MLWGS Morning Announcements

Daily Announcements for

May 14, 2012

• Class Officer candidate speeches will be held today at lunch. Class of 2013 will be in the Commons, Class of 2014 is in the Forum, and Class of 2015 is in the Auditorium. There has been a scheduling change: SCA officer candidate speeches will be made WEDNESDAY in the Auditorium.
• Motor vehicle crashes remain the leading cause of death for 15 to 20 year olds. The Students Against Destructive Decisions Club wants to remind the school body this week of the importance of driving sober. We would also like to recognize the dangers of texting while driving; a danger every student should think about every day, whether you, a friend, or a family member is behind the wheel.
• All daily announcements must be submitted electronically by 10:30 a.m. of the day the announcement will be read. Club sponsors must be the ones to submit announcements.
•  All Club news and announcements will be posted on the Club Bulletin Board outside of Room 120.

Daily Announcements for

May 11, 2012

• Class and SCA Officer candidate speeches will be held next week– Class officer speeches during lunch on Monday, and SCA speeches during lunch on Tuesday. On Monday, Class of 2013 will be in the Commons, Class of 2014 will be in the Forum, and Class of 2015 will be in the Auditorium. SCA speeches will be Tuesday in the Auditorium.
• Students are reminded that notes for bus passes are to be turned to Mrs. Williams in room at the beginning of the school day.
• Any type of bus change requested for Richmond City needs to be turned in several days in advance. They have to be faxed to the city for approval.
• Attention rising Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors.  Today is the deadline for ordering required summer reading titles.  Completed order forms and payment should be placed in the drop box in Office 100 (across from the Attendance Office).  For financial assistance in obtaining any of the required titles, please contact Mr. Zweerink in the Counseling Office.
• Congratulations to Seamus Guy who won an iTunes gift card for solving the bike mystery! The mystery rider was Mr. David Barnes. Congratulations to Sam Menchel who won a bike helmet for participating in the “Why Bike?” conversation on the chalkboard wall.
• The next bike month event is a City Biking Class on May 17 where you can learn to fix a flat and more. Free tools to the first ten students. Sign up in the library.
• The 2012 Prom will be on Sat. May 18^th at The Westin Hotel from 7pm -11pm. Prom Tickets will be on sale all next week at lunch in the 1^st floor commons. Tickets are $25 each.  If you are bringing an outside guest, you must bring the completed form to purchase tickets.
• All daily announcements must be submitted electronically by 10:30 a.m. of the day the announcement will be read. Club sponsors must be the ones to submit announcements.
•  All Club news and announcements will be posted on the Club Bulletin Board outside of Room 120.

Daily Announcements for

May 10, 2012

• Class and SCA Officer candidate speeches will be held next week– Class officer speeches during lunch on Monday, and SCA speeches during lunch on Tuesday. On Monday, Class of 2013 will be in the Commons, Class of 2014 will be in the Forum, and Class of 2015 will be in the Auditorium. SCA speeches will be Tuesday in the Auditorium.
• Students are reminded that notes for bus passes are to be turned to Mrs. Williams in room 100 at the beginning of the school day.
• Any type of bus change requested for Richmond City needs to be turned in several days in advance. They have to be faxed to the city for approval.
• All daily announcements must be submitted electronically by 10:30 a.m. of the day the announcement will be read. Club sponsors must be the ones to submit announcements.
•  All Club news and announcements will be posted on the Club Bulletin Board outside of Room 120.

Daily Announcements for

May 9, 2012

• DO-NUT wait any longer! The Class of 2014 will be selling donuts in the Blue-stone lobby on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday morning! 50 cents for one, 5 dollars for a box. Contact any sophomore class officers or Mr. Barnes for more information.
• Attention rising Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors.  Today is the deadline for ordering required summer reading titles.  Completed order forms and payment should be placed in the drop box in Office 100 (across from the Attendance Office).  For financial assistance in obtaining any of the required titles, please contact Mr. Zweerink in the Counseling Office.
• If you’re running for SCA or class office, your speech is due TODAY to Mr. White in Room 330 at 3:30pm.
• All daily announcements must be submitted electronically by 10:30 a.m. of the day the announcement will be read. Club sponsors must be the ones to submit announcements.
•  All Club news and announcements will be posted on the Club Bulletin Board outside of Room 120.

