Daily Bulletin - Friday, March 28, 2008

HILLTOP HIGH SCHOOL
SWEETWATER UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
"The Focus At Hilltop Is Academics"
www.hilltoplancers.org

Daily Bulletin #124 Friday, March 28, 2008
Breakfast: Honey Bun
Lunch: Uncrustables
CONGRATULATIONS!!! To Carmen Lopez, Hilltop’s LANCER OF THE DAY

Today’s Bell Schedule: Regular Bell Schedule

STUDENT SECTION

SCHOOL WISDOM OF THE DAY: Don't be discouraged by a failure in school; convert the experience from a stumbling block into a stepping stone. (Radford)

LANCERS: TONIGHT is our big Fashion Show fundraiser for the Awareness About AIDS club. The show begins at 6:00p.m. in the gym and your fellow students (both male and female) will be modeling casual and formal clothing! You can purchase tickets in room 1408 or during lunch in the quad. The evening will feature a DJ and several clubs are going to be selling goodies to eat and drink! This is a fun event for a great cause. Please plan to spend your Friday evening with us. (Radford)

ATTENTION PRINCIPAL’S ROUND TABLE MEMBERS: The April Principal’s round table meeting has been cancelled. The next meeting will be on May 6th.

ATTENTION STUDENTS: Beginning Monday, March 31, 2008, students late to period 1 will be subject to Saturday School detention. Saturday School detentions have been assigned randomly throughout the day to periods 2 through 6. We believe that tardies to these periods have decreased. However, tardies to period 1 remain a major issue. You must get to ALL classes on time to avoid Saturday School. (S. Williams)

LANCERS: The Sweetwater District Art Show is currently hanging at the South Chula Vista library on 4th and Orange until April 11th. Hilltop has several student participants. It is definitely worth seeing! (Huls)

SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS! TODAY is the LAST DAY to turn in your Connect Crew application. Head over to room 905 with your completed application or questions. Thank you for your interest in Connect Crew! (Fericelli)

SUMMER SCHOOL APPLICATIONS are now available in the counseling center. Please stop by TODAY to pick up your application. Make sure you turn in the forms right away before classes fill up. (Yamada)

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SENIORS: If you have a 3.5 college weighted GPA, have extra curricular activities, minimum SAT score of 1500, and have financial need, The Change a Life Foundation has a scholarship you must apply for. Last year they gave out over $400,000 dollars.

SENIOR LADIES: The Chula Vista Woman's Club is offering a $500 scholarship to one of our students. You must have at least a 3.5 GPA, have extra curricular activities and good citizenship. Please pick up an application. Due to Ms. Gerlack by April 25.

SENIORS: The Chula Vista Masonic Lodge is offering 3 scholarships of $1000 each to students going to San Diego State University. Don't miss this opportunity!!!!

SENIORS: If you are of at least a quarter Chinese heritage and have a minimum GPA of 3.0 weighted, pick up the San Diego Chinese Women's Scholarship. This is open to both male and female students. They will be awarding $1500 to a student going to a 4 year college/university and $500 to a student going to a 2 year community college or vocational college.

SENIORS: Two more scholarship opportunities. (1) MASD is offering a $500 scholarship to an outstanding student who has displayed service to his or her school and community in an exemplary way. Must be attending a four year college/university in the fall and be going into the teaching profession. You must also be the first person in your family to attend college. (2) The Diamond Scholars Program is offering 10 scholarships of $2500 renewable. That means $10,000 dollars! Must have a GPA BETWEEN 2.5 and 3.5. Must have financial need. Plan to enroll in a two or four year college/university or vocational-technical school. Great opportunity.

SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR YOUNG LADIES: The Center for Creative Leadership is offering a FREE week seminar (in San Diego) from July 7 - 11. It is called Young Women's Leadership Program. You work on team building skills and self confidence, time management and organizational skills, self awareness and motivation, and goal setting and action planning. You meet with local leaders and complete a community service learning project. If interested, see Ms. Gerlack in the counseling center for information. (Gerlack)

JUNIORS AND SENIORS: If you are highly motivated and highly interested in government, here is an excellent opportunity for you. One student will be picked from each district and sent up to Sacramento for the Excellence in Presentations Conference. It runs from May 20-23. Everything will be paid for except a small processing charge. See Ms. Gerlack for more information.

SOPHOMORE AND JUNIOR LATINO/LATINA STUDENTS: Fantastic opportunity this summer. It is the annual Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project. It will be held in Sacramento from July 26 to August 2. You learn about the legislative process through active participation in mock hearings and interaction with legisators. You learn skills and techniques to organize and run political campaigns. You also attend a college fair and meet with community college, CSU, UC and private college recruiters. There is NO cost to you. Everything is provided. Applications are due by April 18 so see Ms. Gerlack in the counseling center for all the information. Don't miss out on this great opportunity.

FIND OUT WHERE YOUR SCORES WILL TAKE YOU! Take the Princeton review’s FREE practice SAT on April 25th and the FREE practice SAT subject tests on April 27th! Attend May 10th college day to get your scores and test-taking strategies! Call 1-800-2REVIEW or visit www.princetonreview.com to reserve your spot! Get more information from Mrs. Delos Reyes in the Counseling Center! (Delos Reyes)

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FACULTY SECTION

PLC TIDBITS OF THE DAY: Teams exist for a purpose; they must accomplish certain goals within a given time frame. That is why an essential part of effective collaboration is organizing the team’s tasks by identifying the teams’ function, and developing plans and timelines to fulfill those functions and achieve the desire result. (Radford)

MOST IMPROVED BREAKFAST: Faculty, please refer to the attached list of students who will be attending the Most Improved Breakfast this morning. These students need to report to the cafeteria by 8:30a.m.

LIBRARY FYI: Right now, you can access the NBC NEWS Archives on Demand FREE until May 31 by registering at www.hotchalk.com/GoNBC. And between now and April 30, every teacher who signs up from HHS has a chance to win a FULL YEAR subscription to the NBC News Archives for the entire building. Check it out! I have a flier in the library if you want further information. Ms. R..............

Nutrition Break Supervision: March 10th – April 7th
1. Gentry 7. Cole
2. Pierotti 8. Castro / Thompson
3. McGarry / Skalicky 9. Hirakawa / Valdivia
4. Tandon 10. Guinan - Fasbinder
5. Riegel 11. Ecoffey
6. Gilbert 12. Gritts