Trojan Talk Finals set for Thursday, Friday As the holiday season approaches, the semester comes to a halt. There is only one week left of homework, studying and tests before students leave for two weeks of holiday vacation. The band will start the week with a Christmas concert in the auditorium Sunday, Dec. 14 at 2 p.m. Anyone interested in hearing beautiful traditional Christmas carols embedded into orchestrated works is invited to attend. Features will be Holiday Piece, Holiday Gallop, Angels Sing and All is Calm. Morristown West’s choir will continue the Christmas music with a concert at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium Monday, Dec. 15. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Many first period classes donated toys to the Marine Corp Reserve Toys for Tots drive. These toys will be dispensed to Hamblen County children this Christmas. Thank you to students and teachers for filling full boxes. Thank you to FBLA for volunteering at the Toys for Tots Drive at Central Services over the weekend. The Interact Club will also be edging into the holiday spirit as they stay after school Monday to help wrap gifts for their Calloway Kid. West Side Story staff will also wrap gifts Monday for a sponsored Calloway Kid. Basketball will begin the sports action with a JV boys, varsity girls and varsity boys game against Science Hill Tuesday, Dec. 16 beginning at 5 p.m. The wrestling team will travel to Knox Central for a match at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The swim team will join in on the action with a meet at Dobyns-Bennet Thursday, Dec. 18. The wrestling team will conclude their matches for the week with a match at Clinton Friday, Dec. 19 at 6 p.m. Morristown West will be competing against Morristown East in the very first East vs. West match up of the basketball season Friday, Dec. 19. There will be JV girls, JV boys, varsity girls and varsity boys games beginning at 4:15 p.m. in the Michael R. Reed Gymnasium. Anyone wearing a Trojan Nation shirt will receive $1 off their ticket price upon entering the game. There will also be Student Council members selling additional Trojan Nation T-shirts at the game. Along with academic, athletic and club events, college opportunities are opening up. Carson-Newman is now offering a new AA in Liberal Arts. Enrolling in this degree program will allow eligible students to use the Tennessee Promise Scholarship. This scholarship will be worth the same amount as it would be if the student was attending a two-year college. This is roughly $3,900. Carson-Newman would also like to remind students that they are automatically considered for Merit-Based Scholarships when applying for admission to the university. They are now accepting applications for the 2015 academic term, and an application promotion is currently running where students may apply online for free. Walters State has recently started a new program called the Walters State Promise Scholarship Program. This allows Walters State to guarantee scholarships to students who meet certain academic requirements. After applying for admission, students may begin applying for three different scholarships offered to graduating seniors. The first scholarship is titled the Senators Scholars and includes $1,000 per semester. Students must have a minimum 3.7 high school GPA and 26 national or state ACT score by the fall semester starting date to apply for this scholarship. Beginning in fall of 2015, this scholarship will be rewarded to graduating seniors. Another scholarship available to recipients of the Senators Scholars Scholarship is the Senators Scholars Dual Enrollment Award. Any student who meets the criteria for a Senators Scholar and has at least12 institutional earned hours of college credit with a 3.0 college GPA will be awarded $500 per semester for four consecutive semesters. Walters State is offering the Senators Dual Enrollment Achievement Award. This is also based around completing 12 institutional hours of college credit with a 3.0 college GPA before enrolling for the fall semester in 2015. In addition to a 2.75 GPA and full-time enrollment, students are also required to participate in 40 hours of institutional work per semester. If students meet these requirements, they will receive $500 per semester for four continuous semesters. Although there are an abundance of exciting activities, it is important that students keep their eyes on the prize. Finals will be this week, with exams for 3rd and 4th period on Thursday, Dec. 18 and exams for 1st and 2nd on Friday, Dec. 19. After exams on Friday, students will be dismissed. Best wishes to everyone as they depart for a merry Christmas season.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 13:15:21 +0000
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