Another sign-up. Yuck. (Club Fair)

We'd love to focus on one thing at a time, but quick turnaround is needed on this one. The BHS Club Fair is Friday during S3. We need help setting up, breaking down, and hosting the event in the gym.

This is Chapter Service or an ISP opportunity for those interested in event planning, education, or community relations. 

Here is the sign up:

https://docs.google.com/a/bedfordnhk12.net/spreadsheets/d/1zS5R2NoPcwaOErE2Zaz9S71DsAJlW5c0zGAArSe7a-w/edit?usp=sharing

(Hey, mini-group sign up is going well. Keep self-sorting. Try to keep groups under 16 a piece.) 

Mini Group Sign Up (Call #2)

Some quick math says that some 40 NHS members have not signed up for a mini-group yet. Please do so before Tuesday morning. Otherwise, you'll just be put wherever the sorting hat puts you.

Each group needs about 15 members -- It'd be great for you to sort yourselves.

Here's the link again:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15gsd-sZkFcSjVuOKJkXuYqVDe7AwyVUdBAJtzFqK8o8/edit?usp=sharing

Mini Group Sign Up

Please sign up for the mini-group you would like to be in by the end of the day Friday, October 7th.

Group 1s will meet on the second Thursday of each month. Their first meeting will be October 13th.

Group 2s will meet on the third Thursday of each month. Their first meeting will be on October 20th.

Character, service, scholarship, and leadership are just names and do not impact what you will be doing. So, feel free to pick your group to get the schedule you want and be with the friends that you want. Groups do need to be evenly dispersed as best we can.

Thanks!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15gsd-sZkFcSjVuOKJkXuYqVDe7AwyVUdBAJtzFqK8o8/edit#gid=0

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Clare

Adaptive Soccer Looking for Volunteers

Hi, Everyone! I have been participating in an Adaptive Soccer Program as a buddy, to help children with disabilities play soccer since Freshman Year. We have significantly fewer volunteers this year. We are looking for volunteers to help with this great program. You do not need to be a soccer player to do this, you just need to know the basic skills. We have practices every Wednesday night 5:30-6:15 pm and games at 12 noon to 12:45pm on Saturdays at the field behind the SAU building. You do not have to attend all games or practices. Any time you can give would be greatly appreciated. If you are interested please contact me and I will give you the information to contact the Program Coordinator. My email is 9955247@bedfordnhk12.net. Thanks!
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Maylene LaPress

Fixes to tech opp announcement

I forgot to link the Google Doc in the project overview. Just to review, there are two opportunities coming November 8th:

• Tech "guides": Just being good hosts, no tech knowledge needed. Anyone can sign up in the Google Doc.
• Tech "presenters": This is a bit more unique and requires emailing Mr. Ahnert so he can set you up with Mr. Sheil. Basically, we want a few high schoolers to teach some Bedford teachers about apps that are popular with you guys so we can incorporate the language of them into our relationships with you.

Open the Google Doc in a new window.

Unique Technology Integration Service Hour Opportunities

Mark your calendar for November (NOVEMBER!?) 8th. Not only is that the date of the 2016 election, but it is also the first ever Bedford School District Future Ready Conference. The technology integration department really wants to get students involved, and they are coming to our National Honor Society first. There are two ways to get involved and earn hours:

Student Conference Assistants
Personnel Needs	50	Description	A large team of students is needed to help the technology department manage classroom equipment and assist presenters with set up and takedown. Advanced technology experience is not needed.
Chapter Project?	Yes
Individual Service Interest Area(s)		Public Relations, Technology, Education, Event Planning, Collaboration, Leadership
Hours Provided	1 - 6	Contact	Add your name to Chapter Project sign up

Student Conference Presenters
Personnel Needs	2 - 5	Description	National Honor Society has a speaking slot at the conference! This is a resume/college app builder for sure. Mr. Ahnert and the tech team worked together to create this session for teachers: App Culture: So, what ARE we doing on our phone? For High School Teachers Volunteer students from the National Honor Society will give a guided "tour" of popular apps on the smartphones of today's student. Actual content subject to change (session running will be contingent on getting interest from NHS members in the Fall), but it is expected that Instagram and Snapchat will be highlighted by the student presenters. The focus of the workshop will not be to use the apps in the classroom, but to give teachers knowledge and vocabulary about technology that is important to students today. So, we have the spot, but we need the students!
Chapter Project?	Yes
Individual Service Interest Area(s)		Public Speaking,  Technology, Education, Collaboration, Leadership, Risk Taking
Hours Provided	1 (Plus all your prep time)	Contact	Email Mr. Ahnert directly so he can put a team together that can work with Mr. Sheil or if you have more questions about what putting this presentation will ask of you.

What makes these really different and special is that this is a day that is normally closed to students. You will get to see what your teachers do on those mysterious days where we have school and you don't. What's more, you're being given a chance to teach us how to integrate technology better in our future classroom.