Daily Announcements for

May 8, 2012

• DO-NUT wait any longer! The Class of 2014 will be selling donuts in the Blue-stone lobby on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday morning! 50 cents for one, 5 dollars for a box. Contact any sophomore class officers or Mr. Barnes for more information.
• Another clue to the biking mystery– not only was this teacher once tear-gased while riding a bike, but they’ve also ridden a bike while carrying a 4-foot black snake.  One guess per student per day.
• Win prizes by entering an original story, memoir, or essay about biking or bikes in the creative nonfiction/flash fiction contest.  Stop by the library for more info.
• Attention rising Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors.  Orders for the required summer reading titles are due no later than tomorrow, May 9th.  Completed order forms and payment should be placed in the drop box in Office 100 (across from the Attendance Office).  For financial assistance in obtaining any of the required titles, please contact Mr. Zweerink in the Counseling Office.
• All daily announcements must be submitted electronically by 10:30 a.m. of the day the announcement will be read. Club sponsors must be the ones to submit announcements.
•  All Club news and announcements will be posted on the Club Bulletin Board outside of Room 120.

Daily Announcements for

May 7, 2012

• Volunteers are needed on Saturday May 12^th for the  Annual Strawberry Street Festival to benefit William Fox Elementary School.  Students must sign up with Mrs. Williams in room 100 by May 8^th.  Earn up to 6 hours!
• Hoping to run for SCA or class office for next year? Come pick up the application packet outside Room 330. The deadline to submit the completed application has been extended, to 3:30pm on Monday, May 7. This deadline will be strictly enforced. See Mr. White if you have any questions.
• The cafeteria will stay open until approximately 1:00 pm May 7 – 11 to accommodate students taking AP exams.
• As of Monday, May 14th, the cafeteria will no longer allow students to “charge” their purchases.  All debt to the cafeteria must be paid by Friday, May 25th.  Please check the menu board for your name if you can’t remember if you owe the cafeteria any money.
• DO-NUT wait any longer! The Class of 2014 will be selling donuts in the Blue-stone lobby on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday morning! 50 cents for one, 5 dollars for a box. Contact any sophomore class officers or Mr. Barnes for more information.
• All daily announcements must be submitted electronically by 10:30 a.m. of the day the announcement will be read. Club sponsors must be the ones to submit announcements.
•  All Club news and announcements will be posted on the Club Bulletin Board outside of Room 120.

Daily Announcements for

May 4, 2012

• Attention rising Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors.  Orders for the required summer reading titles are due no later than next Wednesday, May 9th.  Completed order forms and payment should be placed in the drop box in Office 100 (across from the Attendance Office).  For financial assistance in obtaining any of the required titles, please contact Mr. Zweerink in the Counseling Office.
• Volunteers are needed on Saturday May 12^th for the Annual Strawberry Street Festival to benefit William Fox Elementary School.  Students must sign up with Mrs. Williams in room 100 by May 8^th.  Earn up to 6 hours!
• Today kicks off our National Bike Month celebration!  The first challenge is to solve a mystery.  There’s a post on the library blog today about what inspired one teacher here to start biking. This teacher was once tear-gased while riding a bike. The first student to guess which teacher shared this story wins an iTunes gift card. One guess per student per day. For more details about this year’s bike month celebration, click the bicycle on the school library web site.
• Hoping to run for SCA or class office for next year? Come pick up the application packet outside Room 330. The deadline to submit the completed application has been extended, to 3:30pm on Monday, May 7. This deadline will be strictly enforced. See Mr. White if you have any questions.
• Come to the Forum at the beginning of lunch today to watch the Final Four of the 24 competition. After 3 days of competition, we congratulate the FINAL FOUR students: Tyler Garrett, Michael Lewis, Conan Zhao, and Soho Kim. They will be competing for gift cards and bragging rights. They are the last standing out of over 70 participants, so come support them and Mu Alpha Theta. Feel free to bring your food and friends!
• Congratulations to both of the Boys Soccer teams on their wins last night against Tucker.  JV’s-3-0, V’s 5-0.
• All daily announcements must be submitted electronically by 10:30 a.m. of the day the announcement will be read. Club sponsors must be the ones to submit announcements.
•  All Club news and announcements will be posted on the Club Bulletin Board outside of Room 120.

