Morning Announcements: September 3, 2021
September 3, 2021
Friday September 03, 2021
**Attention Lancers: Interested in joining the Social Studies Honors’ Society? If you are in, or have had, at least four social studies classes (with two of those being AP social studies classes) and if your G.P.A. in those classes and overall meet the minimum requirement, please consider joining! Details to follow in the Lancer Lines. See Mrs. Richardson or Mr. Burch for details.
**Students wishing to come to the Learning Commons during PREP for quiet, individual study may do so by signing up in the Learning Commons before school on the day they wish to attend. Only students requested will be admitted during PREP. Questions? See Ms. Thompson in the Learning Commons.
**Any Junior or Senior interested in becoming a member of the Science National Honor Society can pick up an application outside of Mr. Sunkel’s classroom A139.
**Attention all students! Our new tutoring center, The Lancer Lair, is hosting a Logo Design Contest. Interested students should design a logo for the tutoring enter and submit the image using the QR code on the flyers posted around the school. Designs are due by September 20th. The winner will receive a cash prize and the logo will be used to represent our tutoring center. The contest is open to all students. See Mrs. Ecalono or Mrs. Weiss with any questions!
**Application to the National English Honor Society is now open! Interested juniors and seniors can join the Schoology NEHS Application group with the code 9NCD-F2G8-RNC9V. The application is available at the Schoology site, and joining the application group will give Mrs. R. an ability to communicate with interested students, post opportunities for language arts activities and post messages. The requirements for application are a 3.0 overall unweighted GPA, all “A” and “B” final course grades in English, and a demonstrated enthusiasm for language arts. Students who are accepted will have an annual participation requirement of 6 hours, including tutoring and submitting to a writing contest. The deadline for application is September 15. Please contact Mrs. Rebetsky at
[email protected] if you have any questions.
**Time is Running out to Order Your 2022 Yearbook and SAVE BIG! The Back to School Discounted price of $55 is only good through LABOR DAY, September 6th. The price will go up starting September 7, so don’t delay order yours today!!
All yearbooks must be ordered through
www.yearbookordercenter.com, reference no. 4625. See the orange flyers posted around the school for all details.
**Interested in getting first-hand knowledge of the ins and outs of national security? Interested in seeing how diplomacy, intelligence gathering and defense are handled? Want to participate in a real world national security simulation that is part of a four-day leadership forum? If so, then contact Mr. Burch to find out more information how you can participate in the 2022 National Youth Leadership Forum in Washington DC!!
**The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) is pleased to announce an opportunity for two Maryland students to participate in the 2022 United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP). The one-week program provides an opportunity for students to meet with legislative, executive, and judicial leaders to discuss political issues that affect our nation. The 2022 USSYP program will be held in-person or virtually from March 5 – 12, 2022.
This program, now in its 60th year, is fully funded by the William
Randolph Hearst Foundation. The USSYP has an excellent reputation for providing outstanding student leaders a unique experience in understanding our nation‘s political process. The one–week program provides an opportunity for students to meet with legislative, executive, and judicial leaders to discuss political issues that affect our nation. Each participant also receives a one–time $10,000 undergraduate college scholarship and is encouraged to pursue coursework in history and political science. Please see Mrs. Hendi or Mr. Burch if interested.
**Result of Golf match Linganore Varsity Golf defeated the Frederick Golf Team on Tuesday August 31st at PB Dye—Linganore is now 3-0! Linganore 169 Frederick 251
Medalist: Senior Austin May, 38
Notables:
Senior Sam Johnson, 39
Freshman Colin Pleune shooting 55 in his first start
**Due to the school cancellation yesterday, the auditions for the fall play have been rescheduled for Wednesday, September 8th from 2:30- 4:30. The first tech meeting for interested students is now Friday, September 10th from 2:30-4. Please see Mrs. Smithhisler if you have any issues with either date.
**The Senior Virtual PREP session with seniors has been rescheduled for Wednesday, September 8th. This meeting is for all seniors. Please us the google meet nickname: LHSCollegeBootCamp to join. Again, the meeting name is LHSCollegeBootCamp.
That’s all the news for today. Have a fabulous Friday, Linganore!