Monday, November 9, 2015

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1 COURSE REGISTRATION Course registration for the school year opens Wednesday, November 11. Information about the process and directions to enter course requests will be sent home on Monday, November 9 via Parent Link, Naviance and the Orange and Black ing list. The information will also be posted on the East home page. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9 THE GETAWAY Come for bread and cookies on Monday in the Getaway! BOYS BASKETBALL Tryouts for the Boys Basketball team are Monday, November 9. Freshman tryouts are at 2:45 in the Sports Complex, Sophomore tryouts are at 5:30 in the Back Gym, and Varsity tryouts are at 6:00 PM in the Main Gym. MATH TEAM Math Team meets in room B126 at 2:30 PM today. JAZZ BAND CONCERT There will be a Jazz Choir Concert at 7:30 PM in the Norris Cultural Arts Center on Monday, November 9. Come on out! COLLEGE VISIT THIS MONDAY IN LRC SECTION C: Trinity Christian College 11:00 AM 12:00 PM See Ms. Kobler in the College and Career Office for a pass. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 THE GETAWAY Philly Cheese Steaks Jalapeno Poppers Italian Wedding Soup Salted Caramel Apple Pie Bar HALO YEARBOOK Halo meets Tuesdays after school in E160. We are looking for motivated members who want to take part in creating our school s dynamic yearbook. Make your mark! KEY CLUB It s not too late to join Key Club! Come down to the Little Theater this Tuesday, November 10 at 2:30 and see what it s all about. We will be taking the group photo for the yearbook at this meeting wear your shirt. See you there! SCIENCE HONOR SOCIETY The Science Honor Society offers tutoring on Tuesdays after school from 2:30 3:30 PM in room D154. Come in for Science help from your friends! SPEECH TEAM Speech Team meets after school on Tuesday, November 10 in Mobile Unit 2. See you there! FROM THE ST. CHARLES PUBLIC LIBRARY Join us on Tuesday, November 10 from 6:00 8:00 PM for Anime Club: Book Hedgehogs. We ll upcycle old books by folding them into adorable hedgehogs. Drop in! COLLEGE VISIT THIS TUESDAY IN LRC SECTION C: Grand Canyon University Monday, November 9, :00 AM 11:00 AM See Ms. Kobler in the College and Career Office for a pass. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 THE GETAWAY Wednesday is a bread and cookie day in the Getaway! ART CLUB Art Club meets this Wednesday, November 11 for a special Veteran s Day art making session where our art will be inspired by those who have served our country. Also, glass artist T.R. Biddle will be working with us to begin creating glass panels for our very own East glass art window. Please remember your $10 semester fee if you haven t paid already. Contact Mr. Chapman if you have any questions.

