Long Trail School

On March 20,  Long Trail School is proud to host (for the sixth time!) the Vermont Regional One Act Festival. Students from 6 different high schools will be performing their one act plays, taking part in workshops, and having a wonderful day of celebrating theater and making new friends. Long Trail School has over 20 students participating in the acting as well as serving as hosts/student ambassadors for the visiting schools. For these students, the festival day begins at 8 am and doesn’t end until around 11 at night! There are 5 regional festivals being hosted throughout the state with a total of 30 schools participating. From each regional festival, 2 schools are selected to advance to the State Festival which will be held on March 26 and 27 at Randolph Union High School.

Block 1 (Mount St. Joseph and Mill River) – 10:15 am-12:15 pm
Block 2 (Thetford Academy and Twin Valley) – 3:30-5:30 pm
Block 3 (Long Trail School and Proctor HS) – 7:00-9:00 pm
 
Please be sure to arrive early because the doors will be closed exactly at starting time and will not be opened until the end of the performance. For more information, please contact Tracey Wesley at twesley@longtrailschool.org.

Long Trail School students Taylor Cockey, Rowan Rainwalker, and Taiga Lees pose with their awards and coaches Michele Farkas and Barb West.

The Long Trail School MathCounts team earned a berth at the State Mathcounts Competition at Randolph High School on Sat., March 13. Taylor Cockey ‘15, Taiga Lees ‘14, Rowan Rainwalker ‘15, and Kaitlyn Turner ’14 scored well at the regional competition on January 30. Taiga came in third and Rowan came in fifth in individual scores. As a team, they scored third overall. We congratulate the team for its past success and wish them all good luck.

Members of the group BloodDrumSpirit performed for Long Trail School.

March 5, 2010—BloodDrumSpirit spent a jam-packed day with students and staff at Long Trail School on February 25. BloodDrumSpirit is a quartet of jazz and world music musicians (drum, piano, bass and saxophone) who have been performing together since 1981. Dr. Royal Hartigan, the group’s leader, is a tenured professor of world music at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth and a Fulbright scholar. The quartet has a lot of experience leading workshops in West African drumming, song and dance; Indian time cycles, original rhythmic concepts and practice, African American music, and jazz history and styles. The musicians worked intensively with choral and instrumental students in two 80-minute workshops and performed a show for the entire school. Their residency was funded by the Creative Connections Arts Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation. For more information, contact Melissa Chesnut-Tangerman at Long Trail School at mchesnut-tangerman@longtrailschool.org or 867-5717 x215.

The Winter Sports Banquet will be held on Tues., March 16 at 6 pm. We will be celebrating our outstanding Athletes from MS & US Basketball, MS & US Dance Teams, MS & US Rockclimbing Teams, and Snowboarding.

The Sophomore College Night will be held on Mon., March 8 from 6:30-8:30 pm in the Kiva. There will be an overview of Long Trail’s college search and application process as well as discussion on PSAT results, summer programs, and financial aid. There will also be plenty of time for questions and answers.

Language Fest,  Thursday, March 4  
2:45 – 3:15 pm  Refreshments and Project exhibitions in the Whalen Common room Piñata!
3:15 – 3:45 pm  Poetry and Dance – Kodi R. recites a poem in Spanish and French, Lily’s dancers interpret!
3:45 – 4:15 pm  Movement and Dance – Choose to do Zumba, do Tae Kwon Do or a music option
4:15 – 4:40 pm  Celebrations around the world – hear about holidays from our international students!

Starting Mon., March 1, students, faculty, admin, and staff can sign up during lunch for a modified basketball “around the world-foul shot” competition on Mon., March 8 from 2:30-4:45 pm. There will be a MS, US, and Faculty/Admin/Staff category. The prize is one large pizza, one liter of soda, and one gallon of ice cream of your choice. The cost is $3. Please see Mack Telfer, Kate Turner, Cheyana Mychack, Dani Gourlay, Lilly Dear, Casey Corvino, or Patty Midura for more information.

Long Trail School warmly congratulates Chris Giannitti and Hunter Hupp for their acceptance into the All State Music Festival Chorus.　Giannitti is a junior from North Bennington, and Hupp is a sophomore from Belmont. They will perform at the All State Festival in Rutland in May.