Washington Academy News

Hoops for Health

On December 2nd-3rd our basketball teams participated in the Hoops for Health Tournament. All the proceeds raised at the Tournament went to the DECH Emergency Department Expansion project. Washington Academy Students from GMG, and NHS also volunteered at the event, helping concession, picking up garbage, an auction, 50/50, and more. Thank you to all of our students and community members who helped in this effort.

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(Raiders vs. Machias - Photo by Phil Roberts.)

Peter Gray Scholarship

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(Students, and Teacher Don Sprangers in Scotland.)

A group of our students received the Peter Gray Scholarship during their time spent in Scotland, back in November. The Students had traveled to Scotland for the Atlantic Salmon Conservation Schools Network (ASCSN) meeting. The meeting took place on the three year anniversary of the passing of Peter Gray. Mr. Gray was the Hatchery manager from the Kielder Hatchery on the River Tyne in Scotland.

The Downeast Salmon Federation (DSF), in East Machias, Adopted the hatchery methods of Peter Grey, and Peter also presented on his methods to Washington Academy students.

"It is us who are responsible for the state of the Atlantic Salmon, and it is therefore our duty to restore their populations." - Peter Gray

DSF's hatchery in East Machias, the Peter Grey Hatchery, continues Peter's legacy by continuing his restoration efforts.

To honor the work of the students from Washington Academy, Peter Gray's daughter Jill and son Allan, have created a scholarship in their father's name. The Peter Gray Fisheries Scholarship will be awarded annually to a Washington Academy student who shows interest in hatchery operation or is pursuing a degree in fisheries biology. This year the award was presented to the six students from the Washington Academy Salmon Team, who participated in the the ASCSN Scotland Meetings. Congratulations to Oona Molyneaux, River Hodgdon, Sara Johnson, Zoie Zanoni, Kaylyn Brown, and Haley Murphy for receiving this scholarship.

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(Students with their Scholarships, and their proud teacher.)

The Sky Is The Limit

Rachel St. Lewis, a Washington Academy Raider is already hard at work preparing for her future and following her dreams. The 15 year old local is currently running her own successful jewelry business to fund her SkyReach BushCat LSA project. For those of you unfamiliar with what this project is, Rachel is working on building her own plane! She received her kit for the plane at EAA AirVenture 2016, which she bought with her business earnings.

(Rachel showing off a piece of her jewelry.)

Rachel has been interested in aviation since she was very young. She started flying planes with her father as early as age ten.

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(Rachel flying toward her dreams.)

(Rachel sitting in a BushCat plane.)

We are very proud of Rachel and all that she is accomplishing. The sky is the limit For Rachel St. Lewis!

(Rachel sporting her Washington Academy class of 2020 shirt.)

Chess Club

Our Chess Club is back! After a few-year hiatus, Teacher Frank Shaw, has brought back the Chess Club. The Club meets on Fridays after school, and there are currently 18 students participating. At the first meet Mr. Bowden became the first chess champion, but senior Will Davidson took the title a few weeks later.

(Students playing chess.)

Colby Wright and Micheala Small

Music director, Turner Kelsey and dance director, Gina Finn hosted the 2016 Winter Concert on Thursday, December 8th. Dance students performed a variety of dances to Christmas and pop music from several decades. Popular dances included the Foxtrot, Viennese Waltz and Tango.

Anthony Fergerson, Turner Kelsey, and Spencer King

The music program included performances by the WA Chorus, Steel Band, Jazz Band, A Capella and Guitar Class. Music included holiday favorites; Silent Night, White Winter Hymnal, and Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.

Concert goers enjoyed a night of holiday fun!

For additional Winter Concert photos visit our FB album:https://www.facebook.com/pg/WashingtonAcademy/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10154330202598983

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Seniors Lacey Kalloch, Nick Hall and Connor Dennison pulled the replica of the Old Academy covered in lights in the Machias Christmas Parade!

Congratulations to all of the Thomas Psychology students who participated in the University of Maine Brain Bee on December 8th. Students enjoyed interactive events throughout the day which included; a sheep brain dissection, brain teaser puzzles, and a UMM campus tour. The day concluded with an actual brain bee where students competed against each other while answering questions about the brain. 20161208_084808

Ava Emery dissecting a sheep brain

Special congratulations to Hayley Murphy and Maya Rieder for winning first and second place runners up! We are very proud of our brainiacs!

Our students and staff did a great job getting the school into the holiday spirit by decorating all of the doors in the school!

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We would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Raider Reader will return with our students on January 3rd. Look for our "All Things New" edition of the Raider Reader on Friday, January 6th.

WA Student Council Returns

Cameryn Farnsworth, Meg Moulton, Max Peeters, Jacob McBrine

For the first time in many decades Washington Academy will have a student council. Recently, interested students applied for council consideration in the form of a written essay. The essay is to explain the student's desire for sitting on the council. A faculty panel will now carefully evaluate the essays (submitted without names for anonymous decision making) and ultimately choose two members from each class and residential dorms. These members will then serve as working members with the founding members, Seniors Max Peeters, Meg Moulton, Jacob McBrine, and Junior Cameryn Farnsworth.

The new council, comprised of twelve members, will meet monthly, attend state and regional meetings, participate in community work, and problem solve to improve different aspects of student life at WA. The purpose of the council is to provide opportunities for student leadership within the school and work with other student councils throughout the state.

Council selection will be made and announced next week. We look forward to congratulating the new members of our new student council and excited for their future leadership!

New Indoor Track Team to Compete

Twenty two indoor track athletes, coached by Daniel Moriarity and Toby Lamb, will compete this Saturday January, 7th at the University of Maine, Orono. The WA team will compete against Bangor area high schools in a variety of events including; middle and short sprints, hurdles, long jump, triple jump and high jump. These events are very similar to outdoor track and field events however they take place indoors. Participants may compete in three individual events per meet. Individual qualifying times will be eligible for a state championship meet later in the season.

Sprinting and jumping are popular events amongst the WA track athletes. This exciting new sport seems a bit challenging without an indoor track facility, but coaches and students have found creative ways to practice. When students are not practicing after school in the WA hallways they are traveling to the UMaine facility once a week. Good luck Raiders at your first official meet this Saturday!

