The Husky Newsletter

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

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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
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Model UN

Congratulations to the 70 students who attended the Sonoran Desert Conference at Mesa Community College this past Friday and Saturday. 22 of these students were recognized as Distinguished Delegates meaning they were among the top 15% of all 280 delegates: Ziyad Hassan, Sanjana Iyer, Ashwin Murlikrishnan, Shreyas Juloori, Jenny Dong, Manasi Vegesna, Caleb Liu, Monami Maitra, Mariha Islam, Andy Ma, Kevin Chen, Vinita Nadimpalli, Shefali Sinha, Abhi Mutha, Elysa Kan, Ethan Deahl, Arnav Nigam, Lassya Karamsetty, Ria Kulhari, Rachel Kan, Arjun Vohra, and Sarvani Mutnuri.



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

AP biology students and chaperones had a wonderful time bonding and making beautiful memories in spite of the freezing water! Sharing few pictures...

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
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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

PLEASE REMEMBER! Hamilton High School is a CLOSED CAMPUS. A closed campus means students may not leave for lunch and return. Students are to remain on campus from the time of arrival in the morning until after their last class of the day. Students arriviing late and leaving early need to do so through the attendance office. Leaving campus during school hours is considered truancy and will be followed by an administrative referral. Parent permission is required for students to leave campus.

IMPORTANT PARKING INFORMATON!

Please be advised - HHS student parking in the surrounding neighborhoods or in retail store parking lots is prohibited. Signs are posted and vehicles will be towed at the owner's expense. Student parking is only permitted on campus in the student lot with an HHS student parking hanger. Parking passes are SOLD OUT for the 2022-23 school year.

Looking for tutoring options??

Check out Hamilton's Tutoring Schedule below for more information about when and where tutoring is offered on campus.

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

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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AZSci Testing Schedules

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ACT Test Day

Please see schedule below for arrival times of Juniors (regular bus schedule) and altered arrival times for Freshmen, Sophomores & Seniors (Buses will be running 5 hours later than original time)
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ACT Aspire Test Day

Please see schedule below for arrival times of Freshmen (regular bus schedules) and altered arrival times for Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors (Buses will be running 4.5 hours later than original time on April 5th and 3 hours later than original time on April 6th)
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SCHOOL DAY CALENDAR

Red - ODD Block Days - Periods 0,1,3,5,7

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

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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

Boys Tennis vs Perry

Thursday, March 30th, 3:30pm

3700 South Arizona Avenue

Chandler, AZ

Girls Tennis @ Perry

Thursday, March 30th, 3:30pm

1919 East Queen Creek Road

Gilbert, AZ

JV/V Boys Volleyball vs Chandler

Thursday, March 30th, 3:30pm

3700 South Arizona Avenue

Chandler, AZ

Freshman/JV Baseball @ Mountain Ridge

Thursday, March 30th, 3:45pm

22800 North 67th Avenue

Glendale, AZ

Varsity Baseball vs Mountain Ridge

Thursday, March 30th, 3:45pm

3700 South Arizona Avenue

Chandler, AZ

Girls Flag Football vs ACP

Thursday, March 30th, 6pm

3700 South Arizona Avenue

Chandler, AZ

Boys/Girls Tennis Tournament @ Chandler

Friday, March 31st, 8am

350 North Arizona Avenue

Chandler, AZ

JV/V Boys Volleyball @ Mountain Ridge

Friday, March 31st, 3:30pm

22800 North 67th Avenue

Glendale, AZ

Girls Sand Volleyball vs CHS & Casteel

Monday, April 3rd, 4pm

24901 South Power Road

Queen Creek, AZ

Boys Tennis vs Basha

Tuesday, April 4th, 3:30pm

3700 South Arizona Avenue

Chandler, AZ

Girls Tennis @ Basha

Tuesday, April 4th, 3:30pm

5990 South Val Vista Drive

Chandler, AZ

Freshman/JV Baseball @ Basha

Tuesday, April 4th, 3:45pm

5990 South Val Vista Drive

Chandler, AZ

Freshman/JV Softball vs Basha

Tuesday, April 4th, 3:45pm

3700 South Arizona Avenue

Chandler, AZ

Varsity Baseball vs Basha

Tuesday, April 4th, 3:45pm

3700 South Arizona Avenue

Chandler, AZ

Varsity Softball @ Basha

Tuesday, April 4th, 3:45pm

5990 South Val Vista Drive

Chandler, AZ

JV/V Boys Volleyball vs Basha

Tuesday, April 4th, 4:30pm

3700 South Arizona Avenue

Chandler, AZ

Girls Flag Football vs Queen Creek

Tuesday, April 4th, 6pm

3700 South Arizona Avenue

Chandler, AZ

Girls Sand Volleyball vs Casteel @ Casteel

Wednesday, April 5th, 4pm

24901 South Power Road

Queen Creek, AZ

JV/V Boys Volleyball vs Gilbert

Wednesday, April 5th, 6pm

3700 South Arizona Avenue

Chandler, AZ

Boys Tennis @ Chandler

Thursday, April 6th, 3:30pm

350 North Arizona Avenue

Chandler, AZ

Girls Tennis vs Chandler

Thursday, April 6th, 3:30pm

3700 South Arizona Avenue

Chandler, AZ

Freshman/JV Baseball vs Basha

Thursday, April 6th, 3:45pm

3700 South Arizona Avenue

Chandler, AZ

F/JV Softball @ Basha

Thursday, April 6th, 3:45pm

5990 South Val Vista Drive

Chandler, AZ

Varsity Baseball @ Basha

Thursday, April 6th, 3:45pm

5990 South Val Vista Drive

Chandler, AZ

Varsity Softball vs Basha

Thursday, April 6th, 3:45pm

3700 South Arizona Avenue

Chandler, AZ

JV/V Boys Volleyball @ Brophy

Thursday, April 6th, 4:30pm

4701 North Central Avenue

Phoenix, AZ

Girls Flag Football @ Casteel

Thursday, April 6th, 6pm

24901 South Power Road

Queen Creek, AZ

Girls Sand Volleyball @ Kiwanis

Friday, April 7th, 3pm

Kiwanis Park, Tempe, AZ, USA

Tempe, AZ

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