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Nevin Rae receives HRC Youth Essay Award

May 14, 2012 By

nevin-rae New Hope’s Nevin Rae, leader of New Hope-Solebury High School’s newly formed Gay-Straight-Alliance and member of New Hope Celebrates, accepted the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) award for the Youth Essay Contest at the recent HRC gala on March 24th.

The dinner and awards ceremony, held at the glamorous Ritz-Carlton in Philadelphia, was attended by over 400 LGBTA community members including Daniel Brooks, New Hope Celebrate’s founder and president (pictured left); Geri Delevich, HRC Federal Club member, NHC member and New Hope Borough Council member (pictured left of Nevin;) and Ryan Fuller, New Hope Celebrate’s treasurer. Pictured right of Nevin is his proud mother and environmental activist, Hope Blaythorne.

Also in attendance were NHC’s Hope Smolin and New Hope Celebrate’s sponsors Sandy Wesley and Rori Katz.

Celebrity guests at the Dinner Gala included NBC’s “Tonight Show” Ross Matthews, award-winning actress Maria Bello, Bucks County’s former US Congressman Patrick Murphy, and HRC’s national president, Joe Solomese.

HRC, whose total membership numbers 750,000, is widely recognized as the leading LGBT legislative activist group in the US, and its most recent achievements, along with Congressman Murphy, have included successful lobbying for the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” a bill that banned gays from disclosure in the military.

Photo courtesy of Tara Lessard

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NH-S ‘Odyssey of the Mind’ takes first place

May 7, 2012 By
Odyssey

 

On March 17th, the New Hope-Solebury High School “Odyssey of the Mind” team won first place at the Southeastern Regionals. Out of 160 teams, they were also one of only two teams who were honored with the Ranatra Fusca award for exceptional creativity. The team moves on to the state competition this month.

Pictured from left are Tiffany Tao, Chloe Verwiel, Kalie Berman, Jacob Steinberg, Carrie Hetzel and Jackson Toone (not pictured: Jasmine Bailey).

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TEEN SCENE: New Hope-Solebury Reading Olympics takes home blue ribbon

April 30, 2012 By

by Matt Wenz, New Hope-Solebury High School (Class of 2013)

New Hope-Solebury High School recently received a blue ribbon for their efforts in the annual Bucks County Senior Reading Olympics Competition. The competition, which was hosted at New Hope-Solebury High School on March 26th, was Bucks County’s 19th annual competition for students in grades 9-12.

Thirty-six teams from schools across Bucks County competed in the event. Teams in the competition usually consist of 12 students. The students compete in three rounds of questions about books that they have read off of a master list of about 30 books. Points are given to teams for correct answers.

Teams also have the chance to “steal” points from the opposing team by answering a question correctly that the opposing team missed. As simple as it seems, it takes a certain level of team coherence and strategy to perform well in a given round.

“There is a level of strategy to it, because you need at least two people to read every book so that, for every round, that book is covered,” said Katie Dick, a co-captain for the New Hope-Solebury Reading Olympics team.

Success in a round can also depend on which team members are participating in a round.

“When you get into competition, there are usually 12 kids on a team, so some kids have to sit out.”

Luck also plays a huge part in the competition. When a team is unsure of a certain question, an educated guess is thrown out as answer. New Hope got fairly lucky with their “educated guesses.”

“We had some awesome random guessing going on as well,” said Katie. “We knew most of the books, but every once in awhile you get one of those that nobody in that particular round has read, in which case you kind of have to make an educated guess. We usually did a pretty decent job with that.”

New Hope-Solebury was very pleased with their results in the competition, especially being able to send their three seniors off with a final blue ribbon. New Hope received a total of 58 points in competition, with a 50-point cut-off to receive a blue ribbon.

New Hope hopes to continue its success into next year’s competition, which will be the 20th anniversary of the senior Reading Olympics competition in Bucks County.

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Delaware River Theatre Collective announces fundraiser for April 29th

April 25, 2012 By

The Delaware River Theatre Collective (DRTC), a non-profit group created to bring professional theatre back to the towns of New Hope and Lambertville, has announced the date for a second fundraising event. Set for Sunday, April 29th, the 8:00pm concert will be held at the at the Stephen J. Buck Memorial Theater at the New Hope-Solebury High School, 180 W. Bridge Street in New Hope.

The DRTC is determined to bring live theatre of the highest quality back to Bucks and Hunterdon counties in a venue that the group will call “home.” Spring 2013 has been set as the target date for the beginning of the DRTC’s first full season of shows.

The current fundraising concert to be held on April 29th is titled “Broadway Jukebox.” The concept of the jukebox musical incorporates previously released popular songs into its musical score.

The concept for this new concert comes from DRTC Artistic Director, Richard Amelius. Amelius is an innovative and versatile director, choreographer, and writer with over 50 shows to his credit. He most recently directed the World Premier of Time Between Us at New York Musical Festival.

Along with well-known regional performers who have appeared in productions at the Bucks County Playhouse and Washington Crossing Open Air Theatre, Amelius is securing talent from New York City. Performers include Adam Halpin (Broadway’s Rent, Glory Days,) Dana Aversa, Jim Bray, Jordan Brennan, Erik Freddy Geils, Jill Palena, Louis Palena, Jenny Pilong, Jennifer Lameo, Adam Levinskas, Derricks Parks, Suzanne Slade, Justin Gamble and Jessica Wagner.

