Wolf Tracks March 2014

Upcoming Events

March 15 TOLO 8:00—11:00 March 18 Mandatory Parent Meeting For Cheer Tryouts 6:00 March 18—20 Senior Exit Interviews March 18—19 Writing HSPE March 20 Reading HSPE March 21—April 3 Cheer Tryouts March 26 8th Grade Parent Night 6:30 in Gym March 27 Choir Concert 7:00 in PAC April 2 Tumwater District String Festival 7:00 in BHHS Gym April 2 Parent Information Meeting for Dance Team Tryouts 7:45 April 7—11 Spring Break No School

Principal’s Message Hello Parents and Guardians,

Our year is moving quickly as we begin to move into our spring sports, and

prepare for upcoming events such as TOLO, HSPE testing and Senior Exit

Interviews. I want to thank all those community members who have volunteered

to serve on the upcoming Senior Exit Interview Panels.

This edition of Wolf Tracks is filled with dates for upcoming activities so please

check the dates and I hope you will come support our students. I want to

congratulate the great achievements of so many of our students, ranging from

dance, artists, Solo and Ensemble Festival winners, to Garden Show, rifle team,

girls’ basketball and Student of the Month and Athletes of the Week.

March 26th is our 8th Grade Parent Night and we look forward to meeting our

upcoming freshman class of 2018. Our incoming freshmen will be able to meet and

ask questions of each department teacher as well as club representatives and

coaches for various sports.

We are presently in the process of pre registration for 2014-2015. Our counselors

meet at TMS with the 8th graders on March 25th to start preregistration and April

1st to complete preregistration. We will soon begin the process of creating next

year’s master schedule.

If your son or daughter needs to retrieve credit please speak with the counselor to

make arrangements for APEX courses. Senior’s retrieving credit on APEX need to

use April’s spring break to get their online courses well underway or done. Again a

reminder that all online courses for seniors must be completed no later than May

23rd as one of the requirements for participation in graduation ceremony.

Again I thank you for your support of our students. We have great events

scheduled that showcase the many talents of our students.

Kerry

What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what sort of person you are.

C.S. LEWIS, The Magician's Nephew

NW Flower and Garden Show

BHHS Advanced horticulture participated in the 2014 Northwest Flower and Garden show held at the

Seattle Convention Center February 5th—9th This was BHHS 10th year of participating in the funky junk section of this show (since 2003.)

This year’s Theme was ―Art in Bloom‖. The students in the advanced horticulture class spent many weeks designing and constructing their display titled ―Peak Finds‖ Scrap from the Woods‖. BHHS’s display was

well received, by the thousands of visitors at the show, and they were awarded a blue ribbon.

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Art in Bloom

Rifle Team League Champs!

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February Students of the Month

Hannah

Scheppke

Arts

Samantha

Payne

PE

Kim Perry

English

Christian

Williams

PE

Chasen

Hutchison

History

Vivian Jones

Science

Dominique

Thompson

Math

Macy Seidlitz

Technology

Kyle Coit

World Languages

Athletes of the Week

Lacy Robinson

Week 5

Cheer

Taylor Sauls

Week 7

Basketball

Gage Keesee

Week 5

Wrestling

Cole Rosie

Week 7

Wrestling

Calli Puetz

Week 6

Dance Team

Kim Perry

Week 8

Bowling

Nick Knittle

Week 6

Wrestling

Chandler Rosalin

Week 8

Wrestling

Girls’ Basketball

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GOAL: Make it to STATE.

After 116 practices and 25 games The Lady Wolves made the first round of State and earned a 3rd place in district trophy. The team says THANK YOU to the students, cheer team, band, and all the BHHS staff that

supported us throughout the season and into our post-season.

