ALLEGAN HIGH SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS October 21, 2014  Erin Isola and Brianna Price placed first and second at the Harper Creek Invitational last Saturday. Erin set a new varsity record and both girls qualified for the All America Award in Diving. The Swimming and Diving Team take on Marshall in another tough conference matchup tonight in Marshall.  This is a reminder for the boys’ tennis team. Your banquet is tonight at 6:30 in the conference center. Bring a dish to pass and your place settings. If you haven’t turned in your uniform please bring it to the banquet.  Attention: All boys’ and girls’ varsity JV tennis players –Annual Christ Community Trunk N’ Treat Community Service – When: Wednesday, October 29th from 5:30-8:00 P.M. Where: CCC 3370 113th Avenue, Allegan. The tennis teams will be running the games inside the church. This is a great event for the community (over 1,000 kids and parents attend) and for our tennis program. Community Service forms will be provided. Please wear something that says Allegan Tennis. Please contact Coach Fales if you can help with this awesome event.  Sign up is now underway for this year’s championship wrestling team. The Tigers are ranked 3rd in the State pre-season in Division 3. If you think you have what it takes, sign up with Coach Rose in the PE office.  Bittersweet Ski/Snowboard – join the Allegan Independent Ski Club for 20142015 ski season. The club card is $15.00 for both student and adult. This card gets you discounted ski lift and rental rates. Please make checks payable to Bittersweet Ski Resort. You may pick up your application forms from the main office or go to Alleganps.org web page parent links. Drop off your signed paid application to Vanessa Sagodic/Allegan Independent Sponsor at L.E. White Middle School.  Timber Ridge Ski Club 2014-15 pay-as-you-go student and adult information and forms are available in the main office. Questions please call Mindy Sturman at 269-806-8501.  The APS Fieldhouse, behind the middle school, is now open to the community for walkers, joggers, during the following hours: 6:00-7:30 A.M. and 5:30-7:30 P.M. (Monday-Friday).  Students can purchase student tickets PRIOR to any athletic event for just $1.00. Students need to purchase these tickets before school, during lunch, or after school until 4 P.M. NO TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AFTER 4 P.M.  The Allegan Band Booster will be sponsoring the Tailgate for the last home football game on Friday, October 24, 2014. We will be serving sloppy joes, cheesy potatoes, pasta salad, cookie and a drink for $5.00.  There is now a crossing guard for high school by Speedway from 6:45-7:45 A.M., 11:15-12:15 P.M. and 2:30-3:30 P.M.  Students- check out the new breast cancer shirts in the Krate.  Monday, October 27th there will be a French Club event after school open to anyone who is taking or will take French this year. There will be games, prizes, food, and a movie.  The Spanish Club is hosting a Scavenger Hunt on October 23rd at 3:15 after school. Prizes will be given out to 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. This counts as one activity with the Spanish Club. You need to attend 2 activities and sell 15 jars of salsa in order to attend the Spanish field trip.  Are you ready to have some awesome Spanish Club activities! Do you want to save your seat for the spring field trip? Then come sign-up for the Spicy Spanish Salsa Club Fundraiser with Mrs. Ojeda-Greig or Senor Westgate today.  Allegan Alternative High School is having a blood drive on Wednesday, November 5th from 10:00 A.M. to 3:45 P.M. If you have questions, please call Jane Emanuel at 269-323-3142 or [email protected]  Cell Phones- the media center is collecting cell phones. Please bring in your unused cell phones to the media center. Collection is on-going, so bring them in anytime.  Attention students who plan on visiting a college during this school year. There are College Visitation Forms in the Attendance Office that need to be taken with you on your visit. The form needs to be signed by a college official. Once the form is signed and turned back into the Attendance Office your attendance code will be changed to PSO. You are allowed 2 PSO absences per YEAR, not per TRI, and these are not counted as absences. Please see Mr. Orr or Mrs. Lange if you have any questions.  