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.

More May/June Hours

Anthony Gioia- 3.5 in
Stephanie Kwon- 2 in
Kevin Shade- 2 in
Elizabeth Tawa- 3. 75 in, 1.5 out
Paul Walker- 2 in
Hamza Raja - 3 in

Notes from June 8th

In case you weren't at the meeting this past Tuesday, here's what you missed:

-school grounds clean-up after school
-Dunloggin Fun Day during 4A final if you have already taken your final
-turn in hours by Friday, June 11th or else you will begin next year in bad standing
-summer hours do NOT count toward your hours for next year

June 8th Hours

Laura Asher- 5 in, 2 out
jackie Dawson- 5 in
Zach Fernande- 7 in, 8 out
Alyssa Halper- 2 in
Adeola Lawal- 11 in
Maryssa Timberlake- 3.5 in
Liz Trainer- 2 in
Imani Williams- 2 out

blog fun

Hey this is a test run for the new NHS secretaries! :)

Congratulations New Officers!

Congrats to our new NHS officers elected and chosen by the junior class for the 2010-2011 school year!

President: Jay Ritch
Vice President: Liz Tawa
Treasurer: Hilary Andreas
Secretaries: Rachel Sullivan, Becky Schumm, Natalie DiProspero

New Officers-Please speak to Madame or Mrs. Sankey today!

Also, there will be a new officer meeting with the current executive board on Wednesday, May 26th, immediately after school in Madame's room.

Senior stoll pickup is Thurs, May 27th after school in Madame's room

Hours from May 22

Brian Farruggia--4 in
Brian McCarter--12.5 in
Amanda Strem--8 in
Olivia Vo--6 out

Sara Albrecht--4 in
Lena Carmona--1.5 in
Alyssa Halper--3 in, 4 out
Ashly James--2 in
Diana Winter--2 in, 4 out

Stoll Pickup

Seniors-

Please pick up your stolls in Madame's room (105) on Thursday, May 27 right after school. If you cannot make it after school on Thursday, please pick them up Friday morning, May 28th, before school. You must have completed at least 20 hours to wear a stoll to graduation.

Becky Yep

NHS Election Candidates 10-11

Remember to cast your votes in Mrs. Sankey's room! This week only!!!

President:
Ben Borchers
Jay Ritch
Margaret Tian
Ryan Greene
Ningwei Li

Vice President:
Jackie Dawson
Corinne Straube
Liz Tawa

Treasurer:
Shalini Ray
Hilary Andreas
Byung Kim
Alexandria Lundell

Secretaries:
Natalie DiProspero
Laura Asher
Becky Schumm
Rachel Sullivan

Hours from May 18

Kate Arsenault--5.5 in
Lindy Bernhardt--7 in
Chris Carrese--2 in, 10 out
Karen DiGangi--3.5 in
Lauren Fiasconaro--6.5 in, 4 out
Chris Fieldhouse--3.5 in
Megan Frey--7 in
Jordan Greene--7.5 in
Patrick Groh--3.5 in, 5.5 out
Gina Knight--10 in
Tyler Knight--6 out
Ajay Kurup--5 in
Constantine Matsakis--1 in
Brian McCarter--2 in
Kevin McNerney--2 in, 2 out
Emily Naviasky--5.5 in
Jed Nieves--5.5 in
Emily Roenigk--9 in
Stuart Russell--1 in, 3 out
Alex Song--7.5 in
Kathleen Stafford--4 in
Amanda Strem--1 in
Kellie Taitano--10.5 in
Kerrie Uthoff--3 in, 6 out
Karthik Venkatraman--2.5 in, 6 out
Olivia Vo--1 in
Andrew Walker--5 in
James Wang--6.5 in, 2 out
Jake Weber--1 in
Carly Weilminster--1 in
Eddie Yacynych--3 in

