Break 5.14.12

Final Exams - Review Days Schedule 5.15-5.16

Below you'll find the Final Exams Review Days Schedule. For the actual Final Exams schedule beginning on Thursday, May 17, click here.

Tuesday, May 15, DX

Period 1 - 8:30 - 9:10

Period 2 - 9:15 - 9:55

PATH - 10:00 - 10:25

Period 3 - 10:30 - 11:10

Period 4 - 11:15-11:55

Lunch - 11:55 -12:40

Period 5 - 12:40 -1:20

Period 6 - 1:25 -2:05

Work Jobs - 2:05 - 2:20

Period X - 2:20 - 3:00 (class that meets A Day period 6)

H&F - 3:00 - 3:30

Wednesday, May 16, EX

Period 1 - 8:30 -9:10

Period 2 - 9:15- 9:55

Break - 10:00- 10:15

Period 3 - 10:20-11:00

Period 4 - 11:05-11:45

Lunch - 11:45 -12:25 Artists in Residence from Cal in the Quad

Period 5 - 12:25-1:05

Period 6 - 1:10-1:50

Work Jobs - 1:55-2:05

Period X - 2:05-2:45 (class that meets A Day period 5)

Tutorial - 2:50-3:30

York Softball Wraps Its Season with a Big Win!

York Softball had an exciting end to its season yesterday, beating Anzar 19-9 through sheer force of will and batting determination. The girls hit really well and played a fantastic game overall. Tyler Zenda '12pitched with eight strikeouts and went 3 for 5 at the plate with a home run; Ellie Smith '12 led the team at shortstop and went 3 for 5 with a double; Drea Cruchett '12started at first base and hit an RBI before leaving the game with an injury; and Jesse Blalock '12 started her first game in right field and had one plate appearance. Cassie Minor '13 also had a double, Mayra Melendez '14 hit a triple, Izzie Leahy '14 had a double, and Megan Hand '14 threw someone out at second base while playing catcher. Awesome! Many thanks to the cheering line of lacrosse players!

Used Textbook Sale - Thursday, May 24

The Used Textbook Sale is here!

Thursday, May 24 - Last Day of School
10:30 a.m.
Commons (sunshine) or Library (rain)

This is York's only used textbook sale.
Now is the time to buy or sell used textbooks!

Check-in:

**Preferred Times**

Mon May 21, Tues May 22, and Wed May 23
8:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.
Main Office

• We strongly encourage all student book sellers to check in their books by Wed. May 23.
  
• You must fill out your index cards and post-it notes before leaving your books.
• Each book must have a post-it note on the inside front cover and each student must have one index card with a list of all the books he/she is selling.
• Please bring paper grocery bags to share.
  
  Post-it Notes should include:
  Book Title / Course name
  Seller's Name & Phone #
  Price $$
  Donate or Pick up (if your book does not sell, please indicate if you would like to pick it up or donate it to York.)
  
  Index Cards should include
  Seller's Name & Phone #
  A numbered list of all books being sold and their prices
  Name of person picking up money/books at end of sale
  
  
• See samples under "Examples" section below
  

Thursday, May 24
7:30 a.m.—8:30 a.m. (Sellers) before the awards assembly

• You must fill out your index cards and post-it notes before leaving your books.
• See directions for post-it notes and index cards above & samples below.
• No sales prior to 10:30 a.m.

Textbook Sale: 

Thursday, May 24
10:30 a.m.—1:30 p.m. (Buyers)

• No sales prior to 10:30 a.m. 
• Please bring cash if possible. Checks should be written to York School.
  No credit cards or IOUs accepted.

Examples:

Post-it Sample (Inside cover of each book)

 

Index Card Sample
(List of all books placed for sale-one index card per student)

Important Note:

Unsold books that you want to pick up must be collected by 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 24.  Any books remaining unclaimed become the property of the school and will be sold over the summer to support financial aid.

