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Updated: 12/17/08

TORRANCE HIGH SCHOOL
A California Distinguished School

DAILY BULLETIN FOR
FRIDAY, April 18, 2008

Regular Bell Schedule

Period 0

7:00 to 7:53

(SSR)

11:13 to 11:31

Period 1

8:00 to 8:56

Period 4

11:13 to 12:24

Period 2

9:03 to 9:55

Lunch

12:24 to 1:04

Snack

9:55 to 10:07

Period 5

1:11 to 2:03

Period 3

10:14 to 11:06

Period 6

2:10 to 3:02

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General Bulletin

In honor of National Poetry Month, Mrs. Lewis's sophomore honors classes have hung poems on doors, windows, and walls all over campus. Please take a minute every day in April to ready and enjoy a poem.

B. Lewis

Congratulations to Robert Lee and Kevin Willoughby for their outstanding musical performance at Carnegie Hall with the Youth Symphony Orchestra. We are very proud of you!

J. O'Brien

Day of Silence - April 23 - is coming. This is a student-led day of action to support anti-gay bias at THS. See Ms. Gonzales in rm. A231 for more information.

S. Gonzales

Congratulations to Derek Namimoto and Kenji Ueki for being selected as Cultural Ambassadors for the Kashiwa Sister City program. Good luck in your activities this summer.

J. O'B rien

Thanks to everyone who came to Rizzo's last night to support the freshmen class. We greatly appreciate your support.

AT

Congrats to our softball and baseball teams for defeating the Apaches and the Eagles, respectively. Go THS!

J. O'B

Purchase Sadie's tickets at Activities now - snack and lunch only. Only $20 now, but prices will go up soon!

L. Spradlin

A Big Tartar Thanks to our Science Fair judges: Luke Canalas, Brian Cha, Lynn Chai, Daniel Cho, Jennifer Doran, Natalie Friess, Robert Lee, Patrick Lynch, Samantha Marez, Carl Miya, Katie Redderson-Lear, Katie Stauffer and Justin Yi. We appreciate your contribution to our community.

J. O'Brien

AP/Honors Information Weeks: Fri., 4/18 - Physics AP (A220). Mon., 4/21 - Chemistry Honors, Chemistry 2 AP.

RP

If you are not enrolled in the Spanish AP class, but you have signed up to take the Spanish AP Exam, you are welcome to come to a practice exam this Sat., 4/19, 7:45am - 12:30pm in Rm. C102. Please contact Sra. Lanham so an exam can be copied for you.

D. Lanham

Aloha! Support the Junior class by going to King's Hawaiian on Tues., 4/22. Don't forget to grab a flyer from the ASB office.

L. Spradlin

Cheer tryouts are almost here. There will be an informational meeting on Thurs., 4/24, at 4:00 pm in the dance room. Tryouts will run 4/28-5/2.

M. Hauge

SLAM tickets are now on sale for $5 from any slam performer and in rooms A231 and A105. Buy your tickets early for the April 24 th show.

S. Gonzales

Please return the blue bench that was in the Little Theater to room A100 or room B212. It is very important to Comedy Sportz. Thank you.

B. Halverson

Talent Show next Tues., 4/22, at 7:00 pm in the auditorium. Concessions provided by juniors (come support your class). Buy a Talent Show ticket from any Fine Arts club member.

CD Wright

SCROC Summer Applications are available in the counseling office today! Classes are limited due to budget cuts and is on a first come first served basis. Don't wait - Pick up your application today and get your counselor to sign it.

C. Fanous

Those interested in attending a workshop w/ Shihan need to fill out a lottery ticket in rm. A231 no later than Thurs., 4/17.

I. Marshall

Purchase Sadies tickets at Activities during snack and lunch. They're only $15 but prices will go up!

L. Spradlin

Sadie's guest apps are now available! Pick one up from Activities today! They are due on Fri., 4/18.

L. Spradlin

Attention Juniors and Sophomores! Stressed out about the SATs? We've been there-let us help you! Revolution Prep is offering fun and affordable SAT Preparation Classes at the ATTIC. Your score will go up by at least 200 points in just 6 weeks, or you can take the class again for FREE. Come and find out for yourself why Revolution Prep is California's largest SAT company. To enroll and to see the class schedule, visit www.revolutionprep.com or call 1-877-REV-PREP. The next class begins Tues., 4/22. Don't wait..sign up today!

HP

Need a summer job and credits? Pick up a Green Team application in the counseling office. You must be a current 10th or 11th grader and have passed the CAHSEE! Deadline: April 28, 2008!

