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BRUIN BUZZ---2014/2015
ONE CALL NOW--This is an emergency announcement system using your cell
phone and texting which will enable Ballard to get information out quickly.
SIGNING up for 1CN alerts:
STEP 1: Please go to www.mycallnow.com and click on the “Sign Up” button to
verify and update your contact info.
Make sure you enter your cell phone number as your phone number, if you would
like to receive text notifications.
STEP 2: From your cell phone (make sure it is same one on the mycallnow.com
you just verified), text the word ‘alert’ to 22300
Volunteers Needed For 8th Grade Open House Concessions!
This coming Thursday, October 23, 2014 from 6:30-8:30 pm, Ballard is hosting an 8th grade open house. PTSA
has been asked to provide and serve popcorn and drinks to our guests that evening. Please sign up if you can
help warmly welcome our prospective students!
You can find our sign up form at SignUp Genius by following the link below…
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4eaaac23a2fd0-8thgrade
Thank you in advance!
LAST CHANCE
Choreograph a dance, produce a film, write a poem or story, compose a song,
take a picture or create a piece of visual art and tell us your
interpretation of the theme:
"The world would be a better place if..."
Pick up a PTA Reflections entry form today in the North Office
and return your entry by Tuesday, October 21, 2014.
Please contact the Rhonda Reskin/ PTSA at [email protected]
Please contact the Rhonda Reskin/ PTSA at [email protected]
for more information or go to:
http://15thdistrictpta.org/programs/reflections/
Congrats to those Ballard broadcasting students who won awards in the
Kentucky Youth Film Festival. This coincides with the International Festival of
Film held last weekend.
Our students attended the red carpet awards ceremony at Louisville Slugger
Field and brought back 8 awards, 4 of them first place for money and prizes.
Check out the 1st place winning entries on our broadcasting website
http://ballardbroadcasting.weebly.com/kentucky-youth-film-festival-awardwinners.html
Volunteers Needed For Clothing Assistance Program (CAP)!
Each local PTSA is asked to send volunteers to work at CAP twice a year. Volunteers are asked to work 2-3
hours between 10am-1pm on their assigned days. It is critical we have schools send volunteers, as CAP is run
solely by volunteers and we need everyone to make this program successful.
Well, Ballard’s day is Wednesday, October 29th between 10:00 am and 1:00 pm., and we need to make sure we
send enough volunteers to get the job done and represent our school well! CAP is located at 319 South 15th
Street. Going west on Muhammad Ali, take a right onto 15th Street and our entrance is at the end of the football
field fencing before the next intersection.
If you have any questions about the Clothing Assistance Program and volunteering, please feel free to email
Ballard’s PTSA President, Greg Fleischaker at greg@gregfleischaker dot com.
Congratulations to the following students for being selected for Homecoming
Court:
Freshmen--Faith Cobb, Lily Hamilton, Carmen Valenzuela, Kereion Douglas,
Josh Grabowski, Donte Powell
Sophomores--Catie Barber, Morgan Ciasto, Bailey Morris, Ezra Nezz, Brooks
Owen, Matthew Samuel
Juniors--Avery Hoskins, Keri O'Toole, Maya Woolfolk, Tucker Monheimer,
Callum Parkes, Napthali Zazweeta
Seniors--Celine Malawi, Natalia Martinez, Megan Newton, Terry Calloway,
Logan Fogle, Dylan Petiprin
The winners will be announced at halftime of the Homecoming game
tonight.
----------------------------BREAST CANCER T-SHIRTS ARE ON SALE IN BOOKSTORE $10/$12
BREAST CANCER GAME IS NOV 17TH
Dance Maroon will be hosting a tailgate on the practice football field tonight
before the Homecoming game starting at 4:30pm FOR THE ENTIRE BALLARD
COMMUNITY! There will be food, games, face and body painting, a cake walk
and possibly a dunk tank! Admission is FREE but bring extra cash, as activities
and food will cost a small donation! Bring your family and friends to celebrate
Homecoming and then cheer the Bruins on to a win!
The Bruin College Fair will be on Wednesday, November 5, 2014
from 9:30 Until 11:30 in the large gym. Parents are invited and
encouraged to attend. We have over 40 local and out of state
colleges and universities represented, the United States Armed
Forces and other schools of interest such as JobCorps, Paul
Mitchell, Empire, and Cosmopolitan. If you would like to see your
Alma Mater represented contact Yvonne Riggs at 339-8783. We
look forward to seeing you there!