Another win for York Lacrosse!!

With no rest after yesterday’s victory over PCS, the Falcons again hit the road to travel to Carmel Valley and face the #1 seeded team, who hadn’t played a game since last Friday night. With their lead scorer (Gordon Chesebro '13) from yesterday's game slowed due to a knee injury, the remaining bruised but proud Falcons knew they would have to step up their game to beat the 11-1 Padres. Michael Cho '12 scored the only goal of the first period off a great feed from Jack Yost '14 and then on almost instant reply, this same duo scored the second goal of the game midway through the second period. The stellar York defense, anchored by the trio of Ki Martella '13, Scott Pirkle '14, and Matthew Lindley '12, gave up only one goal in the first period and at halftime it was 2-1, York. The Carmel team was trying a different strategy and saving their ‘ace players’ in case they were needed, so after Chesebro scored midway through the 3rd period to put York up 3-1, the ‘fresh and rested aces’ came on the field. The York defense was going to have nothing to do with this ‘sneak attack.’  With their best performance of the year, the defense stripped and blocked and pushed the Carmel offense around the field, refusing to give them a clean shot at their goalie Collin McDonald '12 who had eight saves in the game. The Padres scored once in the third quarter to bring the game within reach at 3-2. York pulled away again in the fourth with a fantastic feed from Cedric Coly '14 to Ryan Galloway '14 whose lightning speed continued to pump up his teammates. Carmel thought they might get back in the game with their only fourth quarter goal but less than two minutes later, Galloway’s speed drew too many defenders which freed up Nick Newman '14 for a flip shot into the Carmel goal to put the game at 5-3 and out of reach for the Padres who scrambled around the last two minutes of the game but never got close enough to the goal to be a serious threat. In a physical game where the Falcons refused to be pushed around, tough performances were put in by Aidan Glina '15, Kevin Ng '15, and Sam Gumberg '14.

Break 5.10.12

MTAL Victory for York Lacrosse!

The 5th seeded York Lacrosse team traveled to play #4 seed PCS in Santa Cruz yesterday and proudly walked away with their first ever victory in an MTAL Lacrosse Tournament. Down 2-0 in the first quarter, Nick Newman '14 put the Falcons on the board with a great feed from Gordon Chesebro '13and the first quarter ended 2-1, PCS. In the next quarter, York tied the game when Andrew Kihs '14 scored off an assist from Jack Yost '14. PCS answered with three straight goals and jumped ahead 5-2 with less than a minute to play in the half when Chesebro took matters in his own hand  and scored two unassisted goals within eight seconds of each other during the waning seconds of the half. The score stood at 5-4, PCS. In the 3rd quarter, PCS again stretched their lead to three goals when Yost scored off an assist from Ryan Galloway '14 and 30 seconds later, Chesebro scored his third goal of the game!  After three quarters, the score was 7-6, PCS. York owned the fourth quarter when the defensive trio of Mathew Lindley '12, Ki Martella '13, and Scott Pirkle '14 continued to deny any clean shots by the Cougars and stole the ball over eight times as PCS tried to clear the ball from their backfield. After unassisted goals by Chesebro (his fourth) and Michael Cho '12 the Falcons were ahead 8-7, PCS took advantage of a man up situation and slipped one last goal by Collin McDowell '12(six saves) to tie the game 8-8 with just over three minutes left in the game. York returned the man up goal a minute later as Chesebro scored his fifth goal of the game off a great assist from Kihs. The stellar York defense then held off the frantic PCS offense the last two minutes to secure the win and mobbed their goalie in celebration! Final score 9-8, York! Outstanding individual efforts were also contributed by Sam Gumberg '14, Cameron Johnson '14, Cedric Coly '14, and Aidan Glina '15 – a great looking future for York Lacrosse! The Falcons travel to Carmel tomorrow to face the #1 seed.

Break 5.7.12

Frosh/Soph meet at Soledad

Friday's Frosh Soph track meet at Soledad.  

