May 2013 [PDF] - AJ Dimond High School

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A. J. Dimond High School Community Newsletter May/June 2013
Letter from the Principal towards graduation. Students have 4 weeks
Save the Date
left to turn in assignments and prepare for
Dear Dimond Parent or Guardian, final projects and exams. Keep the good May 2 Thursday 7 PM
work going to the end!
Choir Concert
The past two years Dimond students Enjoy these final weeks of activities and
have earned the highest graduation rate celebrations leading up to graduation May 3 Friday
of our District’s large high schools. This and the end of school. It is a true pleasure
Senior Fun Day at Cellular One Sports
is a point of pride working with your students. Center
with students,
Cross-Over Assembly 1:20
staff, and parents.
Most Sincerely,
Congratulations to
all for keeping the May 7 Tuesday 7 PM
focus on academic Band Concert
success!
Cheryl M. Guyett
This month we May 8 Wednesday Japanese Immersion
celebrate Di- Principal Completion Ceremony
mond’s next [email protected] 7 PM
graduating class
-- the students
Locker Clean Out for Seniors
and athletes of the class of 2013! They
have brought new championship banners
into our gym, secured hundreds of thou- May 9 Thursday
sands of dollars in scholarships, contribut- Seniors Final Exams Period 3, 4, 5, 6
ed thousands of hours of volunteer service
Orchestra Concert 7 PM
and lived up to the Lynx tradition of excel-
lence. We wish each senior the very best as
they pursue their goals after high school. May 10
This month, we’ll prepare to recognize Seniors Final Exams Periods 1 and 2
their achievements and prepare their com- Final Day for Seniors
mencement with a series of celebrations:
Senior Fun Day, Honor Graduates Rec-
May 14 Tuesday at 2:00
ognitions, senior vocal and instrumental
concerts, Japanese Immersion Completion Graduation
Ceremony, Engineering Academy Gradua- Sullivan Arena
tion Cord Presentation, Baccalaureate, and Students dismissed and busses at 10:23
Cross-Over Assembly. Details on these
events are in this newsletter.
May 17 Friday
Also coming up are this summer’s learn-
Locker Clean Out
ing opportunities. Please note that due to
budget cuts, the large summer school pro-
gram we’ve operated at Dimond previous- May 22 Wednesday
ly will not be offered this year. Dimond is Final Exams Periods 1, 2, 3
offering a limited credit recovery program
and the ASD iSchool for original course
May 23 Thursday
attempts. Details on these programs are in
Final Exams Periods 4, 5, 6
this newsletter. With such limited credit
recovery opportunities, it is critical for stu-
dents to pass their classes and earn credit
CURRICULUM NEWS
James Bell, Curriculum Assistant Principal - 742-7008
Graduation is scheduled for Tuesday, Underclassmen take final exams the last
May 14th, at 2:00 p.m. at the Sullivan two days of the semester: May 22nd and
Arena. The counseling staff is looking 23rd. Please plan your summer travel
forward to joining the celebration as our around these important dates and remem-
seniors walk across the stage! Graduation ber that, per district policy, finals cannot be
is the capstone event of thirteen years of taken early. KCC will run AM classes all
schooling and hard work for our seniors. day May 22 and PM classes all day May
We are closely monitoring on a weekly ba- 23. This allows Dimond students to test
sis any senior in jeopardy of failing a class periods 1, 2, and 3 on May 22 and periods
that will affect graduation status. Please 4, 5, and 6 on May 23.
call the counseling office if you have any Helping the Sun Set on Hunger
2013-14 School Year Registration will
questions or concerns: 742- 7008.
take place August 5th – 8th, 2013. Stu- CANstruction 2013
dents and parents should plan to attend
We CAN help end hunger! The Principles
Bell Schedule for Graduation Day their designated grade-level day and time
of Engineering (POE) class participated
May 14, 2013 to pick up the student’s schedule, fill out
in Anchorage’s CANstruction competi-
annual enrollment packet, and update con-
Period 1 7:30 – 7:55 tion at the University Center Mall. As
tact information.
the only student team competing against
Period 2 8:00 – 8:25 2013-2014 Registration Dates professionals from the design-build com-
Period 3 8:30 – 8:55 August 5th Seniors munity, students used approximately 4000
cans to create a structure depicting the
Period 4 9:00 – 9:25 August 6th Juniors
northern lights behind the Anchorage sky-
Period 5 9:30 – 9:55 August 7th Sophomores line. Thank you for all of your support!
