3/9/22 Announcements

From: "Mountain Ridge Marquee" <webmaster@dvusd.org>
Subject: 3/9/22 Announcements
Date: March 9th 2022

SENIOR GRADUATION SIGNS – Be sure to order your Senior a Yard Sign. You can order one with a picture ($30) or just name ($25). Email mrhspom@gmail.com for an order form. Orders are due by April 1^st.

CONGRATULATIONS GIRLS TENNIS: Congratulations to varsity tennis girls Angeline Varadi & Tanvi Arora as they placed 3^rd at the West Valley Tennis Tournament.  Winning matches at singles were Maehur Aulakh and Nicole Varadi.  Also winning at doubles were KaileyAnne Prodhomme & Priyanka Kumar. 

FCA MEETING:  The next FCA meeting will be this Thursday during ACA prep in the small gym! You won't want to miss this weeks message and something super cool about your very own birthday! Make sure to sign up in Flextime manager! 

BEST BUDDIES MEETING:  The next Best Buddies club meeting is on Thursday the 10th during acaprep. Please sign up in Flex Time Manager to join the Best Buddies meeting. Our Buddies are looking forward to seeing everyone!

NATIONAL FOREIGN LANGUAGE WEEK:  Happy foreign language week!  Did you know there is a wordle for other languages? Try Spanish or French!

SOFS DIAPER DRIVE: Want help less fortunate mothers in need? SOFS is sponsoring a Diaper and Baby Products Drive until March 11. We are looking for diapers as well as baby products like baby wipes, baby shampoo, and powder to support the Phoenix New Life Pregnancy center. They would truly appreciate your help. Bring in any donations to your 1st hour, and the class with most donations will get a donut party! Members can also earn community service hours for their donations!

2022 RIDGE RUN: The Ridge Run will be March 26th this year. We will be running the Thunderbird Mountain at 8am. It is a Race to the Top for you, your friends, your teammates and your neighbors.  $20 for a t-shirt and participation medal and snacks. You will use the Nike Run Club app to compete for prizes that day as well.  See Ms Debbie Moore for more information or email her at Debbie.Moore@dvusd.org

SENIOR GRADUATION SPEECH:  Reminder, any Senior interested in trying out for the graduation speech, tryouts our next Wednesday, but you must sign up outside of room E218 by Tuesday after school to reserve your spot.  Do this ASAP.  

SENIORS WITH SCHOLORSHIPS: We want to honor our seniors for the scholarships they have received from universities/colleges, organizations, and foundations. Please bring copies of any scholarships you have received to the counseling office or email them to Ms. Dyal at sarah.dyal@dvusd.org by Monday, March 21st. 

NEW AP CLASS OFFERED THIS FALL - AP Seminar. AP Seminar is a fundamental course that engages students in cross-curricular conversations that explore the complexities of academic and real-world topics and issues by analyzing divergent perspectives. Students who earn scores of 3 or higher in AP Seminar and AP Research and on four additional AP Exams of their choosing will receive the AP Capstone Diploma™. If you are interested in AP Seminar please schedule an appointment to see your counselor and add AP Seminar to your schedule for next year.

NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY APPLICATIONS:  National Honor Society applications for the 2022-2023 school year are now open. Current sophomores and juniors with a minimum 3.8 GPA are invited to complete an application. See Mrs. Abbott in C207 or Ms. Canizales in E215

REMINDER: Students are NOT to park in the parking lot at the base of the Thunderbird Mountain hiking trail.  Tickets will be issued and cars will be towed at the owners expense.  

ATTENTION 11th & 12th GRADERS - You will need a copy of your transcript for colleges, employment or automobile insurance. You will have to get your transcript through Parchment. A Parchment account has been created for you. You can pick up your log information before school, after school and your lunch period. at the front office. Please ask for the registrar or the registrar clerk.

TSW RECYCLING PROGRAM: Dont't forget, the TSW staff and students have partnered with NexTrex to start a recycling program.  “When we donate our plastic film to Trex, we are helping to keep thousands of pounds of waste out of landfills and providing Trex with the supplies they need to make eco-friendly outdoor products.”  Look for posters around campus on what is acceptable to donate. Some examples are grocery bags, bread & ice bags, ziploc bags, bubble wrap, newspaper sleeves and dry cleaning bags.  Designated Trex boxes are in the administration building by the attendance window for you to drop off your donations.  If we collect more than 500 pounds of plastic refuse in a 6 month span (about 40,500 plastic bags), Trex will donate a high-performance composite bench to our school.  Winners will be announced on Earth Day Friday, April 22, 2022 , so start collecting!

ATTENTION SENIORS: Order your cap and gown for graduation here. The Deadline is approaching fast! https://view.vidreach.io/q/RFXr2lHD

ATTENTION STUDENTS: We are a closed campus and do not allow any outside deliveries of food to our campus. If someone comes in with food from an outside delivery, they will be sent away.

TICKETS for home athletic events can only be purchased online, tickets will not be sold at the door. To purchase your tickets go to www.mrhsathletics.com and click on the ticket link