 

Break 5.3.12

A huge sigh of relief from the Class of 2012

Decisions, decisions. . . this week members of the Class of 2012 committed to a college. Confident in their decisions and relieved to have the process behind them, class members donned their college sweatshirts and turned their focus to the last two hurdles between them and graduation--AP exams and finals. Congratulations one and all!

Auction Success 2012

The York Auction Gala raised $208,183. Of that amount, $91,000 will go towards enhancing York’s Gatanaga Theatre.  This funding will provide items identified by faculty as crucial to the theatre experience at York for both the students and the audience.

Thanks are due to everyone who attended the event, purchased auction items or Best of Live tickets, donated auction items, volunteered, and/or raised their paddles to make a donation that evening.  A special thanks to the following individuals and businesses, whose support was instrumental to our success:

PLATINUM SPONSOR

Corie and Fane Opperman

GOLD SPONSORS

Olga and Joe San Miguel
Union Bank
Ventana Vineyards

SILVER SPONSORS

1st Capital Bank
Chris Campbell and Bud Smith
HGHB Architects
Ottone, Leach, Olsen & Ray LLP
Edwin Ryu ’69 and Julie Satake Ryu
Nicholas Sturch

RECEPTION AND DINNER WINES

Ventana Vineyards

MASTER OF CEREMONIES

Joe Heston, KSBW and Central Coast ABC

AUCTIONEER

Dan Green, KSBW and Central Coast ABC

SPECIAL THANKS TO

Peggy Downes Baskin and Jack Baskin
KSBW and Central Coast ABC
Marich Confectionary Company
Monterey Peninsula Country Club

Steering Committee:

Marcia Pompan, Gala Chair
Marilyn Calciano, Gala Chair

Committee Members:

Melanie Allen
Hope Griffin-Ortiz
Brian Hein
Erin Lichens
Irma Magdayao
Grace Nola
Deborah Rich, Volunteer Coordinator
Mayola Rodriguez
Albert Tao
Janet Wilson

Auction Volunteers:

Melanie Allen
Andrea Alexander ‘14
Betsy Anderson-Theaker
Liv Antoncich
Bryce Bartl-Geller ‘13
Daniel Bean ‘07
Lisa Bennett
Maria Caradonna
Christopher Calciano ‘14
April Canto
Andi Canto ‘15
Ann Marie Carrothers ‘12
Christina Cobb ‘13
Evan Coleman ‘14
Cedric Coly ‘14
Eloise Coly ‘16
Anna Dudney ‘05
Debbie Eaton
Marisa Fernandez ‘13
Courtney Ferrante
Warren Finch
Gretchen Fuentes
Leslie Galloway
Ellen Gaucher
Paul Gaucher
Rachel Gaudoin
Dan Green, KSBW and Central Coast ABC
Hope Griffin-Ortiz
Sam Griffin-Ortiz ‘14
Quinton Grounds ‘13
Brian Hein
Joe Heston, KSBW and Central Coast ABC
Diana Huang
Mary Joplin ‘14
Jeanette Kihs
June Klein
Haley Lane ‘12
Erin Lichens
Irma Magdayao
Susel Mata ‘13
Mollie Mustoe ‘13
Amy Ng ‘13
Natasha Nogueira ‘13
Grace Nola
Alex Ody ‘12
Katy Ohsiek ‘14
Maria Silva-Paci
Analynn Patterson
David Patterson
Thu-An Pham ‘13
Caitlin Raines ‘13
James Raines
Ottie Raines
Todd Reeves
Deborah Rich
Mayola Rodriguez
Kendall Ronzano ‘13
Jordan Sandel ‘07
Yvette Satchell
Alex Scott ‘12
Catha Smith
Albert Tao
Jan Wagstaff
Janet Wilson
Connie Yost
Anné Young

Hooray for Fine Arts Weekend!