Period 6 10:00 – 10:25 August 8th Freshmen The Dimond PTSA, Siemens Industries,
USKH, Glass, Sash, and Door Supply, and
Alpha rotation each day:
several Dimond families and administra-
KCC will have their regular scheduled Last name A-L....8-11am tors helped to raise over $1600 which was
classes. matched by Enterprise Engineering to pay
Last name M-Z...12-3pm
for the structure. All cans, in addition to
the cans donated as votes, went directly to
Advanced Placement testing occurs
the Food Bank of Alaska. Our structure
May 6th – 17th. Colleges and universi-
COUNSELORS won Honorable Mention in the judged cat-
ties look at the results of these tests to de-
egory, and won the People’s Choice Award
termine placement in college classes and
for the second year in a row.
to potentially award college credit. The
University of Alaska Anchorage has gen-
Freshmen....Jaime Boyd-Kragt
erously donated classroom space on cam-
pus again this year for some of our larger 9-12 Special Services.....Tracie Ashman
student groups. If you have questions
ELL.........Lee Montoya
about which day or where your AP student
will be testing, please contact the teacher Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors: !
for that course or call Rob Hartley, our AP
testing coordinator, at 742-7063. A – Di.....Dave Donk
Please encourage your student to finish Do – K.....Rob Hartley
the semester strong by staying on top of
assignments right up to the end and by L – P.....Chris Higgins
taking finals seriously. Senior Finals will
R – Z.....Pete Mandel
be on May 9th and May 10th. Please note
all of the events for Seniors in this news-
Graduation Coordinator..Christal Smaw
letter.
Department Award Recipients
Science
English Social Studies
Ripple Sato, 9th grade
Challis Debenham, 9th grade Claire Johansen, AP US History
Robert Schock, 9th grade
Lucas Katz, 9th grade Michael Summers, AP US History
Clare Johansen, 10th grade
Rachel Brady, 10th grade Nathan Adams, AP Psychology
Trent Hodson, 10th grade
Claire Johansen, 10th grade Emily Seidler, AP Psychology
Cierra Carrigan, 11th grade
Cierra Carrigan, 11th grade Karl Rodvik, AP Economics
Jane Kim, 11th grade
Dusan Pekich, 11th grade Alaina Hawley, AP US Government
Dusan Pekich, 11th grade
Katie Kampen, 12th grade Leilani Schisler, US Government
Alaina Hawley, 12th grade
Kristen Ratcliffe, 12th grade Julie DuClos, Honors World History
Nolan Schock, 12th grade
Brian Sweeney, Honors World History
English Language Learner Jada Caudel, US History
Mathematics
Honglai Lin, Academics Victor Hernandez, US History
Ripple Sato, 9th grade
Concepcion Diego, Academics Rachel Brady, Honors US History
Brian Sweeney, 9th grade
Anna Glover, Most Improved Trent Hodson, Honors US History
Austin Desatoff, 10th grade
Talaifono Savaiinaea, Most Improved Jane Kim, AP Euro History
Kaily Stanton, 10th grade
Seng Moua, Citizenship Rachel Land, AP Art History
Mackenzie French, 11th grade
Sarah Escobedo, Citizenship Eugene Shestakov, AP Art History
Dusan Pekich, 11th grade
Katie Kampen, 12th grade
Fine Arts Student Government
Nolan Schock, 12th grade
Jacob Wood, Choir 9th grade Vladislav Finko, Freshman Class
DHS Math Student of the Year
Jovan Villamanca, Choir 10th grade Taelor Hawley, Sophomore Class
Alex Ripley
Megan Ahn, Choir 11th grade Heidi Andrus, Junior Class
Haley Martin, Choir 12th grade Sydney Laudon, Senior Class
Physical Education
Clifford Roberts, Band 9th grade Executive Board Officer
Sophia Gustafson, 9th grade
James Homsley, Band 10th grade Kalie Suellentrop
Austin Stellings, 9th grade
Aubrie Lucas, Band 11th grade
Andrea Swanstrom, 10th grade
Matthew Falconer, Band 12th grade Career Technology
