From ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us Mon Jan 8 09:42:04 2018 From: ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us (Cabasa, Nora) Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 09:42:04 -0800 Subject: [GWHS-Bulletin] 01.08.18 bulletin Message-ID: <6348E437B2945C42BDE107E3CEDEDA90019C236BC97A@EXCH-MBC-1.vusd> GOLDEN WEST HIGH SCHOOL HOME OF THE TRAILBLAZERS [cid:image001.jpg at 01D38864.CEA344F0] Daily Bulletin - Volume 39; Issue 85 Monday, January 8, 2018 Welcome back BLAZERS! We hope you all had a great time off and are ready to get back on schedule to finish off this semester strong! Blazer Strong! Formal pictures are in and may be picked up in the attendance office. Please come in before school, during lunch and afterschool to pick them up. Don't forget to purchase your yearbook in room A-11. They are currently on sale for $85 and personalization is still available. Make sure to order it before personalization ends on January 26! KIDS DAY *MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING ALL ARE WELCOME! Wednesday, January 17 at LUNCH in the Main Gym *You must attend the meeting to be able to work on Kids Day - March 6 See Mr. Gluckmann in Room FS-4/L-20 ahead of time if you are unable to attend. Lost and Found: Missing anything? Please come into the attendance office before school, after school and during lunch and look through our lost and found items. You would be surprised what gets turned in. Due to the weather becoming colder we will be allowing students to wear beanies and headbands. Please remember they must be free of logos or decorations. The only logo that will be allowed will be our school logo. The beanies must be a single color white, black, grey, brown, tan or gold. This flexibility only applies to protection from the cold, not for hats. They may only be worn outdoors. Interested in studying voice? Have no experience, but would like to learn? See Mr. Raheb to sign up for one of our choir classes 2nd semester. ASB WANTS YOU! Want to be an ASB Officer? Want to be in next year's ASB/Leadership Class? MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING Wednesday, February 7 @ Lunch in Room M-1 IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND THIS MEETING, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE OR BE IN THE ASB CLASS. QUESTIONS? SEE MR. GLUCKMANN in FS-4 or L-20 BEFORE THE MEETING Counseling Dept.: ATTN Juniors & Seniors: If you are looking for work, Employment Connections Job listing is available weekly to view in the Counseling Dept. Presentation Binder or in the Library. For the 81th consecutive year, the Lions Clubs of California will hold their annual Student Speakers Contest. All grade levels are eligible to participate. Over $103,500 will be paid out in scholarships to the winning students. Local area winners will win $100 and can advance to the district level where the winner will be awarded a $4,500 scholarship and can advance even further in the contest to win up to $21,000. This year students will answer the question: "Integrity and Civility play what role in today's society?" An "Interest Form" is available on the GW Scholarship webpage or come to the Counseling Office and pick one up from the "Presentation Binder". Interest forms are due to Mrs. McIntosh in the counseling office by January 15, 2018. A representative from Harvard College will be on campus, Tues, January 16, 2018, during 6th period. Harvard College has more than 49 areas of concentration and is home to the largest academic library system in the world. Harvard has universally renowned faculty, state-of-the-art facilities, and over 450 student-run groups including ethnic, athletic, dance, drama, music, religious, community service, political, and journalism organizations. Harvard can be affordable as their financial aid program requires no contribution from families with annual incomes below $65,000. Sign up in the Counseling department presentation binder to attend. AP students and parents: Please refer to the AP documents (http://www.vusd.org/webpages/gwhscounseling/ap.cfm) for information regarding the fees, dates, and deadlines for 2017 AP exams. You may also obtain forms for Fee Waivers and/or your one free AP exam provided by VUSD. We also accept payments via credit card online at the GW webstore! (http://webstores.activenetwork.com/school-software/golden_west_high_sch/). March 2nd is the absolute last day to pay for AP Exams! Athletics: Swim: Monday Jan 8th Swim practice starts today and is mandatory unless you are in a winter sport. Also, there is a mandatory meeting at the pool today at 3:30 pm. XL Program: XL has Afterschool Intervention available on Wednesday's and Thursdays in P-21 for students who have detention that needs to be served. There will be an XL staff member in P-21 from 3:30-4:00pm on those days. It's coming this spring!!! Mr. Rodgers will once again be offering his EMS/Health Careers XL Class! Start date is March 1st, so plan ahead as this class fills quickly...field trips and guest speakers!!! Check out the tentative schedule at: http://bit.ly/emss2018 Below is the link for our Blazer Central. https://youtu.be/WyyDS5euJRI Sincerely, Nora Cabasa Secretary II Golden West High School (559) 730-7801 ncabasa at vusd.org [cid:image004.jpg at 01D38864.F1200130] --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3121 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image004.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2019 bytes Desc: image004.jpg URL: From ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us Tue Jan 9 09:20:26 2018 From: ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us (Cabasa, Nora) Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 09:20:26 -0800 Subject: [GWHS-Bulletin] 01.09.18 bulletin Message-ID: <6348E437B2945C42BDE107E3CEDEDA90019C236BCC5C@EXCH-MBC-1.vusd> GOLDEN WEST HIGH SCHOOL HOME OF THE TRAILBLAZERS [cid:image001.jpg at 01D3892B.15965890] Daily Bulletin - Volume 39; Issue 86 Tuesday, January 9, 2018 Attention all students: If you took a class at COS last semester (Fall 2017) please contact your counselor immediately! Formal pictures are in and may be picked up in the attendance office. Please come in before school, during lunch and afterschool to pick them up. Please be aware that we will start with Tardy Sweeps immediately. In order to avoid after school detention due to being caught in a tardy sweep please make sure that you are in your classroom prior to the tardy bell ringing. Don't forget to purchase your yearbook in room A-11. They are currently on sale for $85 and personalization is still available. Make sure to order it before personalization ends on January 26! KIDS DAY *MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING ALL ARE WELCOME! Wednesday, January 17 at LUNCH in the Main Gym *You must attend the meeting to be able to work on Kids Day - March 6 See Mr. Gluckmann in Room FS-4/L-20 ahead of time if you are unable to attend. Lost and Found: Missing anything? Please come into the attendance office before school, after school and during lunch and look through our lost and found items. You would be surprised what gets turned in. Artists and interested students: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has teamed up with Target for the third annual National High School Design Competition, challenging teens around the country to make the everyday-place, process, or object-accessible for all! It's a design challenge that welcomes great ideas from students with all interests from art and design to civics and community engagement. See either Mr. Vieira in A-3 or Mrs. K in A-9 for flyers or more information. Please visit the website, where you'll find education resources to inspire and give you ideas. Due to the weather becoming colder we will be allowing students to wear beanies and headbands. Please remember they must be free of logos or decorations. The only logo that will be allowed will be our school logo. The beanies must be a single color white, black, grey, brown, tan or gold. This flexibility only applies to protection from the cold, not for hats. They may only be worn outdoors. Interested in studying voice? Have no experience, but would like to learn? See Mr. Raheb to sign up for one of our choir classes 2nd semester. ASB WANTS YOU! Want to be an ASB Officer? Want to be in next year's ASB/Leadership Class? MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING Wednesday, February 7 @ Lunch in Room M-1 IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND THIS MEETING, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE OR BE IN THE ASB CLASS. QUESTIONS? SEE MR. GLUCKMANN in FS-4 or L-20 BEFORE THE MEETING Counseling Dept.: ATTN Juniors & Seniors: If you are looking for work, Employment Connections Job listing is available weekly to view in the Counseling Dept. Presentation Binder or in the Library. For the 81th consecutive year, the Lions Clubs of California will hold their annual Student Speakers Contest. All grade levels are eligible to participate. Over $103,500 will be paid out in scholarships to the winning students. Local area winners will win $100 and can advance to the district level where the winner will be awarded a $4,500 scholarship and can advance even further in the contest to win up to $21,000. This year students will answer the question: "Integrity and Civility play what role in today's society?" An "Interest Form" is available on the GW Scholarship webpage or come to the Counseling Office and pick one up from the "Presentation Binder". Interest forms are due to Mrs. McIntosh in the counseling office by January 15, 2018. A representative from Harvard College will be on campus, Tues, January 16, 2018, during 6th period. Harvard College has more than 49 areas of concentration and is home to the largest academic library system in the world. Harvard has universally renowned faculty, state-of-the-art facilities, and over 450 student-run groups including ethnic, athletic, dance, drama, music, religious, community service, political, and journalism organizations. Harvard can be affordable as their financial aid program requires no contribution from families with annual incomes below $65,000. Sign up in the Counseling department presentation binder to attend. AP students and parents: Please refer to the AP documents (http://www.vusd.org/webpages/gwhscounseling/ap.cfm) for information regarding the fees, dates, and deadlines for 2017 AP exams. You may also obtain forms for Fee Waivers and/or your one free AP exam provided by VUSD. We also accept payments via credit card online at the GW webstore! (http://webstores.activenetwork.com/school-software/golden_west_high_sch/). March 2nd is the absolute last day to pay for AP Exams! Athletics: Swim: Monday Jan 8th Swim practice starts today and is mandatory unless you are in a winter sport. Also, there is a mandatory meeting at the pool today at 3:30 Clubs: GSA Club: Meeting this Thursday during lunch in A-9. The t-shirts are in and we need to plan for second semester events. See you then! XL Program: XL has Afterschool Intervention available on Wednesday's and Thursdays in P-21 for students who have detention that needs to be served. There will be an XL staff member in P-21 from 3:30-4:00pm on those days. It's coming this spring!!! Mr. Rodgers will once again be offering his EMS/Health Careers XL Class! Start date is March 1st, so plan ahead as this class fills quickly...field trips and guest speakers!!! Check out the tentative schedule at: http://bit.ly/emss2018 Below is the link for our Blazer Central. https://youtu.be/WyyDS5euJRI Sincerely, Nora Cabasa Secretary II Golden West High School (559) 730-7801 ncabasa at vusd.org [cid:image002.jpg at 01D3892B.15965890] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3121 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2018 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 01.09.18 bulletin.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 20557 bytes Desc: 01.09.18 bulletin.docx URL: From ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us Wed Jan 10 09:22:27 2018 From: ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us (Cabasa, Nora) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 09:22:27 -0800 Subject: [GWHS-Bulletin] 01.10.18 bulletin Message-ID: <6348E437B2945C42BDE107E3CEDEDA90019C236BCF52@EXCH-MBC-1.vusd> GOLDEN WEST HIGH SCHOOL HOME OF THE TRAILBLAZERS [cid:image001.jpg at 01D389F4.880F0E70] Daily Bulletin - Volume 39; Issue 87 Wednesday, January 10, 2018 Formal pictures are in and may be picked up in the attendance office. Please come in before school, during lunch and afterschool to pick them up. Please be aware that we will start with Tardy Sweeps immediately. In order to avoid after school detention due to being caught in a tardy sweep please make sure that you are in your classroom prior to the tardy bell ringing. Don't forget to purchase your yearbook in room A-11. They are currently on sale for $85 and personalization is still available. Make sure to order it before personalization ends on January 26! KIDS DAY *MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING ALL ARE WELCOME! Wednesday, January 17 at LUNCH in the Main Gym *You must attend the meeting to be able to work on Kids Day - March 6 See Mr. Gluckmann in Room FS-4/L-20 ahead of time if you are unable to attend. Lost and Found: Missing anything? Please come into the attendance office before school, after school and during lunch and look through our lost and found items. You would be surprised what gets turned in. Artists and interested students: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has teamed up with Target for the third annual National High School Design Competition, challenging teens around the country to make the everyday-place, process, or object-accessible for all! It's a design challenge that welcomes great ideas from students with all interests from art and design to civics and community engagement. See either Mr. Vieira in A-3 or Mrs. K in A-9 for flyers or more information. Please visit the website, where you'll find education resources to inspire and give you ideas. https://www.cooperhewitt.org/design-competition/ Due to the weather becoming colder we will be allowing students to wear beanies and headbands. Please remember they must be free of logos or decorations. The only logo that will be allowed will be our school logo. The beanies must be a single color white, black, grey, brown, tan or gold. This flexibility only applies to protection from the cold, not for hats. They may only be worn outdoors. Interested in studying voice? Have no experience, but would like to learn? See Mr. Raheb to sign up for one of our choir classes 2nd semester. ASB WANTS YOU! Want to be an ASB Officer? Want to be in next year's ASB/Leadership Class? MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING Wednesday, February 7 @ Lunch in Room M-1 IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND THIS MEETING, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE OR BE IN THE ASB CLASS. QUESTIONS? SEE MR. GLUCKMANN in FS-4 or L-20 BEFORE THE MEETING Counseling Dept.: ATTN Juniors & Seniors: If you are looking for work, Employment Connections Job listing is available weekly to view in the Counseling Dept. Presentation Binder or in the Library. For the 81th consecutive year, the Lions Clubs of California will hold their annual Student Speakers Contest. All grade levels are eligible to participate. Over $103,500 will be paid out in scholarships to the winning students. Local area winners will win $100 and can advance to the district level where the winner will be awarded a $4,500 scholarship and can advance even further in the contest to win up to $21,000. This year students will answer the question: "Integrity and Civility play what role in today's society?" An "Interest Form" is available on the GW Scholarship webpage or come to the Counseling Office and pick one up from the "Presentation Binder". Interest forms are due to Mrs. McIntosh in the counseling office by January 15, 2018. A representative from Harvard College will be on campus, Tues, January 16, 2018, during 6th period. Harvard College has more than 49 areas of concentration and is home to the largest academic library system in the world. Harvard has universally renowned faculty, state-of-the-art facilities, and over 450 student-run groups including ethnic, athletic, dance, drama, music, religious, community service, political, and journalism organizations. Harvard can be affordable as their financial aid program requires no contribution from families with annual incomes below $65,000. Sign up in the Counseling department presentation binder to