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2007• 65 Link Leaders Welcome Incoming Frosh to PHHS, August• 28 New Hmong Immigrants Enroll at PHHS: Four Follow-up Discussions with these studentsshow they are very happy at our school September• 80 Members of ’56 Reunion Tour PHHS, and State that Building and Grounds are Cleaner and inbetter shape than in 1956, September• Morgan Avenue neighbors request that our engineers are publicly thanked and praised on outdoormarquee for cleanliness efforts on school and neighborhood grounds Sept.• Carlson School of Management begins full time collaboration with PHHS frosh with promise offull scholarships for 30 in class of ‘2010 September• 1 st Parent/Teacher Conference; Luoma family begins 4 th generation of enrollment Oct.• PHHS Hosts Dept of Transportation Science Technology Engineering and MathematicsConference. Boubakar Jalloh ‘07 is keynote speaker.• Mr. Buzza and Choir begin unique collaboration with Minnesota Chorale, November• Secretary of State Honors PHHS for Record Student Participation in Election Oversight, November• PHHS chosen for NASA Astronaut presentation, December• PHHS Debate Team finishes Inaugural Season with 2 nd place alternate position, Dec.• Stefan Marbury rewards PHHS Men’s’ and Women’s basketball teams with tennis shoes aftergetting to know players in September shoot-around, December• Patrick Henry 10 th graders had the best writing test scores in 6 years on the Minnesota BasicStandards Test in Writing• 133 scholarships were awarded to seniors• Patrick Henry 10 th graders in the “All School” category made annual yearly progress in reading.Patrick Henry 10 th graders also beat the District and State Reading Proficiency average in thefollowing categories: African American students, Asian students, Caucasian students, and studentswho qualify for free and reduced lunches (75% of all students)• Admission Possible Publishes Update on Record Number of participants in Program, January• Patriot Wrestlers Win North Side Wrestling Tournament for first time in at least 20 years, January• Patrick Henry Qualifies Four for Minnesota Teen Poetry Slam Team and establishes PHHS asLeader in Minnesota Spoken Word artistry, January• Dr. Kociemba outlines Mediation strategy to reduce fighting to Staff, Parents, and Students.Preliminary data shows behavior suspensions and referrals markedly decreased, January• Patrick Henry Web site sets record of 500 unique visitors in one 24 hour time period, February• Patrick Henry notified that they won the Minneapolis Public Schools Quality Performance Award• Patrick Henry band placed second in the Anoka Halloween Festival• The number of behavioral referrals on students has been reduced by over 50% this year. Thenumber of serious suspensions such as fighting, assaults and defiant behavior is significantly lowerthis year compared to last year.• 617 students qualified for the A and B Honor Roll during first quarter of the 2006-07 school year:9 th grade – 158 students, 10 th grade – 151 students, 11 th grade – 165 students, 12 th grade – 143students.Thank you and Congratulations to all!Dr. Kociemba10