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SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

FCCLA/Red Cross Blood Drive

  On Friday, December 1^st, the FCCLA will be sponsoring a Red Cross Blood Drive. It will be from 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. at the Viking Center. Call the high school office at 829-2162 or go online at redcrossblood.org to make an appointment. We are in need of O negative and power red donors. Your donations will not only help save lives but will also help with scholarships for Stanton seniors.  

Fourth Grade Thanksgiving Poetry Reading

  The Fourth Grade will be having a Thanksgiving Poetry reading on Wednesday, November 22^nd at 9:15 a.m. Please join us in the elementary concourse if you would like to hear the students practice reading their poems.

Santa Lucia

  Our annual Santa Lucia Festival of Lights will be Saturday, December 9, at the Stanton High School Gym, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Grades 1^st-6^th will take part in the festival. Ms. Schmidt would like the children to be at the gym between 6:45-6:50 p.m. 4^th-6^th grade students should go to the weight room no later than 6:50 p.m. It is very important for every student to participate as it is part of the music curriculum and their music grade.

  The students should wear the following:

Boys-White shirts, dark pants, red vest or bow/ribbon tie or red suspenders.

Girls-White blouse, red, blue, or yellow skirt, striped apron red tights or knee socks with floral rings in your hair (if available.)

  Clothing items for the student's outfits will be available in the elementary office after the Thanksgiving holiday.

ATHLETICS

Volleyball Post-Season Honors

  Two Stanton Viqueens received All-Conference volleyball honors for the 2017 season. Junior Savanna Moffett was named to the Second Team and Freshman Tara Peterson was named to the Honorable Mention Team. Congratulations girls on these well-deserved honors!

NURSE

  As the colder weather arrives, it makes it very important to have your child/children dressed in appropriate gear. They will continue to go outdoors as long as the weather permits. Students in grades K-2^nd will go outside as long as the temperature/wind chill is 15 degrees or higher. Students in 3^rd-5^th will go out if the temperature/wind chill is above 10 degrees. Please make sure you send your child/children to school with a hat, heavy coat, and gloves. If they are without these items, they will need to get them from our lost and found box. We want to make sure they go outdoors and get fresh air and exercise.  Exercising while having fun is the best kind of exercise! Please contact the school if you have any questions or concerns.

GUIDANCE

Scholarships

Elks National Most Valuable Student Scholarship Contest   Online

-due November 27  must start on line

-High school senior and U. S. citizen

-based on scholarship, leadership and financial need

- 500 four-year awards ranging from $1,000 per year to $15,000 per year

-Forms available in the office or at www.elks.org

https://www.elks.org/scholars/scholarships/mvs.cfm

Elks National Foundation

-Forms available in the office or at http://www.elks.org/scholars/scholarships/MVS.cfm

- Legacy Awards for Children of Elks - due November 27  Must start on-line

-Child, grandchild, step-child or step-grandchild of an Elk in good standing and a high school senior

-based on leadership development and civic responsibility

-250 $4,000 scholarships

The University of Iowa’s Presidential Scholarships – due November 28

http://admissions.uiowa.edu/scholarship/presidential-scholarship

-must rank in the top 5% of your high school class or have a 3.8 cumulative GPA

-must present an ACT composite of 30 or above

Iowa State University Department of Forestry Scholarships - Due Dec. 1

- log on to http://www.forestry.iastate.edu

ROTC Scholarships- due December 1

-see Mrs. Mainquist

Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management (formerly the J.D. Edwards Honors Program in Computer Science and Management) -University of Nebraska at Lincoln - due Dec. 1

-Regardless of major, the J.D. Edwards Honors Program will cover all the tuition for the required credit hours (total value estimated to be between $10,000 and $15,000)

-a composite ACT score of 30 or higher

-3.5 or better high school G.P.A.

-demonstrated interest in technology and business

AXA Achievement Scholarship –December 15  Apply Early   Online

This program provides $670,000 in annual scholarships to graduating high school seniors throughout the nation.  Fifty-two (52) scholarship recipients are selected; one from each state, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico.  These students receive one-time scholarship awards of $10,000 each.  From this pool of 52 state winners, ten (10) scholarship recipients are selected as national winners, earning an additional one-time scholarship of $15,000 and the opportunity for an internship with AXA.  You can learn more about the program and download an application at www.axa-achievement.com. 

AXA Achievement Community Scholarship –The 2018 program will be accepting applications from September 5, 2017 until 10,000 applications are submitted or December 15, 2017, whichever comes first. Your application MUST be one of the first 10,000 submitted electronically by the deadline date. Apply early

-up to 375 winners nationwide

-Scholarships of $2,000

-You can learn more about the program and download an application at https://www.scholarsapply.org/axa-achievement/

Burger King Scholars Program – December 15  Online

-$1,000, $5,000 and $25,000 scholarships available to high school seniors

-www.scholarshipamerica.org/burgerkingscholars/

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Santa Lucia

  The Santa Lucia skit is being written but we are looking for "actors" who would like to participate. The skit will be a funny take on a Swedish Christmas hotline service. If you would like to have a part email Matt King at mattkinghope@gmail.com.

Stanton Strivers 4-H Meeting

  The Stanton Strivers 4-H Club meeting will be Sunday, November 19, at Mamrelund Lutheran Church at 1:00 p.m. to bake pumpkin pies.

COMING EVENTS

Monday, 20^th         3:30-Junior High Girls Basketball with East Mills, Here, ‘A’ Team plays first

                              4:00-Junior High Boys Basketball at East Mills (Nishna Valley), ‘A’ Team plays first

Tuesday, 21^st        6:00-JV/Varsity Girls Basketball with Bedford, Here, JV will be 2 quarters

Wednesday, 22^nd   1:05/1:15-Early Dismissal

Thursday, 23^rd       NO SCHOOL

                                Happy Thanksgiving

Friday, 24^th            NO SCHOOL

Monday, 27^th         4:00-Junior High Basketball at Lenox

                              6:00-Junior Varsity Basketball at Fremont-Mills

Wednesday, 29^th   1:05/1:15-Early Dismissal

Thursday, 30^th       6:00-Varsity Basketball with Riverside, Here

Friday, 1^st              FCCLA/Red Cross Blood Drive

                              5:30-Junior High Girls Basketball with South Page, Here

                              7:00-Varsity Girls Basketball with South Page, Here

Saturday, 2^nd         1:00-Junior High Boys Basketball with Heartland

                                Christian at ISD

                              2:30-Varsity Basketball with Heartland Christian at ISD