New Blog

Hello all,

This is the last message that will be posted on this blog. If you have not heard already, Howard County has blocked blogspot, for whatever reason. Therefore, NHS now has a brand new blog, which can be accessed here.


Thanks!

November Senior Hours

Okay so great job getting hours in this month, but a few things. 1. PLEASE make sure you write the hours legibly. Use something other then your shorthand and a giant marker that fills up the whole page. 2. I am capping hours where they end, not when you write down you leave. For the secret santa shop, many of you wrote down time out at some ridiculous time. I know when it ended. Don't lie. Same with caroling. I was there. I know it did not take that long. Each caroling event counts as one hour.3. There were hours in the box from last-last meeting that were put there after the deadline; they were not counted. 4. Adopt a Family hours have yet to be counted.

December 14 Notes

Here's a summary of what we went over in the meeting on Tuesday:
-The Adopt-a-Family Fundraiser is still going on! If you want to participate, you must bring in your $25 to Hilary by Thursday, December 16. We strongly encourage you to bring in cash, but if you must write a check, make it out to Mt. Hebron High School. Any late money will not be accepted and will not count toward your hours.
-Gift wrapping at the Columbia Mall has been canceled, but you can still get some hours wrapping gifts after school on Monday, December 20, and Tuesday, December 21, from 2:15pm-3:15pm.
-We are desperately in need of tape, gift wrap, and gift tags for the after school wrapping next week. If you can, please bring these items in ASAP! If you bring a receipt, you will be reimbursed for your purchase.
-Girls, do you have a gently used prom dress? Please consider donating it to the Prom Dress Collection. See Maryssa Timberlake for more details.

October Hours

Lincy Abraham-- 4 in
Agree Ahmed--5 in
Jess Albrecht-- 4 in
Laura Asher-- 5 out
Lauren Bernstein-- 3 in
Natalie DiProspero-- 4 in
Julie Ervin--3 in
Joe Humm-- 2.5 in
Ashly James--4 in
Monika Johnson-- 4 in, 3 out
Adeola Lawal-- 8 out
Ningwei Li-- 4 in
Allie Lundell-- 1 in
Steven Mertz-- 4 in
Joe Piegols-- 2 in
Corinne Straube-- 8 in, 9 out
Jacqui Symon--4 in
Maryssa Timberlake-- 4 in
Paul Tshirgi-- 14 in
Shannon Vogan-- 4 in
Tyler Wiessnes-- 1 in
Diana Winter-- 5 in, 1 out
Emmeline Zhu-- 2 in

Great job with service hours, keep it up! Remember on your hour sheets, you MUST specify what kind of service you did; just listing "service" or "volunteer work" will not suffice. We need to know what kind of service you do so we can keep track of in and out of school hours (out of school hours are capped at 10).

October 12 Attendance and Notes

If you are unable to attend one of the meetings, you need to either write a note and stick it in the red NHS box in Mrs. Ammann's room or send me an email no later than the day of the meeting. I need something IN WRITING, so please don't just come up to me in the hallway and tell me that you can't attend. Members who fail to do this will be given an unexcused absence. Two unexcused absences in one school year will put you in bad standing and may result in your dismissal from NHS.

Practices do not count as an excused absence. I plan to make a form that one of the sponsors can sign excusing you from missing the first part of your sports practice due to the meeting.

I am also going to put the attendance lists on the blog so you can check your absences and find any errors I might have made.

We went over a lot of information today. Here's a brief overview of what we did in case you weren't able to attend:
-Reviewed hours, dues, and attendance policies: in-school vs. out-of-school hours, $10 dues needed ASAP, excused vs. unexcused absences, etc
-Discussed available tutoring opportunities
-Sign-ups for service opportunities in October and November: 50+ EXPO 10/15, Haunted House 10/22-10/23, Bird atrium 10/23, Hospice fundraiser 10/24, Autism 5K 11/6

October 12 Hours

Okay, so here are the senior hours I received for this meeting. There were a couple of you who I emailed with issues, and once resolved, I'll update your hours. Remember to sign up for service opps!

Laura Asher: 2 in
Monika Johnson: 4 in, 2 out
Adeola Lawal: 50m. in, 8 out
Michael Marino: 3 out
Kevin Shade: 3.5 in
Corinne Straube: 4 in

ALSO, for those of you not in good standing, I emailed you your status and you must make up these hours. Otherwise, you are subject to being dismissed.

End of the Year Reminder

Okay, so there are still 10 of you who have not completed your hours requirements for this year. I had to cap off the out of school hours at 10, so even if you had more than that, I cannot count them. There is one more service opportunity left next Friday, the 18th, at Dunloggin, but it's during the 4A final. If you don't have one or you already took it, I would suggest going. Otherwise, you'll be starting next year in bad standing and you'll have to make up your hours then.