ROSEMOUNT HIGH SCHOOL Daily Announcements October 14, 2014 GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Receive RHS Announcements through email by clicking the “Email Lists” button on the RHS Homepage RHS Daily Planner Error As a reminder, there is an error in the 2014-2015 RHS Planner. The online calendar on the RHS home page is correct. On Monday, October 20th the planner reads “No School for Students”. This is not correct. WE DO HAVE SCHOOL ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 20TH. We are sorry for any inconvenience this might have caused in your planning. Class of 2015 Senior Class Party ButterBraid Pastry Roll Sales: Now through 10/28 - Order Form and Product Description can be found on the website at: http://2015rhsseniors.weebly.com/fundraising.html Seniors have the opportunity to receive extra raffle tickets - see website for details. Do you have a great idea for this year’s Senior Party theme? Theme Selection meeting - Tuesday 10/21 at 7:00 in the IMC. All Senior Parents welcome! (7) RHS Arts & Craft Fair Saturday November 1, 2014 9AM - 4 PM 125 + Vendors Concessions/Bake Sale/Raffle (4) ExCEL Award If you are interested in your son or daughter applying for the Excel Award have them stop in the athletic office for an application. Deadline to apply is Tuesday, November 25th. The criteria is as follows: To be eligible for the ExCEL Award, students must: 1. be a junior in high school 2. make satisfactory progress toward graduation requirements 3. participate in a League-sponsored fine arts and/or athletic activity 4. hold a leadership position in their school 5. work voluntarily in their community (4) Pink Out All pink out shirts purchased at RHS lunches or online will be available for pick up starting on Monday Oct 13th during lunch OR before/after school in room N25. Shirts ordered by middle school students will be available at their respective schools starting Tuesday Oct 14th. Last chance pick up for any remaining shirts will be at the game Wed night. COLLEGE AND SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION A list of current scholarship opportunities can be found on Family Connections. Once you log in to Family Connections, go to the "Colleges" tab, scroll down and click on the "scholarship list" link to view the list of scholarships and/or download scholarship applications. Scholarships College Fair College Visits Student reminder: Family Connections has a current list of upcoming College Visits so that you can plan accordingly should you want to attend! Tuesday, October 14 – National Guard – 9:30am Tuesday, October 14 – University of Kansas – 10:00am Tuesday, October 14 – Macalester – 12:30pm Monday, October 20 – UW Eau Claire – 9:15am Tuesday, October 21 – Army – 10:45am Tuesday, October 21 – St Mary’s Winona – 11:15am Tuesday, October 21 – University of Northern Iowa – 12:30pm Wednesday, October 22 – Luther – 8:30am Wednesday, October 22 – MSU Moorhead – 12:30pm Thursday, October 23 – Concordia Moorhead - 9:00am Thursday, October 23 – Navy – 10:00am Thursday, October 23 – UofM Rochester (Health Science) – 12:30pm Open House 1 ATHLETICS Girls Swimming and Diving Congrats on winning and defending the True Team Section title on Saturday. Rosemount dominated many events, easily capturing the title over runner-up East Ridge by 23 pts. LAST HOME MEET & SENIOR NIGHT Tuesday 10/14 @ 6pm. Gymnastics Attention gymnasts! Please attend an information meeting if you are interested in competing high school gymnastics. Wednesday, October 15 after school in Rm 228. (1) Nordic Ski Team All students grades 7-12 interested in Nordic skiing must attend the introductory meeting Sunday, October 26 at EVHS, rm 250 at 6:30pm with a parent. No experience needed! Returning skiers meet at 7:30pm, parents go to rm 350. (4) Boys Lacrosse The Fall Boys Lax meeting is Oct. 28th at 7pm at RHS. The Boys Lacrosse Booster Club is meeting Tuesday Night October 14th at 7:00 pm in the 1st Floor Staff lounge at RHS. All parents are welcomed to attend. (1) ARTS, ACTIVITIES AND CLUBS Marching Band Congratulations to the RHS Marching Band on winning their 9th consecutive Minnesota State Marching Band Championship. The band also received the Outstanding Color Guard, Outstanding Hornline, and Outstanding Drum Major awards. Senior members Tony Hanto and Kari Felland were awarded "Youth In Music Scholarships" based on essays they wrote in their scholarship applications. The band will travel to St. Louis, MO on Friday to compete in the Bands of America Super Regional. This two day event will feature 64 bands from 13 states. Debate UofM Results: Laura Rietveld and Andrew Sauvageau placed 2nd in JV policy debate and were 2nd and 4th speakers. Ezekiel Town placed 3rd. In novice policy, Jacob Ahner and Mike Stefanko placed 8th. Mike was 9th speaker Lakeville North Results: Justin Myrah was undefeated and placed 3rd in novice Lincoln-Douglas debate. William Lai was 6th in JV L-D. Aleezeh Hasan and Asmaa Gass finished with winning records Diversity Club Interest Meeting on Tuesday, October 14th at 7:10am in Room 120 or 2:30pm in Room 125. Come find out more about this new and exciting club. Mountain Bike Team In the 3rd race of their season, Tyler Gonzales and Jarod Totman placed 26th and 44th while Max Johnson fought to a 30th place finish. Rosemount is now in 27th place out of 34 teams competing in the league. (1) Speech Interested in being part of a winning team and polishing skills colleges and employers love? Join the speech team! Category placement auditions are October 14 and 15, after school, in room 120. Pick up audition materials and sign up for an audition time in room 305 (1) GreenTeam Oct. 22 meeting at 7am or 2:30pm in N22 See Ms Kanitz in Room N22 for more information - All grades welcome! (2) COMMUNITY EDUCATION 2