Taking part in these opportunities means taking part in the future of the Bedford School District, and that's cool!

If you have any interest in being on the student presenter team, please let me know. If we don't get any student interest, we'll have to take our conference session off the schedule. I know the tech teachers are really excited to have you. It would be a neat achievement by our district to have students be a part of our workshops.

Speaker notes from today's meetings

Addendums and changes:

• Fixed some dates from the student meeting
• Added $20 dues as a member obligation
• Clarified how eligible GPA is calculated for Seniors for the scholarship tier

Confusing typo in eligibility letter

Hello candidates and families,

The letter indicates your information meetings taking place on Monday, August 16th, which does not exist. 

The meetings in question are this coming Monday, August 29th. The National Honor Society google calendar to the right is correct. 

8th Grade Tour Updates

Thank you to all who signed up to volunteer for 8th grade tours! Unfortunately, I had to cap the sign-ups at 50 based on numbers I had discussed with Mr. Dempsey, so not everyone was able to get a spot. I have been in contact via text with the 50 people who were first to sign up, and will continue to send updates by that means. Thank you again to everyone who signed up, it made my job much easier! Congratulations on finishing junior year and have a great summer!
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Erin Eldridge

CPR Relay - Need participants!

There will be a CPR Relay on June 1st (Wednesday) which is a red day. This is during R2 so if anyone has a free slot of time, please sign up for this event. It helps out the school if it is successful. If you don't remember CPR, there will be training throughout the block. It is just 2 minutes of CPR per participant.

Here is the link - Just add your name and email https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Gzj0D68BiqbLmTx0kL3DrhtrVCPnna_vp0UR9hTJO_8/edit?usp=sharing

Thank you!

Best,
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Nick Courtney
VP

Last Optional Meeting!

Hi everyone! The last optional meeting will be June 2nd at 7:15 in room 113/115. We will discuss your thoughts on NHS so we can continue to improve for next year. If you have not filled out the google form and would still like to, just scroll down a couple of posts. Responses are greatly appreciated! Hope to see you there.
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Clare Zarka

Volunteers for Senior Project Help Still Needed!

Mr. Sheil is still looking for volunteers to help out with the two Senior Project days coming up next week. It doesn't take long and would make a huge difference for the tech department! If you'd be interested, check out this link with all of the details and an opportunity to sign up for as many or as few spots as you would like throughout both days. To those members who have already signed up: check your emails in the next couple of days for updates on informational meetings. Thanks so much!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D9oEU3NrK-z0-7aVm9zFT9CMMvL8kVGsfhEnSnq3Ls4/edit
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Emily Lawrence and Emily Pattison

Relay for Life fundraiser and bake sale

Hello all, There is still time left to join Relay for Life, which is this Friday, May 20th, from 6-10pm, and raises money for the American Cancer Society. At the event, there will be food, games, music, prizes, and more! You can create or join a team here: http://bit.ly/1TtijGr.

In addition to getting hours for participating in the event, you can also get RWL or NHS hours if you help to set up before the event or clean up afterward. We will also be having a bake sale at the event to raise additional money for Relay for Life. You will receive half an hour of NHS chapter service hours for every tray of food you donate to the bake sale. You can drop off food to Ms. Woods in room 112, or you can bring it to the high school gymnasium anytime after 3:00pm on Friday, which is when we will be setting everything up.

Please feel free to contact either Kenzie Kearns (9956562@bedfordnhk12.net) or Ricky Salvatore (9956155@bedfordnhk12.net) if you have any questions or would like more information. Thank you very much, and we hope to see you there!
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Ricky and Kenzie

Graduation Day Help Needed

Mr. Dempsey has asked us to help with Graduation Day for Seniors on Saturday, June 11. He has asked for 8 people to help with parking, 6 people to be ushers, and 4 people to do programs. The sign-up link is here:

https://docs.google.com/a/bedfordnhk12.net/spreadsheets/d/1T1jtzayCeQ4BKQnTB7Wy73LjBKwbewZFPxw0M3F6Z2E/edit?usp=sharing

Parking will show up at 7:00, and Ushers and Programs will show up at 7:30.

More details will be available as I receive them. Questions? Email me at 9956526@bedfordnhk12.net.
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Nick Mirabile

Sign up to give 8th grade tours!

I am looking for about 40 volunteers to guide 8th-grade tours on Wednesday, June 15th. Those who participate will get two hours of either chapter service or individual service. There will also be an optional meeting in the morning the week before the 15th. There is more information on the attached form, but please fill it out quickly because I will select volunteers based on whoever turns it in first. Thank you!

https://docs.google.com/a/bedfordnhk12.net/forms/d/1Vii96T40i2fhOwt902at4oRPdAUQb9xPQQ7DJPm4o4A/viewform
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Erin Eldridge

2017 Feedback Form

Hi!

