Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Announcements

Make-up time is Tuesday and Thursday in Mr. McKnight's room beginning at 3:00 until 4:30. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO DO THIS MAKE-UP TIME!

Attention all Juniors: Make plans now to attend your spring Prom on May 14 2011! Please pay Courtney Pruitt your $25 prom fee

Volleyball Athletic Banquet will be Sunday, November 21, at 2:00 in the Alleghany High School
Cafeteria.

Senior ID cards are here please pick them up in the Media Center.

Varsity Boys Basketball meet in Coach McKnight's room at 3:30. Practice @ 4:30.
JV practice @ 3:15.

JV Girls Practice today @ 3:15, Varsity needs to be dressed for pictures for newspaper by 4:00. Practice will begin at 4:15.

Attention ALL Seniors:
College Application is next week – which means all 58 NC Community colleges plus 29 other colleges are accepting your applications for FREE only during the week of November 15th – 19th through CFNC. The Computer lab will be open Monday – Friday for the week of November 15th – 19th for applying to colleges with Thursday, November 18th, 3:00 – 6;00 for Students and parents to apply.

The following students need to pick up their graduation project DVD’s in the cyber campus: Kenlyn Pulliam, Aaron Anderson, Chris Spears, Junior Mabe and Jenna Bush.

Yearbook on sale for $55.00 deposit $30.00 or $10.00 a month.

Bookmark contest continues- turn in entries by Friday to the library.

Help Raise the Roof at Alleghany Wellness Center

Because we were in the top 100 projects voted for in October at www.refresheverything.com, we are still in the running for the $50,000 grant to replace the roof over the pool at our wellness center. SO, continue to vote each day in November. Your votes are making the difference. And if you have texting on your cell phone, text in your vote as well. Text 103205 to 73774. Do both and double your impact for our project.


Attention Beta Club Members:
The Samaritan's Purse needs volunteers for Operation Christmas Child. Call Dan Abernathy at 200-2285 to help any day from November 15th to November 21st. Mon-Fri: 3-6 p.m. Sat: 8-3 pm and Sun: 11-3 pm. Call Dan ahead of time to let him know you are coming.

Attention Beta Club Members: The semester is nearing and we want to make sure you are not getting behind on your volunteer hours, so check the bulletin board and if you see mistakes let me know. Mrs. Hash

Seniors - Are you a history buff, enjoy politics, do you have plans for government or military service in your future? If so, scholarships are available from $1000 to $5000. Go to gwcf.org or call 215-949-8841 for more information.

UNC Wilmington is partnering with NC State to offer a Pre-Engineering Program. Students attend UNCW for two years, then transfer to any one of the four colleges of engineering in North Carolina to finish an engineering degree. Students must meet the transfer requirements pertinent to the college of engineering to which they wish to transfer. For more information, contact Dr. Ken Diehl by phone at 910-962-4079 or email at kcdiehl@ncsu.edu. You can also visit the website at http://www.uncw.edu/preeng/.


Students can obtain a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering at UNC Asheville with all four years spent in Asheville. NC State University and UNC Asheville have teamed up to provide a joint degree, a BS in Engineering with Mechantronics Concentration. If you are interested in learning more about this degree, contact UNC Asheville campus at (828) 251-6640 or visit their website at www.unca.edu/engineering.