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King Philip Hosts Hockomock Unified Track and Field Championships

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King Philip Regional School District
Paul Zinni, Superintendent
18 King Street
Norfolk, MA 02056

For Immediate Release

Friday, May 24, 2019

Media Contact: Benjamin Paulin
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: [email protected]

King Philip Hosts Hockomock Unified Track and Field Championships

Back row, from left: Coach Matt Anderson, Matthew Butts, Ryan Saraf, Rory Miller, Cierra Gomes, Coach Ann Yetman. Front row, from left: Kate Lindmark, Alli Meehan, Catherine Cummings, Robyn Settle. (Courtesy Photo King Philip Regional School District)

WRENTHAM — Superintendent Paul Zinni is pleased to share that King Philip High School hosted the Hockomock Unified Track and Field Championships on Tuesday.

Approximately 300 students from 10 area high schools attended the event, including students from Attleboro, Canton, Foxboro, Franklin, King Philip, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Oliver Ames, Sharon and Taunton. Students took part in events including shot put, javelin, long jump, 100-meter , 400-meter, 800-meter, four by 100-meter relay and four by 400-meter relay.

Special Olympics Unified Sports teams provide opportunities for student athletes with and without mental and/or physical disabilities to train and compete together. At competitions, students are encouraged to do their best and no scores are kept.

“This meet was amazing and I was so glad to be a part of it,” said Matt Anderson, coach of the King Philip Unified Track Team. “Watching close to 300 athletes compete, cheer for each other, smile and laugh for the afternoon was an incredible experience for the KP Community and I am thankful that the Hockomock League chose us to host the Unified Championship this year.”

This is the first year King Philip has had its own Unified Track and Field team.

“It was a pleasure to Coach all of our athletes,” Anderson said. “I was highly impressed with all the hard work the athletes did this season and how much they improved from the start of the season until the final meet yesterday. The level of teamwork and camaraderie was great and I can’t wait to see how the program grows next year.”

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King Philip Students Win First Place at International DECA Conference

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King Philip Regional School District
Paul Zinni, Superintendent
18 King Street
Norfolk, MA 02056

For Immediate Release

Thursday, May 9, 2019

Media Contact: Benjamin Paulin
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: [email protected]

King Philip Students Win First Place at International DECA Conference

NORFOLK — Superintendent Paul Zinni is pleased to share that multiple King Philip High School students took first place during competitions at DECA’s International Career Development conference in April, and several others were named top international finalists.

DECA, a nonprofit student organization, works with high schools and colleges to prepare emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management.

A group of 63 students from King Philip’s DECA club attended the April 27-30 conference in Orlando, Florida, where they participated in competitive events to test their professional skills. The students qualified for the competition after placing in state and regional competitions designed to stimulate real-life business scenarios and test students’ academic understanding and skills development earlier this year.

Approximately 21,000 students from around the world competed during the conference.

In the Integrated Marketing Event, Dan Sammarco, a senior from Plainville, and Ryan Wood, a senior from Wrentham, took first place.

Tony Bozza, a senior from Norfolk, and Dylan Powers, a senior from Wrentham, also took first place in the Integrated Marketing Service competition.

Several King Philip Students were named Top 10 International Finalists, including Kat Caravaggio, a senior from Wrentham, in the Start-Up Business Plan competition; Hannah Mahoney, a junior from Norfolk, and Emily Melanson, a junior from Norfolk, in the Learn and Earn Project competition; and Zach Ball, a junior from Plainville, Kyle Hurley, a junior from Plainville, and Ramez Saad, a junior from Plainville,  in The Independent Business Plan competition.

Ryan Hastings, a senior from Plainville, was also named a Top 16 International Finalist in the Creative Marketing Campaign Competition.

In addition to career-based competitions, DECA members engaged in leadership academics and networking opportunities with over 60 internationally recognized businesses at the conference.

“Our DECA students worked incredibly hard to prepare for this conference,” said James Dow, the adviser of the King Philip DECA club. “These students are dedicated to learning important skills for their futures as leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals, and they showcased their knowledge and abilities impressively in these competitions.”

About King Philip DECA
King Philip DECA is a high school business club. The group is part of a larger network of over 215,000 high school students around the world. DECA prepares young leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges globally.

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King Philip Middle School Students Win First Place in Math and Science Tournament

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King Philip Regional School District
Paul Zinni, Superintendent
18 King Street
Norfolk, MA 02056

For Immediate Release

Thursday, May 2, 2019

Media Contact: Benjamin Paulin
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: [email protected]

King Philip Middle School Students Win First Place in Math and Science Tournament

From left: Samarth Sreenath, Eliot Davis, Lakshya Jain, Dean Cardner, Masha Kireyev and Ian Thompson took first place at the Sharon Math and Science Tournament this weekend. 

NORFOLK — Superintendent Paul Zinni is pleased to announce that a group of King Philip Middle School students took first place in the Sharon Math and Science Tournament this weekend.

The Sharon Math and Science Tournament was held at Sharon Middle School on Saturday, April 27, and gave local middle school students the opportunity to compete against each other in STEM-based challenges. The tournament tested students individually and as teams. Students were also tasked with design challenges and lab demonstrations during the competition.

King Philip Middle School Students Dean Cardner, Eliot Davis, Lakshya Jain, Samarth Srinivasan and Ian Thompson formed a team with Masha Kireyev, a home-schooled student from Norfolk, for the competition. The six students named their team the “Axis and Alloys.”

It is the first year a team of students from outside Sharon Middle School has won the tournament.

“It’s wonderful that Sharon Public Schools offers this tournament for students to come together, compete and share their interest in math and science,” Superintendent Zinni said. “Congratulations to these students, who displayed remarkable knowledge and skills in math and science this weekend.”

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King Philip Middle and High School Band Programs Win Big at Statewide Competition

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King Philip Regional School District
Paul Zinni, Superintendent
18 King Street
Norfolk, MA 02056

For Immediate Release

Friday, April 12, 2019

Media Contact: Benjamin Paulin
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: [email protected]

King Philip Middle and High School Band Programs Win Big at Statewide Competition

NORFOLK — Superintendent Paul Zinni is pleased to announce the King Philip middle school and high school band, chorus and concert band programs took home several top honors at the recent Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association (MICCA) Choral and Concert Festivals.

The statewide competitions were held on April 5-7 at various high schools across the state, including King Philip Regional High School.

In total, there were 178 ensembles, over 8,700 student musicians who participated in the Concert Festival and over 4,000 student musicians who took part in the Choral Festival.

The results for the King Philip ensembles were as follows:

  • Middle School Chorus – Silver
  • 7th Grade Band – Gold
  • 8th Grade Band – Gold
  • High School Chorus – Gold
  • High School Concert Band – Gold

“What a fantastic showing by our band and chorus groups at both the middle school and high school,” Superintendent Zinni said. “Our music students work extremely hard throughout the year and it is really great to see them be recognized for their efforts. I would also like to commend our music directors and instructors for helping to guide and educate these talented young musicians and singers.”

MICCA encourages and supports the development of elementary, middle and high school performing ensembles. The competitions over last weekend also included marching band, solo and ensemble performances, all of which were judged by highly qualified adjudicators.

 

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