I have finally made the form I was talking about! Please leave your feedback on this form by May 27th. The goal of this form is to better our NHS, as I will use the feedback when meeting with Mr. Ahnert. We can also discuss your responses at the last optional meeting of the year, June 2nd. Thank you so much for your time and hard work this year!

http://goo.gl/forms/QrSf98VkVh
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Clare Zarka '17
President

Tech Check Team Volunteers Needed

Juniors seeking chapter service hours: help Mr. Sheil and the tech department to manage senior project days by signing up to check in with sections of classrooms in order to confirm projectors, chrome books, etc are working in order. No technology experience needed! More details and sign ups:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D9oEU3NrK-z0-7aVm9zFT9CMMvL8kVGsfhEnSnq3Ls4/edit 

 Thanks!
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Emily Lawrence and Emily Pattison

The BHS Relay for Life event is almost here!

Hi everyone! Our Relay for Life event here at BHS is almost here, so there are a couple of hour earning opportunities coming up: On May 10th, there will be a Coaches vs. Cancer event during our home track meet that we need kids' help running a Relay Table. This will be very similar to Week of Service. Shifts will be an hour long and will run from 3:30 to 6:30. On May 20th we have the actual Relay event! It will be taking place in the gym from 6:00p.m. to 10:00p.m. NHS will be having a team that you could join, or you and a group of friends could start your own team. There will be music, activities, and food, so it will be a really fun way to earn some hours and support cancer research! You can come for as little or as long as you want.

 Sign up here: http://bit.ly/1TtijGr

If you can't participate, but would still like to support the fight against cancer, you can donate. For every $25 you donate, you can earn 1 hour of service. Anyone who is interested in these opportunities and/or wants further information can contact Kenzie Kearns, Ricky Salvatore, Elise Gautheir, or Mrs. Woods (in the academic center).
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Kenzie Kearns & Ricky Salvatore
Relay for Life Leadership Team

Lacrosse Concessions!

Sign up for shifts in the concessions stand at the turf for this week's lacrosse games. Help out BBABC and support our teams while earning hours! Sign up here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0544aba922a3fb6-concessions
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Class of 2017... Welcome back; there's work to do.

1. Does anybody want to lead a teacher appreciation event Tuesday? Typically NHS does something to make the BHS teachers' week special. The PTG has offered up Tuesday for us. My suggestion would be to do an early morning decoration of the three teacher offices, but if someone has a different surprise they'd like to pull off, I'll turn it over to you. I don't need to be part of the planning (I am a teacher after all), but let me know so I can tell the PTG that something is happening on Tuesday. If you need adult help, I can connect you to them.
2. There's a mandatory meeting for Juniors this Thursday. If there are Seniors still getting these announcements, you can, of course, come for a meeting credit, but there will be nothing on the agenda concerning you. It's a good way to flag me down for signatures, however.
3. Only about 8 weeks to go. Whoa!

Week of Service in Conclusion

That's it!

With the celebration concluded, that's it! Week of Service celebration, done. Over 1,500 hours of volunteer effort was given; hopefully, you checked out the white board of thanks in the library today.

The Juniors will reflect on the event and decide what we try for next year, but for Seniors, that was the end of your NHS experience. All hours and meetings are due Friday, May 6th.

Members who were able to make Saturday's event received a commemorative T-shirt. 

These will live in my advisory room (Mr. Dempsey's office). If you didn't get yours and you would like one, stop by during advisory and pick one up. Only stop by advisory hours so that I can check you off accurately.

And with that, Seniors, I am removing you from NHS updates. You will no longer get blog posts in your email or texts from Remind. You may hear from me individually regarding your membership status, but other than that. You're done!

Get your hours in.

May 6th.

Do it.

Thanks for the ride Seniors, it's been meant a pretty b16 deal to me.

Last Day!

Check out the collection of non-perishables on their way to New Horizons yesterday afternoon:

Good luck to our last two groups headed out to Bedford Hills and Elliot Hospital today!

We bring it all home tonight at 6 pm in the Commons.

Event Leaders, update the hours as soon as you can!

No morning meet-up, next meeting tomorrow

There was no morning meeting ever scheduled for Friday, our next "meeting" is tomorrow at 6 in the Commons at the celebration event.

Broke 1,000!

Got a mention in the pape!

Food drive going strong!

Last school day of this crazy week. Hold your head up!

5 Important Midweek Announcements

1. You are getting noticed. As I've mentioned to many of you, it's hard for me to be everywhere at once. But, I am starting to get teachers and administrators like Mrs. Magnusson, Sra. Sarsfield, Dean Blaney, and Mr. Jozokos checking in with me and telling me that you guys are everywhere and doing great. It's a lot of time and energy, but Juniors, you are molding our chapter with your vision, and Seniors, you are going out with a memorable bang. Awesome, thank you.
   
2. RSVP for Saturday. Check your Schoogle account and RSVP to our Saturday party. When we started planning, wasn't sure if Saturday was going to work, and now it appears that I have 450 slices of pizza ordered for 13 students. I hope you're hungry! In all seriousness, I really hope you can come. We'll be done by 8, promise.
   
