Daily Bulletin Wednesday 3/12/14

THE DAILY BULLETIN

CANYON HIGH SCHOOL

PLANNING WEDNESDAY

FRIDAY, MARCH 14 PROM FASHION SHOW

GENERAL

ATTENTION ALL 10^th graders and any junior or senior who hasn’t passed one or both sections of the CAHSEE!

CAHSEE testing will be Tuesday March 18 and Wednesday March 19.  We will have a special bell schedule those days.  Please visit the CHS website to see the bell schedule.

Students taking the CAHSEE will receive an invitation letting them know where to go to take the test.  The invitations will be sent out March 12.  A reminder invitation will go out the day before the test.

Students taking the test are encouraged to arrive to school at 7:45 am to give them plenty of time to find their testing location.  Test takers should also have a healthy breakfast to fuel their mind and body.

ANYONE INTERESTED in traveling to Paris and Rome next year during spring break 2015 with Señora Lewis, come to a meeting on Friday during lunch in room D7.

JUNIORS - are you interested in attending a Leadership Opportunity over the summer?  Pepperdine University, which is in Malibu, is having its annual 5-day Youth Citizenship Seminar (YCS) from June 16th-June 20th.  Selected juniors will stay on campus, interact with today's leaders, explore current world and national topics and discuss constructive solutions.  Canyon can nominate 2 boys and 2 girls to go.  $20 dorm-room key deposit is required.  Academic ranking is not necessarily a pre-req for this opportunity; students that are active in Leadership, clubs, ASB, athletics, theater, music, or a wide variety of student activities may be interested.   If you are interested please see your counselor or Mrs. Trapani in the Counseling Office.  Nominations are due by March 17th to Mrs. Trapani in the Counseling Office.

MEETINGS

SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAM will be meeting every Wednesday at lunch in room E-5.

COME GET YOUR CLUB ON!  Your Bible club, that is!  There will be home-baked goodies and fantastabular conversations about the Bible and related topics.  Come this Thursday at lunch to the A Lecture Hall.

CHECKMATES CHESS CLUB and YU-GI-OH Club meet every Wednesday and Friday and G-117.  Bring your lunch. Questions ask Mr. Clark

ATTENTION CSF MEMBERS!  We have a mandatory meeting @ lunch in the library Friday, March 14th. We'll be talking about electing executive officers and volunteer opportunities. See you there!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SMILE CLUB!  They have been able to raise over $1000 this year! This money goes for surgeries for children in Third World Countries who suffer from a cleft lip or cleft palette.  This will buy surgeries for 4 children!  Awesome! The next Smile Club will be meeting TODAY in room B-7 at Lunch.  See you there! 

POLITICAL DEBATE CLUB:  Is meeting Friday at lunch in room E-1.

HEY COWBOYS! The GSA will be holding its next meeting at lunch on Thursday March 13 in room C4. Yearbook picture will be taken at the meeting. Keep in mind that the GSA Summit has been moved to May 10th. Applications can be found in C4 and the counseling office! Also, tickets go on sale for $5 each for the PFLAG BBQ on May 24, at Richard Rioux Memorial Park from 2-6p.m

SENIORS

SENIORS- The Zonta Club of SCV will award one senior girl a $1, 000 Scholarship.  Zonta International will award an additional $4, 000 to an applicant who demonstrates:

Active Commitment to Volunteerism, experience in local or student government, leadership achievements, knowledge of Zonta International & its programs & advocates for Zonta International's mission to advance the status of women worldwide. If this sounds like YOU, please visit www.zonta.org. Club deadline is 3/14.

SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP:  The Santa Clarita Valley Association of School Administrators is offering a scholarship to one Canyon Senior.  In order to apply you need to have at least a 2.5 GPA, have plans to attend a college or program after graduation, and have attended schools in Santa Clarita for at least seven years.

THE CALIFORNIA ALARM ASSOCIATION is offering $40,000 in scholarships to seniors with a parent or guardian that is a full time member of a law enforcement agency.  If you have a parent or guardian that is a full time paid or volunteer member of a fire department you are also eligible to apply.  Please pick up an application in the counseling office.  Applications must be postmarked by March 31st.

ARE YOU A SENIOR?  AND maybe you have not found the RIGHT college MATCH for you yet?  Did you know that some great colleges are still accepting applications?  One college is Louisiana State and we have the rep coming to CANYON on May 2nd during 5th period in H-1.  They are a top-ranked university in Engineering, Business, Law, Architecture and Design, French, and Education.  They ALSO have colleges in Agriculture, Art & Design, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Music & Dramatic Arts.  Tuition is less than $5000 per semester!  That is a great deal!  So mark your calendar and go to H-1 in May and learn more.