Friday, September 28, 2018


Friday, September 28, 2018

Attention Juniors:  If you are interested in taking the PSAT test on October 10th to qualify for the National Merit Scholarship please register for the test. Pay your fee of $16.00 to the bookkeeper prior to October 3rd, and $20.00 after. You may also pay online through the Salem-Keizer website under Parents. The last day to register is October 9th.   

Release Cards: If you have a release period please come to the Main Office and sign up for a release card.  Once you sign up – wait a day  - and then return to the Main Office for your actual release card. 9/28

Every year, there are hundreds of known attempts to remove books from bookstores, libraries and schools.  That’s thousands of lost opportunities to explore ideas that fuel understanding. Words have power and access to diverse ideas makes all of us more powerful. Celebrate the freedom to read by reading your favorite banned book during Banned Books Week

Attention all 18 year olds! You are eligible to vote.  The Voter Registration Deadline is Tue., October 16 to be able to vote in the Oregon General Election in November.  Please go to RocktheVote.org and register today!

On Wednesday, October 10th  the Daughters of the American Revolution will be conducting an essay contest. Any senior or early graduate who is interested in participating in the essay contest, please contact Ms. Dunn in the ASPIRE Center. 10/10

Students, please be aware of the following change to all home Football games:
All students must enter through the main stadium gates.  Students will no longer be allowed to enter through the sophomore lot gate. Backpacks, outside food and drinks will be prohibited as well. 9/28

Please excuse the girls soccer program at 11:25 today. They travel over to Bend to take on Mountain View. Good luck girls soccer!
  
Students, this is Constitution month.  We honor this month the signing of the US Constitution on September 17th, 1787.   Our legislature in the State of Oregon has passed a law that this important document is acknowledged by our schools in this important month.

Here is the preamble to this important document:  (READ THIS SLOWLY)

We the people of the United States,
in order to form a more perfect union,
establish justice,
insure domestic tranquility,
provide for the common defense,
promote the general welfare,
and secure the blessings
of liberty to ourselves and our posterity,
do ordain and establish
this Constitution for the United States of America.