Law & Order in the Classroom

A new class titled Law and Order finds it's way to the WA classroom in 2017. The class will be taught by Mr. Lee Gautier. Mr. Gautier joined WA this fall with International Affairs/ Economics, and Secondary Social Studies degrees. Mr. Gautier intends to expose students to our legal system and how it operates, teach them to understand their constitutional rights, and how the legal system has been developed.

Students will have an opportunity to experience courtroom settings, mock trials and investigations of special cases. They will be encouraged to voice their own opinions and positions, and agree or disagree with one another. Mr. Gautier states, "I am not intending to make students into lawyers but want to educate them on how the law affects their lives."

Mr. Lee Gautier

WA Expresses Sympathy

On Tuesday, January 3, Washington Academy staff, students, and parents gathered after school to reflect the loss of Ms. Tina Pond. Snacks and conversation were shared. A wall of notes and sympathetic thoughts was created in honor of Ms. Pond. She is fondly remembered and sadly missed.

Cheer team performing at a basketball game.

This year's competition cheer team members are Kaylyn Brown, Samantha Lopez, Brielle Davis, Delaney Faulkingham, Smita Martin, Briahna Reece, Brianna Georgantis, Kisten Kilton, and Alexis Prescott . The team is currently practicing over ten hours weekly and performing at varsity games. Complicated routines include many jumps and stunts. Their first competition will be on January 21st at Sterns High School. We hope they have a fun and successful season!

Kaylee Weston, Brielle Davis, April Carter

2016-2017 Swim Team

The WA Swim Team has started it's eleventh season with a splash. Only three meets to date has state championship qualifiers, captains Wyatt Williams and Ava Emery, and freshman Zain Fitzsimmons collectively qualified for thirteen events. However, each will be allowed to swim only two events at the Class B Maine State Swimming Championships held on February 18th and 20th at the Stanley M. Wallace Pool at University of Maine at Orono. The team, coached by Lindsay McMahon, looks forward to other state qualifying opportunities at home meets held at the University of Maine at Machias, on January 20th, 27th, and February 4th. Come cheer them on!

Zain Fitzsimmons swimming the breaststroke

This past Wednesday and Thursday our students took their first semester final exams. Next week students will be starting their second semester on Tuesday. They will start new classes and have a new schedule. We hope that finals went well and that the first half of the school year was a success. We wish for an equally successful second semester for all of our students and faculty. Enjoy the long weekend, and be safe! We will see all of our students again next Tuesday.

Student Council is back at WA after years of being non existent! Here are the students that have been selected to be on Student Council:

President: Margaret Moulton

Vice President: Jacob McBrine

Secretary: Cameryn Farnsworth

Treasurer: Max Peeters

Members:

Ava Emery, Kate Somes, Ryan Conley, Mailena Alicea, Maggie Hood, Amanda Samuels, Eunseo Cho, and Yves Manzi.

Congratulations Student Council Members!

Washington Academy's 2017 Student Council.

A huge cheer for our competition cheer team and their success last Saturday at the Big East Cheer Competition! They came in 7th overall, and 2nd for class C. The team will be competing this Saturday January 21st in the PVC. Go and support our Raiders and Cheer for Cheer!

The team members are Kaylyn Brown, Alex Hanscom Willey, Samantha Lopez, Brielle Davis, Alexis Prescott, Delaney Faulkingham, Smita Martin, Briahna Reece, Briann Georgantis, Kisten Kilton, April Carter, Kaylee Weston, Janiya Sapiel, and Jasmine Luna.

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WA Raiders at the Big East Cheer Competition.

With a new semester starting, there are lots of new and exciting things going on here at WA. We have a new 3-D printer that is being used to print robots, drones, and more! We also have new pairs of virtual reality goggles that will be used to tap into the creative minds of our students in art and help their visual ideas bloom in the digital world.

Paige Richardson and Sean Seavey testing out the virtual reality goggles.

We currently have several pairs of virtual reality goggles that are being tested out and played with, so that in the future they can be implemented in our art program. The goggles allow the wearer to see digital images in 3 dimensions. The goggles we are currently testing have a place to insert a cell phone. Using an app on the phone you can feel like you are on a roller coster, swimming in the ocean, or even walking around the school with dinosaurs. The goggles that we hope to get in the future are more advanced and will allow students to draw and create things around them in virtual reality using a wand and the goggles.

Washington Academy's National Honors Society, Senior Class, and Athletic Department have earned a combined total of over $900 for Chad Perry. Chad is a Senior at Narraguagus High School, who has recently been diagnosed with bone cancer. Chad is a friend to many of our students and helping him and his family has become a cause near and dear to our hearts.

Some of the fundraisers that have been conducted include a bake sale and a 50/50 Raffle. Washington Academy student Brecken Barker won the raffle, and without hesitation, gave her half of the money back to Chad and his family .

We are proud of our students for coming together to help a friend, and we are sure that they will offer more support in the future.

Libby and Lacey Kalloch at the NHS bake sale for Chad.

We are now offering a new computer programming class, which we are very excited about! The students who take this class will gain exposure to multiple programs, including HTML & CS, Java Script (Java), Sass, Python, JQuery, ReactJS, AngualrJS, Ruby, SQL, php, Watson api, and visual c++. When students are done with this class they will have knowledge of coding across all common coding programs.

"It is good to know how to code, not only for potential jobs in the future, but for everyday use."

-Brandon Garcia

Brandon Garcia working on coding.

On Wednesday January 26th all of our students gathered in the gym to hear more about what the Latin class has to offer, as well as participate in a trivia game, using the buzzers that the Latin class uses in their competitions. Dr. Shaw, the Latin teacher, demonstrated how the competitions work by asking students questions about WA and having them use the buzzers to compete with other students to see who could answer the quickest.

Dr. Shaw with his students.

Three teams of students ready to compete.

Team A answering their question.

Our CNA (certified nursing assistant) program is offered to Juniors and Seniors who are at least 16 years old at the start of the class. This is a year long course, running from September until the end of May. Students complete coursework, lab practice, and then participate in clinicals, which are held at the Maine Veterans Home and Down East Community Hospital. At the completion of the course, students will take the Maine CNA Certification Exam, which will award them their certification as a Nursing Assistant. This is often acknowledged and honored in other states, because of their extensive training. This year the CNA Program has 11 students, 10 ladies and 1 young man. They are almost halfway through with their clinical assignments.

