March
2005
CLUB NEWS
If the name of a club isn't
a hyperlink, then no news about that club was published
this month.
Asian Pacific Islander Club
is raising relief money
Black History Club puts on
a show!
Day’s Girls’ Engineering
Club begins electronics unit
Day’s Math League has
reinvented itself, and scores wins
Student Council is active in
fundraising
Day’s new Swim and Dive
Club is generating much interest
by A. G. and E. M.
As most Day students know, there has been a lot of
trauma in Asia recently, due to the tsunamis, but the
Asian Pacific Islander Club (APIC) is reaching out
to help.
According to D. F., club advisor, the club is, “gearing
up to do a T-shirt fundraiser for a school in the tsunami
region.” They are just about ready to take orders.
The money raised will help this club “...adopt
a school.” D. F. hopes to “...make a connection” with
the school that they hope to help rebuild. They then
hope to be able to communicate with the students.
Last month, through the generosity of the PTO, the
club hosted New England Odaiko, or “ONE” to
perform at Day. This group is made up of 3 drummers
who, as an occupation, interweave traditional and modern
Japanese drumming routines. This art requires a great
deal of energy, strength, concentration, and practice.
ONE was part of APIC’s unit on music. At the
moment, club members are preoccupied with fundraisers,
but the unit will continue in April. They will then
be researching musicians for Asian Awareness month
in May.
by M. G. and R. G.
The Black History Production Club performed for Day
Middle School on Wednesday, February the 16th, and
had a chance to show the school what they had been
working on for months [see DAYTIME’s review in
the Arts section - Ed.].
There was lots of singing and dancing mostly performed
by the girls who belong to the Black History Club.
The show ended with a bang! The cast presented a song
and everybody who helped out with the play, or was
in it, was given a moment to dance. At the end the
audience even had a chance to get up and dance!
by A. M.
This month the Girls’ Engineering Club has started
their electronics unit. S. C., the advisor, has ordered
electronic components for the girls to work with. S.
C. ordered a “...keyboard, that the kids have
to wire, and a telephone.” The girls in the club
have to get the telephone to turn on and off, and to
function.
S. C. is trying to organize a field trip to U. Mass.
Amherst for April.
S. C. enjoys “...when everyone is into what
they’re doing,” and has no part of the
club that she dislikes. “There is none, it is
all rewarding,” says S. C. This club is still
open to any girl who is interested in joining. It meets
on Thursdays after school at 2:45.
by E. A. and D. B.
On Thursday, February the 17th, the math league won
its meet against 4 other schools. “[The questions]
were harder this time.” Math league advisor B.
M., Jade Team math teacher, said. Day has recently
been crushing the competition. This is quite a comeback,
compared to the losing streak a few years ago. The
last meet of the season will be on March the 31st.
A fantastic season is almost ending for the Day Math
League. During math league meets students practice
algebra, geometry, and number theory word problems.
The math league is open to all grades, and the math
problems are 8th to 9th grade level, bringing on a
challenge for students. One math league member, Blue
Team 8th grader C. W., explains, “Math club is
really fun and interesting... more 8th grade girls
should join!”
“I like helping the kids on the team prepare
for each meet,” B. M. said.
“[The math league’s] goal for next year
is to win every competition, like this year.” This
is B. M. ’s first year advising the math league.
Student Council is active in
fundraising
by J. H. and A. T.
The Day Student council has been busy for the last
two weeks planning to sell "DAY DRAGON" wristbands
which will retail for $2. The student council members
have been reminding their homerooms to participate
in bringing in spare change for Pennies for Patients.
They will stop collecting in two days, on March 18th,
so remember to bring in spare change! Also, they have
been filming commercials for the Pennies for Patients
drive, for leukemia and lymphoma.
"Those two things will keep us [the student council]
very busy," explained advisor M. H. As the Student
Council can only take on so many tasks at a time, they
will be explanding the familiarity of the two they
are working on. They will be filming commercials to
try and project their ideas and show what the projects
will do for the school.
Day’s new Swim
and Dive Club is generating much interest
by P. N. and M. G.
F. A. Day has its first swim and dive club. A. R.,
a Day science teacher and one of the swim coaches at
Newton North High school, thought that Day should have
its own swimming and diving club. The response has
been enthusiastic.
Sessions are from every Monday and Wednesday afternoon
from 3:15 to 4:15 at the Newton North pool. During
these practices, swimmers and divers learn about competitive
swimming and diving.
The three coaches, A. R., K. T., and E. K.
decided that if there was a swim team at Day, then
students would be able to swim, and dive with Newton
North’s swim and dive teams.
According to A. R., swimming and diving is a good
life-long sport. |
