Tuesday, March 11, 2014
MISC
SCHEDULE CHANGES FOR TODAY & TOMORROW: Wednesday’s Pride Assembly has
been rescheduled for 3/26. Wednesday will be the regular schedule. TODAY all class
periods will be shortened, and there will be a Pep Assembly at 2:45. The schedule will be:
1st: 8:30 - 9:25, 2nd: 9:30 - 10:25, 3rd: 10:30 - 11:25, 4th: A Lunch 11:25-11:50, B Lunch
11:55-12:20, C Lunch 12:25-12:50, 5th: 12:55-1:50 and 6th: 1:55-2:45.
The basketball cheerleaders and pep band members need to be excused at 2:30 for the
assembly. Tiger Paws need to be dismissed at 2:20.
GHS will be hosting the LifeServe Blood Drive on Tuesday, March 25th!
To be eligible to give blood you must:
Be in general good health
Be 16 years of age or older
Weigh at least 120 pounds
Have not made a whole blood donation in the past eight weeks (56 days).
Have not made a double red cell donation in the past sixteen weeks (112 days).
Students and teachers, sign up this week during E2 or lunch. This blood drive is also open to
the public! Parents and community members are welcome to come in and give blood.
Contact Taegan James at jamestae@grinnell-k12.org to register. Blood types O Negative, B
Negative, and AB Negative are critically needed right now. Your donation could save 3 lives,
so please consider signing up today!
ATHLETICS
Tickets will be on sale at the Grinnell High School until 1:00 today to the boys' State
basketball game at Wells Fargo this evening. They are $8.00 each.
Sign up in the office to ride the pep bus to the boys' State basketball game today. The cost is
free. The bus will depart from the north side of the high school at 6:00 p.m.
The cheerleading banquet will be March 25th at 5:00 at Pagliai's and they should bring $5.
There will be a boys tennis meeting Thursday after school in Coach Edsen's room.
Anyone interested in Boys Golf this spring - short meeting in Coach Bakers' room Wed.
March 12th right after school.
Tiger Paws dance team will be holding tryouts for the 2014-15 dance team on Saturday,
March 15th at 11am at the Grinnell High School new gym. Practices for tryouts will be
held Wednesday, March 12th, Thursday, March 13th and Friday March 14th from 6am7:15am, also in the new gym at the high school. Anyone entering 9th-12th grade next year is
eligible to try out! More information will be given Wednesday, March 12th at the first tryout
practice, but can also be found on the team's website: www.ghstp.weebly.comunder the
Information tab. If you have any questions contact coach Molly Loftin at molly.loftin@grinnellk12.org.
Attention: Any 9th-12th boys interested in going out for baseball this summer need stop by
Coach Faulkner's room (Rm. 61) to sign up. Please sign up by Wednesday March 12th.
GUIDANCE
College Visits this week:
Today, Upper Iowa University at 8:45
Wed., Luther College at 11:00
Thurs., Marines during 4th period
Mount Mercy University is offering a new scholarship for incoming freshmen this fall. The
Catherine McAuley Scholarship provides free tuition to Iowa students whose family income is
$45,000 or less annually. These scholarships are renewable for up to four years. Learn
more about this scholarship at: mtmercy.edu/free-tuition.
CLUBS
TATU Teams will be going to Davis School this Friday morning (March 14th). Meet in room
23 at 7:45 prior to leaving at 8:15.
Art Club workshop is postponed until after spring break.
Curtain Club will meet today at 3:15 pm in Room 17. Today's meeting will feature writing
thank you notes for Beauty & the Beast and news about this weekend's state Individual
Speech contest at North Scott HS. Come for the treats!
Curtain Club & Thespian Officers - your packets for Hugs & Kisses MUST be returned today.
Thanks to all who have returned them!