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GREENWICH PUBLIC SCHOOLS POINTS OF PRIDE 2010-11. POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride:. Greenwich High School Provides EXTENSIVE & VARIED OPPORTUNITIES: 402 High School Course Offerings 7 World Languages 12 Performing Arts Groups 99 Interscholastic Athletic Teams 42 Sports
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POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride: Greenwich High School Provides EXTENSIVE & VARIED OPPORTUNITIES: 402 High School Course Offerings 7 World Languages 12 Performing Arts Groups 99 Interscholastic Athletic Teams 42 Sports 97 Service & Extracurricular Clubs Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride: EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES: Senior Internship Independent Science Research 3D Gaming Forensics Shapers of the World Architecture Television/Studio Production And more… Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride: Ten (10) 2011 Merit Scholar Semifinalists Forty-eight (48) 2011 Commended Scholars Three (3) 2011 National Hispanic Scholars Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride: GHS Senior Madeleine Johnson Received the National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Award in Writing Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride: 2010-11 State Champions and 2010-11 Northeast Regional Award Greenwich High School We The People Team Fourth Year as State Champions (2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11) Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride: Over the last five years, nine (9) Greenwich High School students have been selected to compete in the Intel-International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel-ISEF). In 2011, an unprecedented 10 GHS students advanced as Finalists in the CT Science Fair. Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride: Greenwich High School Student once again wins the 2011 CT Science Fair & qualifies to compete in the 2011 Intel International Science Fair: Ryota Ishizuka Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride: Two Greenwich High School Students were Selected to Compete in the 2011 International Sustainable World (Engineering, Energy & Environment) Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP ) Ryota Ishizuka William Hallisey Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride: Greenwich High School senior Marina Kaneko 1st Place in 2011 CT Science Challenge Marina is also a Finalist in 2011 Women of Innovation & a Semifinalist in the 2011 Intel Senior Talent Search Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride: Greenwich High School Math Team 2011 Connecticut State Math League Champions State Champions: 2009, 2010, 2011 Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride: Greenwich High School Students: Patrick Dillon, Jake Palmer, & Isa Goldberg received an Honorable Mention in C-Span’s National 2011 StudentCam Competition for documentary: “Say Anything” Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride: 2011 Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America 2011 CT State Competition: Grace ChmielGold Medalist in Fashion Construction Amanda Fontana Silver Medalist in Fashion Construction Competing at National level in CA, July 2011
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride: 2011 Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America 2011 CT State Competition: 3 Silver Medalists in Culinary Arts: Justin Burke, Gabe Cangas, and Rebecca Carvalho Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride: 2011 WordMasters Challenge Tied for 1st in Nation: Central Middle School 8th Grade Team Eastern Middle School 8th Grade Team Eastern Middle School 7thGrade Team Eastern Middle School 6thGrade Team Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride: CT State 2011 MATHCOUNTS Competition Eastern Middle School 1st Place for Individual 2nd Place for School Team Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Academic Pride: World Languages Program: Over 90% of GHS students take 3 or more years of World Languages GHS Awarded prestigious grant by Hanban-Asia Society Confucius Classroom Network 2010 Student achieves in the 99.5th percentile on National Latin Exam 2010 GHS students receive double the average number of National French Contest Awards. Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Arts Pride: Educational Theater Association’s 2010 Outstanding Schools Theater Program Award as one of the top High School Theater programs nationally. GHS Program is a four time designee of this award. Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Arts Pride: Scholastic Art Awards: 2011: Fifteen students selected to receive Gold(8) & Silver (3) Key Awards, Honorable Mention (4) 2010: Greenwich High School student received National Silver Award for Sculpture Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Arts Pride: GPS Student Performances at Carnegie Hall: Hamilton Avenue School Suzuki Violin students, May 2011 Greenwich High School Wind Ensemble, March 2011 GPS Honor Choir (Grades 4-8), February 2011 Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Arts Pride: One of the 100 Best Communities for Music Education in the U.S. – sixth time designation in 2011 by the National Association for Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Arts Pride: Fifty (50) GHS Band Members selected for 2011 Western Region Music Festival GHS represents 30% of the regional band and more than double the number of students of any other participating high school Twenty-three (23) GHS Students selected for All-State Chorus More than twice as many as any other school in CT Thirty-four (34) GHS students chosen for All-State Band Chorus, Orchestra More than any other school in CT Nine (9) students chosen for the All-Eastern (U.S.) Chorus Highest number selected from any one school in eleven state from ME to D.C. Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Arts Pride: GHS Jazz Ensemble 1st Place in Norwalk Jazz Festival Five (5) consecutive years 1st Place in Brien McMahon Jazz Festival Four (4) consecutive years Finalist in Jazz @ Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington National Competition, three (3) years Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Arts Pride: GHS Band Musical & Cultural Exchange Program Greece 2010 China 2007 Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Athletic, Academic, and Service Pride: 2009-10 #1 High School Sports Team in Connecticut: Greenwich High School Girls Swim Team Named by the CT High School Coaches Association (CHSCA) and the U.S. Marine Corps Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Athletic Pride: 2010-11 State Champions Greenwich High School Girls Volley Ball Team Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Athletic Pride: 2010-11 State Open Champions 2010-11 Class LL State Champions Greenwich High School Boys Swimming and Diving Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Athletic Pride: 2010-11 State Champions Greenwich High School Girls Swim Team Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE – Athletic Pride: Fencing: 2011 CT State High School Fencing Championship 1st Place Individual Foil – Girls: Lauren Miller 1st Place Individual Foil – Boys: Harry McGuire GHS Senior Margaret Lu has been selected to represent the United States at the 2011 Junior & Cadet World Championships in Women’s Foil Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE - Staff Pride: 2011 CT State PTSA’s Outstanding Superintendent of the Year Sidney A. Freund Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE - Staff Pride: 2009 NATIONAL Teacher of the Year Greenwich High School – Arch School Teacher Anthony Mullen Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE - Staff Pride: Finalist 2011 Connecticut Teacher of the Year Greenwich High School World Languages Teacher Rita Baker Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE - Staff Pride: 2010 Connecticut Middle School Principal of the Year: Stacey Gross Western Middle School Principal 2006-2010 Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE - Staff Pride: Connecticut Education Association’s 2010 Mahatma Ghandi – Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Award Greenwich High School Social Studies Teacher Carol Sutton Greenwich Public Schools
POINT OF PRIDE - Staff Pride: Town of Greenwich 2010 Employee of the Year: Greenwich High School’s Folsom House Administrative Assistant: Mary Ann Tedesco Greenwich Public Schools