Attendance matters for our students Please make every effort to ensure your students are at school on time every day! Did you know that missing 2 days each month is equivalent to missing more than 10% of the year? Students connect more easily with their teachers and peers through classroom interactions and their understanding of content is more rich. We want our students to succeed, and that begins with being present at Hamilton every day on time for every class.

Congratulations! Academic Decathlon's 1st win of the during the 2024-2025 competition season!

27 students attended the Higley Test-off event on September 21, 2024, were they brought home 60 individual awards on top of the first-place team award. Katheryn (Katie) Chan, a current freshman, won first place in EVERY individual event and the overall competition in the Honors category with a jaw-dropping 6811.4 out of 7000 points. Here are the lists of the individual awards:

Honors:

Katheryn Chan: 1st place Art, 1st place Music, 1st place Econ, 1st place Math, 1st place Social Science, 1st place Literature, 1st place Science, 1ST PLACE OVERALL

Angela Chen: 5th place Art, 3rd place Music

Daniel Gu: 3rd place Art, 3rd place Math, 5th place Social Science
Zhenrui Gu: 5th place Art, 1st place Music, 4th place Math

Claire Guo: 5th place Music, 5th place Math

Prisha Khemka: 4th place Art, 5th place Econ, 5th place Social Science

Rishi Musti: 1st place Art

Saranya Sistla: 2nd place Literature

Carol Zhang: 4th place Art, 3rd place Math, 5th place Literature, 4th place Science, 5TH PLACE OVERALL

Scholastic:

Megan Chen: 4th place Music

Bruce Shen: 3rd place Art, 2nd place Econ, 1st place Math, 1st place Science, 3RD PLACE OVERALL
Audrey Zhang: 1st place Art, 1st place Econ, 1st place Literature, 5th place Science, 5TH PLACE OVERALL

Suswasthi Arasaiah: 5th place Music, 4th place Math

Serafina Glover: 4th place Math

Daniel Kim: 4th place Math

Daniel Zhang: 2nd place Math

Varsity:

Srijay Kalavena: 4th place Music, 5th place Econ, 4th place Math, 4th place Social Science
Thi Nguyen: 2nd place Art, 2nd place Music, 1st place Econ, 1st place Math, 3rd place Social Science, 5th place Literature, 3rd place Science, 1ST PLACE OVERALL

Aditya Kaushik: 5th place Math

Abigail Kim: 3rd place Art, 1st place Music, 2nd place Science, 4TH PLACE OVERALL

Your Husky Pride Marching Band performed in their first competition on Saturday, October 5th. at Sunrise Mountain High School: the Husky Pride finished first in their division and earned awards for highest scores in music performance, percussion, and guard (flags, rifles, sabres). The AZMBA State Championship will be held at Hamilton on November 9th.

During Fall break, a few students from the French National Honors Society and Ms. Steadman went to the Francophone Job Fair hosted at ASU. It was a great opportunity to meet different organizations and learn the benefits of knowing French, not only in an academic environment but also in the work force.

Engineering 102 - Mr. Weeks' 5th hour class, Engineering 102 had a "Solar Oven Throwdown" with the goal of baking a cookie in their designed and constructed from scratch solar ovens. Hamilton is the only school in the district to offer Engineering 102 for a dual credit from the University of Arizona at a reduced cost.

Robotics Club - Because of our FIRST robotics club association with MicroChip, our students get first crack at summer internships working alongside MicroChip engineers and businesspeople. These are paid internships, which are rare for any but the most qualified high school students to receive over summer at a Fortune 500 company. For example, a 2023 graduate spent the internship working with Microchip's business side since he's interested in marketing, finance, and the more business side of technology. Sidd was the club's PR and money guy, and his efforts resulted in over $15,000 in donations to the club last school year. MicroChip offered 6 internships to our club members this past summer and all reported learning a lot and also liking the paychecks.

Please pay attention to the NO PARKING signs located by the library. Students and staff cannot park in these areas during school hours.

Former Hamilton HS (Class of 2017) golfer Mason Andersen earned his PGA Tour Card this past weekend after an impressive season on the Korn Ferry Tour. Early in the season he won the Argentina Open to help secure his spot. He joins other HHS golfers Chan Kim (Class of 2008) and Andrew Yun (Class of 2009) to reach the pinnacle of professional golf. Here is more information about Mason's career.

​The AZ A250 Commission has launched a state-wide logo competition to craft a visual identity that captures the essence of Arizona’s role in the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. We invite artists, designers, and creative minds to submit their designs that embody the spirit, heritage, and future of Arizona. The winner's design will be used as the official Arizona America250 logo for statewide events, merchandising, and branding.

Please feel free to share the logo contest information with your network or highlight in emails, newsletters, social channels, etc.

More information can be found on the website here.

The bookstore accepts checks, cards, and cash only. Tickets $20 purchased before the dance and will cost $25 at the door cash only. Guest passes are due on Wednesday, October 17th no later than 2:30pm. Guests MUST bring a school ID to be allowed in.