Monday, March 15, 2010

 

Quote:  “Have a super day”  By Anonymous

 

The Dake library is having its spring book fair Monday, March 22nd to Thursday, March 25th. Daily hours will be 7:40 to 3:15. An "Evening of Book Talks," which invites students to talk about books they have enjoyed and recommend for reading, will be held Monday evening beginning at 6 pm. The book fair will be open for business Monday evening from 6 to 8 pm. All are welcome.


 

Talent Show - Attention everyone!!!   It’s time to get your act together!  Auditions for the 2010 Dake Talent Show will be held next week!!

7th grade auditions will be held next Tuesday, March 16th after school in the Dake chorus room.

8th grade auditions will be held next Thursday, March 18th after school in the Dake chorus room.

If you think you have what it takes to be in this year’s show, it is now time to sign up!!  If you are interested in signing up to audition, there are two things you need to do:

Ø   Come down to the Counseling office and sign up

Ø   Pick up a copy of the Audition guidelines

 

The February Fundraiser for Operation Haiti is still not over!  We will be raffling off this quilt, made by this year’s and last year’s 7th grade FACS classes, for the rest of the week.  Raffle tickets are ONLY one dollar and can be purchased from Mrs. Quinlan in room 129.

There will also be 6 runner-up winners who will receive fleece blankets made by an Iroquois Odyssey team.  Be sure to give one last time to this great cause and purchase your ticket today!

 

Spirit Day - Wednesday is St. Patrick’s Day, so wear green!  Which team will be lucky enough to earn the most spirit points?

 

SPORTS

 

Please turn in your spring sports forms to the Health Office as soon as possible!  Physicals are being done next week in the Health Office if you need one.  Please sign up today.

    

National Foreign Language Week

Good morning!  National Foreign Language week begins today…….To celebrate, we will be reading a question each morning highlighting each of the five languages offered at Dake. 

 Today’s question:  On which continent other than North America and Europe would you find a large number of French speakers?  Please drop off your response with your name and homeroom to room 122 by 2 p.m. today!   

 

Praise Awards

 

-Lauren praises Tori Beyea for being awesome and being a great friend.

-Tori praises Jenny Taha for being the best friend anyone could have and always making me feel smart.

-Tori praises Lauren Kiedrowski for always being there for me.

-Tori praises you for being a wonderful student at Dake.

-Mrs. Pollet praises Lexi Wilkas for giving up a study hall to help her laminate materials for class.

-Mrs. Pollet also praises Marisa Martinez for giving up a study hall to help a former teacher laminate materials for class.  Thank you girls!

 

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No more flash drives or floppy discs! - Google Documents allows students to transfer their school work between home and school via the Internet.  Google Documents allows you to store word documents, slide presentations, and spreadsheets on the Internet, so students may access their work wherever the Internet is found.

    1.  Go to www.Google.com

    2.  Type in Google Documents as the search term

    3.  Select "Welcome to Google Documents."

    4.  Create a Free account   

    5.  Google will email a confirmation.  (Free email account can be created through www.Gmail.com)