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Dear Cuda Families, Wehavecompletedourfirstquarterofthe2017-2018schoolyear.Ourstudents are participating in engaging and rigorous lessons in the classrooms, goingonfieldstudies,joiningclubsandorganizations,andplayingavarietyofsports.Ourcampusisbustlingwithactivitieseveryday.PleasefeelfreetojoinusatourSchoolAdvisoryCouncilmeetings,heldthefirstMondayofthemonthat6:00intheschoolMediaCenter.YoucanemailDeborahCroakdlcroak@volusia.k12.fl.usorSueHopkins,eshopkin@volsuia.k12.fl.usCo-SACChairsformoreinformation. Parents,studentsareexpectedtoattendschoolregularly.Studentswhoareattendingschoolsporadicallywillfallfurtherandfurtherbehind,therebyjeopardizingtheirabilitytograduateontime.NightlyConnectEdmessagesgohome tonotifyyou thatyourchildhasmissedoneormoreperiodsofschool.Pleasemonitor thosemessages and call a school counselor if youneedassistance.Everydayourteachersofferlunch-timeofficehoursforthefirstthirtyminutes.Pleaseencourageyourstudenttoattendofficehoursiftheyneedmoreclassroomhelp.Obviously,studentswhoaresickneedtobeathome.Iftherearelongtermhealthissues,pleasemakeanappointmenttospeak with a school counselor. Wearelookingforwardtoasuccessfulschoolyear.

Sincerely,Karen Chenoweth

Congratulations to John Scrivano, English Honors teacher for being selected the New Smyrna Beach High School Teacher of the Year!

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‘Cuda Chronicles’ November 2017

Published Six Times Per YearNew Smyrna Beach Senior High School

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From the School Counseling DepartmentDearParentsandCommunityMembers: WeareofftoagreatstartintheSchoolCounselingDepartment.WehavescheduledaCollegeApplicationDay,ParentNightsforallgradelevels,aFinancialAidNight,andtheScholarshipBootcamp. CollegeApplicationDayisatimeforstudentstocomeintothemediacentertoreceivehelponcompletingtheircollegeapplications.ParentNightsprovidegraduationrequirementsandotherpertinenthighschoolinformationtoparents.FinancialAidNightwillprovideinformationtoparentsoncompletingtheFAFSAandotherresources.TheScholarshipBootcampistentativelyscheduledforJanuary18,2018.Volunteercommunitymemberswillbeavailabletohelpstudentswiththeirscholarshipapplicationsandessays.Pleasecontactmeat424-2555,ext.38544ifyouareinterestedinvolunteeringfortheScholarshipBootcamp. College bound students should be working diligently on their college applications. Some deadlineshavepassedandothersarefastapproaching.Itisimportantthatstudentsmeetwiththeirschoolcounselorforagraduationcreditcheck.TheyshouldalsobesuretohaveSAT/ACTscoresandcommunityservicehourscompletedandturnedintotheschoolcounselingoffice.Lastly,studentsshouldmakesurethattheyhavepersonallycontactedthecollegestheyareinterestedinforspecificrequirements. TheFAFSAapplicationforthe2018-19schoolyearopenedonOctober1st.ThequickestwaytoapplyisonlineusingFAFSAonthewebatwww.fafsa.ed.gov.Thisapplicationmustbecompletedtoapplyforfederalstudentaid. Lastly,pleasecheckthe“Counselor”sectionoftheschoolwebsiteforimportantinformation.CommunityServiceWorkshopdates,scholarshipopportunities,andgraduationdatesandrequirementsare all listed on the website. OnbehalfoftheSchoolCounselingDepartment,Iwouldliketothankyouforgivingustheopportunitytoworkwithyourstudents.Wearethrilledtobesuchanintegralpartoftheirsuccess.PleasecontactmeoranyoftheNewSmyrnaBeachHighSchoolCounselorsifyouhaveanyquestionsor concerns.

Sincerely,

JewelJohnsonSchool Counseling Department

Engineering Academy TheEngineeringAcademy is offto a great start.The 9th graders aredesigningtheirpuzzlecubesandgettingintroduced to their CAD software,Autodesk Inventor.The 10th gradersdesigned and built compound machines and are now working with multimeters andelectricalcircuits.11thgradersarelearningaboutBooleanAlgebra,andthe12thgradersdesignedCO2carstobe3DprintedtoraceattheCountyFair. WealsosentateamofstudentstoEmbry-Riddletocompetewiththeotherhigh schools in a robotics competition attheVMAManufacturingExpo.Wecompeted against the rest of the highschools to design, build and program arobottopushtheotherteamoutofacircle,sumostyle.Aftermanyrounds,New Smyrna Beach High School came inFirstPlace!DestinyBell,TateStill,JeremyYoder,JacobMauro-Griner,andKylerandBellaGeigercametogetherto make a great team.

