It’s important to give students a chance to interact outside of the classroom and extracurricular activities and organizations are a great way to do that. Henry Abbott Technical High School has a wide range of options including everything from Student Council and National Honor Society to Chess Club and Yearbook.
Current Clubs and Activities
Come learn and play chess, no experience necessary. We are forming a team to send to the CTECS chess tournament in June. The team meets Thursdays after school. Other gamers are welcome to come and play Risk, Scrabble, Munchkin, Yu-Gi-Oh and Magik.
The Leo Club is a community service club. We meet the first and third Thursday of every month during the school year, where we plan fundraisers and community service Projects. A liaison from the Lion’s Club attends our meetings. Our goal is to complete one project per month.
Calendar and Paperwork via Google Drive
Advisors
Mrs. Markiewicz
Lion Ernie Harrington – Danbury Lion’s Club Liaison and Leo Advisor
Lion Lisa Cerbone-Montalto – Leo Advisor from Danbury Lions Club
Awards
2024 Leo Club Awards
The following students were honored at the Abbott Tech Leo Club final meeting on June 6, 2024.
- “Changing The World” award (for changing the club for the better) – Shane Schirmer, senior
- Most Leo Service hours 2024 – Angel Rojas, junior
- Lions Young Leaders in Service, 100 hours – Vincent Zhang, senior
- Lions Young Leaders in Service, 50 hours – Angel Rojas and Raengel Garcia, juniors
- 30 or more Leo Club service hours – Shane Schirmer, senior; Aidan Maldonado, junior; Austin Machado, freshman.
- The following seniors were active this year and received an honor cord for graduation: Kathleen Collinge, Briana Costa, Anjel Granados, Samiat Hoo, Axel Javier, Roosevelt Leon, Nicole Lima, Renata Quizpi, Shane Schirmer, Britney Vasquez. Kelly Yunga, and Vincent Zhang.
- Katie Collinge was one of the recipients of a Danbury Lions Club Scholarship.
- The Abbott Tech Leo Club presented their advisor, Lion Sally Markiewicz, with a Melvin Jones Fellow Award, which is a great honor.
Regulus Award
Three Abbott Tech Leos were presented with “The Regulus Award.”
The award states, “As Regulus is the brightest object in the Constellation Leo, we recognize your brilliant leadership and service, above and beyond to Leos and our community.” A Lions Club must recognize the Leos for their outstanding service.
Leos Kelly, Hugo, and Angel volunteered with the Danbury Lions at a Community Health Fair over the summer. Their kind leadership and translating skills caused visitors to be comfortable and accept the services of the health professionals at the event.
Projects
- Loaves and Fishes (of New Milford) – We make 24 lunches for the homeless the second Tuesday of every month.
- Harvest Pack (2 yrs)
- Setting up for the Danbury Friends’ book fair (3 years)
- Bake sales to support Loaves & Fishes
- Relay for Life (7 years)
- Clean City Danbury
- Leo Day at the Lions’ Midwinter Convention
- Ringing the Salvation Army bell with the Danbury Lions’ Club
- Gift Wrapping for Habitat for Humanity (4 years)
- Ben’s Bells
The National Honor Society is an organization promoting recognition for students with outstanding accomplishments in the areas of scholarship, character, leadership and service.
The National Honor Society (NHS) is the nation’s premier organization established to recognize outstanding high school students. More than just an honor roll, NHS serves to honor those students who have demonstrated excellence in the areas of Scholarship, Leadership, Service, and Character.
Students are selected for membership by majority vote of an anonymous five-member principal-appointed faculty council, which bestows this honor upon qualified students on behalf of the faculty of our school. Students in grade 11 are eligible for membership after the close of the second marking period and students in grade 12 are eligible for membership after the close of the fourth marking period of junior year. For the scholarship criterion, a student must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 95.000. Based on the timeframe indicated, those students who meet this criterion are invited to complete an application that provides the faculty council with information regarding the candidate’s leadership and service.
To evaluate a candidate’s character, the faculty council uses two forms of input. First, school disciplinary logs/records are reviewed. Second, members of the faculty are solicited for input regarding their professional reflections on a candidate’s character and leadership. Any solicited faculty input and all completed student applications are carefully reviewed by the faculty council to determine membership. A majority vote of the council is necessary for selection.
A formal induction ceremony is held at the school to recognize all the newly selected members. New members are required to maintain the same level of performance (or better) in all four criteria that led to their selection. Members are expected to attend scheduled meetings, perform a minimum of 30 hours of individual community service, participate in and/or execute group projects and fundraisers. Failure to uphold the NHS pillars of Scholarship, Leadership, Service, Character and member responsibilities may result in dismissal from the organization. There is a $25 membership fee to cover induction ceremony and graduation NHS materials. Students are also required to purchase an NHS t-shirt, which would cost an additional $15.
Advisor
2025-26 Officers
President – Jocelyn Chacon
Vice President – Chloe Denton
Secretaries – Angie Guzman
Treasurers – Keylee Chapa
Parliamentarian –
Historian –
Come use your club time to practice and prepare for the SkillsUSA competition. Interested in competing in Skills for the first time? Check out www.skillsusa.org/ct.
SkillsUSA is a dynamic student club that enables students to compete in their given trade areas against students from other technical high schools. Competition starts at the local level in yearly meets. Students who finish first in their areas can go on to the national competition. Come use your club time to practice and prepare for the SkillsUSA competition.
Advisor
Mr. Longo
For instructions and password, please speak with Mr. Kastelein or your trade teacher.
All students planning on competing in a trade contest for SkillsUSA must first qualify with this assessment! Even though we will be allowing one per school in all trade area. The scores will be used in the contest so ALL trade competitors must take the exams. You have until 2pm Thursday, January 31 to complete your exam.
Please note that students should NOT be using any Resources for the test. This means NO calculators, notebooks, textbooks etc.
SkillsUSA practice tests are only available in December. Click on the online practice exam. Password: skillsusa (all lowercase)
The Student Council represents the voice of the students in the democratic management of student affairs at Henry Abbott Technical High School. It is the organization through which the administration, faculty and staff as well as the student body cooperate in addressing the concerns of the school.
Advisor
2025-26 Officers
President: Omari Morgan (12th), Nashla Giron (11th)
Vice President: Joycelyn Chacon (12th), Emily Geronimo (11th)
Secretary: Miley Chabla (12th), Kelly Pelaez (11th)
Treasurers: Kimberly Marquez (11th)
Executive Members: Delaney Tonner (12th), Jah’Yannah Barnes (11th)
School Photo Information
Sports photos and the senior class photo are available for purchase from the legacy website. Click on the link and then on sports and events, use code: 3502E22 to enter the site
