Hamilton High School
The Official Newsletter for Hamilton High School 2/15-3/6
Hockey State Champions
Your Hamilton Varsity D1 Hockey team are the 2020 AHSHA State Champions!
After exploding out of the gate with a 3-0 lead, the Huskies fought and maintained their position to win against the Chaparral Firebirds with a final score of 7-5. Senior forward Carter Newlin was unstoppable, scoring 4 goals and 2 assists. Goalie Hayden Manning made 20 spectacular saves throughout the whole game.
The Hamilton Huskies season will continue six weeks from now when they travel to Frisco, Texas to compete in the 2020 USA Hockey High School National Tournament. Good luck and once again, congratulations Huskies!
Academic Decathlon 5-Time Regional Champions
For the fifth year in a row, our Hamilton Academic Decathlon team won the Regional IV title. These nine kids first had to earn their place on Hamilton’s final competition team, then went up against 17 schools from Region IV. By winning the Regional title, they earned over $72,000 in scholarships to Arizona universities. Thank you for continuing to support our kids as they now begin the hard work of defending our State championship at Hamilton on March 6-7. We would love for you to come watch Super Quiz on Saturday, March 7th at 1:45 in our gym. You will be amazed at the level of questions these kids have to answer! That’s why in all of the pictures, they are bent over their binders, sucking out every bit of knowledge they can before heading into the testing rooms. They were even using flashlights on the bus Saturday morning to study!
Student Athlete Spotlight
This school year has been an incredible one for Victoria Davis. She scored her 1,000th point of her high school basketball career on Thursday, February 6 at an away game against Highland High School. She is now the sixth player in our school’s history to achieve this milestone.
Earlier in January, Victoria was notified that she was one of six female basketball players throughout the State of Arizona nominated for the McDonald’s All American Games. This list includes some of the brightest rising basketball stars from across the country. Although she was not selected to play, it is quite an honor to be nominated.
Victoria is excited about embarking on her college career at Hampton University. She received a full scholarship to attend this Division I HBCU. The next chapter of her life starts on June 19, when she begins her Pre-College experience.
Victoria has had an amazing experience at Hamilton. She was voted the CUSD Player of the Year for the 2017-2018 school year. Victoria has been named to the 6A Premier All Conference team every year since her freshman year. Last year, she started an ACT Prep Club open to any student interested in improving their ACT scores. Lastly, she served as the Student Ambassador for her sophomore class from 2017-2018. Please join us in congratulating her on her many accomplishments. We wish you continued success.
Students of the Month
Ryan Kucherak - 9th Grade
Jack Mumford - 9th Grade
Shreeya Dheman - 10th Grade
Claire McCartin - 10th Grade
Afreen Shah - 11th Grade
Niharika Sharma - 11th Grade
Spirit Week: February 18th- February 21st
Girls Wrestling
The Lady Huskies competed at the 2020 Division I, Section V sectionals and did not disappoint. With some hard competition, these girls pushed their mental and physical limits in the Basha High School gym.
- Anika Barker (Sophomore) – 2nd place
- Gabriella Majewsky (Sophomore)– 2nd place
- Yessy Marquez (Senior) – 2nd place
- Chloe Nichols (Sophomore) - 4th place
- Mikayla Vasquez (Sophomore) – 4th place
Anika, Gabriella and Yessy qualified to compete in the Arizona girls wrestling state championship in Prescott Valley February 14-15.
Scholastic Art Winners
Please congratulate our Scholastic Art Winners
Ryan Dempsey - 3 Gold Keys and 1 Honorable Mention
Chloe LaMew - 1 Honorable Mention
Ria Manathkar - 1 Honorable Mention.
Ryan Dempsey - Arizona Color Blocking
Chloe LaMew - African Joy
Ria Manathkar - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Hamilton Dance Company Champions
Hamilton Dance Company competed in the Arizona State Cheerleading and Pom competition and came home State Champions in Varsity Jazz and 1st Runner up in Hip Hop. This will be the Seventh consecutive win for HDC in Varsity Jazz. Please congratulate any of the girls if you have them in class.