attend. AP students and parents: Please refer to the AP documents (http://www.vusd.org/webpages/gwhscounseling/ap.cfm) for information regarding the fees, dates, and deadlines for 2017 AP exams. You may also obtain forms for Fee Waivers and/or your one free AP exam provided by VUSD. We also accept payments via credit card online at the GW webstore! (http://webstores.activenetwork.com/school-software/golden_west_high_sch/). March 2nd is the absolute last day to pay for AP Exams! Clubs: GSA Club: Meeting this Thursday during lunch in A-9. The t-shirts are in and we need to plan for second semester events. See you then! Athletics: Baseball: Baseball season has begun. Throwing and conditioning begins at 3:40PM on the varsity field every day. Attendance is mandatory. XL Program: XL has Afterschool Intervention available on Wednesday's and Thursdays in P-21 for students who have detention that needs to be served. There will be an XL staff member in P-21 from 3:30-4:00pm on those days. It's coming this spring!!! Mr. Rodgers will once again be offering his EMS/Health Careers XL Class! Start date is March 1st, so plan ahead as this class fills quickly...field trips and guest speakers!!! Check out the tentative schedule at: http://bit.ly/emss2018 Below is the link for our Blazer Central. https://youtu.be/WyyDS5euJRI Sincerely, Nora Cabasa Secretary II Golden West High School (559) 730-7801 ncabasa at vusd.org [cid:image002.jpg at 01D389F4.880F0E70] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3121 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2018 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: From ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us Wed Jan 10 16:29:20 2018 From: ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us (Cabasa, Nora) Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 16:29:20 -0800 Subject: [GWHS-Bulletin] 01.11.18 bulletin Message-ID: <6348E437B2945C42BDE107E3CEDEDA90019C236BD122@EXCH-MBC-1.vusd> GOLDEN WEST HIGH SCHOOL HOME OF THE TRAILBLAZERS [cid:image001.jpg at 01D38A30.2ADB6140] Daily Bulletin - Volume 39; Issue 88 Thursday, January 11, 2018 SENIORS!!!!! Grad Nite tickets will be sold on Thursday, Feb.1st starting at 7am in front of the office. Tickets will be $190; cash or check made payable to Golden West High School. Permission slips will be available in front of the finance office and both sides must be completed, including medical info! Bring your student ID, completed permission slip, and money to purchase a ticket. Formal pictures are in and may be picked up in the attendance office. Please come in before school, during lunch and afterschool to pick them up. Please be aware that we will start with Tardy Sweeps immediately. In order to avoid after school detention due to being caught in a tardy sweep please make sure that you are in your classroom prior to the tardy bell ringing. Don't forget to purchase your yearbook in room A-11. They are currently on sale for $85 and personalization is still available. Make sure to order it before personalization ends on January 26! KIDS DAY *MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING ALL ARE WELCOME! Wednesday, January 17 at LUNCH in the Main Gym *You must attend the meeting to be able to work on Kids Day - March 6 See Mr. Gluckmann in Room FS-4/L-20 ahead of time if you are unable to attend. Lost and Found: Missing anything? Please come into the attendance office before school, after school and during lunch and look through our lost and found items. You would be surprised what gets turned in. Artists and interested students: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has teamed up with Target for the third annual National High School Design Competition, challenging teens around the country to make the everyday-place, process, or object-accessible for all! It's a design challenge that welcomes great ideas from students with all interests from art and design to civics and community engagement. See either Mr. Vieira in A-3 or Mrs. K in A-9 for flyers or more information. Please visit the website, where you'll find education resources to inspire and give you ideas. https://www.cooperhewitt.org/design-competition/ Due to the weather becoming colder we will be allowing students to wear beanies and headbands. Please remember they must be free of logos or decorations. The only logo that will be allowed will be our school logo. The beanies must be a single color white, black, grey, brown, tan or gold. This flexibility only applies to protection from the cold, not for hats. They may only be worn outdoors. Interested in studying voice? Have no experience, but would like to learn? See Mr. Raheb to sign up for one of our choir classes 2nd semester. ASB WANTS YOU! Want to be an ASB Officer? Want to be in next year's ASB/Leadership Class? MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING Wednesday, February 7 @ Lunch in Room M-1 IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND THIS MEETING, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE OR BE IN THE ASB CLASS. QUESTIONS? SEE MR. GLUCKMANN in FS-4 or L-20 BEFORE THE MEETING Counseling Dept.: ATTN Juniors & Seniors: If you are looking for work, Employment Connections Job listing is available weekly to view in the Counseling Dept. Presentation Binder or in the Library. For the 81th consecutive year, the Lions Clubs of California will hold their annual Student Speakers Contest. All grade levels are eligible to participate. Over $103,500 will be paid out in scholarships to the winning students. Local area winners will win $100 and can advance to the district level where the winner will be awarded a $4,500 scholarship and can advance even further in the contest to win up to $21,000. This year students will answer the question: "Integrity and Civility play what role in today's society?" An "Interest Form" is available on the GW Scholarship webpage or come to the Counseling Office and pick one up from the "Presentation Binder". Interest forms are due to Mrs. McIntosh in the counseling office by January 15, 2018. A representative from Harvard College will be on campus, Tues, January 16, 2018, during 6th period. Harvard College has more than 49 areas of concentration and is home to the largest academic library system in the world. Harvard has universally renowned faculty, state-of-the-art facilities, and over 450 student-run groups including ethnic, athletic, dance, drama, music, religious, community service, political, and journalism organizations. Harvard can be affordable as their financial aid program requires no contribution from families with annual incomes below $65,000. Sign up in the Counseling department presentation binder to attend. AP students and parents: Please refer to the AP documents (http://www.vusd.org/webpages/gwhscounseling/ap.cfm) for information regarding the fees, dates, and deadlines for 2017 AP exams. You may also obtain forms for Fee Waivers and/or your one free AP exam provided by VUSD. We also accept payments via credit card online at the GW webstore! (http://webstores.activenetwork.com/school-software/golden_west_high_sch/). March 2nd is the absolute last day to pay for AP Exams! Clubs: GSA Club: Meeting this Thursday during lunch in A-9. The t-shirts are in and we need to plan for second semester events. See you then! Athletics: Baseball: Baseball season has begun. Throwing and conditioning begins at 3:40PM on the varsity field every day. Attendance is mandatory. XL Program: XL has Afterschool Intervention available on Wednesday's and Thursdays in E-10 for students who have detention that needs to be served. There will be an XL Staff member in E-10 from 3:30-4:00pm on those days. It's coming this spring!!! Mr. Rodgers will once again be offering his EMS/Health Careers XL Class! Start date is March 1st, so plan ahead as this class fills quickly...field trips and guest speakers!!! Check out the tentative schedule at: http://bit.ly/emss2018 Below is the link for our Blazer Central. https://youtu.be/WyyDS5euJRI Sincerely, Nora Cabasa Secretary II Golden West High School (559) 730-7801 ncabasa at vusd.org [cid:image002.jpg at 01D38A30.2ADB6140] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: 01.11.18 bulletin.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 20584 bytes Desc: 01.11.18 bulletin.docx URL: From ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us Thu Jan 11 16:29:19 2018 From: ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us (Cabasa, Nora) Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 16:29:19 -0800 Subject: [GWHS-Bulletin] 01.12.18 bulletin Message-ID: <6348E437B2945C42BDE107E3CEDEDA90019C236BD3CD@EXCH-MBC-1.vusd> GOLDEN WEST HIGH SCHOOL HOME OF THE TRAILBLAZERS [cid:image001.jpg at 01D38AF9.54C039D0] Daily Bulletin - Volume 39; Issue 89 Friday, January 12, 2018 Do you know how to play the drum set? Are you interested in performing with the GW Jazz band around town and at festivals out of town? If so, please go see Mr. McFarlane in the band room (M5). SENIORS!!!!! Grad Nite tickets will be sold on Thursday, Feb.1st starting at 7am in front of the office. Tickets will be $190; cash or check made payable to Golden West High School. Permission slips will be available in front of the finance office and both sides must be completed, including medical info! Bring your student ID, completed permission slip, and money to purchase a ticket. Formal pictures are in and may be picked up in the attendance office. Please come in before school, during lunch and afterschool to pick them up. Please be aware that we will start with Tardy Sweeps immediately. In order to avoid after school detention due to being caught in a tardy sweep please make sure that you are in your classroom prior to the tardy bell ringing. Don't forget to purchase your yearbook in room A-11. They are currently on sale for $85 and personalization is still available. Make sure to order it before personalization ends on January 26! KIDS DAY *MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING ALL ARE WELCOME! Wednesday, January 17 at LUNCH in the Main Gym *You must attend the meeting to be able to work on Kids Day - March 6 See Mr. Gluckmann in Room FS-4/L-20 ahead of time if you are unable to attend. Lost and Found: Missing anything? Please come into the attendance office before school, after school and during lunch and look through our lost and found items. You would be surprised what gets turned in. Artists and interested students: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has teamed up with Target for the third annual National High School Design Competition, challenging teens around the country to make the everyday-place, process, or object-accessible for all! It's a design challenge that welcomes great ideas from students with all interests from art and design to civics and community engagement. See either Mr. Vieira in A-3 or Mrs. K in A-9 for flyers or more information. Please visit the website, where you'll find education resources to inspire and give you ideas. https://www.cooperhewitt.org/design-competition/ Due to the weather becoming colder we will be allowing students to wear beanies and headbands. Please remember they must be free of logos or decorations. The only logo that will be allowed will be our school logo. The beanies must be a single color white, black, grey, brown, tan or gold. This flexibility only applies to protection from the cold, not for hats. They may only be worn outdoors. ASB WANTS YOU! Want to be an ASB Officer? Want to be in next year's ASB/Leadership Class? MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING Wednesday, February 7 @ Lunch in Room M-1 IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND THIS MEETING, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE OR BE IN THE ASB CLASS. QUESTIONS? SEE MR. GLUCKMANN in FS-4 or L-20 BEFORE THE MEETING Counseling Dept.: ATTN SENIORS: If you have not yet filled out your FAFSA, Visalia Unified will be hosting a Financial Aid Workshop, Thursday, January 25, 2018 at our Visalia Unified District Office (5000 W. Cypress St.) in the Board Room at 6 p.m. Other than visiting our College & Career Ambassador after school in the library this is the last opportunity to have Financial Aid professionals present while you are applying. ATTENTION JUNIOR & SENIOR BOYS: Boy counselors are STILL needed for Scicon. You MUST be in good academic standing, C average or better, Good Discipline and Attendance record and be a good role model. If you are in need of community service hours, being a counselor for Scicon will help! Please see Mrs. McIntosh in the Counseling Dept. ATTN Juniors & Seniors: If you are looking for work, Employment Connections Job listing is available weekly to view in the Counseling Dept. Presentation Binder or in the Library. For the 81th consecutive year, the Lions Clubs of California will hold their annual Student Speakers Contest. All grade levels are eligible to participate. Over $103,500 will be paid out in scholarships to the winning students. Local area winners will win $100 and can advance to the district level where the winner will be awarded a $4,500 scholarship and can advance even further in the contest to win up to $21,000. This year students will answer the question: "Integrity and Civility play what role in today's society?" An "Interest Form" is available on the GW Scholarship webpage or come to the Counseling Office and pick one up from the "Presentation Binder". Interest forms are due to Mrs. McIntosh in the counseling office by January 15, 2018. A representative from Harvard College will be on campus, Tues, January 16, 2018, during 6th period. Harvard has universally renowned faculty, state-of-the-art facilities, and over 450 student-run groups including ethnic, athletic, dance, drama, music, religious, community service, political, and journalism organizations. Harvard can be affordable as their financial aid program requires no contribution from families with annual incomes below $65,000. Sign up in the Counseling department presentation binder to attend. AP students and parents: Please refer to the AP documents (http://www.vusd.org/webpages/gwhscounseling/ap.cfm) for information regarding the fees, dates, and deadlines for 2017 AP exams. You may also obtain forms for Fee Waivers and/or your one free AP exam provided by VUSD. We also accept payments via credit card online at the GW webstore! (http://webstores.activenetwork.com/school-software/golden_west_high_sch/). March 2nd is the absolute last day to pay for AP Exams! Clubs: GSA Club: Meeting this Thursday during lunch in A-9. The t-shirts are in and we need to plan for second semester events. See you then! Athletics: Baseball: Baseball season has begun. Throwing and conditioning begins at 3:40PM on the varsity field every day. Attendance is mandatory. XL Program: XL has Afterschool Intervention available on Wednesday's and Thursdays in E-10 from 3:30-4PM for students who have detention that needs to be served. It's coming this spring!!! Mr. Rodgers will once again be offering his EMS/Health Careers XL Class! Start date is March 1st, so plan ahead as this class fills quickly...field trips and guest speakers!!! Check out the tentative schedule at: http://bit.ly/emss2018 Below is the link for our Blazer Central. https://youtu.be/WyyDS5euJRI Sincerely, Nora Cabasa Secretary II Golden West High School (559) 730-7801 ncabasa at vusd.org [cid:image002.jpg at 01D38AF9.54C039D0] --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3121 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2019 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 01.12.17 bulletin.