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Congratulations to South’s Senior Athletes

Posted on June 12, 2021 by Teri Ginsburg in Athletics

The athletic department congratulates the Senior athletes who graduated this week! The Class of 2021 taught us about grit and resilience while seizing the opportunity to do the best of any difficult situation. It has been an honor to be with you for the past four years.

Thank You Volunteers 2021 Senior Celebration

Posted on June 7, 2021 by PTSO CoPresident in Midweek From the PTSO 2021

A big shout out to the Class Office, Class Advisor Crosby and Bhattacharya, and all the parent and faculty volunteers who helped make our June 6 2021 Senior Celebration an amazing evening for our Seniors.  The Class of 2021 was celebrated and danced the night away.

Special thanks to Theresa Fitzpatrick, our amazing event planner who coordinated all the pieces to make an amazing night!  And many thanks to Daniel Boschetti, who navigated and coordinated all the Foodtrucks and the process of delivering tasty meals at all our events.

Congratulations to the Class Office for making your Senior Year a terrific journey and celebration for all of our Seniors!  Grateful to David Murphy and his custodial team and Mr. Knoedler for your help, and thank you to all the Newton South Faculty who joined the Seniors to celebrate their year!

Cheers to all the parent and faculty volunteers who made these events possible for our Seniors.  It took a village, whether it’s bathroom duty, set up, registration, check-in, beverage tables or clean up. Thank you!

Maddie Welch, Eleni Firkusny, Heather Friedman, Lou Bonegio, Ed Holson, Wayne Fitzpatrick, Dean Xerras, Sarah de Ferranti Dutton, Aparna Singamsetty, Aruna Vallurupalli, Janna Greenberg, Daniel Greenberg, Stacey Bishop, Kelly Flannery, Yim Wong, Helena Alfonzo, Bob Parlin, Asli Scott, Estelle Ticktin, Jeremia Arell-Tunik, Kerri Bisaga, David Weintraub, Talia Gallagher, Alex Van Buren, Margot Murphy, Tracey Lavey, Dick Lavey, Katani Sumner, Aliona Sara, Barb Bower, Cindy Lam-Yee, Kathy Sillman, Katherine Galvin and Shawna Conaghan Murphy, Lyla Lee, Laura Flat, Rebecca Kramer, Marie Jackson, Jerry Reilly,  Kristin Holson, Eileen Deignan Hsu, Lisa Terrizzi, Debbi Kim, Aliona Sara, Rachel Beaver, Karen Chan, Sandra Kogan, Niki La Camera, Ilona Goldfarb, Ellen Gibson-Kennedy, Roya Salamipour, Elaine Goldberg, Bill Yee, Laurie Ball and Kim Slater.

Cheers to the Class of 2021!  Congratulations!

From the Athletic Director

Posted on June 4, 2021 by Teri Ginsburg in Athletics

From our Superintendent Dr. David Fleishman

COVID-19 Student Testing – Final Weeks

Thank you to all families who have participated in our weekly COVID-19 pooled testing in our schools. The testing program has played an important role in keeping our school communities healthy, especially as we returned more students to our buildings in April. Newton, as a community, has been very successful in achieving high vaccination rates and the incidence rate has continued to drop to very low levels over the past several weeks. Given this good news, and with the end of the year approaching, we are planning to wind down our testing program:

 The final week of testing for our high school students will be next week (week of June 7). This includes testing for students who participate in sports and other extracurricular activities.

We will be back in touch before the start of the next school year with information about testing for the fall, following guidance from the state and in consultation with Newton Health and Human Services and our Medical Advisory Group.

Track and Field Division 1 State Relays

Posted on June 4, 2021 by Teri Ginsburg in Athletics

From Coach McChesney, Girls Coach

Newton South’s Track & Field team participated in the Division 1 Track and Field State Relays on Saturday, May 29.  This is a big meet with 38 teams participating. All events are relay events.

Due to weather conditions, the girls’ team ran two relays.

Our 4 x 100 shuttle relay did a great job placing 7th with a stellar time of 1:11.58. That team included Nicole Woo, Jilly Mcleod, Christine Zong and Amelicha Trinidad-Gonzalez. Each of these girls neared their best times despite cold, rain and wind.

Massachusetts is comprised of four divisions in the East and also a West/Central division.

Our distance medley relay team (Lily Bulczynski, Kaity Shaughnessy, Sofia Arboleda, and Amelia Everett) ran the fastest time among all divisions beating all teams in all divisions by 28 seconds. The team is currently the fastest team in the state and 24th in the nation. Just before the race the wind blew down the timing tent as well as others on the site. If our students could have run this relay in decent conditions, they would have moved up the rankings. Despite this, the team, ran a blistering time of 12:22.71.

From Coach Norton, Boys team:

Our 4 x mile team won the Division 1 relay race with a time of 18:17.5, a new school record that has been standing since 2010! The team included runners Will Lavey, Jonathan Orelowitz, Bret Miller, and Cam Dion.

Brendan Weissel and Noah Taube-Perrotta tied for 2nd place in the High Jump with a leap of 5′.05.75″

The 4X100 relay finished 5th in 45.29 and the 4 x 800 relay team finished 10th with a time of 8:35.98.

The team had a great day finishing 9th out of a field of 22 teams.

