Wednesday - November 4, 2009

CELL PHONE POLICY MEETING: Any student interested in discussing possible changes to Benton's cell phone policy should plan to meet in the library on Thursday, November 5th, at 3 PM. All students are invited to have input and discussion with the administration prior to any cell phone policy changes.

TURN IT IN FOR THE WIN: For the month of November, any time you check out a book and have NO overdues, you'll be entered to win you choice of book by either Roland Smith or Stephenie Meyer, along with a swag bag of free stuff! Stop in the library for more details! Two winners, one male and one female, will be chosen.

VOLLEYBALL HONORS: Congratulations to Karli Sample and Krystin King for being selected to the Volleyball All-City First Team AND Breonna Embray and Katie Graves for their selection to the All-City Second Team. Way to represent the South Side, ladies!

FCCLA PENNY WARS: The penny wars will begin on TODAY!! FCCLA is challenging all students to bring their pennies to CAMP. All monies will be donated to the United Way. The CAMP that has donated the greatest amount of money will be treated to ice cream!!!

SPRING BASEBALL MEETING: Attention all boys going out for baseball this spring! There is a mandatory meeting in Room 112, Coach Musser's room, immediately after school on Thursday, November 5th. The meeting will last 30 minutes and will start at 2:55 PM. We will have a sign in sheet for everyone to sign.

SOFTBALL PIZZA PARTY: The end of year softball pizza party will be at the Sandlot this Thursday Nov. 5th at 7 pm. Pizza an water will be provided for all players. Please sign the list in room 306 if you are attending.

HEISMAN SCHOLARSHIP: Congratulations to Karli Sample and Logan Shryock. They won the Wendy's High School Heisman Award for our school. Karli has also been selected as a Wendy's Heisman State Finalist! Good luck Karli!

SPECIAL OLYMPICS BASKETBALL: Practice for Special Olympics Basketball will begin this Saturday! If you are interested in playing please stop by room 100 and sign up with Coach Bosch!

DRAMA CLUB T-SHIRTS: Drama Club shirts have arrived. If you ordered a shirt, please drop by room 102 to pick it up!

ALL-SCHOOL PLAY: The all-school play, "The Importance of Being Earnest" has changed performance dates. Mark your calendars for November 13th, 14th, 20th and 21st, so you don't miss this great show!

ACT TEST DATE: Students, sign up now to take the ACT on December 12th. Deadline to register is Friday, November 6th. Please see your counselor or Mrs. Hitch for more information. If you are a Junior and you are college bound, you must take the ACT before the end of your Junior year or you will miss important deadlines next year.