Darin Hammingh, 10th grade
Marie Nielson, Orchestra Sean Kordewick, Business
Marleena Merchant, 11th grade
Erin Kim, Orchestra Anna Munson, Business
Dakota Sanders, 11th grade
Sierra Dunn, Orchestra Lilly Bee, Design
Bianca Bosques, 12th grade
Challis Debenham, Orchestra He Xi Lin ,Design
Robert Bagley, 12th grade
Tamara Freistone, Art I Parot Charoonsophonsak, Engineering
Samantha Paskvan, Art II Johanna Jeffryes, Engineering
World Languages
Justine Hong, Advanced Art Jennifer Holganza, Family/Consumer Sci
Marissa Jingco, French
Cade Bennett, AP Art Benjamin Otis, Family/Consumer Sci
Chance Runyon, French
Keely Holt, Multimedia Design
Baily Hartman, German
Jia Liu, Multimedia Design
Clifford Roberts, German
Karl Rodvik, Spanish
JROTC
Breanna Abyo, Japanese Immersion
Michael Anders, 1st year
Susumu Jones, Japanese Immersion
Adannah Daniel, 2nd year
Erin Howe, 3rd year
Anders Ogawa, 4th year
AKATJ Japanese Speech Contest Award
for Dimond High School
Congratulations to the following DHS Jap-
anese students for placing in the AKATJ
Japanese Speech Contest, held Saturday
3/30. Nearly 50 Dimond students took the
stage to sing, present skits, recite poetry,
and give speeches—all in Japanese—for
this annual K-16 event held at UAA.
Dimond High’s Japanese program has Yoku dekimashita! (Well done!) German Student Awards
been awarded a total of 25 fully funded
Skit: Congratulations to Gavin Davis and Ster-
study-tour trips to Japan. The JENESYS
ling Emmal for earning the Dimond Ger-
(Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for 1st Place: Morgan Bloom, Christopher
man students of the year and Kendal Wil-
Students and Youths) 2.0 program, estab- Cilot, Rebecca Hoshaw, Nanette Jack-
liams, who earned the silver medal on the
lished through the Japanese Ministry of son, Susumu Jones, Sydney Laudon,
American Association of Teachers of Ger-
Foreign Affairs, aims to encourage greater Mikaela Mendoza, Patrick Nieuwland,
man exam.
understanding between the youth of Ja- Madison Smith.
pan and the United States. Additionally,
2nd Place: Tare Choi, Tamara Freistone,
the program hopes to foster long-term and
Natalyn Hes, Darion Jones, Sanae Oya-
ongoing interest in Japan and the US by
ma, Ian Svejnoha, & Gage Raymond
providing firsthand experiences with the
3rd Place: Elizabeth Leisle & Miranda
culture of the other.
Tomuro
Thanks to the JENESYS program, 23
Poetry:
students and 2 chaperones will be trav-
eling in late May through early June. 1st place: Lucas Katz
The 11-day study tour includes stays in
3rd place: Tory McCarthy
the Tokyo and Kyoto areas, as well as a
3-day visit to a high school. During the Speech Aurora Division:
high school visit, students will be hosted 2nd Place--Rebecca Hoshaw Symphonic Orchestra
by Japanese families. To reciprocate, Di-
During Spring Break, fourteen of Dimond's
mond families will host students visiting
Symphonic Orchestra students performed
Alaska in the upcoming year. Both stu-
at the Heritage Music Festival in Anaheim,
dents studying in Japanese Immersion Pro-
CA. We were joined by orchestras from
gram and the elective Japanese language
Arizona, California, and an orchestra from
program at Dimond have been selected to
Juneau, AK. Even though we had some
travel with the JENESYS group.
sudden changes, the students played pas-
This is an incredible opportunity for sionately and we came home with a Silver
students who have studied Japanese— Award. It was a great experience and we
many since kindergarten—to experi- want to thank Mr. James Sears and Mr. Da-
ence the language, culture, and environ- Fundraiser for a vid Legg for coming with us!
ment of Japan. The new initiative, JE-
Trip to Germany!
