Annual Report 2005-2006 - Farmington Public Schools

Students joined Beth Cooke, LOC Federal CreditUnion; Joanne McShane, Mayor of the City ofFarmington; and Vicki Barnett, Mayor ofthe City of Farmington Hills in cuttingthe ribbon of Highmeadow CommonCampus/LOC student-run creditunion.The North Farmington HighSchool newspaper, The NorthernStar, earned the “Best of Show”award - ranking 10th overall inthe Journalism EducationAssociation (JEA) and theNational Scholastic PressAssociation (NSPA) nationalcompetition.The North Farmington High School Girl’s Tennis Team tied for seventh place in theState.The North Farmington High School Robotics Team placed third in the OaklandCounty Competitive Robotics Association finals They were also an Oakland Schools’Education Foundation Award finalist.The following students have been recognized by the National Merit ScholarshipProgram as Semifinalists and Commended Students.CommendedElizabeth Barrows, North Farmington High SchoolJonathan Black, North Farmington High SchoolTabish Javed, Farmington High SchoolDanielle Lalli, Farmington High SchoolGautam Reddy, Harrison High SchoolAmeya Walimbe, Farmington High SchoolLongacre Elementary School third grader MeganSchulz recently earned a perfect score in this year’sWordMasters Challenge. Other students at theschool who also achieved outstanding resultsincluded third graders Julie Carter, Haley Nelson,Vonnegut Pallett, Stanislaw Schelske, MadelineStevens, Aneesha Yande, Rishi Devangam,Matilda Kull, and Thejas Raghava.The Tri-Farmington Gymnastic Team, coached by JeffDwyer, finished their season as state champs! This is thethird consecutive year this team finished first.SemifinalistsEmily Fisher, Farmington High SchoolSilvia McCandlish, North Farmington High SchoolPaul Moncznik, North Farmington HighMcKenzie Currie and Marcel Johnson, Harrison High School, were nominated tothe National Young Leaders Conference.The following students were selected as State PTA Reflections winners:Photography - Intermediate Grades 3-5Paige Center, Hillside Elementary School - Award of ExcellenceRebecca Berman, Eagle Elementary School - Award of MeritLiterature - Intermediate Grades 3-5Paige Center, Hillside Elementary School - Award of ExcellenceMusic - Primary - PreK to 2nd GradeEmma Bradley, Wooddale Elementary School - Award of ExcellenceEmma’s work was sent on to compete in the National PTA Reflections Contest.The Harrison High School Marching Band competed in the Regional Band of America competitionand received a Division 2 rating. They also qualified to compete in the Grand Nationals Competition inIndianapolis.All three Farmington Public Schools’ highschools were named to the Newsweek top 1,000public high schools in the country.• Farmington High School - ranked 657• North Farmington High School - ranked 767• Harrison High School - ranked 952Rankings are determined by the number ofadvanced placement tests taken by all studentsat a school divided by the number of graduatingseniors.Maureen McNeil, HarrisonHigh School, was the recipientof the 2005 DECA NationalMarketing Education HonorAward. This award is givenannually by DECA, a nationalassociation of marketingstudents.The following students participated and placed in the Farmington/Farmington Hills Optimist Oratorical Contest.Boys’ Gold: Jonathan Morof, Warner Middle School; Boys’ Silver: Amit Sharma, Warner Middle School; Boys’ Bronze:Michael Daniels, North Farmington High School; Girls’ Gold: Nina Bihani, North Farmington High School; Girls’ Silver:Hannah Cheriyan, Southfield Christian School; and, Girls’ Bronze: Ashley Williams, Dunckel Middle School.21