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CATEGORIES CREDITSENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS (ELA) 4MATHEMATICS• 1creditinAlgebraI*(EOC=30%offinalcoursegrade)• 1creditinGeometry*(EOC=30%offinalcoursegrade)• 2creditsinadditionalmathcourses

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SCIENCE• 1creditinBiology*(EOC=30%offinalcoursegrade)• 1creditinaphysicalsciencecourse (Earth/SpaceScience,PhysicalScience,Chemistry,orPhysics)• 1creditinanadditionalsciencecredit

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SOCIAL STUDIES• 1creditinWorldHistory• 1creditinUnitedStatesHistory**(EOC=30%offinalcoursegrade)• ½creditinEconomics• ½creditinUnitedStatesGovernment

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION• ½creditinPersonalFitness• ½creditinanyotherPEcourse

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PERFORMING FINE ARTS 1ELECTIVES 8TOTAL 24 CreditsOther Graduation Requirements:• 2.0 Grade Point Average (GPA)• One course must be taken online• Passing score on the Grade 10 FSA ELA test or concordant score on ACT/SAT• Passing score on the Algebra 1 End of Course Assessment or comparative score on the Math

PERT test* Students must participate in the EOC Assessment if enrolled in the course after 2010-2011.** Students must participate in the EOC Assessment if enrolled in the course after 2011-2012.

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What is Bullying?InformationforParents: Bullyingshallbedefinedassystematicallyandchronicallyinflictingphysicalhurtorpsychologicaldistress on one or more students. The term“bullying” includes cyber-bullying”, as definedin SchoolBoard Policy 208,Code of StudentConduct andDiscipline. It is further defined asunwanted and repeated written, verbal, or physical behavior, including any threatening, insulting, or dehumanizinggesturethatissevereorpervasiveenough to create an intimidating, hostile, or offensiveeducationalenvironment. Students may anonymously report any incident ofbullyingbycompletingaformandplacingitinthereportingboxlocatedintheschoolcounselingoffice.Allreportswillbereviewedandsharedwitha school administrator. Please encourage your students to“Take a Stand – Be the Change” by committing to the following:• StopRumors;• Thinkbeforespeaking;• Ripuphurtfulnotes;• Say hello to a new student or someone who

isalone;• Joinupwithsomeonewhoisbeingbothered

andtakethemawayfromtheconflict;• Letanadultknowwhensomeoneneedshelp,

even the offender;and• Discouragepeersfromusingsocialmediato

hurt or humiliate others.

Smyrna Safari Club NSBHS 10th Annual Spooktacular T-shirt Design Competition

Smyrna Safari Club Partners with NSBHS School of the Visual and

Performing Arts Photo Classes 2017-2018 TheSchool of Performing andVisualArts and photography teacherTinaCurryare thankful for the opportunity for theSmyrnaSafariClubtohosttheeighthannualT-Shirt contest, “SpooktacularHalloweenSurf Contest”. This partnership teachesstriving young artists to use their creative skills to promote their artwork and it also gives a real-world experience in today’scompetitive creative jobworld. StudentsfromCreativePhotographyclassesatNewSmyrnaBeachHighSchoolcreatedcustomt-shirtdesignsfortheNewSmyrnaBeachSmyrnaSurfariClub’s28th anniversarySpooktacularHalloweenSurfContest.ThisisanannualNSBHSeniorScholarshipfundraisereventhostedbytheSmyrnaBeachSurfariClub,devotingtheirtimetosurfingandservingtheirlocalcommunitytoraisemoneytocreateascholarshipopportunityforaseniorattheirlocalcommunityhighschool.Thiswasthetenth-yearstudentshavecompetedintheT-shirtcontest.DuringthelastweekofOctober,NSBHSseniorEmaleePaynewasawardedthewinnerofthecontest(photobelow.)Herdiligentwork,creativetalentandconstantenthusiasmwiththisprojectdefinitelyhaditsbenefits.Shereceivedonehundreddollarsforhereffortandcreativity,aswellasthepublicityofherartistictalents.Theclubalsodonated$150.00tothephotodepartmentforprintingsupplies.Emalee’sdesignwasprintedonhundredsoft-shirtsthatweregiventothecontestantsandsoldtothepublic.Itwasalsousedtoprintinformationalpostersforadvertisementofthecontest.

