MS/HS Bulletin October 14

Students--you must enter the school building through the office entrance.  Under no circumstances should you be banging on the doors waiting for another student to open the door for you.  In addition, you should not be opening the door for non-staff adults.  Even if you leave campus for lunch you do not have permission to enter through any door other than the main office entrance.  If you choose not to follow this policy you will lose open lunch privileges.

Table Talks today!

Cheerleading practice on Monday, October 19 from 5:00 – 6:00 in the arena lobby for Mikaela Blumhardt, Caroline Graf, Brenna Johnson, Madison Sippel.

Congratulations to the following interpers: Superior readers Theater Caroline Graf, Kayla Jensen, KaSandra Pappas, Kaitlyn Kyar, Riley Rosenau; Duo Sage Mortenson and Tiara DeHoet; Excellent + Readers Theater Hailey Monson, Sage Mortenson, Tiara DeHoet, Alyssa Fordham, Sam Pappas; Serious Reading Excellent + Caroline Graf; Humorous Reading Excellent + Samantha Pappas;

HS band students take your band uniforms home.

JH Band members remember to bring $9 for your t-shirt or return it back to Mrs. Yeigh.

Yearbook meeting today (Wed.) during advisory in room 304.

FCCLA shirt orders are due to Mrs. Tietz by Friday, Oct. 16.

Cast of “The Mousetrap” – Friday’s rehearsal will be at 7:00 am.

Any oral interp student wishing to compete in the NSU contest on Saturday must sign up on Mrs. Gonsoir's door by Wednesday after school.

Parkston is having its annual chili cook-off at the October 22, Parkston vs. Groton football game.  $5 a cup, try as many different chilies as you want and eat as much as you want.  Cinnamon rolls will be sold for $1. 

Dual credit registration for Spring opens November 16th.  Please see Mrs. Sternhagen or Dr. Schwan with questions.  Dual credit registrations must be submitted to Dr. Schwan by December 18.


Grades 10-12:  Camille Sippel, GHS Class of 2014, will be here on Monday, October 19 at 9:00 a.m. to talk to GHS students about the Honors Business program at the University of Nebraska Lincoln.    Please stop down and talk with her if you are interested in learning about the University of Nebraska Lincoln or about their highly ranked business program. 
 
Grades 6-9 and 12:  Smarter Balanced bonus points will be passed out during your English course and are to be used in quarter 1.  Many students earned levels 3 and 4 for bonus points – congratulations! 
 
Grades 6-12:  Monday, October 19^th is Family Night – this is a great chance for you and your parents to talk to college reps, ask questions and even apply.  From 4-7 pm many area colleges will be in the GHS gym for you to talk to.  Please come and talk to the representatives!  SDSU, NSU, USD, LATI, MTI, NDSCS, Augustana, Presentation, Great Lakes, JumpStart, and the National Guard are confirmed.  Jump Start, a program at the 4-year schools for students who qualify financially or who are minorities, provides funding, resources, and advisors free of charge.  Great Lakes is an agency which provides financial information for students. 
 
Grade 9:  Pathways forms were sent to your parents on Friday.  Please return your sheet to Mrs. Sternhagen.
 
Grade 10:  HOBY leadership seminar applications (1 page double spaced on your activities, leadership experiences, and why you would like to attend HOBY) due to Mrs. Sternhagen by Friday, October 16.  .  This 3 day camp in June (usually at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell) is a great opportunity to develop leadership skills as you meet with students from across SD and with business leaders.
 Grade 12 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards:  If you have performed community service in the past year you may want to fill out this award/scholarship.  One student will be recognized from Groton and will go on to compete statewide and possibly nationally.  Go to http://spirit.prudential.com and click on “Apply Now”.  Once you have completed the application go to the “Certification” page and enter Mrs. Schwan’s name and email as the certifier – Anna.Schwan@k12.sd.us     Please print out the completed application.  The local deadline is going to be early – October 16, 2015 – again you must be certified so please complete by the local deadline.  We can only submit one so PRINT out the application and bring it to Mrs. Sternhagen. 
 
Grade 12:  Scholarships and Awards
Oct. 15                        USD priority scholarship date
Oct. 16                        Prudential Spirit of Community http://spirit.prudential.com, print out and bring to
                                Mrs. Sternhagen
Oct. 16                        Young Arts Scholarship 
https://app.getacceptd.com/youngarts?g=btn1&_ga=1.110142861.966896248.1433797718
Oct. 25                        Horatio Alger www.horatioalger.org/scholarships
Oct. 31                        Big Idea Business Plan  http://www.bigideasd.com/
Nov.                some Mitchell Tech
Nov. 15           Legislative page http://legis.sd.gov/Students_Page/Page/default.aspx