Congratulations to our stupendous Fine Arts Department for their efforts and accomplishments this past weekend! Bravo to Jan Wagstaff and Gerard Martin for putting together another gorgeous gallery of the visual arts; to Rob Klevan for that smokin' Jazz set; to Don Dally for the sweetness and strength of the band, borchestra, and orchestra (as well as playing along on several instruments); to Murray Walker for both bringing back the Musica Maorium and leading the choir and chamber choir through a spirited repertoire; and Barbara Rees for facilitating a humorous and thought-provoking set of one acts.

Last, but not least, to all our amazing York students for their participation, their drive, and their talent in sharing just a few of their innate gifts with us and the community.

Take a look at the talent featured at this event in the program below.

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Great year for York Lacrosse!

The RLS Pirates came to York on Wednesday May second prepared to dominate the Falcons and were rudely surprised by a stellar defense that had no interest in being walked on. Playing a zone defense that baffled the Pirates, York only allowed two goals in the first half and thanks to a goal from Gordon Chesebro '13, the halftime score was 2-1. Embodying a warrior mentality, the Falcons fought a tough physical second half that will leave a few bruises to boast about in the weeks ahead. Kudo’s to senior defenseman Matthew Lindly who played probably the best game of his high school career. A fitting way to end his last regular game as a Falcon. Not to be outdone were fellow seniors Michael Cho, who scored the second goal for York as the game clock expired, and goalie Collin McDowell who had 10 saves and played his best game ever. All the Falcons, and especially these seniors, had every reason to hold their heads high when they walked off the field, some for their last time. While the 7-2 score does not show what really happened during the game, it did leave the Falcons with a 5-7 record for 2012. The team made HUGE progress this year as they improved on offense by raising their scoring average per game from 3.5 goals to 7 and on defense made AMAZING progress by holding their opponents to an average of 7.16 goals per game versus 12 per game in 2011. The future looks very good for the Falcons. Next up is the MTAL tournament which will start next Tuesday with a trip to PCS.

Golf season finale at Quail Lodge

Wednesday, the York golf team played in the MTAL season finale tournament at Quail Lodge

Team Results:

1 RLS

2 Carmel

3 King City

4 PG

5 York

6 Trinity Christian

7 Anzar

Individual Results:

1 Henry Dahlen | 87

2 Jared Clark | 90

3 Will Ramsay | 90

4 Sara Cho | 96

5 Reinel Nocon | 112

6 Jackson Greer | 122

Congratulations to Henry Dahlen '12 for qualifying for the first round of CCS as an individual. (Henry had the lowest score of the three individual qualifiers).

AP Exams 2012

PLEASE review this link for general exam information.

Morning exam arrival time - 7:30 a.m.
Afternoon exam arrival time - 11:30 a.m.

Monday, May 7 (E Day) 
Morning Exams - Chemistry (Gym) and Environmental Science (Music Room)
Afternoon Exam - Psychology (Gym)

Tuesday, May 8 (F Day)
Morning Exam - Spanish Language (Music Room & Room 24)

Wednesday, May 9 (G Day)
Morning Exams - Calculus AB and Calculus BC (Gym)
Afternoon Exam - Chinese Language and Culture (Library)

Thursday, May 10 (A Day)
Morning Exam - English Literature and Composition (Gym)
Afternoon Exam - Latin: Vergil (Gym)

Friday, May 11 (B Day)
Morning Exam - United States History (Gym)
**Studio Art Portfolios due by noon** 

Monday, May 14 (C Day)
Morning Exam - Music Theory (Music Room)
Afternoon Exams -  Physics C: Mechanics (Gym) and Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism (Gym)

Tuesday, May 15 (D Day)
Morning Exam - United States Government and Politics (Gym)
Afternoon Exam - French Language (Music Room) 

From the Parent/Student Handbook 2011-2012, Academic Matters, pg. 20:
• Students taking AP exams are excused from attending morning classes before an afternoon exam or afternoon classes following a morning exam. We recommend, however, that students attend AP classes that will be reviewing for subsequent exams.
• Students taking AP exams who opt to miss morning classes must phone the Main Office to report their absence. They must sign in at the Main Office on their arrival at School. Students leaving campus following a morning AP exam must sign out in the Main Office prior to departing.
• Students who have taken a morning AP exam and plan to participate in an afternoon extracurricular are expected to attend afternoon classes.

