Friday, February 9, 2024

by Daily Announcements

Posted on February 9, 2024

Friday, February 9,  2024

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News from the Guidance Department:.

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• We have a new scholarship opportunity for our female Seniors provided by the Monroe Alumnae Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Some criteria that must be met in older to apply are:

- Applicant must be a female, graduating high school senior, with a 2.5 GPA or higher,  and an ACT Score of 20, if attending a 4-yr. university, OR an ACT Score of 18, if attending a 2-yr. community college. Applicant must also exhibit leadership abilities through participation in extracurricular activities and or community service.Please see the Guidance Office or visit Gorebs.org for more information for this scholarship and to apply. 

• Also, for those seniors who missed cap and gown pictures, those makeups are next week. We do have a correction to the dates, so please listen up. The makeup pictures are Wednesday, February 14th and Thursday February 15th!!

• Attention all students taking a dual enrollment course this semester through ULM or LA Tech: It's time to start paying for your DE coursework if you are taking over the allotted amount that Ouachita Parish School Board will pay. As a reminder, OPSB is paying for the following this semester: Seniors- 3 classes, Juniors- 2 classes, Sophomores- 1 class.  If you have an overage, that cost is $150 per course that you are over, and your payment will go to ULM. You may pay by check(making your payment to ULM) and give it to Mrs. Hunt or pay online through your ULM account. If paying by check, write your full name on the memo line. Payments are due by 12:00 Wednesday, February 28. If you have a question about how much you owe, talk to one of your dual enrollment teachers or Mrs. Hunt. As a reminder, if you fail a course or withdraw from a course paid for by OPSB, you will owe OPSB $150 for that course.

• We’d also like to give a big thank you to all of our counselors during this, National Counselors’ week. They do so much for us all the time, so be sure to thank them if you see them this week or any other time. 

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Sports News: 

• We have some revisions to the softball jamboree schedule. Our JV will play West Ouachita’s JV at 6:00. Our Varsity will play West Ouachita’s Varsity team at 8:00. These games are both at home today!

• Girls basketball will play for the district championship tonight in Ruston. The boys basketball team will also round out their district schedule with Ruston High tonight.

• The baseball team will scrimmage Haughton at home today at 4:30. 

• Tennis won against West Ouachitas yesterday. The Girls won 8 out of 8 matches. The boys won 2 out of 2 matches. The teams will be making the trip to Oak Grove next Tuesday. 

• Our Track and Field team will be having Jumpers tryouts next Tuesday immediately after school.

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Club and Organization News:

• The West Monroe High School Band is pleased to host The United States Navy Band tonight at 7PM in the West Monroe High School Auditorium as part of their national tour. This is one of the world's finest bands and is always a stunning and enjoyable concert! 

• It's time to pick class favorites for this year’s yearbook. This year we will be voting online. Just go to the Student Life Google Classroom page and click the link for your grade and cast your vote. Voting will end this weekend.