** NEW/ONGOING **

~*~ On Friday (tomorrow) be on the look out for SkillsUSA officers in red

jackets distributing surprises. ~*~

Do you have a special someone to whom you want to show appreciation? Well,

you're in luck! Your Freshmen class officers are selling Valentine Grams during lunch

this whole week and half of next week! For only 1 dollar, send a loved one a ring pop

with a personalized message. Grams will be sold in front of the counseling center and

in the unfortunate event of rainy weather, they will be sold in the SAC room!

The SPHS Mediators are holding a TEDx salon entitled “Expecting and Accepting” re-

volving around the ideas of expectations, self esteem, social mask, and judgement stereo-

types. We are currently accepting speaker applications from high school students and

adults. The application is on the SPHS website and facebook page; you can find the page

under “Conflict Mediation” on the school website. If you have any questions please email

us at sphsmediators@gmail.com

Attention: All Recent 10th-12th Grade Physical Fitness Test Takers ~ the Aeries portal has

now been updated to reflect your PFT results. Please check your results to see which aspects of the

PFT you have either passed, and/or still need improvement. If you have an questions on your results,

see Ms. Wong in the Main Office.

Auditions for the spring musical Peter Pan will be this Wednesday and Thursday

3PM - 4:30 PM in the Little Theatre or Choir Room. Prepare to sing something from

the musical. The great thing about our play is that we will FLY the actors!!!!!!!!! This is

the 1954 musical on Broadway with Mary Martin. This is NOT the DISNEY musical of

the same name. Sheet music will be available in Room 316 starting TO-

DAY!!!!!! Come one, come all.

FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) will meet this Friday, 2/10, in room 513 at

lunch. Come by to pick up your club t-shirt and membership card, and to find out about our next event!

Time to check the Lost & Found at Student Services. There are various items of clothing, water bottles, etc. All unclaimed items will be donated at the end of this week.

Weekly Developmental Assets Tickler: “True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of your-

self less.” C.S. Lewis, novelist (1898-1963)

ODD Thursday

SOUTH PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL

Activities @ Home

Team Tryouts Softball Team tryouts will take place Feb 7-9 starting at 3:30PM in the SPHS softball field. Players should bring gloves, cleats, and appropri-ate workout clothing.

Thu Feb. 9 Girls’ JV Basketball vs. La

Canada 3:30 pm Girls’ Varsity Soccer vs. La

Canada 3:30 pm Boys’ Freshman Basketball

vs. La Canada 5:00 pm

Girls’ JV Soccer vs. La Can-

ada 5:00 pm

Tiger Dispatch February 9, 2017

Attention SkillsUSA members bring your membership/or ID card to CC1 today

(Thursday) at lunch to help us celebrate our success at Regionals and SkillsUSA Week. You

will receive a sweet treat.

Also, if you are working the Virtual Business Trade show on Monday, there will be a training

at lunch in 613 tomorrow (Friday)

~ ** WE NEED YOUR HELP **~ TA’s, Office Aide, Academic Coaches needed

OFFICE AIDE - Period 2 & 6. If you enjoy talking on the phone, greeting visitors and walking around campus making deliv-eries, stop by the main office to see Mrs. Dominique.

Ms. DeLacy needs a TA for her Math 1 class - Period 2, 3 & 6. Email edelacy@spusd.net if interested. Mr. McGough is looking for a TA for period 5. Please see him if you are interested in bungalow 5.

Ms. Shen is recruiting Academic coaches and TA's for periods 2,4, 5 or 7. If you love to help others and have taken Math 1 Plus or advanced math classes, please see Ms. Shen in room 2.

~ Community Service Opportunities ~

Volunteers needed for 5K Walk with Us to Cure Lupus: Saturday, March 4th 2017 starting at 4.30pm – Rose Bowl, Pasade-na CA. Several opportunities are available including registration, t-shirts, food distribution, etc. Come and help to make this event fun and successful; stop by Student Services and pickup a flyer for volunteer registration info. Earn your community hours for your service!!!

Volunteers needed on Monday, February 13, 2017, from 6 - 8 p.m. at the Marengo Elementary School for the 2017 Chinese Calligraphy event. For more information and sign up, please visit Ms. Cheng in room CC2 on any odd day."

Congratulations to the following 2017 Scholastic Art Competition Regional Award winners from SPHS! Gold Key win-ners will move on to compete for National Scholastic Awards!: Gold Key: Ashton Carless, Alexandre (Ryan) Pizante (2 Gold Key Awards!), Brandon Young, and Thomas Forman (3 Gold Key Awards!). Silver Key: Saliko Adams, Mahima Girish, Michael (Dong Hye) Kim, Truman Lesak, Alexandre (Ryan) Pizante, Becky Seo (2 Silver Key Awards!), and Brandon Yung, Thomas Forman (3 Silver Key awards!), and Matthew Scholtz. Honorable Mention: Saliko Adams (3 Honorable Mentions!), Isabella Frescura, Elaine Gong (2 Honorable Mentions!), Becky Seo, Shane Young (2 Honorable Mentions!), Brandon Young, Amber Chen, Tim Chin, Thomas Forman (3 Honorable Mentions!), Jacey Lee, Raymond Min, and Maddie Yoo (4 Honorable Mentions!). SPHS 2017 Advanced Placement Registration form is now available though your AP class teachers and in the Main Office. Please review, complete, and return to the SPHS Main Office starting Wednesday, February 1st. No cash, checks on-ly issued to SPUSD, with the SPHS student's permanent ID number written on the check's memo line. The Early Bird reg-istration rate is only from Wednesday, 2/1 to Friday, 2/10, 4pm, and that the registration fees increase as the AP exam date nears. Advanced Placement Fee Reduction Waivers are available based upon financial need. If you believe you may be eligible, please contact Ms. Suzie Wong at swong@spusd.net no later than February 16 before the reporting deadline to College Board closes. All students qualifying for an AP Fee Waiver must be approved through the SPUSD Food Services Nutrition Pro-gram. Do not delay. If you have previously received an ACT or SAT fee waiver this school year, you must still request, register and be confirmed to receive a fee waiver by February 16 with Ms. Wong. Qs: swong@spusd.net

~ COLLEGE VISITS ~

It's that time again to think about college visits. The counseling department has the following planned visits and will be begin to hand out permission forms on Tuesday, January 17th during lunchtime to interested students. Stop by for details and options on field trips. February 13th - Monday - UC Irvine and UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts - Don't miss out on visiting UC Irvine and find-

ing out if it a match and place you can see yourself as a college student. We will be taking a maximum of 45 students. There are many spots availa-

ble. You also gather the field trip forms in the counseling office with your counselor or download the forms sent via Naviance. If weather permits, we

will be in front of the counseling office next week starting Monday, January 23rd and throughout the week to answer any questions and to give out per-

mission forms.

March 16th - Thursday - University of the West - Rosemead, CA - lunch will be provided by the college April 22nd - Saturday - Adelante Mujer Conference - College and Career - at Pasadena City College April 25th - Tuesday - UC Santa Barbara (Admission Presentation, tour and EOP Presentation) and Santa Barbara City College (CTE Pathway tour)

2017 Programming and AP

Lunch

Information

COURSE DATE LOCATION

MacroEcon. MicroEcon AP Thursday – Feb 9 Room 126

PLTW–CSE (Intro Course) Thursday – Feb 9 Room 417

AP Statistics Thursday – Feb 9 Room 511

Graphic Design Courses Friday – Feb 10 Room 613