News for March 14, 2018

by Lancer Media

FCPS will be hosting the second annual environmental expo on April 14th, and are looking for student volunteers. This is an excellent opportunity to earn science national honor society hours. See the link below for more information and to sign up to volunteer.  

Mu Alpha Theta would like to thank all the teachers who have participated in our Pi Day Pie in the face challenge! We have counted up the money and found that Mr. Brown is our “winner” with a total of $55! Unfortunately Mr. Brown is currently on the band trip and will not be getting his pie until next week. Be on the look out for Mr. Brown to get pied upon his return!

Attention AP European History Students: Review for May’s AP Exam begins next Tuesday morning, March 20th, at 6:30 am. You must see Mr. Burch prior to this meeting to get a laminated pass for building access. Happy studying Lancers.

WISE (Women In Science and Engineering) meets tonight 7-8:15 PM at the FCPS Earth and Space Science Laboratory (ESSL) at 210 Madison Street in Frederick. The featured speaker is Bari Ballew, a bioinformatics scientist from the Division of Career Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI, NIH. Come enjoy a women’s history month theme, science door prizes and a hands-on activity!

The Lancer Lecture series will be welcoming Kerry Hawk Lessard on March 22nd. She will be speaking about the culture and history of Native Americans. Sign ups will be posted in the cafeteria and started yesterday.

Public voting for the Classmates4Life video competition is now open. Classmates4Life is county wide contest in which students at the high school level were asked to put together a short PSA centered around the question, “How do drugs wreck your world?” Here is a submission from one of our own juniors here at Linganore: Timothy Demember

From youtube search Classmates4life and then simply watch the video and give it a like to make your pick. Linganore has four competing students: Lily Tate, Catherine Contreras, Hanna Dufresne, and Tim Demember. Be sure to show your support before it’s too late.