PHS ANNOUNCEMENTS

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

***Announcements presented to you by the Senior Technology Seminar Class***

Lunch: Lasagna, Italian Veggies, Mixed Greens, Salad, Lite Ranch, Pineapple Tidbits, Garlic Wheat Roll, and Milk

Character Traits: Honesty/Integrity - “The first step toward greatness is honesty” 

-GENERAL NEWS-

Student Parking:  Students who drive and park on campus are only to park on the high school campus in the class reserved parking areas.  Students should not for any reason be parking in the junior high or agri building parking areas. 

IMPORTANT REMINDER:  Students who are released on early days to the cafeteria at 11:30 are to remain in the cafeteria until 11:55!  Only after the bell rings and staff are on duty are students to be in the student center area or in the concession stand lobby.  Students who are in these areas before the bell rings will be given after school detention. Discipline being assigned to those in these areas will begin on Wednesday, October 2nd.  

IMPORTANT REMINDER:  State law prohibits all motorists from using a cell phone while in a school zone or passing a school building when children are present.  The law prohibits both talking and texting while driving in those areas. School zones encompass each building campus and parking area as well as the road in front of and extending well beyond school building campuses.

Students, do not go to your vehicle before the bell or between classes without prior permission from Mr. McCurry, Coach Brewington or the office!  This is the last notice!

If you drive and park on campus you MUST have a current (2019-20) hang tag hanging from your mirror or visible in the front windshield. Hang tags are $3 and can be purchased in the office. If you drive multiple vehicles just be sure to transfer the hang tag to the vehicle you are in that day. Parking lot will be monitored for compliance. 

The Health Department will be on campus on October 17th to administer flu vaccines to students and staff.  Consent forms will be sent home in your English classes next week. You may also see the nurse for consent forms.

Yearbooks are currently available for preorder for $35 now through October 31st. They can be ordered in room #4 or at https://www.walsworthyearbooks.com/

 

The Coffee House, located in the Library, has 8 oz bottled water for sale for 50 cents.

 

The 7th Annual "Belles of Christmas" pageant will be held on November 17th at MDW school gym. Entry forms are available in the basket across from the office.

 

 

-SENIOR NEWS-    

 

SENIORS!  Don't forget.  Your permission slips to attend the WBU College Fair are due this Wednesday, October 9th to Mrs. Stewart or your English teacher!

 

Seniors, check the list on the board across the office or in your English room for the correct spelling of your name. This is the name that will appear on your diploma. If this name is incorrect it will be incorrect on your diploma. Please contact the office for any changes.

 

Any senior that would like to participate and help with the Project Graduation Haunted house, please sign up in Mrs. Baty’s room!!!

 

Project Graduation Haunted house will be meeting periodically to work on the rooms and decorations. If you are not on the groupme, please get with someone to be added. Please check the daily announcements for meeting days and times

 

JOSTEN’S

Tuesday, Oct. 15- Josten’s Senior Orders (Sr’s) @ 8:00

-CLUB NEWS-

NHS - All NHS members should be in the NHS google classroom.  Also, the Remind texts are helpful to keep up with deadlines and information!!

NHS REMIND Text Messages - To:  81010 text: pokeynhs

NHS Google Classroom Code - 5wxagt 

Create a National Honor Society account to apply for scholarships!! 

Here is the link!! https://www.nhs.us/studentaccount/ 

FCCLA is selling Pocahontas Redskin Fan Cloth items until October 9th, you can purchase items online with the web link of fancloth.shop/GNAVS 

Calling all Donut and Coffee lovers!!! FCCLA is doing the Krispy Kreme fundraiser this year! They are 11 dollars for speciality (Chocolate iced, lemon, raspberry, or Kreme filled) and 10 dollars for regular glazed! And for all you coffee lovers out there, you can get a bag of regular, smooth, or decaf coffee! You can see Mrs. Lynch, Mrs. Bradley and an FCCLA member in order to purchase items they will be delivered fresh and hot on October 17th. 

Special Olympics T-Shirts are being sold through Friday, October 11th. The first event is November 1st. Please help to support these awesome athletes. 

CHESS: Ms. Galvan’s room is available for chess practice on Mondays, Tuesdays, and 

Thursdays during lunch. 

Do you play chess? The PHS chess team is looking for some additional strong, competitive players. If you are interested, please contact Mrs. Kercheval at michelle.kercheval@pocahontaspsd.com .

 

Do you like to watch YouTube videos? Do you like social media? Would you like to create content for your school to share with the community/city/state/world? We are creating a club for 9th-12th grade students to do just that for our school district. In this club, you can do the following: 

  1. Stream live to YouTube all home (and possibly away) sporting events. With away games, this would mean traveling. 

  2. Stream live to YouTube campus events throughout the year such as pep rallies, homecoming activities, band concerts, academic assemblies, award ceremonies, etc… 

  3. Produce and direct these events live. 

  4. Maintain our district YouTube page. Upload videos that you create. 

  5. Help create content for the school’s Facebook and Twitter pages. 

  6. Maintain a schedule of events and be responsible for setup, broadcast, and tear down. 

If this is something that you would be interested in, please check your email to fill out an information form Today.. 

 

 

COUNSELOR NEWS…..