NESYS 2.0, is a large scale project which
includes Pacific, South East Asia and East German students, parents and teacher Frau
Asia, Australia and New Zealand, as well DuBois will be washing cars at the McDonalds
as North America. on 88th and Dimond on May 11th and 18th to
raise money for the trip to Germany. Also, a
garage sale in which all the proceeds will go
to help defray the costs of the trip will be held
May 4th at 3770 Amber Bay Loop from 7:30
AM to 3:30 PM. Two more parent and student
meetings to discuss the fundraising and the trip
itself will be held April 18th and May 16th,
both from 7PM to 8PM in Relo 4.
It is not too late to sign up for the trip!
***Chelsea Garritson *Claribelle Sergio
2013 Honor Graduates
*Alaina Geraty ***Eugene Shestakov
*Elizabeth Gogolowski **Hannah Siira
*Emily Goodrum **Signe Stanton
*Savana Hartley **Mallory Stutzer
***Alaina Hawley **Kalie Suellentrop
**Victoria Hill *Celestine Talaro
**Jennifer Holganza *Christina Thompson
***Rebecca Hoshaw *Brittany Town
**Nathan Adams
*Emily Hughes **Allana Wiesinger
***Sierra Afoa
***Veronica Janezich *Erik Wilcox
**Stanson Afoa
**Johanna Jeffryes
*Taylor Allen
***Marisa Jingco ***Summa Cum Laude (GPA of greater
**Karli Anders than 4.0)
**Susumu Jones
**Ellen Asay ** Magna Cum Laude (GPA of 3.76 to 4.0)
***Katie Kampen
*Cum Laude (3.5 to less than 3.76)
*Lucia Ashby
*Shereena Kenaston
*Andrew Banez
*Kiel Kenning
**Amber Bare
**Crystal Ketchum
*Ashton Bare
*Peter King
*Courtney Beach
*Sean Kordewick
*Madelyne Bee
**Rachel Land
*Paris Bennett
**Sydney Laudon
*Tori Best
***Jacob Lee
*Aaron Bigelow
***Jeremiah Lee
*Morgan Bloom
***Jun Hyeog Lee
*Bianca Bosques
**Makane Mason
*Ryan Brady
**Shannon McLaughlin
*Alexander Burgh
*Ozer Micoogullari
Katie Kampen, Valedictorian
**Jerel Cabesas
*Clayton Nadon
**Emily Carpenter
**Anders Ogawa
***Cory Chan
***Emily Owen
***Parot Charoonsophonsak
***Kendra Paskvan
**Josepher Chen
*Lucas Pergiel
**Ashlyn Dye
*Allison Petrov
*Kerrick Eagle
***Kristen Ratcliffe
**Jane Eckhoff
***Alex Ripley
***Matthew Falconer
*Keana Rivas
***Hailey Fanning
**Megan Romo
***Janelle Feller
**Chloe Sanders
**Seth Flagel
**Nolan Schock Alex Ripley, Salutatorian
*Cecilia Frank
***Emily Seidler
STUDENT SERVICES/ATTENDANCE NEWS
Holly Morris, Student Services/Attendance Assistant Principal - 742-7056
“How did it get so late so soon?” Students whose lockers are damaged or With the sun shining and the snow fi-
left dirty will be assessed a fine. Students nally melting, maintaining focus on the
-Dr. Seuss
are expected to remove all pictures, stick- work ahead will lead to success. Timely
ers, décor, tape, as well as anything written arrival and preparedness are both key to
Here we are another school year near directly on the locker. each student’s individual reward, reaped in
completion and graduation around the A strong finish will lead to a successful credits earned.
corner. We look forward to the class of end to this school year. Consistent atten-
2013 crossing the stage at the Sullivan dance in class will enhance the potential
Encourage your student to continue the
Arena. Although that moment is near, for a great finish.
hard work that has brought each thus
there is work yet to be done.
far. And Thank you for the constant sup-
port you offer your student and the Di-
“The only place where success comes be-
Senior Locker Clean-out is Wednesday fore work is in the dictionary.” mond staff!
