Congratulations to 97 students from the

class of 2017 being awarded the John and

Abigail Adams Scholarship. The John and Abi-

gail Adams Scholarship is a merit-based program that

provides a tuition waiver for up to eight semesters of

undergraduate education at a Massachusetts state

college or university. For this scholarship, merit is

based on student scores on the 10th grade Massa-

chusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)

test.

Adams Scholarships Awarded to NQHS students

We will be having our annual parent social on Saturday, March 21st from 7-11 pm at the Elk's lower level Members Lounge.

There will be DJ, entertainment, raffle table, silent auction, 50/50, light refreshments. This is a fun evening, all parents, friends and members of the community are invited

LEARNING CENTER ARTIST OF THE MONTH: HEXIAN WENG

5 NQ photo students, Quynh Vu,

Charles O'Brien, Victoria Huang, Abigail Koch and Cora Cluett, currently have

their work on display in the East Wing of the state house. Mr. Hanson and the

students were invited by Senator John Keenan for a

visit and tour recognizing their achievements and tal-

ent.

Raider Round-up

Special points of inter-

est:

Tuesday, 11/8 Elec-

tion Day/ No School

Friday, 11/11 Veter-

ans Day No school

Tuesday, 11/15

Early Release day

Saturday, 11/19

CREEDON FIELD

DEDICATION ,NOON

Drama Production

12/2,12/3 7:00

12/4, 2:00 “In-law's,

Outlaws and other

people”

North Quincy High November 3, 2016 Volume 2 Issue 2

Inside this issue:

NQ Giving Back 2

Teacher Profile 3

NQ Student Hero 3

Alumni Profile 4

Athletics 5

Page 2 Raider Round-up

“Believe you can and

you're halfway

there.”

- Theodore Roosevelt

NQHS STUDENTS Giving back to the community

On Friday, October 28, 2016 six North Quincy High School

students (Vanessa Guan, Lizzie DiMattio, Jen Butka, Kelly

Phelan, Lindsay Lee, and Tim Layden) volunteered at a

Special Olympics event held at the Amelio Della Chiesa

Early Childhood Center in Quincy. This event is part of a

series of Special Olympics events done in Quincy and

hosted by Mr. Daniel McHugh, Adaptive Physical Educa-

tion teacher. Dan McHugh said, “The North Quincy High

Peer Facilitators were a great addition to our October

Special Olympics event. It was so much more enjoyable

for the 3 and 4 year old participants to have the high

school students there to encourage and congratulate

them as they successfully traveled between stations.

They really helped to get all the students engaged in the

activities and they truly enjoyed helping out.”

Ms. Byrne

Hometown: Quincy, MA

School: Westfield State

Double Major: Math and Education

Favorite Food: Cheese of any kind

Sports: Lax and Soccer

Favorite part of teaching at NQ: “ The students!

They are the best. I was one a few years ago.”

Favorite Song: In My Life, The Beatles

Have dinner with anyone in History: George Harri-

son

Mrs. Holliday on Ms. Byrne: “The NQ Community is lucky Ms. Byrne came home

to teach.”

Teacher profile:

NQHS Student Hero of the Month: CINCERE TARKPOR

“Cincere voluntarily takes students under her wing when she sees they are new or

lacking in social connections. I have a new student who doesn’t know anyone at

NQ and was out the first 2 weeks of school. Cincere reached out to her and sug-

gested she become the girl’s mentor. Just one example of her kindness and posi-

tive attitude. There are many more.” NQ Staff

member about Cincere.

CINCERE Class of 2017

College interest: Music education

Career Goal: Social work/Helping the Home-

less and Music

Volume 2 Issue 2

“Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.” - Abraham Lincoln

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