The Washington Academy CNA class.

CNA students learning to dress in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

We already have many seniors who have received their college acceptances. We are sure that there are great things ahead for the Class of 2017! Congratulations on your accolades, and good luck making your decisions on where you will be next year.

As you can see, our college acceptance board is filling up:

Come check out the the college acceptance board outside of our Guidance Office. There are lots of acceptances listed!

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Saturday, January 28th, was the Chinese New Year. Our students celebrated with a bonfire, fireworks, and sparklers. Our Asian students were also spotlighted at the formal dorm dinner on February 2nd.

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Sparklers to celebrate the New Year!

At the dinner students had the opportunity to try food from different Asian countries, and learn more about the their culture, and the traditional New Year celebrations.

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Happy New Year!

The dance class learned about Mexican Folkloric dances this week in collaboration with the Spanish class. Mrs. Kempthorne is from Mexico, so she showed the students some traditional dances from her native town.

Last week the dance class did a unit on Scotland and learned many different dances. It was special because some of our students went to Scotland earlier this year. The dance class will be looking to cover at least 9 other countries this semester!

Dance students learning traditional Mexican dance from Mrs. Kepthorne.

This past fall a group of our students went to Scotland with the Atlantic Salmon Conservation Schools Network. On the trip the students were all awarded the new Peter Gray Fisheries Scholarship.

On Tuesday, January 31st, Washington Academy students gave a presentation to staff from NOAA, DMR, DSF, Project SHARE, and Inland Fisheries and Wildlife at the Atlantic Salmon Recovery Meeting about their involvement with Atlantic salmon restoration.

WA students presenting on there trip to Scotland.

On January 26th our chorus and band traveled to Ellsworth High School to participate in the District 6 Music Festival. Each ensemble is made up of top performing students from the downeast area. The students practiced all day and then performed in the evening. They did a wonderful job performing and did a great job representing us.

Washington Academy students performing in the chorus.

Chorus and band students: Ryan Conley, Spencer King, Thomas Davidson, and Richard Lyons.

Our Cheerleaders finished their season, and represented us well. We look forward to seeing what they accomplish next year! Here are photos from their last competition, at which they placed 7th, just missing the cut off for the state championship:

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Photo by: Lisa Prescott

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Photo by: Lisa Prescott

Cheers till next year!

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Washington Academy

2nd Quarter Honor Roll

2016/2017

Judson L. McBrine, Head of School at Washington Academy in East Machias, has announced the second-quarter honor roll for the 2016/2017 year as follows:

Grade 9: High Honors (All A's): Hailey Boutin, Taylor Bridges, Joelle Bronson, Caleb Brown, Treigh Brown, Haley Cherry, Ryan Conley, Jaimie Fairchild, Zain Fitzsimmons, Orlin Flores-Vargas, Hayden Gardner,

Dakota Geel, Elizabeth Graham, Rosalina Hilapok, Arthur Ingalls, Kisten Kilton, Cooper Leighton,

Ryan Lemieux, Bradley Lenfestey, Jordan Lobley, Mikaila Loughlin, Jasmine Luna, Alexander Maker,

Rowan Michaud, Gregory Moulton, Marilyn Mubang, Sydney Pressley, Logan Richards, Kaia Smith,

Jacomina Tanggahma, Marek Veal, Micah Vose, Karli Williams; Honors (All A's and B's):

Taylor-Marie Altvater, Evyenia Aretakis, Alexis Boula, Jonathan Bragg, Claudia Brown, Kennedy Cates, Christopher Clement, II, Dresden Cunningham, Brett Dennison, Gabrielle Dubay, Riley Fraser, Mia Gardner, Abigail Harmon, Xiang Ji, Yantiang Ji, Keaton Luce, Jocelyn Mahar, Ethan Mason, Cassidy Murphy,

Aeva Pressley, Bree-Anna Priest, Ethan Robinson, Makayla Sadler, Laurna Sawtelle, Zekiah Smith,

Rachel St. Louis, Cassidy Thurber, Breann Vane

Grade 10: High Honors (All A's): Brandon Bissonnette, Joseph Bragg, Josiah Brown, Pei-En Chao,

Rosemary Corkins, Thomas Davidson, Delaney Faulkingham, Brianna Georgantis, Teeya Harmon,

Yen-Tang Huang, Luyu Jiang, Austin Johnson, Kathryn Leighton, Rachel Maker, Jaelyn Matthews,

Ethan Moores, Violet Morgan-Vigil, Briahna Reece, Colton Sawtelle, Donald Soctomah, Mary Kate Somes, Sydney Verge, Jonathan Wry, Jude Zanoni; Honors (All A's and B's): Mailena Alicea, Cole Avery,

Brecken Barker, Becca Blanch, Dylan Bridges, Ethan Chute, Isaac DeMott-Stowell, Aidan Erickson,

Jordan Finlay, Daphne Foss, Poniwsis Francis, Madelyn Gardner, Jeffrey Graham, Chen Huang, Danielle Ingemi, Spencer King, Damon Kirk, Jenna Koehne, Haley Libby, Jacob Look, Smita Martin, Madilyn Newcomb,

Blake Owen, Brianna Renshaw, Bayley Riquier, Connor Roberts, Joseph Small, Massaran Some, Taylor Stewart, Megan Taylor, Hannibal Vad-schou, Kaylee Weston, Madison Wood

Grade 11: High Honors (All A's): Hailey Bell, Kyle Case, Eunseo Cho, Yang Deng, Ewit Doom, Ava Emery, Cameryn Farnsworth, Jodie Harris, Maggie Hood, Jesse Jones, Kiara Kempthorne-Curiel, Alayna Lamb,

Myron Lenfestey, III, Richard Lyons, Amy McKinley, Ashton O'Reilly, Avignam Sambow, Caleb Schrader, Lydia Sprague, Ian Squire, Maya Tekege, Olivia Wallace, Hailey Wood; Honors (All A's and B's):

Brandon Allard, Zining Cai, Owen Chaffey, Brielle Davis, Aleisha Farris, Alexander Griffin, Hannah Ingemi,

