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NORWELL HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTERS
Minutes from 4/1/08 Meeting             

A motion was made to accept the March minutes as written; seconded and approved.
Jean Hoffman read the treasurer’s report.  Motion was made to accept; seconded 
and approved.

Old Business
Men’s Night Out was a great success!  Thanks to Tom Miller and Chris Mazzeo for 
co-chairing this event.  Approximately 100 men attended the event which included 
NCAA basketball, live and silent auctions and food and drink.  

Technology Recycling Day will be held on Saturday April 26th from 9-2 in front 
of Sparrell School.  So - clear your garage, attic, basement… of unwanted 
computers, tvs and appliances and drop them off for only $15-$30/item.  The 
Boosters will receive 60% of the proceeds as opposed to last year’s take of 70%. 

The Boosters annual Golf Tournament will be held on Thursday May 8th at Widow’s 
Walk in Scituate.  If interested in playing, please contact Chip Ennis at 
chip17@comcast.net.  We also are still interested in obtaining items for the live and silent auction.  If you can help us out by donating 
something (tickets, vacation homes, services…), please contact us as soon as 
possible.

The Patriots basketball game will be held on Wednesday May 21st.  Phone calls to 
town residents are underway and tickets are going fast.  The Boosters will be 
running the concession stand that evening as well as selling 50/50 raffle tix.   
Please let us know if you can help.

New Business
This year’s Scholarship Selection Committee will be Tim Kane, Dave Scott and 
Katrina Johnston. They will meet soon to make their selections. 

Board members whose terms expire in June are Charlie Farinick, Ron Ghilardi, 
Mike Hertz and Tim Kane.  We will know by the May meeting who is returning and 
how many new board members we will need.

Athletic Director’s Report
Scott thanked Chris Mazzeo and Tom Miller for a very successful and fun Men’s 
Night Out.

A motion was made to adjourn; seconded and approved.

Respectfully submitted,
Cindy Helm

NORWELL HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTERS
Minutes from 3/11/08 Meeting

A motion was made to accept the February minutes as written; seconded and
approved.
The treasurer’s report was read.  Motion was made to accept; seconded and
approved.

Marybeth thanked both Joan Stravinsky and Patti Aizenstadt for their work
chairing the concession stand for the boys’ and girls’ basketball games this
winter.  Thanks to all who volunteered their time.

The donor recognition plaques will be done next month and installed down at the
snack shack.  These plaques will recognize those individuals who made major
contributions – either monetarily or with their time and talent – in helping to
reconstruct our concession stand down by the football field.

Gerry met with both Scott Paine and Matt Keegan to discuss the Sports Awards
Night. In the past Boosters had sponsored a night at the conclusion of each sports season to
recogni ze our student-athletes. A committee was formed to look into all options and it was voted to change that and also to reconsider junior jackets.  As a result, the awards night will be handled by the school and this year, there will be one Sports Award Night held on May 28th to honor
those athletes who have earned a varsity letter in any sport during the ’07-’08
academic year.The freshmen, sophs and juniors will receive the varsity letter(s) they have
earned this year.  Seniors will be recognized for all the sports they have
played during their high school years. 

Cindy DeBenedictis did some research on varsity jackets.  She brought samples of
two different styles to the meeting with pricing for each.  We decided that the
jacket with the wool sleeves and the appliqué lettering will be our varsity
jacket.  At the awards night on 5/28, an order form will be enclosed w i th each
varsity letter earned.  Jackets may be ordered at Rockland  Athletics, with the
financial responsibility up to each individual. 

The Spring Sports Teams Meetings will be mandatory for all student-athletes and
their parents and will be held on Tuesday April 1st at 7 pm.  There will be
a Boosters representative at each team meeting to talk about the fundraising responsibility of each team.  Our focus this spring is on the golf tourney and we need everyone’s help – either with the
donation of an auction item or being/getting a hole sponsor, playing in the
tourney or coming to the dinner and bidding on the auction items. 

Chip Ennis, co-chair of the Boosters golf tourney, emphasized that we need
people to step forward with donations of auction items.  Sports tickets, a
week/weekend at a vacation home and concert tickets are always sought after
items.  We need foursomes and people to w o rk at the registration table, the
hole-in-one hole and at Scituate CC setting up the silent auction items.  Please
offer to help in any way you can – we need everyone’s help to make this the most
successful golf tourney yet!

Men’s Night Out will be held at the Cushing Center on Thursday night March 27th
in conjunction with the NCAA basketball tourney.  There will be food and drink
and the auctioning off of a 50” HD flatscreen television.  Tickets are $50/person.

Technology Recycling Day will be held on Saturday April 26th.  If you have any
tvs, computers, monitors, printers…that you want to get rid of, this is your
chance.  For $10/item, you can have them recycled by bringing them up to the
Sparrell School between 8 am and noon.

The Patriots Basketball Game will be in the Norwell High School gym on Wednesday
May 21st.  The fundraising company has begun to make calls to Norwell residents
to se ll tickets to the game.  Last year, we made m ore than $10,000 at this same
event.

Athletic Director’s Report
Scott announced that the South Shore Principal’s Meet will be held at NHS on
Saturday May 24th with 15-20 towns competing.  We will need lots of help at this
event. Also, the All-League meet is scheduled for Wednesday May 21st.  Due to a
conflict with the Patriots basketball game that we already have scheduled for that date, Scott
has requested a change to Thursday 5/22.  If a date change is not possible, the
venue may have to change.

Motion was made to adjourn; seconded and approved.

Respectfully submitted,

Cindy Helm

NORWELL HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTERS
Minutes from 12/4/07 Meeting

Marybeth called the meeting to order.  A motion was made to accept the November 
minutes as written; seconded and approved.  The treasurer’s report was read; 
motion to accept m/s/a.

