WAKE UP WATKINS MILL TODAY IS MONDAY

FEBRUARY 9TH , 2015I’M YOUR HOST ______

AND I’M YOUR HOST_____ PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF

ALLEGIANCE

The Honor Roll Ice Cream

Party will be held on

February 10th for 9th and

10th graders and February

12th for 11th and 12th

graders.

It's Academic and trivia team will practice in

B123 this Thursday FEB. 11th any one

interested in testing their knowledge of

difficult questions please come to B123 this

THURSDAY Feb 11..

This message comes to you from the Minority Scholars

Program. Did you know that Montgomery County

Public Schools had the highest graduation rate in the

state of Maryland for the Class of 2014? Eighty-nine

percent of MCPS students graduated. Those are good

numbers, but when you compare the graduation rates

of African American and Latino students, they are not

keeping pace. African American Students graduated

at a rate of eighty-six percent.

Latino students graduated at a rate of eighty

percent. Those are not awful numbers, but we can

do better. We want to close the achievement gap in

Montgomery County, but it starts with you. Each of

us has to take responsibility for making education

our priority. We have to take school and graduation

seriously. Everyone is always talking about how to

fix to achievement gap, but we believe it starts with

us, the students. This a problem that we can help fix

by being aware of it and by believing we are

capable.

• Students who are interested in performing or

being a part of the Black History Month

Celebration, come to Ms. Oliver-Gary’s room

with your lunch today Monday, February 9th at

11Am. We are looking for dancers, singers,

musicians/drummers (African

drummers), artists, poets and actors. You will be

meeting with Ms. Oliver-Gary and Mr. Johnson.

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner- want to do something special for your bae? SADD will be selling singing telegrams, flowers, and other items to be delivered Friday to your special someone. We will be pre-selling in the mixing bowl at STEP until Thursday. Come see us to surprise your Oh Baby and help raise money for abused women and their children all at the same time.

Attention All Drama Club members and those interested in being a part of the Drama Club or are you in need of SSL hours. There is a tech crew meeting today after school and the rest of the week from 2:30pm -5:30pm Plan accordingly and We’ll see you there.

SENIORS! Want to perform a song

or duet at graduation? Get your

song ready!!!!! Auditions will be in

about a month! Listen out for the

exact audition date to come in

mid February!”

Please remember Cap and Gown payments are

due to Mrs. Leecost by Friday, February 20th.

It's $50. On Monday, February 23rd your cap

and gown fee will become an obligation.

Please review the packet that you received in

October or come by C208 during STEP to get

a packet from Ms. Leecost. Please check

edline for any questions and update your

edline email so that you can receive senior

emails.

Senior tee shirt and sweatshirt

orders are being taken in the

mixing bowl during STEP every

day until February 18th. You must

pay in full before your shirt is

ordered. Now for some career

center news.

Seniors don’t forget There will be a college fair on

February 18 at Einstein HS from 6 to 8 pm featuring

over 60 historically black colleges. This fair is for

all high school students and parents. For seniors,

there will be on the spot admissions beginning at

4:30 pm. Seniors can interview with a maximum of

3 schools. To select the schools, seniors need to

log into Family Connection and complete the

survey on the About Me tab.

The survey is only open from January 30 to

February 13. Students will need to complete

the applications for those schools and print out

copies of their test scores to take with them to

the fair. No recommendations are needed and

application fees are waived. See your

counselor or Mrs. Prochnow for more info.

Attention sophomores, the

ACES application deadline is

drawing near. Students who

are interested can see their

counselor or the ACES coach.

Consider applying for Girls State and Boys

State, 2 free weeklong summer programs on

a college campus for students interested in

government and leadership. These are

fabulous programs and look great on college

applications. They are especially

recommended for students interested in

applying to any of the service

academies. Interested students should stop

by the College/Career Center to pick up an

application. Return completed applications to Mrs. Prochnow no later than February 27.

To all college bound seniors: Don’t miss

out on money for college. Submit your

2015-16 Free Application for Federal

Student Aid by Valentine’s Day at

www.fafsa.ed.gov. It’s free and only takes

about 30 minutes. There are YouTube

videos to help and help buttons on the free site.

Attention seniors interested in joining the

military after graduation: the ASVAB, the

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude

Battery, will be given at WM on Friday,

2/27, at 7:30 am in the College/Career

Center. This is the military’s entrance

exam. Students need a signed permission

slip. Download a form on the

College/Career Center page, get it signed

by your parent/guardian and return it to Mrs. Prochnow.

• Attention seniors: New scholarships have just been added to the Local

and National Scholarship list on the College/Career Center

webpage. Many of these scholarships have February and March

deadlines. Check out the blue scholarship bin in the College/Career

Center weekly to pick up new paper scholarship applications that have

arrived. Be sure that each application you submit is complete and that

you adhere to all deadlines.

•

• And now for some wolverine sports!

• The Boys and Girls indoor track teams had a successful running at the

Maryland Region Championships last Thursday. The team had 6 first

place finishes in the:

• Boys 4by4 relay (Michael Bonds, Kevin Mapuku, Salim Addrey, Michael

Tessitori)

• Boys 4by2 relay (Michael Bonds, Kevin Mapuku, Sone Panda, Julian

Kodgo)

• Boys 300 dash (Kevin Mapuku)

• Girls 4by8 relay (Rhoda Miller, Marian Sankyo, Lisa Franco, Alyssa

Rishell)

• Girls 4by4 relay (Rhoda Miller, Marian Sankyo, Lisa Franco, Alyssa

Rishell)

• Girls 500 dash (Alyssa Rishell)

• Other state qualifying performances were:

• Girls 800 dash 3rd place (Lisa Franco)

• Boys 300 dash 3rd place (Michael Bond)

• Girls 4by2 relay "fourth place" (Dekonti Sayeh, Rhoda

Miller, Epole Ewane, Marian Sankyo,)

• The Maryland State Meet will take place on Tuesday,

February 17th at the P.G. Sportplex. Please come out to

support your Wolverines track team.

•

•Congratulations to all of our jv

basketball teams for a hard fought

season.

• And now a message from our swim team.

• At Metros this past weekend, Lowell Brophy, Alec VanBrokhorst, Ross

Campbell, and Adam Young dropped 3 seconds in the 400-free relay-

placing 29th overall. The same relay placed 21st in the metro region in

the 200 free relay as well. Chase Soghomonian, Peter Orban, Alec

VanBronkhorst, and Nahom Michael swam well in the 200 medley relay,

placing close to where they were seeded originally. On the ladies side,

Erika Wolf, MacKenzie Allen, Caitlyn Rishell, and Anona Orban swam in

the 200 free relay, just after making the cut time last week at Divisionals

• Individually, Lowell Brophy placed 39th in the 200 IM,

dropping 5 seconds from his seed time and placed 23rd

overall in the 100 back, dropping 2 seconds from his seed

time! Peter Orban placed 41st in his 100 free and 26th in the

100 back. The two Wolverines raced each other side-by-side

in the 100 back, pushing each other to success!

• The Wolverines move onto Regionals this upcoming

weekend. Go 'rines!

Attention anyone interested in playing girls lacrosse this spring, there will be a mandatory meeting during STEP on Wednesday, February 11 in E004. Important papers will be handed out and information about tryouts and schedules will be discussed. If you have any questions, please see Coach Naylor.

ThaT’s all for

today thank you

from wolverine

television!