Weekly News 12042017 to 12082017
Lillie Henry - Magnet Coordinator
Welcome McFatter
Family!
It is that time of year…. Due to Hurricane Irma, homecoming got pushed back this year… As a result, McFatter’s Great Gatsby theme Homecoming is coming up on December 15th at Signature Grand. Tickets can be purchased on line at https://tinyurl.com/MTCHomecoming2017. All students are encouraged to attend this fun high school.
Attention parents, he School Choice application window for magnet programs, Nova schools and school reassignments is open now for all grades. For more information and to apply online go to www.browardschools.com/schoolchoice or call 754-321-2480.
Please join me in cheering on the students participating this week in the Junior Achievement Competition coming up next week. I know that our students will make us proud in their representation of McFatter.
As always, there is a lot more information below… I hope to see you all at the PTSA meeting on Monday evening and Blaze Pizza on Wednesday for dinner.
Take care,
Lillie Henry
For any referenced attachments, please go to https://drive.google.com/open?id=1aA0YAnnPe_Acyn11jeCcdNtRNDi1bxYT
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Important Dates:
12/4 - PTSA Meeting in the Bistro @ 6:30pm
12/6–HS Practical Nursing Graduation, ARC, 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
12/6–PTSA Blaze Pizza Fundraiser, Blaze Pizza, 2135 S. University Drive, Davie, 5:00 PM-8:00 PM
12/7-12/8-EOC Retake Testing: Algebra I, 9:15 AM-12:19 PM
12/11-12/12-EOC Testing: Geometry, 9:15 AM-12:19 PM
12/13-EOC Testing: U.S. History, 9:15 AM-12:19 PM
12/14-EOC Testing: Biology, 9:15 AM-12:19 PM
12/14-12/15-EOC Make-Up Testing: Geometry, 9:15 AM-12:19 PM
12/15-EOC Make-Up Testing: History/Biology, 9:15 AM-12:19 PM
12/19-Period 1 Final Exam, No lunch, 9:15 AM-12:15 PM
12/20-Period 2 Final Exam, No lunch, 9:15 AM-12:15 PM
12/21-Period 3 Final Exam, No lunch, 9:15 AM-12:15 PM
12/22-Period 4 Exam, No lunch, 9:15 AM-12:15 PM
1/8-Employee Planning (no school for students)
1/15-Schools & Administrative Offices Closed
1/16-Third Quarter Begins
1/23-Magnet Open House, ARC/Mall Area, 6:30 PM-8:30 PM
1/29-Student Government Association (SGA) Inter-Club Council Meeting, Room 411, 12:15 PM-1:05 PM
1/30-Parent Seminar, Cafeteria, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
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McFatter Technical High School Homecoming 2017 Information
The event is scheduled for Friday, December 15, 2017 at 7 PM and the location is the Signature Grand. The theme this year is Great Gatsby. Ticket sales will be from November 15th through December 11th, approximately. Ticket sale prices are approximately 65$ per person.
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BLAZE PIZZA FUNdraiser:
This FUNdraising event is scheduled for Wednesday, December 6th at Blaze Pizza (2135 S University Drive in Davie from 5-8pm. Come and support McFatter PTSA and McFatter Technical High School while having FUN with other McFatter Families… We hope to see you there. The attachment “BLazeMcFatterFlyer” is required at the register for McFatter to get credit for the purchase. Share with your friends… Thank you for your support.
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McFatter Storm PTSA
Do you wish you knew more about what is happening at School? Do you wish you had more of a voice? You can have all this and more when you join the MCFATTER TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL PTSA.
PTSA Meeting:
McFatter’s PTSA meets from 6:30PM - 8:00PM in the BISTRO of our Culinary building. Please join us to keep abreast of activities that impact your students on the following dates:
December 4
January 22
February 12
March 12
April 16
May 15
See the attached “Joinus” document for more information.