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 21240 bytes Desc: 01.12.17 bulletin.docx URL: From ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us Fri Jan 12 15:54:31 2018 From: ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us (Cabasa, Nora) Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:54:31 -0800 Subject: [GWHS-Bulletin] 01.16.18 bulletin Message-ID: <6348E437B2945C42BDE107E3CEDEDA90019C236BD5C6@EXCH-MBC-1.vusd> GOLDEN WEST HIGH SCHOOL HOME OF THE TRAILBLAZERS [cid:image001.jpg at 01D38BBD.5FA78410] Daily Bulletin - Volume 39; Issue 90 Tuesday, January16, 2018 Do you know how to play the drum set? Are you interested in performing with the GW Jazz band around town and at festivals out of town? If so, please go see Mr. McFarlane in the band room (M5). SENIORS!!!!! Grad Nite tickets will be sold on Thursday, Feb.1st starting at 7am in front of the office. Tickets will be $190; cash or check made payable to Golden West High School. Permission slips will be available in front of the finance office and both sides must be completed, including medical info! Bring your student ID, completed permission slip, and money to purchase a ticket. Formal pictures are in and may be picked up in the attendance office. Please come in before school, during lunch and afterschool to pick them up. Please be aware that we will start with Tardy Sweeps immediately. In order to avoid after school detention due to being caught in a tardy sweep please make sure that you are in your classroom prior to the tardy bell ringing. Don't forget to purchase your yearbook in room A-11. They are currently on sale for $85 and personalization is still available. Make sure to order it before personalization ends on January 26! KIDS DAY *MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING ALL ARE WELCOME! Wednesday, January 17 at LUNCH in the Main Gym *You must attend the meeting to be able to work on Kids Day - March 6 See Mr. Gluckmann in Room FS-4/L-20 ahead of time if you are unable to attend. Lost and Found: Missing anything? Please come into the attendance office before school, after school and during lunch and look through our lost and found items. You would be surprised what gets turned in. Artists and interested students: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has teamed up with Target for the third annual National High School Design Competition, challenging teens around the country to make the everyday-place, process, or object-accessible for all! It's a design challenge that welcomes great ideas from students with all interests from art and design to civics and community engagement. See either Mr. Vieira in A-3 or Mrs. K in A-9 for flyers or more information. Please visit the website, where you'll find education resources to inspire and give you ideas. https://www.cooperhewitt.org/design-competition/ Due to the weather becoming colder we will be allowing students to wear beanies and headbands. Please remember they must be free of logos or decorations. The only logo that will be allowed will be our school logo. The beanies must be a single color white, black, grey, brown, tan or gold. This flexibility only applies to protection from the cold, not for hats. They may only be worn outdoors. ASB WANTS YOU! Want to be an ASB Officer? Want to be in next year's ASB/Leadership Class? MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING. Wednesday, February 7 @ Lunch in Room M-1 IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND THIS MEETING, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE OR BE IN THE ASB CLASS. QUESTIONS? SEE MR. GLUCKMANN in FS-4 or L-20 BEFORE THE MEETING. Athletics: Track: Track season will begin on 1/23/18 at 3:40PM. Make sure to bring out your best shoes and get ready for the new season! If they have any further question they can go to MA-8or FS-1 to ask Mr. Garcia or Mr. Gutierrez for further details. Baseball: Baseball season has begun. Throwing and conditioning begins at 3:40PM on the varsity field every day. Attendance is mandatory. Counseling Dept.: ATTN SENIORS: If you have not yet filled out your FAFSA, Visalia Unified will be hosting a Financial Aid Workshop, Thursday, January 25, 2018 at our Visalia Unified District Office (5000 W. Cypress St.) in the Board Room at 6 p.m. Other than visiting our College & Career Ambassador after school in the library this is the last opportunity to have Financial Aid professionals present while you are applying. ATTENTION JUNIOR & SENIOR BOYS: Boy counselors are STILL needed for Scicon. You MUST be in good academic standing, C average or better, Good Discipline and Attendance record and be a good role model. If you are in need of community service hours, being a counselor for Scicon will help! Please see Mrs. McIntosh in the Counseling Dept. ATTN Juniors & Seniors: If you are looking for work, Employment Connections Job listing is available weekly to view in the Counseling Dept. Presentation Binder or in the Library. For the 81th consecutive year, the Lions Clubs of California will hold their annual Student Speakers Contest. All grade levels are eligible to participate. Over $103,500 will be paid out in scholarships to the winning students. Local area winners will win $100 and can advance to the district level where the winner will be awarded a $4,500 scholarship and can advance even further in the contest to win up to $21,000. This year students will answer the question: "Integrity and Civility play what role in today's society?" An "Interest Form" is available on the GW Scholarship webpage or come to the Counseling Office and pick one up from the "Presentation Binder". Interest forms are due to Mrs. McIntosh in the counseling office by January 15, 2018. A representative from Harvard College will be on campus, Tues, January 16, 2018, during 6th period. Harvard has universally renowned faculty, state-of-the-art facilities, and over 450 student-run groups including ethnic, athletic, dance, drama, music, religious, community service, political, and journalism organizations. Harvard can be affordable as their financial aid program requires no contribution from families with annual incomes below $65,000. Sign up in the Counseling department presentation binder to attend. AP students and parents: Please refer to the AP documents (http://www.vusd.org/webpages/gwhscounseling/ap.cfm) for information regarding the fees, dates, and deadlines for 2017 AP exams. You may also obtain forms for Fee Waivers and/or your one free AP exam provided by VUSD. We also accept payments via credit card online at the GW webstore! (http://webstores.activenetwork.com/school-software/golden_west_high_sch/). March 2nd is the absolute last day to pay for AP Exams! Clubs: Chinese Culture Club: Meeting Friday (01/19) in Room FS-8. Bring your lunch. GSA Club: Meeting this Thursday during lunch in A-9. The t-shirts are in and we need to plan for second semester events. See you then! XL Program: XL has Afterschool Intervention available on Wednesday's and Thursdays in E-10 from 3:30-4PM for students who have detention that needs to be served. It's coming this spring!!! Mr. Rodgers will once again be offering his EMS/Health Careers XL Class! Start date is March 1st, so plan ahead as this class fills quickly...field trips and guest speakers!!! Check out the tentative schedule at: http://bit.ly/emss2018 Sincerely, Nora Cabasa Secretary II Golden West High School (559) 730-7801 ncabasa at vusd.org [cid:image004.jpg at 01D38BBD.A2684AA0] --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3121 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image004.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2019 bytes Desc: image004.jpg URL: From ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us Tue Jan 16 16:12:08 2018 From: ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us (Cabasa, Nora) Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:12:08 -0800 Subject: [GWHS-Bulletin] 01.17.18 bulletin Message-ID: <6348E437B2945C42BDE107E3CEDEDA90019C23F2C931@EXCH-MBC-1.vusd> GOLDEN WEST HIGH SCHOOL HOME OF THE TRAILBLAZERS [cid:image001.jpg at 01D38EE4.B6D50DA0] Daily Bulletin - Volume 39; Issue 91 Wednesday, January17, 2018 Do you know how to play the drum set? Are you interested in performing with the GW Jazz band around town and at festivals out of town? If so, please go see Mr. McFarlane in the band room (M5). SENIORS!!!!! Grad Nite tickets will be sold on Thursday, Feb.1st starting at 7am in front of the office. Tickets will be $190; cash or check made payable to Golden West High School. Permission slips will be available in front of the finance office and both sides must be completed, including medical info! Bring your student ID, completed permission slip, and money to purchase a ticket. Formal pictures are in and may be picked up in the attendance office. Please come in before school, during lunch and afterschool to pick them up. Please be aware that we will start with Tardy Sweeps immediately. In order to avoid after school detention due to being caught in a tardy sweep please make sure that you are in your classroom prior to the tardy bell ringing. Don't forget to purchase your yearbook in room A-11. They are currently on sale for $85 and personalization is still available. Make sure to order it before personalization ends on January 26! KIDS DAY *MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING ALL ARE WELCOME! Wednesday, January 17 at LUNCH in the Main Gym *You must attend the meeting to be able to work on Kids Day - March 6 See Mr. Gluckmann in Room FS-4/L-20 ahead of time if you are unable to attend. It's never too late to attend Saturday University. We are only a week into the new semester and there's no better time to make sure you stay on top of your grades. Attend Saturday University and get that extra help you need. Sign up through Google Classroom. Make sure to sign up the Wednesday before attending to guarantee a meal. Also, let us know if you need specific help in a subject. Hope to see you there (8am in the Cafeteria)! Google classroom info: Seniors Google Classroom code is d1kze1c Juniors Google classroom code is wqu6em Sophomores Google Classroom code is zhqadvb Freshman Google Classroom code is sv1ygnd Artists and interested students: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has teamed up with Target for the third annual National High School Design Competition, challenging teens around the country to make the everyday-place, process, or object-accessible for all! It's a design challenge that welcomes great ideas from students with all interests from art and design to civics and community engagement. See either Mr. Vieira in A-3 or Mrs. K in A-9 for flyers or more information. Please visit the website, where you'll find education resources to inspire and give you ideas. https://www.cooperhewitt.org/design-competition/ Due to the weather becoming colder we will be allowing students to wear beanies and headbands. Please remember they must be free of logos or decorations. The only logo that will be allowed will be our school logo. The beanies must be a single color white, black, grey, brown, tan or gold. This flexibility only applies to protection from the cold, not for hats. They may only be worn outdoors. ASB WANTS YOU! Want to be an ASB Officer? Want to be in next year's ASB/Leadership Class? MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING. Wednesday, February 7 @ Lunch in Room M-1 IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND THIS MEETING, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE OR BE IN THE ASB CLASS. QUESTIONS? SEE MR. GLUCKMANN in FS-4 or L-20 BEFORE THE MEETING. Athletics: Track: Track season will begin on 1/23/18 at 3:40PM. Make sure to bring out your best shoes and get ready for the new season! If you have any further question you can go to MA-8 or FS-1 to ask Mr. Garcia or Mr. Gutierrez for further details. Baseball: Baseball season has begun. Throwing and conditioning begins at 3:40PM on the varsity field every day. Attendance is mandatory. Counseling Dept.: Attention Seniors: Scholarship Opportunity! Golden West High School can nominate one graduating senior from our school to be an NCSF scholarship applicant. This scholarship is for $8,000 per year, renewable for four years, totaling $32,000. Scholarship requirements are: student must have financial need, earned high GPA and SAT/ACT scores, have outstanding moral character, participate in extracurricular activities, be willing to earn a portion of their expenses while in college, have a clear idea of which college courses they intend to pursue, have some idea of what they intend to do for their life work, and student and both parents must be US citizens. If you would like to be considered for this wonderful opportunity, please email Mrs. Waters at twaters at vusd.org by 1/26/18 at 3:30 PM. More information can be found on their website at http://www.ncsfscholarships.org/ ATTN SENIORS: If you have not yet filled out your FAFSA, Visalia Unified will be hosting a Financial Aid Workshop, Thursday, January 25, 2018 at our Visalia Unified District Office (5000 W. Cypress St.) in the Board Room at 6 p.m. Other than visiting our College & Career Ambassador after school in the library this is the last opportunity to have Financial Aid professionals present while you are applying. ATTENTION JUNIOR & SENIOR BOYS: Boy counselors are STILL needed for Scicon. You MUST be in good academic standing, C average or better, Good Discipline and Attendance record and be a good role model. If you are in need of community service hours, being a counselor for Scicon will help! Please see Mrs. McIntosh in the Counseling Dept. ATTN Juniors & Seniors: If you are looking for work, Employment Connections Job listing is available weekly to view in the Counseling Dept. Presentation Binder or in the Library. AP students and parents: Please refer to the AP documents (http://www.vusd.org/webpages/gwhscounseling/ap.cfm) for information regarding the fees, dates, and deadlines for 2017 AP exams. You may also obtain forms for Fee Waivers and/or your one free AP exam provided by VUSD. We also accept payments via credit card online at the GW webstore! (http://webstores.activenetwork.com/school-software/golden_west_high_sch/). March 2nd is the absolute last day to pay for AP Exams! Clubs: Chinese Culture Club: Meeting Friday (01/19) in Room FS-8. Bring your lunch. GSA Club: Meeting this Thursday during lunch in A-9. The t-shirts are in and we need to plan for second semester events. See you then! Ablaze: Ablaze Club will be meeting this Thursday at lunch in room E-9. You need to bring your own lunch - there will be no food. But come join us anyway! XL Program: XL has Afterschool Intervention available on Wednesday's and Thursdays in E-10 from 3:30-4PM for students who have detention that needs to be served. It's coming this spring!!! Mr. Rodgers will once again be offering his EMS/Health Careers XL Class! Start date is March 1st, so plan ahead as this class fills quickly...field trips and guest speakers!!! Check out the tentative schedule at: http://bit.ly/emss2018 Sincerely, Nora Cabasa Secretary II Golden West High School (559) 730-7801 ncabasa at vusd.org [cid:image004.jpg at 01D38EE4.C25F27A0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3121 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image004.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2018 bytes Desc: image004.