Thursday, February 8, 2018

STUDENT NEWS

There is a mandatory Model UN meeting this Friday, February 9th. Fundraising orders and money are due and final counts for the spring conference will be made at this meeting. If you plan to participate in the spring conference, you MUST come to the meeting or make arrangements with Ms. Weiland in B129. 

On Friday the Ram’s bowling team took on their crosstown rivals Hempstead for the City Title.  The Varsity Men, led by Logan Oberfoell with a 464, took it all the way into the last game to win 3053 to 3015 to take the City Title this year.  A special shout out to Jarred Lattner for his 267.  The Varsity Women, led by Alexis Scheffert with a 393, also led the ladies to the last game to win the Title 2467 to 2411.  The JV men, led by Jacob Bakey with a 403, fought hard but come up short.  The JV Women remain undefeated, led by Lauren Kass with a 330, won convincingly 2144 to 2038.  The Rams have two more meets before heading to districts on the 13^th.  Way to go Rams!!

Congratulations to the Dubuque Senior Speech team on qualifying 21 entries for the All-State Large Group Festival at Iowa State University in Ames on February 17th.  The team also earned the E. Wayne Cooley Sweepstakes Trophy for being the team with the most nominations in the state making them State Champions for 2018.  Way to go Rams!

Renaissance Dunkin’ Donut! Congratulations to:

Beck, Austin	12
Hoffmann, Morgan	12
Schlichte, Kelsey	12
Farnum, Holli	11
Moore, Chantal	11
Capesius, Rylee	10
Medinger, Brock	10
Wernimont, Walker	10
Howes, Julia	9
Preston, Hunter	9

  

Please stop in the AP office to pick up your Dunkin’ Donut card!

Renaissance Little Caesar’s Pizza for the month of February! Congratulations to:

Bennett, SerJon	12
Hayes, Emma	11
McClain, Morgan	9

Please stop in the AP office to pick up your Little Caesar’s Pizza card!

Do you like science? Do you like to do labs? Are you competitive? If so you should consider joining Dubuque Senior’s Chemistry Olympics club. See Mr. Gates in room B242 to express your interest and to get more information.”

The Gay Straight Alliance will meet in E45 TODAY, at 7:05. We will be talking more about our fundraising plan and spending time with friends. Please join us!

Upper Room would like to invite all students to come find how valuable they really are.  A guest speaker will be coming February 22nd to talk about each person’s value.  Come after school on February 22^nd at 2:30 to B141 (Mr. Hansen’s Room). 

Staff and Students:  The yellow recycling bins in the classrooms are just for paper, plastic, and cardboard.  The RAM recyclers are finding a lot of other garbage in the bins like tissues, food, paper towels, and gum.  Please be respective and throw these items in the garbage.   

 COUNSELORS OFFICE

Students, did you know the Academic Resource Center is now open? Tutoring is now available from 7 am to 3 pm Monday thru Thursday in A318. See your teachers for the full schedule of availability.

New part-time employment opportunities- Little Treasures Preschool is hiring- no weekends or night hours.  Sunset Park Place is hiring for Dietary Aides – great hours.  Grand Harbor is hiring for all positions.  If interested stop in Guidance. 

Attention SENIORS:

This year’s Senior High Awards Assembly will be on Monday May 14^th, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the Senior High Auditorium.  We have a variety of scholarships (Memorial, Community/School, and Specific College Sponsored) that are available for our Senior High graduating students. 

Applications are available, If you are interested in applying for these scholarship monies, please come to The School Counseling Office and give our secretary, Mrs. Pfab, your name and email address.  Mrs. Lawrence will then send you the electronic application to complete.

ACTIVITIES

Girl’s Track:   Attention girls interested in Track and Field: There will be an organizational meeting TODAY right after school in D167. If you cannot make it, please stop by D167 to pick up information.

There will be a Women’s Tennis Pre-Season meeting on Thursday, February 13^th @ 2:30 pm in Room B140.

There will be a Men’s Tennis Player/Parent Meeting on Monday, February 26^th @ 6:00 pm in the Cafeteria.

Are you interested in being a RAM CHEERLEADER?  If so, please stop by the Activities Office for some important information regarding tryouts.  There will be a Mandatory Meeting for all students interested in trying out on Thursday, March 15^th.  

Attention all athletes!  Sign up for Spring Sports is going on NOW!  If you are interested in any of the following sports, make sure you stop by the Activities Office to get signed up:  Men’s/Women’s Track, Women’s Golf, Men’s/Women’s Tennis, Men’s Soccer, and Women’s Soccer.

Men’s/Women’s Track begins on February 12^th, so make sure you get signed up soon!

COLLEGE VISITS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY IN THE COUNSELORS OFFICE

         

February 27^th                          12:45 p.m.               Truman State