Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Daily Announcements

A DAY

Today’s Lunch Special:  Grilled Chicken on a Whole Wheat Roll, Lettuce & Tomato, Garden Pasta Salad, Celery Sticks with Ranch Dip, Fresh Fruit.

Tomorrow’s Lunch: Sweet Baby Ray’s Pulled Pork Sandwich, Sweet Potato Fries, Fresh Summer Squash, Creamy VT Slaw, Fresh Fruit.

Today in Sports :  For game times and location, please visit our website at www.mvuathletics.org

• A reminder to all students that only seniors are allowed in the “Senior Area”.    

• Are you interested in a career in health care? From Champlain Valley Area Health Education Center, the organization that brings you MedQuest, come A Day in the Life at the NMC. This day-long shadow program will take place Monday, October 26th and applications must be received by 11:59 pm on Sunday, October 4th. For more information, visit www.cvahec.org or contact Mrs. Hartman.

• Model UN will meet Wednesday September 30th, 3:30-5:30 in D7 for a lively presidential debate.  New members welcome!  See or email Ms. Urban or your social studies teacher for details.

• Upcoming College Visit:
• University of New Hampshire will be here on October 5th at 8:30 am

Anyone interested can sign up in the Guidance Office.

• Last chance to sign up for travel to the sunny, warm beaches of Portugal and Spain.  Several fundraisers are set up to help you make your dream come true. Last day to sign up is September 30th, help us fill up those last three spots.  For more information, pick up the flyers on the table in the front lobby or in A37 from Mrs. Machia.  Please support our Krispy Kremes Fundraiser, $10/dozen.  Order by September 30th, pick up October 6th from travelers or Mrs. Machia.

• Middle School was not invited to the Cross Country Meet today. There was an error on the schedule.
• 7th & 8th girls soccer practice is CANCELLED FOR TODAY!
• Field hockey will practice inside today. Please meet in J6.
• 7th boys soccer practice is CANCELLED FOR TODAY!
• PICTURES ARE CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING TEAMS!!!!

7th girls soccer; 7th boys soccer; 8th boys soccer

• MVU is hosting a girls mini-metro basketball program for girls in grades 7 and 8 that will attend MVU from the towns of Franklin, Highgate, Swanton and the surrounding “sending” towns.

For girls interested in joining the MVU competitive mini-metro basketball program in grades 7 and 8 this late fall & winter,  there will be a parent/player organizational meeting and try-out practice at the MVU gymnasium on Sunday October 4th  from 5-7 pm.  A parent must attend this tryout to register each prospective player and receive league and scheduling information.  

Mini-metro is a competitive, developmental league for sending schools in the champlain valley region that has games on Sundays from Nov 1st to early February at a variety of chittenden county schools and St. albans. The fee to play is approximately $100 for the season and will include a jersey that players can keep for multiple seasons of use.  There will be competitive tryouts for this team as this league allows full basketball rules including full-court pressure defenses.  You can visit this website for further information: http://vtcats.org/minimetro.  If you have any questions, please contact the MVU Varsity Girls Basketball Coach Jim Daly at jdaly@fnwsu.org or 802-868-7311 x179.