Monday
Put Drugs to Sleep - Pajama Day
Tuesday
Outsmart Drugs - Dress Like a Nerd
Wednesday
Buddy Up Against Drugs - Twin Day
Thursday
Tame Drugs - Crazy Hair Day
Friday
To Be Announced
Keeping you updated on what is coming up. . .
Monday Put Drugs to Sleep - Pajama Day Tuesday Outsmart Drugs - Dress Like a Nerd Wednesday Buddy Up Against Drugs - Twin Day Thursday Tame Drugs - Crazy Hair Day Friday To Be Announced
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October 26-30 Our campus will band together to fight the influence of drugs. Stay tuned for upcoming National Honor Society sponsored activities!
History of Red Ribbon Week redribbon.org : The National Family Partnership organized the first Nationwide Red Ribbon Campaign. NFP provides drug awareness by sponsoring the annual National Red Ribbon Celebration. Since its beginning in 1985, the Red Ribbon has touched the lives of millions of people around the world. In response to the murder of DEA Agent Enrique Camarena, angered parents and youth in communities across the country began wearing Red Ribbons as a symbol of their commitment to raise awareness of the killing and destruction cause by drugs in America. Enrique (Kiki) Camarena was a Drug Enforcement Administration Agent who was tortured and killed in Mexico in 1985. When he decided to join the US Drug Enforcement Administration, his mother tried to talk him out of it. "I'm only one person", he told her, "but I want to make a difference." On Feb. 7, 1985, the 37-year-old Camarena left his office to meet his wife for lunch. Five men appeared at the agent's side and shoved him in a car. One month later, Camarena's body was found. He had been tortured to death. In honor of Camarena's memory and his battle against illegal drugs, friends and neighbors began to wear red badges of satin. Parents, sick of the destruction of alcohol and other drugs, had begun forming coalitions. Some of these new coalitions took Camarena as their model and embraced his belief that one person can make a difference. These coalitions also adopted the symbol of Camarena's memory, the red ribbon. Our 10th - 11th graders who are testing will report to testing rooms in the morning. Get plenty of rest and be ready to go. There is no
food or drink allowed in the classrooms but you are allowed to have a snack during the breaks. The test will be from 8:00 to 11:25. It is a timed test with national standards. This means that the test must be given the same way across the country. No one will be allowed to leave the test until it is finished. Good luck in the National Merit Scholarship Contest! Stop by the counseling office to sign up for the ASVAB!
We are excited for those students who will be taking the PSAT next week! The PSAT is a two-hour test given once a year in October. Many students take the PSAT, not only as preparation for the SAT taken in senior year and widely used as a major criterion for college admissions, but also to qualify for the National Merit Scholarship Competition.
As with the SAT, the PSAT has separate math and verbal sections and a third section testing English grammar. Each subject is scored on a scale of 20 to 80 and these scores are combined to create the National Merit Scholarship selection index. Almost all students take the PSAT during their junior year, but many students take the PSAT when they are sophomores to get the feel of the test. However, it is only the scores from the PSAT taken in your junior year that are considered for the National Merit Scholarship competition. This scholarship competition awards approximately 8,200 scholarships annually. The selection process starts with the choosing of National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists and Commended Scholars. Cutoffs vary from state to state but typically Semi-Finalists score in the top one percent of students in their state and Commended Scholars between the top one to four percent. Most of the approximately 16,000 Semi-Finalists become Finalists, and half of those ultimately receive National Merit Scholarships. The most common reasons for taking the PSAT/NMSQT are:
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