Congratulations to the following Gateway students who have earned recognition for their academic achievements in the first term of this school year:
Amazing Aces (highest course grades):
Katherine Brea (Advanced Algebra Honors and History 10), Michael Mejia (Geometry), Annie Moy (Chemistry Honors), Obinna Ndugba (Advanced Algebra), Josie Valcin (Biology, ELA 9, History 9), Justin Weathers (ELA 10)
Busy Beavers (highest homework average across four core courses):
Bianca Brito, Katherine Brea, Danielle John, Angellica Meng, Claribel Rosa, Juleissy Pimentel, Manny Rios Alers, Victoria Tanis, Josie Valcin
Shooting Stars (sophomore students moving up decile ranks):
One decile: Renee Baxter, Aldwayne Demontegnac, Shelby Jeanmichel, Sindy Ortiz, Wadea Sakhta, Brendon Tan, Marquette Webster
Two deciles: Anthony Antonelli, Delroy Demontegnac, David Mejia, Obinna Ndugba, Justin Weathers
Three or more deciles: Michael Creese, Tamara Tarshahani
Freshman Students Who Made a Splash (“Golden Duckies”):
Kayla Baquerizo, Alfredo Brea, Genesis Pena, Victoria Tanis
Cum Laude (3.00—3.49 GPA)
Anthony Antonelli, Alfredo Brea, Maya Copeland, Michael Creese, Marleah Cummins, Salma El-Behaedi, Xiomara Garcia, Ayana Green, Danielle John, Cassandra Leveille, Julia Li, David Mejia, Christina Nguyen, Shannon O’Neil, Sindy Ortiz, Genesis Pena, Gjergji Prifti, Manny Rios Alers, Wadea Sakhta, Christelle Salomon, Brendon Tan, Tai Tang, Marquette Webster
Magna Cum Laude (3.50–3.89)
Vicmarys Brito, Katherine Brea, Angellica Meng, Annie Moy, Juleissy Pimentel, Claribel Rosa, Josie Valcin, Justin Weathers, Tiffany Wu
Thanks to all Gateway students for helping celebrate these accomplishments of your classmates. We look forward to honoring many more of you throughout the course of this year.
Term 1 Gateway Honors
Revised G10 Action Research Project and Schedule
As announced today to the Gateway sophomores afterschool, the Gateway 10 Action Research Project now is being consolidated into a single classwide project on educational equity in college preparation. As a class, our tenth-grade students will be studying the college preparatory experiences of students across different types of Boston-area high schools, and they ultimately will develop recommendations for addressing inequities that they encounter during their research.
Click here to see the schedule for the remainder of the revamped project, which has been updated on the program calendar attached to this blog. Since all dates are subject to future revision, please continue to consult the program calendar for the most current scheduling information.
Special G10 Events This Week
This week, there are four special events primarily for Gateway sophomores, which I have previously communicated to sophomores and their parents via email:
Wednesday 11/12, Science Auditorium
2:00 - 2:30 Action Research organizational meeting (required)
2:30 - 3:30 G10 Short Film Festival (optional)
Thursday 11/13, top-floor cafeteria
2:00 - 2:45 Gateway 9-10 Honors Assembly
3:00 - 4ish Gateway Student Activities Committee (currently open to sophomores only)
The Gateway late study hall from 3:30 - 5 will continue to run on both days.
Science Research Careers @ Gateway Biomedical Club
Tomorrow's (11/7) meeting of the Gateway Friday Biomedical Club will focus on learning more about different career paths open to research scientists. Our club leader, Dr. Ian Stokes-Rees from Harvard Medical School, will share more of his experiences as an academic scientist.
The second club guest will be Dr. Albert Hsia from Synta Pharmaceuticals, an emerging biopharmaceutical firm based in Lexington, MA. Dr. Hsia has been with Synta since its creation in 2002 (he was the company's third employee), and so he will have some interesting stories to tell about life in a biotech startup company. [Dr. Hsia also happens to be Dr. Wu's first cousin!]
G10 Election Night Event at Wheelock College
On the evening of Election Day (November 4), the Gateway 10 team will be hosting an election night program at Wheelock College. All Gateway 10 students will receive permission forms for this event during school this week.
The event will run from 6:00 to 8:30 PM, and it will include an all-you-can-eat dinner in the Wheelock dining hall from 6:00-6:45 PM. From 6:45-8:30 PM, we are planning election-related discussions and presentations, as the early results come in.
Thanks to Wheelock College and your Gateway 10 teachers for helping us commemorate this historic election night!