NEHS: Next meeting is Thurs. Nov. 6th---be sure to turn in your $10.00,
application, and collage piece. Thanks, Mrs. Bond (S221)
Do you love THE ARTS? Would you like to experience them firsthand? The Fine
Arts Program is an extracurricular group of students who attend one Arts event
each month and earn class credit. The first trip is coming up at the end of
October! Contact Mr. Hartigan at [email protected] or see
him in room S112 if interested.
Ski and Snow Boarding Club members see Ms. Davis in S224 if you haven't
picked up important information from Paoli Peaks.
Attention seniors: Our district does not support using SENDedu.
To have your transcript sent to a college, you must create a Parchment
account and request the colleges to send transcripts. Go to
www.parchment.com. See Ms. Gapen if you have any questions.
We now have Senior T-Shirts for sale in the Bookstore. They are $10.00
each.
Ballard Beta Club is helping to provide safe water to people around the world by
hosting a shoe drive from October 13-27, 2014. Shoes of any size and condition
can be dropped off at the counseling office located across from the attendance
office. The shoes will be donated to WaterStep, an organization that uses training
and technology to create long-lasting water solutions for developing countries.
Anyone can donate! BETA members can earn one service hour for every two
pairs of shoes with a maximum of 2 hours (4 pairs)
YOUNG LIFE
Young Life Club is back!!!
Every other Wednesday (10/29, 11/12...) after school (2:45-3:45pm) in the choir
room.
Follow on twitter:@BallardYL or our Facebook group: Ballard Young Life
Contact Seth Michels at [email protected].
Interested in Chess club? Practice is every Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30 to
3:30. See Mr. Hibma in N136 for more information.
The Ballard Debate Team is going to be starting their 2014-15 run for national
championship in Speech, Policy, Lincoln-Douglas and public forum debate. The
debate team is also going to be running through The University of Louisville this
year, which may interest those interested in attending UofL in 2015. Please
contact Mr. Marsh in room S104 to obtain more details about this great
organization. We look forward to seeing you all this year.
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SPORTS...
All Ballard Home Football games will begin at 7:00 p.m. this year. Go Bruins!
All Sport Passes are available for purchase in the Bookstore before school and
during all lunches. Get yours before they are gone. The cost is only $60.00 and it
gets you into ALL Home sporting events.
Pieces of the original Ballard Gymnasium floor are currently on sale. Pieces are
$25.00 and are available on a first come, first serve basis. To get your piece of
Ballard history, email Athletic Director Chris Kinney at
[email protected]
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ON THE GO...
TRIP TO ITALY, SUMMER OF 2015
Students and Parents...here is your opportunity to go on an educational tour of
Italy. You will tour such places as Milan, Venice, Florence, Assisi, Rome, Pompeii,
the Sorrento region and a boat ride to the Island of Capri. If you would like further
information, contact Mr. Harstad at [email protected] or go
by his room S111 for a printed brochure or go to eftours.com
It’s Not Too Late…..
The Ballard Art and Social Studies Departments are planning a fabulous trip to enrich the educational experience
of our students. And spaces are still available!!
Our trip to Europe is planned for spring break 2015, and promises to be the experience of a lifetime! We begin our
10 day adventure in Paris, move on to The French Riviera, Florence, and end in Rome.
The cost of this trip includes round-trip airfare and other transportation, hotel accommodations in three-and fourstar hotels, daily breakfast and dinner, a full time bilingual Tour Director, and local guides.
Students can see Mr. Smith in room W123, Mrs. Bradford in W120, or Mr. Morgan in S216 for information. You can
also visit www.eftours.com and enter tour #1511871RN.
BALLARD FREE TUTORING OPPORTUNITIES
French Tutoring every week alternating Tuesdays and Wednesdays in Mrs.
Watkins' room, room S108 from 2:30-3.
Math--Room N235 Monday thru Thursday, 2:30-3:30 p.m. and also during all
lunches. During the day, if a student is in a study hall and wants to work on Math
they can go to room N236.
Science--There is Science tutoring held every day Monday-Thursday of some
type. You can find the schedule outside of Room S105.
Computer Lab Times-The computer labs are open for all students, every day at
the following times and locations:
N246--7:00 a.m.-7:30 a.m.--Mr. Gilliland
S209--7:00 a.m.-7:30 a.m.--Ms. Barber
N230--7:00 a.m.-7:30 a.m.--Ms. Klausing
N232--7:15 a.m.-7:40 a.m. and 2:20p.m.-3:30 p.m.--Mr. Crume
Japanese tutoring is available before or after school on Tuesdays and
Thursdays.
English tutoring in S225, Monday thru Friday, 6:45 a.m.-7:30 a.m.
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