Do Yeon Kim, Davidson Kogoya, Gilber Koibur, Laura Lanham, Kelly Leighton, Yuanye Liao, Seng Tong Long, Keegan Luna, Alicia McClure, Lily Morgan, Maria Muabuay, Jordan Northrop, Wayne Norton, Jiaxi Peng, Abigail Plummer, Dallas Preston, Darian Preston, Kodie Priest, Cassidy Ramsdell, Ryley Robinson, Steven Roy, Alexandra Sprague-Scrivano, Pei Kai Su, Yontz Sutton, Reese Thompson, Hung Kai Tseng, Lauren Wallace,

Yueqi Wang, Paige Wentworth, Matthew Willey, Wyatt Williams, Sean Wood

Grade 12 High Honors (All A's): Lenka Buchtova, Jordyn Curtis, William Davidson, Lydia Day,

Anastasia Dubrovina, Amoy Edgar, River Hodgdon, Julia Leighton, Kaci Leighton, Samantha Lopez,

Caitlyn Lyons, Yves Manzi, Michaela McClure, Jevan McPhail, Oona Molyneaux, Hayley Murphy,

Maximiliaan Peeters, Ashley Porter, Eric Priest, Maya Rieder, Amanda Samuels, Manuel Sanchez-Rios,

Alia Shaw, Molly Sheehan, Connor Sherrard, Micheala Small, Amber Sprague, Tyler Sylvain, Stellisha Thomas, Jaiden Veal, Katherine Walls, Puyu Wang, Zoie Zanoni; Honors (All A's and B's): Scott Atcherson,

Benjamin Beaudoin, Gabriel Brady, Kaylyn Brown, Noah Caron, Christian Cates-Wright, Jasmine Corkins, Ashley Douglass, Roberto Durrett, Emma Ellitsgaard, Brandon Evasius, Tereza Hajkova, Logan Henderson, Kimberly Jodway, Sara Johnson, Lacey Kalloch, Libby Kalloch, Tzu-Yang Liu, Jacob McBrine, Joseph Moore, Margaret Moulton, Lauren Murphy, Seungbin Oh, Layna Pardue, Ariel Patino, Natalie Paverova,

Matthew Peasley, Paige Preston, Alexander Renshaw, Paige Richardson, Sean Seavey, Sekou Some,

Haoming Song, Rylea Steeves, Vincent Tzeo, Declan Willis

Regular season athletics are coming to an end. Teams are beginning to look forward to regional conferences, playoffs, and state championship events. All home competitions this week have included an opening ceremony to honor our senior athletes. Thank you to all of our senior students and parents for participating and supporting WA Winter athletics.

Senior Swimmers

Seniors Sean Seavey, Justin Villone and parents

Senior Kaylyn Brown and parents

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Art classes have been working on recreating totem poles from the native cultures of the Northwest Tribes. Students have made individual characters from clay. These brightly colored characters are then stacked on top of one other on a dowel. This project is a great way for students to learn about a different culture and incorporate into their art. Totem poles will be on display at Pops Night scheduled for Wednesday March 15th.

Individual clay characters.

Stacked totem pole.

Freshman Rachel St. Louis working on her totem pole.

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On February 4th our Freshman class hosted the first annual Father Daughter Dance. If you were out in Machias Saturday night you saw many girls dressed in formal dresses with their dads. This event was one of the freshmen class' first efforts to raise money for their Junior prom and Project Graduation trip. Many freshmen participated in the setup, served as event hosts and even line danced for their guests. There were over eighty attendants for what proved to be very memorable. Thank you to the Freshman class for putting on this wonderful community event.

Freshman class officers, Ryan Conley, Mikaila Loughlin, Riley Fraser, Taylor Bridges

WCCC Trip

Junior, Paige Wentworth

Washington Academy's JMG class had the privilege of going to Washington County Community College for a Bank Of America Day. On February 7th, the juniors and seniors in Mrs. Lenfestey's JMG class participated for a workshop day. n this workshop we saw videos about credit. We learned simple skills to help us keep track of credit. The second was the Resume & Interview Skills, they presented a slideshow. Throughout this day I learned a lot of things. I also learned that it is okay to not know where your path may lead. At the end of the day when we were talking to the Bank Of America employees, I learned that most of them didn't even go to school for banking, but fell in love with it.

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The 39th annual Penobscot Valley Conference Swim Championships took place Friday February 10 and Saturday February 11th. Ava Emery placed 2nd in the 100 yard Butterfly Event, Zain Fitzsimmons and Wyatt Williams placed 8th in the 100 yard Backstroke and 200 yard Individual Medley Events. Twelve schools participated in the championship with over 200 swimmers attending each conference. WA swimmers now look forward to Class B State Championships being held this weekend at the University of Maine, Orono. State qualifiers include; Ava Emery, Jodie Harris, Zain Fitzsimmons and Wyatt Williams. Good luck swimmers!

Wyatt Williams, Zain Fitzsimmons, Ava Emery

We are more than halfway through the school year, and even though we are practically buried in snow, spring is coming! On Wednesday February 15th we held our Second Quarter Awards Assembly. Second quarter Citizenship Awards were given to Haley Cherry, Luyu Jiang, Cameryn Farnsworth and Amber Sprague. Student of the Quarter Academic Awards were given to Ryan Lemieux, Donald Soctomah, Richard Lyons, and Michaela McClure. We also honored our employees of the quarter. Recognition awards were given to Mr. Lee Gautier,Mr. Steven Lynch, Mr. James McWilliams, and Ms. Tricia Ingalls.

Congratulations to all of our students and staff members who received rewards!

Citizenship Awards

Luyu Jiang, Haley Cherry, Cameryn Farnsworth, Amber Sprague

Academic Awards

Donald Soctomah, Richard Lyons, Michaela McClure

Not pictured: Ryan Lemieux

Employee Awards

Mr. Lee Gautier, Mr. Steven Lynch

Not Pictured: Mr. James McWilliams and Ms. Tricia Ingalls

On February 10th our CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) Students volunteered their time by baking cupcakes at home and taking them to the residents of Sunrise Opportunities. They decorated the cupcakes with frosting and sprinkles for Valentine's Day. The students and residents had a great time time together! The remaining cupcakes were then taken and donated to Marshall Health Care.