2014 Black Hills High School Fastpitch

We are off to another great season for Black Hills Fastpitch. We have a bunch of new faces and a great veteran leadership

group returning. We hope to see great results this season. If anyone is still interested in learning a new sport we would love to have you come it. It is never too late. We have an tremendous coaching staff who is willing to teach those who

have never played before. If you are interested please contact Coach Nikki Winkley at nikki.winkley@umwater.k12.wa.us.

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The Thurston County Food Bank is grateful for this opportunity to lift up the Black Hills High School Community.

The Food Bank’s story is about a community coming together to end hunger. It is about people caring for those

facing challenges and about many people giving a little to achieve a bigger impact. Our story is about change, in-

novation and commitment. Black Hills students, parents and staff continue to be leading characters in our tale. We

thank you for sponsored events, enthusiastic volunteers, food and monetary donations. Without you the story

would be a vision. You make it real.

Fran Potasnik

Thurston County Food Bank

School Record-Blood Drive Donation Record Crushed

AP Testing

All Students participating in an AP (Advanced Placement) course please be aware of the payment deadline of March

21st at 2:30 PM. Each exam you sign up to take costs $89. All students that are on Free/Reduced lunch need only

to pay $10 for their AP exam. If any student or parent has any questions about payment please contact Mr. Franklin

@ 709-7822 or via e-mail to todd.franklin@tumwater.k12.wa.us.

AP Test schedule is as follows:

AP Cal AB & BC May 7th AP Literature and Composition May 8th

AP Language and Composition May 9th AP Biology May 12th

AP Government May 13th

AP US History May 14th AP World History May 15th

Special Thanks From the Thurston County Food Bank

On February 11th the BHHS Key club concluded the second of three blood drives to held at BHHS for the 2013-14

school year. The goal was to break the school record of eighty-nine (89) donors. We came close in the fall with eighty-four (84). However, we crushed the record with 104 donors! Outstanding! All the logistics went so

smooth and we were even electronic! ( data entry, collection, questionnaires, etc).

According to Tori Fairhurst, the blood drive center has never observed such high donation rates from a school in

Thurston County!

Tumwater District String Festival The annual Tumwater District String Festival will be held at Black Hills High School on April 2nd, 2014. It will

feature at least 150 TSD string players ages 10 to 18. The performance will begin promptly at 7:00 PM in the BHHS Gymnasium. Admission is free.

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2014—2015 Cheer Tryouts

This year the Black Hills Cheer Team finished out their competitive season with SECOND PLACE at the WIAA State Cheer Competition! If you would like to be a part of this SPIRIT-FILLED team, come tryout! To find out more information about the team, please make sure to come to the mandatory Parent Tryout Meeting Scheduled for

March 18th. The meeting will be held in the Staff Lounge at BHHS from 6:00-7:00pm. Tryouts are the week before Spring Break (March 31st-April 3rd). We are looking for girls with lots of SCHOOL SPIRIT that are willing to

WORK HARD and LEAD by example both at school and in our community!

On Saturday, March 1st, the varsity Lady Wolves Dance Team took home two wins at the last invitational competition of the year at Capital High School. Two second-place trophies were awarded in both hip-hop and kick categories. (hip-hop was 0.9 shy the first place, kick only five points shy of first place). On Saturday, March 8th, the Dance Team will be at districts in Vancouver at Heritage High School. Please plan on traveling to Districts and supporting your Dance Team. Doors open at 12 o'clock.

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Dance Team Tryouts

Interested in Dance? Come learn technique and routines from WSU Crimson Girls, #1 National College

Champions, National & International Dance Instructors during tryouts! You don't have to be a perfect dancer

for tryouts---you just have to love to dance, and be willing to work! You won't want to miss this year!!!

UPCOMING DANCE TEAM TRYOUTS: Parent and Dancer information night will be April 2. 8th grade (incoming

freshmen 2014) tryout information night will be at 5:30 to 615 at Tumwater Middle School. High school

information night for tryouts will be April 2 at 7:45 at Black Hills High School.

