Tuesday - September 8, 2009

CONGRATS TO CROSS COUNTRY: Congratulations to the Cross Country team for their outstanding performances on Saturday in the Liberty Invitational. Taylor Woodruff and Blayr Bolton both ran superior races against a very strong class 4 varsity girls field in finishing 2nd and 10th. Kain Ellis and John Beamon led the boys varsity with strong efforts to earn medals. Eden Woodbury ran well in the J.V. girls race to earn a medal. Keegan Cunningham ran a strong race to earn a medal in the sophomore boys race. Amber Flint raced to a top ten medal finish in leading the Benton girls in the freshmen race. Cecil Leivan also ran an excellent race to pick-up a medal in the freshmen boys race.

CONGRATS TO VOLLEYBALL: Congratulations to the freshmen, JV, and Varsity volleyball teams on their wins over Wathena last night. Great job and keep it up, ladies!

UNIVERSITY VISIT: A representative from the University of Central Missouri will be here on Tuesday, September 8th during 4th hour in room A3. Please see Mrs. Hitch or your counselor if you would like to attend.

ACT PREP COURSE: There is an ACT Prep course scheduled to begin September 19, 2009 at Missouri Western State University. The last day to enroll in the course is Friday, September 11, 2009. Please see Mrs. Hitch or Mrs. Turner in the counseling center to sign up.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Hosea Elementary School needs volunteers on the following days. This opportunity would count toward the 10 hours of community service needed before you graduate. Please see Ms. Sherard or Mrs. McAndrews in the A+ Office for more details.

• October 5th 3:30 to 4:30
• October 6th 3:00 to 4:00
  

A+ TUTORING TRAINING: A+ Students: 50 hours of volunteer tutoring/mentoring is one of the requirements of the A+ Schools Program. Before you begin working on your tutoring hours, you must attend one tutor training session. Tutor training will be held in Mrs. O'Dell's classroom on the following dates:

• Thursday, September 10th 7:00 a.m.
• Tuesday, September 15th 2:45 p.m.
• Wednesday, September 23rd 7:00 a.m.

LIBRARY CARD SIGN-UP MONTH: September is Library Card Sign-Up Month! Come into the library anytime during the month of September, show us your St. Joe Public Library OR Rolling Hills Consolidated Library card. You can enter to win prizes in our library card contest drawing!