When you see staff wearing red t-shirts today, give them a high-five. These 18 amazing people created five teams and competed in a summer reading challenge. Collectively, they read over 82,000 minutes. That’s a whopping 1,370 hours! Take note of the back of their shirts. If you see Ms. Troxel, Ms. Newcomb, Mrs. Rebetsky or Mrs. Peterson, congratulate them on winning. Special shout out to Ms. Troxel, our Super Reader, who logged more than 12,000 minutes – which is over 200 hours! Well done first-rate readers! 

Please join the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Club Members at the annual “See You at The Pole” event on Wednesday, September 25 from 7:00 a.m. to 7:25 a.m. as we pray for our school, community, and country. 

Today begins Banned Books Week, which celebrates the freedom to read. This annual event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted. We invite you to explore what the week means by visiting the Learning Commons. Reflect on your freedom to read, cherish it, and, by all means, read what you want to read. As the author of Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, said, “You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” 

The Maryland State Police-sponsored Career Night is this Thursday, from 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at the Frederick County Law Enforcement Center near the Frederick Airport. If you are thinking about a career in law enforcement, fire and rescue services, 911 dispatch, forensic sciences, or military services, consider attending this event. Posters on Main Street have more information. 

Attention drama club students and ITS honor society members; Linganore Drama will be represented in the Mount Airy Oktoberfest event this Saturday at our face painting booth. Please sign up for a slot to volunteer for this event. 

Drama Club is also sponsoring a field trip to FCC for Dramapalooza, an all-day event full of theatre workshops. Sign-ups for the field trip are on the bulletin board outside of D101. Sign up today, spots are filling quickly! 

The Women in Science & Engineering (WISE) program for 2019- 2020 will have its first meeting on September 25, 2019. WISE is a program developed to encourage females to participate in the fields of science and engineering; however, all students, male and female are welcome to participate. No registration is necessary. Students just show up when they are available. There is a great docket of speakers and fun science door prizes. A typical meeting features a female STEM professionals as a speaker, a science themed ice breaker and a science themed hands-on activity. Meeting occur on Wednesdays at the Earth Space Science Lab from 7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.

Attention Seniors: Please remind your parents that the discount baby ad deadline is due today by the end of the school day. All materials must be received to receive the discount. Final deadline is October 16. Extra order forms are outside room A206. 

Attention sophomores: Jostens will be here on Tuesday, September 24 and Wednesday, September 25 during all lunch shifts to take orders for class rings.