Daily Bulletin

December 16, 2010

MISCELLANEOUS

Holly Berry Concert Hey Rough Riders, get in the holiday spirit with some great music from our award-winning Bands and Orchestras. This Thursday night at 7:30 in the Roosevelt Performing Arts Theatre, our Music Department will present the annual Holly Berry Concert! The concert is free and also includes a potentially record-setting grand combined performance of Sleigh Ride! Enjoy!! Brown and Edwards

Do you need to retrieve credit in an academic class required for graduation or take a required class that you missed out on and cannot now take at Roosevelt? If so, see your counselor ASAP to register for evening school. Classes start February 7. But do not wait to sign up, because classes do fill up. Students can take up to two classes, $60/class, with each class meeting twice/week for two hours in the afternoon and early evenings. Evening school is held at the old Lincoln High School site in Wallingford. W. Krakauer

News Wants You!! The Roosevelt news is taking applications for graphic artists and writers now through January 14th. Forms are available right outside room 237.

ASB/CLUBS/GROUP

SENIOR GRAD ADS Now is the time to place those cute baby pictures of graduates in the yearbook – or on the RHS website. The deadline for guaranteed placement is Jan. 14, 2011. JM

Black Student Union Meeting on Thursday December 16th at 2:50pm in room 107. Come on out and be a part of the Black Student Union. LJ

B.F.F. Books for Fiji Please help Chris Ip collect childrens books, pens & toothpaste for his senior project. Anything helps, even if you have one book! There are several boxes placed in the school. The Main Office, Ms. Nand’s Room, Mrs. Barnes and Ms. Stadtmueller’s Rooms. So spread the word!

Gymnastics Come to support the gymnastics team this Thurs. 12/16 at 7 pm. Be at RHS to watch the leotarded ladies vault over the competition!

Girls Lacrosse Interested in playing lacrosse? Come to pre-season practices Mondays and Thursdays starting January 3rd to work on stick sills & to get in shape for the season. No experience needed!

Eastern Asian Club Eastern Asian Club is donating one thousand cranes to UW Medical Ctr. Do you know how to fold a crane? If you do, we want you! Donate orgami cranes to Mrs. Magidman’s Rm. 239. Help the club reach to 1,000 cranes! JM

CAREER CENTER

Graduating Seniors: College Goal Sunday’s coming up

Sunday, January 23-University of Washington, Mary Gates Hall, Room 30 from 10 am - 2pm.

Sunday, January 9-Rainier Beach High School (8815 Seward Park Ave. South 98118) from 2- 4 pm., 1/8/11 9:00 a.m.-noon Garfield HS, 1/11/11 6:00-8:00 p. Ingraham HS, 1/12/11 6:00 -8:00 p.m. Franklin HS.

College Goal Sunday is a free, on-site program that helps students and families complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), the form that is required to apply for federal financial assistance for higher education. The fourth annual College Goal Sunday Washington takes place throughout January and February at multiple locations across Washington State. Students receive step-by-step instructions for completing and submitting their FAFSA.

To find out more about the event and the many locations and dates in the state of Washington go to the website below. Pre-registration while appreciated is not required. http://www.collegegoalsundaywa.org/event-locations/ (Dr. B)

Graduating seniors: Highlight on financial aid option: Western Undergraduate Exchange Now that you are done with college applications, time to review financial aid options: Western Undergraduate Exchange: This program gives reduced tuition rates in certain states. To find out more about how it works and how you can qualify, go to: http://wiche.edu/wue (Dr. B)

The Roosevelt Scholarship contest is now in progress. It is open to all graduating seniors attending colleges in the United Sates. For more details download an application. For an application go to the Scholarship website: www.rhsseattle.org –go to academic, then go to Scholarships. Deadline is: January 4th by 3 pm.

Bezos Scholars Program at the Aspen Institute is now accepting applications for 2011. This is a seven-day, all-expense-paid Scholarship For Public High School students and educators. Past Bezos Scholars met with retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, Secretaries of Education Arne Duncan and Margaret Spellings, among many others. Application Deadline: Feb. 11, 2011. Visit www.bezosfamilyfoundation.org/scholars. PW

NELA Ctr. For Student Success: Online financial aid workshops: www.centerforstudentsuccess.org or call 206-461-5366 or email: onlinecenter@nela.net

World Learning and the World Affairs Council in Seattle are partnering to recruit host families for 7 Brazilian teenagers between the ages of 15 and 18 from January 12— 24, 2011. The students, who speak English fluently, have been selected by the U.S. Embassy in Brazil from a pool of thousands to become ambassadors for their country. Host families must have a teenage child in the household who attends Roosevelt High School. See Mrs. Magidman for a homestay application or check eth RHS Website.

Teens in Public Service is now hiring for the 2011 Summer Internship program. “TIPS” Interns work to provide

affordable housing and services to the homeless, tutor at-risk youth, gain hands-on experience in the medial science and environmenmtal fields, and provide cultural enrichment and educational opportunities to children and families. TIPS interns are paid $8.67 per hour. Please contact Cathy at 206-985-4647 or cathy@teensinpublicservice.org. (see career center job

board)

The Fremont Arts Council is sponsoring an annual community celebration on December 22nd, 2010. This is a community service opportunity For Roosevelt students. The Place: OLD Ballard Public Library Building, 5614 22nd Avenue Northwest, Seattle. Time: Noon to 4pm. Job: need students to clean up the space. Please email mattokun1@msn.com or call: 206-352-7363 (see Career Center Service board).

LIBRARY

HAVE QUESTIONS? CONSULT Jane Austen’s Guide to Dating by Lauren Henderson - #5 Don’t Fall for Superficial Qualities. This chapter ends with “Tips for Telling If a Man Is Only Using You as Arm Candy.” Or, you could go to the source. Come to the library and check out a book by Jane Austen.

A STRENUOUS LIFE 2002 – For the first time, Roosevelt had an all female cheer squad with no male yell leaders.

IT’S NEW AND ON THE SHELF – Inheriting the Holy Land: an American’s Search for Hope in the Middle East by Jennifer Miller. The author describes her experiences working with young Palestinians, Israelis, Egyptians, and Jordanians and their views concerning on ongoing Middle Eastern crisis.

WHAT’S FOR LUNCH TODAY? – Chef’s Choice Grab & Go: Taco Salad