3. Tomorrow's meet-up is half hour earlier. If you want breakfast snacks and a meeting credit, tomorrow's meet-up is 7am - 7:30am. There's donut holes, granola bars, fruit, and orange juice. Say hello.
   
4. Update our scoreboard. Project leaders, upload how many hours BHS students have contributed to your event today. That spreadsheet is here.
   
5. Sign-up for State Spring Conference. This is a reminder that you must decide by Thursday if you want to join NHS on a field trip to Colby-Sawyer on Friday, May 20th. RSVP here.
   

Peer Tutoring Update

For all of you who signed up to help out with the peer tutoring project, thanks so much! So you know where to meet, here are the classrooms where you can meet with your groups:

• Mme. Noble's french class: room 303 
• Mrs. Hinz's math class: room 347 
• Mrs. Sarsfield's Spanish class: room 321 
• Mrs. Magnusson's In Writing class: room 121 

We currently have no volunteers for Mrs. Hinz's math modeling class which is a problem since I will have to tell her by tomorrow that we have to cancel, and I really hope we will not have to do that! I know math doesn't sound like fun but Mrs. Hinz promised it would be easy work that day and I really need your help, so please sign up!!! 

Also, we only have one student coming in for the Wednesday R4 and Thursday R2 french classes, so please sign up for those! Of course, we could use more volunteers in other classes as well, but these are the classes where we are most desperate.

Thanks, guys!

To get your hours, click on the links below for the classes you volunteered in. Your hours can count for either peer tutoring or chapter service hours, but not both. Just write your name in the respective sheet to get your hours!

• R1 In Writing Peer Tutoring hours: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14XnJI-FR_o7uG2erNmjUKyymHZRbNikjvjYgU_2qnTA/edit?usp=sharing 
• R1 In Writing Chapter Service hours: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gvo9AbqHIlXWR9_2nFZxpvqLc7ZzTj8Vjpptnay8Mb8/edit?usp=sharing 
• R3 Spanish Peer Tutoring hours: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l9yzJ7JqbVEkdCG3RhFeuXfa5JyGu8DiTt1NQ2T-OwI/edit?usp=sharing 
• R3 Spanish Chapter Service hours: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12d4rEcTRqoVfLUYSi5EA6jEkjLDr1gkAL_013phFEKQ/edit?usp=sharing 
• R4 Spanish Peer Tutoring hours: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TLdcXT0yUmWd4RHkr-rkiTxSV1GyoIvNudo8nt1t7gg/edit?usp=sharing 
• R4 Spanish Chapter Service hours: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wh7UPMqdcWQdKCfXLP64vt4ZDON3vP4FJQt9_LkIqt4/edit?usp=sharing
• S2 Math Peer Tutoring hours: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cWwS0JDWK3hiu0fgtxmCLMvo07HOkSuQnHJnZcN5QFQ/edit?usp=sharing 
• S2 Math Chapter Service hours: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZyMQOwLxvGuMpA1OaA3Ox07rZgvB4tszaMMnzy27ExY/edit?usp=sharing 
• S3 French Peer Tutoring hours: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10Ex8zNoO2LAMReXhm7CMTla8uWy-LHpk8raf_Q1A1co/edit?usp=sharing 
• S3 French Chapter Service hours: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vhFFnCcdRxvM40rdtwQ869bbEryTO1_8FWMpfkRclM0/edit?usp=sharing 
• S4 French Peer Tutoring hours: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d7RT1UbO9PhGoqIAZD2v-2oLZcv-I25XTKpzfaekh7E/edit?usp=sharing 
• S4 French Chapter Service hours: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1juBX8HRpxwtLAp1tsrJEmOSp8jJGIVs8qllE_1fCwu4/edit?usp=sharing 
• R2 French Peer Tutoring hours: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_UH4miaS8gQDUjuDqW2A-SmrHkPU3dEks-c46O3hWQw/edit?usp=sharing 
• R2 French Chapter Service hours: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I9IBQv6J_kRwZ74WRmnVa98o2Cd8pdp1L9mxc4srVps/edit?usp=sharing

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Dodgeball sign ups for the next three days

link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18A-7lkJEd4Ss8WHnruEQUwdLqCNoUvTsJbwu8ukDzUQ
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New Horizons Drive

Hello everyone! Erica Sherman and I are doing a drive for New Horizons. There is a list of items needed on Facebook so if you want to donate, please bring these items to room 304 during whatever time is best for you and sign your name and however many items that you brought on the sheet on the back table. You will get an hour for 3 items since they are small items. Very easy way to get hours. Thank you :)
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Alexis

End of Make-A-Wish Star Sale

Hi, could everyone who sold Make-A-Wish Stars return the money that you collected to the ziplock bag in the cooking classroom (122 I believe) in a sealed ziplock with your name on it? If you did not sell the stars that you took please return them to the bag within a ziplock bag with your name on it. Also, for those who haven't specifically signed their name on the chapter service sheet that is now in the bag, could you do so? I would like to submit the chapter sheet by Wednesday to ensure that Seniors get their hours. Thank you!
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Isabelle Kapoian
BHS Wish Club President

