Spartan Student Bulletin CUHS – “Home of the Spartans” Friday, January 23, 2015 ATHLETICS Frosh, JV & Varsity Boys Basketball vs. Southwest @ 4/5:30 & 7 p.m. Frosh, JV & Varsity Girls Basketball @ Southwest @ 4/5:30 & 7 p.m. Excuse Frosh @ 2:15 p.m. JV Boys & Girls @ Southwest @ 4 p.m., Excuse @ 2:15 p.m. Varsity Boys & Girls Soccer vs. Southwest @ 4 p.m. SHOUT OUT: Happy Birthday Karisa! Love you, Mom. HOMECOMING SPIRIT WEEK! Monday: Fitness vs. Fancy, Tuesday: Flower Power vs. Man Power, Wednesday: Alphabet Day, Thursday: Caps vs. Crowns, Friday: Pink vs. Blue CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING AVID SENIORS FOR THEIR ACCEPTANCES INTO 4-YEAR UNIVERSITIES: Daisy Lomeli: Grand Canyon University, CSU Stanislaus, Humbolt and Bakersfield; Michael Sanchez: CSU Bakersfield; Cesar Sanchez: CSU Los Angeles and CSU Fullerton; Adrian Juarez: SDSU-IVUP; Elba Canizalez; UC Riverside, CSU Fullerton, and CSU San Marcos; Teresita Madrigal: Grand Canyon University; Alondra Aguayo: CSU Bakersfield and Grand Canyon University; and Alex Quiroz: CSU Fullerton. We are excited for and proud of you! We appreciate and thank all of their teachers, too! AVID teachers FREE IN-HOME TUTORING: Do you need additional help with your Math or English work? Would you be interested in having a personal tutor that came to help you in your own home? If you are struggling in math or English AND qualify for the Free & Reduced Lunch Program, you are eligible for free, in-home tutoring. See Miss Givens in the main office to pick up an application. The deadline to apply is Friday, January 30. Act now because space is limited. CST LETTERMAN’S PATCH for academic achievement – If you are a Junior or Senior and scored proficient or advanced in any subject on the CST in the 11-12 or 12-13 school year, you are eligible to receive a patch for your Jacket. If you think you might qualify, go to Miss Givens’s office to add your name the clipboard outside of her door. The deadline to apply for your patch is February 6th. ATTENTION STUDENTS: The Media Center Advisory Board will meet on Tuesday after school in the library. New members are welcome to attend. Attention Track and Field athletes: The weight room will be open Monday, the 26th after school, you must have a profile on file. Spirit packs are due February 2, everyone should have a new one. See Coach Shane for any questions. JUNIOR GIRLS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THE WINNING POWDERPUFF TEAM OF 2015! Please attend and informational meeting Tue. January 27th in BE-2. See you there! SENIORS who were unable to complete the FAFSA application during the FAFSA/Cal Grant Drive on campus this week are encouraged to attend the “CASH for College” FAFSA Workshop at IVC tomorrow Saturday, January 24, 2015. It will be held at the College Center Building from 9:00a.m. to 12:00p.m. Details regarding this event are at the Counseling Office. You will be able to enter your name to win a $1000 Scholarship. POWDERPUFF: Senior girls interested on participating in Powderpuff. Please attend an informational meeting next Tuesday, January 27th afterschool in Mrs. Taylor’s class Art-2. See you there! SENIORS! We are having Senior Auction on January 29th. If you are interested in participating to be auctioned off. Please go to Art-2 any time before the 28th during your lunch or afterschool. Reminder for SENIORS: If you scheduled an appointment to complete your FAFSA today, bring your RED pass and your FAFSA Worksheet to Library 2. Attention Students please listen to the following Yearbook Announcement! Best Friends Pictures: Will be taken on Thursday and Friday after school next week. We will meet in the quad. If you don’t know what day you are scheduled for stop by Rm: Art-4. Siblings Pictures: Will be taken on February 2nd and 3rd we will meet in the quad area. Signups next week during lunch by the Ramada. Club Pictures: will be taken February 4th – 6th. Attention Link Crew A-Team: Meeting Tuesday, (Jan 27th) after school in Mrs. Fusi's room (SS-7). See you there! You are cordially invited to partake in an educational field trip to the Jimmie Cannon Theater at Southwest High School, to listen to Manny Scott, an original Freedom Writer whose story was told in the 2007 hit move Freedom Writers. This field trip will take place on Thursday, January 29, 2015; during 2nd - 3rd period. If interested, stop by the counseling office to sign up and pick up a permission slip. This field trip will be filled on a first come, first served basis. Thanks, Mrs. Avelar SADIES HAWKINS DANCE: Girls have you asked your guy yet? We'll be waiting for you January 31, 2015 'cause it's Date Night at the Drive-in from 8 to Midnight in the MPR. Tickets are on sale now at the ASB window. The cost for singles will be $15 and $25 for couples. ATTENTION ALL AVID SITE TEAM MEMBERS, PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR OUR NEXT AVID SITE TEAM MEETING ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 29th at 3:00 p.m. in Mrs. Hoopes room, TR 12. SEE YOU THERE!! THANKS! Senior Panoramic: All seniors are invited to