Thurs., Jan. 26, 2012
Shari Cross
1) Key Club meeting today at lunch in Madame Doss's room.
2) Philosophy Club will meet today after school in room 208. This week's topic: Modern piracy, the world of intellectual property.
3) Student sponsored Bible study will meet tomorrow morning at 7:10 in the atrium. If you have questions, please see Rebekah Biles.
4) Anyone interested in traveling to the Yucatan Peninsula in June 2013 with Profe Lewis can go to EXPLORICA.COM using trip ID Lewis-3207 for more information. Email Profe (le...@tsas.org) with any questions!
5) Reminder to all students wanting to be a part of the Ex Cineribus staff, the applications and typed essays are due tomorrow! It's only a day away!
6) Yearbooks are now on sale! They are $45 each. Purchases can be made until May 4th, 2012. Forms are available in the fishbowl.
Advisory Announcements
7) Seniors: If you qualify for OHLAP and have a 3.0 please see Mrs. Waller for an application for a $500.00 scholarship to help with books.
8) There is an online magazine called Next Step U that can help you make the right college choices. www.NextStepU.com/eMag
9) Seniors: Students who used the common application to apply to schools should check the status of their submissions.
10) Juniors: The essay prompts found on the common app this year will be the same prompts they will use next year. You could work on your college essays this summer. Or, even better, work on them during the school year and ask your advisor to look it over!
11) Everything you need to know about USAO will be shared on January 28th (this Saturday) between 1:30 and 4:00 pm. Go to: www.thinkusao.com
12) Feb. 18th Will be a Riverhawk Jam day at NSU. Register at www.nsuok.edu/riverhawkjam. See the poster in the atrium. There are free T-shirts, admission to the basketball game and scholarship giveaways.
13) Undecided about what you'd like to study in college? Wednesday March 7 from 11:00 - 2:00 is an open TU career day. You may go to Helmerich Hall to inquire about majors, jobs, and salaries.
14) Ladies: there are benefits to attending a women's college. If you are interested consider visiting Cottey College in MO. April 13 - 15. Registration for the weekend is $35.00. www.cottey.edu
15) Ladies: Smith offers a summer program for HS girls. www.smith.edu/summer
July 22 - Aug 4 Field Studies for Sustainable Futures
July 22 - Aug 4 Hidden Lives: Discovering Women's History
co-ed July 15 - 20 Strings at Smith
July 1 - 28 Summer Science and Engineering
July 22 - Aug 4 Young Women's Writers Workshop
Scholarships
16) Feb. 1 deadline - The OSU Alumni Scholarship application is due Feb. 1. There are four questions to answer, so please submit ASAP. Go to:http://orangeconnection.org/scholarship
17) OU's scholarship Deadline is Feb. 1. Your admission/scholarship application must be in. Apply online at go2ou.edu.
18) Feb. 15 deadline -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrVmKVhtbhk&feature=channel_video_title
New College of Florida has a guaranteed scholarship for students admitted by Feb. 15. It is one of the 40 colleges that change lives and rated #2 by Princeton Review as a bargain. See video above.
19) Best Buy scholarships are due Feb. 15, 2012. Students in grades 9 - 12 may apply if they have good grades and community service or work experience. Apply online at www.bestbuy-communityrelations.com or www.at15.com
20) Interested in studying engineering at OU, OSU, OCU, ORU, UCO, TU?? Apply for a 4 year scholarship at www.ospe.org/scholarships deadline Feb 15
21) The College of Wooster, recognized nationally for an innovative curriculum that emphasizes collaborative research with a faculty member, wants you to apply. There is no application fee when you apply online. You will be automatically considered for scholarships. Wooster has been on US News Best Colleges List for a decade. Please apply by Feb. 15.
22) February 29 deadline - Seniors and undergraduates (college students in their freshman/soph year - think big sister) Buick Achievers offers 100 $25,000.00 scholarships if you need financial assistance and plan to major in engineering, technology, design or business with an interest in the automotive industry.www.buickachievers.com
23) March 1 deadline -
Scholarships to Evergreen are due March 1, 2012. File FAFSA with the federal processor. Evergreen's school code # is 008155. Check out scholarships at
www.evergreen.edu/scholarships
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