Darien High School 2016-2017

UPDATE: New Twist: Man in Camouflage Near High School Found After Earlier ‘Lock In’ at School

Three DHS Students Win League of Women Voters Video Contest Promoting Voting

DHS Fuel Cell Team Exhibit in Top 5 at 2016 World Maker Faire

In the Schools: Jazz Violinist at DHS, School Events, DHS Senior Portraits

School District Announces Coach Suspended for Two More Weeks After Officials See Video

29 Darien High School Students Named National Merit Scholarship ‘Commended Students’

Darien High School Has 13 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

Reminder for Darien Incoming Seniors: Get Your Senior Portraits Taken This Summer

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By David Gurliacci | November 17, 2016

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Update, 1:22 p.m.:

A man wearing camouflage when he was bow hunting near the high school has been found, Darien police announced, and they say he was hunting not on school grounds, but in the woods nearby, where he was authorized to do so. The man was seen when he was returning to his vehicle in a parking lot at the Darien United Methodist Church, 345 Middlesex Road after hunting, not to hunt in an unauthorized area, police said. Here’s the police news release, emailed at 1:13 p.m.:
On November 17, 2016 at approximately 8:30 am, the Darien Police Department received a report of a white male dressed in full camouflage in the woods within close proximity to Darien High School. Based on the report, the Darien High School and two nearby nursery schools were alerted and took precautionary measures until the Darien Police determined that there wasn’t a danger. Officers remained in the area for the next several hours. At approximately 12:30 pm, officers were able to identify the subject as a local hunter who was hunting in a nearby area he had authorization to be in. When he was observed this morning, the subject was simply returning to his vehicle which was parked in the parking lot of 345 Middlesex Rd.

Two Darien High School students won first place (and $125 each), and a third was named a second-place winner in a video contest to promote voting and sponsored by the Darien League of Women Voters. The two students whose videos tied for first place are Tyler Stimpson and Forrest Lazzara. Kody Schutzman’s video placed third. Here are the videos from the contest and the Darien LVW’s announcement Monday on its website:

Today the Darien League of Women Voters announced the winners of High School video competition. Students were challenged to create a 30 second video PSA (public service announcement) about the importance of voting. Submissions were judged on three categories: adherence to message about the importance of voting, video quality and overall communication effectiveness.

The Darien High School Fuel Cell Team exhibit was named among the top five this month at the 2016 World Maker Faire. The team was among thousands of spectators, engineers, teachers, students, and exhibitors at the New York Hall of Science this October. The student team shared their fuel cell car, gave a presentation about advancements in alternative energy, and noted their success at the Shell Eco-Marathon.

The car which has a carbon fiber shell and aluminum framing, has one seat for a driver. For maximum efficiency, the car runs between 20 to 30 miles per hour and can travel for a distance of approximately 60 miles.

Here are some things going on in Darien Public Schools recently and this coming week. We publish pictures and information from schools and school organizations when sent to us at dave@darienite.com (if it’s not here, that’s because it wasn’t sent in — tell your PTO!):
Math Workshop for Parents of Students in Grades 2 to 5
From 7 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 26 — Central Office, 35 Leroy Ave. Presenter~Deb Armitage, Math Consultant from Exemplars Please join in learning how students apply critical thinking and reasoning skills through problem solving tasks. Leave with an understanding of how student work is used to plan instruction. Reminder: DHS Class of ’17 Senior Portraits:
Last Chance Monday & Tuesday
All photos are taken in the faculty lounge off the Cafeteria.

When Darien Public School officials recently saw a campus security video recording, they decided to suspend DHS Football Coach Rob Trifone for another two weeks. The school district’s announcement (full text below) did not indicate what was on the video recording, but it was related to the Oct. 1 incident that sparked Trifone’s initial two-week suspension (announced Oct. 11), when Trifone hit the helmet of a Darien player during a game with Norwich Free Academy. _____________

See also: Letters on Coach Robert Trifone’s Suspension (Oct.

Ellen Dunn, Principal of Darien High School, announced today that these 29 students have been named Commended Students in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program:

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— an announcement from Darien High School

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Susan Alptekin, Kyra Balenzano, Claire Borecki, Elizabeth Borecki, Katherine Cunningham, James Fay, Indira Flores, Harrison Gill, Malcolm Hamilton-Hall, Ben Hayes, Katherine Huffert, James Johnson, Valerie Le, Timothy Luz, Brendan Mahoney, Catharine Morgan, Caleigh Morr, Laura Murphy, Madeleine Ostertag, Jensen Peters, Emily Roberson, Colin Shaughnessy, Johnathan Stimpson, Emily Torrente, Candice Wang, Keenan Warble, Samantha Wind, Walker Wind and Griffin Xie. A Letter of Commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented by Mrs. Dunn to these scholastically talented seniors. Approximately 34,000 commended students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2017 competition for Merit Scholarship awards, commended students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2017 competition by taking the 2015 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). “The young men and women being named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success,” commented a spokesperson for NMSC.

Thirteen Darien High School students have been named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists (see list below), and are among 16,000 nationwide, the national scholarship organization announced Wednesday. The semifinalists are eligible for 7,500 scholarships nationwide, with a total value of about $33 million, to be offered next spring, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced. Steps in the 2017 Competition
Becoming a Semifinalist

About 1.6 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools entered the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2015 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of semiﬁnalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state. The number of semiﬁnalists in a state is proportional to the state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors.

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An announcement for Class of 2017 seniors on the Darien Public Schools website:

All photos taken in the faculty lounge off the Cafeteria. [Here’s the list of students with the days they’re scheduled to get their pictures taken.]

Dates for the Class of 2017 are as follows:

June 30-July 1
July 21-22
August 29-31
September 1-2, 21-23
October 25-26

Sample appointment card here. You will receive information from Lifetouch about appointments for each sitting until you have had your portrait taken. You can choose any date that is convenient to you but you must have a portrait taken no later than the Oct. 25-26 sitting to be included in the yearbook.