Daily Announcements

Friday, September 8, 2017

B Day

Today in Sports:

• JV  & varsity field hockey team will be travelling to Harwood.  Team is dismissed at 1:15, bus leaves at 1:30 for a 4:00 and 5:15 game time.
• JV & varsity girls’ soccer teams will be hosting Middlebury.  Game time is 4:30.
• Varsity girls’ golf team will be travelling to Arrowhead – Milton.  Team is dismissed at 1:30, departing at 1:45.  Match begins at 3:00.

This Weekend in Sports:

• JV & varsity boys’ soccer teams will be travelling to Mt. Abraham.  Bus leaves at 10:30, game time is 1:00.
• Varsity & middle school cross country teams will be travelling to Burlington.  Bus leaves at 7:30, meet begins at 10:30.
• 7th & 8th grade girls’ soccer teams will be travelling to St. Albans Town.  Bus leaves at 7:00.  Games begin at 8:00 until noon.
• 7th & 8th grade boys’ soccer teams will be travelling to St. Albans Towns.  Bus leaves at 11:00. Games begin at 12:00 until 4:00.
• Varsity football team will be travelling to Poultney. Bus leaves at 8:45, game time is 1:00.

Please check out the Homecoming schedule including Spirit week starting on Monday, 9/11  with America Day www.mvuschool.org/homecoming-2017.  You must be wearing at least 2 of the three flag colors to count in your class tally.

On Monday Sept. 11 at 9:15, there will be a representative of Hofstra University answer questions and offer information about Hofstra University located in Hempstead, NY on Long Island. If you would like to meet with this representative please stop by the guidance office and to be put on the list.

There will be a representative of Champlain College here on Wed. Sept 13 at 1:00 to offer information and answer questions about Champlain College in Burlington VT. If you would like to meet with this representative please stop by the guidance office and to be put on the list.

Crossroads/AfterHours Early Fall session begins Monday September 11th immediately after school.  We will be meeting in the Senior Area for Snack and Check in.  Registration confirmation phone calls will be made today, 9/8.  Please contact abowen@fnwsu.org or hmoore@fnwsu.org with any questions and or concerns. **Please remember that there is a minimum 24 hour turnaround for registration, and we cannot accept forms from students on the day of programming.**

There will be a mandatory Upward Bound meeting on Thursday, September 7th after school in room D9.  Please see Mrs. Miller or Ms Poulin with any questions.

PSAT  (Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test). The PSAT exam will be administered at MVU on Saturday, October 14 to sophomores and juniors.  The College Board automatically screens juniors for the National Merit Scholarship Program, an academic competition for recognition and scholarships.   To sign up, students should stop by the guidance office and see Mrs. Greenia.  The cost is $16. The exam starts promptly at 8:00 AM and students need to be at MVU by 7:45 AM.  

The T-Bird Times, MVU's school  newspaper, will be having a meeting after school for High school students on Tuesday, September 12th in the Media Center. Any student  interested in writing for the paper, being an editor, photographer, or would simply like to learn a little more about it, is encouraged to attend. Any student not signed up with the AfterHours program will need to arrange for their own transportation home. Please contact Ms. Douglass or Mrs. Moore for more information.

The MVU Animal Science program will be selling USDA approved fresh pork straight from the farm to your table.  Made from only 100% grain fed pigs, this is sure to be the best pork around!  Items for sale include pork chops, pork belly, pork shoulder, pork loin end roast, pork sausage, pork ham, fresh ham steak, pork spare ribs, country style spare ribs, pork sweet italian sausage and pork shoulder boston butt. In addition, the Animal Science program will also be selling fresh eggs and beef.  If interested, please contact Mr. Messier or an Animal Science student.

Explore. Dream. Discover!  It's not too late to join our group traveling to Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia in February 2018.  See for yourself the impact of building a wall, the devastation and scars of war, and the countries that inspired many of the fairytales we know, bursting with stories of wolves eating grannies, maids turned into princesses, and two siblings that stumble across a house made of candy.  In twenty years you will be more disappointed with the things you didn't do than with the things you did.  Travel while you are able, don't worry about the money - just make it work.  Experience is far more valuable than money will ever be!  Next meeting: Tuesday, September 12th, 7:00pm in the Highgate Elementary School Library.  Sign-up deadline: Friday, September 29, 2017.  Printed materials available on the table in the MVUHS lobby or contact vmachia@fnwsu.org  (Room A-37/cooking classroom).

JOB OPPORTUNITY FOR TEENS - Vermont Afterschool is excited to announce that it as received a grant from the J. Warren and Lois Mclure Foundation for the 2017-2018 school year to create meaningful job and expanded learning opportunities for students across rural Vermont.  Ask your guidance counselor, or the after school coordinators for more information (abowen@fnwsu.org or hmoore@fnwsu.org). Apply today - limited positions available.

College Fair - Wednesday, September 20, 2017.  Students in grades 10 – 12 are invited to attend the College Fair at the University of Vermont’s Patrick Gymnasium.  We will leave MVU at 8:15 AM and return by 12:00 PM.  Students should stop by the guidance office and pick up a permission form at the start of school.   The college fair is also open to parents and students on Tuesday, September 19 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.

Attention all Student Drivers:  Please pick up your parking permit application in the high school office.  Until parking spots are assigned please remember that seniors park in the senior parking lot and juniors park in the parking lot near the fields.  All vehicles must be registered.

The 9th Annual MVU-BFA Powder Puff benefit football game will take place on Saturday, September 23rd at the Collins-Perley Sports Complex beginning at 7:00 pm.  Come watch the senior girls from our two schools compete on the gridiron to support The Bashaw Trauma Center at Northwest Medical Center.  Remember there's nothing Powder Puff about this Football game!

Registration is underway for Introduction to College Studies.  This is a free class at CCV on Tuesdays from 4 - 5:45 p.m. beginning on September 12.  It is open to all high school students.  Please go to ccv.edu to register or see Mrs. Hartman in F7 or in the Career Center in the Library.  You may also see your guidance counselor as well.  If you are thinking that college may be in your future, this is an excellent class to gain an orientation to the college experience!

Students interested in working every other weekend at a local poultry farm please see Mrs. Hartman.