Hudson - Litchfield News
December 11, 2009 - 5
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upsetting those that freely chose to not take the classes? I say, worry
less about those who have chosen not to participate, and more
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about those who have chosen to participate. Are we not trying to
The Campbell High School Student Council is excited to present
teach to our children that hard work breeds success? That going
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our Ninth Annual Tree Lighting Event, to be held on Wednesday,
above and beyond is rewarded? We are telling our students that
December 23, at 9 a.m. in the auditorium at Campbell High
doing the extra work is valued the same as doing less work. Let’s
School. The purpose of this event is for our community to honor or
do the right thing. Let’s give our students what they have earned.
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remember special individuals who have been a positive influence
Let’s not tell our top performers that they should not be rewarded
in our lives. Individual white lights will be offered at $5 per person
for doing the very best! If our schools truly want to be centers of
to represent those friends and relatives we wish to honor. Checks
achievement and learning, then let’s incent and reward those who 1 4 9
should be made payable to Campbell High School. Your donations
have earned it!
will be used toward a scholarship fund for the graduating class of
Jason Guerrette - Litchfield
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2010 and future graduating classes from Campbell High School.
Previous recipients of this scholarship were Marissa Boutselis,
Shauna Kuhlman, Emily Blackadar, Michael Boutselis, Brian
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Iwanicki, Colleen Kennedy, and Mike Clark. Donations will also be
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used to assist families and individuals in the Litchfield community.
Litchfield’s 275th birthday celebration, held on September
The evergreen tree for this event has been donated from a local
19, is still being talked about. Selectman Pat Jewett pulled a tiny
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business. This tree will be placed at the entrance of Campbell High
committee of 12 regulars together in May. For the next four months,
School and will be lighted during the holiday season. The name of
meeting weekly, this committee, starting with only $715, raised
each relative or friend will be placed in our program and be read at
$13,611.55 during the most difficult economic recession since the
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the Tree Lighting ceremony. The Campbell High School Chorus and
Great Depression.
Band will perform seasonal songs.
Litchfield residents and those from surrounding towns were
Please take a moment and fill out a form to remember or
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responsive and enthusiastic about supporting a family-friendly
honor an individual who has made a difference in your life. Your
event to celebrate Litchfield’s anniversary. Many said they could
donations will help us to light our tree at the Wednesday, December
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only donate a small amount, and some who could not donate funds
23, celebration. The last date to place a light on the tree will be
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gave gift certificates. Nevertheless, at every weekly meeting, the
on Friday, December 18. If you have any comments or questions,
committee found that it was able to pull together an amazing list of
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please feel free to contact Shawn P. McDonough, Campbell
parade participants and events that would be free to all. There were Sponsored by:
High School Student Council Advisor, at 546-0300, ext. 2222,
some moments the final week leading up to the celebration when
or smcdonough@litchfieldsd.org. We hope you will join us on
it seemed as if we might end up in the red, but the final countdown Dumont - Sullivan
December 23 in remembering those who have touched our lives.
of expenses put us right where we should have been. Then, as the
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way things do sometimes happen, several major participants had Funeral Homes &
to cancel at the last minute. Lo and behold, after all the bills were
paid, the committee found itself in the black to the tune of about
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$3,500.
Holiday Cheer
The Board of Selectmen will be holding a Public Hearing on
50 FERRY ST. 370 MAIN ST.
There are many generous folks in Litchfield to help others
December 14, at 7 p.m., to take testimony on whether or not
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that need it. Just recently, the “Ireland Angels” donated seven
these unexpended dollars should be spent to help construct a
winter jackets for children in our town. Keep growing those prize
bandstand or be used in some manner to mark the 275th milestone
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pumpkins and helping our townspeople, Bill and Linda!
in Litchfield’s history. Committee members are still getting positive
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The boxes of donations for our town’s service people are still in
feedback regarding the August 22 Art Show and the September 19
the Town Hall lobby. Also, we’re hunting for names and addresses
celebration. Residents are conveying a desire to have many more
for anyone from town in the service—anywhere. Please contact
community-sponsored events, some in the form of free concerts
Pat Jewett (424-6636), or drop off the names and addresses to the
during the summer months, when folks in all age groups could
Selectmen’s office. Wouldn’t you like to make our friends have a
come together.
