BW Update - March 27, 2024

The Mt. Hope High School and Kickemuit Middle School Best Buddies programs received a significant donation from a current MHHS student, Adriano Coelho, and his father, Chris Coelho.

By holding a Pokemon card auction fundraiser on the streaming app Whatnot, they were able to raise $19,600. Mr. Coelho had been teaching his son about the importance of giving back to his community, so Adriano donated their earnings to the middle school and high school Best Buddies programs, giving each school's program $9,800!

Thank you very much, Chris and Adriano, for your incredibly generous donation!

The Coelho's donation was done with the help of other streamers throughout the country. The district would also like to acknowledge:

• Scott Czaja

• Michael Wood

• Jamie Beran

• Marvin Robbins

• Britney Washburn

Thank you all for helping out with this amazingly generous donation!

There were many students from across our district who achieved perfect scores on the 2022-23 English Language Arts (ELA) RICAS, Math RICAS and NGSA Assessments. The Bristol Warren Regional School Committee and Superintendent of Schools recently recognized the following students on this achievement!

Students Recognized for Perfect Score on the 2022-2023 Assessments:

Mt. Hope High School

• Lucien Chidester - NGSA - Science, 11th Grade Assessment
  

Kickemuit Middle School

• Samantha Campbell - RICAS - English Language Arts, 8th Grade Assessment
• Emma Quigley - RICAS - English Language Arts, 8th Grade Assessment
• Lex Medeiros - RICAS - English Language Arts, 8th Grade Assessment
• Kaitlyn Hilario - RICAS - English Language Arts, 8th Grade Assessment
• Beatrix Farrell - RICAS - English Language Arts, 8th Grade Assessment

• Rowan Mark - RICAS - English Language Arts, 7th Grade Assessment
• Emma Sorrentino - RICAS - English Language Arts, 6th Grade Assessment
• Parker Oliver - RICAS - Math, 8th Grade Assessment
• Kara Pisasale - RICAS - Math, 8th Grade Assessment
• Kaia Brown - RICAS - Math, 7th Grade Assessment

Rockwell Elementary School

• Riley Brown - RICAS - English Language Arts, 3rd Grade Assessment
• Everly Brudenell - RICAS - English Language Arts, 3rd Grade Assessment
• Nadine Mack - RICAS - English Language Arts, 3rd Grade Assessment
• Cara Cavalieri - RICAS - English Language Arts, 3rd Grade Assessment and RICAS - Math, 3rd Grade Assessment
• Brady Francis - RICAS - Math, 4th Grade Assessment

• Ian Texeira - RICAS - Math, 5th Grade Assessment

Mt. Hope High School senior Lucien Chidester has been selected as a finalist in the National Merit Scholarship competition!

The National Merit Scholarship Program is an annual academic competition, conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), for high school students to gain recognition and college scholarships. United States high school students enter the National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which serves as an initial screen of over 1.3 million entrants each year.

Congratulations Lucien on being selected for this honor!

Congratulations to Mt. Hope High School's Emma Goglia on a successful Indoor Track & Field season! Goglia won the 2024 Rhode Island Freshman State Championship in the Girls Indoor Track & Field 55m Hurdles.

Congratulations to the Mt. Hope High School and Kickemuit Middle School wrestling teams on such great seasons! Their success sent many wrestlers to the State Championship tournament, with five winning State Championships and many others placing top 10 in the state.

Wrestling State Champions

Varsity

• Andrew McCarthy - 144-pound weight class

Junior Varsity

• Arion Ferris - 113-pound weight class

Freshman

• Nick Rogers - 165-pound weight class
• Anthony Lombardi - 126-pound weight class

Middle School

• Kyle McCarthy - 133-pound weight class

Congratulations to all of our State Champions!

For the boys team, sophomore Finn Pansa crushed the MHHS school record for the 100-freestyle butterfly with a time of 56.23 seconds. The 400-freestyle relay team of Liam Gagner, Cohen Ferreira, Chris Sousa, and Pansa also broke a school record with a time of 3 minutes, 53.96 seconds, placing them 11th in the state.

For the girls team, the 400-freestyle relay team of Bridget Courtney, Hazel Bradley, Lindy Cobery, and Jessica Deal broke a MHHS school record with a time of 4 minutes, 21.32 seconds, placing them 14th in the state.

Congratulations to both teams on outstanding seasons!

Congratulations to all the Mt. Hope DECA students who competed at the Rhode Island Career Development Conference held at Johnson & Wales University!

The following students placed top 3 in the state in their event

1st Place Finishers

• Arden Wilkes - Restaurant & Food Service Management
• Ella Quesnelle - Professional Selling
• Olivia Labonte & Bridget Williams - Career Development Project
• Sabian Mihalos - Business Finance Series Event

2nd Place Finishers

• Vania Qandeel - Start-up Business Plan
• Isabella Brando & Preston Brodd - Sports & Entertainment Marketing Team Decision Making

3rd Place Finishers

• Sydney DiChiappari - Quick Serve Restaurant Management
• Suleman Baig - Independent Business Plan

In April, many of these talented students will be traveling across the country to Anaheim, California to compete in the International Career Development Conference.

