Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Thursday, February 16, 2012

CONGRATULATIONS: Congratulations to Tina Chen and Jacob Butlett for their excellence in writing! The Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, a very prestigious writing contest, has awarded Tina an honorable mention for her poetry. Jacob earned a Gold Key for his short story, Dark Malice. Jacob will continue on to the national level and compete with students from across the country.

RENAISSANCE: Stop in the Intervention Room, A201 D lunch, before or after school to have your Renaissance card stamped. Red and Blue Renaissance get t-shirts.

MENS TENNIS: There will be a meeting for all men that want to go out for tennis, Thursday February 23, at 2:30pm in the cafeteria.

ONLINE REGISTRATION: Online registration through PowerSchool for 2012-2013 course requests is now open. Please complete this before Friday. If you need your username and password, ask your 5th period teacher.

NICC DRIVER EDUCATION:

March 19 - May 10, 2012
6:00-7:30am

March 19 - May 10, 2012
2:40-4:40pm

GRADUATION COMMITTEE MEETING: There will be a graduation committee meeting in the back of Guidance during D study time TODAY. We will be discussing graduation speakers.

REMINDER FOR SENIORS: The scholarship applications are due back to guidance on Friday, February 17th to be eligible to receive scholarships at our year end awards assembly. If you haven't picked one up yet---There is still time to do that!! Please stop in today to pick up your application!!

COLLEGE VISITS:

February 22 - Western Illinois Univ. – 12:45 p.m.
February 23 – Aveda Institue – 10:15 a.m.

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS: If you have a student who has contributed to the community in a meaningful way by performing volunteer services that helped non-family members, you might want to consider nominating them for the Kohl's Care's Scholarship Program. The volunteer activity must have occurred within the last 12 months (March 16, 2011 – March 15, 2012). Financial need or academic performance will not be considered in the review and selection of winners. To check out more information about the nomination process, go to https://www.act.org/kohls/.

IFLURTZ: IFLURTZ will be sold Feb. 13-17th. IFLURTZ can be purchased for $2.00 and will be sold in the Student Council Zone during all lunches. IFLURTZ tell you who your best match is here at Senior High School!