Things to Know: Week of 4/13-19

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April 13, 2020

Things to Know:

  1. The end of the 3rd Quarter was on Thurs., Apr. 9. All grades for 3rd Quarter are final.
  2. There will be a Zoom Key Club Meeting on Wed., Apr. 15th at 12 pm.
  3. Alternate dates for school events were released:
    • Prom:
      • New Date: Friday, May 29 at 8 pm
      • Alternative Date: Friday, June 26 at 8 pm
    • Night of the Arts:
      • New Date: Sunday, May 17 at 7 pm
    • Post-Secondary Celebration:
      • New Date: Friday, May 15 at 7:15 am
    • Recognition Day:
      • Monday, May 18 at 8:30 am
    • Intersessions:
      • Cancelled
    • Baccalaureate/Graduation/Riverboat Cruise:
      • Scheduled Date: Sunday, May 31 at 2 pm/7:30 pm/10 pm
      • Alternative Date: Sunday, June 28 at 2 pm/7:30 pm/10 pm
    • Baseball Schedule:
      • Season Begins: Saturday, May 9th
      • Sectional Tournaments Begin: May 23
    • Lacrosse Schedule:
      • Practice begins: May 4
      • Season Begins: May 9
      • Regional Tournament Begins: May 26-30
    • Boys Tennis Schedule:
      • The Boys Tennis Team is still making revisions to their schedule and should have a schedule by the end of this week.
    • Track and Field Schedule:
      • CHL Meet at Taylor: June 5
  4. CCPC News: 
    • Seniors must submit their college enrollment deposit before May 1st. 
    • For Juniors, colleges may waive the ACT and SAT next year. This does not apply to all colleges, and it could be beneficial to submit the score you already have.
    • Students’ Naviance accounts will not be available after May 1st. Everything should be moved over to Scoir.
    • Torchprep is offering discounts for test prep.
    • The application for the Amy Weiss Scholarship is now open. Please encourage anyone you know who is a graduating senior and a current Girl Scout to apply. The deadline to apply is April 30th. The scholarship application can be found here.
    • The Questbridge College Prep Scholars Program is designed to assist academically outstanding juniors whose family earns $65,000 or less (family of four) with summer programs and college admission among other items. Click here to be connected to the Questbridge site.
  5. The Freshman class put together a thank you video for teachers:
  6. Warpath recommendations for what to do while you are stuck at home:
  7. Holidays:
    • Mon., Apr. 13: Dyngus Day, INternational Plant Appreciation Day, National Peach Cobbler Day, Scrabble Day
    • Tues., Apr. 14: International Be Kind to Lawyers Day, Ex Spouse Day, International Moment of Laughter Day, Look up at the Sky Day, National Dolphin Day, National Pecan Day, Reach as High as You Can Day
    • Wed., Apr. 15: Rubber Eraser Day, Take a Wild Guess Day, That Sucks Day, Titanic Remembrance Day, World Art Day
    • Thurs., Apr. 16: Mushroom Day, National Bean Counter Day, National Eggs Benedict Day, National High Five Day, National Librarian Day, National Stress Awareness Day, Save the Elephant Day
    • Fri., Apr. 17: Bat appreciation Day, Blah Blah Blah Day, International Haiku Poetry Day, National Cheeseball Day, Pet Owners Independence Day
    • Sat., Apr 18: Husband Appreciation Day, International Juggler’s Day, Newspaper Columnists Day
    • Sun., Apr. 19: National Garlic Day