03/27/05 RUHS EMAIL EVENTS OF THE WEEK FOR MAR 27-APR 02 Sun Mar 27 - Mon Mar 28 + ASB Election Packets for 05-06 officers available, Room 219, Deadline to submit paperwork is Friday + AP exam payment deadline extended until Tuesday, Room 202, $82/test - Spring Fling Dance tickets on sale for Apr. 1 dance, Room 202, Bring ID, $3 ASB, $5 no ASB, $2 of each ticket donated to Richstone Family Center, http://www.richstone.com, No tickets sold at door - CSF applications available, Lunch, Room 215, Deadline Friday, Apply if you had excellent grades Winter Semester + Sophomore Fundraiser: Fox Sportswear clothing display, outside Room 219, sales on Tuesday, similar to Roxy brand Tue Mar 29 + Last day to pay for AP exams, Room 202, $82/test + Sophomore Fundraiser: Fox Sportswear clothing on sale, Noble Plaza, $6-$40 items Wed Mar 30 - Thu Mar 31 - Fri Apr 01 + Deadline to turn in 05-06 ASB election forms + Spring Fling Dance, 8:30-11:30pm (after volleyball game), Small Gym, buy tickets in Room 202, no sales at door, bring ID to dance, dress code enforced - So. CA Robotics Competition, Forum, 9am-3pm, Free Sat Apr 02 - CA Robotics Competition, Forum, 9am-3pm, Free - Free SAT Practice Test, Loyola Marymount, Reservations: 1-800-KAP-TEST + Junior Car Wash: Senior Parking Lot, 10am-2pm + JROTC Drill Competition, 7am-5pm, Free, Raytheon at 2000 E. El Segundo Blvd., Collecting used DVDs/CDs to send to US troops PLAN AHEAD: Su Apr 03 + Daylight Savings Time begins, clocks ahead 1 hour Wed Apr 06 + Late Registration Deadline for May 7 SAT M-Fr Apr 11-15 - No school, Spring Break Tu Apr 12 + School Board Meeting, 6:30pm, District Office Sat Apr 16 - Deadline to submit application for RUHS PTSA scholarship http://www.geocities.com/ruhs_email/PTSAscholarship2004-05-1.doc Apr 18-May 1 - Mexico City Student Exchange at RUHS, Contact Connie Smith at 798-8665 x2404 to host a student Mon Apr 25 - Late Start Day, school starts at 8:55am M-F Apr 25-30 - Dance Guard tryouts for next year Fri Apr 29 + Regular registration deadline for June 4 SAT Sat Apr 30 + Pier-to-Pier Walkathon for Richstone Family Center, Sign up for a team in Room 219, http://www.richstone.com Fri May 06 + Regular registration deadline for June 11 ACT Sat May 07 + New SAT & Subject Tests Wed May 11 + Late registration deadline for June 4 SAT Fri May 20 + Senior/Junior Prom, "The Lab" in Los Angeles Note the date was recently changed from Saturday, May 21. + Late registration deadline for June 11 ACT Fri Jun 03 - Jazz Under the Stars, Outside Auditorium, 6pm Sat Jun 04 + New SAT & Subject Tests + Cruising Into Summer RBEF Fundraiser, 6:30-10:30pm Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center Mon Jun 06 - Late Start Day, school starts at 8:55am Sat Jun 11 + ACT Mon Jun 20 - Senior Awards Dinner, 6pm, Torrance Marriott M-W Jun 20-22 - Final Exams Wed Jun 22 - Last day of school Thu Jun 23 + Grad Night + - 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 New Student Newspaper Out o 5 Hosts Still Needed for Mexico City Student Exchange o Don't Get a Speeding Ticket - Police on the Lookout Near RUHS o Donate Children's Books for Elementary After School Programs o Scholarship Opportunity for Juniors o Important College Testing Dates for Juniors ONGOING FUNDRAISERS CONGRATULATIONS ABOUT THIS EMAIL QUICK REFERENCES SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES: ITEMS OF INTEREST: o Sports General schedules: http://www.highschoolsports.net/snschool.asp?SelSchool=00CA90277000&B3=New+Schedule - Girls Varsity Track won 1st place at the Long Beach Relays last Saturday. - Carla O'Connell placed 3rd in the Girls High School Wrestling Nationals. o New Student Newspaper Out Be sure to read the latest "High Tide", the student newspaper, that came out on Mar. 24. Headlines include "Dance raises money for Walkathon", "Band hopes to perform well at festival", "Dance Guard hosts second successful competition" and "Problems from wet weather still not fixed". Your student should have gotten a copy in class or look for it to be posted soon at http://my.highschooljournalism.org/ca/redondobeach/ruhs/. o 5 Hosts Still Needed for Mexico City Student Exchange There are still 5 students coming from Mexico City from Apr. 18 to May 1 that need a host family - 3 girls and 2 boys. Contact Connie Smith at 798-8665 x2404, 293-3234 (cell), or csmith@bnet.org if you can help. o Don't Get a Speeding Ticket - Police on the Lookout Near RUHS Due to numerous complaints from RUHS neighbors, the Redondo Beach police are patrolling for speedsters near the school. Watch your speed and remind any of your kids with drivers' licenses to do the same. o Donate Children's Books for Elementary After School Programs If you have any children's books that you'd like to donate, please drop them off in Room 219. The books will be passed on to the after school programs at the elementary schools. The Academy of Health and Fitness is sponsoring this book drive. o Scholarship Opportunity for Juniors Juniors, here's your chance to get a head start on earning some scholarship dollars. IEEE offers $3,000 and $5,000 prizes to current Juniors through the Bruce Angwin Memorial Scholarship. The criteria is that you plan to major in electronics engineering or other approved associated fields (e.g., robotics, computer science) at a 4-year college and that you will graduate in 2006. You'll need to submit a 500-600 word essay and your current high school transcript. The application is available in the Career Center and online at http://coe.isu.edu/ieee/wescon. The deadline to apply is May 1. o Important College Testing Dates for Juniors - Upcoming New SAT & Subject Tests + Test: May 7, Late Registration Deadline: Apr. 6 + Test: June 4, Regular Registration Deadline: Apr. 29, Late Registration Deadline: May 11 Register at http://www.collegeboard.com. - Upcoming ACT Test + Test: June 11, Regular Registration Deadline: May 6 Late Registration Deadline: May 20 Register at http://actstudent.org/. Register NOW for these tests as Test Center availability is limited. Registration forms are also available in the Career Center along with test preparation booklets. 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 Office 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 Siddhi Poudyal earned individual honors at the math competition hosted by CSULB last Saturday. Over 20 high schools competed. 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/ SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES: o El Camino College Summer Schedule: http://www.elcamino.cc.ca.us/CatalogSchedule/schedule/Index.htm o Marymount College - classes taught at West High: http://www.marymountpv.edu/community/summer.asp Class description and schedule now available. Mail in registration April 15-June 17, costs: $199 per "semester" plus lab fees o UCLA Extension Summer Programs: http://www.uclaextension.edu/ (Learning Quicklinks->High School) Carolyn Lee-Wagner, 10th grade parent PTSA Parent Communications