The Anchor The Perry County Central Newsletter February 5, 2016 Band Honors Keisha Napier and Caitlyn Friley traveled to Paintsville last weekend to participate in All-District Band, meaning they had already gone through the audition process and been admitted. There are no results as of now but they performed great. Great job ladies. The PCC Mission Statement is students at Perry Central will adapt to an ever-changing world through high expectations and rigorous instruction in order to achieve college and career readiness and the skills necessary to succeed as productive citizens. Inside 2 PCC Prom PCC Academic PCC Band 4 Team D Honors 6 PCC Guidance Department
Senior Trip And Dues Senior dues will be $15 again this year and can be paid to Mrs. Miller in room 203 anytime between now and graduation in the spring. Stop by her room before school, at break, after school or during 6th period except on Thursdays. The senior trip will be in New York, Philadelphia, and New Jersey. The cost is based on the number of students who go. The trip includes: Round trip transportation in a deluxe 55 passenger motor coach with TV/DVD/Lavatory 5 night hotel accommodations(hampton Inn, or equivalent) 5 breakfasts 4 dinners-hard Rock Café; Planet Hollywood; $20 on Times Square Guided tours of Philadelphia and New York City Admission into the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Broadway Show, 911 Museum, Ride the Ducks, ghost walk of Philadelphia, and Luna Park at Coney Island. PCC Art Society The PCC Art Department Chapter of the National Art Honor Society held elections this week. The following students were elected to the following offices: President: Kristen Koontz Vice President: Shandi Lyndsey Treasurer: Sara Davidson Secretary: Madison Combs Parliamentarian: Courtney Ritchie Public Relations: Katelyn Davidson In other Art News Jalien Collier won 3 rd place in the state for a drawing he did for Farm to School lunch snapshot. Congratulations. Prom Date Prom this year is Saturday, April 30 th at HCTC and the theme is a Masquerade in Old Paris. At the beginning of the year, all juniors were notified about how junior dues work for prom. Juniors pay for prom because seniors come as guests. Junior dues increase $10 every month starting second semester. We have been selling items all year to help students earn their dues. Dues for the month of February are $90 and will increase to $100 on March 1st. We still have candy bars to sell and juniors can earn $14 toward dues for every bag sold. Contact Jennifer Sluss in room 248 for questions or to sell candy bars. 2
Matt Halcomb Jacob Farris Jacob Fugate Ryan Stamper Zack Hall Alex Davidson Madeline Sluss Zoey Mills Megan Jones In Written Assessment, there were six tests and Perry Central had THREE first place finishes and two 2nd place finishes, and 5 other region qualifiers. The top five finishers advance to Region. If you get the chance, congratulate them and we hope to have a strong showing to qualify for state. Here is the breakdown for written assessment: Math: Ryan Stamper 4th Jacob Farris FIRST Science: Ryan Stamper 2nd Jacob Fugate FIRST Social Studies: Alex Davidson 5th Jacob Farris 4th Lang Arts: Faith Stidham 5th Madeline Sluss 2nd PCC Academic Team On Saturday, Perry Central's Academic Team competed in the District Tournament. The tournament required 3 areas - written assessment, quick recall, and future problem solving. We don't have a future problem solving team, so we couldn t compete for the overall title, but the quick recall team did their best to come in second, and our written assessment students did awesome! As quick recall runner-ups, we will compete at Region on February 20. Here is our quick recall team: Arts and Humanities Megan Jones 5th Written Comp (like an on-demand) Madeline Sluss FIRST 3
PCC Sports News PCC Men s Basketball The Men s Basketball Team is having an awesome season and recently became the WYMT Tournament Champions. They are on a winning streak and only have 3 losses so far. The last six opponents have been victims of dominating play including Lawrence County, Harlan County, Lexington Catholic, Clay County, Betsy Layne, and Knott County. Tonight they will face the Hazard Bulldogs at home so come out and support our team. Lady Dores Basketball The Lady Dores have been on a roll the last few games winning six straight. The ladies are playing hard and letting people know they are ready for the tournaments. Some of their defeated opponents lately consisted of the Hazard Bulldogs, Sheldon Clark, Prestonsburg, Letcher County, Breathitt County, and Jenkins Independent. They will face South Floyd next week. Great Job. 4
PCC Cheerleaders Watch the UCA National High School Cheerleading Championship LIVE onvarsity.com Varsity TV will be showing FULL ROUTINES in select venues live from Orlando, Florida for $39.99 for the entire weekend! Broadcast Coverage Schedule: Saturday, February 6th: HP Field House 8:00 AM EST J Center 8:00 AM EST ESPN SportsCenter Arena North 8:00 AM EST ESPN SportsCenter Arena South 9:00 AM EST ESPN SportsCenter Arena Pavilion 8:30 AM EST Sunday, February 7th: HP Field House 8:00 AM EST J Center 8:30 AM EST ESPN SportsCenter Arena North 9:00 AM EST ESPN SportsCenter Arena South 8:00 AM EST* *The Live Stream weekend package does not include coverage of the World School Cheerleading Championships. To receive text message updates, alerts and announcements, text "NHSCC" to 36698. Download myvarsity for mobile friendly NHSCC information! iphone users: Download myvarsity from the Apple app store. All other smart phone users: visit myvarsity.com. The PCC Cheerleaders left yesterday for the Nationals and Worlds Competition. We wish them good luck and safe travels. 5
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If you or your students have questions or want more information about the Air Force Academy, please contact your area's admissions advisor, as well as the Admissions Liaison Officer (ALO) who lives in your community for your school. The Nomination Process To be eligible to accept an offer of appointment to the Academy, applicants must be nominated by a legally authorized nominating entity. The process of securing a nomination is competitive and lengthy. It is recommended that students begin applying for a nomination at the same time that they are completing their Pre-Candidate Questionnaire. Read more about Nominations to determine the categories for which your students are eligible, then they should contact their appropriate nominating authority to make their request. Students should request a nomination in all categories for which they are eligible, and do so as early as possible. The deadlines of nominating sources vary and could be as soon as early September. Regardless of when they initiate their process, nominations must be received by the Academy no later than January 31. As a reminder, the application processes and deadlines are separate for the nominations processes and deadlines. Summer Programs Summer Seminar: Summer Seminar offers a unique opportunity to experience the Air Force Academy first-hand. It is specially designed for high school juniors heading into their senior year to get a realistic perspective of cadet life. Students will live in the dormitories, eat at the Academy s dining facility, explore the various academic/military programs and courses that the Academy has to offer, and participate in a variety of different physical fitness activities (to include a practice CFA). The application is open from 1 December 2015 to 15 January 2016, and it is free to apply. There are two sessions: 12-17 June 2016 and 19-24 June 2016. STEM Engineering and Construction Camp: This camp is designed to provide high school students with a world-class experience in STEM skills following a "Build the Design" model. This one week program is supervised and led by engineers and located at the U.S. Air Force Academy. The program runs from 7-13 July 2016. Summer Sports Camps: We offer Summer Falcon Sports Camps for student 8 to 18 who want to participate in numerous sports and are led by our very own head coaches. 8