Current Online PTSA Fundraisers
Ø Amazon Smile: McFatter Gets 1/2% of Purchases. (smile.amazon.com)
Ø Pampered Chef – tinyurl.com/PamperedMcFatterPTSA
Ø Tupperware – http://tinyurl.com/TupperwareMcFatterPTSA
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Dreamers Scholarships
Broward College partners with TheDream.US to provide support for DREAMers that addresses the barriers and challenges they face in accessing a college education. As a partner college, DREAMers are able to attend our college using the scholarship funds provided by TheDream.US.
The 2018-2019 National and Opportunity Scholarship rounds will open on November 1, 2017. This scholarship is for high school and community college graduates. Applicants can have either DACA or TPS OR they may certify that they meet immigration eligibility criteria that mirror the DACA eligibility criteria. All applicants must agree that they will apply for lawful presence or lawful status as soon as the law allows them to do so. Students should visit TheDream.US for more details regarding eligibility requirements and application guidelines.
IMPORTANT DATES:
November 1, 2017 – Application opens for National and Opportunity Scholarship Programs
January 23, 2018 – Application closes for Opportunity Scholarship
March 1, 2018 – Application Closes for National Scholarship
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Catch up on this week’s news and happenings with Friday Focus!
As part of our ongoing commitment to promote positive news and events happening throughout our District, the Public Information Office (PIO) is excited to share with you Friday Focus, a weekly roundup of Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) news and events.
Here are just a few of this week’s Friday Focus news highlights:
BCPS News Around the District
· 2018 Caliber Awards Teacher of the Year and School-Related/District Employee of the Year Finalists Announced
· BCPS Selected for U.S. Department of Education Grant for Creating Career and Technical Educator Pathways
· Countdown to the Start of Computer Science Education Week and Hour of Code!
BCPS in News Headlines
· SWAG on 6: Student Calls for Change Through Debate – NBC 6
· The C-SPAN Bus Visits South Florida Schools – CBS Miami
· They Saw a Need. Then These Teens Did Something About It. – Sun-Sentinel
Share your good news with the PIO! Please use our online form, available atbrowardschools.com/marcomm.
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Sponsorship Letter for Annual Scholarship Foundation Event:
High School Parents: Attached is a copy of our Sponsorship letter for this year's Foundation event. Over the years many of our parents have chosen to be sponsors; this includes in-kind donations; merchandise, gift certifications, vacation homes, and hotel stays. If you would like to donate, please contact Lynn Goldman.
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News from Ms. Lynn, BRACE Advisor (Multiple attachments):
Please call (754)321-5805 with any questions you may have regarding BRACE News.
At McFatter, we like to celebrate our students' accomplishments. We would like to congratulate the following students who were offered admission to their various universities. Gabriela Alor -Florida Polytechnic, Joshua Drakes - Florida Institute of Technology & SCAD, Bryan Duque - FIU, Linda Garay - FIU, Natalie Garcia - NSU & UNF, Jordan Pabon - FIU, Arianne Sanchez - USF, Genneth Schwoyer - FIU, and Tarin Sultana - NSU. Please make sure that you stop by my office to let me know and to put a flag pin on the college admissions map.
I encourage every senior to complete the Broward Education Foundation Scholarship application. It is probably one of the easiest applications. Broward Education Foundation - Deadline: April 2nd - Award: Varies
This is an extremely simple application that is available to graduating seniors. There are many scholarships under the BEF umbrella. Students can complete one application and be reviewed for multiple awards. The application and details can be found at: BrowardEdFoundation.org/apply
Transcripts - Some students are still confused over the transcripts request process. All transcript requests need to be made through Family Connection (see attached document). For schools that use the Common College Application, in addition to their own application, students need to indicate how they are applying to the school. If the student does not indicate this, we are unable to send transcripts to that school. For Common App schools: the counselor will upload the student's transcripts as part of their counselor recommendation. There are four schools in Florida: FSU, UF, FL Poly, and FAU, that are using the SSAR (Self-reported Student Academic Record system). They do not want transcripts until they ask for them, which is after the student has been offered admission. All hard copy transcripts need to be picked up from Ms. Martin.