The Tumwater School District does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably dis-charged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including general expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a disabled person in its educational programs, activities, or em-ployment procedures and personnel practices as required by state and federal law.

Career Center News Susan Jones- Career Center Specialist

Summer Job Opportunity for Youth.

The Department of Ecology plans to hire an Ecology Youth Corp road crew in our area. To apply, you need to access

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/swfa/eyc/swro.html.

After Part 1 is completed, you will be automatically linked to Part 2, Teacher Reference forms. 2 references are re-quired. All completed references must be mailed by April 1st. For more information, visit the Career Center.

Washington State Parks and Recreation is hiring for summer positions at our local state parks. You must be 18 yrs or

older, possess a valid driver’s license and commit to working fulltime over the summer. For more information on how to

apply, see Mrs. Jones in the Career Center.

Community Service Opportunities

Senior Exit Interviews

Mrs. Jones is looking for two juniors each day who would like to help with the check in process for panel members and advo-cates. Please sign up in the Career Center.

BLE Carnival

Saturday, March 22nd 12:30pm-7pm. More information is available in the Career Center as well as posted around campus.

To volunteer, email mbndculley@yahoo.com

Champions for Kids Annual Celebration Monday, March 24th, 4:40-9:15pm

The Together organizations is looking for high school food servers at their banquet honoring adults who make a difference in the lives of Thurston County youth. To sign up, contact Tina Johnson @ 360.493.2230, ext 11 or tjohn-

son@ThurstonTogether.org

Senior Exit Interviews

Seniors and Parents, Senior Exit Interviews are scheduled for March 18-20th from 7:30am-10am. These are the only days we will schedule inter-views. All graduating seniors must present on these days. Make sure you have your final résumé and community service documentation into the Career Center. Last year’s taped presentation can be found on your class page on the BHHS website. This will give you an idea of what to

expect.

Juniors, Like last year, juniors are invited to sit and observe during a presentation. This will be strictly monitored with a limit as to how many juniors will be allowed in the room. Juniors should check in with Mrs. Jones during interviews and she will as-

sign you to an interview room.

Scholarship Information:

All students should get in the habit of looking at the scholarship bulletin. While many are offered to only seniors, there are

opportunities for underclassmen. Listed below is a sample of what’s on our website under Scholarship Bulletin.

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Imagine America Scholarship

Students should meet the standard admissions requirements of the participating career college to which they apply. In addition, the Imagine America Foundation offers the following four selection guidelines:

Likelihood of successful completion of postsecondary education, High school grade point average of 2.5 or greater, Financial need, Demonstrated voluntary community service during senior year. Each year,

every high school in the United States and Puerto Rico may nominate up to five graduating seniors to

receive a $1,000 Imagine America scholarship!

STEM Scholarship Centralia College

If you are interested in pursuing a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math, Centralia Col-lege is offering a great opportunity with a STEM scholarship. This scholarship provides full tuition/plus

for a student pursuing degree in one of the above fields. Requirements for this scholarship are a mini-

mum 3.0 grade in Pre-Calculus and two high school STEM-related classes such as Calculus, physics, chemistry, biology or earth science. To apply for the STEM Scholarship, go to http://www.centralia.edu/

admissions/finaid/scholarships.html or call Centralia College @ 360.736.9391, ext 261.

Careers that Work

June 1st Deadline This $1000 Scholarship is for seniors who plan on attending a Career or Technical college.

Black Hills High School can award up to 5 scholarships. If you are planning on attending one of the fol-lowing, please come and see Mrs. Jones. Concorde, Divers, Everest, Gene Juarez, ITT, Milan, North-

west College of Art, Culinary , Railroad or Renewable Energy, Pima, or Salon Professional. More infor-mation can be found at www.nwcareercolleges.org/scholarships. Deadline is June 1st.

