Summer Reading is live! The EWG High School Summer Reading assignment has been posted to the English Department website. Check it out! https://sites.google.com/ewg.k12.ri.us/ewg-english/summer-reading
Almost $70,000 in scholarships was awarded to EWG seniors at Honors Night. Congratulations to the awardees! Thank you to the generous sponsors of the scholarships. As a community, your contributions are appreciated.
An Honorary Diploma was awarded to Ruth Gordon, owner of Delmyra Kennels, for her and her late husband's generosity to the students of EWG for the past 15 plus years. Pictured here is Ruth with her diploma and the students who were awarded scholarships from her, $8,000 dollars worth.
Yesterday the EWG Electric CarTeam traveled to Ninigret Criterium track forthe F24 Greenpower Electric Car Challenge. The timed endurance challenge logged two drivers. The rest of the team got to test drive. There was teamwork, last minute challenges, cooperation, safety consciousness and many more skills applied. Go EWG!
Congratulations to EWG future chefs Emily Raleigh, Jillian Lesinski, Rachel Andrade, and Connor Hawes for winning the Foods class burger creation contest! To get the rest of the story, visit The Mercury at www.ewgmercury.edublogs.org.
It is ladybug day! The horticulture class has released 6,000 ladybugs in the EWG greenhouse to prevent any unwanted insect pests. The students have released a total of 12,000 ladybugs so far as part of their Integrated pest management plan.
Hello EWG Community
The 2022 Excalibur is now on sale, follow the steps described in this email to purchase one. The yearbook is $40 and available for online purchase.
Senior/parent ads are also on sale. Ad prices vary by size and purpose. Ads can be designed and purchased using the same link available for book purchases.
All sales end on Tuesday, May 10th, 2022. We do not receive extra copies, so please be sure to purchase one by the deadline if you want one. If, for any reason, your family is having financial difficulties and cannot afford a yearbook at this time, please reach out to either me or Mrs. Chandler.
1. Go to https://link.entourageyearbooks.com/my/EWG2022
2. Search for your school (if there is more then one account listed, make sure 2022 is in the title). *This step should be unnecessary.*
3. Click on Buy a Yearbook.
or
Click on Upload Photos.
4. Fill in any required information and click Buy Yearbook.
5. LOGIN (If you don't have a login register with your email).
6. Complete the checkout process.
7. Make sure you keep the confirmation email for your records.
On April 10, members of the Sustainability Club helped collect over 200 lbs of trash with Save The Bay at the Weekapaug Breachway in Westerly.
Mr. Gregg Charest serves as a guest conductor for the SEMMEA Honors Band (South Eastern Massachusetts Music Education Association), and in the same week released a single on major streaming platforms (see photos).
Mr. Charest would like to congratulate the following students for performing at the Rhode Island All State Festival this past weekend. EWG students Congratulations to Liam Knott, Tess Zurawski, Jordan Medeiros, Kaitlyn DePietro, Morgan Beck, Emily Yoon, and Damon Durfee. All made their mark in the All State Orchestra. These students were selected from a competitive audition in order to participate, and are among the very best musicians in our state. Each group gave a concert to a packed house this past weekend at Veteran's Memorial Auditorium in Providence, RI.
Spring is here! The horticulture students have been working hard learning to grow and manage the greenhouse. In a few weeks the greenhouse will be in full bloom.
Some of our FFA students from floriculture and horticulture competed in the Floriculture contest at Carbones. They had to take a plant id test, equipment test, team floral display as well as an on site individual arrangement challenge. Our students had fun and we all learned a lot and are excited for next year’s competition!
Mrs. Campbell's class helps out the Sustainability Club by weighing and delivering used plastic bags. Bags will be recycled into TREX products. Three collection boxes are located in the senior high. If you have clean bags at home, please send them in with your students.
ATTENTION SENIORS/SENIOR PARENTS: Please see the updated instructions below for sending in pictures of your senior when they were younger for the graduation ceremony at the Ryan Center.
Please send 3-5 baby-to-early elementary age pictures of your senior. These will be used to create a slideshow that will play before the ceremony at the Ryan Center. Pictures can be sent to ewgseniorphoto2022@gmail.com. Please limit to 3-5 pictures per student, and include your student’s name in the subject line of the email. (PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU PREVIOUSLY FILLED OUT THE FORM FOR PICTURES, PLEASE RE-SEND YOUR PICTURES TO THE EMAIL ABOVE. We are no longer able to accept photos from the previous form.)
On Friday, February 11, EWG's DECA chapter competed at the RI State DECA Competition. Wyatt Fehsenfeld, Caroline Fortin, Madison Rathbun, John Kominski, Alessandro Laquale, and Felicia Dimartino all had strong showings. EWG took 1st (Alex Laquale) and 2nd (John Kominski) in the Accounting Applications event. Madison Rathbun and Felicia Dimartino placed 2nd and 3rd respectively in the Personal Finance Principles event. Madison Rathbun also earned distinction by earning the highest score in the state on the written portion of the Personal Finance Principles event. If you see them, congratulate them on a job well done
Project Based Learning at EWG! A group of students are currently building and prepping an electric car for a racing competition against Chariho! EWG is partnering with GreenpowerUSA in order to expose students to engineering, 3D modeling, math, science and technology. This is a hands-on engineering project where students will learn CAD software, designing, data analysis, reflective journaling, innovation and cooperation. The race will be held in the beginning of May!
Vraj Patel, Ana Simonini, Simone LeClercq, Brielle Bamberry, Julia Kiernan and Angelina Periera took part in the 75th Annual Model Legislature at the RI State House. Working with students across the state, and often working in bipartisan fashion, our students reminded us that when it comes to discussing politics, adults can learn a lot about civility and respect from teens. Congratulations on a job well done!
Students in Robotics I are learning all about autonomous vehicles. They are tasked with coding a color sensor to reflect a value in which they will use to find the center black line. From there, students will decide how best to control each of their two motors in order to get the fastest time possible without going off track. Students are exposed to how robots and autonomous vehicles use sensors and actuators to learn, understand and interact with the world around them. Next project they will add an ultrasonic sensor to avoid potential collisions with various obstacles.
The winners of the first semester attendance award have been announced. In conjunction with Horace Mann, our corporate sponsor. More than 50 students had near perfect attendance. The names were entered into our drawing for near perfect attendance this year. The winners each won a $25 gift card to Amazon, generously donated by Horace Mann. The random winners were: Emily O'Brien and Kwabena Sampong.
EWG is leading the way in STEAM projects. In case you're wondering, that stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. Check out the Mercury's latest in-depth report!
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