2 MATH HONOR SOCIETY Math Honor Society meets after school on Wednesday, November 11 in the LRC. SAINTS NATION Do you like to discuss current events? Enjoy politics? Like to keep up with what s going on in the world? Then come to Saints Nation a new club that focuses on current events, politics and the lively art of conversation. We will meet this Wednesday from 2:30 to 3:30 PM in room F249. Please contact Lauren Mende if you have any questions. Hope to see you after school on Wednesday! AT THE ST. CHARLES PUBLIC LIBRARY On Wednesday, November 11 from 6:00 8:00 PM is Comic Book Club. We ll talk new releases and discuss what is happening in the world of DC, Marvel and beyond. You ll have a chance to win some newly released single issues of comic books! COLLEGE VISITS THIS WEDNESDAY IN LRC SECTION C: Concordia University DePaul University University of Pittsburgh 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM See Ms. Kobler in the College and Career Office for a pass. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 FYI DAY FYI Schedule HOPE My Trusted 1 7:20 8:06 2 8:12 8:58 FYI 8:58 9:09 3 9:15 10: :07 10: :59 11: :51 12: :43 1:29 8 1:35 2:21 THE GETAWAY Supreme Nachos Fruit Salad Southwest Chicken Vegetable Soup Cinnamon Rolls Horchata SkillsUSA Come and join SkillsUSA at STCE. SkillsUSA is a club that combines skills high schoolers have and prepares them for the workforce. We also do community service and plan Sadies! If you want to be a part of Sadies, ISO basketball, Special Night for Special Kids and some friendly competition, join SkillsUSA. We meet on Thursdays after school in B124. Our next meeting is November 12. See the president, Megha Nayyer, Mr. Glavan or Mrs. Carlson if you have questions. SOCIAL SAINTS Social Saints will meet after school Thursday, November 12 from 2:30 to 3:45 PM in the Little Theater. Join us! MOCK TRIAL/LAW CLUB Mock Trial/Law Club meets on Thursday, November 12 from 2:45 to 3:45 in F248. OPERATION SNOWBALL Are you looking for a school activity, but were thinking it s too late to get involved? Join Snowball it s never too late. Focusing on leadership skills, Snowball will help you get to know yourself better and teach you to be a leader who achieves his/her goals through positive decision making. We meet every Thursday from 2:30 3:30 PM in B213B. See Mr. Jacob Stewart for more details. ORCHESTRA CONCERT Join us for the Orchestra Concert on Thursday, November 12 at 7:00 PM in the Norris Cultural Arts Center! SAINTS HELP WANTED: STCE is participating in an Honor Walk on Thursday, November 12 to support the St. Charles Arts Council Veterans Day celebration. The Honor Walk means that we will line the sidewalk from The Office to The Arcada and help honor the veterans with applause and thank you s. Wear red, white & blue. Bring a flag to wave! Meet at Door #1 at 5:00 p.m. We ll board the bus and be dropped off at The Office and stretch ourselves down to The Arcada. At 6:30 we ll arrive back here at East and celebrate with a pizza party. Let s make this a big school event! See Mr. Karson or Mr. Currie if you have questions. Sign up in Mrs. Dandre s office if you would like to ride the bus and have pizza afterwards.

3 COLLEGE VISIT THIS THURSDAY IN LRC SECTION C: Rockford University 10:00 AM 11:00 AM See Ms. Kobler in the College and Career Office for a pass. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL There will be informational meetings for all those interested in Intramural Basketball. The meetings will be held at 2:20 in B114 on Friday, November 13 and Friday, November 20. Please show up to gather roster and schedule information. Send a captain or send your team. See Coach Dessauer for details. DID YOU ORDER A CLASS RING? Herff Jones will deliver class rings on Friday, November 13 during lunch periods in the Commons. Bring your balance to pick up your ring. Personal checks will not be accepted for final payment. You may bring cash, money order or a credit card. You may also pay online at highschool.herffjones.com. If you still need to order your class ring, please see Herff Jones during lunch periods on November 13. COLLEGE VISIT THIS FRIDAY IN THE NCAC: Elgin Community College 10:30 AM 11:30 AM See Ms. Kobler in the College and Career Office for a pass. ALICE IN WONDERLAND Auditions for Alice in Wonderland will take place on Monday, November 30! You can pick up audition materials in the LRC and join our Google Classroom site (use join code euqi4m) to access the script and audition materials. Sign up for an audition time on the board outside the Black Box, and see Ms. Goss in B220 with any questions. PRACTICE MATH ACT TESTS Upcoming dates for practice Math ACT tests in the Little Theater include Tuesday, December 8, Tuesday, February 16 and Thursday, March 3. Testing will take place from 2:30 PM to 3:40PM. Sign up with your math teacher! ELECTIVES Registration for the school year begins November 11. Remember to check out the elective choices that were featured on our FYI day! Your counselor will be scheduling an appointment with you to make your course selections for next year. THINK ABOUT LATIN CLUB or CLASS Latin is what you should take. No speeches will you make! Instead, we like to translate. No hate...it s so great! PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES Parent Teacher Conferences will take place on November 23 from 11:30 AM to 7:30 PM. Sign ups are open on Home Access Center. Please see the attached letter from Principal Charlie Kyle and the directions to sign up. REPORT CARDS Friday, October 23 marked the end of first quarter. We no longer print report cards to mail home, as they are accessible on HAC and can be printed from there. If you are unable to get onto HAC, please contact Joan Barley at (331) If you would like to request a copy of the report card, please contact Julie Peterburs at (331) Visit HAC to view and print your first quarter report card. FOR SCHOLARSHIP INFO The East website scholarship page has been updated. Please visit east.d303.org/scholarships to view the current scholarships available. You can also scan this code for access to the scholarship page. NOW AT THE SCHOOL STORE Your favorite fruit snacks are back bigger and better than ever! Buy one for fifty cents or buy 2 and get an extra piece of candy and a chance to win a School Store gift card. STCE WRITING CENTER The Writing Center is open. Ask your respective teachers for a pass to work on writing assignments for any content area. We are open during all lunch hours. Make the write decision! SEAL OF BILITERACY CUSD 303 is excited to offer graduating seniors the Seal of Biliteracy on their diploma. Please see the documents in this Orange and Black for additional information.