Tumwater Rotary Scholarship

March 21st Deadline

The Tumwater Rotary will be awarding 2 BHHS seniors a $1250 scholarship each. Requirements are 50 hours of documented community service, an essay on your leadership, achievements, work experience

and other experiences, an essay on your future career plans, letter of recommendation and official tran-

script. All scholarship packets should be returned to the Career Center by March 21st, 2:15pm. Applica-tions available in the Career Center or at www.tumwaterrotary.org.

TwinStar Credit Union Scholarship

March 31st Deadline

Applicants must be in good standing with TwinStar Credit Union, application must be answered com-pletely. An unofficial transcript is required. Applications are available in the Career Center.

Leadership 1000 Scholarship

March 31st Deadline This scholarship is funded by individuals, foundations or businesses to provide college scholarships to

students who will be attending an eligible four-year college or university in Washington State. This is an

online application only. For access to the application or more information on the criteria, go to http://collegesuccessfoundation.org and click the scholarship tab.

O Bee Credit Union Scholarship

April 1st Deadline

O Bee Credit Union is awarding 6-$3000 scholarships to applicants from the local community. Schol-arships will be awarded on the basis of need. Essay is required. Applications are available in the

Career Center.

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*Tumwater Education Foundation Scholarships

April 1st Deadline The Tumwater Education Foundation offers multiple scholarships for seniors from BHHS. There is one

application for all scholarships with supplemental criteria for each. Read the criteria carefully to make sure you qualify. You must include the required supplemental information of each scholarship you are

applying to. All applications must be mailed and postmarked by April 1st. For more information, visit

http://tefteam.org/Scholarships.htm.

*Tumwater United PSE/SEIU Scholarship April 15th Deadline

Students eligible to apply would need to be related to a PSE employee (Custodial, Maintenance, Grounds, Food Service, or Transportation employee's relation). Applications are available in the Career

Center.

When you receive notice of a scholarship award, tuition waiver or other grants, please bring a copy of your notification to Mrs. Jones so she can start preparing for the Evening of Excellence. This also

goes for colleges you have considered, but are not attending.

Join Us! Saturday, March 22 at Timberline High School - open to all Thurston County 8-12th grade students!

Find Your Future allows students to choose their top fields of interest, and then attend breakout sessions led by career professionals to help them better understand their career options. Parents attend sessions as well

and hear from several experts discussing topics ranging from financing college to assisting their students in career development.

The event concludes with students and parents attending a Resource Fair of colleges, universities, and or-ganizations/businesses that focus on career and educational information.

Find Your Future began in 2004 and has grown to include all Thurston County 8th–12th grade

students. Co-sponsored by Thurston County school districts, our last event in 2012 had more

than 1,200 attendees.

There is no fee for the students or parents to participate in this event! To register for this event, go to https://thurstonchamber.com/?page_id=1781&ee=1375.

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BHHS band students performed extremely well at the Solo and Ensemble festival. The following stu-

dents earned state-qualifying scores and will be eligible for the state competition in April:

Winners:

Reese Maultsby (Multiple Percussion Solo)

―Fusion‖ Percussion Ensemble (Shaun Peters, Reese Maultsby, Amanda Rennie, Zoe Chapman,

Lisa Gheorghiu, Draevin Luke, Will Mitchell, Blake Fullington)

―More or Less‖ Trumpet Duet (Will Miller & Callie Bianco)

First Alternates:

―Ha-Squared‖ Flute Duet (Hannah Scheppke & Ha-Yoon Lee)

Hannah Reed (Trombone Solo)

Reese Maultsby (Mallet Solo)

Second Alternates:

BHHS Flute Choir (Hannah Scheppke, Ha-Yoon Lee, Alex Putzier, Katelyn Notestine, Stefani

Turner, Madison Schneider, Merissa Simental, Alyssa Parker, Wren Brastow, Emma Lindemeier)

Brendan Lynch (Clarinet Solo)

Solo and Ensemble Festival

Congratulations Artists!