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 01.17.18bulletin.docx Type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Size: 21867 bytes Desc: 01.17.18bulletin.docx URL: From ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us Thu Jan 18 09:10:06 2018 From: ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us (Cabasa, Nora) Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 09:10:06 -0800 Subject: [GWHS-Bulletin] bulletin 01.18.18 Message-ID: <6348E437B2945C42BDE107E3CEDEDA90019C23F2CC8D@EXCH-MBC-1.vusd> GOLDEN WEST HIGH SCHOOL HOME OF THE TRAILBLAZERS [cid:image001.jpg at 01D3903B.C66A93E0] Daily Bulletin - Volume 39; Issue 92 Thursday, January 18, 2018 Do you know how to play the drum set? Are you interested in performing with the GW Jazz band around town and at festivals out of town? If so, please go see Mr. McFarlane in the band room (M5). SENIORS!!!!! Grad Nite tickets will be sold on Thursday, Feb.1st starting at 7am in front of the office. Tickets will be $190; cash or check made payable to Golden West High School. Permission slips will be available in front of the finance office and both sides must be completed, including medical info! Bring your student ID, completed permission slip, and money to purchase a ticket. Formal pictures are in and may be picked up in the attendance office. Please come in before school, during lunch and afterschool to pick them up. Please be aware that we will start with Tardy Sweeps immediately. In order to avoid after school detention due to being caught in a tardy sweep please make sure that you are in your classroom prior to the tardy bell ringing. Don't forget to purchase your yearbook in room A-11. They are currently on sale for $85 and personalization is still available. Make sure to order it before personalization ends on January 26! It's never too late to attend Saturday University. We are only a week into the new semester and there's no better time to make sure you stay on top of your grades. Attend Saturday University and get that extra help you need. Sign up through Google Classroom. Make sure to sign up the Wednesday before attending to guarantee a meal. Also, let us know if you need specific help in a subject. Hope to see you there (8am in the Cafeteria)! Google classroom info: Seniors Google Classroom code is d1kze1c Juniors Google classroom code is wqu6em Sophomores Google Classroom code is zhqadvb Freshman Google Classroom code is sv1ygnd Artists and interested students: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has teamed up with Target for the third annual National High School Design Competition, challenging teens around the country to make the everyday-place, process, or object-accessible for all! It's a design challenge that welcomes great ideas from students with all interests from art and design to civics and community engagement. See either Mr. Vieira in A-3 or Mrs. K in A-9 for flyers or more information. Please visit the website, where you'll find education resources to inspire and give you ideas. https://www.cooperhewitt.org/design-competition/ Due to the weather becoming colder we will be allowing students to wear beanies and headbands. Please remember they must be free of logos or decorations. The only logo that will be allowed will be our school logo. The beanies must be a single color white, black, grey, brown, tan or gold. This flexibility only applies to protection from the cold, not for hats. They may only be worn outdoors. ASB WANTS YOU! Want to be an ASB Officer? Want to be in next year's ASB/Leadership Class? MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING. Wednesday, February 7 @ Lunch in Room M-1 IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND THIS MEETING, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE OR BE IN THE ASB CLASS. QUESTIONS? SEE MR. GLUCKMANN in FS-4 or L-20 BEFORE THE MEETING. Athletics: Track: Track season will begin on 1/23/18 at 3:40PM. Make sure to bring out your best shoes and get ready for the new season! If you have any further question you can go to MA-8 or FS-1 to ask Mr. Garcia or Mr. Gutierrez for further details. Baseball: Baseball season has begun. Throwing and conditioning begins at 3:40PM on the varsity field every day. Attendance is mandatory. Counseling Dept.: Attention Seniors: Scholarship Opportunity! Golden West High School can nominate one graduating senior from our school to be an NCSF scholarship applicant. This scholarship is for $8,000 per year, renewable for four years, totaling $32,000. Scholarship requirements are: student must have financial need, earned high GPA and SAT/ACT scores, have outstanding moral character, participate in extracurricular activities, be willing to earn a portion of their expenses while in college, have a clear idea of which college courses they intend to pursue, have some idea of what they intend to do for their life work, and student and both parents must be US citizens. If you would like to be considered for this wonderful opportunity, please email Mrs. Waters at twaters at vusd.org by 1/26/18 at 3:30 PM. More information can be found on their website at http://www.ncsfscholarships.org/ ATTN SENIORS: If you have not yet filled out your FAFSA, Visalia Unified will be hosting a Financial Aid Workshop, Thursday, January 25, 2018 at our Visalia Unified District Office (5000 W. Cypress St.) in the Board Room at 6 p.m. Other than visiting our College & Career Ambassador after school in the library this is the last opportunity to have Financial Aid professionals present while you are applying. ATTENTION JUNIOR & SENIOR BOYS: Boy counselors are STILL needed for Scicon. You MUST be in good academic standing, C average or better, Good Discipline and Attendance record and be a good role model. If you are in need of community service hours, being a counselor for Scicon will help! Please see Mrs. McIntosh in the Counseling Dept. ATTN Juniors & Seniors: If you are looking for work, Employment Connections Job listing is available weekly to view in the Counseling Dept. Presentation Binder or in the Library. AP students and parents: Please refer to the AP documents (http://www.vusd.org/webpages/gwhscounseling/ap.cfm) for information regarding the fees, dates, and deadlines for 2017 AP exams. You may also obtain forms for Fee Waivers and/or your one free AP exam provided by VUSD. We also accept payments via credit card online at the GW webstore! (http://webstores.activenetwork.com/school-software/golden_west_high_sch/). March 2nd is the absolute last day to pay for AP Exams! Clubs: Chinese Culture Club: Meeting Friday (01/19) in Room FS-8. Bring your lunch. GSA Club: Meeting this Thursday during lunch in A-9. The t-shirts are in and we need to plan for second semester events. See you then! Ablaze: Ablaze Club will be meeting this Thursday at lunch in room E-9. You need to bring your own lunch - there will be no food. But come join us anyway! XL Program: XL has Afterschool Intervention available on Wednesday's and Thursdays in E-10 from 3:30-4PM for students who have detention that needs to be served. Does helping others and your community appeal to you? Is it something you think you would enjoy? XL provides a community outreach group catering to any willing Golden West student. Some of our activities include hospital visits to visit sick children, feeding the homeless at local shelters, cleaning up Visalia by gathering trash around downtown and removing graffiti. We even have fun field trips planned for Quantum Leap and Clay Cafe. We want to create mentors for the incoming middle schoolers by joining in and hanging out with them as friends and peers. XL is a great way to become involved in the community, your school, and with new friends. Not to mention your participation in a group like this would look great in a job interview and on college applications. If you think you would be interested in any of the activities listed then please visit the XL program in room E- 10 to learn more about our Youth Council. It's coming this spring!!! Mr. Rodgers will once again be offering his EMS/Health Careers XL Class! Start date is March 1st, so plan ahead as this class fills quickly...field trips and guest speakers!!! Check out the tentative schedule at: http://bit.ly/emss2018 Sincerely, Nora Cabasa Secretary II Golden West High School (559) 730-7801 ncabasa at vusd.org [cid:image004.jpg at 01D3903C.21E88380] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3121 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image004.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2019 bytes Desc: image004.jpg URL: From ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us Fri Jan 19 08:04:56 2018 From: ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us (Cabasa, Nora) Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 08:04:56 -0800 Subject: [GWHS-Bulletin] 01.19.18 bulletin Message-ID: <6348E437B2945C42BDE107E3CEDEDA90019C23F2CED8@EXCH-MBC-1.vusd> GOLDEN WEST HIGH SCHOOL HOME OF THE TRAILBLAZERS [cid:image001.jpg at 01D390FA.D2CA3F90] Daily Bulletin - Volume 39; Issue 93 Friday, January 19, 2018 SENIORS!!!!! Grad Nite tickets will be sold on Thursday, Feb.1st starting at 7am in front of the office. Tickets will be $190; cash or check made payable to Golden West High School. Permission slips will be available in front of the finance office and both sides must be completed, including medical info! Bring your student ID, completed permission slip, and money to purchase a ticket. Formal pictures are in and may be picked up in the attendance office. Please come in before school, during lunch and afterschool to pick them up. Please be aware that we will start with Tardy Sweeps immediately. In order to avoid after school detention due to being caught in a tardy sweep please make sure that you are in your classroom prior to the tardy bell ringing. Don't forget to purchase your yearbook in room A-11. They are currently on sale for $85 and personalization is still available. Make sure to order it before personalization ends on January 26! It's never too late to attend Saturday University. We are only a week into the new semester and there's no better time to make sure you stay on top of your grades. Attend Saturday University and get that extra help you need. Sign up through Google Classroom. Make sure to sign up the Wednesday before attending to guarantee a meal. Also, let us know if you need specific help in a subject. Hope to see you there (8am in the Cafeteria)! Google classroom info: Seniors Google Classroom code is d1kze1c Juniors Google classroom code is wqu6em Sophomores Google Classroom code is zhqadvb Freshman Google Classroom code is sv1ygnd Artists and interested students: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has teamed up with Target for the third annual National High School Design Competition, challenging teens around the country to make the everyday-place, process, or object-accessible for all! It's a design challenge that welcomes great ideas from students with all interests from art and design to civics and community engagement. See either Mr. Vieira in A-3 or Mrs. K in A-9 for flyers or more information. Please visit the website, where you'll find education resources to inspire and give you ideas. https://www.cooperhewitt.org/design-competition/ Due to the weather becoming colder we will be allowing students to wear beanies and headbands. Please remember they must be free of logos or decorations. The only logo that will be allowed will be our school logo. The beanies must be a single color white, black, grey, brown, tan or gold. This flexibility only applies to protection from the cold, not for hats. They may only be worn outdoors. ASB WANTS YOU! Want to be an ASB Officer? Want to be in next year's ASB/Leadership Class? MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING. Wednesday, February 7 @ Lunch in Room M-1 IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND THIS MEETING, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE OR BE IN THE ASB CLASS. QUESTIONS? SEE MR. GLUCKMANN in FS-4 or L-20 BEFORE THE MEETING. Athletics: Track: Track season will begin on 1/23/18 at 3:40PM. Make sure to bring out your best shoes and get ready for the new season! If you have any further question you can go to MA-8 or FS-1 to ask Mr. Garcia or Mr. Gutierrez for further details. Baseball: Baseball season has begun. Throwing and conditioning begins at 3:40PM on the varsity field every day. Attendance is mandatory. Counseling Dept.: Attention Seniors: Scholarship Opportunity! Golden West High School can nominate one graduating senior from our school to be an NCSF scholarship applicant. This scholarship is for $8,000 per year, renewable for four years, totaling $32,000. Scholarship requirements are: student must have financial need, earned high GPA and SAT/ACT scores, have outstanding moral character, participate in extracurricular activities, be willing to earn a portion of their expenses while in college, have a clear idea of which college courses they intend to pursue, have some idea of what they intend to do for their life work, and student and both parents must be US citizens. If you would like to be considered for this wonderful opportunity, please email Mrs. Waters at twaters at vusd.org by 1/26/18 at 3:30 PM. More information can be found on their website at http://www.ncsfscholarships.org/ ATTN SENIORS: If you have not yet filled out your FAFSA, Visalia Unified will be hosting a Financial Aid Workshop, Thursday, January 25, 2018 at our Visalia Unified District Office (5000 W. Cypress St.) in the Board Room at 6 p.m. Other than visiting our College & Career Ambassador after school in the library this is the last opportunity to have Financial Aid professionals present while you are applying. ATTENTION JUNIOR & SENIOR BOYS: Boy counselors are STILL needed for Scicon. You MUST be in good academic standing, C average or better, Good Discipline and Attendance record and be a good role model. If you are in need of community service hours, being a counselor for Scicon will help! Please see Mrs. McIntosh in the Counseling Dept. ATTN Juniors & Seniors: If you are looking for work, Employment Connections Job listing is available weekly to view in the Counseling Dept. Presentation Binder or in the Library. AP students and parents: Please refer to the AP documents (http://www.vusd.org/webpages/gwhscounseling/ap.cfm) for information regarding the fees, dates, and deadlines for 2017 AP exams. You may also obtain forms for Fee Waivers and/or your one free AP exam provided by VUSD. We also accept payments via credit card online at the GW webstore! (http://webstores.activenetwork.com/school-software/golden_west_high_sch/). March 2nd is the absolute last day to pay for AP Exams! Clubs: Chinese Culture Club: Meeting Friday (01/19) in Room FS-8. Bring your lunch. GSA Club: Meeting this Thursday during lunch in A-9. The t-shirts are in and we need to plan for second semester events. See you then! Ablaze: Ablaze Club will be meeting this Thursday at lunch in room E-9. You need to bring your own lunch - there will be no food. But come join us anyway! XL Program: XL has Afterschool Intervention available on Wednesday's and Thursdays in E-10 from 3:30-4PM for students who have detention that needs to be served. Does helping others and your community appeal to you? Is it something you think you would enjoy? XL provides a community outreach group catering to any willing Golden West student. Some of our activities include hospital visits to visit sick children, feeding the homeless at local shelters, cleaning up Visalia by gathering trash around downtown and removing graffiti. We even have fun field trips planned for Quantum Leap and Clay Cafe. We want to create mentors for the incoming middle schoolers by joining in and hanging out with them as friends and peers. XL is a great way to become involved in the community, your school, and with new friends. Not to mention your participation in a group like this would look great in a job interview and on college applications. If you think you would be interested in any of the activities listed then please visit the XL program in room E- 10 to learn more about our Youth Council. It's coming this spring!!! Mr. Rodgers will once again be offering his EMS/Health Careers XL Class! Start date is March 1st, so plan ahead as this class fills quickly...field trips and guest speakers!!! Check out the tentative schedule at: http://bit.ly/emss2018 Watch our first Blazer Central episode of the 2018 year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcDZiamAfTc Sincerely, Nora Cabasa Secretary II Golden West High School (559) 730-7801 ncabasa at vusd.org [cid:image004.jpg at 01D390FC.31AF80A0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3121 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image004.