KALAMAZOO CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
College visits this week:
Today, Adrian College 9 AM & Alma College 1 PM
Thursday, Albion College 9 AM
Friday, KVCC 9 AM & Central Michigan University 1 PM
Next Monday 10/12 Michigan State University 9 AM
10/6
Attention Seniors: On Thursday (10/8) the Counselors will be available to help seniors with the
college application process (parchment, applications, scholarships, etc.) during your lunch. Please
come to the computer lab on the 2nd floor in room 225 during your assigned lunch. We will be
available from 10:04-11:54. Snacks will be provided.
10/6
Hispanic Heritage fact for today: In 1986 Astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz flew on a total of seven
space-shuttle missions. The first female Hispanic astronaut was Ellen Ochoa, whose first of four
shuttle missions was in 1991.
10/5, 6
The bilingual club will be having its first meeting today (10/6) in room 548 at 2:30. If you are
interested in multicultural activities, please plan on attending.
10/6, 8, 9
The Grad Bash 2016 committee will be hosting a raffle at our last home football game next Friday.
The raffle will be for the first 25 seniors to pay the $50 grad bash fee. The winner will be selected
and announced at half time and the prizes will be on display at the game.
ATHLETICS
10/6
Tonight the KC Cross Country team runs our closest race to Central. We will be at KVCC’s Oshtemo
campus, 6767 West O Ave, which is just down the road! Come cheer on the girls at 5pm and the
boys at 5:40pm. The kids and coaches would love to see you there. No admission charged!
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ANNOUNCEMENTS HOLDING…
Wed/Thurs
Are you crazy for cards? Are you looking for others to play and trade with right here at KC?
Join Kalamazoo Central's very own Magic the Gathering club. We meet Thursdays, right after school
in room 342.
Hispanic Heritage Month Facts, 1 per day, September 15 – October 15:
 Hispanics usually place great value on appearance as a sense of honor, dignity and pride.
 Famous singers with Hispanic heritage include Linda Ronstadt, Jennifer Lopez, Sammy Davis
Jr., Christina Aguilera, Gloria Estefan, Trini Lopez, Ricky Martin, Carlos Santana, Selena and
Rita Moreno
 Famous writers and journalists with Hispanic heritage include Isabela Allende, Julia Alvarez,
Rudolfo Anaya, Sandra Cisneros, Oscar Hijuelos, Maria Hinojosa, Geraldo Rivera, Louis
Santeiro and Gary Soto.
 Pulitzer Prize winners of Hispanic origin: Oscar Hijuelos in 1990 for his novel The Mambo Kings
Play Songs of Love. For Drama, Nilo Cruz in 2003 for his play Anna in the Tropics.
 There is diversity among Latino origin groups in major metro areas. Mexicans make up 78% of
Latinos in the Los Angeles area but, in the New York City area, Puerto Ricans (28%) and
Dominicans (21%) are the largest groups. Meanwhile, Salvadorans (32%) are most numerous
in the Washington, D.C., metro area, and Cubans (54%) are the largest group in Miami.
 A record 25.2 million Hispanics are eligible to vote in 2014, up from 21.3 million in 2010. But
during the last midterm election the voter turnout rate of Hispanics (31%) lagged behind
whites (49%) and blacks (44%).
 More than 35 million Latinos speak Spanish at home. About 38% say Spanish is their dominant
language, compared with 25% who are English-dominant and 36% who are bilingual,
according to the Pew Research Center’s 2013 National Survey of Latinos.
Future College Visits
October:
10/19 Aquinas College 1 PM
10/20 K College 9 AM, Marine Recruiter 1 PM
10/21 Western Michigan University On-Site
10/26 K College Interviews 8:30-1:15 PM
10/27 Oakland University 9 AM
November:
11/2 University of Detroit Mercy 1 PM
11/3 U of M Dearborn 9 AM & Calvin College 1 PM
11/9 Grand Valley State 9 AM
11/10 Indiana University South Bend 1 PM
11/13 Michigan Tech 9 AM
11/16 Grand Valley State On-site
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* as needed*
And as a reminder: Students staying after school must be in a classroom, in tutoring, or with an
athletic coach by 2:30 or you will be asked to leave the building. Again, if you are not in a
designated area by 2:30 you will be escorted out of the building.
Let’s make this our day to take Giant steps toward success.