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Monday, April 29
**Happy Birthday, Paula Pope!!**
JROTC travels to Fort Smith to take down the Traveling
Vietnam Wall (all day)
5th hour – Blithe Spirit…Take roll 5th hour and collect $1 for
each student. Then head to the FAC.
3:30pm-5:00pm Tennis Tryouts
5:00pm Baseball vs. Shiloh Christian @ home (V/JV)
6:30pm VBHS Band Banquet
Tuesday, April 30th
3:30pm-5:00pm Tennis Tryouts
5:00pm Softball vs. Heritage @ home…SENIOR NIGHT (V/JV)
6:00pm JROTC Awards Night
Wednesday, May 1st
3:30pm-5:00pm Tennis Tryouts
5:00pm Baseball vs. Siloam Springs @ home (JV – 9-inning)
Thursday, May 2nd
Harry O. Hamm Interviews
JROTC attends The 142nd Field Artillery Unit for a Military Organizational Day Visit (all
day)
10:30am 7A State Meet @ Bentonville
3:30pm-5:00pm Tennis Tryouts
4:00pm Soccer vs. Siloam Springs @ home (JVG, JVB, VG, VB)
4:30pm CIA Movie Night in Commons
5:00pm Baseball @ Siloam Springs (V…DH)
5:00pm Softball @ Siloam Springs (V/JV)
7:00pm Band Spring Concert in Fine Arts Center
Friday, May 3rd
Progress Reports handed out
8:00am-2:30pm ELL Field Trip to Devil’s Den
*AFTERNOON EVENT – POWDERPUFF*
3:30pm-5:00pm Tennis Tryouts
5:00pm Softball vs. Bentonville @ home (V/JV) – make-up from rain out from Friday, April
26th
Saturday, May 4th
Harry O. Hamm Scholarship Winners announced in paper
9:00am-10:30am Physicals for all female athletes at field house
8:00pm-midnight Prom
Sunday, May 5th
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
 Congratulations to Callie Burcham, Carly Jo Riggins and Jacob Zuspann for being
selected to attend Arkansas Governor’s School. Selection for Governor’s School is
based on a combination of ability and interest and is highly competitive. The six
week all expenses paid program is in its thirty-fourth year.
 If your student is interested in going to the U.S. Naval Academy, West Point, the
Air Force Academy or another military college, there is a meeting next Tuesday in
Ft. Smith. If interested, students should pick up information in the counselor’s
office.
 It’s not too late to get a yearbook. Reserve yours today before they arrive here at
the school in a few weeks. Payment and order can be made in room N101. Contact
jana.mccain@vbsd.us for details.
 All students that got spring pictures made and did not pick up proofs should go to
McCain’s room to get them ASAP.
 Seniors that ordered cap and gown pictures should pick them up in McCain’s room,
N101.
 Monday and Thursday every week.
3:00-4:00 pm: English Tutoring, Ms. Myers’s room, S217. FREE help with ACT
English and Reading preparation and practice, English class assignments, or
research and writing in any subject.
 Sparks Regional Medical Center is currently taking applications for the 2013 Caring
Teen Summer Volunteer program. This is an eight-week program, and there is an
extensive screening process that students must go through in order to be eligible.
The deadline to apply is April 29th, and interested students should stop by the
counseling center for an application.
 Attention sophomore and juniors. Now is the time to sign up for the summer ACT
class. You can pick up an application from your English teacher or from Mrs. D.
Dunn in room S118. The deadline to apply is May 3rd and you must be registered
for the June ACT test.
 Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will have a Youth Conservation Institute this
summer. Interested students can pick up an application from Mrs. Henson or Mrs.
Kaszubowski in the Counselor’s Office. Deadline for applications are April 30th.
 The Prom is May 4th and tickets will be on sale next week during both lunches. Only
Juniors and Seniors can purchase tickets. Each Junior and Senior can purchase 2
tickets. No one older than 20 years old can come to prom. If you are bringing
someone from another school, you will need to get a form from Mrs. Baldwin.
 To obtain a bus pass, students must have a written note from parent or a parental
request by email to lhill@vbsd.us . Phone calls for a bus pass will not be accepted.
 Math and chemistry tutoring is available on Mondays and Thursdays Mr. Porter for
Math and Ms. Miller for Chemistry/Physics in their classrooms.
PROJECTS:
CLASS
TEACHER
PROJECT
NAME
DUE DATE
Biome
Project
Leaf
Collection
May 8-10th
E. Williams
Synthesis
Essay/Final
EAST
A. Williams
Army Family
Day
Monday, April
29th @
3:00pm
Monday, April
29th
Pre-AP World
History
AP World
History
AP European
History
World
Civilization II
Duncan
Wednesday,
May 1st
Friday, May
3rd
Friday, May
3rd
Book Review
Mini
Bios/Events
Investments
and Securities
Burton
Stock
Market
Groups
Environmental
Science
PreAP/General
Biology
Concurrent
English Comp.
Gail Saifi
Thompson
Duncan
Duncan
Woodie
Dusti Hurst
New Tech Biology Facilitator/
Parent Involvement Coordinator
Friday, May
10th
ADDITIONAL INFO
Worth 800 points
gsaifi@vbsd.us
lthompson@vbsd.us
Elizabeth.williams@vbsd.us
Angie.williams@vbsd.us
Students have until the
29th to bring their
contribution.
mbduncan@vbsd.us
Know It Cards
mbduncan@vbsd.us
Know It Cards
mbduncan@vbsd.us
Drop Dead
date, Tues.,
April 30th
wwoodie@vbsd.us
2-3 pages in length
All
information
must be
ready for
submission on
Tuesday, May
7th.
Final
presentation
will be
Tuesday, May
14th. *
tburton@vbsd.us
* indicates that students
should dress in formal
business attire.
Students may present in
front of a professional
business panel for their
final presentation on May
14th.