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