03/06/05 RUHS EMAIL EVENTS OF THE WEEK FOR MAR 06-12 Sun Mar 06 - Mon Mar 07 + Sophomores: Applications available for Academy of Health & Fitness, Room 219, Return by Mar. 18 + Cardio Center Parent/Guardian consent forms available, Room 219 and Cardio Center + CSF Spring Registration underway, Room 215 if you earned excellent grades on your semester report card + AP test fee collections underway, $82/test, Room 202, Deadline: Mar. 25 - Jamba Juice sales for Boys Soccer, 3-4pm, $3, 5 flavors, all sunny Mondays, near corner of Diamond and PCH Tue Mar 08 - Election Day, 3 School Board openings on ballot + CAML Contest, Lunch, Room 316, Earn extra credit in math + Seniors: El Camino Math and English placement tests, Library Computer Center, 1pm, Sign up in advance in Career Center, Bring school ID and social security number (Also Mar. 16) + Marymount College Palos Verdes Rep in Career Center, 11am, Get pass in advance in Career Center. + El Camino Rep in Career Center every Tuesday, 10am-3pm Wed Mar 09 + School Board Meeting, 6:30pm, District Office Moved to Weds. due to conflict with Election Thu Mar 10 - Fri Mar 11 - Sat Mar 12 + SAT I & II + Joint Concert with RUHS and El Camino Bands, RUHS Auditorium, 7pm, Lord of the Rings Program PLAN AHEAD: Mon Mar 14 - Late Start Day, school starts at 8:55am Tu-W Mar 15-16 - Sophomores: CAHSEE (California High School Exit Exam). Two study booklets, English and Math, should have been given to students. Sat Mar 19 - Sea Hawk Classic Dance & Drill Competition Wed Mar 23 + PTSA Meeting/Student Recognition Night Thu Mar 24 + All School Spring Rally, Big Gym, 9:35-10:25am, Fri Mar 25 - No school Sat Apr 02 - Free SAT Practice Test, Loyola Marymount, Reservations: 1-800-KAP-TEST M-Fr Apr 11-15 - No school, Spring Break Sat Apr 16 + Deadline to submit application for RUHS PTSA scholarship http://www.geocities.com/ruhs_email/PTSAscholarship2004-05-1.doc. Mon Apr 25 - Late Start Day, school starts at 8:55am Mon May 30 - No school Fri Jun 03 - Jazz Under the Stars, Outside Auditorium, 6pm Sat Jun 04 - Cruising Into Summer RBEF Fundraiser Mon Jun 06 - Late Start Day, school starts at 8:55am Mon Jun 20 - Senior Awards Dinner, 6pm, Torrance Marriott M-W Jun 20-22 - Final Exams Wed Jun 22 - Last day of school + - Denotes item added or enhanced since the last email * - Denotes item modified since last email. CAPS are used to describe the change. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ITEMS OF INTEREST o Sports o Sophomores: CA High School Exit Exam March 15-16 o CSF Spring Registration Underway o Applications for Academy of Health & Fitness Available o Career Center Looking for Bingo Volunteers for MARCH 13 o 20 Host Families Still Needed for Mexico City Student Exchange ONGOING FUNDRAISERS CONGRATULATIONS ABOUT THIS EMAIL QUICK REFERENCES ITEMS OF INTEREST: o Sports General schedules: http://www.highschoolsports.net/snschool.asp?SelSchool=00CA90277000&B3=New+Schedule - Girls Basketball Team Wins CIF Finals The girls basketball team beat Brea Olinda 56-53 on Friday night to take home the Division IIA CIF title. In the semi-final game, the girls won 71-63 against Cajon. o Sophomores: CA High School Exit Exam March 15-16 All Sophomores will be taking the CAHSEE (California High School Exit Exam) on Tuesday and Wednesday, Mar. 15-16 from 7:55am-12:20pm. The students should have received their room assignments last week from their English teachers. Students need to bring two #2 pencils, a snack, and something to read if they finish early. Study guides for both English and math should have been given to each student a few weeks ago. Beginning with the Class of 2006, all public school students are required to pass this exam to earn a high school diploma. So, it is critical that your student be at school on those days. Contact Ms. Wesley at 798-8664, x2003 if you have any