The MHS Weekly 11/24/24

Posted Date: 11/24/24 (6:31 PM)

The MHS Weekly 

November 24, 2024

Important Dates  

Now - Dec 6th - Interact Club's One Warm Coat Drive

Dec. 2nd - Mock Trial hosting Movie Night @ 6:30pm Room 20..... Films: Frozen & Elf

Dec. 11th - MUSD Board Meeting 4:30pm

Dec. 13th & 14th - MHS Drama production - Twelfth Night 7pm

Dec. 16th - 19th - Fall Semester Finals (all minimum days)

Dec. 20th - Jan 3rd - Winter Break - NO SCHOOL

Principally Speaking...

Greetings students, parents, and friends of Middletown High School.

I hope that everyone enjoys their Thanksgiving holiday and has the opportunity to spend quality

time with family and friends.

I am thankful for the opportunity to be the principal of Middletown High School. I am honored

to guide amazingly intelligent student scholars. I am thankful for the teachers and staff of MHS

that work hard every day to provide the best educational instruction and environment possible

for our students.

I am thankful to live and work in this wonderful community.

Thank you for your continued support. Have a restful week!

Carlos L. McKinney Sr.

Principal

Middletown High School

One Warm Coat Drive - InterAct Club flyer

Counselor's Corner

Senior To Do List for Next Week:

Finish up your UC and CSU applications - must be submitted by Dec. 2nd. Do not wait until the last minute or Thanksgiving break if possible.

Common App - complete and if I am giving you a recommendation, get me your brag sheet!

Login and create your FAFSA or CADAA account and create your invites to parents so they can create their accounts in preparation for the release on Dec. 1st.

https://studentaid.gov/h/apply-for-aid/fafsa - FAFSA

https://dream.csac.ca.gov/landing - CADAA

Finish up and research scholarship applications. There are links below for more scholarship opportunities.

Not going to college? No problem, work on your classes and get everything caught up so you graduate. Credit Recovery students GET GOING!

Come see me if you have questions or need help! Please do not hesitate! I am here to help all of you!

Financial Aid Information:

Anticipated date the FAFSA and CADAA will open is December 1st. They are going through an initial process right now, trying to get rid of any bugs or problems that were encountered last year.

Students can create their account and invite contributors (parent/parents/guardians) to also create an account. This way when it opens, you will be ready to go. Students need their own personal email account, honestly, this should be set up in their Freshman year because we also use it for dual-enrollment sign-ups. Students should not use their MUSD email!

The FAFSA and CADAA form actually help determine the different types of financial aid ply and pay the fee for the Common APP, only to find out that the University they were applying to did not charge an application fee. Do your research!

Links to college applications:

https://apply.universityofcalifornia.edu/my-application/login - UC Application

https://www.calstate.edu/apply - CSU Application

https://www.commonapp.org/ - Common Application which includes:

Gift Aid - grants and scholarships

Self-help Aid - Loans and student employment

Federal Work Study Programs - these are better than a job because academics always come first with these positions.

Please let me know if you are interested in a “Cash for College” night. I would like to hold it in the first week of December if there is interest.

Shari Harmon

Scholarship Opportunities:

Students should be a part of the following organizations, who help search for scholarships:

Fastweb.com - https://www.fastweb.com/

bigfuture.com - https://prod.idp.collegeboard.org/

immigrantsrising.org - https://immigrantsrising.org/

Goldendoor - https://www.goldendoorscholars.org/

Parents who file separate tax returns need separate accounts.

Student name needs to be an exact match to Social Security Card, also student school records need to be an exact match for Cal Grant.

Contributors without a Social Security number should apply very early, during that time there has historically not been a manual verification process.

College applications are now open. Please do not wait until the last minute to submit! If you need my help please reach out! Also be sure to check with the school you are interested in applying to before using the Common App.

Middletown Composite Mountain Bike Team...

Know anyone who is interested? Click here for a closer look.

Middletown Sports Boosters Club Fall Newsletter

Click here for the full newsletter.

MHS Athletics

Congratulations to Mia Hoogendoorn who just scored her 1000th point in last night's Girls Varsity Basketball game. She is the third female in MHS history to reach this achievement. Way to go!

Sports this week...

Tues. Nov 26th - Foundation Games at Home

JV/Varsity Girls VS Ukiah at 3pm/4:30pm

JV / Varsity Boys VS Calistoga at 6pm/7:30pm

Sat. Nov 30th - JV Girls Basketball at Piner Tournament

Varsity Boys Wrestling at Redwood Rumble in Larkspur

GoodLuck Mustangs!

Middletown High School

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