CAREER COACH – LINDSAY STEWART (Lindsay.stewart@pocahontaspsd.com)

Parents and students! Please follow Mrs. Stewart's Facebook page, BRTC Career Coach. The site will be updated regularly with special events and important information regarding college and career planning https://bit.ly/2w7fGrg       

Google Classroom Code: rcwb5il 

SCHOOL COUNSELOR – STEPHANIE HAMPTON (Stephanie.hampton@pocahontaspsd.com)

ONLINE BULLYING REPORT FORM - Students, parents, and staff members can now complete an online bullying report form to report alleged bullying or harassment that occurred on school property; at school-sponsored activity/event off school property; on a school bus; or through social media, text messages, or email in the current school year by clicking this link or by visiting the districts website.  

Common APP - Seniors, do you want to complete only ONE application for over 900 colleges, including AState, UCA, Hendrix, U of A, Lyon, and more? Check out the Common App!  

Parents and students, please enjoy this issue of Your Teen.  It has very helpful information about next steps in the college admissions process and what students should focus on in their junior and senior years of high school. This issue contains information about

 

🎓 Preparing for the ACT/SAT 

🎓 Developing a list of potential schools for students 

🎓 Crafting winning essays

🎓 Application do’s and don’ts 

🎓 Applying for financial aid and scholarships

🎓 How to handle deferral, wait-list, or rejection (it happens)

COLLEGE & MILITARY REPRESENTATIVES VISITS 

All visiting reps will set up a table in the student center during lunch (11:45-12:27) on the appointed date.

Wednesday, October 16 - Arkansas Tech University

Tuesday, Oct. 29th - Black River Technical College

Monday, Nov. 4- Arkansas State University

Mrs. Stewart’s Career Coach Google Classroom has been updated with current  pportunities and scholarships. Check your class folder to see what is offered for your current grade. These will be updated on a regular basis.

 

Upcoming ACT’s 

Saturday, October 26th

Registration deadline- Friday, September 20th

Saturday, December 14th

Registration deadline- Friday, November 8th

 

Fee waiver- If you receive free or reduced lunches, see Mrs. Hampton! You can get a waiver for two different tests!

Registration- Register @ actstudent.org. See Mrs. Hampton or Mrs. Stewart if you need help registering. 

 

Test Prep-

1.) 2019-2020 Preparing for the ACT Test booklets - free in Mrs. Hampton's office! The booklet contains general information about the ACT tests and practice tests with answers for each subject section.

2.) Chromebook App - Before logging into a Chromebook, click on Apps at the bottom of your screen. Select Test Nav.  You may need to “select a different customer” to switch to the ACT login page. No login is needed. On the login page, click on Practice Test. There are timed and untimed practice sessions.

Photo ID - If you do not have a photo ID, see Mrs. Hampton for an ACT ID form. They will not admit you to your ACT session without your ACT test ticket AND either a photo ID or the ACT ID form.

-DAILY NEWS-

Wednesday 10/9

  • Interact will meet in Mr. Kazzee’s room at 12:15.

  • Please allow the following students to come to Ms. Galvan's room at 11:40 so that we can take a picture for our Haunted Pocahontas advertisement for the paper: Hayden Byrd, Allison Brown, Erin Hoffman, Breona Avery, Adam Modesto, Emily Starr

  • ART CLUB will meet Wednesday, October 9th, in Ms. Galvan's room.

  • The Library will be closed Wednesday for College Application Day. Seniors are welcome to stop by at any point during the day for assistance applying to colleges!

  • Golf 4A Boys State Tournament @ Red Apple Inn (Hever springs) TBA

  • Cross Country Bomber Invite @ Mountain Home - 3:30 pm

  • SENIORS!  Don't forget.  Your permission slips to attend the WBU College Fair are due this Wednesday, October 9th to Mrs. Stewart or your English teacher!

Thursday 10/10

  • Volleyball vs Wynne @ AWAY - 4:30 pm

  • FBLA Fall Conference is today at the ASU Convocation Center. 

  • Anyone who signed up for baseball needs to meet with Coach Eddington in his room at 12:15 on Thursday.

Friday 10/11

  • Football vs Cave City @ AWAY - 7:00 pm

  • LINK has an important meeting today in the Jr. High gym at 12:10. Please come to the meeting if you are planning on teaching during Red Ribbon Week. This will include Jr. High and High School LINK, as well as PRIDE team.

-UPCOMING EVENTS- 

VOLLEYBALL 

Oct 15 - Batesville @ HOME - 4:30 pm

Oct 17 - Valley View @ HOME - 4:30 pm

Oct 21-25 - Sr. High District Tourn. TBA

FOOTBALL

Oct 18 - Rivercrest @ HOME - 7:00 pm

Oct 25 - Truman @ AWAY - 7:00 pm

Nov 1 - Gosnell @ AWAY - 7:00 pm

Nov 8 - Highland @ HOME - 7:00pm

GOLF

Oct 7-9 - 4A Boys State Tournament @ Red Apple Inn (Hever springs) TBA

CROSS COUNTRY

Oct 15 - Bomber Invite @ Mountain Home - 3:30 pm

Oct 22 - @ Jonesboro - 4:00 pm

Oct 29 - Conference Meet @ Jonesboro - 4:00 pm

Nov 9 - State XC Meet @ Hot Springs Oaklawn Park: 5A Boys - 9:30 5A Girls - 10:45

BOYS BASKETBALL

Nov 19 - Harrisburg @ HOME - 5:00 pm

Nov 21 - Corning @ HOME - 5:00 pm

Nov 26 - Doniphan @ AWAY - 5:30 pm