District News

Several of our projects took home medals or received honorable mentions.  Those who received medals will be moving on to the Massachusetts History Day state competition on Saturday, April 1, at Winchester High School.

Thank you to the entire Hamilton-Wenham community for its continued support of the National History Day program!  If our students qualify at the Massachusetts History Day state competition, they will advance to the National Contest which will take place this June at the University of Maryland, College Park. 

100 Hamilton Wenham students joined over 3,000 students, advisors, and business professionals for the 3-day conference where students competed in over 50 categories of marketing, hospitality, finance, and entrepreneurship. The theme this year was Better Than Ever (Click here to view the Program Booklet.)

The SCDC took place over March 9–11 with role-play competitors taking a 100-question comprehensive exam and then performing 2 role-plays with business professionals who volunteer as judges. Role-plays ask students to solve a problem and present their solution to the judge while covering specific performance indicators. Project competitors presented their findings from their previously submitted prepared papers at the conference.

Hamilton Wenham students earned 14 State Champion trophies, 13 State Finalist medallions, and one medallion for a top score on their comprehensive exam. 

State Champions: ICDC Qualifiers

State Finalists (Top 12): ICDC Alternates

Comprehensive Exam Recognition: Medallion for Top 3 Test Scores per Category

Additionally, Hamilton Wenham earned 9 allocations for the prestigious Leadership Development Academy at the ICDC in Orlando through chapter campaigns on the state and national levels. Through an application process, members are chosen for leadership training to gain skills that they will bring back to the local chapter. 

DECA is a co-curricular organization of high school students that builds transferable skills for college and career with over 200,000 members in all 50 states, four US territories, Canada, Mexico, Germany, Korea, and more. DECA helps students develop skills for successful careers, builds self-esteem, provides leadership opportunities, and stresses community involvement and service.

The Hamilton Wenham program is led by Laura Wheeler,  DECA Advisor & Business Teacher, and Stefanie Rogal, DECA Advisor & Academic Coordinator of the RISE program. The program is in its seventh year at HWRHS and has nearly one half of the total school population as members. The experience would not be possible without the support of faculty and volunteers who donated their time to chaperone the trip: Sue Howland, Sally Maijenski and her husband Robert Bova, Joe Maher, Jenn Sauriol, Jeff Walsh and his wife Dallas Walsh, and Johanna Wilson.

To learn more about DECA, visit www.deca.org and www.madeca.org. 

You can view all photos & video from the DECA State Career Development Conference in the States Photos 2023 folder. 

HW Alpine Ski Evelyn Bernard won the Girl's NSSL Individual Championship and also medaled (Top 10, State Wide) in the Giant Slalom and Slalom races in the Alpine State Championships. HW Alpine Ski concluded a successful, inaugural season of competition in the North Shore Ski League.  Both the Girls and Boys Teams had several wins and qualified two skiers in the Alpine Ski State Championships at Berkshire East.

HW Hockey earned the #28 seed in the Division IV State Tournament and fell to #5 seed Shawsheen Tech, 4-3. The generals came back to tie after being down, 3-0 with under a minute left finishing the season strong. Rams answered with 16.7 seconds remaining to win.

HW Girls Basketball has earned the #22 seed in the Division IV State Tournament and will travel to Bourne High School on Saturday, March 4^th to face #11 Bourne High School at 6:00 PM.  Tickets will be sold at the door for $5 (Adults) and $3 (Students & Seniors).   Bourne High School is located at 75 Waterhouse Rd in Bourne.

Marblehead Girls Co-Op Hockey, which includes nine HW student-athletes, earned the #29 seed in the Division I State Tournament and Last night, fell to a strong Haverhill (HPNA) team, 5-0. Congratulations to Coach Smith and all the players on a great season.

In addition, Hannah Tsouvlas (HW & Landmark) was named the winner of the Boston Bruins & MIAA Sportsmanship Award.  

Other recent notable accomplishments include:

• HW Gymnastics earned a spot in the North Sectional Championships for the first time in over (at least) a decade after posting record high team scores this year.  Georgia Greaves and Hobey Greaves qualified for the Individual State Championships as well. 
• HW Girls Indoor Track, Hockey, and Girl's Basketball all earned the Cape Ann League Sportsmanship Award this past season as voted by the other schools in the league.
• Congrats to HW Cheer, who earned 1st Place in their division at the Shepherd Hill Invitational on Feb 24th.
• Brendan Dalton of the Salem Wrestling Co-Op earned League Champion honors and, based on a high finish at the State Championship Meet, has also qualified for the New England Championships later this week.
• Katherine Reed of the HW Swim team qualified for the Individual State Championships thanks to a sparkling season in the pool. 
• John Ertel of HW Boys Basketball was named winner of the Cape Ann League McCoy Courage Award.