The Husky Newsletter
The Official Hamilton High School Newsletter 3/11-4/7

CHANDLER INNOVATION FAIR SCHOOL SCIENCE CLUB WINNERS
Thanks to sponsors, Northrop Grumman, Intel, WM of Arizona, First Things First, Edwards and NXP the Chandler Innovation Fair is awarding six winning teams with $500 each. The award goes towards the winning school science club. The winners of this year's competition will be recognized and presented with their award on Monday, April 24, 2023, at a City Council Study Session.
Congratulations to each of the winners listed below:
- Arizona College Prep (ACP) High School
- Arizona College Prep (ACP) Middle School
- Basha High: Science is Fun
- Hamilton Art Club
- Hamilton High
- Knox Gifted Academy


Model UN
Additionally, the following students took home individual awards:
Runner Up Best Policy Paper – Sonya Hasanthra, Sanjana Iyer and Nikasha Kapadia
Best Policy Paper -- Kevin Chen, Jenny Dong, and Maria Gonzalez
Runner Up Best Diplomat – Arnav Nigam, Shreyas Juloori, Arnav Nigam, Sanjana Iyer and Nikasha Kapadia
Best Diplomat – Manasi Vegesna
Runner Up Best Delegate – Arnav Nigam and Manasi Vegesna
Most importantly, we took home three of the top country awards:
Egypt (Swathi Premkumar, Abhi Mutha, Arnav Nigam, Jackson Webster)
Colombia (Vinita Nadimpalli, Shefali Sinha, Elysa Kan, Manasi Vegesna and Hannah Kim)
and the TOP COUNTRY – United Kingdom ( Rachel Kan, Laasya Karamsetty, Ria Kulhari, Maria Gonzalez, Sanjana Iyer and Nikasha Kapadia)
Lady Huskies - 2023 Kiwanis Invitational
The weekend of February 25th, your Lady Huskies traveled to Glendale for the 2023 Kiwanis Invitational. They had a great weekend!
After 5 rounds of match play, your girls left as tournament CHAMPIONS for the second year in a row!
Big congrats to seniors Mikaela Correa & Angelina Roehl, they took 1st place in doubles! Took home the gold!
And senior Esther Qiu took 2nd place in singles!
Junior, Olivia Stephens, finished 4th in singles!
CUSD Engineering Week and Chandler Engineering Boat Regatta! CUSD Engineering Week and Chandler Engineering Boat Regatta!
The fun and educational week was kicked off with the 10th(ish) annual Chandler Engineering Cardboard Boat Regatta that took place on February 25th at the Hamilton Pool.
Engineers from across the district, competed against each other by designing, building, and racing a boat made entirely of cardboard!
The winners of this year’s competition are:
Fastest Heat—Casteel
Team Spirit—Perry
Best Boat—Casteel
Best Swimmer—Perry
Spectacular Sinking--Hamilton
Girls Soccer
All-CUSD offensive player of the year
Hannah Mulholland
All-CUSD 1st Team
Brooklyn Hurt
Ashley Nelson
Spencer Redmon
All-CUSD honorable mention
Taylor Hannah
Abbie Fox
Katy Rueter
Premier Region 1st Team
Hannah Mulholland
Brooklyn Hurt
Ashley Nelson
Premier Region 2nd team
Katy Rueter
Sarai Fresquez
Spencer Redmon
Premier Region Honorable mention
Taylor Hannah
Peyton Morris
AP Biology Catalina Trip
Band Competition
Congratulations to the following groups of students for a wonderful weekend of achievements:
Hamilton Jazz Maroon and Hamilton Jazz Black both competed at the AMEA Area Jazz Festival @ CGCC on Friday. Both groups did a wonderful job, and Jazz Black received a Superior with Distinction, the highest possible rating. They now move on to the State Jazz Festival!
Hamilton Winterguard competed @ Gilbert High School and placed second out of over 15 schools, narrowly losing 1st Place to Mountain Ridge. The group's score jumped an astounding 12 points in one week, and they hope to take the fight to Mountain Ridge at the next competition.
HIPE (Hamilton Indoor Percussion Ensemble) competed twice: once on Friday in prelims, once on Saturday in finals. On Friday, the group took 1st Place, with the highest score of the evening. On Saturday, they were chosen to compete against the groups in the division above them and still placed third overall! HIPE almost beat the second-ranked group in the higher division, Campo Verde, losing by only 0.025 points. This is a huge achievement, please congratulate them.
THIRTY-THREE HAMILTON HIGH THEATRE STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR NATIONALS
Hamilton Theatre teacher Christina Vail shared some exciting news. Hamilton Theatre qualified 33 students for nationals! The students now have the opportunity to present this summer at the International Thespian Festival. Please congratulate the following students:
- Ellie Barker - Solo Musical
- Ellie Barker and Hewitt Peterson - Duo Musical
- Ellie Barker, Megan Burke, Sarah Kalman, Tori Miller, Jordan Savoy, Bailey Stamm, Riley Wiggins - Group Musical
- Cole Blubaum, Maddy Gillespie, Jennifer Kao, Alyse Negroni, Alina Pierzga, Arnav Rajadhyaksha - Group Musical
- Gwyn Bressler - Monologues
- Elizabeth Brown and Justin Kovesdy - Duo Musical
- Megan Burke and Alina Pierzga - Duo Acting
- Megan Burke and Maddy Gillespie - Duo Musical
- Maddy Gillespie - Monologue
- Sara Gwin - Monologues
- Kelton Hoffmeyer - Sound Design
- Justin Kovesdy, Serenity (Tiny) Morales, Alyse Negroni - Group Acting
- Alyse Negroni and Alina Pierzga - Duo Musical
- Alyse Negroni - Solo Musical
- Alina Pierzga - Solo Musical
- Graham Russell - Scenic Design
- Kaden Sossamon - Short Film