Week of Service starts tomorrow

As a reminder here is tomorrow's schedule:

		April 11
		MONDAY
		SILVER
7:00 AM
7:30 AM		NHS Morning Meet-Up Library Conference Room (7:30am)
Block 1 7:55am - 9:17am
Advisory 9:21am - 9:46am		Formal Dress Drive Collection in Advisory 9:15am-9:45am	New Horizons Supply Drive Room 304 9:15am-9:45am	Grades 9 & 10 LYBW Kick-Off Theater
Block 2 9:50am - 11:12am
Block 3 11:16am - 1:08pm		1000 Paper Cranes Bulldog Corner 11:16am-1:08pm	Relay for Life: Suns and Moons Sale Bulldog Corner 11:16am-1:08pm	Send a Compliment, Save a Life Bulldog Corner 11am-1:08pm
Block 4 1:13pm - 2:35pm		BHS Bake-off Library 1:30-6:00pm
2:30 PM
3:00 PM			Be Your Family's Energy Watchdog Sign-up to Pledge Individuals' Homes 3pm-8pm
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
7:00 PM
8:00 PM

Part of our job as the leaders of this week is to generate interest and excitement. If we believe this week is a fun and important thing to do, it will become one. Feel free the snap, insta, and tweet what you're doing this week and #NHSWOS it up. 

I got a neat opportunity to share my thoughts with Unleashed this evening, and I was asked to share how I perceived the event so far. I thought it would be interesting for you to hear what I had to say. My honest answer follows:

How have you perceived student reactions so far? (In terms of preparation, volunteer involvement or anything else)

My perception right now is that the students who want to make something out of this event are the ones getting the most out of it. Since we've never done it before, I'm asking for a lot of trust from students as I promise that this will be worth our time. So, students that have taken on project ideas or helped with the website or schedule are the ones that are feeling the most fulfilled right now by what they are accomplishing (albeit stressed). But, there is a significant portion of our membership that is still waiting to see if it's worth their time and my hope is that by celebration time on Saturday, they will have found a way to get involved and feel that their membership has been validated. 

My other concern is that with so many projects demanding student volunteers, we may be stretched a bit thin. However, I remind myself that we have only 12 events planned while we have over 100 Juniors and over 90 Seniors to help. Even if every current member chose only 1 of the 12 events to be a part of, we'd still have nearly 10 students per project to get the job done! It's going to come down to a commitment to the cause on an individual basis. I hope Juniors are planning to make a great first impression, and I hope Seniors are planning to go out on a real high note. It's going to take all of us!

In short, we're the ones in control of our success or failure. I'm pretty excited about it.

Relay for Life Sign Up

Every day during block 3 over the Week of Service, Relay for Life will have a table set up in bulldog corner where Relay for Life Suns and Moons will be sold. These are a similar concept to the Make-A-Wish stars. As the week goes on, suns and moons will be sold and hung in Bulldog Corner to make a "Wall of Hope". The goal of this event is to gain more awareness for the Relay for Life Event. Relay for Life is a subdivision of the American Cancer Society, a non-profit organization that helps fund cancer research. By purchasing a sun or moon, you can help the fight against cancer. We need people to run this table throughout the week. You can sign up for as many or as few slots as you want, and hours will be given out for the amount of time that you work. If you know friends who are not in NHS, but would like to contribute their time, feel free to pass this sign up on to them! Let's have a great Week of Service! :)

Link to Sign Up:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0544a5ab2da1ff2-week
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Kenzie Kearns and Ricky Salvatore
BHS Relay for Life Leadership

Historian Update

Hello everyone! As I mentioned during our mandatory meeting, I am still in need for pictures for our end of the year celebration. If you have any photos that were taking during an chapter or individual service opportunity, please send them to me. I want to create a slideshow that incorporates various members and events that have occurred throughout the year, and so far I haven't received very many. So please send them to me as soon as possible, thank you! :) Email: 9957470@bedfordnhk12.net
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Julienne Mumpini
Historian

Carlyle Place Sign up

Our Week of Service project is a visit to the Carlyle Place on Friday the 15th, starting at 3 and ending at around 4:30. We would greatly appreciate you coming to this event and helping out! However, there is a limited capacity. Due to this, we have created a spreadsheet and it will be a first come first serve sign up process.