May 8th.
-Vidal Sassoon
Freshmen, Sophomores & Juniors will
“Without continual growth and progress,
clean out lockers Thursday May 16th
such words as improvement, achievement,
and will not have access to lockers after
and success have no meaning.”
that.
-Benjamin Franklin
Scanned shot records can also be emailed
to [email protected]. If you LOCKER CLEAN OUT!
have any questions, please don’t hesitate
Seniors
to call me. The number is # 742-7054. I am
here Monday- Friday from 7am to 2:30pm May 8
until May 24th. Any shot records received
Freshmen,
over the summer will be entered before
Sophomores and
Fall Registration.
Juniors
From the Nurse If you would like confirmation that your
May
student’s records were received, please
indicate you would like confirmation and 16
Hello Dimond Families! In the coming
include a number/ email address I can use
weeks, you may receive notice that your
to contact you.
student will have an immunization due be-
NO
fore Fall Registration. Please get your im- Thank you so much and have a happy and
munizations updated before then to avoid healthy summer! ACCESS
exclusion from the Registration process. AFTER!
ASD has a strict, “No Shots, No School”
Susie Whited,RN, BSN
policy. Check your child’s shot history and
if there are any immunizations needed, or School Nurse
any that do not appear on your student’s
school immunization record, please submit
those records via fax to the nurse office at
# 742-7171, attn: Nurse.
Our mission is to facilitate optimal learning for all students to empower them to lead fulfilling and
productive lives in a rapidly changing and increasingly complex society.
FRESHMAN HOUSE NEWS
David Legg, Freshman House Assistant Principal - 742-7069
This is the last newsletter of the year many of their teachers and I’m sure they
and I have to tell you what a pleasure will be well taken care of.
it has been this year working with your
With the weather improving every day and
students, the Freshman House Staff,
the sun showing itself more, it becomes
and you, as parents.
harder and harder to focus on school.
Our Phenomenal Freshman program was Please keep in mind we need to work to
very successful this year. Many deserv- the end of the year. Finals for freshmen
ing students were recognized for the good will take place on May 22nd and 23rd. All
things they accomplished throughout the pranks are a disruption to school and will
year. The final Phenomenal Freshman cer- be dealt with accordingly. Please discour-
emony was held April 11th, and the fol- age any pranks you hear of. We appreci-
Letters About Literature
lowing students were celebrated: Bryce ate your cooperation and communication.
Davis, Summer Charlie, Keith Harvey, Thank you for a wonderful year, and we'll Dimond Freshman Morgan Byrne has won
James Campbell, Alex Gill, Caitlyn see you in the fall. second place for the State of Alaska for her
Gratz, Melinda Moto-Weinstein, Dylan age category in this year's Letters About
Gillim, Breanna Agate, Steffen Kelly, Literature competition. Letters About Lit-
Caroline Wrenn, Jesse Kurtz. It is al- erature is an annual contest sponsored by
ways a pleasant thing to see students excel the Center for the Book in the Library of
in so many ways. Congress. Students write letters to authors,
living or dead, of books that have made a
Options for summer school will be limited
difference in their lives. Morgan's letter
this year. Classes offered will not be school
was to Elie Wiesel, the author of Night. As
based, and will be online. Ms. Boyd has
the second-place winner, she will receive
already sent out reminders for any student
$50 and a certificate.
that should take advantage of the oppor-
tunity to make up lost credits. If you are
interested in knowing more specific infor-
mation, please contact your counselor.
