RCK TODAY FRIDAY MAY 30, 2014
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RCK TODAY
FRIDAY MAY 30, 2014
TODAY IS DAY 4
Mr. Walko & Mrs. Williams: May is Mental Health Awareness Month.
Mental Health Fact of the week: Mental illnesses are more common than cancer, diabetes, or heart disease.
SENIORS: Seniors if you are going to the prom you must hand in your white guest forms and purple table forms ASAP.
MR. GUGLIERI: To all Juniors, Sophomores and Freshman: Voting for class officers will take place through mybigcampus. The polls will open at 12 PM today and stay open until 11:59 PM TONIGHT. Any questions see Mr. Guglieri in room 359.
STUDENT COUNCIL: The Class Olympics is TODAY! See your class officers to sign up. All students, plan to stay after school and see some Ketcham History! The Olympics begin TODAY at 2:30pm in the gym. Bring your school spirit and we will see you there.
ATTENDANCE OFFICE:
Students attending the Senior Prom must be in attendance until the end of 3rd period on Prom Day.
A list indicating those attending the prom will be published and only those on the list will be given an early dismissal for the reason of attending the prom if so requested. You must bring in a note from your parent/guardian granting permission to leave school that day. Your note must include your name, ID #, grade, time of dismissal, and a telephone number where your parent/guardian can be reached.
Notes must be dropped off in the Attendance Office before Friday, May 30, 2014. No notes will be accepted after this date. No note means no pass to leave early on Prom Day.
Absolutely no telephone calls will be accepted requesting early dismissal.
Duplicate passes will not be issued.
Early dismissal passes will be handed out on Friday, June 13th in the Downstairs Main Lobby from 6:45 am to 7:15 am.
HEALTH OFFICE: If you are scheduled for a physical and have not been screened, please come down today to do so!
National Honor Society:
All 11th grade members of NHS need to stop by today to see Ms. Sutton in Room 206 or Ms. Murray in Room 201 to pick up an important document
Eleventh grade members of the National Honor Society are meeting Monday, June 2 in the cafeteria to learn about summer community service opportunities and to sign up for those opportunities. Additionally, there will be an hour long training for the Asian Festival to held July 5. Twelfth grade members of the NHS are holding a separate meeting in the same room.
LIBRARY: ALL library books are due back TODAY.
YEARBOOK: UNDERCLASSMEN who ordered a yearbook (including the waitlist) should pick it up beginning on Monday in room 240 periods 1 – 7.
SPORTS PHYSICALS :
The Health Office is now conducting physicals for fall sports. If you wish to play a fall sport, please stop by the nurse's office today to schedule your physical!
Fall sports begin on August 18th. Be sure to stop by the nurse's office to sign up for a physical - today!
GUIDANCE:
Attention Seniors
If you are in the top 10% of the class, plan on majoring in a Science, Technology, Engineering or a Math field, (either Associate or Bachelor's degree) at a SUNY or CUNY college beginning in the Fall of 2014, you may be eligible for a full tuition scholarship. Information is available in the guidance office. Deadline to apply is August 15, 2014.
Attention Sophomores and Juniors:
The Chamber Foundation of the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a Youth Leadership Program. This is a 2 year leadership development program designed to develop academic, social and life skills of students through leadership experiences outside the classroom. Applications and information are available in the guidance office. Deadline to apply is June 13, 2014.
Attention Seniors
There are several new scholarships posted on the Guidance Web-site. Please take a minute to check them out on-line or in the guidance office.
SPORTS:
KETCHAM BASEBALL
The Ketcham Baseball program would like to thank all of the students and staff who came out on Wednesday to help us get into the Section Finals. Tomorrow at 4pm we need your help again. WE can win this championship with your help. If you want to get on the student bus, please see Mrs. Worell before 10am today. Thank you again!!
Softball beat Suffern yesterday 1-0 and is in the Championship game on Saturday vs. John Jay at 9:00am at North Rockland High School. There is a fan bus for that game if needed. It will leave Ketcham at 7:30am.
Baseball will be playing Fox Lane in the Championship game on Saturday at 4:00pm at Boulder Stadium in Pomona (Rockland).
Admissions for the games are $8, $5 for over 62 and under 12 years old.
CONTINUING ED: The Driver Ed office is currently accepting registrations for the two Summer Driver Ed sessions. Please go to the Wappingers website and click on the link on the left for Driver Education to get more information, dates and registration forms.
RCK PTSA: The PTSA in conjunction with Rosemary Flower Shop on 9D in Wappingers, Falls, is offering an opportunity for families to pre-order flowers for graduation day. 20% of the proceeds will help support our school and programs. View sample photos of arrangements on the RCK PTSA website under Commencement Flowers. All pre-orders will be available for pick-up at the Mid Hudson Civic Center the day of Graduation on Saturday, June 28, 2014
Flower arrangements will be available on Graduation Day for CASH & CARRY ONLY.
You can help the RCK PTSA earn money without spending any money you wouldn't already be spending. If you're already a Shop-Rite shopper and a Stop and Shop shopper than why not make your regular household purchases using a Shop-Rite and a Stop and Shop gift card instead of using a credit card or cash? You get to spend the face value of the gift card and the PTSA will earn 5 percent of gift card sold. Gift cards are available in any denomination from $5 to $500.
Please e-mail Elizabeth Merrill at merri...@verizon.net or call 297-8786. Please pay with cash or a check written out to RCK PTSA.
Do you shop at Adams Fairacre farm? You can help PTSA earn money by making regular household purchases using Adams gift card instead of using a credit card or cash. You get to spend the face value of the gift card and PTSA will earn 10 percent of every dollar you spend. Gift cards are available in $100, $50, or $25. Please email Josephine Shum at obe...@gmail.com. Please pay with cash or a check written out to RCK PTSA.