A student can check on the status of their transcript requests by going in to their family connection account. Click on the Colleges tab. Click on transcripts, which is listed on the left-hand side of the page. Click on view the status of all my transcript requests. The student will see the school name, the date the transcript was requested, and the date the transcript was sent. Additionally, there is a confirmation code that the student can use, when contacting the school. Keep in mind that while the eDoc process is more reliable, it takes longer to process. Many schools have stated that it can take 14 business days to process eDocs.
FAFSA Open - The 18-19 Free Application For Federal Financial Aid opened up on Oct. 1, 2017. It is strongly encouraged that all seniors complete a FAFSA as soon as possible, even if they do not believe they will qualify for need based aid. Many schools have non-need based scholarships that are triggered by students having a completed FAFSA. A common deadline for many schools is Dec. 15th. Be sure to complete your FAFSA's early. To date, only 47 of our seniors have completed their FAFSA. I strongly encourage families to complete the FAFSA ASAP making sure to do so before the school's priority deadline.
SAT & ACT Test schedules - Please see attached flyer for the 2017-2018 SAT and ACT test dates. Pay attention to the registration deadlines.
Traditionally students take the SAT and or ACT for the first time during the spring of their junior year and a second time during the fall of their senior year. Both of these tests are college entrance exams. Schools will accept these tests equally. It is recommended that students take both the SAT and ACT. This way they will be able to determine if they have a strength on one test over the other. Keep in mind that most schools look at the scores that are most favorable to the student. At the time of registration, students are able to send their scores to 4 schools for free. If students wait until after testing to send these scores, they will have to pay $12.00 to have their scores sent. It is the student’s responsibility to have their scores sent to the various schools. Schools will only accept official score reports which are sent directly from these testing agencies.
Free and Reduced Lunch - There are many benefits to qualifying for free or reduced lunch, other than the meals themselves. Students who qualify for free/reduced lunch are eligible to receive SAT and ACT fee waivers for both their junior and senior years (1 per test, per year). Additionally, seniors who have taken a test using a fee waiver are able to receive college application fee waivers. If a student were to take advantage of all of the fee waiver offers, they could save over $500. It is well worth the time to complete an application to see if you qualify.
Fee Waivers are
now available in the BRACE office for
students who qualify for free or reduced lunch.
On Campus Events: College visits are
open to juniors and seniors.~ All students must have a college
visit pass to attend.~ The student must sign
up through Eventbrite (http://www.eventbrite.com/o/brigitte-lynn-8407916290) to
get a college visit pass/ticket.~ Space
is limited.~ Students must have their teacher's permission to attend. ~ It is between the teacher and the student whether it is appropriate for the student to miss class time to attend the college visit ~ Students should check
Eventbrite often as visits are constantly being added.
Dec. 12th - ASVAB Post Test interpretation (Time TBD)
Feb. 13th - McFatter Spring College Fair @ 12:30 - 2:30
Off Campus Events:
Scholarships: One of the best resources available to our students is Family Connection. In addition to great college and career resources, there is a wonderful scholarship section. It is listed at the bottom of the student's college page. Attached is an information sheet (Naviance Quick Guide) on how to access Family Connection.
The Robert "Bob" Elmore Honors College/Scholarship - Deadline: Rolling on a Space Available Basis - Award: 2-year (60 credits)
Graduating Senior. Plans to attend Broward College. Must meet one of the following: 3.5 unweighted GPA, 1250 SAT (minimum 650 evidenced based reading and writing and 590 Math), 22 ACT Composite (minimum 21 English, 21 Math, and 22 Reading), or PERT Scores (113 Reading, 123 Math, 123 Writing). Students complete online application @http://www.broward.edu/academics/honors/Pages/Prospective-Student-Application.aspx. Students will be called in for an interview and asked to complete a writing sample.