Students and Sunrise residents decorating cupcakes

Calendar Reminder

Monday February 27th will be a regular school day. This change has been made due to all of the recent snow days.

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Is it possible for a married couple to have different versions of the same events, especially if it involves cherished high school memories? Well that's the premise for this year's one-act play "That's Not How I Remember It" by Don Zolidis. The Washington Academy Players will be performing this comedy for the regional one-act play festival. It is a gender biased infusion of humor based on somewhat different renditions of 1986 when "Mom" and "Dad" first met. Sound familiar for some of you?

The cast includes both veterans and newcomers. They are Rosemary Corkins, Maggie Hood, Amber Sprague, Kate Somes, Spencer King, Rowan Michaud, Sage Bagley, Devyn Seele, Ian Squire, Rachel Maker, Karli Williams, Ryan Conley, Violet Morgan-Vigil, Jude Zanoni, and Lily Morgan. The play is directed by James Ausprey with production help from Cathy Johnson and Ayden Lamoureux.

Public performances include one at 7:00 pm, Wednesday, March 8 at Washington Academy and one at 6:00 pm at the Eastport Arts Center. The play is produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc.

Washington Academy's One Act Cast.

On Saturday February 18th the Class B Indoor Track State Championship meet was held at the Bates College in Lewiston. Michaiah Robinson represented the Raiders well by placing first in the 200 and 200 meter races. He will now compete in the New England Indoor Track Meet scheduled on Saturday, March 4th! Congratulations and good luck Michaiah!

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Class B Swimming State Championship meets took place, Saturday February 18th and Monday February 20th at the University of Maine in Orono. Ava Emery placed 5th in the 100 yard Butterfly event and has been named to the Penobscot Valley Girl's All Star Swim Team in this event. Zain Fitzsimmons and Wyatt Williams also placed 11th in the 500 yard Freestyle and 200 Individual Medley events. Congratulations swimmers!

On Saturday, February 18th, our boy's basketball team headed to Bangor to play their tournament game. They played Hermon High School, the number one team in the division and came only points away from an upset. We are very proud of our boy's basketball team for a great season! We are also thankful for all of the fans who came out to the games this winter to support our players. Nothing beats the Raider spirit!

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Raider Boy's Basketball

Raider Fans!

On Friday, February 17th, our National Honor Society students gave out ice cream at the end of the day to all students and faculty to celebrate the start of vacation. They also served donuts and coffee to our custodians as a thank you for moving all of the snow. Thank you to both our custodians and our NHS members for all that you do!

NHS Students serving ice cream.

Cooper Leighton enjoying his ice cream.

Calendar Reminder

Monday February 27th will be a regular school day. This change has been made due to all of the recent snow days.

Want to keep up with our sports teams?

Check out our Teams, Scores and Schedules page on our website for up to date information on all things athletics!

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We have just received the word that the following students have earned the honor parts for the Class of 2017!

Valedictorian - William Davidson

Salutatorian - Julia Leighton

First Honor Essayist - River Hodgdon

Second Honor Essayist - Margaret Moulton

Congratulations!

Over February break more than twenty eight students participated in the annual WA ski trip. The group travelled to Sugarloaf Ski Resort in Carrabassett Valley, Maine. During the two day stay students enjoyed skiing, snowboarding, and life on the mountain. Some residential life students enjoyed their first experience on skis, which began with a private lesson, while a few experienced day students found their way down the slopes as well. The evenings were fun filled with students using gift cards to choose their own restaurant and food choices. Skiers loved their two day mountain experience which consisted of fun, good company, and good food!

Students enjoying a night of fun

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On Saturday February 11th the Class B Regional Wrestling Competition took place in Caribou. Senior Vincent (Taz) Tzeo placed 3rd in the 285 pound weight class and Senior Kenny Liu placed 3rd as well in the 172 pound weight class and qualified as 8th in the state. Taz went on to the Class B State Wrestling Competition on February 18th in Bucksport and placed 4th. Congratulations Taz and Kenny!

Kenny and Taz

On Wednesday, March 1st, our JMG (Jobs For Maine Graduates) class held a scholarship workshop. The workshop took place throughout the school day and after school so that students could spend the day working on scholarship applications. Janie Small from the Machias Career Center came to help guide the students through the application and essay creation process.

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Olivia Wallace, Amy McKinley, Lauren Wallace, Janie Small, Hailey Jordan, Hailey Wood

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSP) named their scholarship finalists on February 13th. Senior William Davidson has been selected as one of the 15,000 national finalists. The NMSP honors individual students for their exceptional scholastic potential based upon PSAT/NMSQT scores. In the next few weeks William will find out whether he is chosen as one of the 7500 merit scholarship winners. Congratulations and good luck William!

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WA winter athletes were honored last Thursday evening, March 16th. The ceremony consisted of light refreshments, senior recognition for girls varsity basketball players, and individual athlete awards for nine teams. Teams included; Indoor Track, Cheer, Freshman Boys Basketball, JV Girls/ Boys Basketball, Varsity Girls/Boys Basketball, Wrestling, and Swim. 32 individual awards, 2 Penobscot Valley Conference (PVC) first team awards, and 19 Penobscot Valley Scholar Athletes were recognized. PVC Scholar Athlete recognition was awarded to senior athletes that participated in athletics and maintained a 90 or above GPA. Congratulations to all WA winter athletes!

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Bruce and Amy Hodgdon with daughter, senior, River Hodgdon.

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PVC Scholar Athletes Paige Richardson, Oona Molyneaux, River Hodgdon, and Jaiden Veal

2016-17 WA Wrestling Team

On Monday, March 20th, the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Class traveled to the Bass Harbor Memorial Library to hear Holocaust survivor, Louise Israel, share her personal history. Louise is a volunteer who speaks at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC. She was only 3 months old when Holland became occupied by Germany. Louise and her family hid in the attic of a four story row house in Amsterdam throughout the war. Our students enjoyed having the opportunity to meet someone who actually lived through the history that they are currently learning.

