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