School News
Friday, March 12, 2010
Yearbook staff members should go to the IMC on Monday and Tuesday during lunch for design meetings. Also, if anyone has photos to contribute to the book, please see Mrs. Hanley.
Detention today is in Room 215 with Mr. Evans.
On Monday, there will be a full cast meeting of Androcles and the Lion. All members of the cast should report to Ms. Wojcik’s room at 3pm. If you will not be able to make the meeting, please let Ms. Wojcik know in advance.
If any student or teacher is interested in joining the March of Dimes walk, please see Ms. Natalini in the Nurse’s office on Wednesday. When you walk in March for Babies, you give hope to the more than half a million babies born too soon each year. The money you raise supports programs in your community that help moms have healthy, full-term pregnancies. And it funds research to find answers to the problems that threaten our babies. We’ve been walking since 1970 and have raised an incredible $1.8 billion to benefit all babies. The March of Dimes spends 76¢ of every dollar you raise in March for Babies on our mission.
Stop by Ms. Thacker’s room to pick up the next book club selection, Paper Towns. We will meet next Wednesday, March 17th, in room 236 to discuss the book and of course celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
Anybody who’s interested in playing soccer of track and has already participated in Basketball still needs to see Mr. Katz or Mr. Wagnehoffer to fill out one Re-certification form – Section 5. You can not participate without it.
College for Teens – Philadelphia Martin Luther King, Jr. Association for Nonviolence, Inc. announces its College for Teens 2010-2011 program. New session starts June 28, 2010. Program components include: S.U.C.C.E.S Program (Summer College Campus Residency and Day Programs); Educational Ambassadors of Nonviolence Club, MCLS Program (The mentoring/career development and life skills component of the College for Teens program); AASTEP Program (After-School Program). The program focuses on core curriculum subjects (English, math, science, etc) for the coming year plus: computers, international week, carer development, preparation for college and much more. For applications and sponsorship information see Ms. Senner in Room 147. The program is open to entering grades 7-12 in the fall of 2010.
10th Grade Students – Dual Enrollment for Summer II session. Are you interested in earning college credits? Current 10th grade students with a GPA of 2.5 or better and less than 18 absences for the year are eligible to enroll for a college course at Community College of Philadelphia, 17th & Spring Garden Streets. If you are interested, you will need to fill out two applications which you can get from Ms. Senner in Room 147.
Community College of Philadelphia is sponsoring two 1-week duration science summer camps from July 12 through July 16, 2010 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The camp will focus on Engineering as applied to solving real world problems and the other on Forensics from the perspectives of both Biology and Chemistry. Each camp is free and each will be open to 20 registrants. The Engineering camp can accept both male and female students; the Forensics camp is restricted to only females. See Ms. Senner in Room 147 for an application.
2010 Annual College Fair – Saturday, April 10, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church, 2800 W. Cheltenham Avenue. The Fair features the following: How to Pay for College Workshops – preseted by: PHEAA, the primary college funding agency in Pennsylvania (from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.) and The HBCU (Historically Black College & University) Experience Workshops (11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.) The workshop is sponsored by State Representative Cherelle L. Parker. Admissions officers from various colleges will be on site.
Summer pre-college courses for students in grades 9-12 are available this summer. Check these out: 1. The programs are affordable because they partner with host schools. $699 Day, $1199 Residential – $100 off if enrolled by March 15th 2. Locations at four tier 1 colleges in MA, PA, SC and Indiana 4. The colleges have partnered with Blueprint. Blueprint has a stamp of approval from each college’s president on their site and many faculty are involved. 5. A new take on college prep – real talks with admissions counselors, no stress and laid back Here are the colleges with the course offerings: Coker College – Graphic Design, Criminology, Psychology, Creative Writing, Game Design, Business and Entrepreneurship Stonehill College – Business and Entrepreneurship, Creative Writing, Cinema, Climate and Global Studies, Public Policy Making, Catholic Studies Susquehanna University – Advertising and Public Relations, Intro to Acting, Ecosystems: Rivers, Creeks and Streams, Intro to Graphic Design, Intro to Journalism, Social Psychology Wabash College – Creative Writing, Electronic Music and Circuit Bending, Experimental Physics, Life and Death – Ethics and Law, Persuasive Communication, Pharmaceutical Development, Revolutions, Social Psychology, Spanish Culture and Tradition Any questions see Ms. Senner in Room 147
The University of Pennsylvania is holding a 2010 Summer Mentorship Program from July 7th – August 4, 2010. The program is open to 10th and 11th grade students. Each selected participant will receive tokens for travel to and from Penn each day of the program, free lunch and a $400 stipend at the end of the program. The program is open to students currently enrolled in 10th or 11th grade and they get the opportunity to learn about college and careers in multiple fields. Students will spend four weeks attending a program on the Penn campus. Programs include: Dental Medicine, Engineering/I.T, Law, Medicine, Nursing. Interested? For more information and the SMP application go to: www.vpul.upenn.edu/aap or see Ms. Senner in Room 147. Deadline for applications is April 9, 2010.
