Jan 27 Daily Announcements Students: Your 2015/16 Course Request forms are due in the Guidance Office by Friday Jan. 30. Columbus will be hosting the Academic Decathlon on Wed. We will have around 180 guests in the building during the day. We would like as many students as possible to park in the back of Columbus to help with parking for our judges and other guests. Thank you! Catholic Schools Week Out of Uniform Days this week: - Thursday Jan. 29: Catholic education Shirt Day -- Students may wear a t-Shirt, sweatshirt or jersey from their Catholic Grade school, a t-shirt, sweatshirt or jersey from Columbus or a Catholic college t-shirt, sweatshirt or Jersey. - Friday Jan. 30: Columbus Spirit Day; Columbus students may wear a Columbus top and Jeans (If you dont wear Jeans, you need to have school dress code pants). There is NO COST to participate in this Day. SENIORS: Yearbook Reminder: Seniors pictures are due to Mr. Hamilton byMarch 1. The picture can be emailed ([email protected]) as a .jpeg(your picture studio can do this) or drop off a hard copy in room 249 to be scanned. Interested in going out for baseball this year: - See Coach Weisert so we can get an idea for numbers, hats and contact information. CAMPUS MINISTRY: - Medley/Service Club would like to thank everyone who helped with Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. Overall 52 Columbus representatives helped at Covenant, Manor Care, Ravenwood and Friendship Village. Thank you for taking a little time to help our community! - Seniors, dont forget about TEC (Teens Encounter Christ)!! This is a great opportunity to grow in your faith and to prepare for the next step in you faith journey. See the posters around school or Mr. Larsen for more information. GUIDANCE OFFICE Scholarships --Applications are in the guidance office for the Black Hawk County Corn and Soybean Association Scholarship. Applicant must be: a son, daughter, or grandchild of a current member of the association, a high school senior with a GPA of at least 2.5. Deadline to apply is Feb. 13th. --Iowa Student Loan will award 20 Iowa high school seniors each $1,500 to use for their fall 2015 college expenses. Interested seniors should go to IowaStudentLoan.org/Senior Scholarship to register and read the complete scholarship rules. purchase is necessary to enter the scholarship. Deadline is February 22nd. --Mount Mercy Universitys Catherine McAuley Scholarship Program - This scholarship provides free tuition to Iowa students whose family income is $45,000 or less annually. The scholarship is renewable for up to four years. To be eligible,students need to: 1.Be an Iowa resident and graduate from an Iowa high school 2.Be admitted as a new freshmen to Mount Mercy 3.Reside all four years on Mount Mercys campus during the academic year. 4.File the FAFSA prior to July 1 that shows family income of $45,000 or less & Pell Grant eligibility Additionally, to maintain the scholarship from year to year, students will need to show satisfactory academic progress and participate in Mount Mercys College success Program during their first year on campus. Complete your application at MTMERCY.EDU/APPLY Youth Ministry News: - JUNIORS! Confirmation retreat is this Saturday. 9:30am-8:30pm. We will feed you lunch and dinner. There wont be much free time during the day, but there is lots of great stuff planned. Please come with open hearts and good attitudes. There will be an opportunity for you to go to reconciliation in the afternoon. Dress is casual, but appropriate, please. No cell phones out unless its requested as part of something we are doing. Just an FYI: We will be taking pictures of you right away when you check-in. Contact Annie with questions anniezeets@gmail -The youth office will be closed during lunch all week. I have lots of meetings, plus I have stuff being delivered throughout the week for confirmation. I will be in and out of the building a lot, but will still be checking my mailbox for retreat letters. Annie Athletics: - All basketball teams at East Marshall tonight. The JV girls begin the games at 4pm.
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