Freshman Mentors: we will have our October Freshman Mentor meeting today during seminar in room A-117.

There will be a wrestling meeting today in the Main Gym during Seminar.

Representatives from Jostens will be here on Wednesday, Oct. 30, during the lunch periods to take orders. All seniors need to make arrangements to be here on Wednesday to place their order for graduation.

Any NHS member that did not see NHS sponsor Kristen Chavez last Friday must see her today to pick up very important information. Please do not forget.

Want to be a boootacular friend? Send them a candy gram for Halloween. JAGS community Service Club is selling Halloween candy grams during lunch this week and next through Wednesday, Oct. 30. Stop by the table and purchase one for $1.  If you buy five they are only $0.75 each. The candy grams, filled with candy and surprises, will be delivered to the person’s seminar on Halloween. If you forget to purchase them at lunch, you can come to JAGS sponsor Jodi Ellis’ room during seminar or after school and purchase them.

Tickets are now on sale for the Halloween Film Fest during Seminar in the theater on Thursday, Oct. 31. Tickets cost $1 in advance and $2 at the door and can be purchased from any Video Productions student or from Video Productions teacher Cindy Swartz in Room C103. A portion of the proceeds go to the ACCESS House in De Soto.

JAGS members: please do not forget to work your lunch shift for selling candy grams!  Please see Ellis if you forgot what lunch you signed up for.
There will be a second boys swim meeting on Friday, Nov. 8 at 2:30 p.m. in the Senior Café.

Congratulations to the JV quiz bowl team who went undefeated in pool play yesterday at the Leavenworth invitational, and won two of the three final rounds to bring home the second place silver medals and trophy. An excellent JV start to the new season.

Voyager students: Pullouts for the week of Tuesday, Oct. 29 are: Wednesday, Oct. 30 during Silver Four, Thursday, Oct. 31 during Blue One and Blue Four and Friday, Nov. 1 during Silver One.

Seniors interested in a shortened day for 2nd semester need to see their counselors as soon as possible. In addition, any current part-time senior who will be participating in spring KSHSAA events will need to complete the shortened day application. The deadline to submit the application to the counseling department is Friday, Nov. 15 at 3:00 pm. We will adhere to this deadline. No late applications will be accepted or reviewed for consideration.

Friday, Nov. 8 is the registration deadline for the Saturday, Dec. 14 ACT exam. Students can register on line at www.actstudent.org/start.

MVHS will offer a two evening December ACT Test Prep class on Thursday, Dec. 5 and Thursday, Dec. 12 from 6:30-9:00 p.m., for a cost of $60. Payments and registration for the Test Prep Class can be made in the Counseling Office.