We are so proud of how you've all represented MHHS!

The annual Mr. Mt. Hope competition returned to the high school this year!

The competition, hosted by Mt. Hope DECA, allows students to compete against their fellow peers in the areas of talent, interview, style, and husky pride. It was such a fun night of school spirit and creativity, and the husky community is already looking forward to next year's competition!

Congratulations to the winners!

1st Place - Thomas Godbout

2nd Place - Rocco Ferolito

3rd Place - Liam Reich

Mr. Congeniality - Dennis Lonardo

Congratulations to the Mt. Hope High School students who earned accolades and were recognized at the Rhode Island Science and Engineering Fair!

Rhode Island Science & Engineering Fair Accolades

Best in Fair - Lucy O'Brien

First Grant Senior Division - Lucy O'Brien

Second Grant Senior Division - Nathan Calouro, Emma Coelho, Chenxiang Ma, Mekayla Neves, Elena Oliveira, and Abby Rodrigues

Third Grand Senior Division - Luke Daniel, Cohen Ferreira, Maream Francis, Aidan Gagner, Alona Leonard, Colin Maloney, Taylor Rodrigues, and Nathan Vicente

Special Awards

RI Water Works - Lucy O'Brien

Bristol County Water Works - Lucy O'Brien

Rhode Island College $4,000 Scholarship - Lucy O'Brien

Ricoh Environmental Award - Lucy O'Brien

Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council - Emma Coelho & Elena Oliveira

Excellence in Geoscience: Women in Geoscience - Abby Rodrigues & Mekayla Neves

The Children's Workshop in Warren invited two Assistant Principals from our Kickemuit Middle School, Mr. DeMoura and Mrs. Clifford, to be guest readers in celebration of Read Across America Week!

Recently, a 7th grade science teacher at our Kickemuit Middle School, Jillian Schneider, was selected to present to middle school science teachers from across New England on ideas, tools, resources, and lesson plans that can be used to educate their students on the April 8th solar eclipse.

Congratulations Jillian!

Our elementary schools have been selected to be a part of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program!

The FFVP provides free fresh fruits and vegetables to our students during the school day. This allows them to try a wide variety of different fruits and vegetables, and helps increase the overall acceptance and consumption of fresh, unprocessed produce among children.

Hugh Cole Elementary School students, from second grade all the way up to fifth grade, took the stage at Kickemuit Middle School for two performances of Moana, Jr. After working hard in rehearsals for nearly four months to learn their parts and all of their lines, the students did such a fantastic job with both performances!

Thank you Arts Alive in Barrington for helping our students put on a great show for our communities!

Recently our 5th grade engineers at Guiteras were given a project based learning challenge and they were certainly up for it!

The goal was to create a device that will allow a hard-boiled egg to land gently, without cracking, when dropped from a significant height. Students created a blueprint design and then built prototypes using a variety of materials and their knowledge of gravity and other forces on Earth. All engineers tested their prototypes from the balcony in the school gym. The most successful prototypes that from each 5th grade class were selected to be dropped from the top of Bristol Fire Department's ladder engine truck in front of the entire school!

Thank you Bristol Fire Department for helping our students at Guiteras learn about gravity!

Some classes at Colt Andrews recently took a trip to Rogers Free Library to view the Mt. Hope High School student artwork that was on display!

Although it was a very cold and windy day, our Colt Andrews students still had a blast at their annual Fun Run fundraiser in the Bristol Town Common!

In addition to being a great time for the students, the Fun Run also helped raise $16,885 for future school enrichment programs and family fun nights.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its Respiratory Virus Guidance to provide practical recommendations and information to help lower risk for a range of common respiratory viral illnesses, including COVID-19, flu, and RSV. The Rhode Island Department of Health has updated covid.ri.gov to reflect these changes.

All community settings, including schools and districts, should consider:

• Stay up to date with your vaccines
• Practice good hygiene by covering your coughs and sneezes, washing or sanitizing your hands often, and cleaning frequently touched surfaces
• Take steps for cleaner air by increasing both circulation and ventilation
• When you may have a respiratory virus:
• Stay home and away from others until, for 24 hours, both your symptoms are getting better, and you’re fever free without fever-reducing meds.
• Seek health care promptly for testing and/or treatment if you have risk factors for severe illness. Treatment may help lower your risk of severe illness.
  

2. Using additional strategies to further protect students, staff, and faculty:

• Masks
• Physical Distancing
• Tests

CDC guidance highlights when it is especially helpful for districts and schools to layer core and additional prevention strategies at the individual, group, or facility level:

• People are at increased risk of severe outcomes from respiratory illnesses.
  
• People were recently exposed to a respiratory virus, are sick, or are recovering.
  
• Respiratory viruses are increasing in the community. Find updated COVID-19 data and trends on Rhode Island COVID-19 Data Hub at covid.ri.gov/data. Find flu data and trends on RIDOH’s Influenza Surveillance webpage on health.ri.gov.

Districts and schools should consider specific strategies for people with risk factors for severe illness:

• Older adults
• Young children
• People with weakened immune systems
• People with disabilities
• Pregnant people

For more information, please visit covid.ri.gov.

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