The link is below:
 https://docs.google.com/a/bedfordnhk12.net/spreadsheets/d/1-R7_O9ewx-yOdF_ibL_Fd-Oi1_xR2AJf1YB4en8ysXc/edit?usp=docslist_api 

Thank you!
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Elizabeth Murray and Clare Zarka

BHS McDonough Book Drive

BHS is hosting a CAS book drive for McDonough School in Manchester during the week of April 11th to the 15th and donations from members would be wonderful!!! Any NHS member who donates 3 or more books can receive 30 minutes of NHS individual service. Also, we are looking for 3-4 students who are interested in coming to McDonough school during the 4th block of April 15th to help read to a 1st grade class. Students are required to have their own transportation to the school (ie they own a car and have it with them at school). Please contact William Ebert at 9955507@bedfordnhk12.net or William Ebert in person to let us know if you are interested or would like more information. Thanks!!!!
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William Ebert

1000 Paper Cranes Lunch Sign Up

Hello! We are running a service project for Week of Service called 1000 Paper Cranes. There is an Asian folk story that says that if you fold 1000 origami paper cranes, you will get a wish. Often, this wish is used for good health or good fortune, so for this project, we are going to set up a table in Bulldog Corner during lunches throughout the week, where people can come to help fold paper cranes. We will aim to fold as many paper cranes as possible, and then on Saturday 4/16, we will deliver them to the Elliot Hospital in Manchester to decorate the main lobby and wish the patients good health! While experience folding paper cranes is helpful, we will have directions available, and we can teach anyone who would like to learn in person. Attached is the sign-up form for lunches--just fill out your name in the lunch block(s) you would like to help out! Thanks!

https://docs.google.com/a/bedfordnhk12.net/spreadsheets/d/11RDZdwAn9umo94-WcBvnZWFu1zdoJyejJZOmWZ6LAcQ/edit?usp=sharing
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Nina Levine and Kyra Smith
Coordinating Members

Helping Our Nursing Home: Volunteers Needed

We are looking for volunteers to come to the local nursing homes! We will be meeting at the Hillsborough County nursing home (400 Mast road, Goffstown NH) on Wednesday the 13th from 3:30-4:30pm and the Bedford Hills Center (30 Colby Ct, Bedford NH) on Saturday from 9:00am-1:00pm. Sign ups will be done in one hour shifts so you can come for however long you would like! We will be doing lots of crafts and games with the residents come ready to have fun and help make someone's day! There is a link below to sign up, just add your name under the shift you would like to sign up for.

Space is limited, so sign up! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QxqlFeAtrfyHbfbDLRzzOmdPJc2KAAdpZwMfqW0zenM/edit#gid=0
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Bridget Healy, Claire Ling, Ellen Harnsberger, Bobby Brockway, and Lindsey Beaudoin

Go Through the Motions of Promotions

Our schedule is now up in five places around the school:

• Across from the main office
• Across from our bulletin board
• Across from the Commons
• 2nd floor stairwell
• Across from 3rd floor teacher offices

Lookin' Official

You can bring exposure to your event, and add to the visual appeal of our schedule, by posting any approved flyers you have right on the border of the big poster (like "NEXT WEEK" is above). This will add to the sense that something is happening... in 6 days.

Second week of dodgeball sign ups during lunches

I have made the schedule for this week for volunteers to sign up kids for the dodgeball tournament link: 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vIHhe7YCtGhl9cCohUbYUqAakc524G12TBLkG-eITz4
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It's Happening!!

I am very excited. I am very stressed. I am very excited.

The Week of Service begins in 8 Days!

Website

You know how I know the exact day count? Check out this laser hot website made by our own Natalie Kelley: It has a super awesome, super scary countdown right in the corner!

http://tinyurl.com/nhswos

This is the URL we'll start throwing around the building as non-NHS students start to wonder how they can get involved in our event.

If you're a project leader who would like to get more info on to our website, or if you would like to get involved with helping build the website, please email Natalie.

Schedule

Our master schedule continues to look ice cool. (Look, I don't know, I just try to make these fun and worth your time.) Please double check Molly's awesome work one more time:

https://docs.google.com/a/bedfordnhk12.net/spreadsheets/d/1Pqsqbg2WA2oCSX6hGqrE1samXn4hC6PB0IrTf3Z65AQ/edit?usp=sharing

I'd like to print this schedule fourth block tomorrow on poster sized paper, so there's only a little time left to get this right. If we've accidentally coded your group's activity with a different membership restriction, there's only so much time left to let Molly know!

8 Days. 

Peer Tutoring Project Update

For the peer tutoring project mentioned in the last post, we have added a new opportunity to come to Mrs. Magnusson's In Writing class during R1 on Tuesday the 12th. You can sign up for this using the link to the google doc in the previous post. Also, the date for peer tutoring in Mme. Noble's classes has changed. The Wednesday S3 and S4 opportunities will stay the same, but Mme. Noble has requested to move the R2 class to Thursday the 14th, not Tuesday.

Please sign up!
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Alyssa Monteith


Editorial from Mr. Ahnert: Alyssa and her team's project idea won't work without us actually going into these teacher's classrooms. Please consider giving your time to this very visible NHS event.

Peer Tutoring Opportunities for the Week of Service

Hi, guys!

For a week of service project I am organizing some peer tutoring opportunities that you can sign up for to help out in other class rooms during the day.

