There will be a Spirit week next week to celebrate Earth Week.

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1 Revised Grandville High School Daily Announcements April 14, 2016 Attention GHS Students, There will be a Spirit week next week to celebrate Earth Week. Monday is Air Pollution Awareness day: wear as many colors as you can and celebrate the marvels of rainbows! Tuesday is Ocean Pollution Awareness day: celebrate the Ocean by wearing blue or the colors of your favorite aquatic animal Wednesday it'll be a blast from the past! Dress like your favorite decade Thursday is Wildlife awareness day: get wild and dress like your favorite animal or wear a shirt with an animal on it! Friday wear Green! On a related note, there will be activities hosted by the green team! Monday sign the pledge to make a difference. Tuesday get service hours after school at the School Clean Up. Thursday after school, relax and watch a movie with us in Mr. Randall's room! Friday, there will be a beach clean up at Millennium Park and Mr. Randall will be making a speech on Climate Change Friday night at GHS. Check your for more details. Remember: Monday, wear rainbow colors or something that promotes air pollution awareness. Attention Seniors! Due to a glitch in the scanning process, about 10 of the pictures for the Senior Slideshow turned in to be scanned did not transfer. There is a list outside of the AV room (101) that has the names of the Seniors for which we DO have pictures. If your name is not on the list, you must bring one in to be scanned or send in a jpeg version to seniorslideshow@gpsbulldogs.org. THAT also means that if you didn't get yours in by the original due date, you have until next Friday to do so and it will be in the show. Friday, April 22nd will be the absolute last day they will be accepted. Seniors - Herff Jones will be back on April 21 to deliver cap & gown orders. You will pickup your order during your lunch in front of the Attendance office. If you have not ordered yet, YOU MUST DO SO NOW!! Seniors -this is the Last week to sign up to help at Baccalaureate. If you'd like to participate, please sign up in the 1st floor office by Friday, April 15. Attention Seniors! Want to ride to your senior all night party on the same bus as all your friends? We will be doing bus sign ups this week Thursday and Friday (April 14 & 15). Look for our table outside of the office before school and during all lunch hours. You must have your registration in and have paid for the party before you can sign up for your bus!

2 Juniors & Seniors, Prom tickets are on sale this week. The cost is $40 per ticket and will be on sale by the office before & after school and down in the cafeteria during all 3 lunches. Friday, April 15 is the last day to purchase tickets, please plan accordingly. If you are planning on bringing a guest to PROM, guest forms are available in the main office. They will be due on APRIL 15th!! This year Prom is on Saturday, April 23, The Advanced AV students have been working on 10 short movies this semester. The movie posters for 7 of them are complete and on display along the AV wall of the library. The trailers for the movies will come out in a couple of weeks with the actual movies being release on May 14th. Attention chemistry students: If you tie dyed a t-shirt before spring break, make sure you wear it to school this Friday. We will be taking a picture during announcements on Friday. Upcoming Review Sessions for AP Students: Review Sessions for AP Gov and AP Econ begin next week. Plan on Mondays and Wednesdays for AP Gov and Tuesdays and Thursdays for AP Econ. Both sessions begin at 7:30 and last until 9:00 pm. You will receive more information from Mr. Kleinheksel and Mrs. Ovlasuk today (Thursday). If not, stop and see them in their classrooms (226 and 266). Attention all AP Economics students. The first AP Econ exam review session will be held next week Tuesday April 19, from 7:30-9:00pm. See Mr. Kleinheksel for the details. Clubs and Groups: Attention be nice. group! The next meeting is next week Wednesday, April 20th at 7:15 AM in Project Room 290. If you cannot attend, you must Ms. Foss and Mrs. Pepper. Guidance Office: Summer Job Opportunities- Now's the time to line up that summer job. Check out the Job Board on the 2nd floor east wall locker banks. Lots of new opportunities have just been posted! Grand Rapids YMCA looking for certified lifeguards. Must have CPR/First Aid certification and be at least 16 years old. Wage $9.00-$11.25/hr. Apply online at or call