Looking ahead to next year, students
should dress their best for registration in
August because that is the day school pic-
tures are taken and ID cards are made. It
should be an exciting day of registration as
incoming freshman will tour our building
and make tie-dyed t-shirts. Students meet
Dimond Freshmen Abbigail Utley and
Courtney Karns received honorable men-
tions in the competition. Becky Norswor-
thy's Honors English 9 students submitted
81 letters to the 2013 competition.
Dimond Librarian Suzanne Metcalfe intro-
duced the project and assisted students in
choosing books and authors.
More than 49,000 letters were entered na-
tionwide at the elementary, middle school,
and high school levels.
CAREER RESOURCE CENTER NEWS
Kim Lauwers - 742-7020

I have really enjoyed and anything else you participate in, so it’ll be from employers, teachers, and counselors.
my time at Dimond easier to remember at a later date.
SENIORS (Class of 2013)
High School as your
•Talk to your counselor and parents about ca-
•Anyone needing federal financial aid for col-
Career Resource Ad-
reer options and education required for those
lege or will be trying to get the Alaska Per-
visor. As you already
careers.
formance Scholarship, must fill out the FAF-
know, this program
•Look at the AKCIS website for help with SA form. The website is http://www.fafsa.
will not be here due to
improving your job search skills, ways to pay ed.gov.
the budget cuts. I would encourage all of you
for college, find a right school, career goals,
to be proactive in your future plans for after •You can get help with your FAFSA form or
and track your education and career plan. It’s
high school. Don’t wait until late your junior loan information from the Success Center
free!
year or senior year to start preparing for your which is located in the Dimond Center, next
future. Everything you do from 9th grade JUNIORS (Class of 2014) to the Perfect Cup. Also, sometime during the
through 12th grade is very valuable! I would summer, they should be able to help you with
•Continue to keep your grades up.
like to just give you some helpful reminders Alaska Performance Scholarship questions.
to point you in the right direction. Thank you •Last chance to take the SAT is June 1 and the
•Finish strong academically!
for everything and I will miss all of you! ACT is June 8 (there are earlier deadlines to
register). •Send official final graduating transcripts to
FRESHMEN-SOPHOMORES-JUNIORS
your college.
•Sign up for the NCAA Clearinghouse if you
•Select high school courses with a high school
plan on playing a sport in college at the Divi- •Send official final graduating transcripts and
guidance counselor and your parents. Confirm
sion I or II level. Send an official high school ACT and /or SAT test scores to the NCAA
that classes will contribute to college-prep or
transcripts to the NCAA Clearinghouse (re- Clearinghouse,if you will be playing a sport
tech prep requirements, Alaska Performance
quest this from your registrar). in college at the Division I or II level.
Scholarship requirements, and NCAA Clear-
inghouse requirements (NCAA- only if you •Visit colleges in the summer. •Send in any deposits and any required forms
will be participating in a Div. I or II insitution •Research private scholarship options. to colleges.
after high school) •Register for college classes.
•Start working on college essay.
•Get involved with clubs, activities, jobs, and •If you need to take the UAA Accuplacer for
•Request materials from schools that interest
community service. UAA registration, please check with UAA
you and visit their websites.
FRESHMEN (Class of 2016) Advising and Counseling for times and costs.
•Start gathering information for your senior
•Research colleges of interest. portfolio and the college application process. •Take care of loan paperwork if you have it.
•Talk to your parents about planning for col- (check the Dimond CRC website for more in- •Contact colleges and let them know that you
lege expenses. Continue or begin a saving formation) will or will not be attending their institution.
plan for college. •Look at the AKCIS website for help with •Write thank you notes to those who wrote let-
•Keep track of academic and extracurricular improving your job search skills, ways to pay ters of recommendations for you and for any
awards, community service achievements, for college, find a right school, career goals, scholarships you might
and anything else you participate in, so it’ll and track your education and career plan. It’s
•Review, sign and return financial aid forms.
be easier to remember at a later date. free!
•Review orientation materials that you have
SOPHOMORES (Class of 2015) •Organize a testing plan. Figure out when
received.
you’ll be taking important tests like the SAT,
•Keep your grades up.
