Director: Anne Rothstein |
Vol. XVI, Issue 2 July18, 2006 |
The kickoff competition revealed that the four competing groups have a lot of energy. The MASTER senior teachers, Ms. Roman and Ms. Colón, have never experienced a winning group. They entered Round 1 with much optimism.
But at the conclusion of this round, Ms. Colón’s team, Bam!Bam!Bam!, sizzled and fell to tie for last place with Mr. DiGaetano’s Dynamites. Mr. DiGaetano was not pleased. Mr. Stern’s group, Vindictive, easily took first place.
| Group | Captain/Leader | Score |
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Group A |
Ms. Roman |
120 |
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Group B |
Ms. Colón |
-150 |
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Group C |
Mr. Stern |
250 |
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Group D |
Mr. DiGaetano |
-150 |
Kassandra Leidemer engaged Ms. Colón in a spirited debate over an answer, but Ms. Colón didn’t budge.
Ms. McCabe ended the competition with a reminder that missed questions will be repeated and that perfect group attendance earns 20 points per day.
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Time: 10:00 am
Date: Every Day
Place: Lehman College Campus
Participants: MASTERITES
Activity: SAT question
Post Activity: A trip to the Prize Box for the winners
We are proud to announce the following top achievers for the week of July 18, 2006.
Group A:
Group B:
Group C:
Group D:
We are pleased to recognize the following groups for perfect attendance.
Group A: (2x)
Group B: (2x)
Group C
Group D
Groups are awarded 20 points toward the Academic Olympics for each day of 100% attendance.
1. Which young man in Group A has won the MASTER Daily multiple times and gave his prize to a team mate?
2. Which Group Leader is a "Cookie Monster?"
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Caught! |
| Jacqueline Rodriguez & Yesenia Ibarra return | Vinhphu Nguyen |
 Jacqueline
Rodriguez and Yesenia Ibarra go to Haverford College and will be sophomores in
September. WooHoo!! They survived their freshman year! For those of you who have
never heard of Haverford, it is in Pennsylvania. Yesenia will probably major in
Mathematics with a concentration in Economics. Jacqueline is considering
Economics as a major. |
 Hello
MASTERITES! My name is Vinhphu Nguyen but people call me VINH since it’s
easier to pronounce. Anyway, I recently graduated from DeWitt Clinton High
School and will be a freshman at Long Island University (LIU) Brooklyn Campus
this fall, where I plan to major in Pharmacy. During my spare time, I like to do
many things. Sometimes I spend a day at the park playing my favorite sport,
handball, as well as some basketball, while other times I sit at the computer
and do some internet surfing. All in all, I would like to wish GROUP B (Bam!Bam!Bam!)
the best of luck. I know we can still turn this competition around. WE CAN DO
IT!! |
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This year at the MASTER program we have a new teacher, Vincent DiGaetano, teaching Movie Making. He also teaches at DeWitt Clinton High School, where he has taught Virtual Enterprise for three years. Virtual Enterprise is a business class in which students participate in business and advertisement competitions. Everything in that class is virtual: virtual products and virtual bank accounts.
This summer he is teaching students how to make movies. Students are grouped together to make movies that interest them. Many of the movies are horror-related. According to Mr. DiGaetano, "Students learn technical skills, learn to work within a deadline, and acquire a sense of urgency that projects need to be completed by a certain time." Students produce, direct, and edit movies in Windows Movie Maker. He encourages them to always plan ahead, to always make sure everything is done on time, and to always work within your means.
Mr. DiGaetano is excited to be here this summer and although his group had a rough start at -150 in the Academic Olympics, he says that "we just have to figure out how the game works."
So let’s give it up for Mr. DiGaetano and his group, the Dynamites!
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