Morning Announcements: September 3, 2021

by Staff

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 nations political process. The oneweek 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 onetime $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!