WELCOME TO HURON HIGH SCHOOL E-NOTES

December 9, 2011

DRAWING FOR FLAT SCREEN TV ON DEC. 12
Get your Car Raffle tickets by Monday Dec. 12 to be included in the TV drawing during the Band Concert. See Ms. Bryant in Dr. Williams’ Office or buy before the concert. 1 ticket for $20 or 3 for $50.  So far $15,000 of tickets have been sold. If you have a Sell Six TIx packet, return sold tickets to Dr. Williams Office ASAP.
 
SPANISH HERITAGE IMMERSION: 0.5 CR
Instructors: Olga Gallego and Isabel Moncada (Dept of Romance Languages, U of M). This course is conducted entirely in Spanish, intended for native or near-native speakers (fluent in comprehension and speaking skills), and designed for the development of literacy (reading and writing in Spanish).  Great preparation for the AP. WHERE: Huron High School
WHEN:  Second semester, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7th hour 2:35-3:45 pm.
 
COMMUNITY RESOURCE CLASS APPLICATIONS DUE BY DEC. 16
CR Applications must be submitted in person to a CR Monitor at Community, Huron, Pioneer, or Skyline High during scheduled times only. CR Applications for 2nd semester can be submitted by students from November 28th - December 16th, 2011.
 
MEN'S HOCKEY
The Varsity Men’s Hockey Team will be playing Pioneer this Saturday night, December 10th at the Ann Arbor Ice Cube.  It should be a great game filled with high intensity and plenty of hitting.  Come out and support your Huron team!  Puck drop is at 7:45.
 
LINK CREW MEETING
Attention all Link Crew Leaders. There will be a Link Crew Meeting for All Link Leaders on Tuesday December 13th during Late Lunch in Meyers Auditorium. All Link Leaders should plan on attending.
 
KUDOS
Kudos to senior Jacob Higle-Ralbovsky, a Captain of the Cross Country Team.  He qualified individually for the Cross Country State Finals by taking fourth in our very tough region!  He ran the State Meet and finished 15th in the State, making All State with a time of 15:53 (for a 5k).  Congratulations Jacob!
 
RESEARCH RESOURCES
Students, staff and their families have access to many sources of information.  Electronic resources are available from home and at anytime; no excuse for not being able to get to the library, the library is in your home.  We feature resources purchased by us, the AADL, and the Michigan Electronic Library (MEL) on our website.  Ask your student which ones they have used.  LMC Sources and Passwords
 
FOOD DRIVE DEC. 10
Attention Huron families living in the Clague neighborhood: the Interact club at Huron will be having a canned food drive in December.  We will be collecting cans on Saturday, December 10th. We will also be sending out fliers on Wednesday, December 7th.  For all other Families we will also be holding a collection at Huron that week. Contact Linda Hibbs, ldhibbs@comcast.net

Rec & Ed classes include Study Skills, see catalogue for details. Contact Ivy Juan, Youth Enrichment Supervisor, (734) 994-2300 ext. 53248, http://www.aareced.com/reced.home/rec___ed_home
 
SHOW YOUR SUPPOPRT PTO THRIFT SHOP FOR HOCKEY TEAM
Shop at the Ann Arbor PTO Thrift Shop (2280 S. Industrial Hwy) from Sunday,
December 11 to Saturday, December 17.  For every $5 dollars purchased this
week, patrons earn a token to use to vote for their favorite HS hockey team - Huron of course!  The number of tokens in our jar determines what
percentage of $1000 is ours.  Look for the poster displayed telling about thehockey team.  Go Rats!!
 
COLLEGE PREPARATIONS
This week there were two events for college financial aid preparation. If you would like minutes from these meeting, contact Huron PTSO President Michelle Machiele, 2xmichelle@sbcglobal.net
Other resources:
-       Liza Atreya, editor and former Huron parent, coaches students on college admission essays and applications. Her students have success with top colleges, including UM and the Ivy League. She also teaches a Rec&Ed class about essays and applications. For more info, visit: www.essayandapp.com. See attached pdf.
-       Michelle Machiele coaches students & families on college applications. She has helped students from Huron, Pioneer, Community, Dexter, and other high schools. See attached pdf.
 
HURON COUNSELING RESOURCES
"LIKE" us on Facebook @ Huron High School Counseling Department - Ann Arbor, Mi
"Follow" us on Twitter @HuronCounseling  Please check out our website for additional information. http://huronhighschoolcounselingdepartm.weebly.com/index.html
 
DODGE BALL TOURNEY
Second Annual Ann Arbor City Dodgeball Tournament!
Saturday, January 21, 2012 at the Skyline High School Gymnasium
Duck, dip and dive your way to the championship title in this community dodgeball tournament! Teams of 7-10 people will compete in round-robin and knockout-style tournaments for a winner. Play in one of five age divisions: Upper Elementary (4th-5th graders), Middle School, High School, Adults and Masters (over age 30). Cost is $10 per person. Spaces are limited to 40 teams per age group, so grab 7-10 friends and register your team at www.annarbordodgeball.com. Enjoy music, fun, food and win prizes!
Questions? Please contact Kit Bennett at kit.d.bennett@gmail.com.
 