2020 Prudential Distinguished Finalist
Emilie Ma, is an active volunteer, contributing her time to the Native Health Center, working with families struggling with poverty, and serving as a research assistant at Arizona State University; she also started "Modern Health Organization", a club here at Hamilton that focuses on mental and physical health. Her club has completed numerous volunteer projects, including visiting patients with Alzheimer's.
Emilie also has qualified for the President's Volunteer Service Award. This award recognizes Americans of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve their communities and their country.
Youth Art Month
Pom Champions
State Science Bowl Competition
Three Hamilton teams participated in the state competition, with Team 1 taking 2nd and Team 2 taking 5th against 17 other teams with tough matchups. Finishing with impressive records of 7-2 and 4-3, the Huskies exceeded expectations, beating multiple opponents even when the odds were stacked against them. This year, they pulled out their best performance to date, and the future remains bright with many members still up and coming. Please congratulate these wonderful students when you see them around as they have done some truly wonderful work! Michael Chen, Karina Yang, Richard Cheng, Andrew Xie, Sarah Zhang, Hillary Li, Edward Zhang,
Kevin Wang, Ryan Gan, Amanda Wong, Alyssa Wong, Troy Zhong
Model UN
Hamilton students are amazing and a group of 63 of them teamed up at Mesa Community College's annual Model UN conference and dominated the competition.
Distinguished Delegates-- The top 10-15% in their committee:
Chloe Leff - from Crisis Committee
Teresa Nguyen, Sanjana Iyer, Mason Merillat, Manvi Harde, and Ria Manathkar from UN Committee on Refugees
Xavier Valdez -- Security Council
Zocelyn Kow, Thilina Balasooriya, Youssef Hassan, Josh Lee, and Josh Grumski from Human Rights
Candice DeCuna, Jordan Payne, Meena Nishtala, Savar Sinha, and Morgan Fowler from General Assembly
Alexis Powell, and Stormy Light from UN Environmental
Ika Lin, Shriya Shah, and Nivea Krishnan from 3rd Committee
Anusha Rahman, Matthew Layne, Sabah Ashfeen, Nikasha Kapadia, and Max Bregman from 2nd Committee
Top honors in writing Position Papers -- One of the top two entered for their committee:
Nikasha Kapadia, Max Bregman, Ika Lin, Mason Merillat and Chloe Leff
Top Diplomats - Verbal and active performance were one of the top two in their committee:
Candice DeCuna, Meena Nishtala, Max Bregman, Anusha Raman, Nivea Krishnan, Stormy Light, Alexis Powell, Zocelyn Kow, Manvi Harde, and Xavier Valdez
Distinguished Delegate -- One of the TOP TWO OVERALL in the committee:
GA -- Morgan Fowler and Candice DeCuna
2nd -- Matthew Layne and Max Bregman
3rd -- Nivea Krishnan
UNEA -- Alexis Powell and Stormy Light
Human Rights -- Zocelyn Kow
UNHCR -- Manvi Harde and Ria Manathkar
Crisis -- Chloe Leff
BEST COUNTRY top awards:
Netherlands -- Meena Nishtala, Shriya Shah, Youssef Hassan, and Manvi Harde in second place AND
United Kingdom -- Morgan Fowler, Max Bregman, Nivea Krishnan, Stormy Light, Christine Lee, Ria Manathkar, Xavier Valdez and Chloe Leff takes BEST COUNTRY
Science Spectacular
We're excited to announce that Hamilton FFA placed 1st in the education category of the Science Spectacular that took place Saturday in DT Chandler! Several city council members came by and personally congratulated our students on their hard work. The students worked very hard to education the public about insects and for the second year in a row they will be awarded a $500.00 check at a city council meeting in April. We will be using that award to send those students to the State Leadership Conference this summer. I saw several familiar faces from HHS that came by and learned about insects (and chickens) from our students. Thank you to those of you that always support our students, it makes a big difference to them!