ACT, SAT subject test, and AP exams, and •Do not leave school without a few letters of
•Contact colleges that interest you. Write to mark the dates on your calendar. You will recommendations from your teachers and/or
schools and ask for more information about want to have plenty of time to prepare. counselors.
their academic requirements and any pro-
•Keep track of academic and extracurricular •If you finished a Senior Portfolio and turned
grams or activities that you’re interested in.
awards, community service achievements, it into the CRC office, please pick that folder
It’s especially important to start this process
and anything else you participate in, up before you graduate.
now if you think you want to attend a military
academy. •Continue to talk to your parents about plan- •Continue to look for private scholarships.
ning for college expenses and possibly get a •Put together a resume, if you have not done
•Continue to talk to your parents about plan-
job. so already.
ning for college expenses.
•Get a job.
•Keep track of academic and extracurricular
awards, community service achievements, •Start asking for letter of recommendations
ACTIVITIES NEWS
Tim Helvey, Activities Assistant Principal - 742-6996
Dimond Lynx Activities Action throwing out the first pitch to start their and beginning of next year, second semes-
season. ter grades have a huge impact on fall and
It has been a record setting winter sports
winter sports eligibility. For students to be
season for our Lynx. In my last newslet- Other Lynx in the news. I would like to
academically eligible for sports and activi-
ter I was able to congratulate a number congratulate freshman Kendall Williams
ties that begin in the months of August –
of our winter sports that either won state and freshman Katie Seybert for placing
December of next school year, they must
championships or took region honors. The in the 2013 Lava Man Triathlon in Kona,
have passed five or more classes at the con-
end of the winter season gave way to yet Hawaii. Both placed very high amongst
clusion of second semester with a 2.0 GPA
another banner to be raised in the gym. a large number of competitors in their age
or greater and do the same for first quarter
group.
The competitive cheer squad finished the
of next year.
season as Grand Champions at the state
Dates to Remember:
championship competition. The judges
awarded our squad the highest score May 9,10,11 – Region IV Track & Field
amongst all the teams competing at the Championship @ Bartlett
event from across the state. Our basketball
May 17,18 – Track & Field State Champi-
cheer squad finished in first place in their
onship @ Lathrop, Fairbanks
division. It looks like we just might be a
strong cheer school! May 23,24,25 Soccer State Championship,
Boys and Girls @ Anchorage Locations
The boys’ basketball team finished the sea-
son strong allowing them to have a strong May 30 – June 1 Baseball State Champion-
WPI standing to qualify for the state tour- ship @ Mulcahy Stadium
Congratulations to Janelle Feller for sign-
nament. The WPI is a new system that re- May 31 – June 1 Softball State Champion-
ing with University of Alaska Fairbanks to
wards the last two teams a birth to the state ship @ Cartee Fields
play volleyball next season.
tournament based on how tough a teams
August 5th – All fall sports start
schedule is and wins and losses. Congratulations to Damon Cikanek for
signing with University of Alaska Fair- Check school website for forms and
The girls’ basketball team finished first in
banks to play basketball next year. times for registration.
their conference and placed second at the
state tournament. The girls lost to a strong NCAA information – And a final note to our seniors… The end
Wasilla team who won their third straight Sophomores, Juniors and of May will be the completion of my first
state championship. At the end of the win- Seniors! Second semester year as the activities principal at Dimond
ter sports season we will raise three ban- sophomores, juniors and High School, a school enriched in tradition
ners into the rafters. seniors considering ath- and pride. It will be my honor to watch Di-
letics at the collegiate level must register mond’s 47th graduating class walk across
Now on to spring sports. If we ever man-
with the NCAA Eligibility Center – by no the stage to receive their diplomas and pur-
age to get rid of all of this snow we just
later than the beginning of the junior year sue their dreams. The class of 2013 has
might be able to get outside to finish the
of high school. This is required of students represented our community and the other
season.
who have interest in NCAA-governed ath- 46 years of alumni with the fighting spirit
All of our spring sports are off to a great letic programs. For more information, we expect. It is with great honor that I
start. please see the link to the NCAA Eligibility have had the priviledge to work with such
Boys soccer is riding last years state cham- Center website: a great group of student athletes. I wish all
pionship and currently only have one loss www.eligibilitycenter.org of you great success in your future.
on the season to a strong South team.