Jess Albrecht--4 in
Sara Albrecht--6 in
Brittany Arens--5.5 in
Laura Asher--.5 in, 11.5 out
Zach Fernanande--7 in
Anthony Gioia--1 in
Ryan Greene--9.5 in
Natalie DiProspero--3 in
Amy Lee--9 in
Melissa Linn--3.5 in, 4 out
Hamza Raja--5.5 in
Lauren Reiser--1 in
Jay Ritch--3.5 in
Kevin Shade--3 in
Rachel Sullivan--1 in
Jacqui Symon--7.5 in
Margaret Tian--1 in
Maryssa Timberlake--1 in
Drew Vickers--1 in, 3 out
Imani Williams--3.5 in

May Meeting Notes- ELECTION

Hi everyone! Just a brief reiteration of the important points of today's meeting:

Elections for next year's senior officers are now open. See one of the sponsors to get a ballot and vote.

Senior hours are due by the end of the week, if you wish to wear a stoll to graduation.

The June meeting will be led by your newly elected officers.

Sign up for events! There are still a handful: Chipapalooza, Sharon Mayr Grounds Cleanup, DMS Fun Day, Graduation and rehearsals, Columbia Triathalon, WES Congressional Hearings.

Thanks!
Becky Yep

May Meeting Postponed

Hi NHS!

Our May meeting has been moved from tomorrow, May 11th, to NEXT TUESDAY, May 18th after school in the cafeteria. This is due to AP testing; since this meeting will be nominations and elections for next year's officers, we want everyone to have an opportunity to be there! Seniors this will be your last NHS meeting so remember to bring all of you hours so we can settle graduation details.

Also, junior members keep all of the remaining opportunities in mind (i.e. Sharon Mayr grounds clean-up, Graduation and Rehearsals, Waverly Congressional Hearings, Dunloggin Fun Day, etc) and let me know if you would like to sign up!

Becky Yep

Dunloggin MS Service Opp and notes

Dunloggin Middle School has their annual Fun Day (rain or shine) on June 18 from 9:30-2:30. They are in need of 6 volunteers. Keep in mind that there is a final exam that day (I think), so juniors need to check with their teachers and classes to see if they are available.

Additionally, remember that at the May meeting juniors will be self-nominating for officer positions for NHS next year. Juniors will vote for their officers during the month of May, and by the June meeting, NHS will be entirely junior-led.

Also let your sophomore/junior friends who are interested in being in NHS know that there is an informational meeting today and tomorrow after school in the cafeteria.

Seniors get those hours in so you can wear your stolls to graduation!

Juniors keep signing up for those service opps- grounds clean up, 5Ks, fun days, graduation rehearsals- there are a lot of opportunities still out there.

Becky Yep

Viking 5K Hours

Hi all,
These are the hours from the Viking 5K. Please do not turn in notes with Viking 5K hours on them. All hours are in-school.

Kate Appel--3
Lindy Bernhardt--3.25
Chris Carrese--5.25
Brian Compere--3.25
Karen DiGangi--3
Grace Freund--3.25
Megan Frey--3
Patrick Groh--3
Tyler Knight--3.25
Dong Ju Lee--3.25
Mike Marino--3
Brian McCarter--2.5
Stuart Russell--3
Becca Stanford--3.25
Amanda Strem--3.25
Kyle Sugrowe--5.25
Michael Tillman--4.5
Kelvin Tran--3
Kerrie Uthoff--3.25
Olivia Vo--3
James Wang--3.25
Jake Weber--3.25
Carly Weilminster--3.25
Graham Welch--4.5
Becky Yep--4.5

Brittany Arens--3
Shaffer Bond--3
Ben Borchers--3.25
Natalie DiProspero--4
Zach Fernande--5.25
Anthony Gioia--3.25
Alyssa Halper--3
Cordney Landers--3.25
Lauren Reiser--3
Becky Schumm--3.25
Corinne Straube--3.25
Liz Tawa--3.25
Margaret Tian--3
Maryssa Timberlake--2
Elizabeth Trainer--3.25