Back to School Night is tomorrow night. Doors open at 5:30. Parents, enter through the Activities Entrance and please bring your own class schedules with room numbers. The presentation will begin in the Main gym at 6:00 pm.

Attention all MVHS students: the seniors will be hosting a tailgate this Friday at 5:30 before Mill Valley Night Lights. All students are invited, first students to arrive will receive a hotdog, chips and a drink.

There will be a short literary magazine meeting for returning committee members after school on Thursday, September 4 in literary magazine sponsor Anna Nelson’s room.  Please see Nelson if you are unable to attend.

Voyager students, please stop by our room or check Blackboard for the mandatory orientation pullouts.

Any boys interested in playing basketball that are not involved in a fall sport please see basketball coach Alex Houlton sometime this week to get an open gym schedule.

There will be a Student Ambassador meeting on Thursday Aug, 28 during seminar in the Senior Café. All student ambassadors must come.

Reminder: If you are interested in joining jagPRIDE, applications for new and returning members must be in no later than 3:00 on Wednesday, Aug. 27.  If you still need an application, see jagPRIDE sponsor Debbie Gudenkauf in B-118.

Any girls who are not involved in a fall sport and are interested in trying out for the girls’ basketball team this season needs to attend a meeting this Friday during seminar.  The meeting will be in room B-221 and begin at 2:20.  This meeting is only for girls not playing a fall sport.

Freshmen – if you are interested in running for a freshman StuCo position see StuCO sponsor Erica Crist in room GL-102 to sign up and pick up a petition and speech information. Speeches and petitions are due Tuesday, Sept. 2. Elections are Wednesday, Sept. 3.

MVHS will be hosting an ACT Test Prep Class for those students who have registered for the September 13 exam.  The class will meet on Thursday, Sept. 4 and 11, from 6:30-9:00 p.m. in Room B-223.  The cost is $60 and checks should be made payable to MVHS. Students can register and pay for the prep class in the Counseling Office.

MVHS will be administering the PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Exam on Saturday, Oct 18, from 8:00-11:00 a.m.  The exam fee is $14 and Sophomores and Juniors can sign up and pay for the exam in the Counseling Office.  The registration and payment deadline is Sept 5.  Juniors will be eligible to compete for National Merit scholarship dollars based on exam scores and Sophomores can use this test experience for practice and preparation for their junior year.

MVHS will be hosting a PSAT Test Prep Class for those students taking the National Merit Exam in October.  The class will meet on Wednesday, Oct 8 and 15, from 6:30-9:00 in Room-B-223.  The cost is $50 and checks should be made payable to MVHS.  Students can register and pay for the prep class in the Counseling Office.

This Friday is the deadline for students new to the College Now dual credit program to apply for JCCC admission and have their high school authorization form completed, signed by principal Toby Waldeck, and scanned to JCCC by counseling secretary Leigh Wheeler in the Counseling Office.  It is also the priority deadline for students with qualifying ACT scores to have their high school transcript scanned to JCCC.  College Algebra Quickstep students will have later testing, enrollment and payment deadlines and can obtain their information from math teachers Brian Rodkey and Jessica DeWild.

Tuesday Sept. 9 is the Baker University registration and payment deadline for AP students in Government, American History, Physics, Music Theory, and Studio Art. Friday Sept. 12 is the COMPASS test, enrollment, and payment deadline for JCCC College Now students.

K-State’s College of Engineering is hosting a Scholars Day on Monday, Sept. 29 for seniors who have a composite ACT score of 26 or higher and a high school GPA of 3.6 or higher.  Qualified students can pre-register for the event at http://www.scholarsdday.engg.ksu.edu by Monday, Sept. 15.