Daily Announcements for

May 2, 2012

• Attention rising sophomores who plan to take the econ & personal finance online summer course… Attention rising sophomores who plan to take the econ & personal finance online summer course, there will be a mandatory meeting on Wednesday, May 2 at 11:35 in the auditorium.  This meeting will last for 5 minutes so you will have time for lunch afterwards.  Please be prompt.  If you have any questions, please see Ms. Parker.
• Hoping to run for SCA or class office for next year? Come pick up the application packet outside Room 330. The deadline to submit the completed application has been extended, to 3:30pm on Monday, May 7. This deadline will be strictly enforced. See Mr. White if you have any questions.
• Interested in learning about how humans interact with animals?  Come listen to the Future Medical Professionals’ guest speaker Denice Ekey on Thursday, May 3rd, in the forum at lunch.
• Attention rising Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors.  Orders for the required summer reading titles are due no later than next Wednesday, May 9th.  Completed order forms and payment should be placed in the drop box in Office 100 (across from the Attendance Office).  For financial assistance in obtaining any of the required titles, please contact Mr. Zweerink in the Counseling Office.
• Congratulations to the We the People team for their 2^nd place National win in the We the People competition this past weekend.
• Attention seniors…Immediately following the announcements, please report to the Lombardy Street school entrance with your caps and gowns for the Senior Class photo.
• Today we continue the school-wide 24 competition. We will be offering gift cards to Target, Kroger, Martins, and movie tickets as prizes.  FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES compete today.  For those who were not able to make our competition yesterday, the first round of the 24 competition is open to all students today. Please meet outside Room 200 at the start of lunch. For those who have other commitments at the beginning of lunch, you can come to Room 200 at noon. Semifinals and finals will take place in the following days. See you there and GOOD LUCK to all participants.
  • Congratulations to Liam Kennedy, Robert Blake, Will Greer, Richard Schweiker, Fleck, and Harvey Creasey on winning the Global Citizens Corps Ultimate Frisbee tournament.  Way to go guys!
  • All daily announcements must be submitted electronically by 10:30 a.m. of the day the announcement will be read. Club sponsors must be the ones to submit announcements.
  •  All Club news and announcements will be posted on the Club Bulletin Board outside of Room 120.

Daily Announcements for

May 1, 2012

• Attention rising sophomores who plan to take the econ & personal finance online summer course… Attention rising sophomores who plan to take the econ & personal finance online summer course, there will be a mandatory meeting on Wednesday, May 2 at 11:35 in the auditorium.  This meeting will last for 5 minutes so you will have time for lunch afterwards.  Please be prompt.  If you have any questions, please see Ms. Parker.
• During lunch on Wednesday, May 2, Herff Jones will be here to take the Class of 2012 photo on the front steps of the school.  Please remember to bring and wear your caps and gowns.  The cost of the picture is $15.  Photo information packets have been placed in the Senior Commons or are available from Ms. Sheppard.
• Hoping to run for SCA or class office for next year? Come pick up the application packet outside Room 330. The deadline to submit the completed application has been extended, to 3:30pm on Monday, May 7. This deadline will be strictly enforced. See Mr. White if you have any questions.
• Interested in learning about how humans interact with animals?  Come listen to the Future Medical Professionals’ guest speaker Denice Ekey on Thursday, May 3rd, in the forum at lunch.
• Today is starting the school-wide 24 competition. We will be offering gift cards to Target, Kroger, Martins, and movie tickets as prizes. SENIORS AND JUNIORS will compete today. Please meet outside Room 200 at 11:40.

FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES will compete on Wednesday. Please meet outside Room 200 at 11:40. Semifinals and finals will take place in the following days. See you there and GOOD LUCK to all participants. Have FUN!”

• Please join us for our final Lunchtime Artist Lecture this Friday during lunch in the black box.  The guest artist will be painter and VCU professor, Sally Bowring.  All students and faculty are invited to attend.
• All daily announcements must be submitted electronically by 10:30 a.m. of the day the announcement will be read. Club sponsors must be the ones to submit announcements.
•  All Club news and announcements will be posted on the Club Bulletin Board outside of Room 120.

Daily Announcements for

April 30, 2012

• Attention rising sophomores who plan to take the econ & personal finance online summer course… Attention rising sophomores who plan to take the econ & personal finance online summer course, there will be a mandatory meeting on Wednesday, May 2 at 11:35 in the auditorium.  This meeting will last for 5 minutes so you will have time for lunch afterwards.  Please be prompt.  If you have any questions, please see Ms. Parker.
• During lunch on Wednesday, May 2, Herff Jones will be here to take the Class of 2012 photo on the front steps of the school.  Please remember to bring and wear your caps and gowns.  The cost of the picture is $15.  Photo information packets have been placed in the Senior Commons or are available from Ms. Sheppard.
• Hoping to run for SCA or class office for next year? Come pick up the application packet outside Room 330. The deadline to submit the completed application has been extended, to 3:30pm on Monday, May 7. This deadline will be strictly enforced. See Mr. White if you have any questions.
• Interested in learning about how humans interact with animals?  Come listen to the Future Medical Professionals’ guest speaker Denice Ekey on Thursday, May 3rd, in the forum at lunch.
• All daily announcements must be submitted electronically by 10:30 a.m. of the day the announcement will be read. Club sponsors must be the ones to submit announcements.
•  All Club news and announcements will be posted on the Club Bulletin Board outside of Room 120.