DHS Senior Internship

Introduction to the Senior Internship Program and Application

tournament Updates

• Congratulations To Coach Tyson Kaczmarek And The Blue Wave Boys Cross Country Team For Winning The State CIAC Class MM Cross Country Championship.
• Congratulations To Coach Mo Minicus And Her Coaching Staff And The Girl’s Field Hockey Team For Winning Their Third FCIAC Championship In A Row. They Defeated New Canaan 3-0. The Field Hockey Team Now Will Enter The State Tournament. Seeding And Schedule To Be Released Later Today

• Girl’s Volleyball Defeated Staples 3-0 To Advance To The FCIAC Final. The Team Will Meet Greenwich At 4 pm Saturday At Ludlowe HS

• Boy’s Cross Country Will Run In The State Open Cross Country Meet Friday At 2 pm At Wickham Park In Manchester CT
• Girl’s Swimming/Diving Competes In The FCIAC Championship At Greenwich On Saturday At 4 pm. The Wave Swimmers And Divers Are Currently First In The Meet On The Strength Of Our Finish In The Diving Finals Held At Westhill.
• Alex Lienroth 2nd
• Alex Ashcraft 5th
• Caroline Ashcraft 8th

DONATIONS NEEDED - CORE

CORE students are spearheading a high school wide drive to benefit Darien Social Services. CORE would greatly appreciate donations of toiletry products: shampoo, cream rinse, deodorant, dish soap, toilet paper, paper towels, laundry soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, dryer sheets, bath soap, and hand pump soap. The drive runs from November 2 until November 19. Donation boxes are located in the main office under the art display. Thanks your support!  Questions? Contact - Kathy Gilbert (655-3981, ext.2312)

The Darien Challenge Team is back!!! 

Watch Andrew Gagne, Brandon Wong, Byron Callan, John Conley, and Matt Gentile take on Stamford HS in the 1st round

Airtime:  

• Tuesday, November 3 at 6:30pm on MSG Varsity (Channel 14 on Cablevision)
• Saturday, November 7 at 6:30pm and 9:30pm on News Channel 12
• Sunday, November 8 at 6:30pm and 9:30pm on News Channel 12

DHSPA GUEST SPEAKER - DR. JORDAN METZL 

"Keys to Keeping Sports Healthy for Kids & Teens" Tuesday, Nov. 17, 9:30 AM @ DHS Auditorium Please join us at the next DHSPA Meeting to hear Dr. Jordan Metzl from the Hospital for Special Surgery speak to parents about keeping sports healthy for our children. Dr. Metzl, co-founder and medical director of The Sports Medicine Institute for Young Athletes and one of America's premier pediatric sports physicians, will address how to: keep your child athlete healthy in mind and body; deal with the coach and other parents and help your child handle team pressure; recognize and prevent injuries; and assess nutritional needs of the developing athlete and the benefits of conditioning. Dr. Metzl’s book, The Young Athlete: A Sports Doctor’s Complete Guide for Parents, will be available for purchase. Coaches and parents of children of all ages are encouraged to attend! Come learn strategies that can help prevent injuries and promote a healthy lifestyle! For more information, please contact the Programs Committee: Susan Lattimer at wflattim@aol.com or Carolyn Kyritz at kyritzcarolyn@hotmail.com .

ATTENTION JUNIORS

The Guidance Department will be holding Naviance Training Sessions for Juniors on Tuesday, November 24th and Tuesday, December 22nd in room G-214. Naviance is the web-based communication, college and career resource tool we use at DHS. All Juniors will be scheduled for a training session during their free period on one of those days. If a student does not have a free period that day we will find an alternative date to meet. Please check your Naviance and school email accounts to learn which training session you will attend. We look forward to working with you!  On behalf of the Guidance Department, Mrs. Webb-Maloney & Mrs. Spannaus

Neirad Enilno For November

• Blue Wave Pride's Junior Football Force by Ben Preston
• Start Doing Your Homework by Christian Nielsen and Ian Sullivan
• Wave Field Hockey Crushes the Competition by Darius Majd
• Cribs: Post 53 by Samantha Wood

• Theater 308’s New Drama: The Curious Savagen by Sam Nelson and Amanda Hutter
• Czars Overused by Obama by McKinley Stauffer
• The Necessity of Czars to the U.S. by Michael Coe
• The BFF's of DHS by  Megan Archey and Sarah Graves
• Eco-Citizens Turn The Blue Wave Green by Christian Panier
• Move Over! Alex Reynoso's 1992 Jeep Wrangler by Charles Spivey
• The Drug for Gamers by Blair Pelley

• Inside the Calligraphy Workshop by Nic Correa
• "The Jets Sanchise" by Chris Carmody
• C’est la Vie de Madame Kelleher by Laura Durham
• The Next Laura Wilkinson? by Olivia Leunis
• AIR Makes its Return by Michael Coe
• Search for Moon Water is One Small Step Toward Getting Man back on the Moon by Chris Janson
• Boys Swimming Hopes to Overcome Losses by Daniel Campbell

• Is the Swine Flu Here to Stay? by Justin Pryor
• Teacher Web Sites Dull DHS Digital Presence by Christian Nielsen
• Top 5 Horror Films by Ian Sullivan
• Transfer Students by Julia Lang
•  Turkey Bowl Preview by Kevin Cassidy

Borders Project

The Borders Project is an online journalistic collaboration between high schools in the state of Connecticut. Its purpose is to widen the perspective of its readers by showing them what challenges schools outside their town and county borders face, and how districts are similar and dissimilar to their own.

We hope that learning about other schools will give students a head start on being an informed member of today's global community. If you are interested in participating, please contact us!

Our current topic is Foreign Language Education around the state.

To see what students from Norwich Free Academy, The Gilbert School, Trumbull High School and DHS have to say on this topic visit http://bordersproject.blogspot.com.

TIME TO CLEAN OUT YOUR GARAGE!!!!!

The DHS Girls Ice Hockey Team is now accepting donations for our Used Sports Equipment Sale being held on Saturday, November 14th from 9 am to 1 pm at the DHS Cafeteria located across from the Football Stadium.  

We will accept any type of sporting equipment - hockey, soccer, lacrosse, and field hockey, bikes, balls, cleats, snowboards, tennis rackets, figure skates, exercise equipment, fishing rods and even kayaks! 

Please drop off your donations in the rotunda at Middlesex Middle School starting November 2nd or call 831-0376 to arrange for a pick up.

DHS spirit wear Sale- November 17-18

Spirit wear will be on sale November 17th after the DHSPA meeting and on the 18th from 9-12 in the Welcome Center.....Please come by and do all of you holiday shopping.  The high-school appreciates your business.

sign Up For the DPS family portal

The parent portal will replace last year’s ParentConnect and the periodic email progress reports that teachers sent out. Please go to the following website http://www.darienps.org/boe/portal.php to sign up.