Choir Region Winners
Please congratulate the following choir kids that made the Southwest Region Honor Choir! Ashlyn Kronik, Paige DeCoster, Emma Rittenhouse, Abbie Jin, Hewitt Peterson, Alexander Nguyen, and Burke Peterson. Selection for, and participation in this ensemble makes them eligible to audition for the AZ All-State Choir, which is the highest honor for a high school choral musician.
All-Region Orchestra Festival
Congratulations to the HHS orchestra students listed below, who were selected for this year’s All-Regional Orchestra festival at McClintock HS. Once again, HHS string players represent the highest percentage of students selected in the region, and through their participation in the All-Regional festival, they are eligible to audition for the All-State festival this spring at ASU. Ali Arce, Wilson Arnpriester, Vinayak Athavale, Thilina Balasooriya, Aya Barnett, Carol Chen, Nicholas Fang, Thomas Feely, Nour Hassan, Youssef Hassan, Clara Kim, Zocelyne Kow, Christine Lee, Joshua Lee, Logan Lee, Cynthia Min, Savar Sinha, Brandon Tang, Kevin Tang, Eve Wodarcyk and Brian Yong
Please congratulate these fine student-musicians when you see them!
All-Region Band Winners
Upcoming Testing Dates & Information
State mandated testing days
March 30 - All Sophomores will be taking AzMerit test in the morning.
Late start at 10:15 for all freshman, juniors and seniors. Block day - periods 1-3-5-7
March 31 All Sophomores will be taking AzMerit test in the morning.
Late start at 10:15 for all freshman, juniors and seniors. Block day - periods 2-4-6-7
April 1 – All Sophomores will be taking AzMerit test in the morning.
Late start at 10:15 for all freshman, juniors and seniors. Traditional day periods1-7
April 7 – All Juniors will be taking the ACT in the morning.
Late start at 11:50 with no lunch for all freshman, sophomores and seniors.
Traditional day periods1-7
April 8 – All Sophomores will be taking the AIMS test in the morning.
Late start at 10:45 with no lunch for all freshman, juniors and seniors.
Traditional day periods1-7
Testing schedules can be found here: https://www.cusd80.com/domain/10118
AP INFO https://www.cusd80.com/domain/2355
DUAL INFO https://www.cusd80.com/domain/2360
PRESIDENTS DAY - NO SCHOOL
Monday, Feb 17, 2020, 07:00 AM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Hamilton 4.0 Awards Ceremony
Tuesday, Feb 18, 2020, 07:30 AM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Girls Varsity Basketball 1st Round Playoffs
Tuesday, Feb 18, 2020, 07:00 PM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Girls Soccer Quarter Finals
Tuesday, Feb 18, 2020, 06:00 PM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Boys Varsity Basketball 1st Round Playoffs
Wednesday, Feb 19, 2020, 07:00 PM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Boys Varisty Soccer Quarter Finals
Wednesday, Feb 19, 2020, 06:00 PM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Girls Varsity Basketball Quarter Finals
Thursday, Feb 20, 2020, 07:00 PM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Unified Track at San Tan Foothills
Friday, Feb 21, 2020, 06:00 PM
San Tan Foothills High School, West Silverdale Road, San Tan Valley, AZ, USA
Senior Sunrise
Friday, Feb 21, 2020, 06:00 AM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Chandler Innovation Fair
Saturday, Feb 22, 2020, 10:00 AM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Boys Basketball Quarter Finals
Saturday, Feb 22, 2020, 07:00 PM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Arizona Regional History Bee and Bowl Competition
Sunday, Feb 23, 2020, 07:00 AM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Parent Educational Presentation - Teens sturggling with Body Image
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2020, 05:00 PM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Student Educational Presentation - Teens struggling with Body Image
