Friday, March 15, 2019

Student Announcements: March 15, 2019

Please listen carefully to this important announcement from our School Nurse: We are at the height of flu season.  If you are not feeling well please stay home. If you have any of the following symptoms, you should stay home or if already at school go home.  Fever or feeling feverish/chills. cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigue (tiredness), nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. If you have a fever you must be stay home for 24 hours after the fever breaks. It is the only way we can stop viruses from spreading.


Vaping- Seemingly innocent and safe or is it? Do you REALLY know what is in those flavored pods? Are you a target of industrial manipulation? Do you like food, learning and service learning opportunities? Sign up for a Vaping Lunch & Learn on Monday, 3/18 in the CIC brought to you by UNC School of Social Work and the TRU Club. Sign up by emailing LKarcher@chccs.k12.nc.us by Friday, 3/15 so we know how much food to order!


You're invited to Carrboro High's spring musical, Into the Woods, tonight or tomorrow at 7:30 PM.  Tickets are $5 for students, $10 for adults, and free for CHCCS Faculty and Staff.  Tickets can be purchased at jagtheatre.seatyourself.biz.  CHCCS Faculty and Staff can reserve your one free ticket at https://tinyurl.com/chccsemployee.


Are you a Junior or Senior who wants to attend Prom on April 13th but can't afford the cost of the dress?  Cinderella's Closet is here for you! Cinderella's Closet offers a full prom gown package for free! Please see Ms. Crider in Student Services to get an application.  Applications are due on April 2nd.


The RTP High School Sailing Team is looking for new sailors!

Are you a fearless mariner? Did you ever try sailing at summer camp? Have you always wanted to learn to sail? If your answer is yes to any of these - and you know how to swim! - then consider joining our co-ed high school sailing team!

The Spring season starts March 12. Practices are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:30 (or as soon as you can arrive) until dark at Lake Crabtree County Park, 1400 Aviation Parkway, Morrisville, NC. Carpooling is possible. Fee is prorated to $150 for Spring season.

For info http://www.rtphighschoolsailing.org or email rtp.sailing.director@gmail.com


Schools in the district are currently competing in a food drive to help families in the local area. Help us win the competition against the other schools by bringing in canned or non-perishable goods and placing them in the box outside the Media Center. This is a great opportunity to make an impact on the local community. If you have any questions please contact Mr Severance.


The Red Cross Club is holding a Blood Drive on April 4th. Visit the table in front of the Media Center during lunch for details!


Come out and audition for Xanadu Productions Theatre 4 show, "A Tiny Miracle with a Fiberoptic Unicorn." Auditions are Monday the 18th and Tuesday the 19th from 4:00-7:00 PM in the Blackbox. You only have to come to one audition date. Callbacks will be on Wednesday the 20th from :00-7:00 PM, in the Blackbox. Please prepare a 1-minute, contemporary, comedic monologue. Here is the audition form, please fill it out before coming to auditions: tinyurl.com/tinymiracleauditions!


Wanna get published? Jagged Lines, the Carrboro High School literary magazine, is currently accepting submissions for the Spring 2019 edition. Send your short stories, poems, visual art, photography, and other publishable works to CHSJaggedLines@gmail.com. The submission deadline had been extended to March 22nd. Feel free to email if you have questions about submissions.


Jaguar March Madness Trivia Question:  Who was our 1st Track and Field State Champion? Worth 3 points


OWASA's new Youth Water Academy. Students in grades 9-12 in Carrboro & Chapel Hill are invited to apply. Over 4 sessions in April, they'll learn from OWASA's engineers, operators, scientists, field crews and more, about the fascinating process of delivering the community's water. The Academy is free, and 12 spots are open. Deadline to apply is March 26.

Read the attached a program flyer https://www.owasa.org/Data/Sites/1/media/youth-water-academy-flyer---final.pdf .


The Smart Lunch subject today is English



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