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2019 bytes Desc: image004.jpg URL: From ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us Fri Jan 19 16:19:20 2018 From: ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us (Cabasa, Nora) Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:19:20 -0800 Subject: [GWHS-Bulletin] 01.22.18 bulletin Message-ID: <6348E437B2945C42BDE107E3CEDEDA90019C23F2D13F@EXCH-MBC-1.vusd> GOLDEN WEST HIGH SCHOOL HOME OF THE TRAILBLAZERS [cid:image001.jpg at 01D39141.42CB5540] Daily Bulletin - Volume 39; Issue 94 Monday, January 22, 2018 SENIORS!!!!! Grad Nite tickets will be sold on Thursday, Feb.1st starting at 7am in front of the office. Tickets will be $190; cash or check made payable to Golden West High School. Permission slips will be available in front of the finance office and both sides must be completed, including medical info! Bring your student ID, completed permission slip, and money to purchase a ticket. Formal pictures are in and may be picked up in the attendance office. Please come in before school, during lunch and afterschool to pick them up. CSF APPLICATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN ROOMS FS-4 & L-20. You must attach a copy of your previous semester report card (Fall 2017 Grades) or a copy of your transcript to your application and pay $5. Checks should be made to Golden West CSF. Applications along with payments are due in ROOM L-20 on Monday- Friday, January 29 - February 2 during LUNCH ONLY. Don't forget to purchase your yearbook in room A-11. They are currently on sale for $85 and personalization is still available. Make sure to order it before personalization ends on January 26! VAPA TALENT SHOWCASE MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING. Thursday, January 25th at LUNCH in Room L-20. EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT SURE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, YOU MUST ATTEND THE MEETING OR YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AUDITION. ANY QUESTIONS, SEE MR. GLUCKMANN IN ROOM FS-4 or L-19/20. It's never too late to attend Saturday University. We are only a week into the new semester and there's no better time to make sure you stay on top of your grades. Attend Saturday University and get that extra help you need. Sign up through Google Classroom. Make sure to sign up the Wednesday before attending to guarantee a meal. Also, let us know if you need specific help in a subject. Hope to see you there (8am in the Cafeteria)! Google classroom info: Seniors Google Classroom code is d1kze1c Juniors Google classroom code is wqu6em Sophomores Google Classroom code is zhqadvb Freshman Google Classroom code is sv1ygnd Due to the weather becoming colder we will be allowing students to wear beanies and headbands. Please remember they must be free of logos or decorations. The only logo that will be allowed will be our school logo. The beanies must be a single color white, black, grey, brown, tan or gold. This flexibility only applies to protection from the cold, not for hats. They may only be worn outdoors. Please be aware that we will start with Tardy Sweeps immediately. In order to avoid after school detention due to being caught in a tardy sweep please make sure that you are in your classroom prior to the tardy bell ringing. ASB WANTS YOU! Want to be an ASB Officer? Want to be in next year's ASB/Leadership Class? MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING. Wednesday, February 7 @ Lunch in Room M-1 IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND THIS MEETING, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE OR BE IN THE ASB CLASS. QUESTIONS? SEE MR. GLUCKMANN in FS-4 or L-20 BEFORE THE MEETING. Artists and interested students: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has teamed up with Target for the third annual National High School Design Competition, challenging teens around the country to make the everyday-place, process, or object-accessible for all! It's a design challenge that welcomes great ideas from students with all interests from art and design to civics and community engagement. See either Mr. Vieira in A-3 or Mrs. K in A-9 for flyers or more information. Please visit the website, where you'll find education resources to inspire and give you ideas. https://www.cooperhewitt.org/design-competition/ Athletics: Track: Track season will begin on 1/23/18 at 3:40PM. Make sure to bring out your best shoes and get ready for the new season! If you have any further question you can go to MA-8 or FS-1 to ask Mr. Garcia or Mr. Gutierrez for further details. Baseball: Baseball season has begun. Throwing and conditioning begins at 3:40PM on the varsity field every day. Attendance is mandatory. Softball: Softball tryouts begin Monday January 22 and run through Friday January 26. We start after school on the Varsity field. If you have any questions please see Miss Arbino in room P-13. Counseling Dept.: Attention Seniors: Scholarship Opportunity! Golden West High School can nominate one graduating senior from our school to be an NCSF scholarship applicant. This scholarship is for $8,000 per year, renewable for four years, totaling $32,000. Scholarship requirements are: student must have financial need, earned high GPA and SAT/ACT scores, have outstanding moral character, participate in extracurricular activities, be willing to earn a portion of their expenses while in college, have a clear idea of which college courses they intend to pursue, have some idea of what they intend to do for their life work, and student and both parents must be US citizens. If you would like to be considered for this wonderful opportunity, please email Mrs. Waters at twaters at vusd.org by 1/26/18 at 3:30 PM. More information can be found on their website at http://www.ncsfscholarships.org/ ATTN SENIORS: If you have not yet filled out your FAFSA, Visalia Unified will be hosting a Financial Aid Workshop, Thursday, January 25, 2018 at our Visalia Unified District Office (5000 W. Cypress St.) in the Board Room at 6 p.m. Other than visiting our College & Career Ambassador after school in the library this is the last opportunity to have Financial Aid professionals present while you are applying. ATTENTION JUNIOR & SENIOR BOYS: Boy counselors are STILL needed for Scicon. You MUST be in good academic standing, C average or better, Good Discipline and Attendance record and be a good role model. If you are in need of community service hours, being a counselor for Scicon will help! Please see Mrs. McIntosh in the Counseling Dept. ATTN Juniors & Seniors: If you are looking for work, Employment Connections Job listing is available weekly to view in the Counseling Dept. Presentation Binder or in the Library. AP students and parents: Please refer to the AP documents (http://www.vusd.org/webpages/gwhscounseling/ap.cfm) for information regarding the fees, dates, and deadlines for 2017 AP exams. You may also obtain forms for Fee Waivers and/or your one free AP exam provided by VUSD. We also accept payments via credit card online at the GW webstore! (http://webstores.activenetwork.com/school-software/golden_west_high_sch/). March 2nd is the absolute last day to pay for AP Exams! Clubs: GSA Club: Meeting this Thursday during lunch in A-9. The t-shirts are in and we need to plan for second semester events. See you then! Ablaze: Ablaze Club will be meeting this Thursday at lunch in room E-9. You need to bring your own lunch - there will be no food. But come join us anyway! XL Program: XL has Afterschool Intervention available on Wednesday's and Thursdays in E-10 from 3:30-4PM for students who have detention that needs to be served. Does helping others and your community appeal to you? Is it something you think you would enjoy? XL provides a community outreach group catering to any willing Golden West student. Some of our activities include hospital visits to visit sick children, feeding the homeless at local shelters, cleaning up Visalia by gathering trash around downtown and removing graffiti. We even have fun field trips planned for Quantum Leap and Clay Cafe. We want to create mentors for the incoming middle schoolers by joining in and hanging out with them as friends and peers. XL is a great way to become involved in the community, your school, and with new friends. Not to mention your participation in a group like this would look great in a job interview and on college applications. If you think you would be interested in any of the activities listed then please visit the XL program in room E- 10 to learn more about our Youth Council. It's coming this spring!!! Mr. Rodgers will once again be offering his EMS/Health Careers XL Class! Start date is March 1st, so plan ahead as this class fills quickly...field trips and guest speakers!!! Check out the tentative schedule at: http://bit.ly/emss2018 Watch our first Blazer Central episode of the 2018 year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcDZiamAfTc Sincerely, Nora Cabasa Secretary II Golden West High School (559) 730-7801 ncabasa at vusd.org [cid:image002.jpg at 01D39141.42CB5540] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3121 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2019 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: From ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us Wed Jan 24 08:50:57 2018 From: ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us (Cabasa, Nora) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 08:50:57 -0800 Subject: [GWHS-Bulletin] 01.24.18 bulletin Message-ID: <6348E437B2945C42BDE107E3CEDEDA90019C23F2D691@EXCH-MBC-1.vusd> GOLDEN WEST HIGH SCHOOL HOME OF THE TRAILBLAZERS [cid:image001.jpg at 01D394F0.7393BC00] Daily Bulletin - Volume 39; Issue 95 Wednesday, January 24, 2018 SENIORS!!!!! Grad Nite tickets will be sold on Thursday, Feb.1st starting at 7am in front of the office. Tickets will be $190; cash or check made payable to Golden West High School. Permission slips will be available in front of the finance office and both sides must be completed, including medical info! Bring your student ID, completed permission slip, and money to purchase a ticket. SAVE THE DATE! Golden West's Choir annual Tahoe Joe's Dinner is Wednesday, February 7 from 11 AM - 9 PM Tickets are $20 each and available for dine-in or carry out! Joe's Steak, Ribs or Chicken with all the fixin's. Tickets will be available next week and dinners are pre-sale only. We hope to have you join us for this outstanding yearly event! Great Dinner - Great Price - Great Cause! Formal pictures are in and may be picked up in the attendance office. Please come in before school, during lunch and afterschool to pick them up. CSF APPLICATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN ROOMS FS-4 & L-20. You must attach a copy of your previous semester report card (Fall 2017 Grades) or a copy of your transcript to your application and pay $5. Checks should be made to Golden West CSF. Applications along with payments are due in ROOM L-20 on Monday- Friday, January 29 - February 2 during LUNCH ONLY. Don't forget to purchase your yearbook in room A-11. They are currently on sale for $85 and personalization is still available. Make sure to order it before personalization ends on January 26! VAPA TALENT SHOWCASE MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING. Thursday, January 25th at LUNCH in Room L-20. EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT SURE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, YOU MUST ATTEND THE MEETING OR YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AUDITION. ANY QUESTIONS, SEE MR. GLUCKMANN IN ROOM FS-4 or L-19/20. It's never too late to attend Saturday University. We are only a week into the new semester and there's no better time to make sure you stay on top of your grades. Attend Saturday University and get that extra help you need. Sign up through Google Classroom. Make sure to sign up the Wednesday before attending to guarantee a meal. Also, let us know if you need specific help in a subject. Hope to see you there (8am in the Cafeteria)! Google classroom info: Seniors Google Classroom code is d1kze1c Juniors Google classroom code is wqu6em Sophomores Google Classroom code is zhqadvb Freshman Google Classroom code is sv1ygnd Due to the weather becoming colder we will be allowing students to wear beanies and headbands. Please remember they must be free of logos or decorations. The only logo that will be allowed will be our school logo. The beanies must be a single color white, black, grey, brown, tan or gold. This flexibility only applies to protection from the cold, not for hats. They may only be worn outdoors. Please be aware that we will start with Tardy Sweeps immediately. In order to avoid after school detention due to being caught in a tardy sweep please make sure that you are in your classroom prior to the tardy bell ringing. ASB WANTS YOU! Want to be an ASB Officer? Want to be in next year's ASB/Leadership Class? MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING. Wednesday, February 7 @ Lunch in Room M-1 IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND THIS MEETING, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE OR BE IN THE ASB CLASS. QUESTIONS? SEE MR. GLUCKMANN in FS-4 or L-20 BEFORE THE MEETING. Artists and interested students: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has teamed up with Target for the third annual National High School Design Competition, challenging teens around the country to make the everyday-place, process, or object-accessible for all! It's a design challenge that welcomes great ideas from students with all interests from art and design to civics and community engagement. See either Mr. Vieira in A-3 or Mrs. K in A-9 for flyers or more information. Please visit the website, where you'll find education resources to inspire and give you ideas. https://www.cooperhewitt.org/design-competition/ Athletics: Track: Track season began on 1/23/18 at 3:40PM. Make sure to bring out your best shoes and get ready for the new season! If you have any further question you can go to MA-8 or FS-1 to ask Mr. Garcia or Mr. Gutierrez for further details. Baseball: Baseball season has begun. Throwing and conditioning begins at 3:40PM on the varsity field every day. Attendance is mandatory. Softball: Softball tryouts began Monday January 22 and run through Friday January 26. We start after school on the Varsity field. If you have any questions please see Miss Arbino in room P-13. Counseling Dept.: Attention Seniors: Scholarship Opportunity! Golden West High School can nominate one graduating senior from our school to be an NCSF scholarship applicant. This scholarship is for $8,000 per year, renewable for four years, totaling $32,000. Scholarship requirements are: student must have financial need, earned high GPA and SAT/ACT scores, have outstanding moral character, participate in extracurricular activities, be willing to earn a portion of their expenses while in college, have a clear idea of which college courses they intend to pursue, have some idea of what they intend to do for their life work, and student and both parents must be US citizens. If you would like to be considered for this wonderful opportunity, please email Mrs. Waters at twaters at vusd.org by 1/26/18 at 3:30 PM. More information can be found on their website at http://www.ncsfscholarships.org/ ATTN SENIORS: If you have not yet filled out your FAFSA, Visalia Unified will be hosting a Financial Aid Workshop, Thursday, January 25, 2018 at our Visalia Unified District Office (5000 W. Cypress St.) in the Board Room at 6 p.m. Other than visiting our College & Career Ambassador after school in the library this is the last opportunity to have Financial Aid professionals present while you are applying. ATTEN SENIORS: The Visalia Education Foundation Scholarship Application is now available. The Foundation awards over $50,000 in scholarships to Visalia Unified School District High School seniors each year. By filling out this one application you may qualify for up to 22 different scholarships. Do not miss out on this scholarship opportunity! See the Golden West Scholarship web page for more information and to apply. Applications are due to Visalia Unified District Office by 5 p.m., Friday March 9, 2018 ATTENTION JUNIOR & SENIOR BOYS: Boy counselors are STILL needed for Scicon. You MUST be in good academic standing, C average or better, Good Discipline and Attendance record and be a good role model. If you are in need of community service hours, being a counselor for Scicon will help! Please see Mrs. McIntosh in the Counseling Dept. ATTN Juniors & Seniors: If you are looking for work, Employment Connections Job listing is available weekly to view in the Counseling Dept. Presentation Binder or in the Library. AP students and parents: Please refer to the AP documents (http://www.vusd.org/webpages/gwhscounseling/ap.cfm) for information regarding the fees, dates, and deadlines for 2017 AP exams. You may also obtain forms for Fee Waivers and/or your one free AP exam provided by VUSD. We also accept payments via credit card online at the GW webstore! (http://webstores.activenetwork.com/school-software/golden_west_high_sch/). March 2nd is the absolute last day to pay for AP Exams! Clubs: Anime Club: We will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays at lunch. Join up in S-1. Chess Club: The next meeting will be Wed. Feb. 7 at lunch in B-5. GSA Club: Meeting this Thursday during lunch in A-9. The t-shirts are in and we need to plan for second semester events. See you then! Ablaze: Ablaze Club will be meeting this Thursday at lunch in room E-9. You need to bring your own lunch - there will be no food. But come join us anyway! XL Program: XL has Afterschool Intervention available on Wednesday's and Thursdays in E-10 from 3:30-4PM for students who have detention that needs to be served. Does helping others and your community appeal to you? Is it something you think you would enjoy? XL provides a community outreach group catering to any willing Golden West student. Some of our activities include hospital visits to visit sick children, feeding the homeless at local shelters, cleaning up Visalia by gathering trash around downtown and removing graffiti. We even have fun field trips planned for Quantum Leap and Clay Cafe. We want to create mentors for the incoming middle schoolers by joining in and hanging out with them as friends and peers. XL is a great way to become involved in the community, your school, and with new friends. Not to mention your participation in a group like this would look great in a job interview and on college applications. If you think you would be interested in any of the activities listed then please visit the XL program in room E- 10 to learn more about our Youth Council. It's coming this spring!!! Mr. Rodgers will once again be offering his EMS/Health Careers XL Class! Start date is March 