Monday, February 12, 2024

by Daily Announcements

Posted on February 12, 2024

Monday, February 12,  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.

• The AAPPL or Apple test will be held on Thursday, February 29. Based on these scores, students can earn high school Spanish credits and qualify for the Louisiana Seal of Biliteracy. Many languages are offered, not just Spanish.The cost of the test is $20. Please see Mrs. Ballance in room 2207 to pick up a registration sheet or get more information. The last day to register is Tuesday, February 27th. 

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Sports News: 

• Softball plays Neville at home tomorrow. This is their Regular season opener! Make plans to come on out and support these ladies. Later this week, they travel to St Fred’s.

• Our boy’ basketball team will take on Block High School at home tomorrow to round out the regular season. They will be awaiting playoff pairings after tomorrow’s game.  Girls basketball are currently awaiting playoff pairings. We will update you all when brackets are released. 

• The baseball team plays this weekend in the Bayou Jamb tournament which is being hosted here at WMHS. We will take on West Ouachita at 5:30 PM and Ruston at 7:00 PM.Earlier in the day, at 2 PM, there will be a home run derby amongst all the teams. Come out and support for a full day of baseball! 

• Tennis will be making the trip to Oak Grove Tuesday to continue their season.. 

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

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Club and Organization News:

• FCS has a meeting Wednesday morning at 7:15 in the gym.