Nineteen BHHS artists' work will be on display for the months of March & April (including Arts Walk) in downtown Olympia

at the THOMAS Architecture Studio.

The artists were selected and awarded a certificate for BEST IN SHOW by visitors who attended BHHS' student art exhibi-tions in January.

The featured artists are:

1. Derick Cutler

2. Fiona McCartan

3. Katie Alsin

4. Bailey Docter

5. Emily Olson

6. Madisyn Tibeau

7. Elizabeth "Liz" Henley

8. Yenner Mendez

9. Monica Rochon

10. Rebekah Ketcham

11. Diamante Wilson

12. Brianna Smith

13. Madison Tirrell

14. Alexis Braun

15. Cody Oplinger

16. Jessica Armstrong

17. Elizabeth DeHart

18. Jewel Bender

19. Jesse Holmes

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HSPE 2014 Bulletin

The Writing and Reading HSPE tests are March 18-20. These tests are a graduation requirement and are

required for ALL SOPHOMORES, as well as juniors and seniors who have not previously passed. There are no make-up tests until August, so attendance is critical.

We encourage students who are testing to:

Get plenty of rest the evenings before the tests

Participate in a 15 minute walk in the main gym. The walk will begin at 7:15 each morning of the exam

Eat a good breakfast before the exam—The cafeteria will be open at 7:20 each morning of the exam

for students who choose to eat breakfast at school.

Bring bottled water and quiet snacks (i.e., nothing crunchy) to the exam

Bring #2 pencils

Take your time and do your best

Bring a book or homework—you are not permitted to leave the testing room until 9:45 a.m.

You are not permitted to use electronic devices during the testing period. You may not have earbuds or

electronic devices on your person during the test.

You will leave your backpacks at the front of the classrooms—you may not have anything w/you at

your desk until your test is completed and turned in.

Testing will begin promptly at 7:40 each day in rooms 101—105, 124—128 and 110. Students will be assigned

to rooms by alphabet. We will be sending out an email next week with room assignments.

Below is the bell schedule for March 18-20 Testing/Options 7:40 – 9:50

Break 9:50 – 10:00

Period 1 10:00 – 10:35 Period 2 10:40 – 11:12

Period 3 11:17 – 11:49 Period 4A 11:54 – 12:26

Lunch 1 11:49 – 12:19

Period 4B 12:24 – 12:56 Lunch 2 12:26 – 12:56

Period 5 1:01 – 1:33 Period 6 1:38 – 2:10

The cafeteria will be open from 7:20-7:40 and again from 9:45-9:55 for students who wish to eat breakfast on cam-

pus

SENIORS:

Seniors will be doing their Senior Exit Interviews during HSPE testing times.

FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT TESTING:

Students who are on campus prior to the start of classes cannot roam and must be in a supervised location. Please remember that BHHS is a closed campus—once on campus, students may not leave without a parent / guardian giv-

ing permission through the attendance office prior to leaving campus

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There are some activities for students not testing:

The library will be open daily, with a limit of 25 students in the library at a time. Students who use

the library must be there to study, do homework, or read.

There will be a movie shown each day in the PAC

The commons will be open for students to talk quietly or study

The large gym will be open each day.

Please contact your student’s counselor if you have any questions.

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Samantha Payne Serves as Legislative Page

Samantha Payne served as a page in the Washing-

ton State House of Representatives. Sponsored by state Rep. Eric Pettigrew (D-Seattle), Samantha is

the daughter of Michele Payne and Greg Payne of Tumwater. Samantha took care of a wide variety of

responsibilities in her work as a page.

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ART

EXHIBITIONSEXHIBITIONS

2 DAYS ONLY!!!

Thursday and Friday

May 29th and 30th

Periods 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

VISUAL ARTS (Rm. 75)

Each class period is a different show!

(To see a particular artist’s work,

follow his/her class schedule.)

Bring your camera!

Meet the artists!

Refreshments provided by the artists