J. O'Brien

Looking for something to do this summer? Paid internships in the fields of law, entertainment, business, government and the arts are available. There are deadlines to apply. Stop by the Career Center for more information.

R. Young

Wellesley College in Massachusetts is hosting an Open House on Sat., 4/26, for interested Juniors. Visit the website for more information at www.wellesley.edu/admission/JOC

M. Dillon

Looking for a volunteer opportunity this summer? Harbor UCLA is looking for volunteers. Visit their website at www.uclahealth.org/studentprogram

M. Dillon

Seniors

Seniors! We are in the Top 10 for the POWER PROM. But we are not in the Top 5. Remember to vote everyday so that we can get a celebrity at prom. Go Tartars!!!

E. Spott

Starting Mon., 4/21, begin submitting ideas for songs to celebrate your graduation. Two songs are needed: (1) one for graduation, (2) one for baccalaureate. Submit ideas to the box in Activities.

K. Gasset

Come to the table in front of the main gym on Fri., 4/18, to vote for prom theme, song and color. Please bring your ID to vote.

K. Gasset

Seniors - If you are a dependent of an active Torrance Teacher Association member, apply for the TTA scholarship. You may pick up the application at the TTA Office (1619 Cravens Ave.) The deadline is April 21, 2008!

C. Lee

Seniors: Please apply for the Hana Uno Shepard Memorial Scholarship if you are graduating in June, member of a single-parent family, resident of LA County, and of Japanese ancestry. Pick up the application from Ms. Lee in the counseling office. Deadline is May 5, 2008.

C. Lee

If you are of Asian-American decent, have a 3.0+ GPA, lettered in a Varsity sport, and plan to go to college, apply for the Seiji Isomoto Scholarship. Please see Ms. Lee in the counseling office. The deadline is 5/3/08. You will need a 2 letters of recommendation: 1 from a teacher and 1 from your varsity coach.

C. Lee

Seniors! Log on to www.power106.fm and vote to win a POWER prom with a musical guest! Voting began on Mon.

MH

Apply for the Armenian Relief Society Scholarship. You must be an Armenian-American graduating senior at THS, min. 3.00 GPA, active within an Armenian school, organization, and/or community, and plan to attend a college or university. Due: 5/2/08.

C. Lee

Sophomores

Listen up all sophomores The week of April 21 st is spirit week. Show that the class of 2010 has the most school spirit! Make sure to wear blue on Friday for the Class Comp rally.

R. Zuliani

Clubs

Attention Comedy Sportz members: Very important meeting on Mon., 4/21. You must attend to be in any of the upcoming matches.

BH

Service League meeting Tues., 4/22, in Ms. Spradlin's room, A205 @ lunch. See you there.

E. Spotts

MSA meeting today @ lunch in rm. A222. Please bring your t-shirt money.

B. Lewis

Tartar Ladies: please meet in the Little Theatree on Mon., 4/21, for a picnic with Tartar Knights.

T. Clark

Human Relations: no meeting this week. Check bulletin next week for important info.

P. Zartman

ROCK club skit is postponed to next Wed. Any ROCK members interested in Sharefest 2008 contact a board member.

C. Duvall

Sports

R=Release Time

4/18 Track @ SB Championships @ WHS

4/18 FS Baseball @ El Segundo,

R=1:15

V/JV Softball @ Lawndale,

R=1:00

JV Baseball @ El Seg./Rec. Park,

R=1:15

Swim =All team photo, 2:30

V Baseball vs El Segundo/Kendall, 7:00pm

Faculty

Counselors will be seeing 9th graders through their CDRO and Health classes on Tues., 4/22, all period. There are about 25+ 9th graders who do not have either class. Counselors will notify those 9th graders and inform them to attend the meeting during 1st period. These students will get a pass from the counselor that they can show you to let you know that is where they will be. We will sign the passes for those 9th graders and they should be in your class again on Wed., passes in hand. If you have questions, please let me know. I will have a list of those students.

M. Dillon

Please excuse Eunice Choi, Kelley Yonezaki, Paula Alba & Kevin Willoughby 5 min. early to snack and lunch to sell Sadie's tickets.

E. Spotts

Torrance High will be audited on April 28 for student attendance data. Please continue to mark student absences, ask for readmits and sign monthly attendance sheets.

B. Tokubo

Reminder: The debate state tournament is this weekend. All students attending will be absent Fri., 4/18, and Mon. , 4/21. Please mark their absences as "activity/school business". An excuse list was placed in your mailbox before spring break.

L. Sluyter

The memorial services for Brittany Cail (THS '07) are at 10:30 am on Sat., April 19 th at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 21100 Victor Street, Torrance

TH