1/7/22 Announcements

From: "Mountain Ridge Marquee" <webmaster@dvusd.org>
Subject: 1/7/22 Announcements
Date: January 7th 2022

ASIAN CULTURE AWARENESS ASSOCIATION: The MRHS Asian Culture Awareness Association is excited to announce our first club meeting on Tuesday, January 11th at 2:15pm in Room C204. This club is an opportunity for all Mountain Ridge students to celebrate and learn about Asian culture, become informed on contemporary issues faced by Asian-Americans and also become involved in local and global Asian causes. We hope to see you after school on Tuesday!

DECA: be sure to register for your scholarships before January 10th.  The final scholarship deadline is January 14th BUT YOU WILL NEED some information prior to applying so get it ready for January 10th. AND the next DECA acaprep meeting is January 13th so sign up in FlexTime and District competition is January 26th so get ready!!

ATTENTION ATHLETES: Spring sports are just around the corner, tryouts for Boys Volleyball, Boys/Girls Track, Baseball, Softball, Girls Beach Volleyball and Boys/Girls Tennis begin February 7th. You MUST BE CLEARED by the athletic office BEFORE tryouts. Physical and clearance information can be found on mrhsathletics.com or you can pick up a packet in the office. 

FINAL MONTH TO APPLY FOR DECA SCHOLORSHIPS:  DECA's scholarship portal is accepting applications through January 14, 2022. Members need to submit their applications now and apply for a share of $200,000 in scholarships.

CTE STUDENTS: sign up for the SENIOR CTE INTERNSHIPS by February 1st.  This is part of your chance to earn honor cords, NAFTrack certification and other awards by completing the internship experience. 
AND....you get release time from your senior schedule.  It DOES count as one of your 4 required classes for your senior year, but you get to leave campus early. See your CTE teacher, Counselor or Ms Debbie Moore for more information.  Sign Up Today!

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.  

2022 BOOK DRIVE:  Clean out your bedroom during winter break and bring any gently used children's books for grades kindergarten-6th grade to your period 1 teacher in January. Educators Rising will donate all collected books to a school in need and the period 1 class with the most donations will earn a donut party! 

BOYS SOCCER: Congratulations to the boys soccer teams for their wins over Queen Creek on Tuesday night. JV won by a score of 4-2 and Varsity won by a score of 3-1. Matthew Taylor scored 1 goal and Saul Ceja scored 2 goals. The boys play at home against Shadow Ridge on Thursday.  

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

STUDENT ATHLETIC PASSES: Students you can avoid the online ticket fees and purchase your Student Athletic pass from the bookstore. This pass costs $30.00 and will get you into all regular season HOME games. Your student pass will be put on your Student ID card and you must show the ID card at the event.

FAMILY ATHLETIC PASSES: Parents and families can purchase a punch card to get into games 20 punches for $65.00. The family punch card can be purchase at the bookstore and is for parents and family members only and can not be used by Ridge students to get into games.