Monday, February 15, 2010

Additional scholarships in the Career Center are:
-Ray Kliss and Past President’s Memorial Scholarship
-Kiwanis Club of Green Bay-Downtown Scholarship

AP Exams
Signing-up for AP Exams will run until Friday, March 5. A $15.00 deposit per test is required when signing up--made out to Green Bay Area Public Schools. If you are taking more than one test you can write one check to cover the deposit for all the tests. Students can sign-up before and after school or during their lunch hour. On Friday, March 5 sign-up will end at 3:30pm. Any questions see your AP teacher or Mrs. Koenig in the Main Office.

Attention Art Club:
We will have an organizational meeting tomorrow in room 180. Students who are in charge of the clock or mug projects need to be in attendance. If you are unable to come please see Ms. Gerondale.

“Dollars for Haiti”
Today is the kick off for the NHS fundraiser to help the people in Haiti, “Dollars for Haiti.” The people in Haiti need your help. Our goal is to raise $1.00 for each student here at Preble High School or 2200 dollars. National Honor Society students will be collecting dollars before school and during each of the three lunch periods. Please donate one dollar today! You can make a difference.

Stop in the Student Services office any time today to sign up to work the “Dollars for Haiti” fundraiser. Students are needed before school and all three lunch periods all this week. This counts toward one of your activities.

Spring Play
Attention all students interested in working on a crew for the Spring Play “The Handyman Bride”. There will be a meeting on Monday at 3:15 in the auditorium to sign up and fill out a form for which crew you are interested in being a part of. You must attend this meeting in order to be considered for a crew. If you have any questions or concerns please see Mr. Flogel in room 189.


Attention STATE DECA students
There will be a meeting on Tuesday after school in room 136.

Girls Basketball
Congratulations to the girls basketball program. All three teams; Freshmen, JV and Varsity defeated Ashwaubenon last Friday. Next home game is this Thursday against Notre Dame.

Fox Communities Credit Union
Fox Communities Credit Union Would like to that all of our patrons for a great success during our Valentines Winter Promotion last week. We would like to invite everyone to our final promotion of the year which will be in April. Congratulation to the following winners of our Gift Baskets. Susan Staron, MaiTong Vue and Tou Wa Yang. Susan Staron, MaiTong Vue and Tou Wa Yang, please stop by your In-School Credit Union to claim your prizes!

Seniors:
Great Lakes College Access Team will be at Preble on Friday, February 19th and February 26th during 6th, 7th and 8th hours. This federally funded program provides help completing admission paperwork and financial aid applications. During this time a representative will walk students through the FAFSA step-by-step to help eliminate any possible confusion. Parents are welcome to attend these sessions. Please sign up in advance for designated time slots with Ms. Bossell in Career Services.

Green Bay United Men's Swim Team
GBU competed in the WIAA Sectional Swimming and Diving Meet on Saturday at Neenah High School. Andrew Lee placed 8th in the 100 Yard Breaststroke with a time of 1:05.82. Congratulations Andrew! Twelve swimmer swam their personal best times. GBU had a great year and looks forward to next year. Go GBU!

College representative visiting this week is:
Tuesday, Feb. 16 UW-Oshkosh ROTC rep 10:25

Seniors and juniors welcomed

Link Crew’s first Night at the Lanes
Hey Preble, do you need something fun and inexpensive to do to start off your weekend? If so, start putting together your team for Link Crew’s first Night at the Lanes bowling event, this Friday from 3:30 to 5:30 at Riviera Lanes. We’re signing up teams of 4 during the lunch hours starting tomorrow. The cost is $5.50 per person for 2 hours of unlimited bowling, your shoes, and a soda. Space is limited so be sure to sign up early if you want to participate. See a Link Leader if you have any questions.

Attention Band Students:
Cruise Band and Jazz Ensemble Practices for today are cancelled. Cruise Band will practice Wednesday after school and Jazz Ensemble is rescheduled for Wednesday with jazz 2 starting at 5:30 and Jazz 1 starting at 6:30. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Math Team
Our 4th Math Meet is tonight, Monday, Feb. 15 at Ashwaubenon.Check in with Mr. Schwedrsky by 6:10 pm. If you cannot make the meet, please stop by room 237 sometime today

Ping Pong Tournament
Thank you to all Preble students who participated in the 17th Annual Ping Pong Tournament on Saturday. 89 students participated in the double–elimination competition. Competition became fierce!

Special recognition to the top players:
In the girls division, third place went o Kendra Cornell, second place went to Megan Grossardt, and for the 4th year in a row, first place went to Molly Hemes.

In the boys division, third place went to Patrick O’Connell, second place went to Max Adams and for the 4th straight year,
first place went to Greg Parent. Congratulations!

A special thank you to all the parents and volunteers who helped organize this year's event and to the Preble Parent Network for their sponsorship. It was a great day!

Graduation Speakers
Any seniors interested in trying out to be graduation ceremony speakers should pick up an information sheet from their language arts teacher or the main office. The speech must be 2-3 minutes in length and focus on the class motto, “Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.”

The speech contest will be held on Monday, March 8th in Room 131 at 3:10 P.M.The deadline to sign up is the week before the contest. See Mrs. Kreuser in Room 131 with any questions.

Attention all track and field athletes.
If you missed the track and field information and sign up meeting last week, you need to pick up sign up forms from the men’s Physical Education office. There is important information for you, and that we need from you.

All athletes that will be out for track and field need to prepare themselves for the upcoming season. Track begins in 21 days and we have our first track meet in 29 days. Preparing yourself will prevent injury and improve performance. The running club and weightlifting is still open after school on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Student Council
The Student Council is wrapping up the T-shirt sale to benefit the children of Haiti. If any staff member or student would still like to order a shirt, please contact Mrs. Marshall in Room 200 today. Also, if Student Council members have orders to turn in, please do so by the end of the day today. Shirts will be delivered upon their arrival late this week or early next week.