15

Tuesday - 11:15

Wednesday - 9:15

Thursday - 10:50

	June 17th	June 18th	June 19th
7:25-9:15	C Period Class	F Period Class	D Period Class
9:25-11:15	E Period Class	G Period Class	Make-ups
11:25-1:15	Make-ups 1:30 late bus	Make-ups 1:30 late bus	Make-ups 1:30 late bus

We Hope To See You!!!!