questions. For more info on the CAHSEE, see http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/hs/. o CSF Spring Registration Underway Students in grades 9-12 with mostly A's on their Winter semester report card are eligible to join CSF (California Scholarship Federation). Pick up an application in Room 215 to see if you qualify. CSF recognizes academic achievement and membership looks good on college and scholarship applications. o Applications for Academy of Health & Fitness Available Sophomores interested in participating in the Academy of Health & Fitness (AHF) next year should pick up an application in Room 219. Applications will be accepted until Mar. 18. AHF is a two-year program for students interested in careers in health, fitness and sport industries. See http://www.rbusd.org/page15.html for more information. o Career Center Looking for Bingo Volunteers for MARCH 13 The Career Center is desperately looking for Bingo volunteers for Sunday, March 13. (The date was mistakenly thought to be March 20, so the Career Center is now scrambling to quickly find 7 more people to help.) There are 2 time shifts: 11am-2:30pm and 2:30-5:30pm. Contact Karen Morris at 798-8665, ext. 220 or kmorris@bnet.org if you can help.. o 20 Host Families Still Needed for Mexico City Student Exchange Over 50 students, mostly girls, from Mexico City will be coming to Redondo from April 18-May 1. About 20 students still need host families. Please contact Connie Smith at 798-8665 x2404, 293-3234 (cell), or csmith@bnet.org if you can help. This is a great opportunity to reinforce your student's Spanish skills and learn about another culture. ONGOING FUNDRAISERS: o Order RUHS Sweatshirts, Sammy Sea Hawks, License Frames, and Window Decals to benefit RUHS PTSA: http://www.geocities.com/ruhs_email/Spirit_Items_04-05.doc o Target: http://target.com/target_group/schools/search_school.jhtml School ID: 29328 o When you buy anything at Home Depot, ask them to give credit to RUHS. The cashier will look up the school code. o Albertsons/Sav-On: http://www.albertsons.com/abs_inthecommunity/ RUHS PTSA Partner ID: 49001001722 CONGRATULATIONS: o Logan Gantner, Chloe Sin, Jun Min, Genevieve Williams, and Greg Herschler had high scores on the AMC 12 math contest earning them a chance to participate in the American Invitational Mathematics Examination. Thomas Wilson was the top RUHS scorer on the AMC 10. For more information on these math contests, see http://www.unl.edu/amc/e-exams/e6-amc12/amc12.html. o Ateshim Demsas was recognized as a Horatio Alger California Scholar. See http://www.horatioalger.com/ for more information on this scholarship program. o The winners of the district PTA Reflections Arts Contest were: - Literature: Jenica Heron - Photography: Eric Castaldo - Visual Art: Rachel Gilbert ABOUT THIS EMAIL: The intent of this email is to communicate information about RUHS on a weekly basis during the school year. Parents, students, and staff are encouraged to join the email list and also to send me items of interest to include in the email. See my archives at: http://geocities.com/ruhs_email. QUICK REFERENCES: o School Phone: 310-798-8665 o Attendance Office: 310-798-8675 o Website/Daily Bulletin: http://ruhs.bnet.org/ o On-line Calendar: http://bnet.org/calendar/ o Career Center: http://bnet.org/ruhs/web3/academics/ccenter/ o District Website: http://www.rbusd.org/ o CTA (CA Teachers Association): http://www.cta.org/ o Redondo Beach Ed Foundation: http://www.rbef.org o Beach Cities Robotics Team 294: http://www.bcrobotics.org o RUHS 100th Birthday: http://www.ruhsalumni.org/load.php?vs=alumEvents&vb=celeb100 o School Map: http://www.southbayadult.org/RUHS%20campus.pdf o Student Newspaper: http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/redondobeach/ruhs/ Carolyn Lee-Wagner, 10th grade parent PTSA Parent Communications