Hamilton High School recently held a session of its character education series, featuring two exceptional speakers: Russell Scott from Chandler High School and Hamilton alum Channing Chasten.

The messages delivered by both speakers resonated deeply with the student-athletes, leaving them truly inspired. Their powerful presentations were a highlight of the ongoing character education series within CUSD, which continues to impress.

Special thanks go to Ms. Heather Hackett for capturing the event with her amazing photography!

We recognize all of our AP Scholars, and invited 2018 Hamilton Grad, Hunter Kemeny, to speak to our students. Hunter graduated from Duke University in Physics, then went to MIT as a Quantum Software Engineer, cofounding ChatTutor used in education. He is now at Harvard as a PH.D. Physics student specializing in Quantum Computing

Senior Air Force Junior ROTC (AFJROTC) cadets from Hamilton High had the opportunity to visit Washington, D.C., during the second week of fall break. Over the course of five days, they toured iconic sites including the Pentagon, the White House, the Capitol, Arlington National Cemetery, and various Smithsonian museums along the National Mall. The trip highlights included sitting in the House Chambers, standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where Dr. King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, and witnessing the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. As the first-ever trip to D.C. for Hamilton’s AFJROTC, the overwhelmingly positive feedback suggests it won’t be the last!

Sophomores, want to get a head start on college? Applications for the ACE Scholar Program at Chandler Gilbert Community College are now open. Visit Ms. Yozzy in D100 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in the Career Center for more information. There will be an information session on Oct. 30th during conference.

Over the Fall break, the Hamilton Chess Team traveled to Lincoln Preparatory Academy and Arizona College Prep for the two final chess tournaments in Region 3 and clinched a spot in the 2024 State Team Championship! The highlight of these tournaments is when Nathan and Shreyas on Board 4 and 5 won against ACP and Kevin tied on Board 3. This led to the chess team tying against ACP, the #1 school in the state, ending their winning streak. The Hamilton chess team has qualified for the State championship seven times in a row! Nivid, Aarjav, Alex and Adam played a fundamental role in the chess team's success.

CONGRATULATIONS! to all the players and we wish them the very best for the State Team Championship games scheduled for November 8th and 9th.

15 of our novices in Model UN participated in their first conference/competition. They all worked diligently to finish their papers over break and then attend a conference that got moved up a week. Nine of them won awards! Please congratulate the following:

Isa Llanos - Runner Up Best Delegate General Assembly

Sunan Zhang - Best delegate 1st Committee

Ansh Chaudlay - Runner Up Best Delegate Food and Agriculture Council

Shridula Navin - Best paper Food and Agriculture Council

Anuj Kothari - Best paper Food and Agriculture Council 2

Rishab Surana - Best paper Human Rights Council

Bernice Mumba - Best paper Human Rights Council 2

Anushka Gupta - Runner Up Best paper and Runner Up Best Delegate Human Rights Council 2

Presley Calrow - Runner Up for her essay on media bias

EVERY delegate on the Slovakia team won something 💕

Mr. Vance Acker, our incredible Choir teacher prepares his Concert Choir students for an upcoming schedule full of concerts and performances around the state!

Mr. Leo Werner (Band Director) and Ms. Monica Garcia-Larson (English Language Teacher) are recipients of the Cash for Classroom Grant winners! Congrats to great teachers!

Hamilton High French Teacher Ms. Sophie Steadman recognized as the Chandler Rotary Teacher of the Month! C'est une professeure tellement magnifique!

Teacher Highlight! Definition of dedication: Honors Biology teachers, Kim Polus, Krystal Carpenter, and Jill Kenyon meet every Friday after school to plan the next week's lessons and class activities! YES FRIDAY after school!

Heather Hackett's Photography students enjoy pumpkin carving. They had a blast capturing the fall vibes and learning about depth of field and candid photography. A huge shout out to the new Trader Joe's for donating pumpkins!!!

Hamilton's Girls Flag Football team improved to 10—0 this week. Next week they celebrate their 11 seniors on Senior Night, Tuesday, October 29th vs Perry. JV starts at 4pm and Varsity at 6pm.

Also, Check out how Samaya fuels for her future with CUSD Nutrition at Hamilton High School during the National School Lunch Week, October 14-18.

At the City Championship Meet both boys' and girls' teams took first place! This is the first time in Hamilton history that both teams have won together.

Starting with the girls results, Hamilton scored 32 points, less than half of the score of the second place team.

3rd place: Alexis Rodriguez (18:54.5)

4th place: Lily Clawson (18:54.7)

6th place: Ava Clawson (19:01.9)

7th place: Carina Trujillo (19:06.9)

12th place: Taylie Haskie (19:41.9)

Shout out to Kennedy Muller (16th), Heidi Zornik (17th), Ria Gokhale (23rd) and Ariela Lerner (27th) for their awesome performance in the girls' varsity race today as well!

The nationally ranked (20th nationally, 4th in the SW region) boys' varsity nearly finished with a perfect score today of 18 points (15 is a perfect score)!

1st place: Zarian Rodriguez (15:03.8)

2nd place: Chase Markunas (15:04.9)

3rd place: Theo McDaid (15:07.4)

5th place: Dominick Muller (15:15.7)

7th place: Ryan Estrada (15:25.7)

Boys' varsity was rounded out with surprise break out runner Jude Crawford (only a sophomore) placing 13th, Adam Slater (21st), Brady Nieto (29th), and Isaac Orban (49th).

Let's not forget the JV runners! JV Boys also took first place as a team with Hunter Lipinski placing first, Beniah Sigal in 2nd, Drew Boyd in 3rd, Isaac Chase in 5th, and Brayden Carter in 11th. Girls' JV runner Dana El-Reyes placed first, Eliza Gibby 6th, and Neesa Jhaveri 8th.

At the Crossroads Park in Gilbert for division 1 sectionals there were no surprises when the boys won 1st place with a nearly perfect score of 17. Top five were Chase Markunas, Zarian Rodriguez, Theo McDaid, Ryan Estrada, Dominick Muller, and Brady Nieto finishing 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8. The top 4 boys finished within half a second of each other!

The girls also took first place! The girls won by 1 point against Perry 60 to 61. Top girls were Alexis Rodriguez, Ava Clawson, Lily Clawson, Carina Trujillo, and Kennedy Muller finishing 7, 8, 9, 10, and 26.

The teams made history again, marking the first time both the boys and girls won sectionals at the same time and the first girl's sectionals win! Both move on to the state meet on November 2nd hoping to bring home their first cross country championship title in school history!

Check out this great reel from Arizona XCTF on Instagram of today's race.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBeVNZSvzol/?igsh=MWd0NmJyYzgwYm56bw==

This event is designed to educate CUSD seniors and their families so that they are better prepared to complete the FAFSA when it opens!

DATE: November 19, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

LOCATION: Perry High School, (1919 E. Queen Creek Road, Gilbert, AZ, 85297)

Agenda:

• Need assistance setting up your FSA ID?
• Financial Aid overview presented by ASU
• Options for paying for college, scholarships, work study, loand and more...
• Questions and Answers

October 25 - Diwali Family Festival

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October 27 - Genograms & Family Histories

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October 28 - Yarn & Hook Crochet Club

Yarn & Hook Crochet Club | Events | Chandler Public Library

October 30 - Halloween event

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Concert of the Courtyard - Guitar Center

Concerts in the Courtyard - Guitar Center | City of Chandler

November 2 - Diwali Festival of Lights

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Every Monday: Homework Help

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