This is a ONE NIGHT ONLY event and advance reservations are highly suggested. Seating for the event will be general admission and donations begin at $25 per person.

Reservations can be made by emailing: tickets@delawarerivertheatrecollective.org.

Visit the new DRTC website at www.delawarerivertheatrecollective.org.

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Anjelica Martino inducted into MBIT National Tech Honor Society

April 23, 2012 By
Anjelica Martino

On February 16th, New Hope-Solebury High School junior Anjelica Martino was inducted into the National Technical Honor Society at the Middle Bucks Institute of Technology. 

Anjelica is studying Drafting and Design Technology at MBIT. At NH-S, she is actively involved in the Gay-Straight Alliance, Environmental Club and Key Club. She also is a co-leader of the PA/NJ Photo Tour Enthusiasts, which tours the area taking photographs. Anjelica plans to work with Habitat for Humanity over the summer.

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Meghan Wilson earns All-American

April 16, 2012 By
Meghan Wilson

 

New Hope-Solebury High School student Meghan Wilson was recently presented a soccer award as an All-American, All-Region II player.

Meghan accepted the award from her coach, Chris Shank, along with the athletic director, Ted Harrington, and Principal Christina Lang. Her parents were by her side as the award was presented to her. Meghan has been honored over the past two years with All-State awards.

“Meghan is a tremendous athlete, who possesses the talent and the will to take her game to the next level,” said Coach Shank. “She is a true competitor and has been a pleasure coaching her for the past couple of years.”

Pictured from left are Christina Lang, Mrs. Wilson, Chris Shank, Meghan Wilson, Mr. Wilson and Ted Harrington.

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Graham Smith signs letter of intent

April 9, 2012 By
Graham Smith

 

Surrounded by family, coaches, teammates, and friends, New Hope-Solebury High School senior, Graham Smith, signed a letter of intent last month to play soccer at University of Pittsburgh next year.

Pictured standing from left are Principal Christina Lang, Riley Smith (Graham’s brother) Athletic Director Ted Harrington and Coach Oliver Hilliker;  seated from left, Mr. Smith, Graham, Lilly Smith (Graham’s sister) and Mrs. Smith.

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National Merit Scholarship Finalists announced

April 9, 2012 By
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Last month, Christina Lang, principal of New Hope-Solebury High School, announced that seniors Kevin Li and Samuel Present have advanced to Finalist standing in the National Merit Scholarship Program.

They will each now be considered for the National Merit Scholarships offered in the spring of 2012. More than 1.5 million juniors entered the 2012 National Merit Program by taking the 2010 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. These students now have an opportunity to continue in the competition for approximately 8,400 Merit Scholarship awards.

Pictured from left are Samuel, Christina, and Kevin.

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Tess Frelick signs letter of intent

April 2, 2012 By
Tess Frelick

 

New Hope-Solebury High School senior Tess Frelick (center), signed a letter of intent last month to play soccer at Lynchburg College next year. Tess’ parents looked on during the signing.

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TEEN SCENE: START Program: Students mentor community members in technology

March 28, 2012 By

by Lilah Dougherty (New Hope-Solebury High School class of 2013)

In the late fall of 2011, the START program, which stands for “Students Teaching Adults Resources and Technology,” commenced in the New Hope-Solebury High School library, bringing the students of New Hope closer to the community. The project is a coalition between our own school library, and the Free Library of New Hope and Solebury, bridging the gap between high school students and the elderly members of our society here in New Hope.

As we all know, our generation is advanced in our use of technology. We were raised to type on word processors, and we made our way to social networking at an early age. We glue ourselves to Apple products like iMacs and iPads, and we know how to maneuver Google inside and out. However, most senior citizens are behind in the technological age.

Therefore, about 15 of our high school’s students have been assigned an adult, and for one hour after school on Thursdays, we help them learn about technology, answering whatever questions they may have.

In early December 2011, the team at the New Hope-Solebury High School library prepared a presentation for a selected number of board members. We talked to the board members, the PTF president, and several administrators about the relevance of technology in education, including the use of iPads, interactive white boards, computers (both PCs and Macs), the library website, and iPod touches.

Because it is clear how important technology is in the lives of students today, high school kids are the most well suited technology teachers. The overall goal is to set adults up with Google accounts, helping them with emails and photos. However, some adults need skills as basic as typing, and some as advanced as tips on iPad usage.

As the program progresses, we hope to be able to instruct adult students on the utilization of the Bucks County Libraries website (www.buckslib.org). Also, we will be teaching the adults how to download e-books and audio books, therefore introducing senior citizens to the new age of reading.

The program will resume within the next several weeks, and we have high hopes that new adults will join us. This idea is not only about teaching people new skills; it is about creating relationships. Our hope is that friendships will be formed between high school students and elder members of society.

The leaders of the program, Mary Schwander of NHS and Barry Fettorolf of the Free Library of New Hope and Solebury, hope to match the students up with the same adult every time, therefore creating a more constant environment to form a bond.

In addition, START has the potential to grant students 10 hours of community service; therefore, it is a great activity to add to college transcripts. I joined START in the beginning and am thrilled to be part of such a positive service.

Overall, we hope to see new high school mentors added to the program, and we are thrilled to welcome new adult students to the START program of New Hope-Solebury.

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