DAMONTE RANCH HIGH SCHOOL
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE & MOMENT OF
SILENCE
TODAY IS A “B” DAY
FALL BREAK October 1 - 5, 2018
Any student interested
in participating in this year’s
No Opportunity Wasted (NOW) College Prep and Historically Black Colleges &
Universities Tour, please see your counselor for information. This is a unique opportunity to join other
students in the Washoe County School District in college prep workshops and
then to participate in the HBCU Tour in North and South Carolina.
Damonte's Speech & Debate Team had a successful first tournament at Douglas HS this past
weekend. Jenni Whitbeck took first place in Senior Storytelling and third
place in Senior Lincoln Douglas Debate.
Kaylee Nguyen (pronounced New-en) took
fourth place in Congress at her first competition, and Maiya Drake was the 10th
top Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate Speaker at her first competition. If
you are interested in learning more about our District and State Champion Team,
join us at a meeting -- Thursdays, Room 208, right after school.
The first show of our theatre season
opens Tuesday! Proof, a
four-character play that won both the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award on
Broadway, runs at 7:00 Tuesday through Friday this week, with a 3:00
performance after school Friday, also. Tickets are available at the box
office one hour prior to each show, or online at www.showtix4u.com. Don't miss this terrific production!
The
Student Store has some great new products!
Come
get your delicious Fig Bars – we have strawberry, raspberry, apple cinnamon and
blueberry!
Also,
string cheese is now available for only 50 cents!
Hurry
Before Tony eats them all!
Attention
Juniors.
Any student wishing to take the PSAT and National Merit Scholar Qualifying Test
will need to register with the book keeper no later Friday September 28th. The PSAT/NMSQT will be
administered on October 10th at
8am. The fee to take the exam for juniors is $16.
There are only 150 slots available. (Please keep
this is the loop for September.)
Don’t
forget to buy a yearbook!
Yearbook
prices increase throughout the year and are currently at their lowest
price! Purchase before the prices go
up! You can pay at the bookkeeper’s
office or yearbookforever.com.
Seniors! You can officially start
submitting your senior quotes for yearbook!
Go to the following link by February 1st to submit. Better to get it done early! bit.ly/2M4Nmf5
Perry Outreach Program
is on Saturday, November 10, 2018 at the University of
Nevada Reno School of Medicine in Reno, NV for those female students who
interested in pursuing careers in medicine and engineering. Stop by the Career Center to see Mrs. Aikin
for the application.
HEY JUNIORS, HABLAS ESPAÑOL? The
University of Nevada, Reno is looking for bilingual students to be part of the
CBESS Program. You will explore careers in healthcare, spend 3 weeks
living on the UNR campus during the summer, visit hospitals and clinics, have a
mentor, and experience an internship all for free! Please stop by the Career
Center if you are interested. Deadline is November 16th.