1st, so plan ahead as this class fills quickly...field trips and guest speakers!!! Check out the tentative schedule at: http://bit.ly/emss2018 Watch our first Blazer Central episode of the 2018 year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcDZiamAfTc Sincerely, Nora Cabasa Secretary II Golden West High School (559) 730-7801 ncabasa at vusd.org [cid:image002.jpg at 01D394F0.7393BC00] --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3121 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2019 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: From ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us Wed Jan 24 16:55:08 2018 From: ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us (Cabasa, Nora) Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 16:55:08 -0800 Subject: [GWHS-Bulletin] 01.25.18 bulletin Message-ID: <6348E437B2945C42BDE107E3CEDEDA90019C2417124C@EXCH-MBC-1.vusd> GOLDEN WEST HIGH SCHOOL HOME OF THE TRAILBLAZERS [cid:image001.jpg at 01D39534.17779FB0] Daily Bulletin - Volume 39; Issue 96 Thursday, January 25, 2018 Kiss-a-Cow **January 31st - February 21st ** (More details to follow) SENIORS!!!!! Grad Nite tickets will be sold on Thursday, Feb.1st starting at 7am in front of the office. Tickets will be $190; cash or check made payable to Golden West High School. Permission slips will be available in front of the finance office and both sides must be completed, including medical info! Bring your student ID, completed permission slip, and money to purchase a ticket. SAVE THE DATE! Golden West's Choir annual Tahoe Joe's Dinner is Wednesday, February 7 from 11 AM - 9 PM Tickets are $20 each and available for dine-in or carry out! Joe's Steak, Ribs or Chicken with all the fixin's. Tickets will be available next week and dinners are pre-sale only. We hope to have you join us for this outstanding yearly event! Great Dinner - Great Price - Great Cause! Formal pictures are in and may be picked up in the attendance office. Please come in before school, during lunch and afterschool to pick them up. CSF APPLICATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN ROOMS FS-4 & L-20. You must attach a copy of your previous semester report card (Fall 2017 Grades) or a copy of your transcript to your application and pay $5. Checks should be made to Golden West CSF. Applications along with payments are due in ROOM L-20 on Monday- Friday, January 29 - February 2 during LUNCH ONLY. Don't forget to purchase your yearbook in room A-11. They are currently on sale for $85 and personalization is still available. Make sure to order it before personalization ends on January 26! VAPA TALENT SHOWCASE MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING. Thursday, January 25th at LUNCH in Room L-20. EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT SURE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, YOU MUST ATTEND THE MEETING OR YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AUDITION. ANY QUESTIONS, SEE MR. GLUCKMANN IN ROOM FS-4 or L-19/20. It's never too late to attend Saturday University. We are only a week into the new semester and there's no better time to make sure you stay on top of your grades. Attend Saturday University and get that extra help you need. Sign up through Google Classroom. Make sure to sign up the Wednesday before attending to guarantee a meal. Also, let us know if you need specific help in a subject. Hope to see you there (8am in the Cafeteria)! Google classroom info: Seniors Google Classroom code is d1kze1c Juniors Google classroom code is wqu6em Sophomores Google Classroom code is zhqadvb Freshman Google Classroom code is sv1ygnd Due to the weather becoming colder we will be allowing students to wear beanies and headbands. Please remember they must be free of logos or decorations. The only logo that will be allowed will be our school logo. The beanies must be a single color white, black, grey, brown, tan or gold. This flexibility only applies to protection from the cold, not for hats. They may only be worn outdoors. Please be aware that we will start with Tardy Sweeps immediately. In order to avoid after school detention due to being caught in a tardy sweep please make sure that you are in your classroom prior to the tardy bell ringing. ASB WANTS YOU! Want to be an ASB Officer? Want to be in next year's ASB/Leadership Class? MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING. Wednesday, February 7 @ Lunch in Room M-1 IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND THIS MEETING, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE OR BE IN THE ASB CLASS. QUESTIONS? SEE MR. GLUCKMANN in FS-4 or L-20 BEFORE THE MEETING. Artists and interested students: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has teamed up with Target for the third annual National High School Design Competition, challenging teens around the country to make the everyday-place, process, or object-accessible for all! It's a design challenge that welcomes great ideas from students with all interests from art and design to civics and community engagement. See either Mr. Vieira in A-3 or Mrs. K in A-9 for flyers or more information. Please visit the website, where you'll find education resources to inspire and give you ideas. https://www.cooperhewitt.org/design-competition/ Athletics: Track: Track season began on 1/23/18 at 3:40PM. Make sure to bring out your best shoes and get ready for the new season! If you have any further question you can go to MA-8 or FS-1 to ask Mr. Garcia or Mr. Gutierrez for further details. Baseball: Baseball season has begun. Throwing and conditioning begins at 3:40PM on the varsity field every day. Attendance is mandatory. Softball: Softball tryouts began Monday January 22 and run through Friday January 26. We start after school on the Varsity field. If you have any questions please see Miss Arbino in room P-13. Counseling Dept.: ATTN SENIORS - INTERSHIP INFO: The Latino Heritage Internship Program (LHIP) is offering an entry internship that focuses on career exploration and building fundamental natural resource science skills. This is a paid summertime internship. The LHIP is designed to train young people in the skills of cultural, historical and natural resource management. This program intends to raise awareness of our national parks and historic sites, their accessibility and the need for the Latino community's involvement in their preservation. You must be 18 years of age, Possess US citizenship or permanent residence, be enrolled in college for Fall of 2018. For more information and to apply, please visit: https://www.hispanicaccess.org/our-projects/latino-heritage-internship-program DEADLINE to apply is: FEBRUARY 6, 2018 Attention Seniors: Scholarship Opportunity! Golden West High School can nominate one graduating senior from our school to be an NCSF scholarship applicant. This scholarship is for $8,000 per year, renewable for four years, totaling $32,000. Scholarship requirements are: student must have financial need, earned high GPA and SAT/ACT scores, have outstanding moral character, participate in extracurricular activities, be willing to earn a portion of their expenses while in college, have a clear idea of which college courses they intend to pursue, have some idea of what they intend to do for their life work, and student and both parents must be US citizens. If you would like to be considered for this wonderful opportunity, please email Mrs. Waters at twaters at vusd.org by 1/26/18 at 3:30 PM. More information can be found on their website at http://www.ncsfscholarships.org/ ATTN SENIORS: If you have not yet filled out your FAFSA, Visalia Unified will be hosting a Financial Aid Workshop, Thursday, January 25, 2018 at our Visalia Unified District Office (5000 W. Cypress St.) in the Board Room at 6 p.m. Other than visiting our College & Career Ambassador after school in the library this is the last opportunity to have Financial Aid professionals present while you are applying. ATTEN SENIORS: The Visalia Education Foundation Scholarship Application is now available. The Foundation awards over $50,000 in scholarships to Visalia Unified School District High School seniors each year. By filling out this one application you may qualify for up to 22 different scholarships. Do not miss out on this scholarship opportunity! See the Golden West Scholarship web page for more information and to apply. Applications are due to Visalia Unified District Office by 5 p.m., Friday March 9, 2018 ATTENTION JUNIOR & SENIOR BOYS: Boy counselors are STILL needed for Scicon. You MUST be in good academic standing, C average or better, Good Discipline and Attendance record and be a good role model. If you are in need of community service hours, being a counselor for Scicon will help! Please see Mrs. McIntosh in the Counseling Dept. ATTN Juniors & Seniors: If you are looking for work, Employment Connections Job listing is available weekly to view in the Counseling Dept. Presentation Binder or in the Library. AP students and parents: Please refer to the AP documents (http://www.vusd.org/webpages/gwhscounseling/ap.cfm) for information regarding the fees, dates, and deadlines for 2017 AP exams. You may also obtain forms for Fee Waivers and/or your one free AP exam provided by VUSD. We also accept payments via credit card online at the GW webstore! (http://webstores.activenetwork.com/school-software/golden_west_high_sch/). March 2nd is the absolute last day to pay for AP Exams! Clubs: Anime Club: We will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays at lunch. Join up in S-1. Native American Indian Club: Club meeting is Wed. January 31 at lunch in FS7, all students are welcome. Chess Club: The next meeting will be Wed. Feb. 7 at lunch in B-5. GSA Club: Meeting this Thursday during lunch in A-9. The t-shirts are in and we need to plan for second semester events. See you then! Ablaze: Ablaze Club will be meeting this Thursday at lunch in room E-9. You need to bring your own lunch - there will be no food. But come join us anyway! XL Program: XL has Afterschool Intervention available on Wednesday's and Thursdays in E-10 from 3:30-4PM for students who have detention that needs to be served. Does helping others and your community appeal to you? Is it something you think you would enjoy? XL provides a community outreach group catering to any willing Golden West student. Some of our activities include hospital visits to visit sick children, feeding the homeless at local shelters, cleaning up Visalia by gathering trash around downtown and removing graffiti. We even have fun field trips planned for Quantum Leap and Clay Cafe. We want to create mentors for the incoming middle schoolers by joining in and hanging out with them as friends and peers. XL is a great way to become involved in the community, your school, and with new friends. Not to mention your participation in a group like this would look great in a job interview and on college applications. If you think you would be interested in any of the activities listed then please visit the XL program in room E- 10 to learn more about our Youth Council. It's coming this spring!!! Mr. Rodgers will once again be offering his EMS/Health Careers XL Class! Start date is March 1st, so plan ahead as this class fills quickly...field trips and guest speakers!!! Check out the tentative schedule at: http://bit.ly/emss2018 Watch our first Blazer Central episode of the 2018 year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcDZiamAfTc Sincerely, Nora Cabasa Secretary II Golden West High School (559) 730-7801 ncabasa at vusd.org [cid:image002.jpg at 01D39534.17779FB0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3121 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2019 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: From ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us Thu Jan 25 17:18:55 2018 From: ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us (Cabasa, Nora) Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2018 17:18:55 -0800 Subject: [GWHS-Bulletin] 01.26.18 bulletin Message-ID: <6348E437B2945C42BDE107E3CEDEDA90019C241714C7@EXCH-MBC-1.vusd> GOLDEN WEST HIGH SCHOOL HOME OF THE TRAILBLAZERS [cid:image001.jpg at 01D39600.944E4440] Daily Bulletin - Volume 39; Issue 97 Friday, January 26, 2018 Golden West FFA's Annual Kiss a Cow event begins Wednesday, January 31! Fill the jars of your teachers that you would most like to see kiss a cow. Jars will be in teachers' rooms until Wednesday, February 21. The top 3 teachers will kiss a cow Friday, February 23 at lunch on the hill. All proceeds collected will go to help the Visalia Police Department's K-9 unit. Let's help get the police department a new dog! SENIORS!!!!! Grad Nite tickets will be sold on Thursday, Feb.1st starting at 7am in front of the office. Tickets will be $190; cash or check made payable to Golden West High School. Permission slips will be available in front of the finance office and both sides must be completed, including medical info! Bring your student ID, completed permission slip, and money to purchase a ticket. SAVE THE DATE! Golden West's Choir annual Tahoe Joe's Dinner is Wednesday, February 7 from 11 AM - 9 PM Tickets are $20 each and available for dine-in or carry out! Joe's Steak, Ribs or Chicken with all the fixin's. Tickets will be available next week and dinners are pre-sale only. We hope to have you join us for this outstanding yearly event! Great Dinner - Great Price - Great Cause! Formal pictures are in and may be picked up in the attendance office. Please come in before school, during lunch and afterschool to pick them up. CSF APPLICATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN ROOMS FS-4 & L-20. You must attach a copy of your previous semester report card (Fall 2017 Grades) or a copy of your transcript to your application and pay $5. Checks should be made to Golden West CSF. Applications along with payments are due in ROOM L-20 on Monday- Friday, January 29 - February 2 during LUNCH ONLY. Don't forget to purchase your yearbook in room A-11. They are currently on sale for $85 and personalization is still available. Make sure to order it before personalization ends on January 26! It's never too late to attend Saturday University. We are only a week into the new semester and there's no better time to make sure you stay on top of your grades. Attend Saturday University and get that extra help you need. Sign up through Google Classroom. Make sure to sign up the Wednesday before attending to guarantee a meal. Also, let us know if you need specific help in a subject. Hope to see you there (8am in the Cafeteria)! Google classroom info: Seniors Google Classroom code is d1kze1c Juniors Google classroom code is wqu6em Sophomores Google Classroom code is zhqadvb Freshman Google Classroom code is sv1ygnd Please be aware that we will start with Tardy Sweeps immediately. In order to avoid after school detention due to being caught in a tardy sweep please make sure that you are in your classroom prior to the tardy bell ringing. ASB WANTS YOU! Want to be an ASB Officer? Want to be in next year's ASB/Leadership Class? MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING. Wednesday, February 7 @ Lunch in Room M-1 IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND THIS MEETING, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE OR BE IN THE ASB CLASS. QUESTIONS? SEE MR. GLUCKMANN in FS-4 or L-20 BEFORE THE MEETING. Artists and interested students: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has teamed up with Target for the third annual National High School Design Competition, challenging teens around the country to make the everyday-place, process, or object-accessible for all! It's a design challenge that welcomes great ideas from students with all interests from art and design to civics and community engagement. See either Mr. Vieira in A-3 or Mrs. K in A-9 for flyers or more information. Please visit the website, where you'll find education resources to inspire and give you ideas. https://www.cooperhewitt.org/design-competition/ Athletics: Track: Track season began on 1/23/18 at 3:40PM. Make sure to bring out your best shoes and get ready for the new season! If you have any further question you can go to MA-8 or FS-1 to ask Mr. Garcia or Mr. Gutierrez for further details. Baseball: Baseball season has begun. Throwing and conditioning begins at 3:40PM on the varsity field every day. Attendance is mandatory. Softball: Softball tryouts began Monday January 22 and run through Friday January 26. We start after school on the Varsity field. If you have any questions please see Miss Arbino in room P-13. Counseling Dept.: ATTN SENIORS - INTERSHIP INFO: The Latino Heritage