 

Spring Sports Awards June 16 at 8:00 am

Posted on June 4, 2021 by Teri Ginsburg in Athletics

The Spring season sports awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday, June 16 at 8 AM under the white tent. Awardees, their parents, and coaches are invited to attend. The ceremony concludes our 2021 regular season. Our teams entering the MIAA sectionals will be competing after this day.

Spring Teams Honor Seniors

Posted on June 4, 2021 by Teri Ginsburg in Athletics

South’s spring teams are honoring their seniors as the season comes to close. Those honored this week and next include the following. More teams to follow.

Unified Track

Unified Track honored its seniors Wednesday at its home meet against Concord Carlisle. The seniors on this team are the founders of our Unified programs. We are grateful for their dedication and love of Unified Sports.

The seniors include Emily Ball, Sophie Blumberg, Anthony DePalmaIII, Daniel doran, Lydia Scott, Yael Shiner, Abebe Ticktin, Rebbekkah Tunik, and Kendall Wilson.

Wrestling 

The Wrestling team will recognize its seniors during the meet against Newton North on Monday, June 7 at 5 PM. Wrestling team seniors include Devin MacBain, Mikael Rotberg, Vlad Martinez, Philip Amitan, and David Maciejuk.

Boys Volleyball

The Boys volleyball team will recognize their seniors on Wednesday, June 9th at 6:30 PM before their game against Boston Latin School. The seniors in the squad include Collin Joy, Malachai Dansinger and Tomer Wenderow.

Baseball

The baseball team will have their Senior recognition day on Wednesday, June 9 before their game against Concord Carlisle. The senior ballplayers are Liam Forristall, Gavin Cotter, Brian Powtak, Liam Schofield, Winston Wacha, and Mitchell Waksler.

Congratulations to our South senior athletes! 

There’s Still Time to Get South Gear!

Posted on June 4, 2021 by Teri Ginsburg in Athletics

Get your South gear and support Newton South Athletics! 

Hoodies, sweats, t-shirts, exciting new water bottles and much more.

Parents – we need help to run these sales. Please sign up here to help! 

DURING SCHOOL SALES — Last one is Friday, June 11

When:  10:45 am – 1 pm

Where: Wheeler House Courtyard (outside the breezeway by the blue picnic tables)

AFTERSCHOOL SALES:  At the rotary near the Stadium and Baseball fields

4:00 – 6:00 PM on the following dates:

Monday, June 7

Tuesday, June 8

Wednesday, June 9

Cash, checks, credit cards and Venmo accepted at all sales!

WE NEED HELP!! Sign up here to volunteer with set up, sales and breakdown/clean up. A great way to support South! All proceeds support go toward supporting student-athletes, athletic programs and events that build school spirit.

QUESTIONS? Email us!

GO LIONS!

Support South Athletics – Join the Booster Club team!

Posted on June 4, 2021 by Teri Ginsburg in Athletics

To help support South’s athletic programs and build school spirit, the Booster Club is exploring new fundraising and event opportunities, including a fall kick-off event. Join us as part of one of these teams, or as an event chair. It’s a great way to meet other parents, learn about South athletics and help our teams. Sign up here to help us get started!

LAST Reminder DUE JUNE 3 – Parent Consent Form for June 6 Event

Posted on June 2, 2021 by PTSO CoPresident in For Seniors

Seniors who are missing their parent consent form for the June 6 Event have received their last reminder email on June 2, 2021.

Check if you have submitted the Parent Consent Form for June 6 with the link below:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fq–rqyASUl_BG2_HeyQFv4DJTP9CaukGbjwoknOU8Y/edit?usp=sharing

Forms are due June 3rd. https://forms.gle/DZoL7Tu7st9H34xr6.

Seniors completing the form after June 3rd will need to bring a printed copy on June 6th to attend the event.  

SENIOR Families – June 6 Ticket Purchasing is CLOSED

Posted on May 31, 2021 by PTSO CoPresident in For Seniors

Hello SENIOR FAMILIES,

Reminder emails were sent to Seniors who have pre-registered and did not purchase a ticket, and/or the parent/guardian’s email from the PTSO school directory.

As of today, May 31, 2021, tickets for the June 6 2021 Senior Celebration is officially closed.  For those who purchased a ticket, an Eventbrite email was sent the day it was purchased.  Please make sure your Senior(s) check their email and SPAM folder. They will need a copy of the Eventbrite ticket when they check-in.

Here is the copy of the FINAL REMINDER email that will be sent on June 5.

Let’s the Celebration Begin
The event is on June 6, 2021 from 8-11PM.

PARENT CONSENT FORM REQUIRED FOR ENTRY.  BRING A COPY if you submitted after June 3rd. NO EXCEPTIONS!

PARKING: Any spot at the school main lot or street. (NOT the visitor areas in the front of the school.  DROP OFF ZONE is on visitor spots on Brandeis Rd., not next to the school)

Check-in begins at 7:30PM outside the main entrance at South.

  • You must bring your school photo ID to check-in (ID or photo of school ID that shows you are the Senior).
  • Show your Eventbrite Ticket on your phone or paper copy
  • NO Walk-Ins, No Exceptions
  • No large bags/backpacks. All bags will be searched
  • You will be given a breathalyzer test prior to entry (Failure of the test will result in no entry)

Cheers to the Class of 2021 Seniors!

Look forward to Celebrating Together!

~ Benjamin, Saylor, Andrew, Phillip, Ahrav, and Noga.
~ Class Advisors Crosby and Bhattacharya
~ The Newton South High School PTSO