Service Opps

Hi NHS! Okay, so three things... please be patient and read! These are just some forwarded messages about service opps

Good morning,

This year Waverly will be participating in Jump Rope for Heart again. Over the past we have raised a good amount of money for the American Heart Association. You might remember Mrs. Donna Chrest contacting you over the years for volunteers, she retired last year and the new PE teachers are continuing her Jump Rope tradition.

We would like to know if any of your NHS students would be available to help with our event. We will need them on Wednesday, February 10th and Thursday, February 11th from 12:15 -3:00.

Would your students be available to particapte for NHS hours?

Cindi Deckman
Principal's Secretary
Waverly Elementary

secondly:

Hey just letting you know that there will be Scholastic Saturdaytutoring at Patapsco this Saturday, Jan. 23. If anyone really needsthe 3 hours (8-11am), they should send Tracey Ryan (acting viceprincipal while Carol Ketterman is on maternity) an email at tracey_ryan@hcpss.org.

aaaand lastly, we need one volunteer for the basketball concession stand on january 27th due to a last-minute drop-out. let me know!

Becky Yep

Hours Updated and First Semester Reminder

Hi NHS Members,

I just updated the hours that I received between our January meeting and now, so please check your hours to see your current count.

Questions, comments, concerns? Please feel free to email me at grace.freund@gmail.com.

A few points I'd like to make:

-Mystery hours! Someone turned in a note with no name! If you completed five hours on January 16th "participating in activities with developmentally disabled adults," let me know! Be honest, guys. This is an honorable society.

-A lot of the hours sheets I received on the January meeting included service hours that were far too late for me to count them. If your service opportunity was completed before our December meeting and was not turned in to me by the end of that week, I cannot accept it. A lot of hours earned at holiday events, such as the Worthington Secret Shoppe, were not counted simply because they had been turned in far past the deadline. Please turn your hours in on time! I know the hours sheets are beautiful, but there is no need to squander them away past their due dates. It kills me that I have to disregard so many hard-earned service hours simply because they were turned in late, but we've laid out some clear rules, and all members must follow them. There is no room for leniency. If you are still unclear about the rules, do not hesitate to ask me! It's my duty as hours officer to take care of your hours needs.

-Shoveling snow does not count as a service opportunity. Sorry, guys.

-I know there was a rumor going around that caroling would not be counted for hours--this is false! The NHS officers determined that caroling with Mr. Hettenbach counts as an out of school service opportunity.

-Please remember to get your notes signed when you complete your service hours! Though the hours sheets are preferred, random sheets of paper, napkins, paper plates, and post-it notes are acceptable substitutes. As long as it's dated and signed, I don't care if your service supervisor writes your note on your forehead and you send me a picture. All that matters is that you have verification of your completed service!

-It is also really important that you include full dates on all of your service hours.

Also, please remember that every member must have completed 10 hours of service (either in-school or out) by the end of the first semester. Although the semester technically ends on Friday, we're cutting everyone some slack and counting all hours up until our meeting on February 9 as first semester hours. All hours not turned into me by February 9 will be counted as second semester hours. If you do not have ten hours from first semester, you will be considered a member not in good standing. This is especially significant for seniors, so get those hours to me! As the semester is coming to a close, check to see where you are in terms of completed hours. For your convenience, I highlighted all members who have completed the required first semester amount of 10 hours in green. If your name is not highlighted in green, you still need to complete some service hours. Need hours? Sign up for tutoring! Contact Graham or Karthik for more information.

Grace Freund

grace.freund@gmail.com

Hours from January 20

Jess Albrecht--8 out
Vickie Brun--5 out
Melissa Coulter--1 out, 1 in
Jackie Dawson--9 in
Ryan Greene--2.5 in
Anthony Gioia--3 out
Alyssa Halper--6 in
Ashly James--7 out

Byung Kim--10 out
Stephanie Kwon--4 in, 10 out
Adeola Lawal--3 out
Ningwei Li--3 in
Melissa Linn--3 out
Allie Lundell--3 in
Michael Marino--7.5 in
Joseph Ritch--5 out
Becky Schumm--8 out
Corinne Straube--4 out
Rachel Sullivan--1.5 in
Elizabeth Tawa--2 out
Margaret Tian--3 out, 1.5 in
Maryssa Timberlake--1 in, 2 out
Liz Trainer--3 in
Shannon Vogan--6 out, 5 in
Paul Walker--4.5 in
Diana Winter--2 in, 2 out

Kate Appel--4 in
Kate Arsenault--6 out
Russell Buescher--1 out, 1 in
Brian Farruggia--11.5 in
Patrick Groh--4 in
Janice Ham--7 in
Maureen Kelly--7 in
Mian Khalid--3 out
Tyler Knight--7 in
Matt Koch--4 in
Kelly Kujawa--8 in
Ajay Kurup--3 in
Dong-Ju Lee--8.5 in
Neha Macwan--5 out
Jess Murphy--2 in, 4 out
Emily Naviasky--4 in
Jed Nieves--3.5 in
Mara Palmateer--1 in, 1.5 out
Priya G. Patel--6 out
Bonnie Phillips--2 in, 2 out
Emily Roenigk--10 out
Chelsea Rogers--5.5 in

Stuart Russell--2 in
Alex Song--6 in
Kathleen Stafford--3 out
Becca Stanford--4 in, 4 out
Kellie Taitano--2 out
Kerrie Uthoff--4 in
Olivia Vo--7 in, 2 out
Andrew Walker--2 out
Jake Weber--3 out, 1 in

Help for Haiti

Hi NHS

Be on the lookout for emails coming via NHS about how you can help for Haiti. If you are interested in being directly involved with any organization, I would strongly encourage you to talk to Jay Ritch or Agree Ahmed. We will be doing things like having bake sales, supply drives, and selling awareness-items at athletic events.