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2020, 06:00 PM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Girls F/JV/SO Softball at Desert Vista
Wednesday, Feb 26, 2020, 03:30 PM
Desert Vista High School, South 32nd Street, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Girls V Softball vs Desert Vista
Wednesday, Feb 26, 2020, 03:30 PM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Boys Tennis vs Liberty
Wednesday, Feb 26, 2020, 03:30 PM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Girls Tennis at Liberty
Wednesday, Feb 26, 2020, 03:30 PM
Liberty High School, West Speckled Gecko Drive, Peoria, AZ, USA
Sand Volleyball vs Mountain Point
Wednesday, Feb 26, 2020, 04:00 PM
Casteel High School, South Power Road, Queen Creek, AZ, USA
JROTC Blood Drive
Thursday, Feb 27, 2020, 07:00 AM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Boys Tennis at Red Mountain
Thursday, Feb 27, 2020, 03:30 PM
Red Mountain High School, East Brown Road, Mesa, AZ, USA
Girls Tennis vs Red Mountain
Thursday, Feb 27, 2020, 03:30 PM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Urban Lemmings Show
Friday, Feb 28, 2020, 05:00 PM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
ACP Track & Field Invitational
Saturday, Feb 29, 2020, 09:00 AM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Boys/Girls Track - Thunder Varsity Invite @ Desert Vista
Saturday, Feb 29, 2020, 08:00 AM
Desert Vista High School, South 32nd Street, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Boys Volleyball vs Dobson
Monday, Mar 2, 2020, 04:00 PM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Monday Night LIVE
Monday, Mar 2, 2020, 06:00 PM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Boys Tennis @ Desert Mountain
Tuesday, Mar 3, 2020, 03:00 PM
Desert Mountain High School, East Vía Linda, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Girls Tennis vs Desert Mountain
Tuesday, Mar 3, 2020, 03:00 PM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Varsity Baseball @ Sandra Day O'Connor
Tuesday, Mar 3, 2020, 03:30 PM
Sandra Day O'Connor High School, North 35th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, USA
JV Baseball vs Sandra Day O'Connor
Tuesday, Mar 3, 2020, 03:30 PM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Boys Volleyball @ Mountain Pointe
Tuesday, Mar 3, 2020, 04:00 PM
Mountain Pointe High School, East Knox Road, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Orchestra Concert
Tuesday, Mar 3, 2020, 07:00 PM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
JV/FR/SO Softball vs Liberty
Wednesday, Mar 4, 2020, 03:30 PM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Varsity Softball @ Liberty
Wednesday, Mar 4, 2020, 03:30 PM
Liberty High School, West Speckled Gecko Drive, Peoria, AZ, USA
Track @ Red Mountain
Wednesday, Mar 4, 2020, 02:00 PM
Red Mountain High School, East Brown Road, Mesa, AZ, USA
Boys Tennis vs Horizon
Thursday, Mar 5, 2020, 03:30 PM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Girls Tennis @ Horizon
Thursday, Mar 5, 2020, 03:30 PM
Horizon High School, East Greenway Road, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Boys Volleyball vs Corona Del Sol
Thursday, Mar 5, 2020, 04:30 PM
Corona Del Sol High School, East Knox Road, Tempe, AZ, USA
Choir Concert
Thursday, Mar 5, 2020, 07:00 PM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Spring Sports Assembly
8:25-9:00 (Acker-Lopez)
9:35-10:10 (Loutzenheiser-Weirson)
Friday, Mar 6, 2020, 08:30 AM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Unified Track @ Chandler
Friday, Mar 6, 2020, 09:00 AM
Chandler High School, North Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
JV/FR/SO Baseball @ Liberty
Friday, Mar 6, 2020, 03:30 PM
Liberty High School, West Speckled Gecko Drive, Peoria, AZ, USA
Varsity Baseball vs Liberty
Friday, Mar 6, 2020, 03:30 PM
Hamilton High School, South Arizona Avenue, Chandler, AZ, USA
Academic Decathlon State Competition
C & E Wing Classrooms
Auditorium
Cafeteria
Full Gym