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Senior Yves Manzi and Holocaust survivor Louise Israel

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Louise Israel, Mrs. Terrill and Holocaust Genocide Studies students

On Saturday, March 18th, thirty superheroes invaded WA! Mothers and sons attended an activity night sponsored by the senior class. Boys ages 4-10, dressed in superhero costumes, enjoyed a night of obstacle course and relay games, line dancing, and refreshments. The prizes awarded were donated by the Wesley Keeton Foundation. Over 10 WA seniors joined in the fun and helped with the evening activities. The night has received positive feedback and many superheroes did not want the evening to end! Special thanks to the senior class and the Wesley Keeton Foundation.

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The 2017 Pops Night was a big hit!

On Thursday March 23rd over 80 WA students showcased their artistic talents to a packed house! Pops Night is an evening that includes the artistic expression of students who are taking fine arts classes as well as though who are not. It is a performance opportunity for all interested students.

Dance performances included cultural group, line, hip hop, ballet, and tango numbers. The musical presentation featured individual solos, jazz band, a cappella and chorus.

Artwork on display in the Gardner Gymnasium greeted guests as they arrived. The evening was organized by WA fine arts teachers, Mr. Turner Kelsey (Music), Mrs. Gina Finn (Dance) and Ms. Heather O'Leary (Art). The Fine Arts Booster Club was also in attendance serving light refreshments. Bravo Pops Night performers and artists! We look forward to an encore performance of the WA arts at the annual Spring Concert scheduled for Tuesday May 16th.

Dance

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Band

Chorus

Tinikling Dance.

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The WA Boys Varsity Soccer Team received state championship jackets last week, in honor of their 2016 Class C State Championship title. Over twenty five letterman style jackets were given to players, coaches, and managers and can be seen being worn all over campus! Congratulations once again WA Boys Varsity Soccer!

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The WA National Honor Society is getting ready for their annual prom dress giveaway! The group collects dresses through donation from those in the area who have prom dresses and formal gowns sitting in closets and no longer being used. This year the giveaway will be on Saturday, April 8th, 10am-1pm, and is open to all Washington County girls.

On Wednesday, March 29th WABI TV5 came to campus and interviewed those students involved with the giveaway. The segment aired that evening. NHS advisor and giveaway organizer Mrs. Mathy Terrill states, "It is my favorite project to be involved in."

If you have a dress that you would like to donate, please can contact mterrill@raider4life.org or call (207) 255 - 8301

Margaret Moulton being interviewed by WABI TV5

WABI TV5 interviewing student models

Giveaway dresses

Last Friday March 24th three WA Latin students Jude Zanoni, Rosemary Corkins,Aleisha Farris, and one cheerleader, Devyn Seeley, attended the Maine Junior Classical League's (JCL) State Certamen Competition at Nokomis High School in Newport, Maine. High schools from all over the state competed for individual and team honors in various exercises that tested for breadth and command of the Latin language. WA fielded one Latin II team which came in 8th place and won their first trophy in a JCL competition. Congratulations WA Latin JCL Team!

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Jude Zanoni, Rosemary Corkins, Devyn Seeley, Aleisha Farris

Aleisha Farris

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Last Friday students and faculty celebrated the end of third quarter with a fun filled afternoon of 'field day' activities. Students wore WA maroon and face paint while chanting and cheering during point scoring challenges. Class teams consisted of five members and competed in games titled, Frisbee Basketball, Horse Play, Donut Race, Squirt Bottle Relay and many more. Seniors scored the most points (272) for the afternoon and now head into their last quarter of high school! The Junior Class close was close behind scoring 267 points. Congrats Seniors!

Sophomores Jeff Graham and Kate Somes participating in Yank Me

Junior Josh Vose and Senior Paige Richardson participating in Balloon Stomp

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Our student ambassadors have been very busy over the last few weeks! They have been out visiting local grammar schools talking to 8th graders and helping them with their high school transition. Ambassadors also escorted 8th graders through a typical day at WA during Explore WA Day on Thursday, April 6th. They will also continue to welcome and help new students during Step Up Day in May and New Student Orientation in September. Thank you student ambassadors!

Student Ambassadors Connor Roberts, Lydia Sprague, Ava Emery, Jeffrey Graham, and Hailey Cherry.

Riley Fraser, Bayley Riquier, and Nia Aretakis

Explore WA Ambassadors Greg Moulton, Jeffrey Graham, Nia Aretakis, Ryan Conley, Riley Fraser, Taylor Bridges, Kisten Kilton, and Bayley Riquier

Thursday April 6th over one hundred eighth graders visited WA to experience a day of high school. The day began with breakfast and a juggling performance by Audio Body. The future freshman than enjoyed traveling around campus and visiting classroom presentations from WA faculty. After lunch Audio Body performed for the group demonstrating various musical and light show theatrics. Some of which even included audience participation! The Explore WA evening began later with dinner and followed with an open house featuring classroom curriculum to eighth graders and their parents. It was a great day for exploring new opportunities and making new friends!

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Write up by WA Junior Dillon Preston

"During the 25th Annual Jobs for Maine's Graduates Career Development Conference or "CDC" trip hosted at Thomas College, high school JMG students around the state came together as one in Waterville, Maine to do a number of different activities and learn valuable knowledge to help progress them through life. Here at Washington Academy, a group of determined Juniors and Seniors who were fortunate enough to get a chance to go on such an exciting and amazing trip. These students were eager to show off their skills to the rest of JMG. They competed in a handful of events that challenged them and put them in situations that they had to persevere and overcome obstacles, some as a team and some by themselves in 1-on-1 events like Interview Skills."

WA JMG received 6 trophies including two for first place, three for second place, and one for third place! Congratulations Mrs. Lenfestey and JMG students.

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The 3rd annual Prom Dress Boutique was a huge success! Girls from all over Washington Country were able to come and select a dress, shoes and accessories for free. This year there were over 300 dresses to choose from.The boutique had over 250 visitors and 85 dresses were given away in three hours. The boutique is sponsored annually by the WA National Honor Society (NHS) and it's advisor Mrs. Mathy Terrill.

Thank you to all of the boutique donors, NHS students, and Mrs. Mathy Terrill!