3 The West Michigan Spartans Outstanding Junior Award is available in the counseling office. Juniors of high academic standing and interested in Michigan State University need to pick up an application and return it to their high school counselor by May 2, 2016 for consideration. GPA and ACT or SAT scores are part of the criteria. A short essay is also required. The GRCC Child Development Program is having an Open House on Thursday, April 14 anytime between 2:30 and 5:30 for drop in visits. Contact Kathleen at for more information. Talk & Tour Career Cherry Street Health Services Tuesday, April 6:00 pm - Join us for an interactive panel discussion highlighting indemand Public Health Careers, including a Physician s Assistant, Nurse Practitioner, Medical Assistant, Medical Social Worker and more. A tour of their Heart of the City Health Clinic will be provided. Sign up for this FREE event here.contact Krista Harmon, kristaharmon@kentisd.org with questions. The West Michigan Savoyards are offering a scholarship opportunity to students who attend the Wealthy Theater performance of The Mikado from April The scholarship is worth $1000. This is open to any junior or senior regardless of grades, major, or college. Pick up more information in the counseling office, or go to Athletics: Athletes looking to participate in a fall sport there will be sports physicals held at Grandvillle Middle School on May 4th and May 10th from 5-7 pm in the auditorium. Cost is $ If you can, take advantage of this opportunity since your physical will be sent right over to the high school for the school year. Members of the boys varsity, jv and freshman basketball teams, please stop by the athletic office and pick up your award if you haven't already done so. Grandville varsity boys golf team kicked off their season yesterday at Kaufman Golf Course. Medal honors went to Noah Weigle with an even par round of 36. Great job Noah!! In another dominating win, the JV Softball team clipped the wings of the West Catholic Falcons. The Dawgs won 18-0, led by Kaitlyn Orme s home run and the pitching of Lexi Dukesherer. The next game is today against Northview. All members of the JV dance team please stop by the athletic office and pick up your awards.

4 Last night the Freshmen girls softball team lost a tough double header to Hudsonville. Left fielder, Sydney Wisniewski and center fielder Molly Lallo both went 3 for 4 at the plate. The Lady Dawgs made some great defensive plays on the field and had solid pitching from Olivia Kennedy and Ashlyn Luke. This was the first game for the Dawgs and we will play Caledonia and Comstock Park next week. The 39 member Girls JV Tennis Team caught the Yellow Limousine to Hudsonville on Tuesday for tennis lessons. Even though there were many close matches with tiebreaker decisions, the final score was Grandville 2, Hudsonville 8. To add salt to the wounds, the remaining team was completely forgotten by the transportation department and had to wait an extra hour for the ride of shame home. Coach Blevins takes the blame as he forgot to pay for the return limo ride ahead of time. The team is now 1 and 1 and will host West Ottawa tonight at The Kennel. Winning teams for the girls were: Kate Hubbard and Alix Villareal, and Kim Becker and Lexi Haas Attention to everyone interested in playing football next year there will be a brief meeting at the beginning of 5th hour on Tuesday April 19th in project room 290. If you have questions please see Coach Stiegel. The varsity water polo team improved their record to 11-2 with a district win over Grand Haven last night 9-6. The Dawgs played good defense all night. Senior goalie Cassie Cobb had 7 saves and 2 steals in the game for the Dawgs. Scoring for Grandville were: Hunter Wojtas 3, Julia Veenkamp 2, Delaney Pratt, Lizzie Plasman, Abby Schaedig, and Alyssa Potyraj each with 1 goal in the game. Both the JV and Varsity will play Wednesday night at the "Dawg Pond" at 6 and 7pmrespectfully against East Grand Rapids. Come and cheer on the girls. The Grandville JV water polo team improved its record to 11-0 last night by defeating EGR 6-1. The Dawgs defense was outstanding, goalie Rachel Veenkamp had 5 saves and 2 steals for Grandville. Leading the scoring was Alyssa Potyraj with 3 goals, Carolyn Peterson, Sammy DeYoung, and Emily Anglim each with 1 goal. The varsity team improved to 12-2 for the season with a big win over EGR. Senior goalie Cassie Cobb had a awesome night with 10 saves and 5 steals. The bulldogs had great scoring with 7 different girls scoring in the match. Hunter Wojtas led all scoring with 8 goals, Lindsay Popkin, Julia Veenkamp, Amelia Iracki, Lauren Shipman, Lizzie Plasman, and Delaney Pratt each scoring 1 goal. The girls track and field team had their first meet yesterday, against East Kentwood. The day ended up with very good results for the track team members. Even though the final score was 39.3 to 97.6, with EK taking the victory, Grandville had some great performances. The 4x800 relay opened the meet with a strong 1st place, with a team of Madison Troy, Audrey Royer,

5 Maddie Johnston and Emily Sinclair. We also had a 2nd place in the 800 run by Emily Sinclair, a 1st in the mile, with Madison Malon leading the pack. The 2 mile run brought 8 points, with Madison Troy taking a 1st and Madison Malon taking a 2nd place. The field event participants were key in giving points to Grandville yesterday. Daelyn Weir took a 1st in pole vault, Kylie Klunder and Alisha Tran took a 2nd and 3rd respectively in high jump, and Bayleigh Gable brought home a 2nd place in the shot put. Both the boys and girls varsity teams are traveling to Cadillac tomorrow for an invitational. Please wish them the best of luck!