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Giants Night for Healdsburg Fans April 22, More HHS News

Notes from the High School include announcement of Early Dismissal on Tuesday, Graduation planning and Healdsburg Night with the Giants

Healdsburg's Night with the Giants.  Monday, April 22, is Healdsburg's Night with the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park vs. the Arizona Diamondbacks. Watch the Giants battle the Snakes in person while supporting our Healdsburg student athletes.

The SF Giants will donate up to 1/2 of the $25 ticket price back to the HHS Boosters. The HHS Band will be on the field to play the National Anthem.

To order game tickets, please send an order form available in the school office or go to www.healdsburghighboosters.org to order online. Call Richard Bugarske at 433-1771 for more information, deadline is Thursday, April 18, 2013. This has been a sold-out event in the past, so get your tickets now!

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Calendar

April 9         Early Release; Dismissal at 2:20

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April 12       End of the Progress Reporting period

April 16       Career Panel: Small Business, Band Room, 3rd Period

April 19       Progress Reports mailed home

April 22       Healdsburg's Night with the Giants at AT&T Park vs. Arizona

April 22-24   Regular 1-6th period schedule (no block days)

April 25-26   STAR Testing -Early Release; Dismissal at 1:30

April 25-26   State Testing for all students grades 9-11

April 25        Senior Seminar at the Villa (seniors report directly to the Villa)

April 26        Senior Field Trip

General Announcements

Attention seniors! Completed Community Service hours need to be turned into the Counseling Office by Friday, April 19th. This is a graduation requirement!

SENIOR PARENTS: The Class of 2013 will be having their Senior Activity Day on Friday, April 26th. They have elected to spend their day "Cruising the Bay" with Alcatraz Excursions. The theme for the day is "Casino." The seniors will be playing casino games as well as board games. The Seniors need your help to make this day a successful and memorable Senior Day:

1. Board games or party games like "Catch Phrase," "Uno Attack," "Limbo," "Bingo." If you have any board games or party games you would like to offer, please let us know.

2. We have secured Nintendo Wii with the Dance Revolution game on it. We are in need of speakers to use with a Wii System.

Please feel free to contact either Anne Friedemann at 433-1565 or anne-f@prodigy.net or Tracy Cable at tcable@husd.com. Thank you all for your support.

Graduation Celebration

Parents of Freshman, Sophomores, & Juniors: We need your help for Graduation Celebration! This event is a safe and sober celebration for the 2013 HHS graduating class at Driven Raceway in Rohnert Park on Friday, May 31. Pay it forward, so that when your student is graduating, you can relax and know they are safe.

Please email Deanna DeBaeke at ccd08did@Comcast.net to volunteer for one of the positions listed. This is a really fun night and you will be so glad you helped out!

  • Hospitality - Bag Check at Driven in shifts 8pm-12am or 12am-3:30am
  • Entertainment - Monitor activities at Driven in shifts 8pm-12am or 12am-3:30am
  • Prizes - Distribute prizes at Driven in shifts 8pm-12am or 12am-3:30am
  • Decorations - Set-up and clean-up at Driven in shifts 4pm-9pm or 1:30am-3:30am

Counselors Corner

We have newsletters for juniors and seniors. You can read about college acceptances for seniors, coping with rejection letters, financial aid letters and how to read them, information from the UC's and SRJC. Juniors can read about colleges that cost less, test driving a college and more. Please go to the Counseling web page and click on newsletters. Have a great holiday.

Career Center

The next Career Choices will focus on Small Business: 3rd Period, Band Room - Tuesday, April 16th

Christian Sulberg - owner of Mustache Bakery in Healdsburg, specializing in cupcakes

Don Grose - founder/owner of Jimmy Tomorrow Designs (hand-painted jackets and accessories)

Robert Fraser: owner of Redwood Moving and Storage, a full-service moving company in Healdsburg

Sue Sacks, owner of Options in Healdsburg will facilitate

Studen Announcements

Are you worried about what you might do after high school? ROP has great classes on and off campus that can give you a taste of real work and give you extra points in the interview process. You already know about our fabulous on campus classes, but don't forget the Energy and Water Resources Program especially if you are a sophomore or junior interested in a career in Energy, Public Utilities and Water Resources Management.

For all you computer guys and gals, another great ROP course is CISCO. One of our current Cisco students even assists our HUSD Technology Coordinator. You could get a job immediately after graduation. See your counselor if you are interested. We have applications for next year.

Students are you looking for something to do this summer? If so, please take a look at Pepperwood Preserve's TeenNat FREE internship program.

  • You will learn to take great photographs
  • You will conduct real science that will be used by researchers at Pepperwood and possibly across the globe
  • You will work with local scientist, photographers, gallery curators, and other teens with similar interests
  • You will go hiking and learn to identify local plants and animals
  • You will fulfill 60 hours of community service
  • Earn a new digital camera!

Talk to your counselor or pick up an application in the counseling office, you must be between 13 and 17 years old to participate.

Attention seniors! Completed Community Service hours need to be turned into the Counseling Office by Friday, April 19th. This is a graduation requirement!

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