HURON PTSO FUNDRAISER —
Raise money for the school while you shop for holiday gifts!
 My name is Suzy Stein, and I am a Huron parent. I want to invite all Huron families to participate in this special holiday fundraiser. This fundraiser will last until December 31, and is an online only fundraiser. Follow the links to participate. Order from Arbonne’s extensive catalog of the finest quality skin care, cosmetics, wellness products at 20% off, and 15% of the retail value of your purchase will go directly to the school.
When you are ready to order, YOU MUST ORDER DIRECTLY THROUGH ME to receive the special discount and have the money go to the school. Call me at 734-604-7713 or email me at suzystein@yahoo.com. Please follow this link to my blog for more information. Happy holidays!
 
TEEN DRIVER STUDY PARTICIPANTS NEEDED
The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute is
conducting a year-long research study examining how newly licensed teen
drivers drive and acquire knowledge about driving.   We hope to recruit
about 40 teen drivers from Ann Arbor high schools as subjects for the study.
 
Subjects in the study will be given a Honda Accord for their use over
a period of about 14 weeks. They will be expected to use this vehicle
in place of the vehicle that they would normally drive. They will be
free to drive the Honda wherever and whenever they choose, as long as
they stay within the continental U.S.
Other details:

1. We are recruiting 16 year olds with at least 6 months experience on their level two license. If an interested individual does not yet have the requisite amount of experience, they may still contact us as the program will continue for a full year.
2. Parents and teens will need to spend about 1.5 hours at UMTRI in an orientation session.
3. When a subjects return the car after approximately 14 weeks of use, they will need to spend about 1.5 hours at UMTRI in a debriefing session.
4. A payment of $100 will be made to each subject at the completion of the study.
5. The vehicle will be heavily instrumented in order to observe driving behavior accurately (although this will not be apparent to the driver). There will be five video cameras installed on the car; some of these video cameras will record the drivers as well as passengers in the vehicle.
6. All data, including video will be handled confidentially and in accordance the policies for human-subject research of the University of Michigan.

If interested, please contact Mary Lynn Buonarosa, Engineering Research Associate, mlmeff@umich.edu
 
CANDY CANE SALE
BSU Candy Cane sale this week. Candy will be $1.25 each, contact Ms. Redding, redding@aaps.k12.mi.us
 
Many thanks for all the delicious foods donated by families for the Huron Staff Appreciation Luncheon this week. Kudos to parent Lisl Weiss for organizing another beautiful luncheon!
 
Huron Calendar
- Dec. 12 Band Concert, Meyers Auditorium 7:30 p.m., including raffle drawing for a flat screen TV as part of the Huron Car Raffle
- Dec. 19, Choir Concert, Meyers Auditorium 7:30 p.m.
- Winter Vacation: begins at end of day on Dec. 22, and then school resumes Jan. 9
 
 
I sure wonder who will win the flat screen TV drawing during the Band Concert on Dec. 12…a lucky Rat!
MM
Michelle Machiele
Huron PTSO President

Ongoing announcements:

Huron’s First All School Fundraiser :: Car Raffle! Details on the Raffle page.

Grocery Store Card fund raiser update
Parent Suzy Stein suzystein@yahoo.com has grocery store cards for Busch’s and Hillers. Please send her your mailing address and which cards you would like to receive.  If you have a Kroger card, you need to update your information on the Kroger website each year in April. If you haven’t done the update yet, Huron is not receiving any funds from use of your card.

ONLINE SURVEY REQUEST:: PROTECT THE HURON at www.hrwc.org/survey
The Huron River Watershed Council (HRWC) and several communities in Washtenaw and Livingston Counties have teamed up to launch an online survey at www.hrwc.org/survey to learn what watershed residents think about the quality of our local water and individual efforts to protect it. The survey takes about ten minutes to complete and participants can register for a chance to win one of ten $25 gift cards or a Flip video camera. The prize drawing will be held at the survey’s close in early February 2012. The questions are designed to help HRWC and the participating communities evaluate their water pollution outreach and education efforts. Results will inform such projects as the Watershed Community Calendar, a biannual piece that offers striking photos of the Huron River watershed and monthly tips for preventing pollution. The calendar has been distributed to about 38,000 residents every other year since 2003. A 2012 version is currently available for free by contacting HRWC, www.hrwc.org.The data will be compared to a similar regional survey that was mailed to homeowners in a seven county area in Southeastern Michigan back in 2004. HRWC is hoping for responses from at least 400 residents of Washtenaw and Livingston Counties respectively, from people who live in rural areas and those in larger urban communities in the watershed. For questions please contact Pam Labadie at HRWC, plabadie@hrwc.org or (734) 769-5123 x 602.www.hrwc.org

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