The Cooperative Living Organization - Award: Affordable Housing
Students planning on attending the University of Florida or Santa Fe College. Affordable and convenient housing. $400 per month includes: lunches and dinners (Monday - Friday, No Holidays), internet, fully furnished room, computer labs, etc. For details see flyer and go to: www.cloliving.org.
2018 GE - Reagan Foundation Scholarship Program - Deadline: Jan. 4th - Award: $10,000 renewable scholarships
High School Senior. Demonstrate exceptional leadership, drive, integrity, and citizenship. For application and details, go to: https://www.scholarsapply.org/ge-reagan/
2017-2018 Salute to Education Scholarship - Deadline: Feb. 5th - Award: $1,500
Graduating Senior from Miami-Dade or Broward County. Minimum 3.0 weighted GPA. U.S. Citizen or permanent resident. Judged on following criteria: Financial Need, Community Involvement, Academic Achievement, Demonstrated Leadership, Quality of Character, Life Goals & Interests, Obstacles Overcome, and Meaningful objectives achieved. Students must select one of six categories: Athletics, Foreign Language & Language Arts, Performing Arts & Visual Arts, Leadership Service, Mathematical Sciences/Computer Sciences, Natural Sciences. For application and details, go to: www.stescholarships.org
Seton Hall's Sustainable Development Challenge - Deadline: March 11th - Award: $1,000 or $2,500 cash prize and/or $4,000 - $10,000 Scholarship
High School Student. 300-500 word statement that describes an innovative approach or idea for addressing one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. For more details and to enter, visit:www.shu.edu/go/UNchallenge
2018 Broward County Chiefs of Police Association Scholarship (BCCPA) - Deadline: March 16th - Award: $1,500
Graduating senior or current college student. Must be dependent/sibling of a law enforcement officer. Based on: scholastic achievement, economic need, GPA, and community involvement. See attached application or see Ms. Lynn.
Broward Education Foundation - Deadline: April 2nd - Award: Varies
This is an extremely simple application that is available to graduating seniors. There are many scholarships under the BEF umbrella. Students can complete one application and be reviewed for multiple awards. The application and details can be found at: BrowardEdFoundation.org/apply
Southern Scholarship Foundation, Inc. - Deadline: Ongoing - Award: Low-cost housing
Rent free housing for students admitted to FSU, UF, FAMU, or FGCU.~ Motivation demonstrated through awards and activities.~ Financial need.~ Minimum 3.0 GPA.~ Information and application available at: http://www.southernscholarship.org
BigSun Scholarship - Deadline: June 19th - Award: $500
High School Senior. Plans to attend a post secondary institution. Currently involved in a sport at high school or in the community. For details go to: http://www.bigsunathletics.com
Interesting Websites:
Following are a couple of free test prep websites.
PERT prep - Go to Broward.edu.~ Click on Student Resources, then click Testing
center.~ When you click the PERT link it opens up to offer you a PERT study guide and
practice test.~ They also have links to
YouTube tutorials.~ You can also register
for a free 4 - week on line college
foundations course.
March2Success~ - www.march2success.com
Website includes test prep for the ASVAB,
SAT and ACT.~
They also offer help with high school
math and verbal skills.~ There is a high school science hub to help with Biology,
Chemistry, Physics and Earth
Science.~~~ Additionally they offer a college readiness online course.~ There is a Spanish option for this website.~
[ http://www.maldef.org ]www.maldef.org -
MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) Scholarship List.~ This list
is an informative resource for students,
parents, and educators.~ MALDEF is not a direct provider of the scholarships on the list,
with exception of the MALDEF Law School Scholarship Program. (This can be a good resource for students who have residency
issues.
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Musical Instruments Needed:
McFatter’s Music Club needs musical instruments to get the band back together. If you have any musical instruments from the attached list that you would like to donate, please contact Mrs. Maldonado.
Thank you for your consideration.
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Reminder: For any referenced attachments, please go to: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1aA0YAnnPe_Acyn11jeCcdNtRNDi1bxYT