IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Eleven treadmills, 18 elliptical cross trainers and 3 stationary bikes are now being used by Villa Novan athletes, students, and staff thanks to a donation from Planet Fitness and Woonsocket owner Ann Marie Lukin. She recently updated a number of machines and was looking for something to do with the equipment and heard WHS would be interested. Jason Emmett, Planet Fitness Regional Manager for Woonsocket and Cumberland made it happen!
WOONSOCKET HIGH SCHOOL'S FINEST
Horace Mann appreciates the commitment of America's educators to making a difference in the lives of our youth. The Crystal Apple rewards teaching excellence on a local level. Together, school administrators and Horace Mann representatives set the criteria for winning the award, such as dedication, assertiveness, enthusiasm and use of creative and innovative teaching techniques.
MRS. HAWKINS, GUIDANCE TEAM LEADER,
WINS "TEACHER OF THE YEAR" AWARD
2014-2015
MRS. AUDET
"CLERICAL EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR"
2014-2015
SENIOR KYLE BEAULIEU ACCEPTED AT URI TO PLAY BASEBALL
@RHODY BASEBALL HIGHLIGHTS SENIOR KYLE BEAULIEU
SENIOR KEITH JILLETTE ONE OF TWO STUDENTS IN RI SELECTED TO REPRESENT RI IN U.S. SENATE YOUTH PROGRAM
Keith, a senior, is a senate page and member of David Cicilline's Youth Cabinet. In March he will travel to Washington, D.C. to spend a week experiencing national government in action.
Mr. Henderson
Have you seen the plaque in the hallway here at WHS by the gymnasium with a picture of a football player and 1991 graduate involved in football, basketball and track who went to Boston University as a football player and became an assistant football coach at Fairfield University? And who later became the head football coach here at WHS? The coach who led the team to three Super Bowl Championships and won two out of the three? Yes, it's Mr. Henderson! This is his second year as our school Principal after ten years as an Assistant Principal at WHS.
Mrs. Hawkins
In a recent interview with Mrs. Hawkins, she told the Novan News that her official position here at WHS is Guidance Team Leader. She started in Guidance in the fall of 2006 while teaching Math a period of the day. She said it was very difficult to switch from one to the other. When a full time position came available a few years later she took it and took on more and more responsibilities, especially when the Guidance Director position was eliminated. Then Mr. Bouley (the Assistant Principal) was put in charge of Guidance as an Administrator, not a Guidance Counselor. He needed assistance with scheduling and other aspects of Guidance so last year they created the position Guidance Team Leader. This position seemed like a natural fit for her.
This year is more difficult for a few reasons starting with being a member of the team for the new School Information System (SIS) and PARCC testing for the first year. In the past we had NECAP that tested all our 11th-graders. The new test, PARCC, evaluates both 9th- and 10th-graders in English and anyone in Algebra and Geometry. Over 1,600 students will be taking the test one way or another! 900-950 are taking at least one test and some students are even going to be taking both tests. She has been inundated with planning the schedule for that. The major difference between the NECAP and PARCC tests are that there are two parts of the PARCC test, a performance assessment in March and an end of the year multiple choice test. The NECAP test was in the fall and measured 11th-graders 9th-and 10th-grade knowledge while the PARCC tests the 9th-graders’ previous year’s knowledge only.
Mrs. Hawkins grew up in Woonsocket, right around the corner from WHS, and attended Leo Savoie and the junior high and graduated in 1996 as Class Valedictorian. She continued her education at Providence College getting her degree in Mathematics. From 8th-grade she wanted to be an Elementary School Teacher and 9th-grade solidified her desire to be a Math teacher because of her love Math and went back to school during the summer to get her teaching degree. During that summer, she was approached by Mr. Vachon, the WHS principal, who offered her a teaching job five days before the school year started in September. As a Math teacher she was a quick learner and taught her classes until 2008 until she became a Guidance Counselor. She went to Providence College for her Masters degree in Guidance at Providence College as well. The difference between teaching in the classroom and as a guidance counselor is still rewarding because students are different one-on-one talking, not in the classroom around their peers and you find out whether or not they like the subject and about their interests and what they want to do when they get out of high school really getting to know them. “As a Guidance Counselor I always keep it in the back of my head that I am here for the student,” she tells the Novan Newspaper, “my job is to advocate for that student in any way that I can, to help with problems at home, problems with the teacher, problems with another student, and problems with their class. My job as a Guidance Counselor is to help that student any way that I can.” She offers to stay after school and assist students with Math and any problems they have if their teacher is not available or the Homework Help Club has too many students. She gets excited when the students actually take her up on that! Her interests outside of school are spending time with her children at things like Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts, listening to music, attending concerts, playing volleyball, swimming in the summer and playing cards with her friends.
This year is more difficult for a few reasons starting with being a member of the team for the new School Information System (SIS) and PARCC testing for the first year. In the past we had NECAP that tested all our 11th-graders. The new test, PARCC, evaluates both 9th- and 10th-graders in English and anyone in Algebra and Geometry. Over 1,600 students will be taking the test one way or another! 900-950 are taking at least one test and some students are even going to be taking both tests. She has been inundated with planning the schedule for that. The major difference between the NECAP and PARCC tests are that there are two parts of the PARCC test, a performance assessment in March and an end of the year multiple choice test. The NECAP test was in the fall and measured 11th-graders 9th-and 10th-grade knowledge while the PARCC tests the 9th-graders’ previous year’s knowledge only.
Mrs. Hawkins grew up in Woonsocket, right around the corner from WHS, and attended Leo Savoie and the junior high and graduated in 1996 as Class Valedictorian. She continued her education at Providence College getting her degree in Mathematics. From 8th-grade she wanted to be an Elementary School Teacher and 9th-grade solidified her desire to be a Math teacher because of her love Math and went back to school during the summer to get her teaching degree. During that summer, she was approached by Mr. Vachon, the WHS principal, who offered her a teaching job five days before the school year started in September. As a Math teacher she was a quick learner and taught her classes until 2008 until she became a Guidance Counselor. She went to Providence College for her Masters degree in Guidance at Providence College as well. The difference between teaching in the classroom and as a guidance counselor is still rewarding because students are different one-on-one talking, not in the classroom around their peers and you find out whether or not they like the subject and about their interests and what they want to do when they get out of high school really getting to know them. “As a Guidance Counselor I always keep it in the back of my head that I am here for the student,” she tells the Novan Newspaper, “my job is to advocate for that student in any way that I can, to help with problems at home, problems with the teacher, problems with another student, and problems with their class. My job as a Guidance Counselor is to help that student any way that I can.” She offers to stay after school and assist students with Math and any problems they have if their teacher is not available or the Homework Help Club has too many students. She gets excited when the students actually take her up on that! Her interests outside of school are spending time with her children at things like Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts, listening to music, attending concerts, playing volleyball, swimming in the summer and playing cards with her friends.