Internship Program (LHIP) is offering an entry internship that focuses on career exploration and building fundamental natural resource science skills. This is a paid summertime internship. The LHIP is designed to train young people in the skills of cultural, historical and natural resource management. This program intends to raise awareness of our national parks and historic sites, their accessibility and the need for the Latino community's involvement in their preservation. You must be 18 years of age, Possess US citizenship or permanent residence, be enrolled in college for Fall of 2018. For more information and to apply, please visit: https://www.hispanicaccess.org/our-projects/latino-heritage-internship-program DEADLINE to apply is: FEBRUARY 6, 2018 Attention Seniors: Scholarship Opportunity! Golden West High School can nominate one graduating senior from our school to be an NCSF scholarship applicant. This scholarship is for $8,000 per year, renewable for four years, totaling $32,000. Scholarship requirements are: student must have financial need, earned high GPA and SAT/ACT scores, have outstanding moral character, participate in extracurricular activities, be willing to earn a portion of their expenses while in college, have a clear idea of which college courses they intend to pursue, have some idea of what they intend to do for their life work, and student and both parents must be US citizens. If you would like to be considered for this wonderful opportunity, please email Mrs. Waters at twaters at vusd.org by 1/26/18 at 3:30 PM. More information can be found on their website at http://www.ncsfscholarships.org/ ATTN SENIORS: If you have not yet filled out your FAFSA, Visalia Unified will be hosting a Financial Aid Workshop, Thursday, January 25, 2018 at our Visalia Unified District Office (5000 W. Cypress St.) in the Board Room at 6 p.m. Other than visiting our College & Career Ambassador after school in the library this is the last opportunity to have Financial Aid professionals present while you are applying. ATTEN SENIORS: The Visalia Education Foundation Scholarship Application is now available. The Foundation awards over $50,000 in scholarships to Visalia Unified School District High School seniors each year. By filling out this one application you may qualify for up to 22 different scholarships. Do not miss out on this scholarship opportunity! See the Golden West Scholarship web page for more information and to apply. Applications are due to Visalia Unified District Office by 5 p.m., Friday March 9, 2018 ATTENTION JUNIOR & SENIOR BOYS: Boy counselors are STILL needed for Scicon. You MUST be in good academic standing, C average or better, Good Discipline and Attendance record and be a good role model. If you are in need of community service hours, being a counselor for Scicon will help! Please see Mrs. McIntosh in the Counseling Dept. ATTN Juniors & Seniors: If you are looking for work, Employment Connections Job listing is available weekly to view in the Counseling Dept. Presentation Binder or in the Library. AP students and parents: Please refer to the AP documents (http://www.vusd.org/webpages/gwhscounseling/ap.cfm) for information regarding the fees, dates, and deadlines for 2017 AP exams. You may also obtain forms for Fee Waivers and/or your one free AP exam provided by VUSD. We also accept payments via credit card online at the GW webstore! (http://webstores.activenetwork.com/school-software/golden_west_high_sch/). March 2nd is the absolute last day to pay for AP Exams! Clubs: Anime Club: We will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays at lunch. Join up in S-1. Native American Indian Club: Club meeting is Wed. January 31 at lunch in FS7, all students are welcome. Chess Club: The next meeting will be Wed. Feb. 7 at lunch in B-5. GSA Club: Meeting this Thursday during lunch in A-9. The t-shirts are in and we need to plan for second semester events. See you then! Ablaze: Ablaze Club will be meeting this Thursday at lunch in room E-9. You need to bring your own lunch - there will be no food. But come join us anyway! XL Program: XL has Afterschool Intervention available on Wednesday's and Thursdays in E-10 from 3:30-4PM for students who have detention that needs to be served. Does helping others and your community appeal to you? Is it something you think you would enjoy? XL provides a community outreach group catering to any willing Golden West student. Some of our activities include hospital visits to visit sick children, feeding the homeless at local shelters, cleaning up Visalia by gathering trash around downtown and removing graffiti. We even have fun field trips planned for Quantum Leap and Clay Cafe. We want to create mentors for the incoming middle schoolers by joining in and hanging out with them as friends and peers. XL is a great way to become involved in the community, your school, and with new friends. Not to mention your participation in a group like this would look great in a job interview and on college applications. If you think you would be interested in any of the activities listed then please visit the XL program in room E- 10 to learn more about our Youth Council. It's coming this spring!!! Mr. Rodgers will once again be offering his EMS/Health Careers XL Class! Start date is March 1st, so plan ahead as this class fills quickly...field trips and guest speakers!!! Check out the tentative schedule at: http://bit.ly/emss2018 Below you will find the link to this week's edition of Blazer Central. There is also a QR code attached. https://youtu.be/NBUahr4DoQg Sincerely, Nora Cabasa Secretary II Golden West High School (559) 730-7801 ncabasa at vusd.org [cid:image002.jpg at 01D39600.944E4440] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3121 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2019 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: From ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us Fri Jan 26 16:09:06 2018 From: ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us (Cabasa, Nora) Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 16:09:06 -0800 Subject: [GWHS-Bulletin] 01.29.18 Bulletin Message-ID: <6348E437B2945C42BDE107E3CEDEDA90019C241716F5@EXCH-MBC-1.vusd> GOLDEN WEST HIGH SCHOOL HOME OF THE TRAILBLAZERS [cid:image001.jpg at 01D396BF.FDE2B750] Daily Bulletin - Volume 39; Issue 98 Monday, January 29, 2018 Golden West FFA's Annual Kiss a Cow event begins Wednesday, January 31! Fill the jars of your teachers that you would most like to see kiss a cow. Jars will be in teachers' rooms until Wednesday, February 21. The top 3 teachers will kiss a cow Friday, February 23 at lunch on the hill. All proceeds collected will go to help the Visalia Police Department's K-9 unit. Let's help get the police department a new dog! SENIORS!!!!! Grad Nite tickets will be sold on Thursday, Feb.1st starting at 7am in front of the office. Tickets will be $190; cash or check made payable to Golden West High School. Permission slips will be available in front of the finance office and both sides must be completed, including medical info! Bring your student ID, completed permission slip, and money to purchase a ticket. SAVE THE DATE! Golden West's Choir annual Tahoe Joe's Dinner is Wednesday, February 7 from 11 AM - 9 PM Tickets are $20 each and available for dine-in or carry out! Joe's Steak, Ribs or Chicken with all the fixin's. Tickets will be available next week and dinners are pre-sale only. We hope to have you join us for this outstanding yearly event! Great Dinner - Great Price - Great Cause! Formal pictures are in and may be picked up in the attendance office. Please come in before school, during lunch and afterschool to pick them up. CSF APPLICATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN ROOMS FS-4 & L-20. You must attach a copy of your previous semester report card (Fall 2017 Grades) or a copy of your transcript to your application and pay $5. Checks should be made to Golden West CSF. Applications along with payments are due in ROOM L-20 on Monday- Friday, January 29 - February 2 during LUNCH ONLY. Don't forget to purchase your yearbook in room A-11. They are currently on sale for $85 and personalization is still available. Make sure to order it before personalization ends on January 26! It's never too late to attend Saturday University. We are only a week into the new semester and there's no better time to make sure you stay on top of your grades. Attend Saturday University and get that extra help you need. Sign up through Google Classroom. Make sure to sign up the Wednesday before attending to guarantee a meal. Also, let us know if you need specific help in a subject. Hope to see you there (8am in the Cafeteria)! Google classroom info: Seniors Google Classroom code is d1kze1c Juniors Google classroom code is wqu6em Sophomores Google Classroom code is zhqadvb Freshman Google Classroom code is sv1ygnd Please be aware that we will start with Tardy Sweeps immediately. In order to avoid after school detention due to being caught in a tardy sweep please make sure that you are in your classroom prior to the tardy bell ringing. ASB WANTS YOU! Want to be an ASB Officer? Want to be in next year's ASB/Leadership Class? MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING. Wednesday, February 7 @ Lunch in Room M-1 IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND THIS MEETING, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE OR BE IN THE ASB CLASS. QUESTIONS? SEE MR. GLUCKMANN in FS-4 or L-20 BEFORE THE MEETING. Artists and interested students: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has teamed up with Target for the third annual National High School Design Competition, challenging teens around the country to make the everyday-place, process, or object-accessible for all! It's a design challenge that welcomes great ideas from students with all interests from art and design to civics and community engagement. See either Mr. Vieira in A-3 or Mrs. K in A-9 for flyers or more information. Please visit the website, where you'll find education resources to inspire and give you ideas. https://www.cooperhewitt.org/design-competition/ Athletics: Track: Track season began on 1/23/18 at 3:40PM. Make sure to bring out your best shoes and get ready for the new season! If you have any further question you can go to MA-8 or FS-1 to ask Mr. Garcia or Mr. Gutierrez for further details. Baseball: Baseball season has begun. Throwing and conditioning begins at 3:40PM on the varsity field every day. Attendance is mandatory. Softball: Softball tryouts began Monday January 22 and run through Friday January 26. We start after school on the Varsity field. If you have any questions please see Miss Arbino in room P-13. Counseling Dept.: ATTN SENIORS - INTERSHIP INFO: The Latino Heritage Internship Program (LHIP) is offering an entry internship that focuses on career exploration and building fundamental natural resource science skills. This is a paid summertime internship. The LHIP is designed to train young people in the skills of cultural, historical and natural resource management. This program intends to raise awareness of our national parks and historic sites, their accessibility and the need for the Latino community's involvement in their preservation. You must be 18 years of age, Possess US citizenship or permanent residence, be enrolled in college for Fall of 2018. For more information and to apply, please visit: https://www.hispanicaccess.org/our-projects/latino-heritage-internship-program DEADLINE to apply is: FEBRUARY 6, 2018 ATTEN SENIORS: The Visalia Education Foundation Scholarship Application is now available. The Foundation awards over $50,000 in scholarships to Visalia Unified School District High School seniors each year. By filling out this one application you may qualify for up to 22 different scholarships. Do not miss out on this scholarship opportunity! See the Golden West Scholarship web page for more information and to apply. Applications are due to Visalia Unified District Office by 5 p.m., Friday March 9, 2018 ATTENTION JUNIOR & SENIOR BOYS: Boy counselors are STILL needed for Scicon. You MUST be in good academic standing, C average or better, Good Discipline and Attendance record and be a good role model. If you are in need of community service hours, being a counselor for Scicon will help! Please see Mrs. McIntosh in the Counseling Dept. ATTN Juniors & Seniors: If you are looking for work, Employment Connections Job listing is available weekly to view in the Counseling Dept. Presentation Binder or in the Library. AP students and parents: Please refer to the AP documents (http://www.vusd.org/webpages/gwhscounseling/ap.cfm) for information regarding the fees, dates, and deadlines for 2017 AP exams. You may also obtain forms for Fee Waivers and/or your one free AP exam provided by VUSD. We also accept payments via credit card online at the GW webstore! (http://webstores.activenetwork.com/school-software/golden_west_high_sch/). March 2nd is the absolute last day to pay for AP Exams! Clubs: Anime Club: We will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays at lunch. Join up in S-1. Native American Indian Club: Club meeting is Wed. January 31 at lunch in FS7, all students are welcome. Chess Club: The next meeting will be Wed. Feb. 7 at lunch in B-5. GSA Club: GSA club meets every Thursday during lunch in A-9. New members always welcome! Ablaze: Ablaze Club will be meeting this Thursday at lunch in room E-9. You need to bring your own lunch - there will be no food. But come join us anyway! XL Program: XL has Afterschool Intervention available on Wednesday's and Thursdays in E-10 from 3:30-4PM for students who have detention that needs to be served. Does helping others and your community appeal to you? Some of our activities include hospital visits to visit sick children, feeding the homeless at local shelters, cleaning up Visalia by gathering trash around downtown and removing graffiti. We even have fun field trips planned for Quantum Leap and Clay Cafe. We want to create mentors for the incoming middle schoolers by joining in and hanging out with them as friends and peers. XL is a great way to become involved in the community, your school, and with new friends. Not to mention your participation in a group like this would look great in a job interview and on college applications. If you think you would be interested in any of the activities listed then please visit the XL program in room E- 10 to learn more about our Youth Council. It's coming this spring!!! Mr. Rodgers will once again be offering his EMS/Health Careers XL Class! Start date is March 1st, so plan ahead as this class fills quickly...field trips and guest speakers!!! Check out the tentative schedule at: http://bit.ly/emss2018 Below you will find the link to this week's edition of Blazer Central. There is also a QR code attached. https://youtu.be/NBUahr4DoQg Sincerely, Nora Cabasa Secretary II Golden West High School (559) 730-7801 ncabasa at vusd.org [cid:image002.jpg at 01D396BF.FDE2B750] --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3121 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2019 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: From ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us Mon Jan 29 14:50:55 2018 From: ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us (Cabasa, Nora) Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 14:50:55 -0800 Subject: [GWHS-Bulletin] 01.30.18 bulletin Message-ID: <6348E437B2945C42BDE107E3CEDEDA90019C2417193E@EXCH-MBC-1.vusd> GOLDEN WEST HIGH SCHOOL HOME OF THE TRAILBLAZERS [cid:image001.jpg at 01D3990D.AA99D830] Daily Bulletin - Volume 39; Issue 99 Tuesday, January 30, 2018 Golden West FFA's Annual Kiss a Cow event begins Wednesday, January 31! Fill the jars of your teachers that you would most like to see kiss a cow. Jars will be in teachers' rooms until Wednesday, February 21. The top 3 teachers will kiss a cow Friday, February 23 at lunch on the hill. All proceeds collected will go to help the Visalia Police Department's K-9 unit. Let's help get the police department a new dog! SENIORS!!!!! Grad Nite tickets will be sold on Thursday, Feb.1st starting at 7am in front of the office. Tickets will be $190; cash or check made payable to Golden West High School. Permission slips will be available in front of the finance office and both sides must be completed, including medical info! Bring your student ID, completed permission slip, and money to purchase a ticket. SAVE THE DATE! Golden West's Choir annual Tahoe Joe's Dinner is Wednesday, February 7 from 11 AM - 9 PM Tickets are $20 each and available for dine-in or carry out! Joe's Steak, Ribs or Chicken with all the