Today is Friday February 3, 2012
Word of the Day
The one hundred and sixth Word of the Day is mollify
(MAHL-uh-feye), v., which comes from Latin. It means to soften in feeling or temper, or
to mitigate or reduce. It is spelled
M-O-L-L-I-F-Y. To use it in a sentence,
you could say, “Her soothing words mollified the distraught toddler.”
Announcements
Today:
Last week was no name
calling week. The English department is sponsoring a poetry and
poster making contest related to this theme. Pick up entry forms in the
reading and writing lab. Enter your creative work for a chance to win an
iTunes gift card! Poems and posters are due today. –LS
Please remember to drop off your canned food Items for the “Souper Bowl of
Caring” today. You can leave your
donations by the school store. –KN
All Asian Culture Club
Members: We will be celebrating Chinese New Year by preparing food today
at 2:30 in the cooking room, 229. If you are on the list of students who
has not handed in their Random Drug Testing form, you must see Mrs. Ritchie
prior to the meeting on Friday. –JR
Student Council is participating with Aeropostale
stores in order to collect Jeans. The school collecting the most used but
wearable jeans will be awarded a $5000 prize, a party and a new pair of
jeans for each student. We have one more day to collect these jeans, which
will be turned over to homeless children in the United States. Many
schools are participating. Let’s show
them our generous spirit by winning this competition while supporting an
awesome charity. Collection bins will be
placed around the school. –KN
This Week:
The junior class will be selling candy and real roses for Valentine’s Day. Individual roses
are $3 and so are bags of candy, but we will run a special deal of one rose and
one bag of candy for $5. The sale will run through February 8th.
To make a purchase, please see any junior class officer or Mrs. Post or Miss
Handel. The junior class officers will also be selling the roses and candy
during lunch mods on Friday. Please know the Mods 1-2 class of the person you are purchasing for so that
cupid can deliver the items on Valentine’s Day morning! –AP
Future:
There
will be a regular meeting of the Language
Buddies on Monday, February 6 at 2:30 in Room 014. –CH
The next meeting of the Spanish
Club will be Monday, February 6th after school in room
224. We will be watching part 2 of “Goal” and upcoming activities will be
discussed. All members are welcome. –MK
The Dance Marathon will
be held on Friday 2/17. It is a half day of school; For a donation of $25
or more you can miss all of your classes while dancing and playing team
games in the gym. Learn line dances, have team events and just enjoy the
tropical spirit of the event. Wear your best beachwear, always abiding by
school dress code policy. Flip flops, Hawaiian shirts, shorts etc are
encouraged. Be part of the Luau to raise money for The Good Grief Organization.
Go online to get the forms. Prizes are awarded to the students with the
greatest pledge total. You only have a week left to sign up! –KN
Tickets for the winter
musical “Gypsy” will be on sale during lunch mods
at the Route 31 entrance to the school. Tickets will remain on sale
throughout the month of February. –PA
Habitat Club Members: The club t-shirts have
arrived. Stop by room 200 before or after school if you’d like to
purchase a shirt. The cost is $10/shirt. They’ll be sold on a first
come first serve basis so don’t miss out on this opportunity. –CW
Gifted
& Talented
Senior athletes: who have participated in two sports for two years in each sport
and have earned at least one varsity letter in each of two sports, please visit
the Gifted & Talented website for the Frank Baldachino
Essay Award. For questions, see Ms. Grilli-DeRobbio.
Impact
Testing:
The
following is the Impact testing schedule for spring sports:
Friday
Feb 3 - Softball and Boys Tennis
Tuesday
Feb 7 - Girls Lacrosse and Boys Track
Friday
Feb 10 - Boys Lacrosse and Golf
All
tests begin at 3 pm and last for approximately one hour. All tests are in the
Media Center. If you cannot make your team’s scheduled test please see
Mrs. Korbul in the Athletic Training room.
Future:
Save the date for Relay for
Life – May 11, 2012. Sign ups are taking place now. Check out the North
Hunterdon website, talk with Mrs. Berry or visit the Interact table outside
Room 001 to learn how to register your team. Be a part of a community
that takes up the fight to end cancer! –MB
IMPORTANT REMINDER
All students must be supervised between 2:35 pm and 3:10 pm
Unsupervised student-athletes, who are in the building waiting for practice to
begin, should be directed to Cafeteria B for supervised study hall.
Students who do not follow this directive must be referred to the disciplinarian.
All coaches and student activity advisors are responsible for reminding their
students of this school regulation.
Your cooperation is appreciated. –MH
Late
Busses:
3:15 buses run Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Buses do not run
on in-service or early dismissal days. Route schedules are available in
athletics, attendance, guidance and main office.
TO ALL STUDENTS: For security purposes, it is very important that
when signing into Guidance and the Nurse’s Office, you also MUST sign out! You
will only be given a 5 minute visitation slot if you neglect to sign out.
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announcements, please contact Frank Forte at fforte@nhvweb.net.