Questions?
If you have questions regarding AP Exams, please contact
Jacob Hudis, AP Coordinator, jhudis@york.org
Rachel Gaudoin, Registrar, rachel@york.org or
Sean Raymond, Academic Dean, sraymond@york.org

Break 5.1.12

Meeting Minutes from YP Meeting - 4.18.12

The York Parents Meeting on Wednesday, April 18 featured a York Strategic Plan Update as well as a Book Talk.  Randall Charles, Board Chair, presented the latest draft of the Strategic Plan. The goal of this plan is “to advance the mission of York in a financially responsible manner.” The board identified six components that are essential elements of York’s operations and then identified implementation of each component.  They view this as a living document to be revisited annually and revised as necessary.  The final plan should be approved and published by the end of May.

Additionally, Sean Raymond, Academic Dean, gave a presentation on the Community Read, Hamlet’s Blackberry. This book presents an historical prospective of the technological advances of today by examining the junctures of technological advances throughout history.  The emphasis is to find balance conscientiously. Skills to support and develop the digital experience include filtering, analyzing, and synthesizing; focused contemplation and deep thinking; navigating data; toggling tasks; attention allocation and mindfulness; and networking across the globe.  In addition, York strives to cultivate the six C’s:  creativity, communication, collaboration, cosmopolitanism, critical thinking, and character. The presentation included visits to many websites containing information that spoke to these issues. For a list of these links, please email sraymond@york.org.

Todd Reeves, York Parent President, reminded parents to check the website calendar for end of the year events! 

Notes provide by Brenda Cushing.

Boys Tennis Individual results

In the individual boy's tennis tournament held at Salinas High on Wednesday and Thursday, Ben Scott '14 and Ryan Katz '12 each won two rounds in singles. Both were stopped in the quarter-finals but had a great tournament. Senior's Aaron Shi and Alex Oh lost in the first round of doubles while Josh Pompan '14 was unable to play due to a conflict in schedule with a Level II National Tournament.

The team awards were:

M.V.P. | Josh Pompan

Most Inspirational | Ryan Katz

Most Improved | Aaron Shi

Coaches | Roth Ehnisz and Alex Oh

Rookies of the Year | Matt Hein and Noah James 

Our final record was 10-5, placing us third out of 12 teams in the TCAL/MTAL Equity League.

York Lacrosse vs PCS

On Monday at PCS, the Falcons opponents scored five times in the first seven minutes before the defense switched to a zone defense and PCS was baffled for the last three quarters of the game as York out scored them 8-5. In a very exciting game, the Falcons clawed their way to an 8-8 tie with three seconds left in the 3rd quarter. In what is normally the Falcons favorite quarter, the fourth, PCS was able to wrestle the ball into the net two more times as York tried to hang on and complete their comeback. On paper, the Falcons looked great, out shooting PCS 30 to 16, dominating the ball control, and winning 16 of the 21 face-offs thanks to an outstanding effort by junior Gordon Cheesebro, who also had three goals.  Michael Cho '12 had three goals and two assists while Andrew Kihs '14 had the remaining two goals andone assist leaving us with a final score of 10-8 PCS. The Falcons have one last game this season on Wednesday, May 2nd. This is a critical home game for the Falcons as they face Stevenson where a win will give York a .500 season record and will lock in 4th place for the Falcons AND secure home field for their first MTAL tournament game next Tuesday, May 8th, most likely against PCS.