fixin's. Tickets will be available next week and dinners are pre-sale only. We hope to have you join us for this outstanding yearly event! Great Dinner - Great Price - Great Cause! CSF APPLICATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN ROOMS FS-4 & L-20. You must attach a copy of your previous semester report card (Fall 2017 Grades) or a copy of your transcript to your application and pay $5. Checks should be made to Golden West CSF. Applications along with payments are due in ROOM L-20 on Monday- Friday, January 29 - February 2 during LUNCH ONLY. It's never too late to attend Saturday University. We are only a week into the new semester and there's no better time to make sure you stay on top of your grades. Attend Saturday University and get that extra help you need. Sign up through Google Classroom. Make sure to sign up the Wednesday before attending to guarantee a meal. Also, let us know if you need specific help in a subject. Hope to see you there (8am in the Cafeteria)! Google classroom info: Seniors Google Classroom code is d1kze1c Juniors Google classroom code is wqu6em Sophomores Google Classroom code is zhqadvb Freshman Google Classroom code is sv1ygnd Please be aware that we will start with Tardy Sweeps immediately. In order to avoid after school detention due to being caught in a tardy sweep please make sure that you are in your classroom prior to the tardy bell ringing. ASB WANTS YOU! Want to be an ASB Officer? Want to be in next year's ASB/Leadership Class? MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING. Wednesday, February 7 @ Lunch in Room M-1.IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND THIS MEETING, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE OR BE IN THE ASB CLASS. QUESTIONS? SEE MR. GLUCKMANN in FS-4 or L-20 BEFORE THE MEETING. Athletics: Track: Track season began on 1/23/18 at 3:40PM. Make sure to bring out your best shoes and get ready for the new season! If you have any further question you can go to MA-8 or FS-1 to ask Mr. Garcia or Mr. Gutierrez for further details. Baseball: Baseball season has begun. Throwing and conditioning begins at 3:40PM on the varsity field every day. Attendance is mandatory. **********ATTN SENIORS - Scholarship Opportunity********** ATTN Senior Cal State Fullerton Applicants: Anyone who has applied to Cal State Fullerton and has at least a 3.75 GPA may apply to the President's Scholars Program. This program is very similar to Smittcamp at Fresno State. The deadline to apply has been extended to February 4th as the program is seeking more applicants. For more information and to apply the application can be found via the link in the brochure which is: http://www.fullerton.edu/presidentsscholars/ . This scholarship is also listed on the GW Scholarship webpage. Iva Korsgaden Memorial Scholarship Fund will award two GWHS (one female/ one male) students a $500 scholarship each. Students can apply by writing a one-page essay on volunteer activity/community service involvement and submitting it to Mrs. McIntosh in the Counseling Office. Essays must be typed and are due by 3:30 p.m. on February 16, 2018. ATTEN SENIORS: The Visalia Education Foundation Scholarship Application is now available. The Foundation awards over $50,000 in scholarships to Visalia Unified School District High School seniors each year. By filling out this one application you may qualify for up to 22 different scholarships. Do not miss out on this scholarship opportunity! See the Golden West Scholarship web page for more information and to apply. Applications are due to Visalia Unified District Office by 5 p.m., Friday March 9, 2018 ATTN SENIORS - INTERNSHIP INFO: The Latino Heritage Internship Program (LHIP) is offering an entry internship that focuses on career exploration and building fundamental natural resource science skills. This is a paid summertime internship. The LHIP is designed to train young people in the skills of cultural, historical and natural resource management. This program intends to raise awareness of our national parks and historic sites, their accessibility and the need for the Latino community's involvement in their preservation. You must be 18 years of age, Possess US citizenship or permanent residence, be enrolled in college for Fall of 2018. For more information and to apply, please visit: https://www.hispanicaccess.org/our-projects/latino-heritage-internship-program DEADLINE to apply is: FEBRUARY 6, 2018. Counseling Dept.: ATTENTION JUNIOR & SENIOR BOYS: Boy counselors are STILL needed for Scicon. You MUST be in good academic standing, C average or better, Good Discipline and Attendance record and be a good role model. If you are in need of community service hours, being a counselor for Scicon will help! Please see Mrs. McIntosh in the Counseling Dept. ATTN Juniors & Seniors: If you are looking for work, Employment Connections Job listing is available weekly to view in the Counseling Dept. Presentation Binder or in the Library. AP students and parents: Please refer to the AP documents (http://www.vusd.org/webpages/gwhscounseling/ap.cfm) for information regarding the fees, dates, and deadlines for 2017 AP exams. You may also obtain forms for Fee Waivers and/or your one free AP exam provided by VUSD. We also accept payments via credit card online at the GW webstore! (http://webstores.activenetwork.com/school-software/golden_west_high_sch/). March 2nd is the absolute last day to pay for AP Exams! Clubs: Anime Club: We will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays at lunch. Join up in S-1. Native American Indian Club: Club meeting is Wed. January 31 at lunch in FS7, all students are welcome. Chess Club: The next meeting will be Wed. Feb. 7 at lunch in B-5. GSA Club: GSA club meets every Thursday during lunch in A-9. New members always welcome! Ablaze: Ablaze Club will be meeting this Thursday at lunch in room E-9. You need to bring your own lunch - there will be no food. But come join us anyway! XL Program: XL has Afterschool Intervention available on Wednesday's and Thursdays in E-10 from 3:30-4PM for students who have detention that needs to be served. Does helping others and your community appeal to you? Some of our activities include hospital visits to visit sick children, feeding the homeless at local shelters, cleaning up Visalia by gathering trash around downtown and removing graffiti. We even have fun field trips planned for Quantum Leap and Clay Cafe. We want to create mentors for the incoming middle schoolers by joining in and hanging out with them as friends and peers. XL is a great way to become involved in the community, your school, and with new friends. Not to mention your participation in a group like this would look great in a job interview and on college applications. If you think you would be interested in any of the activities listed then please visit the XL program in room E- 10 to learn more about our Youth Council. It's coming this spring!!! Mr. Rodgers will once again be offering his EMS/Health Careers XL Class! Start date is March 1st, so plan ahead as this class fills quickly...field trips and guest speakers!!! Check out the tentative schedule at: http://bit.ly/emss2018 Below you will find the link to this week's edition of Blazer Central. There is also a QR code attached. https://youtu.be/NBUahr4DoQg Sincerely, Nora Cabasa Secretary II Golden West High School (559) 730-7801 ncabasa at vusd.org [cid:image003.jpg at 01D39910.91214700] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3121 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2019 bytes Desc: image003.jpg URL: From ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us Tue Jan 30 16:31:32 2018 From: ncabasa at visalia.k12.ca.us (Cabasa, Nora) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 16:31:32 -0800 Subject: [GWHS-Bulletin] 01.31.18 bulletin Message-ID: <6348E437B2945C42BDE107E3CEDEDA90019C24171C3F@EXCH-MBC-1.vusd> GOLDEN WEST HIGH SCHOOL HOME OF THE TRAILBLAZERS [cid:image001.jpg at 01D399E7.C9B42D80] Daily Bulletin - Volume 39; Issue 100 Wednesday, January 31, 2018 Golden West FFA's Annual Kiss a Cow event begins Wednesday, January 31! Fill the jars of your teachers that you would most like to see kiss a cow. Jars will be in teachers' rooms until Wednesday, February 21. The top 3 teachers will kiss a cow Friday, February 23 at lunch on the hill. All proceeds collected will go to help the Visalia Police Department's K-9 unit. Let's help get the police department a new dog! SENIORS!!!!! Grad Nite tickets will be sold on Thursday, Feb.1st starting at 7am in front of the office. Tickets will be $190; cash or check made payable to Golden West High School. Permission slips will be available in front of the finance office and both sides must be completed, including medical info! Bring your student ID, completed permission slip, and money to purchase a ticket. SAVE THE DATE! Golden West's Choir annual Tahoe Joe's Dinner is Wednesday, February 7 from 11 AM - 9 PM Tickets are $20 each and available for dine-in or carry out! Joe's Steak, Ribs or Chicken with all the fixin's. Tickets will be available next week and dinners are pre-sale only. We hope to have you join us for this outstanding yearly event! Great Dinner - Great Price - Great Cause! CSF APPLICATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN ROOMS FS-4 & L-20. You must attach a copy of your previous semester report card (Fall 2017 Grades) or a copy of your transcript to your application and pay $5. Checks should be made to Golden West CSF. Applications along with payments are due in ROOM L-20 on Monday- Friday, January 29 - February 2 during LUNCH ONLY. It's never too late to attend Saturday University. We are only a week into the new semester and there's no better time to make sure you stay on top of your grades. Attend Saturday University and get that extra help you need. Sign up through Google Classroom. Make sure to sign up the Wednesday before attending to guarantee a meal. Also, let us know if you need specific help in a subject. Hope to see you there (8am in the Cafeteria)! Google classroom info: Seniors Google Classroom code is d1kze1c Juniors Google classroom code is wqu6em Sophomores Google Classroom code is zhqadvb Freshman Google Classroom code is sv1ygnd Please be aware that we will start with Tardy Sweeps immediately. In order to avoid after school detention due to being caught in a tardy sweep please make sure that you are in your classroom prior to the tardy bell ringing. ASB WANTS YOU! Want to be an ASB Officer? Want to be in next year's ASB/Leadership Class? MANDATORY INFORMATIONAL MEETING. Wednesday, February 7 @ Lunch in Room M-1.IF YOU DO NOT ATTEND THIS MEETING, YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE OR BE IN THE ASB CLASS. QUESTIONS? SEE MR. GLUCKMANN in FS-4 or L-20 BEFORE THE MEETING. Athletics: Track: Track season has begun. Practice is at 3:40 pm. You do not want to miss a chance to be the one to receive an offer from a major college. Come out and join GW Nation 2018 Track/Field and get the training you need to be recruited. All student athletes welcomed from all sports. Sign-ups are until 2/15/18. Hope to see you all out there! ~Head Coach George Steward & Staff. Baseball: Baseball season has begun. Throwing and conditioning begins at 3:40PM on the varsity field every day. Attendance is mandatory. **********ATTN SENIORS - Scholarship Opportunity********** ATTN Senior Cal State Fullerton Applicants: Anyone who has applied to Cal State Fullerton and has at least a 3.75 GPA may apply to the President's Scholars Program. This program is very similar to Smittcamp at Fresno State. The deadline to apply has been extended to February 4th as the program is seeking more applicants. For more information and to apply the application can be found via the link in the brochure which is: http://www.fullerton.edu/presidentsscholars/ . This scholarship is also listed on the GW Scholarship webpage. Iva Korsgaden Memorial Scholarship Fund will award two GWHS (one female/ one male) students a $500 scholarship each. Students can apply by writing a one-page essay on volunteer activity/community service involvement and submitting it to Mrs. McIntosh in the Counseling Office. Essays must be typed and are due by 3:30 p.m. on February 16, 2018. ATTEN SENIORS: The Visalia Education Foundation Scholarship Application is now available. The Foundation awards over $50,000 in scholarships to Visalia Unified School District High School seniors each year. By filling out this one application you may qualify for up to 22 different scholarships. Do not miss out on this scholarship opportunity! See the Golden West Scholarship web page for more information and to apply. Applications are due to Visalia Unified District Office by 5 p.m., Friday March 9, 2018 ATTN SENIORS - INTERNSHIP INFO: The Latino Heritage Internship Program (LHIP) is offering an entry internship that focuses on career exploration and building fundamental natural resource science skills. This is a paid summertime internship. The LHIP is designed to train young people in the skills of cultural, historical and natural resource management. This program intends to raise awareness of our national parks and historic sites, their accessibility and the need for the Latino community's involvement in their preservation. You must be 18 years of age, Possess US citizenship or permanent residence, be enrolled in college for Fall of 2018. For more information and to apply, please visit: https://www.hispanicaccess.org/our-projects/latino-heritage-internship-program DEADLINE to apply is: FEBRUARY 6, 2018. Counseling Dept.: ATTENTION JUNIOR & SENIOR BOYS: Male counselors are STILL needed for Scicon. You MUST be in good academic standing, C average or better, Good Discipline and Attendance record and be a good role model. If you are in need of community service hours, being a counselor for Scicon will help! Please see Mrs. McIntosh in the Counseling Dept. ATTN Juniors & Seniors: If you are looking for work, Employment Connections Job listing is available weekly to view in the Counseling Dept. Presentation Binder or in the Library. AP students and parents: Please refer to the AP documents for information regarding the fees, dates, and deadlines for 2017 AP exams. You may also obtain forms for Fee Waivers and/or your one free AP exam provided by VUSD. We also accept payments via credit card online at the GW webstore! (http://webstores.activenetwork.com/school-software/golden_west_high_sch/). March 2nd is the absolute last day to pay for AP Exams! Clubs: Anime Club: We will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays at lunch. Join up in S-1. Native American Indian Club: Club meeting is Wed. January 31 at lunch in FS7, all students are welcome. Chess Club: The next meeting will be Wed. Feb. 7 at lunch in B-5. GSA Club: GSA club meets every Thursday during lunch in A-9. New members always welcome! Ablaze: Ablaze Club will be meeting this Thursday at lunch in room E-9. You need to bring your own lunch - there will be no food. But come join us anyway! XL Program: XL has Afterschool Intervention available on Wednesday's and Thursdays in E-10 from 3:30-4PM for students who have detention that needs to be served. Does helping others and your community appeal to you? Some of our activities include hospital visits to visit sick children, feeding the homeless at local shelters, cleaning up Visalia by gathering trash around downtown and removing graffiti. We even have fun field trips planned for Quantum Leap and Clay Cafe. We want to create mentors for the incoming middle schoolers by joining in and hanging out with them as friends and peers. XL is a great way to become involved in the community, your school, and with new friends. Not to mention your participation in a group like this would look great in a job interview and on college applications. If you think you would be interested in any of the activities listed then please visit the XL program in room E- 10 to learn more about our Youth Council. It's coming this spring!!! Mr. Rodgers will once again be offering his EMS/Health Careers XL Class! Start date is March 1st, so plan ahead as this class fills quickly...field trips and guest speakers!!! Check out the tentative schedule at: http://bit.ly/emss2018 Below you will find the link to this week's edition of Blazer Central. There is also a QR code attached. https://youtu.be/NBUahr4DoQg Sincerely, Nora Cabasa Secretary II Golden West High School (559) 730-7801 ncabasa at vusd.org [cid:image002.jpg at 01D399E7.C9B42D80] --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3121 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2019 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: