Tuesday, April 4, 2017

 

      DAMONTE RANCH HIGH SCHOOL

TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 2017

 

PLEDGE & MOMENT OF SILENCE

TODAY IS AN “A” DAY

 

Attention Seniors- Interested in participating in you Graduation?  Speech Tryouts will be Tuesday April 4^th, at 2:40 in

the Career Center Music Tryouts will be Wednesday, April 12,

at 4:15 in the Band Room.  Sign up with Mrs. Kenyon in the office.

 

Get a new type of school breakfast and lunch from the Washoe Noshery Food Truck this Wednesday!  Breakfast will

be a bacon quesadilla or chocolate glazed whole-grain

donut.  Lunch will be chicken flatbread pizzas and salad.  The

Noshery will accept free/reduced, cash or MySchoolBucks.  (Announcement for April 3-4, 2017)

 

Attention seniors who would like to purchase the panoramic photo.  You can get an order form in the office, career center, or from Ms. Meyer in room 130.  Don’t miss out on the chance to have your senior class documented forever!

 

What is RYLA?

Rotary Youth Leadership Awards is a training program for leaders and potential leaders between their junior and senior high school years. As a RYLA participant, you will attend an all-expense-paid, 6 day camp at the Grizzly Creek Ranch in Portola, California. Applications for the RYLA Leadership Camp 2017 can be found in the Career Center or online at www.Camp-RYLA.org

Application deadline is April 5th.

 

KIDS University at UNR is looking for high school volunteers to help us with camp this summer!  KIDS University is a 7-week summer camp for kids in 2^nd-8^th grade that is held on the UNR campus each summer.  We offer a variety of educational classes in the mornings followed by recreational activities in the afternoons.  Camp dates will be June 12-July 28, 2017.  Camp hours are 7:30am-5:30pm.  We ask that volunteers commit to at least 3 weeks during the summer.  Hours can be flexible.

Visit this link for the KIDS U Junior Counselor application:  http://kidsu.unr.edu/pdf/instructors/Jr%20Counselor%20Application%202017.pdf

Applications are due by 5pm on Monday, April 24. 

Junior counselor interviews will be scheduled on Saturday, April 29.

Please visit our website for more information about the KIDS University program.  http://kidsu.unr.edu/

 

Attention Seniors who have applied and been accepted to TMCC. Damonte will host a 2^nd opportunity to take the Accuplacer Placement Test on Wednesday April 26^th starting at 2 PM. You will need to be in your seat by 1:40 PM as we will be begin promptly at 2 PM. Please stop by the Career Center to sign up and reserve your spot.

 

SCHOLARSHIPS-  (Please read twice per week)

 

Attention Seniors who attended Pleasant Valley Elementary School- The PVES PTA scholarship is now open and the deadline is April 4^th. Stop by the Career Center to get a hard copy of the scholarship.

 

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL- DDES PTA is offering two $500.00 scholarships. Deadline is April 14^th. Stop by the Career Center to pick up a hard copy of the application.

 

Northern Nevada Women’s Golf Association scholarship for up to $2,000 is now open.  Application Deadline is April 15^th. Please go to NNWGA.org and click on Juniors.  Scroll to the bottom and print out the application.  Also please see your coach.