GHS ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2016

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Reminder: TODAY starts ISTEP for 10^th grade students. We will start the day with SRT. This will occur on Tuesday and Thursday the next two weeks.

Reminder: It’s not too late to order your 2015-2016 yearbook. Purchase one now for $50 before the price goes up! Order online at Jostens.com.

The Career Center field trip has been rescheduled for Thursday.  We will leave at 9:20 a.m. and return by 11:45 a.m. Please meet at door M by 9:15 a.m. that day. Only students who turned in their permission slip and are on the list in Guidance can go. The bus is full, so we are not able to add anyone else to the trip.

Please stop by the commons during lunch if you are interested is speaking to the following:

• 3/1 Purdue PolyTech
• 3/8 Goshen College
• 3/15 Marines

Super Mileage Club will meet on the following dates: March 8^th and 22^nd. Times are 7-8:15 a.m. and/or 3:45-5:30 p.m.

Reminder: Merit on the Move runs from 3:45-5:45 p.m. every Wednesday and Thursday afternoon through May in the Apex Lab. If you signed up to take a class, but don’t show up, your spot may be given to another student. If you have any questions email Mr. Wolf.

Tickets for the spring musical “Mary Poppins” are now on sale in the choir office.  The tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students through high school age.  The seating is reserved so be sure to purchase your tickets with the people you plan to sit with at the show.  Show times are March 10^th, 11^th and 12^th at 7:00 p.m. and matinees/afternoon shows on the 12^th and 13^th at 2:00 p.m.  Plan now to attend and watch this great show full of fun music!  You will also see some tremendous “flying” affects.  For further information contact the choir office.

If you are interested in trying out for the girls softball team on Monday you need to have all of your paperwork completed before trying out.  Tryouts will take place from 4:00-6:00 p.m. in the warehouse.  If you have any questions please contact Coach Kulp.

IHSAA Student-Athlete Tip of the Week: Have you ever been leery or unsure of playing for a new coach? Coaching changes are very common in this day and age, and whether it’s moving on from the freshmen team to junior varsity to varsity, every athlete goes through this experience. How will you adjust? Sometimes you look forward to a change, and other times you will be apprehensive. Regardless, you have to prepare yourself to be ready, especially mentally ready. A quote from a newly appointed football coach in the SEC said it best. “The team is much more willing than I anticipated, much more eager than I expected, more unified than I ever imagined.” Change will be much smoother if you and your teammates are willing, eager, and unified! Can you help lead the way?

The Goshen Public Library doesn’t just lend books! We also offer FREE activities for young adults. Stop in on Thursdays after school from 4:00-6:00 p.m. to hang out, study, find an independent reading book, play a board game, color or just chillax at the teen café! We’ll also have hot chocolate and coffee. Our two NEW clubs are continuing in March! Weebz Anonymous, our manga club, meets first and third Wednesdays from 4:00-5:00 p.m. and Courageous Pages, our creative writing club, meets fourth Wednesdays from 4:00-6:00 p.m. in the teen area. Our regular monthly programming continues on Friday, March 11^th with our Nerd’s Night Out: International Iron Chef from 6:00-8:00 p.m. with a taste-test game, menu creation contest and cooking contest with prizes! Pages & Popcorn Club happens Thursday, March 17^th from 5:30-8:00 p.m. We’ll talk about the book Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials and watch the movie (rated PG-13).  Finally, our regular programming will conclude this month with the Crafty Bandits, which will meet up on Monday, March 28^th from 4:30-6:30 p.m. to have snacks and learn how to play with electricity to “hack” art and book cover prints to decorate the teen area. To sign up, or for more information about our programs, stop by the library or check out our GPL Teens webpage, Facebook or Twitter.

The Unified Track & Field and the Student Athletic Council will be sponsoring a “Spread the Word to End the Word” day on Thursday, March 11^th.  Students and staff, we invite you to be a fan of respect and join us in an ongoing campaign to stop the use of the R-word and pledge #Respect for everyone.  Over 500,000 people have pledged their support online since the campaign launched in 2009 and we hope you can join us by making your pledge to end the use of the R-word.  Please come by the commons before school or during lunch hours on the 11^th to sign the banner to symbolize your promise to help end the “R” word!  Visit www.R-word.org for more information on this national program and to make your pledge online!

Marine biology students are reminded that the first seminar is Monday, March 14^th from 7:00-9:00 p.m. in the media center. Your attendance is required at these seminars so please clear any conflicts that you might have. If you have questions see Mr. or Mrs. Weaver.

GYSO is looking for GHS soccer players to help coach this Spring. The season starts right after Spring Break and goes to the first week of June.  Your commitment level would be two evenings a week.  GYSO pays $100 dollars per team.  If you’re interested please sign up in the athletic office this week.

MEETINGS DURING SRT:

Today’s NHS meeting has been moved to the main gym.

On Thursday there will be a final meeting during the 2^nd session of SRT in the main gym for those students interested in being on the Unified Track & field team as a student partner.  All students are welcome, but winter and fall student-athletes not in a spring sport are prime candidates for this since they already have all of their paperwork completed.

Key Club will meet in the cafeteria on Thursday during the 2^nd session of SRT.  ALL KEY CLUB MEMBERS MUST ATTEND because we will take our club photo for the yearbook and hold elections.  Please wear your Key Club t-shirt.  Contact Mrs. Dillman at adillman@staff.goshenschools.org if you have any questions.

SPORTS SCORES:

IN SPORTS ACTION TODAY:

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