Marybeth reported that the Jacket, Letter, Awards subcommittee will meet again 
in January.

The winter sports meetings were held on Wednesday Nov. 28th and were poorly 
attended.  One of the reasons for meeting that night was to explain to parents 
the fundraisers that their sons/daughters sports teams were being asked to do.  
Marybeth will put out an email asking for help in manning the gates and 50/50 tables 
at the boys and girls basketball games.  The boys’ basketball team will hold a 
men’s night in March as their team’s fundraiser.

A.D.’s Report
Scott reported that the trainer’s room is finally done.  The unfortunate news is 
that our athletic trainer has had knee surgery and will not be working for a few 
months.Scott also reported that Norwell has been invited to join the Patriot League.  
There is also the possibility of a new league forming with some of our 
surrounding towns making travel costs much less than they are at this point.  
Matt Keegan and Scott will be looking at this further and talking with other 
schools.  No decision is imminent.


Marybeth Shea will be completing her term as president of Boosters in June, as 
will the rest of the board.  We are looking for some new blood to take over the 
reins for the next couple years. If interested in learning more about Boosters, 
please come to a meeting or call Marybeth.

Kevin Finneran filled us in on the latest developments with the turf field study 
committee.  This committee has presented a preliminary proposal to the CPC – 
Community Preservation Committee – asking them for $700,000 to go towards the 
building of a multi-use turf field in Norwell. The committee would then need to 
fundraise the remaining $200,000 needed to get the field built.  There will be a 
presentation on Thursday January 24th in the high school auditorium for anyone interested in learning more about 
this proposal.  Please come and support us.
This is so important for the sports teams in town, not only at Norwell High, but 
all the youth teams as well.  The study committee needs the approval of the CPC 
at this meeting to get the proposal put on the warrant for town meeting in the 
spring.The $700,000 that the committee is hoping to receive from the CPC is tax money 
that the CPC has already set aside.  It is available, but will need to be voted 
on.Please show your support for the turf field!

A motion was made to adjourn; seconded and approved.

Respectfully submitted,


Cindy Helm

Respectfully submitted,
Cindy Helm
 

NHS BOOSTERS
Minutes from 9/11/07 Meeting


Marybeth Shea introduced the Boosters officers and our school principal, Matt
Keegan.A motion was made to accept the June minutes as written; seconded and approved.Jean Hoffman read the treasurer’s report.  Marybeth explained that although we
have sufficient funds for the athletic programs this year, we need to raise
money a year in advance.  Motion was made to accept the treasurer’s report;
seconded and approved.

Corporate Sponsorships – A new fundraising venture this year has been to sell
corporate sponsorships.  Signs with the corporate name, logo, etc. will be
posted at the football/soccer fields, on the scoreboard and in the gymnasium. 
The cost is $1,000/year for a 3-1/2’ x 4’ sign (on the football stands) and
$5,000 for a big sign on the top of the football scoreboard.  The two in the gym
have already been sold for this year.  Sales are going well.  If interested,
contact Gerry Good @ gerrygood@comcast.net.

Homecoming – Gail Conley has agreed to chair this huge event once again, but would like as many helpers as she can get.  The theme for this year’s dance is music.
Volunteers are still needed for: coordinating the cars for the Homecoming court
at halftime of the football game, decorations for the dance, volunteers for
set-up all day on Saturday and breakdown after the dance (11 pm-midnight). 
Ticket price will change to $15.00 this year and tickets will be sold during
lunch Homecoming week.

Team Fundraising – Starting this year, each sports team must be responsible for
one fundraiser per year – with the proceeds going di rectly into the Boosters
treasury for our contribution to the athletic budget.  Specific fundraisers have
been assigned to each team.

Discussion followed regarding junior jackets, given each year by the Boosters,
the sports awards ceremonies held each season, individual teams’ banquets and
the excess of t-shirts and warm-ups ordered each season by individual teams. 
What standards should we set?  Now is the time to set new policies…. Gerry Good will chair a subcommittee to meet two weeks from tonight to discuss these issues and report back at our next meeting.

Matt Keegan announced that there will be a Leadership Summit held on Monday 10/8 –
Tuesday 10/9 for athletic captains, National Honor Society officers and Student
Govt. officers at Thompson Island.  They will also discuss the above issues and
report to us on their ideas.

A question was raised as to how much money is spent per sport and how it is
det e rmined. Our athletic budget is controlled by the Athletic Director, Scott Paine.  The
budgets differ/sport.  If you have any questions re: where is our money going,
athletic user fees, etc., please contact Scott in the athletic office. To see
the recommendations put forth by the Athletic Study Committee, go to
Norwellschools.org and click on Athletic Study Committee. 

Sovereign Bank has generously donated $5,000 to the NHS Boosters.  The
presentation of this check will be made at their new branch on Washington Street on Wed. 9/12 at 5 pm.

The Boosters are selling raffle tickets to the $10,000 raffle.  Only 200 tickets
will be sold at $100 each.  The drawing will be at halftime of the Homecoming
Football Game on 10/19. 

Concession stand prices have been raised slightly this year.   Our prices have
been consistently lower than most of the other schools and, this year, more than
e ve r, it’s time we make a little profit from all the hard work that is poured
into the snack shack.

Athletic Director’s Report
    
Scott announced he is need of an announcer at the football games.  Gerry Good
volunteered and will start on Friday night.  Progress is finally being made on the trainer’s room.  Once the walls are secured, the equipment will be moved in.
Scott thanked everyone who worked the opening fall sports barbecue!  It was
great to see so many new faces!   There will not be a Freshmen Summit this year.  It was just too expensive for some schools to travel here.

Motion was made to adjourn; seconded and approved.

Respectfully submitted,
Cindy Helm