Coach Evaluations: Athletes and parents
The girls’ team wants to obtain what the please fill out the coach’s evaluation form
boys earned last year and currently is un- and return them to the activities office. We
defeated on the season. value your comments and use your evalu-
The girls and boys track and field team are ations for final coaches evaluations at the
looking strong. We once again have huge end of the year.
numbers of athletes who continue to put up Eligibility for Fall Activities (Athletics,
some great marks. Fine Arts, Student Government, DDF,
Baseball and softball are weeks away from etc.) Moving on to the end of this year
GIFTED MENTORSHIP
There will be changes within the Gifted
Marina Aldous: Dr. Devin Johnson Providence Cancer Center, Oncology
Mentorship Program for the 2013-2014
school year. With only one Gifted Mentor- Northern Smiles Orthodontics Jun Hyeog Lee: Nick Stadnicky
ship Coordinator left in the program, there
Ellen Jane Asay: Sue Beam BP, Engineering
will not be formal recruitment meetings
this spring. Instead we will be informing ERA, Avionics Kendra Paskvan: Dr. Brion Beerle
students about the program through the
Jin Cha: Dr. Susie Dietz AK Surgery Center, Anesthesiology
school's newsletter, classroom visits, and
through the daily announcements. If you'd Providence, ER Physician Olivia Pepe-Phelps: Meghan Holland, RN
like more information about the program or
Victor Charoonsophok: August Asay Providence, Pediatrics
to apply for a mentorship next year, please
visit our website: http://www.asdk12.org/ FAA, Aeronautical Engineering Karl Rodvik: Renee Limoge
projects/gifted/ The website has our ap-
Jane Eckhoff: Dave Dickerson, RN AK Alliance, Policy Making
plication and is a good source of informa-
tion regarding eligibility requirements and Providence, Critical Care Megan Romo: Johnelle Cooper, RN
mentorship expectations. Seth Flagel: Jeremy Maxie Providence, Pediatrics
There will NOT be a summer program, but
RSA Engineering Zayn Roohi: Nick Swan
students should apply early for next year,
as space may be limited! Janessa Fosi: Dr. Rhenee Merkouris KTVA, Photojournalism
Students wanting a fall mentorship next OBGYN Chance Runyon: Matt Block
year MUST have their applications in
Mackenzie French: Dr. Koropp Lane Powell, Law
by April 26th at 3pm. The deadline for
second semester mentorship will be Sep- Koropp Orthodontics Mallory Stutzer: Dr. Riley Wilson
tember 20th, 2013. At DHS, applications
Christian Hartwell: Eric Sowl The Pet Stop, Veterinary Medicine
can be turned into the curriculum office in
the metal bin above the counselor's mail- KTUU, Photojournalism Tomas Sundet: Jeff Gries
boxes.
Matt Harvey: Jason Kepler Coffman Engineering
For the remainder of this year, all three
Aerotwin, Aeronautical Engineering Rutger Thiele: Michael Ardai and Kris
coordinators will continue their weekly
school visits. Beginning next year, Jean Emmylea Herring: Bethany Freel Ryan-Clarke
Poulsen will be the only coordinator for all BP, Engineering Mad Dog Graphx, Graphic Design
schools. You can contact her at poulsen_
[email protected] Jason Hsi: Steve Cinelli Ian Wilber: Darrin Marshall
For the rest of the year, Ms. Wiley will be BP, Engineering UAA, Automotive Engineering
visiting DHS on Wed. and Thurs. during
Lyndsey Kellard: Dr. Marion Clement
lunch in the library. If you'd like to talk to
her about the program, please email her in AK Natural Healing Center, Naturopath Lisa Wiley, Mentorship Coordinator
advance at [email protected] Gifted Department
742 3798 cell 223 4718
Here is the list of phenomenal students and
Anna Knight: Dr. John Halligan and
mentors for the 2012-2013 school year.
Chris Galloway
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