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STUDENT SENATE

Student Senate meets on the 2nd Thursday of every month at 4:05 pm.

Student Senate president is Vanessa Colon, class of 2009.

Student Senate advisor is Jim Pezzulo, pezzj001@hartfordschools.org

Faculty representatives for committees:

C.I.A.: Sheila Bertrand, c/o 2012, and Arnelle Ansong, c/o 2014

Student Life: Chavon Campbell, c/o 2010, and Taylor Daupin, c/o 2011

Governance: Joseph Bray, c/o 2012, and Carter Smith-Wellman, c/o 2014

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NEW!

Service Learning

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What it Service Learning?
Service Learning Log
Service Learning Form High School
Service Learning Form Middle School

 

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GET INVOLVED!!!!

Students! Don't forget there are lots of opportunities to participate in all sorts of great activities at Classical Magnet.

Show your CLASSICAL Spirit!

Check out the Dragon Boat racing Gladiators! GET INVOLVED!

STUDENTS! Do you love theater? Do you love seeing your friends and classmates perform? Don't miss the Classical Theatre Departments 2008 middle school production!!!

Reserve your tickets now for the Classical production of Annie!!! Email Ms. Dubow at dubob001@hartfordschools.org

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STUDENTS! looking for some books to read??? Here are some suggestions from Mrs. Kennedy!

Suggestions for Middle School Readers:

• The Compound , by S. A. Bodeen. Survival fiction. Notes: Fifteen-year-old Eli, locked inside a radiation-proof compound built by his father to keep them safe following a nuclear attack, begins to question his future, as well as his father's grip on sanity as the family's situation steadily disintegrates over the course of six years.
• Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie , by Jordan Sonnenblick. Contemporary fiction. Notes: When his younger brother is diagnosed with leukemia, thirteen-year-old Steven tries to deal with his complicated emotions, his school life, and his desire to support his family.
• Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy , by Gary D. Schmidt. Historical fiction. Newbery Honor Book. Notes: In 1911, Turner Buckminster hates his new home of Phippsburg, Maine, but things improve when he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from a poor, nearby island community founded by former slaves that the town fathers--and Turner's--want to change into a tourist spot
• Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes , edited by David Roessel and Arnold Rampersad. Poetry. Coretta Scott King Honor Book. Notes: An illustrated collection of twenty-six poems by noted African-American poet Langston Hughes, and contains a detailed introduction and biography, as well as brief notes accompanying each poem.
• Tiger, Tiger , by Lynne Reid Banks. Historical fiction. Notes: Two tiger cub brothers are taken from the jungle to ancient Rome, where one becomes the pampered pet of Caesar's daughter and the other becomes a man-eating entertainment act at the Colosseum.
• You Wouldn’t Want to be a Roman Gladiator: Gory Things You'd Rather Not Know , by John Malam. Nonfiction. Notes: A light-hearted introduction to the life and training of a Roman gladiator

Suggestions for High School Readers:

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian , by Sherman Alexie. Contemporary Fiction. National Book Award. Notes: Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Native American is the school mascot.
• The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable , by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Nonfiction. Notes: Explains the "black swan" phenomenon, which is an event characterized by its unpredictability, massive impact, and the explanations used to try and make it appear less random, and explores how "black swans" throughout history have influenced civilizations, religions, and governments
• The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao , by Junot Diaz. Fiction. Pulitzer Prize 2008. Notes: Overweight and nerdy Oscar lives with his Dominican American mother and sister in New Jersey and dreams of becoming a renowned author and finding true love, but unfortunately, a family curse stands in the way of his wishes.
• Girls of Tender Age , by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith. Nonfiction, local interest. Notes: Mary-Ann Tirone Smith chronicles her French-Italian family's struggle to survive in a housing project in Hartford, Connecticut, in the years following World War II.
• Letter to My Daughter, by May Angelou. Nonfiction. Notes: Contains essays in which Maya Angelou uses memories and poems to offer life lessons and inspirational wisdom to the "thousands of daughters" she considers her extended family.
• Ringside 1925 , by Jen Bryant. Historical fiction. Notes: A novel in free verse poems, in which visitors, spectators, and residents of Dayton, Tennessee, in 1925 describe the Scopes "monkey trial" and its effects on that small town and its citizens.

We proudly proclaim the Classical Motto,
Non scholae sed vitae discimus:
We learn not for school, but for life.