Attention students: If you have a vacation or time that you need to take off and you will be absent for 3 or more days, you need to pick up a Prearranged Absence Form in the Attendance Office. This form has to be signed by your parent/guardian and initialed by all your teachers. Once the form has been filled out you can return it to the Attendance Office. This form helps not only your teachers to know that you will be gone, but the Attendance Office. Also be aware that it is your responsibility to get your work from your teachers for your absence, it will not be requested for you. Please see Mr. Orr or Mrs. Lang if you have any questions.  Have you seen the sweet CRAVE21 posters around school? Well, the Allegan High School Pro Youth Team has a challenge for you. CRAVE21 is a challenge to give up a “crave” or eliminate a habit for 21 days, replacing it with something positive or healthy. For a reduced prize of $5, you can join the challenge, get an awesome t-shirt, enter a drawing to win cool prizes, and get support to learn how to handle cravings! Interested? Find the Pro Youth Team outside the lunch room starting NEXT WEEK from Monday, October 20th through Friday, October 24th! Questions? Find one of your Pro Youth team members; CC Cerven, Mackenzie Sturman, Joey Orr, or Nate Wallace. Grab a friend and take up the challenge together, and make a positive change…it is possible!  Do you want to work for yourself? Earn some money? Join us for the Entrepreneurship Program called TREP$ and learn small business basics and earn money by selling your own product. The workshops will be Tuesday’s after school 2:30-4:00 P.M. October 21st through December 2nd. You will develop your own product or service and create a simple business plan. We will purchase the materials needed to make the product or provide the service up to $150. We provide a marketplace for you to sell your product or service and you keep your earnings. Sign-up by October 15th at the counseling office! Limited Spots!  French Club is selling headphones for $3 and wireless mice for $5. See Ms. Boes or Mrs. Kiel before or after class.  Are you interested in joining a No H8 club to make Allegan a more accepting place for all people to feel safe and be themselves? Join us every Wednesday in room 806 at lunch to be a part of this new club and to make a difference. Feel free to bring your lunch and your FRIENDS!  Hey Seniors! Bring your college acceptance letters into the counseling office, let us make a copy and we are going to hang them up to show off how awesome you are!  Get Ready for College-College Representative Visits to AHS-sign-up in the Guidance Office Tues., 10/21, Defiance College @ 12:15 Wed., 10/22, Indiana Tech @ 9:00 a.m. Wed., 10/22, Alma College @ 1:30 Fri., 10/24, Grand Valley State University @ 8:00 Fri., 10/24, University of Detroit Mercy @ 1:30 Mon., 10/27, University of Michigan Flint @10:15 Mon., 10/27, Ferris State University @ 1:30 Thurs., 10/30, Saginaw Valley State University @ 9:00 Fri., 10/31 GRCC @10:20 Tues, 11/4, Eastern Michigan University @ 9:00 Wed., 11/5, Olivet College @ 9:00 Mon., 11/10, Davenport University @ 9:00 Tues., 11/11, Central Michigan University @ 10:15 Wed., 11/12, Lake Superior State University @10:15 Fri., 11/14, Spring Arbor University @1:30 Mon., 11/17, Kalamazoo Valley Community College @9:15 College Fairs County Area College Night, @Wayland HS). Wed. 10/22, 6:30-8 College Information Sessions/Open Houses Visit GVSU, Laker Experience Day, Sat.,10/18 or Laker Prospectives Day, Sat., 11/15, www.gvsu.edu/visit Lawrence Technological University “Blue Devil Days,” Sat., 11/1 and Sat., 12/6, register at www.bluedevildays.ltu.edu Saginaw Valley State University Open Houses, Saturdays, 11/1, 1/24, 3/21, register at svsu.edu/visit Apprenticeship Opportunity Interested in being an electrical apprentice? Complete high school and apply to be an apprentice and learn a trade while getting paid. Go to www.kalamazoojactc.com Community Service- It must be for a non-profit organizations…check with your counselor for approval. The documentation form is in the guidance office. Camp Kidwell Halloween Festival, need help with set-up, the actual event, and clean-up (various dates 10/17-10/28), call 269-521-3559 or email [email protected] Scholarships “Catching the Dream,” Scholarships for Native American Students, (due 10/30) Prudential Spirit of Community Award, http:spirit.prudential.com (due 11/4) Michigan Student Broadcast Awards, studentbraodcastawards.org (due 12/16) NFIB Young Entrepreneur Award, www.NFIB.com/YEA (due 12/18) National Co-op Scholarship Program, www.waceinc.org (2/15/15) The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Auditions & Scholarships, aada.edu