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Prom Boutique Advisor Mrs. Mathy Terrill

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Riley Frasier Pretty in Pink

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Boutique Dresses

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On Saturday April 8th, Head of School, Mr. McBrine awarded senior William Davidson with the 2017 Maine Principal Association Principal's Award. William and other senior high school award winners were honored for their academic achievement and citizenship. The event took place at the Honors Luncheon at the Spectacular Event Center in Bangor. While at WA, William has been involved in many activities including National Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, Jazz Band, Varsity Soccer, JV Baseball, and has been a member of the Math Team. William will be attending Vanderbilt University in the fall where he plans to major in Engineering. Congratulations Will!

Mr. McBrine and William Davidson.

To celebrate the start of April vacation students participated in five days of spirit week!

Mercia Monday

Rachel Maker, Haley Cherry, Joelle Bronson, Kisten Kilton, Mikaila Loughlin, Natalie Paverova

Downeast Tuesday

Molly Sheehan, Samantha Lopez, Gabe Georgantis, Micheala Small

Dress to Impress Wednesday

Reese Thompson, Hailey Wood, Amy McKinley, Paige Wentworth, Lauren Wallace

Crazy Hair Thursday

Class Color Friday

Freshman Haley Cherry in Pink, Sophomore Kate Somes in Black, Junior Brielle Davis in Maroon, and Senior River Hodgdon in Tie Dye.

Enjoy your April Break!

Congratulations to the WA Math Team on a successful season! They recently attended the Maine State Math Meet and placed 35th out of the 200 schools in attendance. If you do the Math that puts WA in the top 18%!

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Standing: Connor Sherrard, Thomas Davidson, Amanda Samuels, Mr. Bowden, Rosemary Corkins, Jacob Walls, William Davidson

Sitting: Carissa Deng, Bin Oh, Jasmine Corkins, Anastasia Dubrovina, Eunseo Cho

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Washington Academy

3rd Quarter Honor Roll

2016/2017

Judson L. McBrine, Head of School at Washington Academy in East Machias, has announced the third-quarter honor roll for the 2016/2017 year as follows:

Grade 9: High Honors (All A's): Jonathan Bragg, Joelle Bronson, Haley Cherry, Ryan Conley, Jaimie Fairchild, Zain Fitzsimmons, Dakota Geel, Rosalina Hilapok, Kisten Kilton, Cooper Leighton, Ryan Lemieux,

Jordan Lobley, Mikaila Loughlin, Jasmine Luna, Rowan Michaud, Gregory Moulton, Marilyn Mubang,

Logan Richards, Isaic Ross, Rachel St. Louis, Jacomina Tanggahma, Marek Veal, Karli Williams; Honors (All A's and B's): Evyenia Aretakis, Marlince Baminggen, Alexis Boula, Hailey Boutin, Taylor Bridges,

Caleb Brown, Treigh Brown, Kennedy Cates, Dresden Cunningham, Margaux DeSantis, Riley Fraser,

Hayden Gardner, Mia Gardner, Devin Geel, Elizabeth Graham, Abigail Harmon, Arthur Ingalls, Lyona Komba, Bradley Lenfestey, Jocelyn Mahar, Alexander Maker, Ethan Mason, Makayla Sadler, Jocelyn Scoville,

Breann Vane, Micah Vose, Yunce Wakur

Grade 10: High Honors (All A's): Joseph Bragg, Josiah Brown, Pei-En Chao, Rosemary Corkins,

Thomas Davidson, Daphne Foss, Brianna Georgantis, Teeya Harmon, Yen-Tang Huang, Danielle Ingemi,

Luyu Jiang, Austin Johnson, Kathryn Leighton, Rachel Maker, Jaelyn Matthews, Briahna Reece,

Mary Kate Somes, Taylor Stewart, Sydney Verge, Jacob Walls, Jude Zanoni; Honors (All A's and B's): Stephanie Albee, Mailena Alicea, Cole Avery, Sage Bagley, Brecken Barker, Brandon Bissonnette,

Becca Blanch, April Carter, Zachary Cox, Kay-Lee Cushing, Zhicheng Da, Braydi Dana-Surles, Aidan Erickson, Delaney Faulkingham. Jordan Finlay, Poniwsis Francis, Finn Furth, Madelyn Gardner, Elsa Gispert Lopez, Jeffrey Graham, Chen Huang, John Johnson, Tae Hwan Kim, Damon Kirk, Rowan Morgan, Violet Morgan-Vigil, Madilyn Newcomb, Brianna Renshaw, Joshua Richardson, Bayley Riquier, Colton Sawtelle, Devyn Seeley, Khiari Sharrieff-Hayward, Joseph Small, Donald Soctomah, Bruin Soctomah, Caden Steeves, Megan Taylor, Hannibal Vad-schou, Kaylee Weston, Madison Wood, Jonathan Wry

Grade 11: High Honors (All A's): Brandon Allard, Hailey Bell, Kyle Case, Eunseo Cho, Yang Deng,

Ewit Doom, Cameryn Farnsworth, Jodie Harris, Hannah Ingemi, Jesse Jones, Kiara Kempthorne-Curiel, Davidson Kogoya, Myron Lenfestey, III, Hong Fa Liang, Yuanye Liao, Keegan Luna, Richard Lyons,

Wayne Norton, Avignam Sambow, Caleb Schrader, Lydia Sprague, Ian Squire, Maya Tekege, Paige Wentworth, Hailey Wood; Honors (All A's and B's): Hannah Atcherson, Zining Cai, Owen Chaffey, Garrett Channell,

Isaiah Corbett, Brielle Davis, Ava Emery, Aleisha Farris, Jeremy Gaug, Feriolino Gombo, Alexander Griffin, Jocelyn Hicks, Maggie Hood, Cameron Jones, Hailey Jordan, Do Yeon Kim, Gilber Koibur,Vanessa Koloski, Veronica Koloski, Alayna Lamb, Kelly Leighton, Alicia McClure, Amy McKinley, Lily Morgan, Colton Morris, Maria Muabuay, Jordan Northrop, Ashton O'Reilly, Abigail Plummer, Darian Preston, Cassidy Ramsdell,

Nevin Rhodes, Steven Roy, Reese Thompson, Alexis Tibbetts, Lauren Wallace, Yueqi Wang, Wyatt Williams, Sean Wood, Zekun Wu