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Students inAquaculture 3 participate in a yearlong internshipwith theMarineDiscoveryCenter (MDC).During the internship,students maintain all aquaticsystems including husbandry and water quality.Here students aremeasuring pH, nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, temperature, and salinity of each of the marine animalexhibitsattheMDC.

HOSA NSBHSHOSAhostedablooddriveonSeptember7th throughOneBloodinanticipationoftheneedscausedbyhurricaneIrma.TheCudaswereabletocometogetheranddonateapproximately60unitsofbloodwhichexceededmostdonationsitesthatday.WaytogoCudas! HOSAofficers setupaboothatClubRushonSeptember28thdetailingtheexcitingactivitiesthatcomeswithbeingamemberandmanynewmemberssignedon.TheywillhavetheopportunitytoattendRegional and State competitions,work on theHomecomingfloat,participate in blood drives, and much more in the coming months. MembersworkedreallyhardtocomeupwithHomecomingideastoconstructafloatfortheHomecomingparade. HOSA officers will be attending the 2017 Fall LeadershipDevelopmentAcademy(FLDA)fromthe17thtothe19thofNovember.ThesestudentswillhavetheopportunitytomeetthestateHOSAofficersaswellasofficersfromallcornersofthestate.Thoseattendingwillhaveachancetomakelife-longfriendsandlearnhowtobestrongleadersfortheirteam. HOSAweek is fromNovember5th to the11th.HOSAweekgives students opportunities to learn about various careers in the medicalfield.Memberswillbeabletodressupduringtheschoolweektorepresentdifferentcharacteristicsofhealthcare.Dayswillbeidentifiedatfurthernotice.

District Thespian Competition ThespianTroupe1903will be representingNewSmyrnaBeachHighSchoolattheDistrict3ThespianFestivalatLymanHighSchoolfromNovember15-18.Thiscompetitionbringstogether29highschooltheatre troupes to compete in events like acting, musical theatre, technical events and one acts. NSBHSwillberepresentedby37talentedstudentsin24differentevents,aswellasaoneact.Troupe1903hasarecordoftakinghomealargenumberofhighscoresandawardsandexpectstoupholdthattradition.Ifyouwishtopreviewtheevents,the annual District Showcase will be held on November9at7pm.Ticketsare$5.

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FOOD/SUPPLY DRIVE FOR PUERTO RICO TheinternationalclubcollaboratedwiththeStudentGovernmentAssociation to gather food and supplies forPuertoRico after thedevastationofHurricaneMaria.Foodwascollected inclassroomsforoveraweek.Mrs.Rosado’sSpanishclasscollectedthemostandMr.Duguay’sclasswasacloserunner-up.Thefood/supplydrivewasopenedtothecommunityonSaturday,October7thfrom10am-3pm.Twofull-sizepick-uptruckswereloadedtothebrim.SGAmembersandleadersfromHOSAcametohelpwiththeseefforts.ThefoodandsuppliesweredonatedtotheorganizationCASAwhichwillgetthemtothepeopleinneedinPuertoRico.Itwasinspirationaltoseethecollaborationofvariousclubsoncampustosupportthisworthycause.ThankyoutoMrs.Guruvadoo,Mrs.Leonard,andMrs.Zoisandtheirclubmembersforthehardwork.

Hispanic Heritage Month InitialplansforaHispanicHeritageMonthkick-offcelebrationandzumbathononSeptember16thwerethwartedduetohurricaneIrma.PleasenotethatthezumbathonwillberescheduledforDecember,detailswillbeannouncedsoon.AlternativeplansweremadeandHispanicHeritageMonthwascelebratedandrecognizedatNSBHSonSaturday,October7thincombinationwiththefood/supplydriveforPuertoRico.FlagsofSpanishspeakingcountrieswavedinthebreezeattheentranceoftheschool.TheinternationalclubmadequesadillasandservednachosfordonationstohelpPuertoRico.TherewasLatinmusicplayinginthebackground.ThemediacenterwasconvertedintoamuseumexhibitinginfluentialHispanics.Mr.Gellermann’sSpanishclassesmadeengagingpostersaboutHispanicswhohavehad an impact onFlorida.Theyhad researchedandwrittenessaysonthesepersonsaswell.Mrs.McCroskey’sAPstatisticsstudentscreated intriguing charts and graphs related to Hispanic demographics. Mrs.Jarrett’sscienceclassescontributednumeroushand-craftedpostersaboutfamousHispanicscientists.Theexhibitwasopenfrom11am-1pm.Thebestofexhibitpostersandthebestessaysarelistedbelow.ThankyoutoSGAandHOSAleadersforhelpingwiththeexhibit.These are the best of show (the numbers do not signify placing)Best Hispanic Heritage Month Essays1. JuliaDemetita JorgeRamos2. ThomasBeckler JorgePerez3. JadisSatkunas ColumbaBush

