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HUNTERDON CENTRAL REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

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Chinese Honor Society: Inducted new members and fundraised. Members of the Chinese Honor Society also<br />

participated in the NJ Chinese Culture Contest and won Honorable Mention.<br />

Chinglish Club: Practiced speaking Chinese, celebrated Chinese holidays, learned cultural related events -<br />

making dumplings, watched videos, listened to audio tapes, learned Chinese yo-yo, learned Chinese ribbon<br />

dance, and learned Chinese calligraphy.<br />

Chorale: Performed four in-school performances and two out-of-school performances.<br />

Class of 2011: The Senior Class Council participated in the annual Homecoming Fest and held their fourth<br />

annual “So You Think You Can Dance” competition and it was a bigger success than the year before. The<br />

Senior Class Council also planned their Senior Prom which was held at the Skyland’s in Randolph. This may be<br />

the largest prom to date with 774 students attending. The Senior Class Council bought cakes for the staff during<br />

Teacher Appreciation Week. They participated in Kids Vote, Kids Night, helped out with back-to-school night,<br />

made cranes for the David Heard Fund, sold key chains for the Kevin Gilbert Scholarship Fund and made<br />

donations to the David Heard Fund, Kevin Gilbert Scholarship Fund and donated to a local family who lost<br />

their home in a fire. The money they were going to use to buy favors at the Senior Ball was all donated to the<br />

above charities.<br />

Class of 2012: The Junior Class Council successfully participated in Homecoming activities and Spirit Week,<br />

and organized both Last Band Standing and the Junior Prom.<br />

Class of 2013: Donated over $1,300 to Autism Speaks and collected can tabs (school-wide) to donate to the<br />

Ronald McDonald House to offset the costs of treatment for patients and their families. Lastly, the sophomore<br />

class has started to pre-sell bids for the Junior Prom to book a venue of an appropriate size.<br />

Class of 2014: Conducted a number of successful fundraisers (t-shirt sales, Best Pizza contest, Central Flea<br />

Market, and the Dorney Park field trip) with new class officers. Getting freshmen acclimated to HCRHS can be<br />

challenging: however, freshmen students stepped up from the beginning to participate in Spirit Week and other<br />

activities throughout the year.<br />

Dance Team: First place in ECDA’s competition.<br />

Dramatics 9/10 Play: Produced a well-received, entertaining classic story “Little Women.” This year was the<br />

highest attendance since instituting matinee performance last year.<br />

Dramatics 11/12 Play: Produced a well-received staging of “All In the Timing”.<br />

Elan: Successfully edited and published Elan, our school’s literary arts magazine.<br />

ECHO: This year, the yearbook members produced their 55 th edition; the book was 428 pages long and<br />

captured many memories that will be cherished by students and staff for years to come.<br />

There were 17 contributing editor and staff members.<br />

French Honor Society: Participated in Homecoming Fest selling glow in the dark necklaces, held two<br />

successful fundraisers, held an induction ceremony in October for new members, had a holiday party and an<br />

end-of-year party, held elections for new officers, and participated in a "world cup" soccer game with the other<br />

Language Honor Societies.<br />

Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA): Three students placed 8 th for their Business Ethics presentation<br />

at the State Leadership Conference. Students raised over $300 for the March of Dimes by placing first in a<br />

dodgeball tournament sponsored by South Brunswick High School.<br />

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