The events that I have planned so far include:

• helping Mrs. Hinz's Math Modeling class during the S2 block on Wednesday the 13th, 
• and helping Mme. Noble's French III class for blocks 3 and 4 on that same day. 
• You can also sign up for peer editing in Mrs. Sarsfield's spanish classes on R3 and R4 blocks on Tuesday the 12th, 
• as well as another opportunity to go to to Mme. Noble's class during R2 of that Tuesday. 

There are more requests coming in from teachers, so I will keep you up to date when we finalize those plans. If you have a free block during any of these times, please come in to help! We need as many volunteers as we can get because the program cannot work without you guys!

If you are planning to help out, please type your name in this Google doc for the classes that you will be participating in so I can give you credit for your hours. Thanks!

Sign Up: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fo6M4uEQftign-u7FT_2GUWBslpkHdP84z_wlCj387U/edit?usp=sharing
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Alyssa Monteith
event organizer

BulldogMUN Set Up

Hi Everyone, we are hosting a Model UN Conference here at Bedford High School on Saturday, and we are setting up for it this Friday night (tomorrow). We already have a good amount of volunteers, but if you are in need of chapter hours, feel free to join us.

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Chapter Service Hours Available for Students Who Volunteered at PWS on 3/29

If you are one of the NHS students who volunteered at Peter Woodbury School this past Tuesday and you would like to receive chapter service hours, fill out your name on the second page on this form!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xlgcI1Sg9IXl5w8jQe6pADPnx7fovpCebTe1nvf7uD8/edit
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Emily Lawrence

Pledge to Save Energy

BE YOUR FAMILY'S ENERGY WATCHDOG!! That means: when you're at home and you see lights left on in empty rooms, TV's on with no one watching, or any other electronic device that doesn't need to be on, you turn it off! It's a simple habit that we should all practice but often forget about. Every weeknight for the week of service, you can get 2 hours of community service by exercising this habit from the time you get home to the time you go to bed. Choose a day when you won't be out of the house and just sign up here:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0949ADAA22A2F94-ipledge/38728561 

I'll send out an email to remind everyone signed up a couple days before. Thanks!
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Elisa Chen

Volunteers needed for the BHS Bake-off!

Here's a fun new chapter service project, earn up to 4.5 hours during Week of Service!

Monday, April 11, 1:30-6:00pm, BHS Library Come help run the BHS Bake-off to support the Joe Dambach Memorial Fund! People will be bringing baked goods to the contest. Others will pay $5 to be judges and taste all the food. We need as many helpers as possible to set up, cut up baked goods into sample sizes, serve the goods to the judges, and clean up afterwards. Set up is from 1:30 to 2:35. The actual event runs from 2:35 to 5:30. Clean-up is from 5:30 to 6:00. Come whenever and for as long as you can! (Please indicate when on the signup.)

You can read more about the event here: http://bit.ly/1pNGdW5.

VOLUNTEERS SIGN UP HERE:
https://docs.google.com/a/bedfordnhk12.net/document/d/1dzWpfqVx-aZlBtTfF7VSI0D2GLjYWNOu4C2fpw67Tqs/edit?usp=sharing

 For questions, contact Anli Zhang or Megan Pemberton.
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Joe Dambach Memorial Team

Tomorrow is last optional meeting before Week of Service

Members who come to tomorrow's meeting should expect to work with or support a Week of Service activity. Alternatively, members should help with the scheduling and advertising of the event.

Next week, April 7, is a mandatory meeting.

Activities! Please Report to WoS Scheduling.

Check out how awesome our Week of Service schedule already looks:

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There's just a tiny problem... there are only 6 of our 12ish activities represented on the schedule. If your event is a GO, please send your event details Molly's way so she can add you (and the sooner we do that, the sooner we can get these schedules up around the building).

Keep the schedule posted with changes as they come up. One of our nursing home groups has already had to change locations, and communication will continue to be key.

Love Your Body - Week of Service Team-Up ASSSSSEMBLE!!

If you're up to date with your email, you know that the counseling department is pumped that our Week of Service and their Love Your Body week is overlapping. They know what a great resource we are, and they want to tap into your willingness to lead or get involved.

Mrs. Lipinski has set aside a time this Thursday morning at 7:30 am in her office for students who want to lead Love Your Body activities to meet with her and do some planning.

Now, check out those keywords. It's a meeting that's being held a half hour later than our planned optional meeting, but would definitely be furthering the goals and outreach of our chapter. It's a great example of how the independent meeting pilot program could be tested.

So, if you're not already invested in another Week of Service project, and you're interested in leading some Love Your Body work, do these two things:

1. Someone will need to fill out a meeting form. It's okay if more than one person tries, you can sort that out in the room Thursday morning. By the way, a finished meeting form is attached below.
2. Please email Mrs. Lipinksi (lipinskiv@sau25.net) and tell her you're coming. She shouldn't have to wake up early if no one shows; or, she'll need to be prepared if all 200 of you plan to stop by!



