DAILY BULLETIN

Palo Alto High School

February 1, 2010

Advisory:
Please remember that this Wednesday is a NON-Block day (period 1-7 per.) Friday, February 5 is a “Wednesday” block-day schedule (1,3,5,7 period) with Advisory at 9:50. During Advisory FRESHMEN & SOPHOMORES will meet with their TA’s and ALL JUNIORS will meet in the theater. (Deggelman)
General:

• AP exam registration opens Feb. 1 and continues through March 7. Each exam costs $110, payable at the Auditor’s or online at the Paly webstore. (Shepard)
• There will be a Black History Pan-african Flag raising celebration this Friday on the Quad. All are welcome. Did you know it was on this date in 1926 that historian Carter G. Woodson initiated the first Negro History Week. In 1976 it was expanded to a month. (Hernandez)
• All students who took English last semester. Please return your textbooks to the book-drop in the English Dept. We are waiting on some of these books for 2nd semester classes. Please note that there are consequences if you do not turn them in. (Klein)
• Attention Seniors, if you had Ms. Shaw for 9th-grade English, please come to P6 at the beginning of lunch this week to pick up an important letter. (Shaw)

College and Career:

• If you’re interested in finding out about Gap Year programs, there will be a panel of agencies here on Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 7 pm in the ERC. (Erber)
• Check the Job File at the Work Experience Desk for the new winter schedule for the Medical Explorer’s post lecture series. Next lecture, Career as a Physician Assistant, is Feb. 8 at PAMF, 7 pm. (Gyves)
• Juniors, if you are interested in being considered for a job in Astrophysics at Lockheed-Martin Corp, applications are available at the Work Experience desk. You must have a GPA of 3.5+. See Mrs. Gyves for details. (Gyves)

4. Off Campus Opportunities:
• Cal State East Bay, Chabot College, and the Alameda County Office of Education will host Education Summit 2010: Closing the Achievement Gap for African American and Latino Youth on Saturday, Feb. 20 at Cal State East Bay's Campus from 8 am - 12:40 pm.. For more information and to register go to: www.csueastbay.edu/EducationSummit. Questions: 510-885-3516.  The PAUSD will sponsor a bus trip leaving at 7:30 a.m.
• A Summer Opportunity Fair will be held on February 7 from 10 AM to 1 PM at Menlo School (in the gym). For more information, call Judy Wiesen, Student Camp & Trip Advisor, 415-454-5441, judywiesen@aol.com.

Staff:
Classified Staff meets Wed,, 2/3 in P9B. Yes, that’s right, two weeks in a row! Whoopee! See you there. (Benfield)