Did you eat dinner last night? Did you have food in the cabinets when you went to get breakfast this morning? Not everyone is so blessed. Please consider those less fortunate and fill a sack and bring it to school for the Harvesters food
drive. We only have eight more days. Students can do this. Lets do a last minute push to fill the barrel.

Tennis tryouts have been moved to 3:30 p.m. in the Monticello Trails gym immediately after school.

Soccer practice will be at 5:30 p.m. in the auxiliary gym. Bring running and indoor shoes.

Do you think you have an amazing singing voice? Do you have some weird or awesome talent that you think is worthy of
sharing? Or do you have a life interesting enough to share with the rest of us? MVTV will be choosing students to be on
a new segment called Jaguar Spotlight. Stop by broadcast journalism teacher Cindy Swartz’s room to nominate yourself or a friend.

Applications are now available for Broadcast or Video Production classes for next year. Pick up an application in room
C103B.

Any student interested in taking Pre-AP chemistry needs to complete a spring assignment. They are available in the counseling office.

Students currently enrolled in AP classes can now sign up and pay for the AP exams in the counseling office. Each exam is $87.00 and checks should be made out to Mill Valley High School. Please name each Advanced Placement test that you are paying for in the memo section of your check. The exam sign up and fee payment deadline is Wednesday, Mar. 7. Each AP exam will be administered here on the date and time designated by the College Board in May and a listing of the testing schedule can be found on the counseling webpage.

Openings still remain in the final ACT test prep class of the year for college bound juniors and sophomores needing qualifying scores to participate in the dual credit program next year with Johnson County Community College in AP or College Now english, math, and science classes. The cost of the class is $80 and the class will fill before the Monday, Mar. 26 class registration deadline. Go to www.actstudent.org to register for the ACT test. Friday, Mar. 9 is the registration deadline for the Saturday, April 14 ACT test.

Any student interested in participating in a spring break or summer humanitarian trip to Guatemala please see art teacher Jodi Ellis to pick up a flyer with pertinent and time sensitive information.

Prom tickets are now on sale. Here is the breakdown of the cost. $5 for every senior who paid last year as a junior. $40 for every senior who did not attend last year. $40 for juniors until Friday, Mar. 2. $45 for juniors until Friday, Mar. 30. $50 for juniors until Friday, April 13. $55 for juniors and seniors at the door. $3 for parking passes bought in advance. You must keep them and have them for that night. $5 for valet parking the night or bought at Club 1000. See registrar Deana Thom for tickets.

Our first Prom work night will be Monday, Mar. 5 directly after school. Anyone who wants to get started during seminar is welcome to come then.

Here are the After Prom details: After Prom permission forms for students and guests are available in the office. Students must also have an outside guest dance permit on file in the office. Monday, Mar. 5 to Thursday, Mar. 8- students must turn in permission slips and their money to be registered for the prom dress- good up to $250, the $129 tuxedo rental and the corsage ($25 value) or boutonnière ($10 value) This offer is only good through the end of the final lunch period on Thursday, Mar. 1. The winners will be announced during seminar on Thursday, Mar 8. If students wish to turn their paperwork in early, they may turn it into secretary Lynn Bath in the office and we will make sure they get registered to win. We will check them off on our registration list. There will also be $5 unlimited play cards available for sale that week. The final registration date for After Prom is Friday, Mar. 30. There will be no tickets sold at the door.

Juniors: there will be an informational meeting about the NROTC Scholarship process during Seminar on Thursday, Mar. 1. If you are interested in attending, please sign up in the counseling office.

The boys basketball team has been nominated as this week’s Hy-Vee High School Team of the Week. Voting ends at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 29 so please spread the word to vote early and vote often. Here is the link to our voting page: http://www.kctv5.com/category/210172/hy-vee-high-school-team-of-the-week

Congratulations to the following students for having their work chosen as “best of show” in Friday, Feb 24 night’s art
show. In 3-D Design: Elizabeth Henderson, junior Kelsey Floyd, and senior Brittnay Garrett. In Drawing/Painting: senior Samantha Stephan, senior Adam Henderson, and sophomore Logan Robertson. In 2-D Design: junior Kelsey Winscott, senior Carly Granato, and sophomore Riley Gerber. Also, new this year was the “Principal’s Pick,” and principal Tobie Waldeck chose his favorite piece, a drawing created by Adam.

Congratulations to the bowling team for their success at the regional tournament.  Sophomore Cassie Widmer has earned a trip to the state tournament this Friday, Mar. 2 in Wichita, Kansas. It was a very successful first year for the bowling program and students worked very hard and represented the school in a way they should be proud of. Please be sure to wish Widmer good luck for Friday, mar. 2.

Detentions are in room A210.