News

Jan. 27, 2006

Fiona Barbour (’07) recently won Nottingham's annual Shakespeare Recitation Competition. Sponsored by the English Speaking Union, the competition requires students to prepare a 15-20 line monologue from Shakespeare's work and recite the monologue in front of an audience and three adjudicators.  Fiona now goes on to the county competition at Syracuse Stage, where she will recite her monologue and a sonnet. The winner of the county competition goes on to nationals in NYC. Sarah Jaffe  (’06) took second and will be Nottingham's alternate for the county competition. Neilab Sinah (’09) took first among freshmen participants (who are not allowed to go further in the competition.) Additional participants:  Ben Burdick(’09), Vanessa Bellini (’09), Nina Lyons (’08), and Henry Flournory (’07), Susie Bartlett (’07), Elizabeth Dean )’07) and Reina Apraez (’07).  Teacher Mark Austin oversees the annual competition.

Feb. 19, 2006

Ruby Brown (’09) was interviewed as part of an article on Beauchamp Branch Library.  She was doing research on Ophrah Winfrey.  “I choose Oprah because she had a lot of foundations and fundraisers.  She’s helping the community, so it’s good.”

April 26, 2006

Madame Cindy Cronin, Nottingham's French teacher, announced the results of the National French Contest (Le Grand Concours).   This year 25 students participated at Nottingham High School at three different levels. This was the opportunity for students to challenge themselves in a rigorous nationwide test of their skills in French.  23,099 students took the level 2A exam across the country. Ben Burdick (‘09) placed 2nd in the Central New York region and 3rd in the nation.  Kelley Mooney (‘08) placed 7th regionally and 10th nationally out of 19,965 students overall.

Obituaries

Parisa Pourpezeshk (’09), 18, of Syracuse, died October 28, 2009. While at Nottingham, she was involved in many activities and particularly loved participating in the spring musicals. A celebration of her life was held at the Len Fonte Performing Arts Center at Nottingham. Parisa, who was born in Japan, is survived by her parents and grandparents, brother Kiyoshi, and sister Sasha.

 

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