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King Philip High School Senior Receives Outstanding Youth Award

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

For Immediate Release

Monday, March 18, 2019

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

King Philip High School Senior Receives Outstanding Youth Award

King Philip Regional High School Senior Simone Barger has been named the North Attleboro-Plainville Rotary Club’s 2019 Outstanding Youth. (Courtesy Photo King Philip Regional School District)

WRENTHAM — Superintendent Paul Zinni is pleased to announce that King Philip Regional High School senior Simone Barger has been named the 2019 Outstanding Youth by the North Attleboro-Plainville Rotary Club.

Barger was nominated for the award by Cheryl Rowe, the adviser of the school’s student community service club, KP Cares. Since her freshman year at King Philip Regional High, Barger has been an active member of the club and has taken on various leadership roles. Today, she serves as co-president of the club.

“Simone is an amazing student and person,” Rowe said. “I am thrilled to see her recognized for her dedication to community service. She is kind, generous, and always the first to offer to help. I have no doubt that wherever life takes her she will continue to have a great impact on those around her and they will be better for having her in their lives.”

KP Cares organizes about 10 events annually, and Barger has frequently co-chaired these initiatives to raise funds for various causes and support the community.

Events Barger has co-chaired include Putting 4 Patients, a mini-golf event held at King Philip High School to raise money for The Jimmy Fund; the Fight Back Festival, an event that raises funds to help local families struggling with cancer; and the Giving Tree, an annual drive at King Philip High where students collect gifts for local families for the holidays. Barger has also helped to coordinate volunteers to help with renovations at the Gilly House, a sober house in Wrentham.

Barger traveled with KP Cares in April 2018 to visit an orphanage during a service trip to Costa Rica. She participated in many activities to raise money and collect donations for the orphanage. During the trip, the group also helped a local family refurbish their farm to offer horse therapy for children with disabilities, and Barger also visited a local high school and helped plant trees in a reforestation project.

Barger will be recognized at the 2019 Distinguished Service Awards banquet at the Heather Hill Country Club on Monday, March 18.

“It’s a pleasure to see Simone recognized for her dedication to community service,” Superintendent Zinni said. “Her passion for helping others and efforts to better her community are a great example for her peers, and it is wonderful that she found an avenue to do good through KP Cares.”

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King Philip High School Students Take 1st Place at Providence College Computer Programming Contest

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

For Immediate Release

Monday, March 18, 2019

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

King Philip High School Students Take 1st Place at Providence College Computer Programming Contest

Left to right: King Philip Regional High School students Tyler Dowd, Warren Steinbrecher, Matthew Stetter, and Ethan Ball came in 1st place at a March 12 Computer Programming Contest at Providence College. (Courtesy Photo King Philip Regional School District)

WRENTHAM — Superintendent Paul Zinni is pleased to share that a team of King Philip High School students came in first place at the 33rd Annual Providence College Computer Programming Contest last week.

Two separate sessions of the contest were held on Monday, March 11 and Tuesday, March 12. Four King Philip High School AP Computer Science students,  junior Matthew Stetter and seniors Tyler Dowd, Warren Steinbrecher, and Ethan Ball, competed as a team in the Tuesday, March 12 session of the competition against 11 other groups.

Each team of students was given a packet of problems to solve that touched on a variety of subjects, ranging from geometry and sequences to computer science. All solutions that the teams came up with were required to be in the format of a computer program that would compute the answer based on an input. Students had their choice of submitting solutions into two programming languages: C++ or Java.

To help prepare for the competition, students from each team were given a packet of problems from contests from prior years.

After winning first place in the contest, each student was awarded a $5,000 annual scholarship, should they choose to attend Providence College.

“They went into the competition with the understanding that the other teams could have much more experience than them,” said Matt Gorr, a King Philip Regional High School computer science and physics teacher who attended the contest with the students. “None of us had any expectations of winning. This victory totally belongs to this exceptional group of students. It took problem solving skills, reasoning, attention to detail, and creativity to solve these problems, and they have all individually demonstrated those skills for me time and time again in class. I am very proud of them.”

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King Philip High School Student Council Wins Honors at State Conference

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

For Immediate Release

Friday, March 15, 2019

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

King Philip High School Student Council Wins Honors at State Conference

NORFOLK — Superintendent Paul Zinni is pleased to announce that the King Philip Regional High School Student Council was honored at the Massachusetts Association of Student Councils’ (MASC) Annual Spring Conference last week.

The conference was held from Wednesday, March 6 through Friday, March 8 at the Cape Cod Resort & Conference Center in Hyannis.

The King Philip Student Council was named a Five Star Council and a Gold Council of Excellence at the conference.

According to the MASCA website, being named a Gold Council of Excellence is one of the highest honors a student council can receive from the organization. The recognition is based on a highly competitive scoring rubric voted on by a committee of judges.

The Five Star Council Award is given to student councils that fully participate in all of the regional and state meetings – including three Southeastern Massachusetts Association of Student Councils conferences, the MASC Fall Officershop, and other MASC conferences.

Senior Rachel Hamlin was voted to receive one of the state’s Unsung Hero Awards, due to her significant involvement in unified sports programs at school, as well as her other work on the council. The Unsung Hero Awards are given to one student from each region of the state (western, central, southeast and northeast) who are constant contributors and supporters to their council despite having a minor designated role in the council or school. Hamlin is an appointed delegate for the KP student council.

Junior Marion Linde was named to serve as a regional delegate MASC Board. Linde is the student member of the King Philip School Committee and has organized some of the student council’s biggest events this year, including homecoming, the school holiday party and Halloween Spooktacular.

The KP Student Council is led by President Jack Carr and Vice President Caroline Watson, who organize council meetings and supervise its activities. Through their leadership, the KP Student Council has overseen several successful school events and activities.

“I am so proud of our student council and all of the hard work that they have put into this year,” said student council adviser Ellen Dill. “Seeing their efforts pay off at the annual conference last week was fantastic and I congratulate each and every one of them.”

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A Statement from King Philip Regional School District Superintendent Paul Zinni

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

For Immediate Release

Friday, March 15, 2019

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

A Statement from King Philip Regional School District Superintendent Paul Zinni

“I would like to let parents know that we are aware of a Snapchat video that has been circulating today depicting an unknown person holding a rifle in a room where other rifles and gun cases are lying on the floor.

The video did not appear to be directed toward any of the schools and there is no reason to believe there is an active threat at this time.

Throughout the day, several students have come forward to report this video to a trusted adult at the high school and I would like to commend them for reporting it. An announcement was given by school officials at the high school today letting students and staff know that they are aware of the video and there was no cause for alarm.

The Wrentham Police Department is actively seeking to identify and speak with the person who posted the video and has released multiple statements on its Facebook page, including a post seeking the public’s help in identifying furniture that can be seen in the video.

Wrentham Police have indicated that the posting of the video in and of itself is not a crime. We are thankful to the Wrentham Police Department and Chief McGrath for their diligence in investigating this matter and will assist them in any way we can.”

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