Best Hispanic Heritage Month Posters1. DaphneDettra IleanaRos-Lehtinen2. ThomasHathaway MarcoRubio3. AmandaAlfaro-Chiampou ChefJoséRamónAndrésPuerta4. MakennaBrookbank JorgeEstevez5. KylerGeiger SantiagoVilla6. AshleyTeagarden Hispanicpoliticaldemographics7. LizbethCadena-Perez Hispanicpopulationdistributionbystate

Cultural Exchange TheWorldLanguagesdepartmentandtheinternationalclubhostedaninternationalguest,VictoriaSchilling,fromArgentina.SheisafriendoftheStachfamily.Mrs.Stach,NSBHSassistantprincipal,isbi-lingualandhasmanyfriendsandfamilyfromArgentina.VictoriavisitedtheclassroomsofMrs.Guruvadoo,Mrs.DeLeonardi,Mrs.Rosado,andMr.Gellermann.ShespokeinmostlySpanishwiththeupperlevelstudentsandamixofEnglishandSpanishwiththebeginninglevels.ShestartedstudyingEnglishinkindergarteninArgentina.Victoriais15yearsoldandattendsaprivateschooljustoutsideofBuenosAires.Shewasaspecialguestattheinternationalclublunchmeeting.Therewerenearly30studentsinattendance.TheytalkedinformallywithVictoria,listenedtoLatinmusicandenjoyednachosandquesadillas.

Specialist guest, Victoria Schilling from Argentina meets with the international club during lunch.

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The State of Florida Seal of Bi-literacy

OnWednesday,October11thDr.GraceKellermeier,VolusiaCountyWorldLanguagesSpecialist, spoke with all NSBHS World LanguagestudentsabouttheStateofFloridaSeal ofBi-literacy in the lecture hall. Lastyearwas thefirst year that theSeal ofBi-literacy was awarded in Florida. NSBHS had14graduateslastyearthatreceivedthisdistinction.Thisesteemedawardreallyhelpsgraduates stand out to future colleges and/or employers. It tells them that this student has intercultural competency, which is one ofthetop10employabilityskillsintoday’sjobmarketaccordingtotheU.S.DepartmentofLabor.Formore informationon theSealofBi-literacyplease follow this link to theVolusia County Schoolsweb page http://myvolusiaschools.org/world-languages/Pages/Florida-Seal-of-Biliteracy.aspx.Dr.Kellermeier encouraged students to practice their language beyond the classroom and to challenge themselves and not be afraid ofimmersingthemselvesinlanguagethatisjusta bit above what they can understand.

Dr. Grace Kellermeier, VCS World Languages specialist promotes the learning of languages and the Florida Seal of Bi-literacy with NSBHS World Language students.

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The 2017- 18 Junior Varsity Volleyball Team standing left to right: Kendal Koblik, Camryn Norris, Lexi Eichorn, Daisy Looman, Alison Milliken, Shirey Brown, Izzy Osterndorf, Lucille Wemple, and Coach B. Owen. Kneeling left to right: Kasey Lane, Brooke Kornegay, Melody Whitcomb, Karah Hanak, and Haylee Gamble.

Thevarsity teamended the season (17-1).Theywon the 2017JacksonvilleRiverCityVolleyballInvitationalandarenowpreparingtoenter thepost-seasonplay-offs.ComeoutandsupportyourNewSmyrnaBeachLadyCudasVolleyballTeam!

The 2017-18 Varsity Volleyball Team standing left to right: Coach B. Owen, Riley Swanson, Lula Harris, Regan Cline, Kamari Potter, Sarah Luoma, Taila Gaines, Emalee Payne, Victoria Stein, and Coach L. Smith. Kneeling left to right: Kylie Smith, Amber Schwartz,

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