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Lunch Schedule for next weeks (March 28 - April 1) Dodgeball sign-ups during lunches

Here is the Google spreadsheet of who is running the sign-up table at which lunch which day next week.

Link to spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/a/bedfordnhk12.net/spreadsheets/d/1vIHhe7YCtGhl9cCohUbYUqAakc524G12TBLkG-eITz4/edit?usp=sharing
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Sophia Dobrowski

Dodge for a Cause 2nd call

The Dodge for a Cause team are looking for volunteers for the following shifts:

• Red first lunch
• Red third lunch 
• Red fourth lunch
• Silver first lunch
• Silver fourth lunch

They also have updated the form to include the dates (Sign-up dates are 3/28-4/8). That form is located here.

Literary Magazine Submissions

The BHS Literary Magazine, Al-LIT-eration, is currently looking for submissions of art, photography, and/or any pieces of writing.

We want to encourage our high school students and teachers to express their creativity and showcase the talent of our BHS community. NHS members can receive chapter service hours for submitting to the literary magazine! Each submission will earn a 1/2 chapter hour.

By submitting to the literary magazine it would show character and scholarship. The member would be helping a new club flourish while inspiring peers to submit their own work. It would also strengthen the academic goals of the member beyond the classroom. Submitting to literary magazines encourage people to step out of their comfort zones, which will ultimately make BHS a place people feel free to express themselves and share with others creating a more connected school.

Email your submissions to bhslitmag@bedfordnhk12.net. After submission, an Al-LIT-eration/NHS member will collect your signature on the chapter form.

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Brooke Sicco and Madisyn Simpson

Lots of meeting opportunities coming up

Tomorrow's optional meeting

Computers will be available and members will have the opportunity to continue working on Week of Service activities. Mr. Ahnert will be meeting with students to begin planning the End of Week Party.

Week of Service Scheduling & Promotion team

The WoS scheduling & promotion team needs to know when your activity is taking place, and how BHS students will be signing up to participate. Email Molly Quinn with your information or join her team.

Charity Ball

The New Hampshire National Honor Society is holding a charity ball, which can count as 2 meetings or chapter service. The flyer has been posted to our communication board or visit the state chapter Facebook page. 

Spring Conference

Ever wonder why Bedford isn't on the state executive committee? It's because we didn't go to the state conference last year. Spring Conference has been set for Friday, May 20th. I doubt Seniors will be interested (unless they're desperate for hours/meetings), but for Juniors interested in getting involved on the state level, it's an opportunity to become a state-wide leader or to pick up 2 meetings. Put it on the calendar, we'll sign up for this at the May 5th mandatory meeting. 

Reminder

You can now get meeting credit for any of these events, as long as you document your time there. See this news post. Forms and flowcharts for all NHS processes are available at our lovely communication bulletin board, and you can always invite members to join you in a meeting or service project by making an NHS announcement yourself via this Google Form.

Volunteers needed to sign up students for dodgeball tournament during lunches

The Week of Service Dodgeball Tournament needs volunteers to help sign up teams during lunches. Hours are available for sitting at these tables! Further details available on the Google Form.

Google form link: https://docs.google.com/a/bedfordnhk12.net/forms/d/1xfFw9Lu6pPVJ4uS2l3v6Lm_wr-7kaXQ2psridHbak7c/edit?usp=sharing
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Sophia Dobrowski

Independent Meeting Pilot Program

The "Optional Meeting" concept was designed in Fall 2014 as a way to break up our large membership into smaller, more productive chunks. This policy change occurred because members observed the theater meetings were unproductive and usually involved listening more than doing. While it is true that the smaller, optional meetings have potential, the concept still needs work.

Take the March 17 "Optional Meeting", for example. It was well attended, with nearly 80 students showing up to participate. Members who were working on Week of Service activities found plenty to do, and the room was abuzz with activity. However, an informal poll revealed that nearly 2/3 of the students there were in attendance simply because they had to be for attendance. That's terrible. That's not why we have meetings.

Meetings are recommended as a way to plan events, practice our leadership skills, and to stay in communication with one another. They are not supposed to separate the students who can get to school early in the morning from the students who can't. They are not supposed to be a chore.

Thus, NHS will be piloting an Independent Meeting Program for the remainder of the year to see if it can effectively replace our current system. In order to test it authentically, any meeting submitted via this program will count. There are lots of opportunities left to use this idea this year.

Here's how it works:

Students can plan and attend their own meetings, provided the purpose of the meeting is clearly stated, matches with NHS goals, and is of an appropriate length and quorum (number of members present). Meeting-goers must record meeting minutes, and submit to the adviser for approval. This flowchart explains the process in detail:

Incidentally, all of our processes now have flowcharts that can be reviewed here or found under the new "Stay Active" sidebar.

The Meeting Minutes Form has been added to the NHS member links. Let's see what happens!