2023 KEYS Research Internships
The following students have been selected from Hamilton High School to participate in the 2023 KEYS Research Internship:
- Alicia Bai
- Elysa Kan
- Riya Nalla
KEYS interns will contribute to interdisciplinary bioscience research using biotechnology and data analysis techniques while contributing to the development of new scientific knowledge. Interns will also develop science literacy skills and learn how to communicate their research to a varied audience.
HAMILTON IS A CLOSED CAMPUS
IMPORTANT PARKING INFORMATON!
FREE Tutoring for CUSD Students
Chandler Unified School District is pleased to partner with NetTutor to offer free online, on demand 24/7 tutoring.
NetTutor offers K-12 CUSD students live tutoring on-demand, question drop-off, and writing feedback. Tutors are subject matter experts trained in how to translate tutoring best practices and learning strategies to support students online.
FOR ACCESS TO FREE ONLINE TUTORING:
• Click here to access Clever
• Log into your student’s GSE account
• Click on the NetTutor Icon (you may have to scroll down)
• Click “I Agree” after reading the terms and conditions to continue (first time only)
• Click on the course or subject area in which you need a tutor and follow the prompts

UPCOMING EVENTS

AZSci Testing Schedules

ACT Test Day

ACT Aspire Test Day

SCHOOL DAY CALENDAR
Black - EVEN Block Days - Periods 0,2,4,6,7
White - Traditional Days - All class periods
PLEASE SEE TEST DAY SCHEDULES ABOVE FOR EXACT TIMES AND BUS SCHEDULES


Freshman/JV/Varsity Softball @ Liberty
Thursday, March 16th, 3:45pm
9621 West Speckled Gecko Drive
Peoria, AZ
Track @ Brophy
Friday, March 17th, 1pm
4701 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ
JV/V Boys Volleyball @ Westwood
Tuesday, March 21st, 3:30pm
945 West Rio Salado Parkway
Mesa, AZ
Boys Tennis @ Red Mountain
Tuesday, March 21st, 3:30pm
7301 East Brown Road
Mesa, AZ
Girls Tennis vs Red Mountain
Tuesday, March 21st, 3:30pm
3700 South Arizona Avenue
Chandler, AZ
F/JV Baseball @ Corona Del Sol
Wednesday, March 22nd, 3:45pm
1001 East Knox Road
Tempe, AZ
Varsity Baseball vs Corona Del Sol
Wednesday, March 22nd, 3:45pm
3700 South Arizona Avenue
Chandler, AZ
Girls Tennis @ Centennial
Thursday, March 23rd, 3:30pm
14388 North 79th Avenue
Peoria, AZ
Boys Tennis vs Centennial
Thursday, March 23rd, 3:30pm
3700 South Arizona Avenue
Chandler, AZ
JV/V Boys Volleyball vs Red Mountain
Thursday, March 23rd, 3:30pm
3700 South Arizona Avenue
Chandler, AZ
Freshman/JV Baseball vs Red Mountain
Thursday, March 23rd, 3:45pm
3700 South Arizona Avenue
Chandler, AZ
Varsity Baseball @ Red Mountain
Thursday, March 23rd, 6:30pm
7301 East Brown Road
Mesa, AZ
Track Invite @ Red Mountain
Friday, March 24th, 10am
7301 East Brown Road
Mesa, AZ
Girls Sand Volleyball vs Perry @ Casteel
Monday, March 27th, 3pm
24901 South Power Road
Queen Creek, AZ
Drama Fundraiser - MOD Pizza
Tuesday, March 28th, 11am
3977 South Arizona Avenue
Chandler, AZ
Boys Tennis @ Millennium
Tuesday, March 28th, 3:30pm
14802 West Wigwam Boulevard
Goodyear, AZ
Girls Tennis vs Millennium
Tuesday, March 28th, 3:30pm
3700 South Arizona Avenue
Chandler, AZ
Freshman/JV Baseball @ San Luis
Tuesday, March 28th, 3:45pm
1250 8th Avenue
San Luis, AZ
Freshman Softball vs Westwood
Tuesday, March 28th, 3:45pm
3700 South Arizona Avenue
Chandler, AZ
JV Softball vs San Luis
Tuesday, March 28th, 3:45pm
3700 South Arizona Avenue
Chandler, AZ
Varsity Baseball vs San Luis
Tuesday, March 28th, 3:45pm
3700 South Arizona Avenue
Chandler, AZ
Varsity Softball @ San Luis
Tuesday, March 28th, 3:45pm
1250 8th Avenue
San Luis, AZ
JV/V Boys Volleyball @ Rincon University
Tuesday, March 28th, 4pm
Rincon - University, Tucson, AZ, USA
Tucson, AZ
Girls Flag Football @ Desert Edge
Tuesday, March 28th, 6pm
15778 West Yuma Road
Goodyear, AZ
Track @ Brophy
Wednesday, March 29th, 2pm
4701 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ
Girls Sand Volleyball vs Basha @ Casteel
Wednesday, March 29th, 3pm
24901 South Power Road
Queen Creek, AZ
Girls Tennis vs Xavier
Wednesday, March 29th, 3:30pm
3700 South Arizona Avenue
Chandler, AZ
Student Virtual Educational Presentation - Vaping & Cannabis
Wednesday, March 29th, 6pm
This is an online event.
Speaker: Not My Kid
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/rth-xypj-eus
Parent Virtual Educational Presentation - Substance Abuse
Wednesday, March 29th, 6pm
This is an online event.
Speaker: Josh Azevedo, LISAC
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/ayf-tvof-rym