Friday, February 13, 2015

Principals Blog for the Week of February 9th - 13th



The February Newsletter is posted on the 
High School Webpage. It will provide 
additional details on events, activities, 
photos and calendar reminders.
http://www.douglasps.net/files/filesystem/February%20Newsletter1.pdf
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                                      DOUGLAS TIGERS ATHLETIC SCHEDULE                                                                                   Weeks of February 16th, 2015                                                                             
                                                                                                                                         
Monday,                   Varsity Boys @ Clark Tourney vs Maynard @ 1:00 bus leaves at 11:30
Feb 16th                   Cheerleaders traveling with boys team to Clark
                                Varsity Girls Basketball @ Quaboag @ 7:30 bus leaves at 5:00
                                Ice Hockey @ Assabet @ 12:00
Wednesday,              Varsity Girls Basketball @ Quaboag Tourney vs TBD @ bus time TBD
Feb 18th

Saturday,                 Ice Hockey @ Northbridge @ 12:00
Feb 20th

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Boys Hoop update:
The Boys Basketball Team has qualified for the Clark Tournament with a game versus Maynard HS to take place on Tuesday the 17th at 6:30 at Clark University in Worcester.  Congratulation to the team and Coach Ryan. Their qualification for the tournament is the second consecutive year and we wish them good luck in the game versus Maynard. 
Tonight they will host BVT in the final home game.  Senior Night for our seniors: 
Tyler Barsamain, Matt Fausch, Teddy George, Johnny Gonzalez, Jesse Mosczynski and Cam Saster.  They are great group of players and their final home game will be an important as they are presently 9-9 and must win tonight to also qualify for the MIAA Tournament.  Play well men! 


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Girls Varsity Basketball Senior Night 
the last home game for our Senior Girls Basketball Players took place on Friday Night the 6th of February.  This years senior members are: Shannon Powell, Ashley Gresian, Megan Hayes and Elissa Piwowarski.  Some photos of this celebration are included here for you. At this moment the team has qualified for the MIAA Tournament and has a 12-6 record with two games this week as part of the Quaboag Tournament.  Good luck ladies. 








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David Prouty Cheering Tournament
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Lead by our three seniors; Olivia Ursch, Briona Brito and Brianna Gustafson; the cheerleading squad placed first in the david Prouty Tournament on Sunday the 8th.  Congratulations to all of the members of this impressive cheerleading squad on this achievement and to Coach Ursch and Coach Socha for their leadership of the program. 
Tonights home Basketball game will also be Senior Night for our cheerleaders.  Olivia, Briona and Brianna will be celebrating their final home game and presenting their final half-time performance.  They are three terrific young ladies and we wish them a great night and final performance.





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Indoor Track 
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Over the past two weekends the members of the Indoor Track teams have competed at the Central Mass divisional tournament and at the League Championships.  There have been quite a number of very strong performances by a number of the athletes in a variety of events.  Below are a number of photos of taken at these two events. we extend our gratitude to Mr. Goldenberg for providing the Principal' Blog with these great action shots of the students competing. A number of these athletes now move on to the State Meet held at the Reggie lewis Center in Boston next week. We extend best wishes for great performances for all of them.













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Winter Carnival
Today was our annual Winter Carnival event.  It was an exceptional day with a lot of smiles, laughs and effort on display throughout the day.  The event ended in a tie with the Juniors and Seniors coming in 1st Place.  There were many highlights throughout the event including Tug of War, relay races, Quiz Bowl, Gator Ball and of course the class Lip Sync's.  All four classes put in a great show with their lip sync's however the stars of Lip Sync may have in fact been the teachers.  Their performance was a complete surprise and it had everyone on their feet, cheering and shouting out their approval of the performance.  Thanks go out to all the faculty who participated in this spirited performance.  Lastly, a great deal of appreciation goes out the members of the Student Council and their advisors Ms. Smith and Mr. Nauss who did a great job organizing and conducting the event. I'd also like to extend great appreciation to all of our class advisors for all their efforts, time and commitment to the student body in each grade level.  It is a big task and it is much appreciated. Below are some of decorations that brightened up the building and reflect the creative talents of our students. The

Freshman


Sophomores


Juniors



Seniors







The DHS Staff had a little Winter Carnival 
fun of their own this year!!


A huge thank you goes out to Ms. Tibbetts for these photos and arrangement.  As always she did a great job and we appreciate her efforts. 
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Lastly, The start of Spirit week is of course the Snowball Semi-Formal.  The event was very well attended and it was a wonderful night of music, dance, photo's, I mean selfies and time spent with friends.  We will try to include some photo's from Snowball in our next Blog which will be released on the 27th of February.  

Hoping that everyone has a great Winter recess and is ready to come back to school on the 23rd. Weather permitting of course.

*********Enjoy Your Winter Break!********

When we return on February 23rd 
it will be a Day 5