In the meantime, check out the teachers' lounge during break this week and purchase some baked goods; proceeds go to the Red Cross to help with the disaster.

Becky Yep

JV/ Varsity Basketball Home Games

Hi NHS

Here are the most recently updated positions for tutoring hours for the Varsity and JV Basketball games. Thanks for the wonderful volunteering feedback! Also, email mthnhs@gmail.com or becky.yep@gmail.com if there are any scheduling problems.

JV:
Jan 27, 4:00- Kevin McNerney, Ajay Kurup
Feb 3, 4:00- Amanda Strem, Mara Palmateer
Feb 5, 7:00- Chris Fieldhouse, Karen DiGangi
Feb 9, 4:00- Jackie Dawson, Amy Lee
Feb 18, 4:00- Jackie Dawson, Lena Carmona

Varsity:
Jan 15, 7:00- Andrew Walker, Stuart Russell
Jan 27, 5:30- Andrew Walker, Hamza Raja
Feb 3, 5:30- Cordney Landers, Taylor Babin
Feb 9, 5:30- Cordney Landers, Hamza Raja
Feb 18, 5:30- Taylor Babin, Hamza Raja

Thanks
Becky Yep

Tuesday's Meeting

For those of you who won't be at the meeting afterschool on Tuesday, Jan 12:

* turn in your hours sheet for December by the end of the week, please! this is the only way your hours will be counted if you were absent
* make sure you have a note of absence and that it goes into the box or that Tyler gets it
* dues are being vamped up to $10. remember, seniors, if you don't pay dues, you can't wear the stoll at graduation, which will be sooner than you think.
* as Grace mentioned, all Adopt-a-family hours are updated. We will go over specifics at the meeting; email if you have questions.
* midterm tutors are in high demand! consider signing up to be one.
* again, for dues and hours, the exec board is strict in carrying out its procedures. already (in extreme cases) a couple of members have been dismissed for not having enough volunteer hours (aim for 10 by the end of the semester), and Grace is serious about not counting overdue hours. NHS, we know you work hard and we want you to get credit! just get those hours sheets in on time!

Becky Yep

Hours from January 11

Sara Albrecht--5 out
Stephanie Kwon--1 in
Michael Tillman--3.5 in
Graham Welch--1 out, .5 in
Eddie Yacynych--6 in

A few of the notes I've picked up since the Friday after our December meeting were from service opportunities that occurred prior to the December meeting; thus, I cannot count those hours. If you turned in an hour sheet between our December meeting and now, and your hours were not counted, this is probably why. Feel free to send me questions if you are unsure of your hours situation.

Remember to bring your hours sheets and notes and pick up a January hours sheet at our meeting tomorrow, January 12.

Adopt-A-Family Hours Updated

Hi Everyone,

I've updated all the Adopt-A-Family hours on the hours spreadsheet. To see the hours you earned for raising money or shopping, you can refer to the spreadsheet Becky e-mailed earlier this week. I will update non-Adopt-A-Family hours on Monday.

Remember to bring in all of the hours you have received since our last meeting by our meeting on Tuesday! They will not be counted if they are late.

Grace Freund

Your Hours

Hi NHS

We're in the process of counting up all of the hours from Adopt-a-family, so don't you worry. If you have any questions about credit for hours, or if you think we've made a mistake, email mthnhs@gmail.com. please and thank you! :)

Becky

Adopt-a-family Final Wrap-up: Hours

Hi NHS!!! Thank you all so much for making the Adopt-a-family program such a success, despite all of the snow. You all delivered gifts to nearly 50 needy families and their kids for the holiday season!

A lot of you have been asking me over break about credit for hours. I have emailed everyone an excel spreadsheet of how many hours you will receive, if you donated money/shopped/wrapped/ a combination of the above. Basically, everyone that raised money gets at least 1 hour. If you raised over 50 dollars, you will receive two hours. Over one hundred dollars receives three hours. Additionally, if you shopped and wrapped, you will receive two hours. So that's a potential for a total of five hours, just from this one assignment. And most of you will receive at least three hours.

Please don't put the Adopt a family on your December hours sheet. I have already sent this information to Grace, and since we already have names, we will be sure to credit you your due hours automatically. Adopt-a-family hours turned into the box will not be counted again.

This is just an FYI post, you should see your hours updated automatically very shortly. Be sure to check your name and hours, and as always, any questions can be directed to mthnhs@gmail.com.

Thanks, and don't forget that the next meeting is Tuesday, January 12 after school.

Becky Yep