STUDENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
September 23, 2014
The FFA Fun night is this Wednesday, Sept. 24 from 4:00 -6:00pm at Red Ridge Ranch. for $2.00 you
get a trail ride, burgers, hot dogs and refreshments with your FFA dues paid. See you there.
Last evening, our girls tennis team brought home a tennis HOMECOMING victory!!!! Posting wins were
Kirstin Grzenia 6-4 6-3, Ellie Luke annihilated a peviously undefeated Chief 6-2 6-0, The Pesky Teske
Twins took their opponents to task with a 6-3 6-1 victory along with Cali Ogurek and Ally Kidd at 2 dubbs
and Erin Bauer and Nathalie Hryniewicki at #3 dubbs!!!! Morgan Makala and Courtney Leak each gave a
valient effort going down to defeat in a tie breaker for the second
set....WOWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Come out and support your Golden Eagtles tennis team after school today as we host the Black River
Falls....
Attention all Students - We are all in this together! Student Homecoming Shirts will be handed
out Wednesday morning starting at 7:30 in the high school commons ! Mauston High School Pride - We
are Unstoppable!
Any student bringing a guest to the Homecoming dance must have a form signed by administration.
Please see the front office for details.
The first Fall Classroom driver education session for the Big "T" Driving School is on Monday,
September 22 from 6-8:00 p.m. at the American Legion Hall in Mauston. There are still a few
openings - see Mrs. Mead in the Counseling Office for application materials if you are at least 15 years
old and interested in Fall classroom driver education training.
Book Club Members - "The Kite Runner" Written by Khaled Hosseini, a #1 New York Times Bestseller -Entertainment weekly described the book as "A moving portrait of modern Afghanistan" - it can be
checked out in the library, from Ms. Tambornino, or Ms. Casey ---- First meeting will be October
1st during Pride Time.
Global Scholar Candidates - Please see Ms. Casey Room A214 - to sign up to work on the "Let's Go Fly
a Kite" Activities - You can do the work during your lunch, pride time, before school, or after school.
New Drivers Ed class starts this Sunday at new Lisbon high school. Cost is $360. Get groups of 3 too
sign up together and save $25 per person. Class is taught by Brad Bever of Superior Drivers LLC.
Call 608-343-8885 for more details.
Attention: Any student who likes to write, please consider writing for the Eagle
Echo, a Mauston High School page that appears in the Star Times once a
month. Any interested student see Mr. Dahlke soon. The Eagle Echo writing
staff is open to anyone grade 9 through 12.
$1000 Kohl Excellence Scholarship—Seniors will be evaluated on their leadership, citizenship,
school and community involvement and academic achievement. Applications are available from Mrs.
Mead and are due by Wed. October 22.
Applications for the Juneau County Peace Scholarship are available in the counseling office.—Seniors
design and execute a peacemaking project in their community. Awards range from $200-$1000 per
project. The interest sheet must be filed by Friday, November 7, but students have until April to
complete their project. The informational meeting is Tuesday, November 11.
P.S.A.T. Testing will be held at Mauston High School on Wednesday, October 15 for any sophomores or
juniors who are four-year college bound, interested in getting feedback on critical academic skills, and
have good test taking skills. Cost is $14, payable to MHS. See your counselor or Mrs. Mead in the
counseling office for further information.
Juniors: The Counseling Office will be taking a bus of juniors to the Wisconsin Education Fair in
LaCrosse on Thursday, October 2. Juniors are invited to listen to career speakers and then attend the
education fair where over 100 colleges will be represented. Trip is limited to forty juniors. Field trip
forms are available from Mrs. Mead and are due by Tuesday, September 30, along with the $3.00
transportation fee.
Attention Seniors: There are 2 fund raising opportunities coming up. The dates are Sept 23rd, and Sept
25th at the High School concession stand during the volleyball games on those dates. Seniors are
needed from 5:30 pm until at least 8:30 pm or when the count is done. You may work the entire shift, or
just half of it. Interested? See Mrs. Whyte to sign up. Three seniors are needed each night. If no seniors
sign up, the proceeds will go to Toys for Joy.
Are you interested in traveling to the sunny island of Puerto Rico in June 2015? Have you or will you have
completed at least two levels of Spanish 2 by the end of second semester? Excelente. Then you are
eligible to enroll in the trip. For more information about traveling to Puerto Rico, pick up an informational
handout from the display case across from the LMC. Enrollment date has been extended to Oct. 15
The following Career Guest Speakers are presenting at MHS:
Tues, September 23 - 9:45 a.m. - Topic - Early Childhood Education
Tues, September 30 - 9:45 a.m. - Topic - Real Estate Broker
Tues, September 30 - 1:30 p.m. - Topic - Music Technology
Wed, October 1 - 1:30 p.m. - Public Relations - Humane Society
Wed, October 8 - 1:30 p.m. - Topic - Emergency Medicine
Thurs, October 9
- 9:45 a.m. - Topic - Performing Arts
Wed, October 15 - 1:30 p.m. - Topic - Business Administration
Thurs,October 30 - 9:45 a.m. - Topic - Law and Government
These Career presentations last 30-45 minutes. See Mrs. Mead in the counseling office for further
information. Open to individual students with interests in the particular career path or teachers may bring
their entire class to listen to the presentation.
College Visits
Employment Opportunities:
Retail clerk at Carr Valley Cheese - Mauston
Lifeguard at Mauston Schools Pool
Lifeguard at Great Wolf Lodge
Lifeguard at Wilderness Resort
Food Service positions at Moosejaw
Mt. Olympus - Openings for Lifeguards, ride attendants, reservations, housekeepers
Applications may be picked up in the counseling office.
FACULTY BULLETIN