Thursday, October 4th, 2007
 
Students, remember if you are absent you MUST bring a note to excuse your absence.  Do not be absent unnecessarily.  Absences may affect your progress in class, your ability to participate in activities, your ability to make-up work and not to mention, your privilege of being at our school.  We congratulate you on the wonderful job of being here everyday!
 
Students who attend 2 consecutive tutoring sessions this week will also earn a MLEC credit card. Make sure you sign in for tutoring.
Points earned on the MLEC credit card can be use for detention passes, free lunch, and tickets to various MLEC school events!
 
Tutoring has begun and will be offered Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2:40 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. 
There will be a meeting with all clubs interested in using a booth for the harvest festival in Room E227 after school at 2:40 Tuesday October 9th, 2007. 
Yearbooks are on sale in room E-207 before and after school or during lunch.  Yearbooks are $85 until October 11th!  Make sure to take advantage of the discount before prices go up!
 
Interact will meet in room E202 on Thursday, October 4th at 2:40 pm.
 
The Literary Magazine club will be sponsoring a book drive the months of September and October. Please bring in gently used paperbacks. You may drop them off in room E215 or to your English teacher to forward to Mrs. Krane. The books will be used to furnish the English teachers with personal libraries. Thank you.
 
The Math Club is offering tutoring for all students Mondays and Thursdays from 2:40 to 3:40 in room E119.
 
Oct. 19 is the Diabetes-Health Screening in our gym.  Students will receive 3 credits on the new MLEC credit card for participating in the health screening."  Please bring in your permission form tomorrow so our Health Academy Students can do the preliminary paperwork to be prepared for the one-day screening.
 
The meeting of the national technical honor society will be held in rm. B228  at 2:30 pm today, Oct 4,2007 We will be passing out applications at that time.
 
Florida International University – University Park Campus - will be hosting a college fair – Thursday – Oct. 11, 2007 from
7 – 9 PM. This is an opportunity for students in Dade County to speak to many representatives as they review their college options. So don’t miss out – The event will be at the Graham Center Ballroom at SW 8 st. and 112 ave. For more information,
see your CAP Advisor.
 
Students arriving tardy to school will be required to serve an Administrative Detention after the 2nd tardy. Administrative Detentions are served on Fridays, from 2:40-3:40 p.m. Students who do not go to the Tardy Center are still marked tardy to school by their homeroom teachers. Students with excessive tardies and absences will be referred to the Administration and face disciplinary action and suspension from participation in school activities. BE ON TIME!!! AND COME TO SCHOOL EVERYDAY!!!
 
Every nine weeks, students with perfect attendance, as well as NO TARDIES, will have the opportunity to win various prizes. 
 
Students with perfect attendance for the entire school year will have the opportunity to win a very special prize. Students will be required to have been in school on time throughout the school year.
 
Students are annual United Way Campaign starts tomorrow with our penny wars. Bring your loose change and fight for your class! Remember you can SABOTAGE other classes by placing bills in their collection bottles!!!
 
Classes get ready! The United Way Campaign class competition will start on Monday!!! Help your class compete to be #1!!!
 
The Principal’s Word of the Day is
STRINGENT (STRIN junt) strict; restrictive
The IRS accountant was quite stringent in his interpretation of the tax code; he disallowed virtually all of Leslie’s deductions.