The MHS Weekly 1/19/2025

Posted Date: 1/20/25 (:02 AM)

The MHS Weekly 

January 19, 2025

Important Dates  

Jan 20th - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - NO SCHOOL

Jan 21st - Mock Trial Scrimmage in Marin

Jan 22nd - SRJC presentation in the Library

Jan 23rd - Poetry Out Loud Contest

Jan 23rd - MUSD Community Budget Info and Input Meeting (click HERE for info)

Jan 25th - Mock Trial Scrimmage in Lakeport

Jan 27th - MHS Speech Contest

Jan 29th - MUSD Minimum Day

Jan 30th - Karaoke Night hosted by Mock Trial @ MHS 6 pm

Jan 31st - Senior Yearbook Dedication Ad due

& Senior Quotes for Yearbook submission due

Jan 31st - CAASPP Testing / Science

Dental Screening is scheduled for February 3rd.

Please return the "Negative Permission Slip" form that are being sent out with report cards if you DO NOT want your child to participate. If you have any questions, please call Tina in the office.

Senior Class Fundraiser is ending soon (Jan 31st). Order now to have delivered in time for Valentine's Day.

Some important Yearbook deadlines coming up!

Senior Ad / Dedication pages due 1/31

Senior Quotes submission deadline - 1/31

Principally Speaking...

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

Thank you to our fantastic FFA students and teachers for your presentations at last week’s

board meeting.

Also, thank you to the students and staff that planned and participated in the ASVAB testing

last week.

I hope everyone has enjoyed their three day holiday weekend.

Thank you for your support. Have a great week!

Carlos L. McKinney Sr.

Principal

Middletown High School

Senior Cap & Gown Orders

To order Cap & Gowns, Graduation Announcements

and "Senior Class" Apparel & Accessories,

visit Academic Affairs, Inc

A Representative will be on campus Jan 21st with more information.

Counselor's Corner

Hope you are having a wonderful 3 day weekend!

We had a very successful showing for the ASVAB with approximately 80 students taking the test. We will be going over the results on February 6th.

Santa Rosa Junior College will be here Wednesday, January 22nd, at 11 am to present to our students. If you are interested in attending please sign up on the form below. I had a problem with the other form so if you signed up on the old one please resign up on this one. Thank you!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeLIMRC9e-Naroixrb6oHogvvPna6XVL5WoMYRh5O6X3BV3pA/viewform?usp=header

Senior To Do List:

If you have courses in Edgenuity, GET THEM DONE! I check everyday, even weekends to see if assignments need to be unlocked and I am not seeing any. Please work on these in all your spare time. Time is running out!

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 invites for parents. FAFSA and CADAA are open! This is the perfect time to get this done!

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 ARE open. They are going through an initial process right now, trying to get rid of any bugs or problems that were encountered last year. If you are not going to fill out a FAFSA, I need you to sign an Opt Out Form by April 1st.

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!

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.

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!

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

Links to college applications

https://www.commonapp.org/ - Common Application Which include:

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/

students in the gym taking the ASVAB test

Students taking the ASVAB Career Exploration test

this last Thursday in the Tallman Gym...

Student and teacher inside a lava cave in Tulelake

Ag Field Trips...

Last week, students had the opportunity to attend a Career Development Day at Tulelake High School and visit Tulelake Lava Caves.

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This weekend, other student will be heading to Rohnert Park for the Made for Excellence Conference.

And, students who are interested in welding will be making their way to Butte Community College for The ARC Exposure event .

Teacher inflating pig lungs with a straw

Classroom Happenings...

Students in Mrs. Ramos' Animal Anatomy & Physiology class had the amazing opportunity to observe and dissect organs of a pig. They were able to witness the inflation of lungs as well as checking out the heart and identify it's chambers. This week they will get the chance to study kidneys and more.

Attention fall sport athletes and parents...

Please take the time to fill out this Fall Coaches Evaluation survey. Thank you.

MHS Athletics

Congratulations to Mia Hoogendoorn! Mia is the new all time record leading scorer for Middletown High School. This is a huge accomplishment Mia. Way to make your school proud!

Tuesday 1/21: Girls and Boys Basketball are all away at Clear Lake High School

JV girls tip off at 3:00, JV boys at 4:30, V Girls at 6 and V Boys at 7:30.

Wednesday 1/22: Wrestling Home meet! 4:30pm

Friday 1/24: JV Boys at 4:30, V Girls at 6:00 and V Boys at 7:30 all at Home against Cloverdale. (There is no JV girls game)

Saturday 1/25: Boys Wrestling at Maria Carrillo, Girls Wrestling at San Ramon

ALL SPRING ATHLETES: You must have your clearance completed on Home Campus by January 31st in order to guarantee you are cleared for the first day of Spring sports. Spring sports begin on February 10th. Please do not wait. You can access Home Campus through our MHS website.

Roxi Holt

Athletic Director

Middletown High School

www.mhs.middletownusd.org

707 987-4140