4 SAINTS GIVE BACK The Turkey Drive has begun. We are going to provide 75 complete meals for needy families in the St. Charles area. If you are interested in donating a turkey or other food item, please return the flyer in this Orange & Black to the Student Activities office by Friday, November 13. Please bring your donated food items to the Student Activities office any time before Thursday, November 19. Dinners will be delivered on Friday, November 20. Mrs. Dandre needs volunteers for the Annual Thanksgiving Turkey Drive. 30 drivers are needed during 8th hour on Friday, November 20 to bring turkey dinners to Anderson and Munhall Elementary schools. If you are interested in driving, please sign up for this service project in the Student Activities office. ANGEL TREE Here s a wonderful opportunity to help some children in the Fox Valley area get presents for Christmas! Pick up a tag from the Angel Tree in the Student Activities office, shop for that child, and return UNWRAPPED gifts with the attached tag by Friday, December 4 to the Student Council office in room B203 or the Student Activities office. Tags are available now. Watch for information in upcoming weeks on Operation Holiday Cards too. Thanks in advance for your support! STUDENT COUNCIL FOOD DRIVE The STCE Student Council is helping the St. Charles Salvation Army by holding a food drive. Flyers were delivered on Saturday, November 7 and the food will be picked up on Saturday, November 14. See the flyer in this Orange & Black for more details. Thank you in advance for your support! OJT FUNDRAISER On The Job Training (OJT) students are hosting a Yankee Candle fundraiser. These Yankee candles are awesome! The candles make a great gift for all your holiday gettogethers, parties, grab bags, or just to have around the house. Please see the flyer in this Orange & Black with our group number for OJT to receive a percentage of your purchases. You can order online or submit orders to OJT. Please turn all orders in to an OJT student or Mrs. Denise Luecker in the Special Education office by Wednesday, November 13. Orders will be delivered on Tuesday, December 15, just in time for the holidays! If you have any questions, please contact Denise.Luecker@d303.org. Thank you very much for your continued support of OJT! YOUNG HEARTS FOR LIFE SCREENING St. Charles East High School is partnering with the Young Hearts for Life (YH4L) Cardiac Screening Program, a not for profit organization affiliated with Advocate Charitable Foundation to offer free electrocardiograms (ECGs) to the high school students on December 10, Please visit to register your student online by November 30, 2015 or fill out and return the form in this Orange & Black to the Student Activities Office. WE NEED YOUR HELP: Over 100 adult volunteers are needed to help complete ECG testing for the students during a school day for this large event. Thank you for taking time to help us screen our students! Click Here to sign up on SAINTS ISO FUNDRAISER Carson s Community Days are November Support the Saints ISO team by purchasing a coupon book for $5.00. See Mrs. Nichol in the Dean s office.

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