Grade 12 High Honors (All A's): Gabriel Brady, Kaylyn Brown, Jordyn Curtis, William Davidson, Lydia Day,

Kayla Dinsmore, Anastasia Dubrovina, Amoy Edgar, Kade Feeney, Joanna Fitzpatrick, Tereza Hajkova, Alexandrea Hanscom Willey, River Hodgdon, Kimberly Jodway, Sara Johnson, Julia Leighton, Caitlyn Lyons, Jevan McPhail, Oona Molyneaux, Joseph Moore, Margaret Moulton, Hayley Murphy,Dylan Nevala,

Seungbin Oh, Ariel Patino, Natalie Paverova, Maximiliaan Peeters, Ashley Porter, Paige Preston,

Alexander Renshaw, Maya Rieder, Amanda Samuels, Manuel Sanchez-Rios, Alia Shaw, Connor Sherrard, Micheala Small, Amber Sprague, Stellisha Thomas, Jaiden Veal, Katherine Walls; Honors (All A's and B's): Kaleb Bennett, Kaylee Brooks, Qingxuan Bu, Lenka Buchtova, Noah Caron, Christian Cates-Wright,

Chien Ting Chiu, Jasmine Corkins, Logan Demerest, Connor Dennison, Emma Ellitsgaard, Brandon Evasius, Olivia Hanscom, Logan Henderson, Lacey Kalloch, Libby Kalloch, Brett Leighton, Kaci Leighton,

Samantha Lopez, Yves Manzi, Jacob McBrine, Michaela McClure, Lauren Murphy, Layna Pardue, Eric Priest, Paige Richardson, Michaiah Robinson, Sean Seavey, Molly Sheehan, Haoming Song, Rylea Steeves,

Tyler Sylvain, Justin Villone, Puyu Wang, Zoie Zanoni

Last week our cultural dance classes traveled to local grammar schools to perform for the students. They went to Jonesboro Elementary on April 13th, and Bay Ridge on April 14th, performing numerous dances from various cultures. The students had a wonderful time. Our students even helped teach the younger students several dances, and some students met up with their siblings for a few dances.

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Cultural Dance at Bay Ridge.

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Enjoying a treat of fruit salad, cupcakes, and cookies at Jonesboro Elementary.

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Dancing with the grammar school students.

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Teaching Tinikling Dance

On April 11th some of our students set up a booth in the cafeteria, inviting fellow students to come and make buttons and take a pledge for Earth Day. The pledges and buttons were to raise awareness about the upcoming Earth Day and to try and get students to take action. This year Earth Day is Saturday, April 22nd, but our students started celebrating early, with vacation being this week. We hope that while you are relaxing and enjoying your time off from school, you take a little time to get outside and enjoy nature this week!

Oona Molyneaux, Abigail Plummer, and Lauren Wallace.

Making Buttons

Spring sports are in full swing! Spring sports this year include J.V. and Varsity Softball, J.V. and Varsity Baseball, girl's and boy's Tennis, and Track and Field.

Jaden Veal, Leading the Track and Field team in stretching.

On Monday April 17th, Varsity Softball and Baseball both had their first game of the season. The games were both away vs. Bucksport.

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Pitcher Damon Barker

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WA Varsity Baseball

If you have a chance, go support our sports teams this Saturday, April 22nd! Varsity Softball and Baseball will be playing at George Stevens Academy at 4:30 pm, and our boy's and girl's Tennis teams have a home match vs. Caribou at 1:00 pm. Good luck to all our athletes and teams this weekend!

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On Wednesday, April 26th, we honored this quarter's high achieving students and employees during a school wide assembly. Students who received honors, and high honors were each awarded with a certificate, and student of the quarter for citizenship and academics was awarded to one student from each grade. The third quarter Citizenship Award recipients are Gregory Moulton, Josiah Brown, Caleb Schrader, and Sara Johnson. Academic Award recipients are Zain Fitzsimmons, Pei-En Chao, Lydia Sprague, and Caitlyn Lyons. Also recognized as WA third quarter employees of the month are Arlene Porter, Holy Costley, Kelly Dohaghy and Tammy Ramsdell.

Congratulations for a successful third quarter!

Citizenship Award recipients, Gregory Moulton, Josiah Brown, Caleb Schrader, Sara Johnson

Academic Award recipients, Zain Fitzsimmons, Pei-En Chao, Lydia Sprague, Caitlyn Lyons

Employees of the quarter, Arlene Porter, Holly Costley, Kelly Donaghy, and not pictured Tammy Ramsdell

Tuesday April 25th the WA National Honor Society held it's annual induction ceremony in the Gardner Gymnasium. NHS adviser Mathy Terrill, president Lacey Kalloch, and current members inducted twenty new members. Seniors Colby Cates-Wright, Oona Molyneaux, Libby Kalloch, and Alia Shaw spoke to the group about scholarship, service, leadership and character. Throughout the year NHS has been responsible for many community outreach projects including, the Hoops for Health Tournament, the Bike Maine Dinner, Halloween Bags for Vets and most recently the Prom Dress Boutique which provided 90 dresses to Washington County girls. Guest speaker Paula McBrine also spoke to the attendees about life "as a story" and the many lessons to be learned. The evening concluded with light refreshments. Congratulations to new inductees, Noah Caron, Jordyn Curtis, Yves Manzi, Eric Priest, Amanda Samuels, Katherine Walls, Hannah Atcherson, Hailey Bell, Kyle Case, Ava Emery, Jodie Harris, Maggie Hood, Amy McKinley, Nevin Rhodes, Reese Thompson, Lauren Wallace, Mailena Alicea, Rosemary Corkins, Rachel Maker, and Kate Somes.

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NHS President Lacey Kalloch

NHS Inductees

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The WA JMG class is participating in the National Pay It Forward Day by creating paper cranes and constructing hanging mobiles. They have been taking pledges all week "per crane" or a one time contribution. Once the mobiles are finished they will be donated to the Brewer Cancer Care of Maine and the pledges will be donated to the Cancer Research Foundation. As an extra effort to collect funds the JMG class has also designated that the proceeds from Jean Friday on May 5th will also be donated to the foundation. This is another great project from our 35 JMG students and Mrs. Rebecca Lenfestey.

Freshman, Ryan Conley and Breann Vane.

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