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surprise? They’re doing their share in helping us keep our freedom.
The Celebration 275 Committee hopes that Litchfield residents
will agree and come forth to testify that the unexpended dollars
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Pat Jewett - Litchfield donated by the people supporting this year’s events could be used
to help construct a bandstand in a central location in Litchfield.
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Litchfield does not have a bandstand, and such a structure could
Dec. 13 & 14
Positive Reinforcement
become the focal point of a pleasant gathering place.
If you are unable to attend the December 14 meeting, you can
ONLY!!!
For those of you that have become accustomed to me writing
submit written support of this concept to Frank Byron, Chair of the
about budgetary topics, perhaps you can wait another week…there
Litchfield Selectmen, at the Town Hall, One Liberty Way. I hope
is a never-ending supply of wonders when it comes to spending
you will do so.
tax dollars. No, this week is actually about education. The
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greatest tool a parent has while raising their children is positive
reinforcement. At work, the same holds true. This is because most,
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if not all humans respond well to being rewarded for doing the right
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thing. Be it a kind word, a hug, or something more significant, we PMA Does Filter Internet Content
all like it when we are praised for doing the right thing. This past
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week, I was made aware of what I would consider an opportunity
I would like to take a moment and respond to the anonymous
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to positively reinforce desired behavior in some of our top students.
writer in the November 27 “Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down” article
At this past week’s School Board meeting, our Student Council
regarding Presentation of Mary
representatives presented us with an interesting topic that has
Academy (PMA) not having a filtering
struck a very personal cord with me. It seems that those students
system for their Internet.
that have chosen to go well beyond the expectations we have for
As the IT Director for the school
our students, and challenged themselves to take the most rigorous
and also a parent of two children in
courses we offer, are not rewarded accordingly. They do receive
the school, I would like to assure you
some additional credit valued on the same basis as other Honors
and other concerned parents that the
classes, yet they do not get the credit they most rightly deserve. AP
school does has an Internet filtering
classes go well above the academic rigor and coursework than any
system in place. The new filtering
other classes we offer. They should rightly benefit from it. Many
systems were installed during the Don’t take our
schools have gone to a weighted system, by which Honors courses
summer of 2007, which filters for
receive an additional .33 grade points for successful completion.
specific Internet content. With the
word for it...
An AP course is given an additional .6 grade points due to the heavy
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workload and additional difficulty. Our district has a similar style
on the criteria of this content that is
grading system, awarding additional grade points for the advanced
not appropriate for the children. In
classes. It does not, however, award the additional points for the
addition to this first level of filtering,
additional work. This, in my opinion is a wasted opportunity to
we have also provided a host of
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incent others to attempt and achieve at the highest levels possible,
keywords that are not appropriate for
and most importantly, tells those currently enrolled that all of their
school use. These systems are tested
like you are saying about our
work is as common as everyone else’s. The two Student Council
regularly and not able to be bypassed
representatives made a compelling case to make a slight c
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hange to
by anyone in the school, including
the current system so that those currently enrolled would actually
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students or staff.
be rewarded for the work they are currently doing. To my utter
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disbelief, I was as shocked as the students to hear that if a change
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but may in the future with possibly today’s Freshman class. The
these questions to either Sister Maria
rationale given was that it would not be fair to those not enrolled
or me.
in a class to change the rules mid-year. That because they would
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somehow be treated unfairly because they did not know from the
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beginning that a class was worth more points. My argument is as
follows: How is it fair to do nothing because we are worrying about
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