participate in the senior panoramic picture Wednesday, Jan. 28th right after school. Groups with t-shirt sayings need to have their paperwork approved by the ASB office ASAP. Tee-Shirt Design Contest for Expanding Your Horizons Conference: Attention all Imperial Valley high school students that are interested in graphic design projects. The Designs for the contest are due by February 15 th 2015. Turn it in to the Art Department, if you win the design contest you will receive a $100 gift card. The winning design seleceted for the Expanding Your Horizons Conference will be used for the conference shirt, website and all conference marketing materials. REMINDERS Attn. Migrant Students: Are you interested in working and earning some money? The Migrant Program can help. We are now taking applications for our work study positions. If you are interested, please stop by the Migrant Office to pick up the pre-application. Work study positions are limited. National Assessment of Educational Progress or NAEP has chosen our school to randomly test 50 seniors in English, math, and science on February 5th. Students have already received notification if they have been selected to test. This is an important way to do our part in the research on educational progress. Do your best on the test and make Central proud! ATTENTION JUNIORS & SENIORS!!! You may be eligible to have the gold California State Seal of Biliteracy on your diploma and transcript. There are a number of ways to qualify. To find out if you qualify, come to the Instructional Testing Clerk Office with Erica Bermudez (Main Office) & pick up the candidate application form. Application deadline is March 2nd!!!! SOPHOMORES: Did you know that across the state of California only 37% of English Language Learners pass CAHSEE- English the first time they take it? If you want to make sure that you are a student who passes the exit exam, why not try the personal tutoring that is available every Saturday morning from 8:00 A.M. to noon in Room E- 4. No appointment is necessary. Join other students who are working to make sure that first CAHSEE they take is the LAST CAHSEE they will ever take! Questions? See Mr. Balcom. GRAD NITE: Tickets are on sale now at the ASB office for the ridiculous price of $150. You can reserve your spot now for only $30 & keep making payments until April 1st. Don’t miss out, stop by the ASB window before school, during your lunch or afterschool. ATTENTION STUDENTS: If you owe any lunch In-house please make sure you report today. ATTENTION ALL AP STUDENTS – It is time to start thinking about getting your AP exams paid for and ordered. Stop by the ASB Office before March 18th to make your payments. All exams cost $91 each unless you qualify for a fee waiver. If you qualify for a fee waiver, exams cost $5 each. See Vero in ASB to see if you qualify for the fee waiver. It seems like these tests are expensive, but if you take into consideration how these tests could exempt you from taking college courses (which could cost several hundred dollars per course at the university level), you’re actually getting a great deal! Study hard and get your exams paid for in the ASB Office. Deadline to order any exams is 3 PM on Wednesday, March 18th. Go Spartans! ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS: If you do not have medical insurance & plan on attending any school trips this school year including seniors attending Grad Nite & Senior Picnic. You might want to consider purchasing a school insurance, stop by the ASB office & pick up a pamphlet for your parents review. Plans start at $39 & would cover you for this whole school year. For more information stop by the ASB Office. ATTENTION STUDENTS: If you have not picked up your class pictures, school ID’s & Homecoming pictures please do so at the ASB window before school, during your lunch or afterschool. Thanks SCHOLARSHIPS: For more information on all scholarships please view our Student Bulletin online or posted outside ASB office. Thanks. REMINDER: ASB Office is open from 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. The register closes at 3:30 p.m. for purchase transactions. SCHOLARSHIPS Scholarship opportunity: The Brad Fowler Memorial Scholarship Fund offers a one-year, $5000 scholarship to five high school seniors. The nominee must have demonstrated an ability to overcome personal obstacles associated with drugs or alcohol, a strong commitment to athletics and a desire to continue personal growth and development through higher education. Submission Deadline is Friday, February 20, 2015. You can download a copy of the application from Central’s new scholarship website: www.spartanscholarships.weebly.com. Seniors -The Buick achievers Program are offering 50 renewable scholarships of up to $25,000 per year. They are looking for individuals that are interested in pursuing a career in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The application closes on February 27, 2015 at 5:00 PM EST. Applications are available on-line at buickachievers.com or find a link on our school’s website scholarship list. – H. Tan